{"id":32146,"date":"2025-12-18T22:23:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T22:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/?p=32146"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T12:52:39","slug":"team-spirit-bring-back-magixx-and-zont1x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/team-spirit-bring-back-magixx-and-zont1x\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Spirit Bring Back magixx and zont1x in Major Roster Overhaul"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Team Spirit<\/strong> is bringing back Boris <strong>\u201cmagixx\u201d <\/strong>Vorobiev and Myroslav <strong>\u201czont1x\u201d <\/strong>Plakhotnyi<strong> <\/strong>to their active <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/home?l=english\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/home?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a><\/strong> roster. Leonid <strong>\u201cchopper\u201d <\/strong>Vishnyakov and Ivan <strong>\u201czweih\u201d Gogin <\/strong>will step down from the starting lineup as the team gets ready for the 2026 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These changes mark the end of <strong>Spirit\u2019s <\/strong>mid-year experiment, in which the team rotated players in an effort to regain momentum. Following a strong but inconsistent second half of 2025, management decided to bring back experience and clarity to roles for the new season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u0421hanges in the Team Spirit CS2 roster<br><br>Following the StarLadder Budapest Major and after reviewing the results of the current season, we\u2019ve made a decision to alter our main CS2 roster.<br><br>Starting from today, Leonid <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chopperis?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@chopperis<\/a> Vishnyakov and Ivan <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/zweih1437?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@zweih1437<\/a> Gogin are out of the\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2HzBrao4F1\">pic.twitter.com\/2HzBrao4F1<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Team Spirit CS2 (@Team__Spirit) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Team__Spirit\/status\/2001683980450508845?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">December 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">magixx Becomes In-Game Leader<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magix.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magix.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magix-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magix-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magix-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/magix-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Boris <strong>\u201cmagixx\u201d <\/strong>Vorobiev<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>A major part of the roster change is new leadership. <strong>magixx <\/strong>returns to the starting lineup and will be <strong>Spirit\u2019s <\/strong>in-game leader, taking over from <strong>chopper<\/strong>. The team is counting on <strong>magixx\u2019s <\/strong>versatility and strong understanding of the squad for a tactical reset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>zont1x\u2019s <\/strong>return brings stability to the roster. After spending some time away earlier this year, he has returned to the core group he helped build, bringing familiarity and consistency to several roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">chopper and zweih Move to the Bench<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chopp.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chopp.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chopp-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chopp-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chopp-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/chopp-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Leonid <strong>\u201cchopper\u201d <\/strong>Vishnyakov<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Benching <strong>chopper <\/strong>ends another chapter for moving <strong>chopper <\/strong>to the bench, closes another chapter for one of <strong>Spirit\u2019s <\/strong>longest-serving players. As a leader, he helped the team gain international recognition and achieve significant results, marking a key moment in the team\u2019s history. will also move to the bench after a brief time in the starting lineup. <strong>Spirit <\/strong>sees him as a promising talent, but believes he will develop better outside the main roster for now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Spirit\u2019s New CS2 Lineup<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spiritss.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spiritss.png 600w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spiritss-300x78.png 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spiritss-150x39.png 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/spiritss-450x117.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Team Spirit CS2<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>With these changes, <strong>Spirit\u2019s <\/strong>roster will be as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Danil <strong>\u201cdonk\u201d <\/strong>Kryshkovets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dmitry <strong>\u201csh1ro\u201d <\/strong>Sokolov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrey <strong>\u201ctN1R\u201d <\/strong>Tatarinovich<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Boris <strong>\u201cmagixx\u201d <\/strong>Vorobiev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Myroslav <strong>\u201czont1x\u201d <\/strong>Plakhotia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This lineup brings together top talent and new leadership, aiming to restore structure and consistency after a tough year without trophies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Team Spirit Shifts Focus to Early 2026 Events<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Team Spirit<\/strong> will debut with the new roster at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blast.tv\/cs\/tournaments\/bounty-2026-season-1\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/blast.tv\/cs\/tournaments\/bounty-2026-season-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BLAST Bounty 2026 Season 1<\/a><\/strong>, giving them their first chance to test the lineup in official matches. With big tournaments coming up early in the year, this roster change is a clear move to reset and compete with <strong>CS2<\/strong>\u2019s top teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team Spirit is bringing back Boris \u201cmagixx\u201d Vorobiev and Myroslav \u201czont1x\u201d Plakhotnyi to their active Counter-Strike 2 roster. Leonid \u201cchopper\u201d Vishnyakov and Ivan \u201czweih\u201d Gogin will step down from the starting lineup as the team gets ready for the 2026 season. These changes mark the end of Spirit\u2019s mid-year experiment, in which the team rotated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":32147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-32146","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cs-2","8":"tag-cs2","9":"tag-cs2-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/75"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32146"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32162,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32146\/revisions\/32162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}