Virtus.professional has benched Denis ‘electroNic’ Sharipov following its elimination from the BLAST Open Fall 2025: Closed Qualifier over the weekend.
The Russian participant had been competing for the organisation’s Counter-Strike 2 (CS2) roster since April final yr.
ElectroNic has represented numerous esports organisations all through his ten-year-long profession in CS2 esports.
His arguably most profitable run was with NAVI, for which he competed between 2017 and 2023. Along with the Ukrainian organisation, ElectroNic gained a number of BLAST Premier and IEM occasions in addition to the PGL Main Stockholm in 2021.
“Denis is without doubt one of the most skilled and adorned gamers on the earth. Sadly, we weren’t in a position to construct a workforce collectively that would constantly combat for prime positions on the largest event,” shared Virtus.professional CEO, Nikolai Petrossian, in immediately’s announcement.
“I’d prefer to thank him for the journey we shared, regardless of how tough it was at instances. Massive due to Denis for his real motivation and his readiness to tackle the accountability of being the workforce’s captain.”
Virtus.professional Struggles All through 2025 CS2 Season
Whereas Virtus.professional has been a veteran within the aggressive Counter-Strike scene throughout a number of iterations of the franchise, the Russian workforce has struggled to maintain up with its rivals for a while. Its newest tier-one trophy was gained on the Roobet Cup 2023.
This yr, Virtus.professional stays in the midst of the worldwide CS2 pack, presently rating 18th on the VRS leaderboard. Though the workforce has beforehand made a number of modifications to its roster, together with the alternative of Timur ‘FL4MUS’ Marev with Ilya ‘Perfecto’ Zalutskiy, Virtus.professional has but to succeed in the highest 4 at a tier-one event in 2025.
Moreover, the organisation didn’t qualify for September’s BLAST Open Fall after shedding its first two video games within the qualifier. ElectroNic’s transfer to the inactive roster adopted quickly after.
This leaves Virtus.professional looking for a fifth participant to characterize the workforce at its subsequent event, FISSURE Playground #2, from September Twelfth-Twenty first. Nevertheless, the organisation has assured that ElectroNic’s alternative might be introduced quickly.
