s-chilla returns to Passion UA at a time of need

The 19-year-old returns from a burnout-induced break to prevent the team from losing its three-man core from late last year.

Passion UA have announced the return of Vsevolod "⁠s-chilla⁠" Shchurov, rounding out the team following Dmytro "⁠jambo⁠" Semera's departure to fnatic on Friday.

The 19-year-old had left the Ukrainian side despite their promising campaign at the Perfect World Shanghai Major in a surprise decision to take a break from competition in January, citing burnout.

But he now returns at a time of need. With s-chilla back, Passion UA avoid losing the three-man core from last year after jambo followed Rodion "⁠fear⁠" Smyk to fnatic and retain their progress on the Valve Regional Standings.

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This is crucial just over two weeks before invites to the BLAST.tv Austin Major and its qualifiers go out on April 7. Sitting in 30th place in Europe, Passion UA are just a few spots away from securing a place in the European Major Regional Qualifier.

The Ukrainians now have to make the final push to keep their Major hopes alive, taking part in the playoffs of Galaxy Battle STARTER and the PGL Astana Europe closed qualifier before the all-important ranking update arrives.

However, they will have to do it without a primary AWPer, a role previously taken up by jambo.

Passion UA now have the following lineup:

Nikita "⁠jackasmo⁠" Skyba
Eduard "⁠zeRRoFIX⁠" Petrovskyi
Vladyslav "⁠Kvem⁠" Korol
Oleksii "⁠Topa⁠" Topchiienko
Vsevolod "⁠s-chilla⁠" Shchurov

Mikhaylo "⁠Kane⁠" Blagin (coach)