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by HLTV.org - https://www.hltv.org/news/29379/hellraisers-bench-team-ange1-crush-leave

April 2, 2020 20:29

HellRaisers have announced that Kirill "ANGE1" Karasiow and Igor "crush" Shevchenko have decided to leave the team, with the rest of the roster having been moved to the bench.

The announcement follows a series of disappointing results from the team, who were not even able to break into the top 30 in the world rankings and finished 9th-12th in the recent CIS Minor qualifier after losing to Winstrike and Espada.

ANGE1 ends a six-year association with HellRaisers, which he rebuilt in March 2014 along with the rest of the former Astana Dragons squad. He led the team to eight Majors over the course of his journey and to titles at events like the Acer Predator Masters Season 1, Copenhagen Games 2016 and Bets.net Masters.

In a Twitlonger post, the 30-year-old stated that he is open to offers and added that he is ready to step out of his comfort zone as he looks to kick-start his career.

This is the second time that HellRaisers have decided to bench their entire roster after a sequence of poor results. In September 2019, the organisation benched their entire roster after an early exit at the StarLadder Major, with only ANGE1 and Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas transitioning to the CIS-based roster that was announced later that month.

In a statement on HellRaisers' website, the organisation's CEO, Alex "Magician" Slabukhin, admitted that reforming the team was "a necessary measure", adding that a new roster will be announced "very soon".

HellRaisers now have:

Lithuania Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas (benched)
Latvia Vadim "Flarich" Karetin (benched)
Ukraine Ivan "AiyvaN" Semenets (benched)