NAVI announce updated CS2 roster – jL goes inactive

Ukrainian esports club NAVI unveiled its updated Counter-Strike 2 roster for the next competitive season.

According to the official announcement, Justinas "jL" Lekavicius decided to take a break from his career as a pro CS player – the organization moved the Lithuanian esports athletes to the bench.

The vacant position in the squad was taken by 18-year-old Drin "makazze" Shaqiri, whom the club promoted from the academy to the main starting five a few days ago.

Lekavicius competed for NAVI for over two years – since June 2023. jL's average rating over the past three months is 1.06 (in 32 maps).

Note that NAVI placed 5th-8th at the recent BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 in the USA. At the moment, the main team of the club is in the top 8 of Valve's world ranking.

 NAVI's current lineup looks as follows:

 Valeriy "⁠b1t⁠" Vakhovskiy
 Mihai "iM⁠" Ivan
 Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen
 Ihor "w0nderful" Zhdanov
 Drin "makazze" Shaqiri

 Andrey "⁠B1ad3⁠" Gorodenskiy (coach)

Origin: navi.gg