Rostermania Tracker - Every CS2 roster move in one place

MOUZ had been rumoured to be signing jL, and we even had a long article pre-written for when they did, so this should teach us a lesson if nothing else.

PR, who is a former MOUZ Academy graduate and had been linked previously, is the real signing, which dampens our excitement somewhat. Not because PR is a bad player - far from it, he's mechanically superb and intelligent with it - but because it doesn't move the needle vibes and stage experience-wise, which has so often been MOUZ' sticking point.

It's a good move, but not quite the move MOUZ needed right now, in our opinion.

After losing mzinho and benching cobrazera, The MongolZ have promoted within to bring in tikuak and DarkMeister. Far be it from us to talk smack about a player's name, but 'DarkMeister' is the most 'edgy kid who thinks YuGiOh is cool' name of all time.

We're not going to lie to you and say we're completely au fait with these players, but tikuak comes with a pretty strong reputation from those who have watched him regularly, while edgy boy is apparently a bit more of a wildcard.

We do trust The MongolZ to surprise us, though.

saadzin has swapped Legacy for Imperial, and we have one question.

Why would he do that?

One can only assume he was pushed out, but saadzin levelled up quite a bit this year and this move just doesn't seem to make sense for anyone.

Oh, that's why. Because Legacy have signed try to replace him. Again, though, we ask, why?

Jorko is on his way to Liquid. We like the player - he's very promising, but raw - which is why we're sad he's joining Liquid.

All jokes aside, it makes sense that Liquid have to gamble on promising players at this point in time, and Jorko looks like he can make the step-up.

mzinho has become the lucky man to round out the BC.Game project after what feels like weeks of waiting.

The teenager links back up with Senzu after their stint on The MongolZ together to recreate a deadly duo - with s1mple and electroNic also representing the same thing. Shox and ScreaM on one side, GeT_RiGhT and f0rest on the other, with poor Magisk looking to hold it all together.

Look. That's one hell of a statement signing and leaves MongolZ in the dirt a little bit. BCG have some serious, serious talent now, and no more excuses. This team has to work or it'll be a massive waste of money, and quite frankly, a sad chapter in the career of some of the greatest players ever to play the game.

We'll have an article out on this team in the coming days that will be linked here, so look out for that. We're... cautiously optimistic, but glad it's not our money.

Brollan was a replacement for xfl0ud, who made his way to FUT to replace lauNX, who as of yet doesn't have a destination. One wonders if BC.Game might be interested.

We are not massively excited about the move for xfl0ud, and the model hates it, but there are a few caveats where maybe we can see the vision here.

On paper, this isn't an upgrade at all. lauNX is a pretty solid star without being a stand-out, so we get wanting to move on from him, but xfl0ud is not a like for like substitution. He's less of a bona fide star and more of a second star, which leaves two options for this move to be a success:

1. FUT want to make him the real star, and expect to see a spike in output from changing literally all of his roles. Possible, but a massive risk.
2. dziugsss, who is probably FUT's best player, is going to take up the mantle of star and xfl0ud is going to be the second star. Again a big risk, but we like this one more.

dziugsss is very young and can easily be moulded into more of a star player role at this point, and has shown himself to be an incredibly talented player. If they can move him into an even more important position and maintain that output - or even squeeze more out of him - this will be a clever, beneficial move for all parties.

dziugsss is excellent at what he does and it might be a mistake to move him, but it could also be a masterstroke.

Brollan and MartinezSa have joined HEROIC in a pretty bold double move.

MartinezSa is certainly an upgrade over yxngstxr by virtue of 'being an AWPer', while Brollan brings with him experience and talent, albeit talent that has lost its way a little bit. In theory, two big moves for HEROIC, but we'll wait and see how much they really move the needle.

Big drama regarding SunPayus who looks like he might be without a team this season.

HEROIC have confirmed a deal with MartinezSa, which has left SunPayus waiting on FUT as likely his last boat out of port - but they apparently can't stump up the money.

Unless something changes, one of the better AWPers of the first half of the year will be left teamless to begin the second half. Very strange.

We're supposed to be covering confirmed moves, but instead we're now covering a confirmed non-move for an unnamed player, which does not sound important. And it kind of isn't. We're just very intrigued to see who rounds out the BC.Game roster, but we won't know for a little while yet it turns out.

BCG CEO has confirmed that whatever player they thought they were getting they're no longer getting, and need to sort some things out.

Sounds professional. Sounds like a well-run affair.

This is going to be a beautiful disaster, we can smell it.

Eternal Fire have signed Kvem. They're building something. We don't know what it is, but they sure are building it. MisteM, Kvem, regali and jottAAA is an eclectic mix of players for sure.

We lowkey are fans of it, though. We love a weird roster.

Apparently br0 is going to round out that team, which is sufficiently forum-poster-esque building.

SAW have brought back MUTiRiS, story and ewjerkz. What a feelgood story that would be had it not been forced on them for underperfoming elsewhere. Aww.

