jL leaves NAVI — academy player makazze joins main CS 2 roster

Justinas “jL” Lekavicius has parted ways with Natus Vincere’s CS2 roster, the organization announced on its official website.

He will be replaced by Drin “makazze” Shaqiri, who has been promoted from NAVI Youth. The remaining members of the academy roster have been placed on the transfer list.

jL joined NAVI in June 2023 and played a key role in the team’s victories at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 and several other tier-one tournaments — the biggest achievements of his career so far.

The revamped lineup will debut at IEM Cologne 2025, where the team will skip the Play-In stage and begin directly from the group stage, scheduled for July 23 to August 3.

Current NAVI lineup:

• Valeriy “b1t” Vakhovskiy
• Aleksi “Aleksib” Virolainen
• Mihai “iM” Ivan
• Igor “w0nderful” Zhdanov
• Drin “makazze” Shaqiri