Sources: Stormax set to join Partizan Esports in EBL

The rebuilding of Partizan Esports continues. As reported by Sheep Esports on April 23, the Serbian club will welcome back midlaner Aljoša 'Milica' Kovandžić. But to really get back on track after its catastrophic spring segment in the Balkan League (EBL) - last with one win for 13 losses - the structure is actually changing all its players, as Sheep Esports has already reported it last month. Among them is Valentin “Stormax” Garnier, who joins the jungle of the structure's roster, confirmed SE sources.

The Frenchman arrives with experience of the EMEA Masters, recently held with Anorthosis Famagusta Esports. Stormax didn't particularly shine there, as the Greek team didn't make it past the play-in stage, but he has just completed a successful spring split. The jungler finished second in the Greek League (GLL) on his first appearance in ERL 1. Better still, he was named rookie of the split. Stormax has in fact been a front-runner on several occasions since the start of his career, mainly in LFL Division 2, finishing 3rd in the 2022 spring split with Lille Esports and 2nd a year later with beGenius ESC.

But to this day, Stormax, who has also experienced more difficult segments, is still chasing his first title. Free agent after the spring split, the jungler is leaving a structure that took him to the EMEA Masters to join a club where everything has to be done again. A club that knows how to win, however, since Partizan Esports won the EBL in the spring of 2023 and also took part in both editions of the EMEA Masters last year. Stefan "Stefan" Nikolić was also Partizan Esports' first option, but the Serb has finally joined DSYRE in the Italian league, as reported by Sheep Esports last Friday.