Official: b1st Replaces ICY in Virtus.pro’s Main CS2 Roster

Virtus.pro esports club formally shifted its roster in its Counter-Strike 2 roster. Sniper Kaisar "ICY" Faiznurov was transferred to the main roster's reserves, and Vladimir "b1st," who is an academy player, moved in his place into the main roster. The news was formally shared on the social media of the club.

The press release emphasized that all of this was carried out as a component of long-term plans for youth development and grooming within Virtus.pro:

“During his time with the academy roster, Vladimir has proven himself as a strong and ambitious player who is ready for the next step in his career. After the successful integration of tO0RO from VP.Prodigy into the main roster, the club decided to give another representative of the youth lineup a chance.”

The lineup started getting warm as a team in order to acclimatize in a more relaxed fashion for b1st with a quicker tempo and arrive at IEM Chengdu 2025, with the early November start, in prime condition.

The team's last tournament at Virtus.pro was CS2 Asia Championships 2025, and it got eliminated 7-8th, which resulted in going home in the group stage. Interestingly, at first, it was planned that b1st would play alongside the team at this tournament, but as per the rules of the tournament, VP had to play with Faiznurov. Organization members said that they are prepared with all kinds of versions of ICY's further career.

In this way, Virtus.pro continues on its course of reenlisting the roster and adding members from the academy squad VP.Prodigy, confirming the strength of its talent development system.

Current Virtus.pro lineup:

• Evgeny FL1T Lebedev

• Petr fame Bolyshev

• Ilya Perfecto Zalutsky

• Vadim tO0RO Arkov

• Vladimir b1st Krasikov

• Ivan F_1N Kochugov (Coach)

• Timur FL4MUS Maryev (Reserve)

• Kaisar ICY Faiznurov (Reserve)

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