HEROIC benches Academy CS2 team amid restructuring

HEROIC has shared that it will likely be benching its Counter-Strike 2 Academy crew in an effort to restructure its expertise pipeline.

The overhaul is a part of a ‘long-term imaginative and prescient’ in keeping with the corporate, because it goals to create a extra direct pipeline between HEROIC’s Academy and primary roster.

Regardless of shifting to the bench, the Academy gamers will nonetheless be capable of compete in ‘choose tournaments’ as a mixture crew, whereas permitting them to ‘discover new alternatives’. Nonetheless, HEROIC has shared that it’s in the course of ‘assembling a brand new roster’ as a part of its restructuring efforts.

HEROIC stated: “With nearer cooperation between Academy workers, gamers, and our imply crew coach Tobias ‘Tobiz‘ Theo, we purpose to offer younger expertise a transparent framework for improvement and a tangible alternative to show themselves on the highest degree.”

The next gamers have since been moved to the inactive roster:

The Counter-Strike 2 gamers initially joined HEROIC’s Academy on April 4th, 2025, which means the gamers have solely competed for the organisation for 5 months. Certainly one of its gamers, David ‘fnl‘ Mușuroiu, was just lately loaned out for a trial for Nexus Gaming.

“We need to thank our Academy crew for the trouble and dedication they’ve proven all through their time with us,” HEROIC added. “Their journey included nice reminiscences underneath the HEROIC banner.”

HEROIC’s Academy roster has been energetic within the 2025 season, attaining varied ranges of success. On September 1st, a couple of days earlier than the announcement, HEROIC Academy efficiently certified for the Betclic Conflict Summer time Play-In Stage after topping its group within the Open Qualifier’s Group Stage, outperforming groups like BIG and QMISTRY.

A few of its most notable achievements this 12 months embody inserting within the prime 4 groups throughout the CCT Season 3 European Sequence #3 Play-In qualifiers, topping its respective group within the Group Stage and defeating QMISTRY within the Play-In Stage. Nonetheless, it might even be one of many first groups to be eradicated throughout the Foremost Occasion.