broky returns to FaZe

Esports organization FaZe has officially unveiled its "updated" roster for the upcoming competitive season in Counter-Strike 2. Helvijs "broky" Saukants, who was benched by the club a couple of months ago to free the position for Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev has returned to the squad.

The 27-year-old Ukrainian esports athlete joined FaZe's Counter-Strike 2 roster on a loan deal in early May of this year. With him, the team placed 9th-12th at IEM Dallas 2025 and 5th-8th place at BLAST.tv Austin Major 2025. The roster currently occupies seventh place in Valve's world ranking.

Earlier, insider and scout Alexey "OverDrive" Birukov reported that NAVI is ready to sell Oleksandr "s1mple" Kostyliev to FaZe, but the American organization does not have enough funds for the transfer.

Current  FaZe's lineup looks as follows:

 Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard
 Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants
 Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen
 David "frozen" Čerňanský
 Jonathan "EliGE" Jablonowski

 Filip "NEO" Kubski (coach)

Origin: x.com