Astralis officially announced on October 13 at 20:58 the signings of Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek and Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov — confirming earlier HLTV reports (initial source: KRL).
Full new roster
- Love "phzy" Smidebrant (Sweden)
- Victor "Staehr" Staehr (Denmark)
- Gytis "ryu" Glušauskas (Lithuania)
- Nikita "cmtry" Samolotov (Ukraine) — switches from AWP to rifler
- Kamil "siuhy" Szkaradek (Poland)
- Coach: Filip "NEO" Kubski (Poland)
Context
- siuhy entered free agency on October 2 after a little over a year at Liquid
- cmtry arrived on loan from FUT (he had been benched there after SunPayus arrived)
- Benched/replaced: Rasmus "HooXi" Nielsen and Jakob "jabbi" Nygaard
- phzy stays on the Big Green (keeps AWP role) — in contrast to cmtry's move away from the sniper
First test
October 14, 12:00 — vs Sashi at Stake Pulse Beat III (Group C).
Source: HLTV.org — /news/45714/official-astralis-sign-siuhy-and-cmtry
