{"id":3127,"date":"2024-09-18T15:07:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/news\/cs-2\/astralis-signs-cadian"},"modified":"2024-09-18T15:07:27","modified_gmt":"2024-09-18T15:07:27","slug":"astralis-signs-cadian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/astralis-signs-cadian\/","title":{"rendered":"Astralis Signs cadiaN"},"content":{"rendered":"

Astralis <\/strong>has officially announced the acquisition of Casper ‘cadiaN\u00e2\u0081\u00a0‘ <\/strong>M\u00c3\u00b8ller from Liquid<\/strong>. This signing will take effect immediately.<\/p>\n

Alexander ‘br0’ <\/strong>Bro is stepping down from the team, and ‘cadiaN’ <\/strong>will now take on the role of rifler and in-game leader. Meanwhile, Nicolai ‘device’ <\/strong>Reedtz will return to his former position as the team’s star AWPer.<\/p>\n

In a surprising turn of events, ‘cadiaN’ <\/strong>has reunited with Martin ‘stavn’ <\/strong>Lund and Jakob ‘jabbi’ <\/strong>Nygaard, less than a year after the trio’s public split from HEROIC<\/strong>. The split was initiated by ‘stavn’ <\/strong>and ‘jabbi’<\/strong>, who expressed their unwillingness to play with ‘cadiaN’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The recent move signifies that ‘device’, a nine-time top 20 player of the year, has transitioned to in-game leadership for seven months. Initially, this change improved Astralis’s results, but the team’s rankings declined after the summer break.<\/p>\n

After underperforming and being eliminated in the group stages at IEM Cologne <\/strong>and ESL Pro League<\/strong>, ‘device’ <\/strong>expressed his disappointment with his leadership and AWPing abilities on Twitter. Shortly after, ‘cadiaN’ <\/strong>was announced as the new team captain. The revamped lineup’s debut is set to take place at the BLAST Fall Final <\/strong>in Copenhagen<\/strong>, where they will face off against Vitality on home turf.<\/p>\n

The focus then shifts to the Shanghai RMR<\/strong>, where Astralis <\/strong>is striving to secure their spot in the Major for the first time since Antwerp’s Challenger Stage<\/strong> in 2022.<\/p>\n

Astralis Announcement<\/h2>\n
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Astralis roster is as follows:<\/h3>\n

Nicolai ‘device\u00e2\u0081\u00a0‘ <\/strong>Reedtz<\/p>\n

Casper ‘\u00e2\u0081\u00a0cadiaN\u00e2\u0081\u00a0‘ <\/strong>M\u00c3\u00b8ller<\/p>\n

Martin ‘stavn\u00e2\u0081\u00a0‘ <\/strong>Lund<\/p>\n

Jakob ‘jabbi\u00e2\u0081\u00a0‘ <\/strong>Nygaard<\/p>\n

Victor ‘\u00e2\u0081\u00a0Staehr\u00e2\u0081\u00a0‘ <\/strong>Staehr<\/p>\n

Casper ‘\u00e2\u0081\u00a0ruggah\u00e2\u0081\u00a0‘ <\/strong>Due (coach)<\/p>\n

Alexander ‘br0’ <\/strong>Bro (benched)<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Keep up with our coverage for more insights on the latest esports news and updates.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Astralis has officially announced the acquisition of Casper ‘cadiaN\u00e2\u0081\u00a0‘ M\u00c3\u00b8ller from Liquid. This signing will take effect immediately. Alexander ‘br0’ Bro is stepping down from the team, and ‘cadiaN’ will now take on the role of rifler and in-game leader. Meanwhile, Nicolai ‘device’ Reedtz will return to his former position as the team’s star AWPer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":3128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[11],"class_list":{"0":"post-3127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}