New ESC roster, kuben leaves ENCE, coach change at Monte and VP

Over the past week, several notable roster changes have occurred across the professional CS2 scene. The portal CSGO.com, as usual on Wednesday, compiled the major updates. Noteworthy developments include ESC’s return to the pro scene with a new European roster and coaching staff changes at ENCE, Monte, and Virtus.pro.

- WolfY and cxzi leave Party Astronauts  

  The American team lost two key players, WolfY and cxzi, who cited disagreements with the team's direction as the reason for their departures. Additionally, Party Astronauts' coach also stepped down, and no replacements have been announced yet.

- ESC unveils a new roster with AMANEK  

  The German organisation has returned to the pro scene with a European mix team, headlined by the experienced AMANEK. The new lineup consists of AMANEK, lunAtic, Svedjehed, KalubeR, and DEPRESHN, who are currently training together in Germany.

- Former PERA roster disbands  

  The team, which had been playing under the Qiang tag, disbanded following an unsuccessful RMR qualifier run. Captain Aaron explained that the team lost its chemistry and drive during the off-season.

- Chawzyyy leaves Johnny Speeds  

  Swedish player chawzyyy announced his departure from Johnny Speeds, leaving the team with only four players. He is now searching for a new team where he can take on both sniper and captain roles.

- NickelBack becomes a free agent  

  AMKAL has parted ways with NickelBack by mutual agreement. The former captain, who had been benched since April and played as a stand-in for FORZE, is now a free agent.

- Hardstyle forms a new team  

  Turkish Counter-Strike legend hardstyle has put together a new roster under Fire Flux, featuring paz, ScrunK, Banjo, S3NSEY, and soulfly.

- Elevate disbands its roster  

  On 31 August, Elevate announced the dissolution of its roster, which included snav, dare, shane, Peeping, and dea. However, the organisation plans to remain in the CS2 scene, with a new lineup to be announced soon.

- Kuben dismissed as ENCE coach  

  Following disappointing results, including the failure to qualify for the RMR, ENCE has parted ways with kuben, the head coach. While still under contract, kuben has been placed on inactive status.

- Peppzor and Golden benched by EYEBALLERS  

  EYEBALLERS made two changes, benching Peppzor and Golden. The Swedish team is now testing candidates for their replacements.

- Monte promotes nawrot to head coach  

  Monte has replaced head coach lmbt with nawrot, who was initially brought in as an assistant coach just two months ago.

- PASHANOJ replaces XomA as Virtus.pro coach  

  Virtus.pro made a surprise coaching change, replacing XomA, who joined the team in June, with PASHANOJ, who had been working as an analyst in the coaching staff.