sdy departs Monte by mutual agreement

The Ukrainian organization's talisman is now a free agent after his deal expired.

Viktor "⁠sdy⁠" Orudzhev has departed Monte after the squad's 1-3 finish at Copenhagen's European RMR. The decision to not extend his deal, taken by mutual agreement, leaves sdy as a free agent for the post-Major rostermania.

Preparation for the RMR was disrupted by sdy falling ill, and he missed day one of the crucial qualifier before returning for Monte's two best-of-threes defeats.

"I'm looking for a new home, hopefully in a short period of time", sdy said in a statement on Twitter. "I feel that my best game form is now, that I can contribute in a lot of ways to a top team. I'm in discussion with several teams but nothing is validated."

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Why sdy has been in the form of his life with Monte

The former Natus Vincere man had been the side's figurehead since his arrival in January 2023, sharing IGL duties with Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk but serving as the elder statesman behind the 11th best team of the year.

Monte earned a reputation for hard work and no team in the scene played more maps than their 353 last year as they made Major playoffs in Paris and broke into the top 20 for good.

sdy had also taken up star roles in that time, going from a 0.97 rating in NAVI to 1.11 in Monte, form good enough to earn his first MVP at ESL Challenger Jönköping and place 27th in the year's extended top players list.

Monte are now:

Alexander "⁠br0⁠" Bro
Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk
Sergiy "⁠DemQQ⁠" Demchenko
Szymon "⁠kRaSnaL⁠" Mrozek

Sergey "⁠lmbt⁠" Bezhanov (coach)