Astralis have benched in-game leader Finn "karrigan" Andersen and will be using 16-year-old Anton "NoTaN1dgl" Pedersen in their upcoming matches, the organization revealed on their website.

Ever since their addition of Markus "⁠Kjaerbye⁠" Kjærbye, the Danes have been unable to impress at the events they've attended, including ECS Season 1 Finals, ELEAGUE Season 1 and SL i-League StarSeries Season 2 Finals.

Most recently, they failed to make it past the group stage at ESL One New York, where they only won one out of four matches, and to quarter-finals at WESG Europe & CIS Regional Finals following a narrow loss to GODSENT in relegation matches.



karrigan will sit on Astralis' bench in the foreseeable future

Shortly after Astralis returned from Kiev, the organization announced that Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen has been benched by coach Danny "⁠zonic⁠" Sørensen. 16-year-old Anton "⁠notaN⁠" Pedersen will step into the team to fill the gap in their upcoming matches in ESL Pro League Season 4. Nicolai "⁠device⁠" Reedtz also revealed that the addition of notaN is temporary.

Astralis now have: