On the eve of the first RMR tournament of the year, Natus Vincere announced that it would return to using a six-man roster in order to comply with Valve's rule that teams will be charged points for substitutions during a match. As a result, the NAVI lineup for the near future will change as follows: Egor «flamie» Vasiliev will go to the reserve, and his place will be taken by a young player Valery «B1T» Vakhovsky, who previously played for NAVI Junior. Egor Vasiliev will also miss DreamHack Masters Spring. This will give the team the opportunity to prepare to play a new lineup on different maps before the upcoming ranking tournament.
In the near future, Natus Vincere plan to train within the bootcamp in Kiev, which will be held from April 11 to 24. After that, they expect to use their participation in DreamHack Masters Spring to see which positions B1T plays most effectively. While the team representatives note that this tournament remains significant for them and they will be happy to do well at it, the primary importance for them is to practice tactics before the RMR tournament, which is to be held in May.
It remains unclear whether NAVI intends to return to a six-man roster in the future. Although B1T originally only played for the team on Inferno, in ESL Pro League 13 he was given the opportunity to prove himself by also playing on Mirage and Overpass.