NKT announce erkaSt return

The 27-year-old is back at his former team after eight months in VALORANT.

NKT have announced through their official Twitter account the return of Erdenetsogt “⁠erkaSt⁠” Gantulga to the team’s roster, serving as the team’s in-game leader following the departure of longtime captain Anthony “⁠ImpressioN⁠” Lim last week.

erkaSt originally left NKT and CS:GO altogether to focus on a shift to VALORANT, citing the tournament restrictions brought by the COVID-19 pandemic, the state of the competitive scene in the Asia region, and wanting to explore a new opportunity as his main reasons through his Facebook profile.

After seven months of competing in a different game the Mongolian is back at NKT, hoping to replicate the success they experienced in 2021 where they found first-place finishes at Funspark ULTI 2021 Asia Regional Series 2 and Funspark ULTI 2021 Asia Playoffs 1.

NKT also reached the No. 1 status in Asia under erkaSt‘s leadership along with being a mainstay in the top five of the regional rankings, constantly challenging some of the region’s biggest names such as TYLOO and ViCi.

NKT‘s roster is the following:

Hyun-Pyo “⁠XigN⁠” Lee
Krit “⁠Kntz⁠” Chaiprasit
Gan-Erdene “⁠dobu⁠” Batbold
Erdenetsogt “⁠erkaSt⁠” Gantulga
Yesuntumur “⁠nin9⁠” Gantulga

Piyangoon “⁠MYM⁠” Kitisin (coach)