On Tuesday, Natus Vincere announced a new player – fifteen-year-old Vlad «latt1kk» Vydrin will be joining the youth roster. He has a successful Ultras League Season 5 appearance to his credit, as well as impressive stats on FACEIT – 57% wins and a K/D ratio of 1.37. NAVI Academy manager Michael «M1ke» Palamar said latt1kk will fulfill the role of a sniper in the team. He has good stats for his age, while still being at the very beginning of his career. Palamar expects that the player will be given the opportunity to build on his strengths to continue to improve his results.
Vlad «latt1kk» Vydrin became the second player to join NAVI Academy in the last month. It wasn't long before thirteen-year-old Dmitry «Dem0N» Miroshnichenko was recruited to the team. Currently, the youth squad has a total of nine players from Russia and Ukraine, including Valery «B1T» Vakhovsky, who has been listed as a reserve player for the main squad since December.
NAVI is expected to announce soon which players will join the new NAVI Junior squad. The team is expected to participate in the second open qualifier for the European Development Championship Season 3, which will take place this weekend.