It's been rostermania silly season in recent weeks. Following the roster lock, BLAST has now confirmed all of the teamsheets for the eight teams in attendance.
Featuring a swansong for cadiaN there are some other surprise names and the confirmation of those standing in for defending champions Heroic.
Here are the teams:
Champions of BLAST Premier Fall Final 2022, Heroic will be playing at Fall Final 2023 with no less than three stand-ins. That being said, one of those is former captain cadiaN, who is expected to join another team after the event.
Announced as a 'last dance' for the talismanic leader, alongside TeSeS and sjuush he will also line up with five-time Major winner dupreeh and former Copenhagen Flames player Zyphon.
The full roster submitted by Heroic is as follows:
The second team potentially featuring a player in his final event with the team is FaZe. Despite winning the first CS2 LAN at IEM Sydney, Twistzz is reported to leave the organization after the event.
Despite this, the FaZe team remains the same as the team that were in fine form at Sydney, and if it is their last event as a unit, they'll be looking to go out with a bang.
The full roster submitted by FaZe is as follows:
BLAST Premier Fall Showdown winners Cloud9 have also undergone changes recently, although theirs were far more unexpected.
With the roster seemingly stabilised after HObbit took over in-game leading duties from electroNic, things have again been thrown into turmoil by the announcement that star AWPer sh1ro has stepped down from the team.
Fans need not fret however, Major-winning former NAVI IGL Boombl4 has now joined the team.
The full roster submitted by Cloud9 is as follows:
Defeated BLAST Premier Spring Final finalists have a new name on their teamsheet for Fall Final, they will be joined by UK favourite mezii at the event.
Seemingly the replacement for Magisk, who looks to be on the way to join up with zonic on Falcons, it's a huge step for him in his career.
The full roster submitted by Vitality is as follows:
Complexity impressed everyone with their performances at IEM Sydney as they finished in second place.
Now safely confirmed as the best team in North America, it seems they're happy with the progress of their team following the signing of EliGE as they have avoided any and all rumours in the transfer merry-go-round.
The full roster submitted by Complexity is as follows:
Thanks to the actions of stavn and jabbi, Astralis couldn't help but have their name thrown into the ring during rostermania.
Changes might - or might not - be coming in the future, but for now they seem happy with their team as they have also submitted an unchanged roster for Fall Final.
The full roster submitted by Astralis is as follows:
NAVI rocked the Counter-Strike world with the announcement that the GOAT s1mple will take a break from competitive play, but they have found a more than capable replacement in w0nderful.
The young Ukrainian has been impressive since his move to Sprout, and NAVI will be hoping he can help the team find their first tournament victory with their new international squad.
The full roster submitted by NAVI is as follows:
When THREAT re-joined NIP he said that he thought the squad had "leadership issues". Those issues seem to have been addressed now though. The Swedish organisation will be joined by alex in Copenhagen following the benching of hampus.
Brollan was also benched as part of the shakeup, with es3tag returning to the team with a chance at glory in his home country.
The full roster submitted by NIP is as follows:
BLAST Premier Fall Final 2023 is a $425,000 tournament taking place in Copenhagen's Royal Arena November 22nd-26th, make sure to catch all the action right here on BLAST.tv.
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