Sources: G2 in talks with Cloud9 over HeavyGod

29-12-2024 13:24

G2 are closing in on finalizing their roster for the upcoming season with a replacement for NiKo.

G2 are in advanced talks with Cloud9 over the transfer of Nikita "⁠HeavyGod⁠" Martynenko, sources have revealed to HLTV and independent reporter Guillaume "neL" Rathier, and Russian insider Aleksei "⁠OverDrive⁠" Birukov has previously suggested.

Should a deal be struck, the Israeli would be expected to replace Nikola "⁠NiKo⁠" Kovač, who reportedly agreed to join Falcons already last August.

The 22-year-old impressed in his first year in the tier-one scene in 2024. After joining OG from Endpoint at the turn of the year, HeavyGod stood out in the struggling European team, before he was transferred to Cloud9 in the summer off-season.

There, he averaged a 1.16 rating over 73 maps played, most notably leading the Russian side to a spot at the Perfect World Shanghai Major with a 1.32 rating in the European RMR.

His next move could take him another rung of the ladder further, to a G2 side that won three trophies in 2024 and that looks to transition away from their long-time superstar NiKo.

HeavyGod would not be a direct one-to-one replacement for the Bosnian, as a larger role shake-up is expected at G2, with Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa likely transitioning into NiKo's CT roles instead.

G2's roster for 2025 could look as follows:

Nemanja "⁠huNter-⁠" Kovač
Ilya "⁠m0NESY⁠" Osipov
Mario "⁠malbsMd⁠" Samayoa
Janusz "⁠Snax⁠" Pogorzelski
Nikita "⁠HeavyGod⁠" Martynenko

Wiktor "⁠TaZ⁠" Wojtas (coach)

noob

2024-12-29 13:24

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decent upgrade

2024-12-29 14:10

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massive upgrade

2024-12-29 15:05

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HeavyUpgrade

2024-12-29 15:30

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lmfao

2024-12-30 01:00

2024-12-30 10:15

yk what else is massive?

2024-12-30 06:41

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humongous what?

2024-12-30 08:08

What else is massive

2024-12-30 20:06

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Hunter's d :p

2024-12-31 13:41

considering its from a empty slot

2024-12-30 18:19

Reminds me of nexa

2024-12-30 20:02

is g2 gonna get the world wide flag after this roster move?

2024-12-29 14:48

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Bosnia + Russia + Poland = EU flag I think

2024-12-29 15:23

nope, hunter+monesy+snax still make an EU core

2024-12-29 15:24

Pride flag incoming for G2

2024-12-29 15:27

G2 going full liquid?

2024-12-29 21:17

lowkey big upgrade

2024-12-29 14:50

heavy update

2024-12-29 14:56

hltv confirmed

2024-12-29 16:37

Bruh

This team is going to be pistol GODS.

2024-12-29 14:00

lolo

pretty heavy news

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you're right, these news really are heavy, god...

2024-12-29 13:33

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G2 becomes the heaviest team in tier 1???

2024-12-29 14:29

m0nesy going to look like a stick with these guys

imagine -hunter -monesy +magixx +zywoo 😭

2024-12-29 14:58

Jokes aside, this team would be 🔥

yeah, it made quite a splash when it dropped

2024-12-29 15:04

Elisaa Espoo 2025 winners?

2024-12-29 13:28

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runner-up

2024-12-29 13:47

ENCE/JANO will be first

2024-12-29 14:04

dont disrespect mongolz.

2024-12-29 14:09

C9 3rd disband as per usual

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this mfs cant decide whether they want a team or money

not bad, but not enough. they need - hunter + jimi

2024-12-29 13:25

what a noob move

heavyGod used to play anchor roles. He will take malbs roles on CT while Malbs will move into Niko rroles. Actually looks good. Now they need a better IGL and coach. SAW can be free now that Heroic is being separated and you can bring snappi back. I am sure its better than snax and TAZ

2024-12-29 13:29

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snappi in 2024 xD

2024-12-29 14:32

I don't get why so many people are convinced Snax is a bad IGL, I may be biased but this team has highest T-side winrate of all, and there were many superteams full of firepower that never achieved this. There's no need to call complicated strats if the simple one works... I'm not saying Snax is the best IGL but he is still better than snappi that did terrible in Falcons and is already 35

2024-12-29 17:42

Ehm, G2 has Chiko and M0nesy and Malbs, Good Win Rate on T is a must. Now Chiko will be gona and G2 will feel the burden of Snax even more.

