{"id":33728,"date":"2026-02-04T20:05:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=33728"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:05:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:05:40","slug":"virtus-pro-bench-perfecto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/virtus-pro-bench-perfecto\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtus.pro Bench Perfecto and Open Transfer Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong> has officially removed Ilya <strong>\u201cPerfecto\u201d<\/strong> Zalutskiy from their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/?l=english\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.counter-strike.net\/?l=english\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Counter-Strike 2<\/a> <\/strong>roster and put him on the transfer list, ending his seven months as the team\u2019s in-game leader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong> announced the decision on social media, saying that after discussing it, they agreed the current lineup was not delivering consistent results or reaching its full potential. The team will now take a short break from competition while they look for a new in-game leader and a better roster setup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed 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\">Perfecto from our CS2 roster has been benched.<br><br>After joint discussions, we concluded that the current roster configuration is unable to build consistent performances and fully realize its potential. We thank <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/perfectocsgo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@perfectocsgo<\/a> for his professionalism and dedication during his time\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xGUQXXmjp2\">pic.twitter.com\/xGUQXXmjp2<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Virtus.pro (@virtuspro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/virtuspro\/status\/2018976650151465099?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 4, 2026<\/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\">A Difficult Period for VP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/perfecti.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/perfecti.jpg 800w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/perfecti-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/perfecti-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/perfecti-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/perfecti-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ilya <strong>\u201cPerfecto\u201d<\/strong> Zalutskiy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Perfecto\u2019s<\/strong> benching caps off what has been a turbulent period for <strong>Virtus.pro<\/strong>. The 26-year-old joined the team in late June 2025, initially being installed as the new in-game leader following the benching of Denis <strong>electroNic<\/strong> Sharipov.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with his experience on top CIS teams, <strong>Perfecto <\/strong>couldn\u2019t bring stability or improvement. Since he joined, <strong>Virtus.pro\u2019s <\/strong>results dropped from #17 to #86 in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ValveSoftware\/counter-strike_regional_standings\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ValveSoftware\/counter-strike_regional_standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VRS<\/a><\/strong>. In 2026, they didn\u2019t record any wins and lost to teams like <strong>Nuclear TigeRES<\/strong>, <strong>Nemiga<\/strong>, <strong>WW<\/strong>, and <strong>RUSTEC<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What Remains of VP Roster<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vp1-1024x653.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vp1-1024x653.webp 1024w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vp1-300x191.webp 300w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vp1-768x490.webp 768w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vp1-150x96.webp 150w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vp1-450x287.webp 450w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vp1-1200x766.webp 1200w, https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/vp1.webp 1332w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CS2 Virtus.pro<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With <strong>Perfecto <\/strong>now on the transfer market, <strong>Virtus.pro\u2019s<\/strong> roster is now:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Evgenii <strong>\u201cFL1T\u201d <\/strong>Lebedev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Petr <strong>\u201cfame\u201d <\/strong>Bolyshev<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vladimir <strong>\u201cb1st\u201d <\/strong>Krasikov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vadim <strong>\u201ctO0RO\u201d <\/strong>Arkov<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dmitriy \u201c<strong>ProbLeM<\/strong>\u201d Martinov (coach)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The organization made this move after a run of poor results, signaling a bigger shake-up for the successful CIS team. Both staff and fans will be watching to see who becomes the next leader and if <strong>VP <\/strong>can return to the top tier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virtus.pro has officially removed Ilya \u201cPerfecto\u201d Zalutskiy from their Counter-Strike 2 roster and put him on the transfer list, ending his seven months as the team\u2019s in-game leader. Virtus.pro announced the decision on social media, saying that after discussing it, they agreed the current lineup was not delivering consistent results or reaching its full potential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":33742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5,11],"class_list":{"0":"post-33728","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\/33728","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=33728"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33745,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33728\/revisions\/33745"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}