HEROIC benches xfl0ud

Norwegian esports organization HEROIC has announced changes to its Counter-Strike 2 roster. The club benched Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç. The official statement was published on the X social media.

The 22-year-old Turkish esports athlete has represented HEROIC since January of this year, while previously he was a Sangal player. Koç's average rating over the past three months is 1.18 (in 54 maps).

Note that at the end of May this year, it was officially revealed that Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia and Eetu "sAw" Saha would be moving to G2 after the end of BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025. The organization has not yet unveiled the names of the new players and coach, however, according to media reports, the vacant positions in the squad will be filled by Linus "⁠nilo⁠" Bergman, Gleb "gr1ks" Gazin and Tobias "TOBIZ" Theo.

Notably, HEROIC placed 17th-19th at BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025 in the USA. At the moment, the team occupies 14th place in Valve's word ranking.

 HEROIC are now:

 Andrey "tN1R" Tatarinovich
 Linus "LNZ⁠" Holtäng
 Simon "yxngstxr" Boije

Origin: x.com