2024-12-29 17:52

Faze once had Niko, Rain , Olof, Coldzera and Broky and they couldn't do shit, raw firepower doesnt win you games

2024-12-29 23:04

Ehm wut? Olof and Coldzera both were not even top 30 players at that point. And broky was just signed by niko to play as a rifler :D

2024-12-30 01:08

TAZ IN THE KITCHEN

Preparing CHEERios?

2024-12-29 14:12

lmfao n1

2024-12-29 14:35

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT

yippee!!

Expected

Lmao who do you think you are

CRAZY

Pretty decent

Wtf

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I’m also surprised

2024-12-29 13:48

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Imo it's a good move but only time will tell

2024-12-29 13:57

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100% bro … HeavyGod is solid af … him and ICY were carrying that C9 zombie roster lol

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True, I don't get the hate though..

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same lol

2024-12-29 14:11

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Falcons absolute disasterclass though xddd

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man … Heroic was so fucking mid all year … Falcons: I sleep Heroic: makes quarters in the major Falcons: 32k/month for everyone

2024-12-29 14:13

Niko ain't ever winning a major like this surely xdd.

2024-12-29 14:14

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Falcons can’t even buy him a major

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Saudi money in shambles

2024-12-29 14:15

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Saudi money down the drain again

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I feel bad for sAw though, both of the cores got poached xdd... Third time's the charm

2024-12-29 14:16

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sAw taking cuts off the top from Saudis

2024-12-29 14:25

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Another top 10 core ez

2024-12-29 14:28

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2025 Heroic sjuush jame edit - spinx elige perfecto

2024-12-29 14:31

Manager: kassad

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who

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@nexaa

you’re just an ugly hater

2024-12-29 14:33

nt @donaCS

nt @Lobanjica

2024-12-29 14:34

omg @savage1337

kyousuke >

nt he carried @donk6 once

donk 1 major kyousuke 0 majors

2024-12-29 14:38

Nertz got left behind too both of the times for obvious reasons

2024-12-29 14:26

With m0nesy, malbs and heavygod, there pistol round wins would be more than 80%

2024-12-29 14:01

I like the move on paper tbh, far as upside goes, HeavyGod is about as good as you can get in this cycle. It's more that for some reason I didn't even think of him as a possibility. Probably because C9 has a whole has been a total circus and it overshadowed any individual performances.

C9 is disbanding, so it makes perfect sense. Apparently icy is going to VP and rest are going their ways so..

Yeah, adds up. Honestly makes you wonder when it comes to C9 management though... not even just now, but their whole direction (or lack thereof). Although it will be tough to fully judge what's happening without learning who will be in the new roster... assuming C9 even stays in CS in first place.

Yeah, I doubt c9 stays in cs after this.... Let's see what happens

Jame + ax1le to botboom or 9pandas?

Apparently Jame + Norbert going to parivision (source overdrive) and axile + boombla to betboom (source harumi) Artfrost to 9Pandas (source overdrive)

axaxaxaxa boomich is like little brother who wears his big bro clothes, second team whe he replaces naphony

nice one xdd

G2 going for 5 flags in 2025!

they should go to 6 Flags Darien Lake in 2026!

Sorry but this is the biggest downgrade ever if g2 wasnt enough with niko now they are out on groups material

There's no upgrades over NiKo unless you manage to get donk in terms of riflers though

2024-12-29 13:26

There no upgrade in terms of firepower but this is an huge downgrade

2024-12-29 13:30

Whats your point? Should they just disband then?

At least try to get a player half good than niko

2024-12-29 13:37

They robably repurpose Malbs into Niko's roles and Heavy into Malbs roles.

2024-12-29 13:42

There isn't half as good player as NiKo in Anchor roles unless you manage to get either b1t or Jimpphat

2024-12-29 13:50

Also then do they comm at NiKo's level?

2024-12-29 14:17

Does Malbs comm on NiKo's level? Cause technically its malbs who's taking all the NiKo spots

2024-12-29 15:00

But Niko is not an anchor???

