Coming in at No. 7 of the Top 20 players ranking of 2018 i

s

, who makes his second appearance on the list since 2016 on the back of incredible consistency all year long.













After

the Danes struggled to find the form that saw them clinch the EPICENTER title,

Magisk

was cut from the roster after the PGL Major. He quickly found a new home in international waters with a completely new

featuring

"allu"

,

"mixwell"

,

"HS"

, and

"friberg"

, who continuously went back and forth between Europe and North America due to their league obligations in the latter region. Although they faced role issues and cultural differences, the European mixture closed out the year with a couple of respectable playoffs finishes at IEM Oakland and ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals with Magisk at

the

helm.

"Looking back at North, it was obviously a huge disappointment, but today I'm really happy that it happened. Many people make jokes about their decision now, but I believe they made the right call at that time. The results were not there and MSL and the rest of the guys had more trust in aizy as a player and that he could return to his dignitas level, which I don't blame them for. It was the best for

everyone at that time.

He got lucky, however, as

Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye

left

after a disappointing run at the Major to join up with his former teammates in

, allowing the 20-year-old to make his way onto Denmark's best team at the start of February.





The 20-year-old stood out at 10 of the 16 tournaments as either an MVP (at BLAST Pro Series Lisbon) or an EVP (at nine Big events), also thanks to being one of the best players in big-event playoffs with a 1.14 rating in the bracket stages (seventh highest)





Emil