In August, just a month before the FACEIT Major London, North and Heroic agreed on a trade, swapping Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen and Daniel “mertz” Mertz on loan.

A couple of weeks later, North went on to defeat Astralis in a bo3 to win DreamHack Stockholm. A big surprise and a good omen for the upcoming Major.

In the end, the Danish team ended up losing in the first round of the New Challengers Stage. They went out of the Swiss system with 2-3 and a 0-2 defeat against Vega Squadron, while their local rival Astralis went on to win the Major in the most convincing way possible.

Today, North has decided to change Mathias “MSL” Lauridsen, roster leader and only remaining player from the original team that joined the Danish organization. niko won’t make the cut either, and will therefore return to Heroic as the loan period is over.

To replace them, North has decided to trust Casper “cadiaN” Møller who comes back from an interesting time playing for Rogue in North America, where he qualified for the Major. They also decided to give their former Academy player Nicklas “gade” Gade a chance. He spent the last 8 months on loan with Optic Gaming.

North roster:

Philip “aizy” Aistrup ⁠

Valdemar “valde” Bjørn Vangså⁠

Markus “Kjaerbye” Kjærbye⁠

Casper “cadiaN” Møller

Nicklas “gade” Gade

Alexander “ave” Holdt (coach)