Official: Cloud9 sign Boombl4

2-11-2023 17:48

After serving as a stand-in during their recent games, Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov has now been welcomed as the full-time fifth for the Russian squad.

The ex-NAVI in-game leader is back on a tier one squad

Cloud9 have announced the official signing of Boombl4, completing their roster after Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov recently stood down from the active lineup.

sh1ro steps down from Cloud9

HLTV reached out to Cloud9 to clarify the in-game leadership situation within the team, but they declined to comment.

Boombl4 arrives in Cloud9 with an impressive resume, having won a Major and Intel Grand Slam with Natus Vincere over the course of 2020-2021. He was IGL for Natus Vincere at the time, but has been trading AWPing duties with Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy in the few maps he has played for Cloud9 thus far.

The 24-year-old has already played several matches for his new team, acting as a stand-in during their recent Thunderpick World Championship matches. He enjoyed a winning start to life with Cloud9 by taking down fnatic and Virtus.pro, whilst top-fragging for his side against the latter.

Cloud9 undertook an amibitious revamp of their roster in the recent summer player break by bringing Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov and Perfecto in from Natus Vincere, creating what many in the community dubbed a superteam.

Cloud9 confirm electroNic and Perfecto signings

The results did not match the hype, however, and the Russian side swapped the IGL role from electroNic to Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov in an attempt to remedy their form.

It seemed the role swap was a step in the right direction after Cloud9 successfully navigated the BLAST Premier Fall Showdown immediately after it occurred, but this was negated by the sudden departure of sh1ro after the squad’s early exit from IEM Sydney.

Cloud9 are now:

Abay "⁠HObbit⁠" Khassenov
Denis "⁠electroNic⁠" Sharipov
Ilya "⁠Perfecto⁠" Zalutskiy
Sergey "⁠Ax1Le⁠" Rykhtorov
Kirill "⁠Boombl4⁠" Mikhailov

Konstantin "⁠groove⁠" Pikiner (coach)

Timur "⁠buster⁠" Tulepov (benched)
Dmitry "⁠sh1ro⁠" Sokolov (benched)

Boom

2023-11-02 17:48

22 replies

Ax1le: boombl4 pretty funny boy :D

2023-11-02 17:50

8 replies

Simple is their next signing coming up

2023-11-02 21:59

7 replies

4 sure ! Rosterwise it would actually make a lot of sense but i doubt s1mple will play for rus org. -hobbit +p1mple

2023-11-02 22:19

6 replies

Isnt c9 american org with russian players?

2023-11-02 22:21

5 replies

it is

2023-11-02 22:49

yes hes just yapping

2023-11-02 23:21

Ye true but russian players and i doubt he will play with russians during war.

2023-11-03 01:45

2 replies

He won a few tournaments with boomich, electronic and perfecto during the war?? Navi was majorly russian back then

2023-11-03 09:28

perf and elect and boom have already played with simple you moron...... that's how they all have a major win... welcome to CS my friend. hope you enjoy they stay and learn something.

2023-11-04 20:05

bl4

They turning C9 into NaVi, lol.

2023-11-02 17:59

S1mple on the bench now too...

2023-11-02 18:35

4 replies

wouldn't it have been easier to just kick b1t?

2023-11-02 19:36

3 replies

why kick their best player

2023-11-02 19:51

I think Alexi and his bf JL harassing b1t...

2023-11-03 04:57

1 reply

What makes you think so? B1t is playing like a beast and he's hyping up when they win rounds and they seem to enjoy the game together.

2023-11-03 13:37

Imagine if they sign s1mple and b1t manages to find his way to C9 as well. Na'Vi 2.0 will be reborn!

2023-11-03 07:16

BIG BOOM

2023-11-02 18:33

for sure my new fav team

2023-11-02 22:42

-Ax1le+sh1ro

2023-11-03 03:40

I wish. Axile has looked like dog shit the past couple months.

