MOUZ tweaks roster
- MOUZ made a roster change ahead of the Cologne Major, loaning player jL and installing xertioN as in‑game leader. (x.com) - The key specific: the club confirmed jL was loaned out while xertioN takes on IGL duties for tournament play. (x.com) - The shuffle is explicitly aimed at improving coordination and tactical leadership ahead of a major European event. (x.com)
MOUZ has reshaped its Counter-Strike 2 lineup less than seven weeks before the IEM Cologne Major, handing in-game leadership to Dorian “xertioN” Berman. (hltv.org) The team benched Ludvig “Brollan” Brolin and Jimi “Jimpphat” Salo on April 18, promoted 18-year-old academy player Adrian “xelex” Vincze, and added Justinas “jL” Lekavicius on a short-term loan from Natus Vincere. (hltv.org) MOUZ said the new five for PGL Astana and CS Asia Championships will be xelex, Lotan “Spinx” Giladi, Ádám “torzsi” Torzsás, xertioN and jL. For the Cologne Major, Brollan returns to the active lineup, but xertioN keeps the in-game leader role. (strafe.com) In Counter-Strike, the in-game leader calls the team’s tactics during rounds, from early map control to late-round site hits. MOUZ is moving that job from Brollan to xertioN while also changing the entry role, with HLTV reporting xelex will take over as the pack opener. (hltv.org) The timing is constrained by tournament rules as much as by form. HLTV and multiple roster reports said MOUZ cannot use the full rebuilt lineup at Cologne because the event registration allows only one substitution after the earlier roster lock. (hltv.org) (escorenews.com) That means jL is expected to play Astana from May 7-17 and CS Asia Championships from May 19-24, but not the Cologne Major, which Liquipedia lists for June 2-21 in Germany. (liquipedia.net 1) (liquipedia.net 2) The move also breaks up a core that had been intact through MOUZ’s run near the top of Counter-Strike in 2025. HLTV described the team as one of the strongest squads behind Vitality in the first half of last year, and MOUZ reached the IEM Cologne 2025 grand final before losing 3-0 to Spirit. (hltv.org 1) (hltv.org 2) xelex’s promotion fits MOUZ’s long-running academy pipeline. Liquipedia lists the Hungarian player, born March 6, 2008, as moving from MOUZ NXT to the main team on April 18. (liquipedia.net 1) (liquipedia.net 2) xertioN, 21, is taking on the biggest tactical job of his career while staying in the lineup as an aggressive rifler. HLTV’s player page lists him as a current MOUZ starter and a top-20 player in both 2024 and 2025. (hltv.org) MOUZ now heads into its next two events with one lineup and into Counter-Strike’s biggest stage in Cologne with a slightly different one. The experiment will be judged quickly, because the Major opens on June 2. (liquipedia.net)
