Fnatic Valorant star devasted as Icebox is cut from map rotation

  ❘   Printed: 2023-04-06T16:43:39

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Fnatic Valorant participant Nikita ‘Derke’ Sirmitev has lamented that Icebox is the map making approach for Bind at the beginning of Act III.

Riot Video games introduced on April 6 that Icebox will likely be leaving the aggressive and unrated queue map rotation at the beginning of Act III (Patch 6.08). It will likely be changed by Bind, which was overhauled after leaving the energetic map pool in January with the discharge of Lotus.

The information of Icebox’s imminent elimination has been obtained with nice enthusiasm within the Valorant group as many gamers, each informal {and professional}, had publicly expressed their dislike for the map. Solely just lately, Sentinels star Zachary ‘zekken’ Patrone had called for Icebox’s removal, saying that it’s a map that lacks strategic variety. “You go A otherwise you go B, and that’s it,” he mentioned.

However not everyone seems to be pleased with the information. Derke, one of the best Valorant players in the world, has expressed his unhappiness that Icebox is about to be faraway from the map pool.

“F***, NOT THE ICEBOX,” he wrote in all caps.

Fnatic performed Icebox twice at VCT LOCK//IN, successful each video games. Within the thrilling grand closing towards LOUD, it was even the decisive fifth map, which Fnatic gained in time beyond regulation.