sdy set to play for NAVI at IEM Cologne

23-6-2022 17:34

The Ukrainian rifler will fight again for NAVI at one of the year's most prestigious tournaments.

Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev will close out the first half of the season for Natus Vincere as he is set to once again play for them at IEM Cologne, returning as the team's fifth player after helping them secure victory at the BLAST Premier Spring Final.

Ahead of the BLAST event, Natus Vincere had stated that whether sdy would have the opportunity to continue competing with them in the future would depend on his performance in Portugal, something which Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev praised in an interview with HLTV after lifting the trophy.

sdy will don the black and yellow jersey again for Cologne

"I hope [sdy] will play in Cologne," the Ukrainian superstar had said. "I think he played really great. He had a lot of key rounds against OG and against Vitality today, a lot of multi-kills. He is a really calm guy and he is ready to learn, he knows how to listen to other people."

Those hopes have come to fruition as NAVI have announced sdy's return for the Cologne event, tiding them over into the off-season where they will have the ability to take time and fully assess their options for their final lineup.

The event will truly test the 25-year-old's mettle under the NAVI banner as the main stage already features seven of the world's top ten teams, and with the Play-In included, has 18 out of 20 of the best teams in the world attending.

NAVI will use the following roster in Cologne:

Oleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev
Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov
Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy
Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy
Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev

Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy (coach)

nice deserved

2022-06-23 17:34

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NaVi tarik will have to wait until after cologne

2022-06-23 17:35

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tarik "no content in cs" celik

2022-06-23 17:37

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lol

2022-06-23 17:50

tarik "playing fpl 12 hours a day is no content *plays vaLULrante 18 hours a day anyway*" celik

2022-06-23 20:04

4 replies

because valorant better content

2022-06-23 23:12

3 replies

0/8

2022-06-24 02:47

0/0

2022-06-24 15:44

i mean it is easier so kinda

2022-07-01 15:06

he is farming minors on twitch

2022-06-29 12:51

what a suprise, why not acor

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who

2022-06-23 22:54

best mouz sniper ever

2022-06-24 08:43

Unexpected

wdym unexpected zzz

2022-06-24 05:39

SUUUUUUUUI

+ SUUUUUUU

2022-06-23 17:43

Crista Ronalda

2022-06-23 23:06

sewi

2022-06-23 23:39

Let's go Viktor!

Let's gooooooooo!

2022-06-23 18:51

rEALLY?

And for years after IEM cologne I hope

2022-06-23 17:39

Hope they will sign him soon

2022-06-23 17:40

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2022-06-23 18:12

Wow look at all the flags + ur name

2022-06-23 18:21

if it was some no name scrub i would agree but sdy is actually a pretty decent player. maybe slightly overhyped due to being ukrainian but still

2022-06-23 18:39

He looks like a guy who doesn't have a very high ego and s1mple also said that he knows how to listen and learn, so perfect fit navi I guess.

2022-06-23 20:10

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2022-06-27 11:12

stand in or permanent sign?

2022-06-23 17:36

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they'll decide after Cologne, he's still on free loan from Mad Lions

I think navi Will take him but not announced because sdy remove mad lion name team in Twitter bio

2022-06-23 19:02

lot of players do that when they’re benched, so people know they’re looking for team, when he is in Navi they will announce of course

2022-06-24 20:28

still stand in but hopefully they sign him. my guess is they will decide based on his performance at cologne

I think he's fit into the team quite well. As long as elec can continue being a top fragger and good IGL at the same time I don't see why Navi won't continue to be the toughest team to beat

2022-06-23 19:42

I think NAVI just want to see how he can progress when they finally have some proper practice before Cologne instead of like 3-4 days before BLAST

2022-06-23 19:49

letsgo

Pog Good luck to him and navi

Lucky him.he can witness Faze’s victory by his own eyes

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he already witnessed 7 FaZe victories at Blast Tho the same day he also witnessed 32 victories by NaVi

2022-06-23 18:19

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Ouch

2022-06-23 18:59

legend says he regrets seeing faze take 7 victories that day

2022-06-23 19:44

2022-06-23 19:51

lmao rekt

2022-06-23 19:52

You don't have to do this to him 🤣

2022-06-23 20:02

FaZe playing on de_STROYED

2022-06-23 21:25

lmao tru

2022-06-24 00:01

this clap was ~8 times stronger than the original slap

2022-06-24 04:02

kekw

2022-06-24 09:15

HAH

2022-06-24 13:43

Holy crap dude that clapback was too good I choked on my water 🤣🔥🔥

2022-06-25 17:44

Brutal Savage Rekt.

