jks to join G2 – Report

Justin “⁠jks⁠” Savage is set to sign with G2, according to reports by Dexerto and 1pv.fr. The transfer will mark the 26-year-old’s return to activity after a prolonged period on Complexity‘s bench dating back to November 2021.

jks briefly showed his class at the beginning of 2022 when he stood in for both Robin “⁠ropz⁠” Kool and Håvard “⁠rain⁠” Nygaard at different stages of IEM Katowice during his time on the bench in Complexity. He became the first Australian to lift a Big Event trophy in Poland and had a notable output in FaZe‘s championship run, averaging a 1.14 rating across his 10 maps played.

The Australian rifler will take over JACKZ‘s place in G2‘s starting five, according to the reports, as the Frenchman had already been allowed to explore his options outside of G2 according to a previous report by 1pv.fr from July 17.

jks‘ transfer comes at a time of renewal in G2, as in-game leader Aleksi “⁠Aleksib⁠” Virolainen was also given freedom to search for new opportunities and the position for a new shot caller in Rémy “⁠XTQZZZ⁠” Quoniam‘s squad is still open.

The ongoing roster revamp in G2 comes off the tail of a poor first season of 2022. The high expectations after the signings of coach XTQZZZ, in-game leader Aleksib, and AWPer Ilya “⁠m0NESY⁠” Osipov were met at IEM Katowice, where the team made the grand final, but results quickly devolved from there on.

Nikola “⁠NiKo⁠” Kovač and company failed to make the PGL Major Antwerp playoffs and then lost to FURIA in the IEM Dallas quarter-finals, ending their run in 5-6th place. A small respite came in the form of a semi-final finish at the BLAST Premier Spring Final, but it proved to be a mirage as G2 ended on a downer with a 9-12th place finish at IEM Cologne.

G2‘s roster is shaping up as follows:

Nikola “⁠NiKo⁠” Kovač
Nemanja “⁠huNter-⁠” Kovač
Ilya “⁠m0NESY⁠” Osipov
Justin “⁠jks⁠” Savage

Rémy “⁠XTQZZZ⁠” Quoniam (coach)

Audric “⁠JACKZ⁠” Jug (transferable)
Aleksi “⁠Aleksib⁠” Virolainen (transferable)
Kenny “⁠kennyS⁠” Schrub (benched)