wasiNk steps down as 3DMAX coach: "We simply weren't fully aligned anymore"

The French coach leaves the team just days after their Major run came to an end.

Damien "⁠wasiNk⁠" Dufour has announced that he has stepped down from his role as head coach of 3DMAX, ending his 14-month association with the French team.

wasiNk joined 3DMAX in March 2024, at a time when the team was ranked outside the top 40 in the world, and helped turn it into a regular presence among the elite at international events. He led the team to the Skyesports Championship title and appearances at the Shanghai and Austin Majors.

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3DMAX have struggled to make deep runs this season, only breaking the playoff barrier at PGL Bucharest. In Stage 3 of the Austin Major, they beat G2 but then lost to Natus Vincere, Vitality and paiN – three teams that reached the playoffs.

"We took games off the best, surprised people, and proved we belonged," wasiNk wrote in a statement posted to X. "It wasn’t always pretty, but it was real – and along the way, I grew a lot as a coach and as a person.

"Today, this chapter closes. We reached a point where we simply weren’t fully aligned anymore. It happens. No hard feelings, just respect for what we accomplished. I’m grateful for the trust, the grind, and all the people I got to share this journey with."

wasiNk is the second person to depart 3DMAX this week after Thomas "⁠Djoko⁠" Pavoni, who became a free agent on Thursday after four months on the bench.

In a statement on X, 3DMAX said they plan to provide more updates about the coaching staff "soon."

The team is now:

France Alexandre "⁠bodyy⁠" Pianaro
France Bryan "⁠Maka⁠" Canda
France Lucas "⁠Lucky⁠" Chastang
France Pierre "⁠Ex3rcice⁠" Bulinge
France Filip "⁠Graviti⁠" Brankovic

France Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic
Filip 'Graviti' Brankovic
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.92
Maps played:
619
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.71
France Bryan 'Maka' Canda
Bryan 'Maka' Canda
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.07
Maps played:
1942
KPR:
0.71
DPR:
0.63
France Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Alexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
1874
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
France Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang
Lucas 'Lucky' Chastang
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.02
Maps played:
1932
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.64
France Thomas 'Djoko' Pavoni
Thomas 'Djoko' Pavoni
Age:
28
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1250
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.69
France Pierre 'Ex3rcice' Bulinge
Pierre 'Ex3rcice' Bulinge
Age:
25
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.99
Maps played:
1106
KPR:
0.66
DPR:
0.65
France Damien 'wasiNk' Dufour
Damien 'wasiNk' Dufour
Age:
29
Team:
No team
Rating 1.0:
0.89
Maps played:
249
KPR:
0.61
DPR:
0.69
???????????? why
2025-06-21 19:52
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#7
nEGRo | 
Switzerland DrMeds
3DMAX org owners caused this shit management
2025-06-21 19:56
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Source?
2025-06-21 20:49
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source: twitter guy with 10 followers
2025-06-22 06:00
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"We reached a point where we simply weren’t fully aligned anymore. It happens. No hard feelings, just respect for what we accomplished." hope this helps
2025-06-21 19:56
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#28
LEo | 
Denmark FELIXXD
Give me some more
2025-06-21 21:57
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kyousuke
2025-06-23 02:47
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Tension between players, real shit not just in game stuff. If you speak french, look for what KRL revealed when he leaked that wasink was leaving.
2025-06-21 23:24
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#41
Faceit level 8  | 
France Stormyzer
Un lien ou un titre ?
2025-06-22 00:40
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2 replies
2025-06-22 02:05
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I was talking about tha allegations about physical fight, the fact everyone krl has talked to gave a different version about what's not going well in the team + people literally arguing really hard to make wasink leave
2025-06-22 08:05
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#2
ReDWateR | 
Romania T_O
+taz
2025-06-21 19:52
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meds
2025-06-22 12:25
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#3
Dosia | 
Russia kabzda
322max
2025-06-21 19:53
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#4
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African Union NotZazir
ktl
2025-06-21 19:53
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#5
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France GenG_Fan
3DMAX have twice now refused to sign with better orgs than budget/bankrupt 3DMAX and they keep complaining about muh no bootcamps and shit like that. deserved downfall
2025-06-21 19:54
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#30
Faceit level 10  | 
Romania burtiqutz
Source? Also the owners are the ones who decide no?
2025-06-21 22:17
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Are you dumb? It's not the players that get to choose if the team gets sold or not.
2025-06-22 00:52
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flair + wdym bankrupt when they always made into a tier 1 events by not paying their spot (qualifying from vrs or qualifier) + back2back major
2025-06-22 06:01
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welcome to Liquid
2025-06-21 19:54
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His english is dog water
2025-06-21 22:20
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it'll be fine, it's not like the coach has to call midround
2025-06-21 22:29
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You have to get your point across your players, inspire them and be able to refocus them quickly during tac pause. Not that easy when your english is not that great
2025-06-21 22:31
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#9
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Korea syjeon
Good for wasiNk i guess, the question is, where could he go?
2025-06-21 19:57
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2025-06-21 20:02
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fnatic, you have your new coach right here.
2025-06-21 19:57
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#11
Faceit level 5  | 
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France Rhumhell
I think wasink has some potential as he took 3D from top 30 to top 15 I hope that the team will get a coach suited for their needs
2025-06-21 19:59
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fax brother, now they just need -graviti for a french star rifler and adjust lucky playstyle to be more like graviti
2025-06-22 06:02
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#56
Faceit level 5  | 
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France Rhumhell
graviti does not match what is expected from him however there is simply no one to replace him even the brazilian from FURIA who have a larger scene had to go international and the 3D academy won't do magic
2025-06-22 14:48
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#13
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Russia Lessix
apparently maka cant get along with anybody but i hope its not true
2025-06-21 20:04
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#15
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France vuelure
he strangled staff member lul
2025-06-21 20:39
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#31
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
GeT_RiGhT | 
Sweden TherealSimba
is this real?
2025-06-21 22:18
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1 reply
#33
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France vuelure
grabbed by his shirt apparently, but not much context
2025-06-21 22:24
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#14
Faceit premium user  | 
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Sweden Mr_Vista
LEAVE LAMBERT/KILLAZOO ALONE
2025-06-21 20:26
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#16
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France toOo0o
:( Reply needs to have actual content
2025-06-21 20:39
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Shit coach shit players (Maka and Graviti especially)
2025-06-21 20:49
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5 replies
Cry more
2025-06-21 20:50
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huh? I just think 3DMAX was overrated. For the amount of screaming Graviti and Maka did they achieved nothing noteworthy. And apparently, Maka can't get along with anyone
2025-06-21 20:51
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They're good day merchants. On their good day they can beat almost anybody and on bad day they can lose to anybody. I really like Maka cuz he's a great IGL and their games are always great to watch both gamewise and banter.
2025-06-21 20:53
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2 replies
Well put
2025-06-21 23:55
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1 reply
It's just correct, I'm big fan of this team and I know it quite well. Their mental is total shit so after their loss to Navi I knew that this is over for this major
2025-06-22 07:00
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I really hope a good team takes an interest in him, because he changed a lot of things when he arrived at 3DMax, and it paid off. And no one wears the shorts better than this man.
2025-06-21 20:51
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He wore shorts behind the players? I didn't notice
2025-06-22 01:40
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1 reply
I don't think he's ever done it since he's been a coach, it's a reference to when he was IGL at GenOne
2025-06-22 03:07
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#23
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Europe tajE
maLeK tba?
2025-06-21 20:54
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1 reply
good shout but i dont think he have coach any more team or i forgot.
2025-06-22 06:04
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#25
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Kazakhstan Shingis2kk
+Ozstrik3r
2025-06-21 21:01
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1 reply
If he goes from management role to coaching a couple months later, it's the most obvious inside job of all time to cause this mess
2025-06-21 22:58
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#26
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
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World streetson
there are few coaches out there that we can confidently say that are actually good and make a real impact on a team like ash, b1ad3 and sycrone, IMO wasiNk is definitely one of them (not saying he is on their level yet, but his impact is undeniable)
2025-06-21 21:09
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#27
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
I was wondering if 3DMAX will make some roster moves in this off-season, I mean, their roster is probably good enough to stay as a pretty dangerous underdog, but I can't see this 5-man lineup becoming like a consistent Tier1 team that sometimes makes playoffs, sometimes not but always is atleast close to that, I think some firepower upgrades would be needed, I don't know how much change of a coach can impact them, we will see, but I hope they do well because I'm overall a fan of having more and more national teams in Tier1, so GL boys!
2025-06-21 21:24
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I think Graviti has been pretty inconsistent this season, maybe it's his roles but still
2025-06-21 22:11
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#36
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
I mean, Graviti has always been their lowest performer I feel like, it's true he has hard roles but it's one place you could look for a potential upgrade. I think what seems different is Maka, I mean, I know he is an IGL but he used to be also their star player, their best performer, and this season he is far from that form sooooo... I don't know what they should do, I don't also know what possible replacements there are in the French scene, so I'm really curious.
2025-06-21 22:41
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im pretty sure maka isnt the only calling cause lucky once said he and bodyy also calls in midround if maka is awping and too focused on the game. so basically the team needs a star rifler more than maka going star awper because those 3 callers are actually good players even when theyre calling at the same time
2025-06-22 06:06
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#57
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland SebL
I mean, bodyy and Lucky are fine, but I've seen some missess from Maka that really look ugly, I mean, I think he is an underrated IGL, I think 3DMAX play great CS, the only thing that's between them and Tier1 is probably firepower for me, and they need to find it somewhere, whether it is in a new AWPer and moving Maka to rifle or in a new rifler, I don't know, hard to say what talent there is in French scene right now, you probably know that better than I do.
2025-06-22 21:48
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Honestly there isn't, it's dead. But I guess neityu but he probably will stick international.
2025-06-23 04:25
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+Maj3r when? He was their trial coach for a while back in Falcons, so they already have a chemistry.
2025-06-21 23:33
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doubt is the coach’s fault that his players throw unthrowable rounds time after time
2025-06-22 00:44
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King wasink
2025-06-22 01:54
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#60
Faceit level 4  | 
bLitz | 
Ukraine MATEiNEiGHTX
Hope they change their logo as soon as possible. These guys need new brand
2025-06-24 06:31
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