Official: ropz joins Vitality

Former FaZe player Robin "ropz" Kool has officially joined Vitality's Counter-Strike 2 roster. The French club announced this via its X social media account.

The 25-year-old Estonian esports athlete replaced Lotan "Spinx" Giladi, who was benched by the organization on January 9.

ropz represented FaZe for three years, since January of 2022. Before that, he spent several years in MOUZ. Over the course of his career as a Counter-Strike pro player, he has earned over one and a half million dollars in prizes. Note that Robin secured 18th place in the ranking of the best Counter-Strike 2 players of 2024 according to the authoritative portal HLTV.org.

Vitality currently holds fourth place in HLTV ranking. The team placed 5th-8th at the recent Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 in Shanghai. The updated starting five will debut at BLAST Bounty 2025 Season 1 tournament, which kicks off on January 14.

 Vitality are:

 Dan "⁠apEX⁠" Madesclaire
 Mathieu "⁠ZywOo⁠" Herbaut
 Shahar "⁠flameZ⁠" Shushan
 William "⁠mezii⁠" Merriman
 Robin "ropz" Kool

 Rémy "XTQZZZ" Quoniam (coach)

Origin: x.com