2023-11-03 13:04

I Wonder if he still uses the powdah

2023-11-03 06:29

FINALLY

2023-11-02 17:49

I hope for c9 he still has some mephedrone left to perform

2023-11-02 19:22

XDDDDDDDD

2023-11-02 21:02

pog

L signing

L egendary yes

2023-11-02 17:57

didnt know C9 signed jL

2023-11-02 18:07

jLegend*

2023-11-02 18:16

forgive me

2023-11-02 19:19

what's wrong with your cat?

2023-11-03 02:04

he aint cat'ing menss)))

2023-11-03 10:08

So proud!

Christmas came early

good luck big boom

hobbit still in the roster xD

Their best t side player …

2023-11-02 17:56

Maybe getting replaced with S1mple??

2023-11-03 17:24

I dont know why but i can see s1mple there

I don't think boombl4 electronic or Perfecto want to run it back with him tbh

2023-11-02 20:48

S1mple always supported all the three of them, and even in the major run he said “its nice to have such a team who can help everytime”. And boombl4 knows how to use s1mple as that was the best Navi we have ever seen.

2023-11-03 05:14

-hobbit -Ax1le + b1t +s1mple

2023-11-03 07:43

-groove +blade Major winning team

2023-11-03 14:04

+deko inc

Boombl4saur is back, baby

hell of a comeback

-hobbit+ deko ez major

2023-11-03 02:41

Boombl4 redemption arc boissss

Wow!!! Finally they decided to have a real igl in their team?! They can only do better from now on. Glad to see BIG BOOM back at the top.

2023-11-02 17:51

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they need an actual awper now tho

2023-11-02 17:53

Do they really in CS2? Don't get me wrong, there should be someone competent with it, but I'm afraid hybrid players that are good with both are the way to go at least atm.

2023-11-02 18:03

Can u explain me? Why people think cs2 dont need awper?

Well, not that you don't need an AWPer, it's still a one-shot weapon, but mr12 and no economy changes make it a way riskier investment. Combine that with new movement and hit registration and you are much more vulnerable to prefires on default positions. Now add new smokes into equation where riflers can scan behind it way more effectively while you can't spray.

2023-11-02 18:41

+ considering the peeker advantage right now makes awp players holding angles pretty much useless anyway

2023-11-02 19:35

they will most likely get artfrost

boombl4 overrated igl. all was about blade

2023-11-02 19:46

Yeah yeah.

2023-11-02 19:49

Boombl4 real igl? xd

2023-11-02 22:56

They didn't have to kick half of the team for that

2023-11-03 08:46

big boom

nice

welcome back to t1 gl Kirill

-Hobbit +deko. They need an AWPer

Great news, except for 1win.

Why? He didn’t really do anything on 1win. They prob made $ off him.

2023-11-02 22:03

who is AWP? :D

Awp is shit rn, perf skill is enough for awp

2023-11-02 17:55

W SIGNING

top3 most r word orgs: 1 - c9 2 - nip 3 - heroic

Incorrect this is a great move

2023-11-02 17:54

eg and nip top 1/2 no debate.

who is awping rn?

no awp meta

2023-11-02 17:52

wonder who 1WIN will get as replacement, not a huge loss since NickleBack was primarily calling iirc

+degster -hobbit

Nah they need a teamplayer. Monesy would be the best fit

Hobbit does not go to NaVi, it's NaVi that comes to Hobbit

Fuck yeah. Now -hobbit +monesy and you’ve got a serious team.

G2 GENERAL MANAGER: "WE ARE NOT LOOKING TO SELL M0NESY AT ANY PRICE"

2023-11-02 19:23

Obviously they're gonna say that

2023-11-02 21:10

Lord Boomych lesgo😎😎😎

Big boom so cute

C9 copenhagen confirmed

now -hobbit +awper?

-HOBBIT + S1MPLE

Welcome back!!

Nicce

-hobbit +deko when

2023-11-03 02:42

and who will snipe?

Godfecto

2023-11-02 17:58

no awp?

Kick hobbit already broooo....

Wondering how they gonna play without awper?

Boomb4 awper

2023-11-02 22:59

signed electronic ("I will IGL") + perfecto to build super team....best player sh1ro leaves after poor team chemistry and results. Electronic decides he is done with IGL and re-sign boombl4 to igl + helping friend gets the NA paycheck- W.

Meanwhile, Axile is stuck there with his slump form .

yeah I can see him leaving in future too, all electronic and perfecto needed to do was join VP for russian superteam for norbert + qikert. could have got that agency to broker the deal like gambit did with C9 but that time has passed...

2023-11-02 18:09

I think currently they can do decently even though they don't have main Awper .

2023-11-02 18:36

Bring back sh1ro and -Hobbit.

2023-11-08 04:32

Rip to those who said Big Boom wasn't ever gonna be recruited by a Tier 1 team again , I am excited for his redemption arc ! Now , perhaps a little NaVi reunion when Sasha is willing to come back ?!?

Yeah, big boom really silenced them now.

2023-11-02 18:51

-hobbit +sh1ro and this team would dominate the scene.

as i said when c9 first signed electronic and perfecto, c9 will continue being just ok... in top 10, but will not win any important tournament

2023-11-03 02:05

without a proper igl? yeah, for sure. But this team with boomich setting up sh1ro the same way he did s1mple back in 2021, holy shit.

2023-11-03 02:34

even with shiro and boomich this team is over-hyped and would not win a significant tournament. That's my guarantee - their best days are behind them

Lol your guarantee, that’s freaking cute

2023-11-06 00:13

so what happens now to 1win?

They stop winning cct

2023-11-02 18:53

+1 xD

2023-11-02 21:19

0win from now on

2023-11-02 23:48

Good on x), no more CCT cups anymore

2023-11-03 01:44

Now buy s1mple and b1t from NAVI and then we'll talk.

-Hobbit +s1mple LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO

2023-11-02 18:01

Cloud9 era without awp pog .

2023-11-02 18:02

s1mple benched shiro banched what times am i living in

Well, rip gambit, hobbit will be benched for deko

2023-11-03 02:43

2023-11-02 18:05

Yo les noobs, You had nafany and you end up with boombl4…

2023-11-02 18:06

Do you have something against major winner?

better than apEX le noob, boombl4 activated brain to unlock 200iq calls with the coco

2023-11-02 18:18

-hobbit +deko

bumbla in c9 who awp, iknow awp is shit now but volvo will fix that

2023-11-02 18:08

Perfecto was 2nd awp in Navi as i remember

2023-11-02 18:12

no b1t second

2023-11-02 21:51

They both took turns doing it but b1t seemed to be better at it. At some point, though, b1ad3 must’ve decided not to do second awps anymore.

2023-11-02 22:53

perf never was second awper in navi. only b1t selected, only when his hp is low. Then s1mple will change gun and save gun

2023-11-03 01:10

Pog

and the sniper ?

2023-11-02 18:10

the big guy is back

2023-11-02 18:14

Build NaVi2.0 Gambit identity gone congrats clow9

2023-11-02 18:15

...and C9 transformation into a tier3 team is complete

HE'S BACK

Harumi was right!

W signing

2023-11-02 18:17

Budget NaVi 2021. Even if s1mple joins later now it's 2023, not 2021. That team has ran its course a long time ago.

2023-11-02 18:19

BIG BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

happy that hes finally back

And just like that c9 has become what used to be the major winning Navi squad, at least 60% of it, sans s1mple and b1t. Lol. History is weird. This c9 can actually win a major considering how nerfed the awp has become.

2023-11-02 18:22

Fiiiiiiiinnnnaaallllllyyyyyy!!!!!! My nickname has come to fruition. I'll have to pick another name now though.

2023-11-02 18:23

bring back sh1ro plz

Very underrated player imo. C9 will probably start putting up better results in spite of sh1ro’s absense.

2023-11-02 18:24

Depends on who you ask, i see more people overrating than underrating him

2023-11-02 18:25

time to change my flair to vitality maybe betboom if they get sh1ro

2023-11-02 18:26

Boomich is great player, always impactfull.

