eLevate will drop out of Enter The Storm NA #2 amid ongoing roster changes, the team's management has confirmed.

In a statement to theScore esports, eLevate manager Mimi "Ghosty" Linch confirmed that the team would not participate in their Group C matches scheduled for Sunday.

"We felt like the roster going into ETS lacked a lot of team synergy simply due to a lack of time they had together as a team of five as well as a difference in mentality when it came to gameplay," Ghosty explained.

The team will retain the services of founding melee/flex player Jarrett "Nessper" Jaroslawski, as well as ex-Stellar Lotus assassin Nicolas "nightmare" Nogueras, who had been playing with eLevate since the departure of Tanner "Hocfoo" Locke and Reece "BOSSFLOSS" Kelly.

Also returning to the team is Jun "Jun" Jang, a promising support prospect who earlier left to play with the short-lived team known as Afro Doge.

"I can confirm that Jun will be playing with us again for the time being as our support, and we are looking at warriors and ranged assassins to replace the void Hocfoo and BOSSFLOSS left," Ghosty said.

The team has tried a number of players in recent weeks. The initial loss of Hocfoo, Jun and BOSSFLOSS meant that, despite having finished second at the first Enter The Storm NA, they had to requalify.

They did so using a roster of Nessper, nightmare, former COGnitive Gaming coach Antherus "xcyteZ" Ha, ex-COG warrior Donald "Scylol" Dobbin and ex-2ARC member Zach "insomnia" Hacker. Because they have not retained three of those five players, they are ineligible to continue on in the tournament.

With North American rosters again in disarray, it is possible that eLevate could find candidates for their warrior and ranged assassin positions sooner, rather than later.

GosuGamers has not yet made a statement regarding how group C will be handled, though it seems likely that Tempo Storm and Team oVo will have to play a match for seeding purposes. eLevate was slated to start with a match against Team oVo, and Group C had only three teams.

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