dea out at Elevate in shock move

Details remain scarce regarding the departure of Elevate's star AWPer.

Last night, Elevate played their second match in ESL Challenger League Season 48 with a surprise change in their ranks as Deni "dea" Ediev was nowhere to be seen, with the team's AWPer replaced on the server by Tianyi "Fr3nk1e" He in a 2-0 win over Mythic. While the organization has yet to make an official announcement, Dust2.us has confirmed with IGL Wyatt "snav" Phillippi that dea is out of the lineup after seven months with the timbermen core.

dea originally joined the then-Badass roster in December 2023, replacing Kevin "consti" Yi as the team's AWPer. This change almost immediately began to bear fruit as the 20-year-old proved himself extremely capable on the big green gun, finishing ESL Challenger League Season 47 with an impressive 1.21 rating over 37 maps, the second-highest rating for an AWPer in ECL.

It is currently unknown what led Elevate to cut dea, with dea stating that he "can't say anything yet", while snav only said dea was out of the team failing to respond to a request for further context.

While snav confirmed the change, things are less clear-cut from an organizational standpoint. Elevate's CEO Justin Tan said he was unaware the team planned on cutting dea and is currently in the process of discussing the next steps with the team.

Elevate are now:

  • United States Wyatt "snav" Phillippi

  • United States Derek "dare" Brown

  • United States Shane "shane" Dressler

  • United States Jaxon "Peeping" Cornwell

Elevate will need to figure out their plans quickly as they are set to face Perseverance tonight at 09:00PM. It is currently unknown whether Fr3nk1e will step in again tonight.

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#1(With 4 replies)
July 17, 2024 04:32PM
Sn1pe34
timberman could actually do some damage or help new Talent from NA FPL showcase his skills...LAN debut some fresh Faces
#2(With 3 replies)
July 17, 2024 07:23PM
Dr3amer
FPL is dead dog. They play like 2 times a month
#6(With 2 replies)
July 18, 2024 12:55AM
Sn1pe34
coL Cup is coming up maybe they find FroD to sub
#7(With 1 replies)
July 18, 2024 08:43AM
Emperor1e
Oh god please no… not again… I have PTSD from his stint in coL in GO. (Plus I think he’s coaching in Valorant atm right?)
#8(With 0 replies)
July 18, 2024 09:34AM
Sn1pe34
Yea I’m just using an analogy or something because coL need to bench Floppy and find a way to elevate Hallzerk AWPing...simply just isn’t good and coL need an upgrade
#3(With 1 replies)
July 17, 2024 11:26PM
jcv999
They wanted him to say the N word and he refused. Tragic
#5(With 0 replies)
July 18, 2024 12:54AM
Sn1pe34
I feel like that’s slander but then the reality is almost no African Americans play competitive CS idk why that is.
#4(With 0 replies)
July 18, 2024 12:45AM
scratchboy
Man, I was really liking this roster and dea has been one of my favorites to watch since his time on FA. Hope he's headed somewhere interesting!
#9(With 0 replies)
July 18, 2024 11:54AM
MrNorwood
Weird, they didn't even tell the org???
#10(With 0 replies)
July 18, 2024 12:31PM
Will
throwback to 2015 before most teams had managers and they all just managed themselves (extremely poorly)
#11(With 0 replies)
July 21, 2024 02:00PM
BGS
This team was really doing well when this 5 came together but something seems to have stagnated this group as they haven't really taken that next step that they seemed to be taking early on in cs2.

Hopefully this is more to do with just chemistry or thinking they can get someone better and not just a rash decision based on something as I don't want to see some recycled player joining this roster. That was what was so nice about the DEA and peeping signing originally... was a complete change from their past roster moves.
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