In May 2024, ENCE changed two of its players. Then, in September, it changed its coach. Now, the last two Polish players have been removed from the active roster. Their place will be taken by Kacper “xKacpersky” Gabara and Ryan “Neityu” Aubry.
ENCE’s Poor Results
This is a risky move for ENCE. Given the organization’s 2024 results in CS2, something had to be done. In 2023, ENCE played in three S-tier Grand Finals and won one of them, at IEM Dallas. But in 2024, the whole year was a long string of failures.
The best result came at IEM Katowice and it was a 5th – 6th place! At other S-tier tournaments, ENCE finished among the last, even when there were more than 24 teams in the race. This clearly suggests that this former European giant is no longer a tier 1 competitor.
ENCE’s global ranking speaks for itself: 52nd. It’s not yet clear whether the decline was caused by a poor performance on the part of the players who left the organization or by Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander’s inability to find a strategy that works at the highest level.
He is a 4-time Major winner but he’ll have a lot of work to do if he wants his team to succeed next year. Right now, ENCE’s situation looks dire.
The Two New Players
Both of ENCE’s new players are under 20. They are probably hungry to prove themselves but will need a lot of guidance from gla1ve and Viktor “sdy” Orudzhev.
In the case of xKacpersky, we know that he comes from Young Ninjas, which is NiP’s academy team. As for Neityu, he comes from the academy team of MOUZ.
Both of these organizations are among the best in Counter-Strike and have been throughout the years. So there is no reason to doubt ENCE’s new players.
The only problem is that they’re relatively inexperienced and will soon compete against formidable opponents who might eat them for dinner if they don’t play the best CS of their lives.