2024-12-29 16:39

But Anchor player is what G2 is looking for despite NiKo's departure cause malbs is taking over NiKo's roles so naturally the anchor spot is vacant

2024-12-29 17:09

Buddy, but HeavyGod is an anchor.

2024-12-29 17:14

Are you not understanding that HeavyGod is taking Malbs roles and Malbs is taking Niko's roles? Malbs is Niko's replacement.

2025-01-02 14:48

They already said that Malbs will play in Niko's positions. The "Niko" replacement was Malbs. Heavy is coming to play the Anchor positions that Malbs will free.

2024-12-29 13:56

heavygod is a solid player with a shit team i think he could really grow with stars like monesy and malbs

Who would u pickup instead of niko? When there are rumours Nertz, Elige are joining other teams?

That's exactly my point? There's no upgrades or even sidegrades to NiKo, it's just gonna be worse. To answer your question, Heavy is fine imo. But the NiKo replacement is Malbs and we knew it for months now.

2024-12-29 14:02

Ik your point but how will u deal with that your player decided to switch teams? You will jail him in your team or what.

2024-12-29 14:05

No. Sometimes you just take a hit because there's no other way. You can't expect to just keep the one who everybody wants forever, sooner or later someone will cash out. And them asking him to take a pay cut last year probably didn't help.

2024-12-29 14:07

Look at HG in pistol rounds. G2 is gonna be the team with the highest chance of winning both pistols each map. If they do and convert they're at a good advantage most maps. His ADR is also decent in general so him+malbs+monesy is a good core

Now - Hunter + some anchor and G2 will be saved

Heavy is coming as an anchor.

But he's not an actual anchor

He played as one before. He's an anchor that transitioned to other positions, not the other way around.

Huge

literally

Martynenko for sure israel name xd

you'd be suprised at how many russians and ukrainians became 100% israelites after february 2022

2024-12-29 13:32

idk why?

2024-12-29 13:36

He was born a full Israeli, he was born here grew up here and is far more a part of the Israeli scene than cis

And to be fair, in his case, he's lived there his entire life if my memory serves me right (...and it adds up with his flag being the same since his first HLTV appearance).

Also his parents could've gone when the Soviet Union collapsed. Hard to know the details.

2024-12-29 14:20

2024-12-29 13:38

very good choice now imagine -hunter +sjuush g2 top1

all hope for niko staying is gone.

that has been the case for a while, were you still coping lol?

not just me

I mean, pretty decent move, but I was hoping to see G2 ELiGE

still possible if -hunter

Same here brother

2024-12-29 13:58

Mid

2024-12-29 13:27

Now g2 just need to kick hunter for r3salt/demqq/sjuush and they cooked good.

MY GOAT

G2 cooking

Niko replaced by heavygod? Bruhh monesy aint extending his contract next year for sure

wdym heavygod is good

2024-12-29 13:31

Yeah but he isnt extraordinary either And they still have Snax and huNter, they need to go

2024-12-29 13:44

NiKo is not a star either, he often has worse matches and he doesn't lead his team like donk, elige or ZywOo

2024-12-29 14:27

What are you on? Did you watch the RMR? or G2 vs HEROIC of playoffs? They would not have made to the major if it was not for Niko's carry. I am talking about G2 vs Spirit of RMR, M0nesy was a no show.

2024-12-30 06:54

technically malbs is replacing niko and heavygod is replacing malbs

Replaced by Malbs*

2024-12-29 14:37

okay actually a rare good peca move

NIC!!!!!!!!

who is g2 not talking to

Is he even good? Would he be a good fit for G2? Like genuinely wondering

He has good skill, but he's another passive piece in the G2 camp. I am afraid that in new G2 everyone will be baiting everyone else and all entrying will be on poor malbs.

2024-12-29 13:39

heavygod had the 2nd highest T side opening duel rate on C9 lol

i think snax and malbs are aggresive no? So he will go 3rd maybe..

Snax passive and often last one alive. Also very low Opening attempts percentage

so look at faze.. They had Ropz, Frozen both were lurkers.. On some maps rain was lurking too.. And broky.. He isnt that aggresive player.. They had like 3-4 passive players and still managed it to work.. Idk.. Dont judge before it happens.. They will change their roles surely.