Boombl4 c9 hltv pfp before electronic and Perfecto.

2023-11-02 18:28

GL Big Boom

2023-11-02 18:29

Now b1t and s1mple

2023-11-02 18:31

Big boom <3

2023-11-02 18:34

Now - Hobbit +deko and C9 ez top 3

2023-11-02 18:37

2023-11-03 02:44

Cmon

He lost some weight?

2023-11-02 18:38

Now S1mple

2023-11-02 18:48

You silenced all them sensitive snowflakes :D Good for you Big boom! Show them what you’ve got.

2023-11-02 18:49

nice big boom, tho why is hobbit still in the team if boombl4 is igling? Honestly, sh1ro should consider coming back to replace hobbit and then you have an insane team.

2023-11-02 18:52

hobbit is here to clutch post plant situations on inferno B site from pool OH MY GOD HOBBIT

2023-11-02 19:01

hope hobbit step back to sign Simple. Boombla is back!!! Hell yes!!

Cloud Navi! <3

2023-11-02 18:55

flamie next !!!

2023-11-02 18:56

Electronic destroyed gambit and brought back n0vi

2023-11-02 19:00

-hobbit -ax1le +b1t +s1mple

2023-11-02 19:05

-hobbit +donk

2023-11-02 19:06

Byriat out simple in top 1 next 2 years

na'vi without b1ad3, b1t & s1mple budget na'vi with washed players

2023-11-02 19:12

blade lmao

2023-11-02 21:46

b1ad3 is overrated, but he is better than groove that's for sure

2023-11-02 22:46

Current Navi without s1mple is budget Navi.

2023-11-03 06:26

expected , whos awping tho ?

2023-11-02 19:13

With the current peekers advantage you don’t need an AWP’er

Ooo kurwa c9 on top

2023-11-02 19:14

well, hope ax1le will leave as well, i dont want to cheer for this navi reunion

2023-11-02 19:16

Someone has to take btch roles when nobody wants to

-Hobot +s1mple

2023-11-02 19:21

More like Na'vi kick the Ukrainians

2023-11-02 19:31

Now -hobbit +s1mple

good luck!

2023-11-02 19:42

GL, he deserves this opportunity

2023-11-02 19:44

Simple Incoming!!!!!

second Navi, what a stupid move.

wait, whos gonna awp?

I guess Ax1le and Perfecto can awp, but it's not really needed in the current meta

2023-11-02 20:13

The lord is back! Perfecto will AWP when necessary, who else will contribute to that? Will Hobbit Post numbers again?

2023-11-02 19:59

Boooooooom!

2023-11-02 20:01

- H0bbit -Ax1le + S1mple + b1t surely win a major

When I said in summer when electronic and perfecto were rumoured to join that Cloud9 won’t work like that and they need to sign +boomich -hobbit as well. Everyone was arguying with me that boomich is washed noob and he can’t even compete in tier 3 and how electronic will be much better IGL lmao. Ax1le electronic perfecto boomich sh1ro (have no idea why they benched him instead of hobbit) Would be insane team, basically 2021 Navi on steroids with ax1le and sh1ro instead of b1t and s1mple.

2023-11-02 20:31

c9 didn't bench sh1ro, he left on his own

Well then they had to figure things out, how tf you leave such awper just leave.

2023-11-02 21:40

Rip good old Gambit....

2023-11-02 20:37

nice, high expectations

2023-11-02 20:38

sh1ro, degster or s1mple instead of hobbit and you have your new and improved former NAVI lineup, just missing ze goated coach blad3, but groove is also a legend(BLAD3 ANALYST?!).

2023-11-02 20:39

Imagine thinking tilt master b1ad3 is goated when coach like zonic exists lmao.

2023-11-02 21:41

improved by what metric? b1t wasn't the problem in that former lineup. he had one of the best rookie years ever. electronic (& s1mple) isn't as good anymore

2023-11-02 23:58

WE'RE SO BACK glory to our lord big boom!