2022-07-02 07:08

Even Johnny E found out how hard my response was so he decided to delete it :)

2022-06-24 13:40

sdy should use this chance to cement his position in Navi.

NICE!

yay

free throphy for sdy and announce him as 5th after)

Lets hope so!

2022-06-23 18:18

2022-06-23 21:26

Pog

2022-06-23 17:38

Good luck!

siuuuuuuuuuuuu

He’s such a good fit, I really hope they sign him!! GL SDY :)

2022-06-23 17:41

Carlos that you

2022-06-24 05:50

I’ve just always been a big SDY fan, Na’Vi don’t need fire power they need someone who can fill in the gaps and set up their stars. SDY is perfect for that

2022-06-24 18:39

Nah I was talking about your name

2022-06-24 19:13

GOAT sdy gonna play lets go

Deserved

Sign him already

nice

good fit, what other ukranian player is there

2022-06-23 17:44

Deserved for sure. I look forward to seeing more of his reactions to s1mple popping off.

rip

2022-06-23 17:45

2022-06-23 17:47

-s1mple +Woro2k when?

"2k" in name = shit player

2022-06-24 08:47

I hope boom comes back after his shit is settled.

2022-06-23 17:48

Rofl. He is not coming back to NaVi dude. I doubt we will see him in T1-T2 or T3 CS again.

SIUUUUUUUU

2022-06-23 17:51

2022-06-23 17:52

very nice

sign him already

why would they hurry, it's not like someone will steal him away

2022-06-23 18:07

Sdy Will pick navi too if he can choose, he Will not join an team ofc its navi success team and 2 superstar player there dreamteam

2022-06-23 19:04

deserved

2022-06-23 17:57

So ezz for navi. Another trophy incoming

2022-06-23 17:59

navi sign him already

2022-06-23 18:02

deserved and expected

Nice photo!

Nice

2022-06-23 18:15

Let's fucking goo! Wish him the best of luck!

2022-06-23 18:17

somegetanotherchance somegetsigned sometrophyagain

PogChamp

2022-06-23 18:22

2022-06-23 18:23

+sdy easiest pick and prediction of all time

2022-06-23 18:33

Let's go! Best of luck!

2022-06-23 18:34

thats a nice photo

2022-06-23 18:37

nice, very good news

2022-06-23 18:40

2022-06-23 18:46

Era incoming in 3, 2, 1...

2022-06-23 21:19

sdy very nice guy and player as far as ive seen

2022-06-23 19:19

somedieyoung ☻ somedont ☺

2022-06-23 19:21

such an enjoyable personality and absolutely deserved

SIUUUUUUUUUUUUU

2022-06-23 19:22

Nice, ez for navi

navi seemed so stronk with sdy, he's clearly an asset in any case I think it all depends on elec now. Navi's T side and their midround calls will be unexpected, giving them an advantage over established teams(like faze, ence, cloud9). They can win this major hopefully

2022-06-23 19:50

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Not really that unexpected tbh. Maybe slightly. They still have the same system, use the same calls. Most of tactical preparation was made by b1ad3 anyway, he created those strats. Maybe mid round calls will be different, but definitely not overall T side gameplan

2022-06-23 19:56

What is kinda unexpected imo, is thé level of performance Electronic still managed to display while IGleading That was insane

true, if he continues playing like that, the guy will completely debunk the "he can't frag cuz he's an IGL" excuse

I think Blame F already proved it while in Col

2022-06-24 22:22

BaitF only created new strat aka "bait for me because I'm your igl and you should do what I say" electronic is an entry

2022-06-24 23:22

LETS FUCKING GO, seems like Navi does listen to s1mple, n1ce

2022-06-23 20:08

2022-06-23 21:11

uh oh, everyones shaking rn

He has always been an underrated player imo. His skill ceiling is very high. This NaVi team if they can make it work long term probably has the highest pure skill average level ever.

2022-06-23 21:16

HUGE W

2022-06-23 22:17

If Na'Vi want to sign sdy, do they have to pay to Mad Lions?

2022-06-23 22:44

seems like, cuz they rent him rn from Mad Lions(but actually, they rent him for free cuz Mad Lions allowed that)

2022-06-24 08:41

thank god i mean SDYGOD sorry

2022-06-23 22:51

not a shock tbh makes sense if he performs well here they prolly sign him

2022-06-23 23:42

i hope he becomes permanent

2022-06-24 19:34

I hope that NaVi will sign a contract with him, because he is a good player and his form is good, considering that he has not played at the tir1 stage for about six months

2022-06-24 19:41