Nicholas "Nitr0" Cannella has told Unikrn's Blaze "Draulon" Lengyel that he is no longer Team Liquid's in-game leader and that Spencer "Hiko" Martin has taken on the role.

"I called for about a week or so fully and it was extremely hard because I cannot multitask at all. It’s just part of who I am and it affects my fragging heavily. I cannot focus on my own game a lot of the times because I am so worried about trying to be the perfect 'in-game leader' by micromanaging and all the aspects that come with the role," Nitr0 said. "Peacemaker really helped develop the game plan with me and how the enemy plays so we can adjust accordingly using our strats. Recently, I decided to step down from the role and Hiko is going to do it from now on, so we will see how that goes."

Hiko was previously Liquid's IGL at ESL: One Cologne in July, where the team made history as the first NA team to make it to the Grand Final of a CS:GO major.

According to Twitter, Nitr0 took over as IGL in September prior to ESL One: New York. However, before Valve's August ban on in-game coaching at CS:GO majors, Liquid's coach, Luis "peacemaker" Tadeu, had done much of the team's shot-calling.

Been adapting to the new IGL role, it's tough so far 😁 — Nick Cannella (@Liquidnitr0) September 27, 2016

Under the new rule set, the team came in 3-4th at the ESL One: New York major after a 2-1 loss to Natus Vincere, who went on to beat Virtus.pro in the Grand Final.

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