2023-11-02 20:46

dudes spent millions into nowhere lmao

2023-11-02 20:50

Now just delete Hobbit and get degster and we got a top5 Team easily

2023-11-02 20:53

cool1

2023-11-02 20:56

Now bring s1mple and it's game over.

- Hobbit +S1mple

2023-11-02 20:57

yes pls so this will be tier3 team

2023-11-03 00:14

-hobbit + sh1ro

most overratd IGL ever lOL

2023-11-02 21:22

He's got a good playstyle, though, always willing to play with pistol/smg, go in first, get traded, etc.

2023-11-02 21:30

"we have navi at home" tbh i really hope he can bring things around, of all people - he has the right mindset for it

2023-11-02 21:25

now + s1mple + b1t

2023-11-02 21:29

b1t will never play with russian again

happy for him tbh

2023-11-02 21:33

KING OF THE COCAINE, NUMBER ONE

2023-11-02 21:34

The cocaine cowboy yiiiiiihaaaaah!

2023-11-02 21:56

WOW OK

2023-11-02 21:35

Yay, not sure how it'll go without awper but hype

s1mple... tick tock...

imagine s1mple to c9 lmao then give it another 2 months and snack b1t

2023-11-02 22:04

Looks like the practice with boomich in the past week paid off. Gl I wish s1mple was part of this squad though in place of hobbit o guess

+s1mple pls

2023-11-02 22:39

who is awping?

2023-11-02 22:57

Probably perfecto, im sure they'll do fine this is INSANE firepower with good roles

2023-11-02 23:12

I still don't understand why sh1ro didn't want to stay in this team

2023-11-02 23:02

I would've preferred he stayed on Navi and created a new era but I'll take the Navi/C9 superteam ig

2023-11-02 23:19

top20 team

2023-11-02 23:35

boombl4 g0d

botbl4

2023-11-03 00:13

el1an inc?

2023-11-03 00:30

lets go big boom!

2023-11-03 00:31

BIG BOOM!.

Lul People are short minded forgot about cocaine sniff Dont even mention the escort incident

The guy knows how to have a good time, it's not like he has hurt anybody which is a much more severe moral sidestep.

2023-11-03 10:43

Imagine a football player from premier league gets video leaked sniffing cocaine. Career over In esports its fine. Clowns scene.

2023-11-03 11:58

I don't think it's uncommon in prem as well tbh

2023-11-03 12:20

Ok now this is a good squad

2023-11-03 02:09

Niko (aka m0nesy's best friend) leaves for falcons => m0nesy replaces hobbit on c9

2023-11-03 02:49

Huge W I know it's impossible, but I wish we could see s1mple reunite with his former teammates again, that roster would be nearly unstoppable

2023-11-03 03:03

boom is back

2023-11-03 03:20

If s1mple played for the Russians, would it be considered treason? because in the past he said the game has nothing to do with politics? So maybe he will join?

2023-11-03 03:28

Now we know who Hobbit meant. He meant sh1ro, not nafany.

2023-11-03 05:01

Massive W

2023-11-03 05:16

big L for now, big W after s1mple addition

2023-11-03 05:32

masive bobmla carry

2023-11-03 06:47

cokel4

2023-11-03 07:12

Another awper problem. This team won't last as soon as they realize they have awper problem.

2023-11-03 07:34

how low has c9 fallen so they add a freaking junkie to the team

2023-11-03 08:54

A team without AWPer

2023-11-03 10:09

In the midst of chaos and outbreak. Boombl4 makes us safe again. Thanks for this.

2023-11-03 10:41

big boy is back

2023-11-03 11:14

2023-11-03 11:28

cuckold is back

2023-11-03 12:40

-Hobbit +degster

2023-11-03 12:53

Schwerer gustav back in action babeeeeee. Love to see a full rifle team too, let the awper role die out

2023-11-03 14:07

get degster or sh1ro or s1mple or headtrick or whoever other awper else, but u need an awper in the long run... pls dont let perfecto awp, not cause he's bad at it, no, but because Perfecto is the best in his usual roles ankering, clutching, giving multi rifle kills...

2023-11-03 14:20