gr1ks – BIG's new AWPer

19-year-old Belarusian esports athlete Gleb "gr1ks" Gazin has joined BIG's Counter-Strike 2 roster. The German organization officially announced the news via its X social media account.

gr1ks replaced Marcel "hyped" Köhn, who was benched by the club today.

Note that gr1ks joined HEROIC at the end of June of this year. With him, the squad finished 13th-16th at FISSURE Playgrounds 1 and IEM Cologne 2025. In August, the organization benched him, after which he joined GUN5 for several weeks.

BIG currently ranks 38th in Valve's official ranking of the world's strongest Counter-Strike 2 rosters.

 BIG are now:

 Johannes "⁠tabseN⁠" Wodarz
 Karim "⁠Krimbo⁠" Moussa
 Jon "⁠JDC⁠" de Castro
 David "prosus" Hesse
 Gleb "gr1ks" Gazin

 Sebastian "xenn" Hoch (coach)

Origin: x.com