GamerLegion sign ztr

Another youngster joins the GamerLegion ranks.

GamerLegion have announced the signing of Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson from Metizport to fill the IGL void left by Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski's recent departure to G2.

The move marks the organization's fourth roster change in three months, with Sebastian "⁠volt⁠" Maloș now the only member of GamerLegion's Copenhagen Major roster.

ztr was benched by Metizport in May, less than two months after reaching the semi-finals of the BLAST Premier Spring Showdown with the team by battling past Falcons and Monte.

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ztr comes into GamerLegion as a replacement for Snax, who is 11 years older than the Swede. The team now has an average age of 19.8, with The MongolZ currently the only other top 30 team with an average under 20 years.

The Swedish IGL completes a rebuild that started in April with the addition of Henrich "⁠sl3nd⁠" Hevesi and the promotion of Andreas "⁠aNdu⁠" Maasing to the main roster. Timur "⁠FL4MUS⁠" Marev was then signed as Isak "⁠isak⁠" Fahlén's replacement in May, and the Swedish IGL now once again completes the roster after Snax unexpectedly departed the team.

Ashley "⁠ash⁠" Battye spoke to HLTV about the signing as part of a longer interview set to be published in the coming days, and had this to say about the new recruit.

"The signing matches many of the criteria we have about finding players who are motivated and want to be here, and I think his calling style is very similar to what siuhy was doing.

"He has a real clear idea of how he wants to play the game, and it fits in with the players we have now," the British tactician said.

The new-look GamerLegion are set to debut in just under a month at BLAST Premier Fall Groups, set to start on July 29.

GamerLegion are now:

Sebastian "⁠volt⁠" Maloș
Henrich "⁠sl3nd⁠" Hevesi
Andreas "⁠aNdu⁠" Maasing
Timur "⁠FL4MUS⁠" Marev
Erik "⁠ztr⁠" Gustafsson

Ashley "⁠ash⁠" Battye (coach)