2024-12-29 15:12

No, Frozen and Ropz clashing was bad for them. It was kinda working for some time but long term broke down.

2024-12-29 15:14

Yea, it clash beetween themself but they managed it to work.. They were in 3 big finals (as faze used to be).. Even malbs roles were little bit changed when he joined cause of niko.. Malbs will now take nikos roles.

Heavygod passive? lmao

2024-12-29 14:03

brother he has 73 opening. He is literally aggresive lurk

2024-12-29 14:39

Bro is a pistol god

Good player overall, incredible raw skill Makes quite a few mistakes in terms of gamesense in general But it's the kind of player they can mould into something fantastic if he's rightly nurtured (I know he's not that young but it's his first shot at the big time)

he's pretty decent high floor player, kinda passive, but i believe that malbs going to niko roles and heavygod is going to take malbs' positions. takes easy high percentage fights and wins them consistently. not sure about how good fit he is in terms of mentality and team chemistry and still pretty obvious downgrade compared to niko/malbs, but is there many better players on the market? surely not

2024-12-29 14:41

Not good enough it seems, maybe if Hunter gets his shit together.

Won’t be it a role clash with big apple?

My guess is that they are planning to get rid of snax in the near future

2024-12-29 13:49

No shit most igls, karrigan and apEX have the same fate. They are all old Snax is 30, karrigan is almost 35, apEX is 32 almost It's obvious that they will be going for younger IGL's like siuhy, kyxsan maybe ztr from GL etc

since G2 in talks over heavygod then FaZe +EliGE pretty much confirmed right?

2024-12-29 13:34

still can happen -hunter +elige. But +Elige in EU will definitely happen

2024-12-29 15:21

This is not great, Elige would be better, even perfecto

2024-12-29 13:35

WW Nikitos

Did not expect this, but i really like it, if both malbs and heavygod develop according to how promising they looked last year g2 is gonna be a contender

not bad, he was rly amazing in C9

GG niko

now -hunter +Jimpphat

2024-12-29 13:40

if NaVi doesn't recover then b1t for hunter then you have nuclear roster.

TaZ and peca cookin

2024-12-29 13:41

Snax + malbs + HeavyGod: reinforce stage structures *(sorry for the joke, I couldn't take it)

Imagine them also getting saw as coach... edit: or zonic

Interesting choice

-hunter + spinx??

would prefer to wait for b1t since if NaVi project is gonna go downhill from now on they can get him and keep m0nesy in roster.

b1t + m0nesy it will happen eventually, it's only a matter of time, it's like hunter with niko

i mean good move for both

G2 aint winning shjt

2024-12-29 13:43

indeed they were cooking

2024-12-29 13:45

lmfao bruh

how can hunter cope being in this team without his cousin

how can monesy cope being in this team without title hope

2024-12-29 13:51

definitely better than Sp0nx

G2 management not being dumb challenge Difficulty: Impossible Last year's solution: Nexa

heavygod is so good , he play anchor roles

If he was so good, why is he playing on clown9 instead of a tier 1 team? I know the answer

2024-12-29 16:22

LMAO you do realize every single player has to go through tier 3 and 2 to make it to tier 1 right? Nertz, Spinx, and Flamez had extremely similar careers to him before being promoted.

2024-12-29 17:59

they don't. Spinx was a star in the ence core, flamez was destroying ppl, carrying OG to overachieve multiple events while nertz was a top 20 player already. heavygod plays in clown9, that's barely a tier 3 team, ranked barely in the top 30

2024-12-29 18:14

You know nothing about CS. Cloud9 is a tier 2 team at worst. HeavyGod is putting up unreal numbers as an anchor. He is the Israeli jimpphat. Dude is long overdue to get picked up by a tier 1 team.

2024-12-29 18:16

Tier 2 team that was ranked like 66th before the major. Oh yeah, fs. Knowledge of a G2 fan, I'm not surprised.

2024-12-29 18:19

actually good. heavyg0d is a good anchor and malbs can take niko roles

Omg, pls no

Isnt hevygod awper?

niko<<<<<<<nikita

could be a great signing

m0NESY malbsmd HeavyGod Snax huNter- hmmmm pretty good roster actually but was some rumours say hunter was going to retirement ?

