An enormous hearsay has damaged over the past couple of days involving FaZe Clan’s Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski and Staff Liquid’s Russel “Twistzz” Van Dulken.
Russian leaker OverDrive said on Telegram that the 2 famend organizations are within the strategy of engineering a deal that may see the 2 heavy-hitters swap locations on their respective groups.
Twistzz at ESL Professional League. Picture Credit score: ESL
A Homecoming within the Making for Two CS Superstars
EliGE joined FaZe Clan in January this yr after departing Complexity, however the American has didn’t hit the heights he did together with his earlier crew.
His tenure at Complexity has been closely criticised for poor performances and inflicting position clashes. Notable group figures akin to HLTV’s Striker have urged that FaZe wished to maneuver away from one in all their present core: EliGE, Finn “karrigan” Andersen, and David “frozen” Cernansky.
Within the current low season, VRS guidelines prevented them from doing so. He additionally urged FaZe might make a transfer following the Esports World Cup.
Given frozen’s standing as an elite participant inside his position, and karrigan is the IGL, that leaves EliGE.
A return for Twistzz would additionally see the crew take up the same form as after they loved transient intervals of dominance in early 2022 and late 2023. The one distinction can be frozen rather than Robin “ropz” Kool.
EliGE shifting to Liquid would give them the true, naturally aggressive participant they presently lack.
EliGE competing at PGL Membership Napoca, 2025. Picture Credit score: PGL
Why Each Gamers May Thrive in Their Former Properties
Within the case of Twistzz, though he has carried out admirably on a person stage, his return to Liquid since departing FaZe on the finish of 2023 has been nothing wanting a catastrophe.
Because the Canadian’s arrival in December 2023, the crew has seen 4 gamers depart its lively roster, in addition to two coaches.
Twistzz additionally needed to convert to being a makeshift IGL for a time after the crew didn’t hit the bottom operating with Danish AWP IGL, Casper “cadiaN” Moller.
A return to FaZe would possible see Twistzz hand over the star tasks he has loved whereas part of Liquid and return to being the supportive “glue” aspect he excelled at throughout his first stint with FaZe.
Each groups may have additional strikes to get again to their desired stage. Nevertheless, the swap would undoubtedly be a step in the appropriate route for them. The CS world will now need to await the conclusion of the EWC occasion to see if these strikes come to fruition.
