Apeks sign jL

7/8/2022 - 19:54

The 22-year-old signed a one-year contract with the Norwegian organization.

Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius has inked a yearlong deal with Apeks, becoming the first addition to be announced by the Norwegian organization after the changes in the squad from last June which resulted in Hugo "⁠chawzyyy⁠" Günther and Asger "⁠AcilioN⁠" Larsen being benched.

The player previously worked with Apeks' newly appointed coach Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczynski during his time in MAD Lions before the organization's decision to shut down their CS:GO branch in April.

jL is now a part of Apeks

jL accumulated a 1.10 rating during his time playing under the Spanish organization, utilizing the rifle as well as the Big Green and registering 18.3% of his frags with the AWP. The Lithuanian was part of a few victories at online events with MAD Lions, namely GameGune 23 and Esport Tour Pro Summer 2021. He also helped the squad reach IEM Fall 2021 before finishing DreamHack Open November in third place.

Following his departure from MAD Lions, he competed alongside Volodymyr "⁠Woro2k⁠" Veletniuk and Thomas "⁠TMB⁠" Bundsbæk as ex-MAD Lions until last July.

Apeks add kuben as head coach

"I chose to sign with Apeks because I really like the lineup and I see a lot of potential in us. This is by far the best-looking team I’ve had the chance to play with," read jL's words on Apeks' announcement. "I will bring a fully dedicated mindset to achieve whatever we put our minds to," it continued.

"He is young and hungry, and that’s always good in a team with high ambitions. It’s also a safe player for us to sign since our head coach knew him well from before, so he knows how he can deliver and bring us to new heights," added Anders Kjær, Apeks' Head of Esports.

The Norwegian organization stated in jL's announcement that the final player for their roster will be announced soon.

Apeks are now:

Tim "⁠nawwk⁠" Jonasson
Martin "⁠STYKO⁠" Styk
Joakim "⁠jkaem⁠" Myrbostad
Justinas "⁠jL⁠" Lekavicius

Jakub "⁠kuben⁠" Gurczynski (coach)

Hugo "⁠chawzyyy⁠" Günther (benched)
Asger "⁠AcilioN⁠" Larsen (benched)

nice

2022-08-07 19:54

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top 30

2022-08-07 20:12

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yes better buy s1mple or blameF

2022-08-07 20:39

Maybe top20

2022-08-08 02:44

who? 🥱

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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣lmfao my ass off

2022-08-08 00:39

Top20 for sure

POGGGG

2022-08-07 22:53

really underrated player excited to see who they get as igl

6 replies

ALEX / TMB / Birdfromsky / AZR coming

2022-08-07 20:28

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i think AZR

2022-08-07 20:37

Azr would be sick

2022-08-07 20:46

+1 for azr, even if alex or birdfromsky would be safer moves in terms of recent form & results. TMB would be interesting but I feel as if he would have come along with jl directly as a duo if he were being asked to do it (+he was only IGLing out of necessity)

2022-08-07 22:31

TMB and birdfromsky are going to falmes. alex or azr

2022-08-07 22:54

seems good

michu 5th?

2022-08-07 19:55

Hopefully not, a dedicated IGL is needed

AZR

2022-08-07 20:38

Good signing I like

Amazing decision

jL > jr

Lithuanian scene booming

Not really..

2022-08-07 20:54

2022-08-07 21:14

solid sign, they should go for BOROS now

2022-08-07 19:56

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And no igl? Also jkaem is entry

2022-08-07 19:57

STYKO could IGL, he has the experience of doing it.

2022-08-07 20:07

I didnt know that

2022-08-07 21:02

they might need IGL

2022-08-07 19:58

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make someone igl? jkaem perhaps

2022-08-07 20:06

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Not worth it tbh. Better find a good igl like tmb

2022-08-07 20:31

yeah that would be reasonable, im kind of biased, just sad to see BOROS sitting on bench wasting his talent.

2022-08-07 20:34

I understand you completely! He is way too good, was hoping he would sign with fnatic…

2022-08-07 20:42

''Make IGL'' ... Yikes

why not? done before worked before

Like Niko worked ???

woxic? chrisj?

2022-08-07 20:48

I mean STYKO could be amazing IGL but he just doesn't want to do it yet

2022-08-07 23:02

ALEX next and lets go

Yeah if they want to disband

now sign olofmeister

GOATAS

2022-08-07 19:59

best signing for sure

Actually really exciting signing

2022-08-07 20:02

jL and kuben go together

wow, unexpected.

TMB

2022-08-07 20:03

probably

2022-08-07 20:08

Hopefully, he is rumoured to join cphg flames unfortunately

2022-08-07 20:32

Maybe +Alex or Azr as igl?

2022-08-07 20:04

Or +Golden/Friberg

Golden and friberg aint good enough for their ambitions.

