Natus Vincere captain Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen recently spoke in an interview about how his teammate Valeriy "b1t" Vakhovsky has changed. In particular, the Finn praised how experienced the Ukrainian has become.
Aleksib noted that Valeriy has learned to use his experience and now makes fewer mistakes. The captain himself now knows that he can listen to b1t because when he says something, it makes sense.
The Finn also mentioned that he already considers the Ukrainian an elite player, and his experience reveals a different side of b1t. In Aleksib's opinion, when Valeriy becomes even better, he will be a benchmark for others.
I see this new side of him when he knows that he has the experience. He knows he's played a lot of tier-one events, he knows some of the situations, so I can hear him say sometimes when there is like this brief moment of when he talks, he really means it that, if we're doing dumb mistakes or something too slowly, we need to step it up next time.I feel like for him that's really good because he's also in the space where he's getting a bit older, and I think he's already an elite player, and this will just bring a new side of him when he gets even more years in, that he will be this player that is also guidance for a lot of other people.Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen
Currently, NAVI is competing in BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2023, which is taking place in Copenhagen from November 22 to 26, with a prize pool of $425,000. The team has reached the playoffs, where they will face Complexity today at 19:30 EEST. In the group stage, NAVI lost to Cloud9 and defeated Ninjas in Pyjamas.
Source: HLTV
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