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As expected, Aurora have announced Jimpphat to replace soulfly, which was a move very few saw coming before the player break, and we're not sure makes a ton of sense - more on that once everything is announced.

One thing we love is that ash will be the coach, as he's proven himself an excellent leader on GamerLegion. Admittedly, part of that is how good he is at unearthing talent, which is less of his job here, but he's also very good at profiling and platforming players too.

FL4MUS' BetBoom loan is coming to an end today. One would imagine they'd like to extend it, but it would depend on price.

They've been a horrible team to play against of late and he's a big part of that - lose him and they're back to square one.

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Blocks are starting to fall into place with Aurora's new roster.

First off, Jimpphat has left MOUZ, with reports suggesting he's on his way to Aurora alongside kyxsan - but that hasn't quite been announced yet, Jimpphat departure aside.

What has happened is that MAJ3R has stepped down and left a heartfelt message on Twitter explaining the decision, and soulfly has also been moved to the bench, which we think is a pretty cruel decision. The guy has been a big reason this team has improved in 2026, and would be a solid pick-up for anyone needing a support.

Jimpphat is maybe a step-up, but not a huge one in all honesty in recent months. At his peak Jimpphat is an absolutely superb player, but Spinx took some of his space and he became a bit less effective. Maybe Aurora can give him the space he needs as they don't have an uber-passive lurking star like Spinx, and it will all work out, but soulfly wouldn't have been our first choice of player to swap.

It's also quite sad to see an international team fall apart.

story has been benched by FlyQuest, making it another Portuguese player not to survive the player break.

We told you, they're much stronger together. Like Wishiwashi (the Pokemon), or apes in Planet of the Apes.

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Gizmy has joined 100T after his teammates abandoned him to go to Luminosity, which might just come out better for the Brit.

We really like Gizmy and feel he got a lot out of a flawed set of players - AZUWU, for example, is one of the lowest rated star players in our model - and think he could well be the perfect IGL for a team like 100T.

It's a big step up for him to have players of the calibre and prestige of rain and device, so we'll see quickly if his style can 'scale up' to a higher level and command the respect of such serial winners.

This is one to watch, and might make 100T a bit more of a threat for the rest of the year.

Luminosity's move for Monte might not be the most game changing in terms of winning events, but in terms of monetary value, it's a steal.

Read our thoughts on why LG just got one of the bargains of the century.

jL has officially left NAVI. BC.Game bound?

That seems the most likely - he's been on NAVI's bench for a while as it hasn't seemed like he wants to play, but the money and prestige of playing with s1mple could be alluring. jL is quite a good stylistic fit on this team in terms of the fact he's the only guy who is capable of keeping vibes up in literally any situation, and sometimes with s1mple you need that. He's a versatile player with incredible skill, with the caveat that he remains motivated.

Time will tell. If he even goes to BCG, that is.

Gizmy is not happy, but four of his now ex-teammates have joined Luminosity Gaming as they return to the scene.

The LG owner has admitted he likes Gizmy but had already signed lux, who now leads the old Monte core of Bymas, AZUWU, Rainwaker and afro.

Luminosity have dipped in and out of Counter-Strike, but saw an opportunity to get a VRS core for a very cheap price, and a solid team to boot, and are back in the game at least for now.

This is a pretty strange one for Monte who seem to be losing a very valuable team for not a lot of money, and for Gizmy, who has been reported to be going to 100 Thieves, though nothing has yet been confirmed.

We're unsure that this team will be any good, and relatively sure it will be worse without Gizmy at the helm, who has worked wonders.

ewjerkz and NIP are no longer together, after a pretty disappointing spell on the term from the Portuguese players. Once SAW split up, they all seemed to lose their power. There's a lesson in there, somewhere.

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BC.Game have their IGL, and they're really sticking to their obsession with name value.

That might be a little harsh, but it's another aging superstar who would have made this the best team in the world around five years ago.

Magisk is joining the team as the leader following his departure from Falcons and Astralis, and does bring a depth of wisdom, experience and possibly most importantly, he commands respect from even one of the best to ever play the game.

We're, as ever, fascinated by BC.Game, but glad it's not our money being used to build this team - because it could quite easily be a very expensive mistake.

100 Thieves have benched Ag1l, for some reason. Whenever we've watched 100T he's seemed like a very promising player, and the data backs that up, so we're not sure why they're doing this.

Portuguese players are getting bullied this year, it seems. Might be time to recreate SAW.

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Aurora have benched their coach, Fabre. This is unlikely to be their only move of the summer, as many have reported they will be going international, for better or worse. They have been linked to Jimpphat recently, though he may also be playing with MAJ3R on BC.Game, if reports are to be believed.

The BC.Game CEO says that's not happening, though.

Happy Monday everyone! Little of substance happened over the weekend in terms of Counter-Strike, which is mildly disconcerting, but we're sure this week things will pick up.

