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 12 months.
ElectroNic has represented varied 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 received 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 embellished gamers on the earth. Sadly, we weren’t in a position to construct a group collectively that would constantly combat for prime positions on the largest event,” shared Virtus.professional CEO, Nikolai Petrossian, in right this moment’s announcement.
“I’d wish to thank him for the journey we shared, irrespective of how troublesome it was at instances. Large because of Denis for his real motivation and his readiness to tackle the duty of being the group’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 group has struggled to maintain up with its rivals for a while. Its newest tier-one trophy was received on the Roobet Cup 2023.
This 12 months, Virtus.professional stays in the midst of the worldwide CS2 pack, at the moment rating 18th on the VRS leaderboard. Though the group has beforehand made a number of adjustments to its roster, together with the substitute 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 trying to find a fifth participant to signify the group at its subsequent event, FISSURE Playground #2, from September Twelfth-Twenty first. Nonetheless, the organisation has assured that ElectroNic’s substitute can be introduced quickly.
