HOTU benches captain

Esports organization HOTU has announced changes to its Counter-Strike 2 roster: club has moved captain Suleimen "dukefissura" Orazaly to the bench.

29-year-old Kazakh esports athlete has been competing for HOTU since April of last year. Average rating of "dukefissura" over the past three months stands at 0.98 (across 97 maps). It is not yet known who will take his place in the lineup.

At the moment, HOTU sits 40th in the official ranking of the world’s strongest Counter-Strike 2 teams according to Valve. Squad placed 9th-12th at IEM Rio 2026, which is currently taking place in Brazil. Team did not qualify for IEM Cologne Major 2026.

 HOTU are now:

 Dmitriy "mizu" Kondratev
 Kim "frontales" Argunov
 David "n0rb3r7" Danielyan
 Altair "kAlash" Askarov (loan)

 Rüstem "mou" Telepov (Coach)

Origin: t.me