SEMPHIS teases XotiC comeback after stellar FACEIT clip against Falcons

Former PUG star Zack "XotiC" Elshani gave Falcons players a sample of what NA CS tastes like as he hit a mind-boggling Scout headshot ace in a FACEIT match. And to the surprise of many, XotiC could come back and show up at a LAN, according to Getting Info's coach Kory "SEMPHIS" Friesen.

XotiC got rid of Ilya "m0NESY" Osipov, Emil "Magisk" Reif, and Nikola "NiKo" Kovač like they were just average FACEIT level 10 players rather than renowned superstars, as you can see in the clip below shared by SEMPHIS on X.

For those who weren't around back in the prime days of NA CS, XotiC was a promising player who made the headlines for skipping the ESEA MDL Global Challenge LAN in 2018. That episode made the community forever label him as a "LAN dodger" and "onliner", and XotiC subsequently retired in the same year.

We haven't heard much of XotiC since he tried to come back to the scene in 2020 whilst hiding his true identity and playing under the "v1king" alias.

Turns out, however, that we might see XotiC returning and finally playing on LAN, according to SEMPHIS.

"I know the reason [why he dodged], and I won't say publicly, but it was valid, and this is coming from someone who has multiple clips of me talking tons of shit about him dodging and fking me over," SEMPHIS wrote on X, after XotiC's highlight against the Falcons trio went viral.

"You may see him at a LAN in the future if all goes well."

For the record, XotiC currently has 4050 elo on FACEIT, and is the fifth highest-ranked American player on the third-party matchmaking platform.