After two of their members departed to Cloud9, OpTic added three European players in Emil "Magisk" Reif, Adam "friberg" Friberg and Aleksi "allu" Jalli—creating an international roster.

OpTic's great form at the end of 2016 changed swiftly as the team entered the new year, with Peter "⁠stanislaw⁠" Jarguz's departure starting a long period of instability for the North American side.

Playing out a whole season with standins and trial players took it's toll and ended with William "⁠RUSH⁠" Wierzba and Tarik "⁠tarik⁠" Celik departing to Cloud9, leaving OpTic with just Oscar "⁠mixwell⁠" Cañellas, Keith "⁠NAF⁠" Markovic and the newly signed coach Chet "ImAPet" Singh.

As the player break is coming to an end and the second season of the year is about to kick off, OpTic have unveiled three new players: Emil "⁠Magisk⁠" Reif, Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg and Aleksi "⁠allu⁠" Jalli.

friberg will return to a professional team after a two-month break

With this change, OpTic have made the switch from a North American based roster to an international one, with all of their players now hailing from Europe.

The team's fifth member hasn't been officially announced yet, with NAF revealing that he will be standing in for the first week of ESL Pro League—after which OpTic is expected to reveal their last player.

OpTic now have: