After es3tag, Astralis still wants to add at least 1 more player to the lineup

A reputable source from journalist Jarek “DeKay” Lewis said that Astralist is still looking to grow the number of members in its CS:GO squad by signing at least one more player.

Astralis has dominated the professional CS:GO world for the past 2 years in 2018 and 2019 with a cohesive, disciplined, scientific gameplay along with the ability to use nade extremely effectively. In just 2 years, they have won dozens of noble titles, of which the most prestigious are 3 Major championships and the Grand Slam Season 1 title with 1 million USD in prize money.

However, in the first months of 2020, Astralis could no longer maintain a stable performance when their LAN results were not good, such as the bottom of Group B at BLAST Premier Spring Series and only the result of 3-4th at IEM Katowice 2020, even at the beginning of March, they also lost the 1st place on the hltv rankings to Na`vi, the opponent who directly eliminated them in the semi-finals. end of IEM Katowice 2020.

In the ambition to return to the dominant position in the world CS: GO village, Astralis has decided to recruit a 6th member in an effort to diversify the lineup as well as improve the gameplay. This deal surprised the community with Patrick “es3tag” Hansen as the chosen one. The 24-year-old player will officially become a member of Astralis on July 1, after his contract with Heroic officially expires.

After announcing the successful signing of a contract with es3tag, many sources said that this will not be the only addition to Astralis’s lineup in 2020. In particular, according to journalist DeKay, the organization is from Denmark. Circuit is still working on adding 1-2 more players to its line up. This means that Astralis will have up to 8 team members and allow them to diversify their play in tournaments that allow substitutions.

Sharing about this decision, Astralis coach Danny “zonic” Sørensen said that signing more new players would help improve the overall quality of the team. “This decision was made to ensure the well-being of our gamers and our entire team believes this is the right choice,” added zonic.

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At the present time, although it is no longer absolute domination, the results of Astralis are still relatively positive. At LAN tournaments, they reached the semi-finals of IEM Katowice 2020 but finished last in the BLAST Premier Spring Series. As for the Online tournament, the team has finished ESL Pro League Season 11 Europe and is going 4 – 1 in ESL One: Road to Rio Europe with the only defeat against fnatic.