Vitality is on the cusp of saying the signing of FaZe Clan’s Estonian rifler Robin “ropz” Kool.
Vitality and ropz reportedly already reached an settlement and the transfer needs to be finalized quickly. Ropz will exchange Lotan “Spinx” Giladi within the lineup because the Israeli is about to go away the French group after two and a half years.
This data comes from a joint report between HLTV.org and the French CS2 insider Guillaume “neL” Rathier. It’s a hell of a blockbuster transfer for Vitality throughout the CS2 low season.
Ropz has been among the finest gamers on the earth up to now few years, and though he hit a droop in 2024, he displayed some peak type on the Good World Shanghai Main in December. If it wasn’t for ropz, FaZe would have by no means made it to the grand finals, knocking out Vitality and G2 within the course of.
With the arrival of ropz, Vitality’s roster for 2025 will include:
Dan “apEX” Madesclaire
Mathieu “ZywOo” Herbaut
Shahar “flameZ” Shushan
William “mezii” Merriman
Robin “ropz” Kool
Rémy “XTQZZZ” Quoniam (head coach)
What does dropping ropz imply for FaZe Clan?
Based on HLTV.org and neL, ropz is leaving FaZe following the tip of his contract. The identical occurred to Russel “Twistzz” Van Dunkel in 2023, which led the Canadian rifler to affix Staff Liquid.
Ropz joined FaZe in January 2022 and spent three years there. He helped them win seven LAN tournaments, most notably the PGL Antwerp Main in 2022 and the Intel Grand Slam in 2023.
Apart from all of the trophies, ropz and FaZe dominated the start of CS2’s cycle between the tip of 2023 and early 2024. In addition they completed runners-up within the two Majors of 2024.
Ropz’s departure to Vitality raises all kinds of query marks concerning FaZe’s mission for 2025. The squad didn’t play effectively for essentially the most half within the second semester of 2024, however no person in the neighborhood was anticipating ropz to go away.
Since discovering a 1:1 substitute to ropz is almost unimaginable, FaZe might transfer David “frozen” Čerňanský to ropz’s roles and signal a extra aggressive participant. This may repair a few of the function clashes the workforce had in 2024 not less than.
That’s all for now. Keep tuned to esports.gg for extra CS2 information.