2022-08-07 20:33

Aleksi, AZR, ALEX are three possible options.

2022-08-07 20:05

Pog

i thought he is going to gamerlegion

Let's go jL

interesting gl

who? oh well .. gl

2022-08-07 20:09

Hes pretty good I guess

2022-08-07 20:10

good signing, i would say they need an young igl to balance things, if styko wont do it

2022-08-07 20:11

Need a decent igl, Aleksib will be good fit. kinda expected that jL will join. He can be 2nd awp too. styko and jkaem need to step up then make Apeks can find success. TMB would be good for team chemistry

2022-08-07 20:13

Jkaem 1.13 rating in 113maps with apex... id say he shows up lmao

2022-08-08 03:58

Good pickup if they get a decent igl

I dont understand the identity of the team.

2022-08-07 20:15

They want to establish themselves in the top 20. That was the goal when going into 2022 at least. I guess they want to qualify for the major.

2022-08-07 20:40

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Any team wants that. I maybe assumed they wanted a Scandinavian team, but this lineup is all over.

2022-08-07 20:59

I think it wasn’t too important for them. They have just as ence focused on a regional academy team and still have norways second best player in jkaem so I guess they feel that that’s enough to please the fans if they become great

2022-08-07 21:04

faze from Walmart

2022-08-09 12:43

Imagine then when you, most likely, see +AZR as the new IGL :P That makes the most sense imo since Jkaem is already there and AZR clearly doesnt have any T1 offers and he obv want to stay in EU with his Danish GF. Some dude mentioned AZR going back to AU and playing for some random AU team, but i doubt that tbh. Would be weird, especially now when a T2 team is looking for an IGL.

2022-08-07 21:34

Going back to Australia and in to the APAC region of CSGO is career suicide for someone who has been a legitimate playoff contender at Tier 1 events in the past. T2 EU is probably his best bet if no T1 teams are making offers.

2022-08-09 16:41

RIP. STYKO promoted to IGL. Source: Apeks twitter. Hmm. Well, lets see where AZR ends up.

2022-08-09 17:04

big ooof

2022-08-09 18:42

RIP Apeks HEAP:(

2022-08-07 20:16

JL is pretty good

2022-08-07 20:18

unexpected... who igl ?

Nice

2022-08-07 20:19

2022-08-07 20:20

i think everyone know jl is a great player. I dont think anyone is unhappy with this

#38

2022-08-07 21:46

get Lekr0 as igl

Actually a good choice!

go go jL!

interesting signing, definetly not the worst tho

2022-08-07 20:41

El Pipa Benedetto?

2022-08-07 20:53

God

He is good , gl

+azr

2022-08-07 21:11

no one asked so i will. who?

2022-08-07 21:23

JL is good player. Deserved. Good luck

2022-08-07 21:26

+birdfromsky = 2 cheaters in 1 team ez top 15

sick pickup

2022-08-07 21:28

LFGGGG

2022-08-07 21:32

TOP 20 team coming up

2022-08-07 21:38

if he transfers another player from ex mad lions he's trying to make lidl version of it

2022-08-07 21:43

ALEX would be the best singing for them I think. Also would be good for him to prove himself again at a lower level

Rumors have been saying that he was approached by other teams but he is really greedy in terms of salary so orgs pulled out quickly... I doubt Apeks can match his greed. If it's true and he doesn't come off of his high horse, he won't be picked by any teams.

2022-08-08 01:49

I've heard Apeks are a wealthy org so they could probably pay him more than another team of their level. So it wouldn't surprise me if he went to them.

2022-08-08 07:44

awful

2022-08-07 21:52

nice move

2022-08-07 21:57

great move tbh

2022-08-07 22:01

great pickup, gl

2022-08-07 22:08

RIP Ex-Mad Lions. They were a decent team and much better than Apeks.

2022-08-07 22:40

snax as igl maybe

2022-08-08 01:12

He can't play without cheater2k

2022-08-08 01:31

Solid addition, prolly better than chawzy. I'm guessing they are looking to sign either raalz or radarfromsky

2022-08-08 01:41

top60 confrimed

2022-08-08 01:59

100% gonna get tmb as igl

2022-08-08 02:06

Rumours saying that tmb gonna be new cph flames player

2022-08-08 02:18

Hope so cus he’s trash

2022-08-08 10:41

If they add AZR on top of this squad I am pretty hopeful of what they can do. Chawzy was pretty misused as he was an awper and they turned him into a rifler

2022-08-08 05:21

lets go

2022-08-08 07:38

Budget budget faze

2022-08-08 07:54

Doing an “Apeks”: Sign a player that frequently awps, deny him the awp and at the same expect the same level of impact on rifle.

2022-08-08 09:17