Natus Vincere are currently considering benching Ladislav "⁠GuardiaN⁠" Kovács, a report by 1pv.fr says.

According to the report, GuardiaN has not been playing with the team as of late, with NAVI Junior player Rodion "⁠fear⁠" Smyk taking his place in practice sessions at the moment. The Ukrainian youngster isn't, however, meant to join the team permanently, as the organization is taking a few days to reflect on the situation.

GuardiaN could be out of Na`Vi after just four months

Should Natus Vincere decide to remove the Slovakian veteran, it appears they would look for a new rifler to facilitate Aleksandr "⁠s1mple⁠" Kostyliev's return to the role of the AWPer, in which he thrived throughout 2018 and most of 2019 before passing it on to GuardiaN.

The 28-year-old has been a target of criticism since leaving FaZe to rejoin the Ukraine-based organization in September, with poor displays at StarSeries i-League Season 8 and EPICENTER 2019 seeing his average rating drop to 0.95 over the four-month period.