Look out for:

• Rumours around NAVI and b1t after Richard Lewis suggests the player wanted to leave for Falcons
• Legacy looking to sign try and insani
• MOUZ need a player
• What is happening with Passion UA?
• BC.Game still need two

It should be a fun week. In the meantime, read about why G2's move for r1nkle makes absolutely no sense and we hate it.

#JusticeForSunPayus

MIBR have confirmed that kl1m has left following the completion of his loan deal, and their replacement is nqz.

nqz is a pretty solid player, and being Brazilian is great for their image and possibly communication of LNZ also departs, but as a player we don't think of him as an upgrade. Not that that is MIBR's fault - kl1m will have plenty of suitors elsewhere, and we're a little surprised that FaZe and G2 have already locked in AWPers who aren't him. Especially G2, given he's their player.

Our model has nqz at a 62 rating, and kl1m at a 69, so not a disastrous move by any stretch, but not exactly one we'd expect to torpedo them upwards.

G2 have benched SunPayus for r1nkle, and we're still trying to wrap our heads around that one. We'll have an article on that later in the week as we try and compile our thoughts into one place.

SunPayus is good, man! He'd improve a lot of teams.

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broky's reign of terror on FaZe is finally over, with JBOEN taking over the AWPing duties. There are rumours that Neityu will join full time, but these are not yet confirmed.

We've not seen much of JBOEN, but what we have seen is incredibly exciting, and he comes with a terrific reputation. This is very much one to watch, and we will be there.

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3DMAX have signed Kursy as a replacement for Ex3rcice, which seems totally unexciting. Par for the course for 3DMAX, but with the limitation of only signing French-speaking players, this is about as good as you could hope for.

Astralis have benched ruggah, and whilst there were rumours of HooXi leaving, these appear to have been wide of the mark.

We think it would be a crying shame to remove HooXi, who in our eyes has done excellently with middling talent.

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NIP have moved out cairne and have a temporary replacement of n0te. cairne has been consistently underwhelming for NIP, and it's no surprise that he would be the one leaving.

xKacpersky is a very exciting talent, and while our model doesn't like him as much as our eyes do, his surface level numbers are fantastic in a team that is consistently underperforming expectations. stavn has been a revelation, but other than that, this team has generally not met its tier one aspirations in the way many of us expected.

cairne has been a bit of an issue, as he's in very solid roles and generally hasn't been brilliant.

Gaimin Gladiators have benched their whole roster, which is entirely unsurprising. They were pretty terrible at the Major, albeit not helped by the felps bencing post-qualification. They've said it's to do with the Major revenue structure, which sort of implies they might be out of CS for now.

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BC.Game have confirmed Senzu's signing, and krazy is out. If you want more on Senzu's signing for BC.Game, we had an individual piece for it discussing who else might join and why Senzu is still an exciting signing below.

EYEBALLERS added KRIMZ in one of the most feel-good moves of the roster season.

He's reunited with JW as he looks to guide a new generation of Swedish talent - where have we heard that before - to bring back glory to this once-great CS nation. Is this a good move? Maybe, maybe not. But it's one that feels good, and it's one that makes us far more excited to watch EYEBALLERS.

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NRG have benched br0. We don't know why. He's a fine player who was very often their best player. It may be that the player has another move lined up, which seems the most likely, but if it's an NRG decision it seems like a bit of strange one.

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Legacy have benched n1ssim, and are apparently looking at insani. n1ssim isn't terrible, but we absolutely love insani (his duel swing is superstar level a lot of the time) so this is an exciting move - but it will require some serious rejigging of roles. This is nowhere near a straight swap.

insani is a straight up star while n1ssim has generally been a bit more supportive. It makes sense for Legacy to use their new-found power to take advantage of a market opportunity and get the most exciting Brazilian talent outside of FURIA, but they might have to make dumau far more sacrificial.

If it works, though, it could cement them as a serious threat.

PARIVISION wasted no time in removing two players after their shambolic Major season, with nota and BELCHONOKK leaving the team for HObbit and slaxejezzz. It's been a long time since we've seen HObbit in tier one, and we're very excited to see it again, while slaxejezzz is a complete newcomer to the top tier and brings with him excitement for that reason.

slaxejezzz profiles as more of a 'Hard Support' than anything else in the, admittedly limited, data we have, but seems like he does the tough jobs well and that's something Jame will love. One would imagine zweih might be freed up a little, given how well he's done in those roles, and that on paper looks like an excellent support/hard support core to build around, with HObbit as more of a star rifler.

He has the credentials, as long as he's still sharp enough.

Interestingly, slaxejezzz was very much a support on T side, but more of a star on CT side, so we might see him have hybrid roles for Jame. Due to having an AWP IGL, PARIVISION have an odd mix of roles anyway, so having a host of versatile players becomes very useful. It's hard to draw too much from the data, not least because QWENTRY aren't very good, but if Jame likes him, we like him.

It's the most wonderful time of the year.

Rostermania is upon us, and it can be hard to keep track of every confirmed move and what's real, and what's not.

This is your one-stop-shop for everything that has happened in the off-season.