Lose a Dane, gain a German

Rogue look to add kRYSTAL

The team's coach revealed on stream that Rogue have found their fifth.

The coach of Rogue, Matthew "mCe" Elmore, has revealed on stream that the team have picked up Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend as their fifth player and in-game leader, filling the slot recently vacated by Casper "cadiaN" Møller after his departure to North. Although the clip and VOD were both deleted, an archived version can be found here.

mCe went on to reveal that the team were deliberating between adding kRYSTAL and Pujan "FNS" Mehta, eventually settling on the German player after a vote. FNS has been without a team since the end of May when he was benched by Cloud9, and Dust2.us knows that he had been scrimming with Rogue while being considered.

kRYSTAL's tenure on Ghost saw the team conquer OpTic in the ZOTAC Cup Masters quarterfinals before going on to best Na`Vi in overtime in their opening match at DreamHack Masters Stockholm. Although they were eliminated in two reverse sweep series against Na`Vi and NiP shortly after, the breakout performance of Matthew "Wardell" Bowman drew interest from many.

With kRYSTAL's trial on Ghost coming to an end, the 25-year-old released a Twitlonger explaining his frustrations and efforts over the year, culminating with not making the cut on Ghost. After annoucing that he was highly motivated and on the hunt for a team, Rogue reached out to the player and began discussions, eventually settling on kRYSTAL.

With their new addition, Rogue's roster is:

  • United States Daniel "vice" Kim
  • United States Spencer "Hiko" Martin
  • United States Hunter "SicK" Mims
  • Australia Ricardo "Rickeh" Mulholland
  •  Kevin "kRYSTAL" Amend
  • United States Matthew "mCe" Elmore (coach)

Rogue are set to compete in the upcoming ECS and ESL Pro League seasons, with their first match kicking off for EPL on Tuesday against Luminosity at 8:25 PM EDT.

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#1(With 0 replies)
September 29, 2018 03:55AM
Will
they could've gotten FNS and they went fro kRYSTAL

nice one rogue
#2(With 0 replies)
September 29, 2018 07:46AM
Joe
Dust2 Birthday cake!
Unexpected
#3(With 0 replies)
September 29, 2018 11:14AM
006_tv
Dust2 Birthday cake!
RIP Vod dude, kRYSTAL isn't too bad tho
#4(With 2 replies)
September 29, 2018 12:41PM
cuze
MDL
ImPerium
Krystal is a really good pickup idk why people think FNS>Krystal... More exp and better mechanics
#5(With 0 replies)
September 29, 2018 03:22PM
shrek
Simply not true
#6(With 0 replies)
September 29, 2018 04:12PM
Will
Krystal has much worse mechanics
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