HOTU official statement: Commander DukeFissura has been relegated to the bench.

Russian CS2 team HOTU announced on Friday that Suleiman Olazali (ID: dukefissura) has been relegated to the bench.

Dukefissura, 29, hails from Kazakhstan and has a professional career playing as a shotgunner or in-game leader for several CS teams, including 100PG, Trident, Unique, Websterz, Rune Eaters, DOFG, xGOD, and MYSKILL. Since joining HOTU in April 2025, he has played on 231 maps and participated in 4946 rounds, averaging a 1.02 rating. His accolades include the Season 5 title at the Voice of Rome Cup.

However, Dukefissura had a poor showing at the IEM Rio event this month. HOTU consequently lost to Aurora and NAVI, ultimately finishing in 9th-12th place.

Following this personnel reshuffle, HOTU's current roster is as follows:

Rifleman: David Danielyan (ID: n0rb3r7)

Rifleman: Dmitry Kondratev (ID: mizu)

Sniper: Kim Algunov (ID: frontales)

Rifleman: Altaïr Askarov (ID: kAlash)

Coach: Rustem Trepov (ID: mou)

Substitute: Suleiman Olazali (ID: dukefissura)

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