Maybe -hunter +spinx

2024-12-29 14:47

bad choice when spinx free

Spinx cannot be anchor

They really want to be the heaviest trophy contender, huh?

Bold prediction Yekindar to C9

This is the anchor they're looking for

Oh no, I think this means Elige to Faze. Elige golden years are going to be wasted, this is so sad.

x.com/ABOverDrive/status/187333131037229.. c9 disband? x.com/ABOverDrive/status/187334175419758.. vp icy x.com/ABOverDrive/status/187334171868444.. g2 heavygod x.com/_harum1/status/1873340840724357426 bb booml4 + ax1le x.com/cs2news_en/status/1873337064961491.. parivision jame + norbert? So guessing heroic will sell trio to falcons inc degster welp time for sAw to rebuild another roster after falcons

I honestly could see him leaving sjuush and bringing him SunPayus, Snappi, blameF and an aggressive rifler

spinx is free also maybe hooxi instead of snappi but either works

oh Spinx yea maybe Spinx Snappi SunPayus sjuush ewjerkz

2024-12-29 16:18

lol poor Artfrost

G2... welcome to T2

2024-12-29 14:22

reason?

Good pickup for G2

G2 going over the weight limit

2024-12-29 14:36

good

2024-12-29 14:42

he will have a better future in G2 than in C9

How the hell are ppl hating on this? Good move.

2024-12-29 14:44

Niko is way way way better than both malbs and heavygod. They are really downgrading this squad

2024-12-29 14:45

and what ? unless they get donk there is no riflers better than niko lol

2024-12-29 15:13

Thats why i dont understand why let niko leave?? They could just keep him. Niko is at a top level the past 10 years and still goes strong af

2024-12-29 23:10

he wants to leave, why keep a player which tried to leave already 2 times

2024-12-29 23:23

WTF? Are c9 disbanding again?

G2 actually trying to do good signings? No way

Now spinx for hunter and they are winning

2024-12-29 15:06

heavygod back to anchor?

Welcome to tier 2

2024-12-29 15:20

what a mid move

heavybot

thats... really not bad at all

Perfect for G2 and Heavy, but myb Perfecto will be better option, based on his expirience.

2024-12-29 15:25

xDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Role?? Starplayer? support?

2024-12-29 15:28

ngl he wasted his time in C9. He should have never went there. Could have stayed in OG and achieved more then we would have given you the G2 move.

2024-12-29 15:36

If he gets an offer from G2 he did everything right starting in OG lol

2024-12-29 16:50

G2 were already interested in him when he was in OG.

2024-12-29 16:52

Why would he go to c9 instead

2024-12-30 00:50

2024-12-29 15:40

thats pretty ballsy, but i think i like it. surely he wont drag this team down right?

2024-12-29 15:43

i mean hes heavy enough to drag down two teams

G2 gonna be heavy hitters in 2025

2024-12-29 15:47

Yes, please! Legit only tier 1 part of C9

2024-12-29 15:55

obeseclown to that circus of an org seems right

2024-12-29 16:00

so niko kill 3 teams?-g2-c9 and dead falcons

Dude why? I don't understand why they want such a decrease. This guy is not a G2 level guy. They will lose some firepower with NiKo's departure anyway.

2024-12-29 16:21

You haven't been following Heavygod then. He's a legit player.

2024-12-29 17:57

Could be a good move

2024-12-29 16:23

He is a good player but please not G2!

2024-12-29 16:30

G2 HEAVYGOD LETS GOOOOOOO

2024-12-29 16:41

poor monesy for not winning major 2025

2024-12-29 16:43

better get spinx

2024-12-29 16:48

KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK

2024-12-29 17:03

No Spinx, No Elige, No Nertz, No Ropz but they get 0.89 vs pain/0.81 vs Col at Shanghai but at least he farmed Choke2 competition for 2025, Nemiga, Sangal and Sinners. L move

2024-12-29 17:10

GO G2

2024-12-29 17:18

Interesting move though. HeavyGod is young and hungry (literally)

2024-12-29 17:24

Idk why people hateing on this move. Yeah ofc its not the best singing but first he is not the niko replacement, he is the replacement fot malbs and his roles. i think that this is a solid sign for G2 and he also mabye fit more in the roles

2024-12-29 17:49