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Imperial Valkyries has announced the departure of Zainab "?zAAz?" Turkie, who had been on the team since January 2024, still playing under Nigma Galaxy, and made the transition to the Brazilian organization with her teammates in May 2024.

During her time on Imperial Valkyries, zAAz lifted trophies at ESL Impact League Seasons 5 and 6, and played the IEM Katowice Play-in and PGL Cluj-Napoca.

After six consecutive ESL Impact victories in as many editions of the tournament, Imperial Valkyries dropped the ball for the first time in Season 7, losing a best-of-one to NIP Impact in the group stage and a semi-final series against FURIA fe in what would end up being zAAz's final tournament with the team.

She finished her time in Imperial Valkyries with a 1.11 rating, and won 58% of the maps she played while averaging a positive rating 66% of the time.

"Thank you for everything Imperial," zAAz posted on X. "New challenges await, and more updates will hopefully come after the player break. Wishing the girls all the best."

Imperial Valkyries are down to:

Ana "?ANa?" Dumbrav?
Victoria "?tory?" Kazieva
Alexandra "?twenty3?" Timonina
Katarína "?Kat?" Va?ková

Kamen "?bubble?" Kostadinov (coach)

Victoria 'tory' Kazieva Age: 27 Team: Imperial Valkyries Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 282 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.68 NIP Impact #185 Ksenia 'vilga' KluenkovaKiara 'Qiyarah' JanssenNaomi 'Nayomy' JanssenAnna 'ramziiN' RamsingMia 'aiM' Cooper Ana 'ANa' Dumbrav? Age: 26 Team: Imperial Valkyries Rating 1.0: 1.16 Maps played: 332 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.59 Alexandra 'twenty3' Timonina Age: 24 Team: Imperial Valkyries Rating 1.0: 1.06 Maps played: 285 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.65 FURIA fe #150 Gabriela 'gabs' FreindorferBruna 'bizinha' MarvilaIzabella 'izaa' GalleKarina 'kaahSENSEI' TakahashiLucia 'lulitenz' Dubra Nigma Galaxy Imperial Valkyries #149 Zainab 'zAAz' TurkieAna 'ANa' Dumbrav?Victoria 'tory' KazievaAlexandra 'twenty3' TimoninaKatarína 'Kat' Va?ková Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Katarína 'Kat' Va?ková Age: 27 Team: Imperial Valkyries Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 251 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.65 Zainab 'zAAz' Turkie Age: 34 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 415 KPR: 0.77 DPR: 0.68 Kamen 'bubble' Kostadinov Age: 33 Team: Imperial ValkyriesC