Young NAVI Junior CS2 player Drin "makazze" Shaqiri climbed to the top of the European FACEIT Elo ladder. He currently has 200 points above star Russian players Danil "donk" Kryshkovets and Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov. If the Kosovar remains on top until the end of the season, he will be awarded $25k by the platform.
They are followed by Nikolay "mir" Bityukov, who has no team at the moment, fame from Virtus.pro, and Lekr0 from BC.Game. Another Kosovar, crbOb_, closes top-10.
Makazze is a 17-year-old rifler. He has been on NAVI Junior for almost a year, winning some tier-3 events. His average HLTV rating in 2024 is 1.13. The team is currently participating in a few online events. They are about to play against Anonymo at United21 Season 19 on September 4 at 13:30 CEST. To see makazze in action, you can watch this game here.