Nivera Retires From Competitive Valorant

Nivera decides to step down and retire from skilled aggressive Valorant

Former skilled Counter-Strike participant Nabil “Nivera” Benrlitom has determined to retire from aggressive Valorant after a bit of over two years of play. The participant has had fairly an explosive profession after debuting along with his brother Adil “ScreaM” Benrlitom in Workforce Liquid. Throughout his time enjoying Valorant, Nivera had grown immensely as a participant and even gained a robust fan base. Regardless of the profitable begin, Valorant’s shifting meta and fast tempo brought about some hassle for him. Ultimately, these points compelled Nivera to step down from the energetic roster for his new staff, Karmine Corp.

So let’s check out Nivera’s profession and why he determined to retire from Aggressive Valorant.

Nivera Retires From Aggressive Valorant

Nivera, higher often called the little brother of the headshot king, ScreaM, has lately determined to retire from skilled Valorant. Each he and his elder brother caught collectively throughout their time in Valorant. Regardless that Nivera initially wished to pursue Counter-Strike like ScreaM, he determined to swap Valorant for an opportunity to play alongside his brother in a good org like Workforce Liquid.

I’m formally saying my departure from the Valorant aggressive scene.

In the present day marks the start of a brand new chapter as I’ve reached a mutual termination settlement with KC, permitting me to pursue my desires in CS (Counter-Strike) as a free agent.
The sport has at all times been in…

— Nivera (@Nivera__) March 14, 2024

Over the following 12 months, Nivera grew as a participant and made a reputation for himself within the Tier-1 scene. He was well-known for his skill to carry out and frag-out on assist brokers. His methodical considering and methods additionally helped him discover success as a participant. He ultimately discovered his strategy to Karmine Corp, one other staff from Europe, alongside his brother. 

Regardless of having super expertise and a robust staff round him, Nivera might by no means actually attain the highest canine of Valorant and at all times wandered round to the mid to decrease areas of Tier-1. Ultimately, the speedy adjustments to the sport and the rise of newer gamers led Nivera to a tough time throughout the previous few months of his time in Valorant with Karmine Corp. After one other 12 months, he determined to retire and return to pursue his authentic recreation, Counter-Strike.

Brother Buff in Workforce Liquid

Again in September of 2021, Workforce Liquid introduced their plans so as to add Nivera to the staff changing James “Kryptix” Affleck. This was main information as Nivera’s exploits in Counter-Strike have been identified to esports followers. He had proven tons of potential and expertise. Being the brother of the Headshot King ScreaM, followers have been hoping to see him carry out on the identical stage.

One other main facet of this signing was the brother-buff. Since ScreaM was already enjoying in Liquid for a while and was one of many prime fraggers on the worldwide scene, followers have been excited to see the chemistry between the 2. Moreover ScreaM, he additionally seemed ahead to enjoying with large names like Travis “L1NK” Mendoza and Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen, who had additionally made a reputation for themselves within the European area.

Regardless that the staff was enjoying nicely of their native area, they by no means have been capable of carry out nicely in international occasions. They confirmed nice prowess through the regional qualifiers just like the EMEA Final Probability Qualifiers. Nonetheless in main tournaments like Valorant Champions 2021 and 2022, we noticed a serious drop of their efficiency.

Individually Nivera performed extraordinarily nicely, having a robust Ok/D and Fight Rating, however he couldn’t convert that efficiency with the remainder of his staff. A continuation of disappointing losses in worldwide occasions led to each Nivera and ScreaM leaving Workforce Liquid.

Becoming a member of Karmine Corp

Each ScreaM and Nivera joined Karmine Corp after leaving Workforce Liquid. The staff had constructed this new roster with gamers like Ryad “sh1n” Ensaad and Alexis “Newzera” Humbert, alongside the 2 brothers, particularly bringing ends in international tournaments. On paper, this appeared like a robust staff, just a few younger weapons with two skilled mentors to information them by means of the video games. 

Nonetheless, the staff hit the bottom operating and didn’t dwell as much as expectations. Nivera attended just a few main tournaments with the staff together with LOCK//IN Sao Paulo 2023 and EMEA 2023 LCQ. They weren’t capable of stand in opposition to many smaller groups with much less skilled gamers and had an extended string of losses. Nivera himself carried out decently however within the grand scheme of issues, was less than his traditional requirements.

Ultimately, in November of 2023, the org disbanded the roster and the 2 brothers have been inactive from aggressive play. Since then ScreaM has determined to put himself again as a free agent in search of groups keen to signal him. Nivera however determined to retire from the sport and plans to make his means again to Counter-Strike.

Nivera’s Future

As of now, there have been no updates on whether or not Nivera has joined any groups or when he’s going to be again in motion. All we all know is that he desires to return to CS and has formally stepped away from Valorant. Regardless of not having the perfect efficiency throughout his previous few months with Karmine Corp, his uncooked expertise and simple potential are nonetheless issues that followers ought to look out for. Following in his brother’s footsteps, the younger participant desires to make a reputation for himself again within the recreation that began all of it for him.

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