LEGIJA to coach BIG at Play2Live Cryptomasters

Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić will step into the shoes of coach Alexander "kakafu" Szymanczyk at the upcoming Play2Live Cryptomasters tournament taking place in Minsk, Belarus from February 24-25.

BIG underwent two changes earlier this month, as Kevin "⁠keev⁠" Bartholomäus was benched and Nikola "⁠LEGIJA⁠" Ninić stepped down to become the German organization's Head of CS, with Tizian "⁠tiziaN⁠" Feldbusch and Niels "⁠luckeRRR⁠" Jasiek replacing the two players.

As the German squad are heading into the $100,000 tournament Play2Live Cryptomasters, set to start tomorrow, Alexander "⁠kakafu⁠" Szymanczyk announced that the team will try LEGIJA as the team's coach in Minsk.

LEGIJA has previously coached Nihilum and Kinguin in 2015

Meanwhile, the former coach will take a step back to "support the team from home as an analyst" for the Belarus tournament, where BIG are set to face Valiance in the quarter-finals tomorrow.

LEGIJA has some coaching experience under his belt, having stood behind North American side Nihilum and later the Kinguin/G2 lineup in the latter half of 2015.

BIG's lineup for Play2Live Cryptomasters is thus the following:

Fatih "⁠gob b⁠" Dayik
Johannes "⁠nex⁠" Maget
Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz
Tizian "⁠tiziaN⁠" Feldbusch
Niels "⁠luckeRRR⁠" Jasiek (trial)

Nikola "⁠LEGIJA⁠" Ninić (coach on trial)

A little update: the team will try legija as a coach at the upcoming event @play_2_live Cryptomasters! I will be supporting the team from home as analyst.

— Alexander Szymanczyk (@kakafuCS) February 23, 2018

Valiance #59 Anel 'NENO' CekovićLuka 'emi' VukovićĐorđe 'DJOXiC' NiciforovićNemanja 'huNter-' KovačNestor 'LETN1' Tanić Niels 'luckeRRR' Jasiek Age: 21 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 36 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.67 BIG #28 Fatih 'gob b' DayikJohannes 'tabseN' WodarzTizian 'tiziaN' FeldbuschJohannes 'nex' Maget Johannes 'tabseN' Wodarz Age: 22 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 964 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.72 Tizian 'tiziaN' Feldbusch Age: 21 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 783 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.67 Nikola 'LEGIJA' Ninić Age: 27 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.92 Maps played: 801 KPR: 0.64 DPR: 0.71 Kevin 'keev' Bartholomäus Age: 26 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.08 Maps played: 593 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.66 Johannes 'nex' Maget Age: 25 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 759 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 Fatih 'gob b' Dayik Age: 30 Team: BIG Rating 1.0: 0.84 Maps played: 719 KPR: 0.56 DPR: 0.68 Alexander 'kakafu' Szymanczyk Age: 28 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 0.89 Maps played: 20 KPR: 0.59 DPR: 0.69