Vitality’s apEX Leads Lineup as Singapore Major Roster Shake‑up Hits 32 Teams

Substitutes dominate the line‑up

Vitality is not alone in fielding a substitute from the outset. Five squads will start the tournament with a non‑starter in their core five:

- Legacy replaces Vinicius “n1ssim” Pereira with Italo “ksloks” Meinberg. - Astralis swaps Jakob “jabbi” Nygaard for Anton “Anlelele” Huynh. - FUT drops Nikita “cmtry” Samolotov for Álvaro “SunPayus” García. - 9z benches Ignacio “meyern” Meyer in favour of Allan “history” Lawrenz.

Game, which will compete under the GOSH banner.

Another surprise arrives from 1win, which named Aleksey “xeedo” Mikulich – a former K27 player – as its substitute for the event.

Wild cards and academy prospects

The full roster reveal reads like a Who’s Who of CS2 talent:

- Ninjas in Pyjamas – Richard “Xizt” Landström. - PARI VISION – Vyacheslav “slaxejezzz” Vinokurov. - HEROIC – Marco “Snappi” Pfeiffer. - FaZe – Dominik “GruBy” Swiderski. - Eternal Fire – Emirhan “Hydro2K” Deniz. - 100 Thieves – Lukas “gla1ve” Rossander. - Liquid – Viktor “flashie” Tamás. - M80 – Luca “Munstur” Ioanițiu. - DENDELE – Cristiano “D10S” Marques Sá Carvalho. - Imperial – Marcos “tacitus” Castilho. - Wildcard – Łukasz “splawik” Jahns. - FlyQuest – Aaron “AZR” Ward. - Chinggis Warriors – Munkh‑ochir “Redka” Myagmarsuren. - Lynn Vision – Yifei “GUM” Dai. - FUT – Álvaro “SunPayus” García. - Nemiga – Anton “boX” Burko. - G2 – Vilius “tAk” Keserauskas. - 1win – Aleksey “xeedo” Mikulich. - Natus Vincere – David “FAZERY” Procházka. - Astralis – Anton “Anlelele” Huynh. - MIBR – Nestor “LETN1” Tanić. - The MongolZ – Erdenedalai “maaRaa” Bayanbat. - MOUZ – Nikolai “Nikodeon” Sørensen. - Vitality – Dan “apEX” Madesclaire. - Aurora – Ashley “ash” Battye. - Spirit – Dmitry “S0tF1k” Forostyanko. - BETBOOM – Damir “dmrr” Abulkasimov. - Falcons – Matej “NucleonZ” Trajkoski. - FURIA – Sid “sidde” Macedo. - Legacy – Italo “ksloks” Meinberg.