Man “NertZ” Iluz is near leaving HEROIC to hitch Group Liquid for the 2025 CS2 season.
NertZ and Group Liquid already reached an settlement, so the switch needs to be introduced within the coming days.
All this data comes from a report by journalist Alejandro “anonimotum” Gomis from Sheep Esports on Saturday, Dec. 28.
With NertZ, Group Liquid would significantly enhance the firepower of its CS2 lineup, because the Israeli is likely one of the finest riflers on this planet. NertZ would are available to interchange Mareks “YEKINDAR” Gaļinskis, who was benched on Dec. 27 and struggled individually for many of 2024.
Apart from, including NertZ will permit Group Liquid to qualify for the subsequent Main as an Asian group so long as the Australian star Justin “jks” Savage stays. It could be far simpler to qualify for the Main as an Asian group than an American group.
NertZ stats in 2024

NertZ has been with HEROIC since December 2023, when the group acquired him and the top coach Eetu “sAw” Saha from ENCE.
He averaged a 1.14 score throughout 209 maps performed in 2024, in line with HLTV.org, and was by far HEROIC’s finest participant. YEKINDAR, the participant NertZ will exchange on Group Liquid, averaged a 1.02 score this 12 months.
NertZ’s numbers look much more spectacular, contemplating HEROIC struggled considerably for a lot of months in 2024.
Whereas the swap of YEKINDAR for NertZ appears like a no brainer, Group Liquid will probably must make some tactical changes as NertZ isn’t as aggressive as YEKINDAR.
As for HEROIC, dropping NertZ is an enormous blow heading to 2025. The worldwide group began to enhance within the last months of 2024 after absolutely integrating Abdulkhalik “degster” Gasanov into the lineup solely to lose its finest participant in the course of the CS2 low season.
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