As the season kickoff approaches, with BLAST Bounty starting this Tuesday, we’re also saying goodbye to Rostermania, our favorite part of the year, as teams finalize their lineups.

For starters, the rumors surrounding the new HEROIC roster have been confirmed… well, sort of.

The org has indeed signed Sangal’s core of LNZ, xfl0ud, and yxngstxr, bringing along those juicy VRS points, and decided to round out the roster with SunPayus and tN1R. However, nilo and maden are listed on the bench.

We’re not entirely sure what HEROIC has planned here, but it’s hard to believe nilo would leave Metizport just to warm the bench alongside Maden. They’re cooking something, we’re just not sure if we’re fans of the smell.

G2 have officially announced HeavyGod as NiKo’s replacement, putting the rumors to rest. Replacing NiKo is practically impossible, and any move was bound to be a downgrade. That said, HeavyGod’s time in Cloud9 proved he’s a very solid option. With malbs stepping into NiKo’s roles, this team is looking more than capable of competing for trophies.

In two less flashy moves, Boombl4 and Ax1le have made the switch to BetBoom from Cloud9, who appears to be disbanding. Meanwhile, BIG confirmed their replacements for rigoN and syrsoN, bringing back hyped and signing kyuubii from fnatic’s bench.

The first move looks like a clear upgrade for BetBoom, who now have an incredibly reliable IGL and rifler. They’ve assembled a roster that feels like what Cloud9 always aspired to be.

As for BIG, though, this move feels like a straight downgrade. We honestly don’t know what to say anymore. This team has been recycling the same players for the past 5 years, constantly shifting the same pieces in and out of the lineup and going nowhere. Stay strong, German fans.

To wrap up the roundup, this week also saw:

ECSTATIC sign sirah

KOI disbanding and opting to play under Iberian Soul for 2025

Metizport sign hampus and isak

Nexus sign s0und

paiN sign dav1deuS

fnatic sign fear and Burmylov

JamYoung return for TYLOO at eXTREMESLAND