{"id":36509,"date":"2026-04-23T13:06:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/?p=36509"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:51:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:51:27","slug":"pain-added-saffee-to-the-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/news\/cs-2\/pain-added-saffee-to-the-team\/","title":{"rendered":"paiN Added Saffee to the Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>paiN announced an interesting roster change by<strong> adding Rafael \u201csaffee\u201d Costa<\/strong>. He will be talking the role of an <strong>AWPer<\/strong> from Lucas \u201cnqz\u201d Soares. The latter will be stepping down from professional play due to personal reasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Saffee Joins paiN&nbsp;<\/h2>\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=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">voc\u00eas j\u00e1 viram ele com essa camisa!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saffeecsgo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@saffeecsgo<\/a> t\u00e1 de volta com desafios importantes.<br><br>depois do t\u00edtulo da Circuit X Mayhem em S\u00e3o Paulo e a vaga no Stage 2 do Major de Cologne, a nossa equipe de CS2 se prepara para os desafios na IEM Atlanta (11 de maio) e CAC Shanghai (19 de\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/81vo50doGb\">pic.twitter.com\/81vo50doGb<\/a><\/p>&mdash; paiN Gaming (@paiNGamingBR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paiNGamingBR\/status\/2047074250113138914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">April 22, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Brazilian CS2 organization surprised its fans by<strong> announcing an interesting roster change<\/strong>. It seems like saffee will <strong>compete at IEM Atlanta and the CS Asia Championship<\/strong> for paiN. What\u2019s more, he will also be at the IEM Cologne Major, but he will be a substitute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An interesting fact is that this is not the first time saffee plays for paiN. In fact, the player was a part of the club in 2020 and played there until early 2022. After that, he <strong>moved to FURIA and achieved good results<\/strong>, including semi-finals at the Major in Rio.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following his time with FURIA, he <strong>moved to MiBR<\/strong> and played for the club for around two years. Sadly, the results were not that good, so the squad decided to <strong>bench him in August<\/strong> of 2025. He has been in that <strong>position for 8 months now,<\/strong> but we\u2019re happy to report he is back in action.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After this roster change,<strong> paiN\u2019s current team looks like this:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vinicius \u201cvsm\u201d Moreira<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rodrigo \u201cbiguzera\u201d Bittencourt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Guilherme \u201cpiriajr\u201d Barbosa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rafael \u201csaffee\u201d Costa<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joao \u201csnow\u201d Vinicius<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Lucas \u201cnqz\u201d Soares will remain <strong>benched<\/strong>, but we expect him to move to a different club soon. As for paiN\u2019s coach, we will see Henrique \u201crikz\u201d Waklu.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, paiN\u2019s new draft looks good and it <strong>puts the team in a good position<\/strong> before the upcoming tournaments. It\u2019s a shame that we won\u2019t be able to see him at the IEM Cologne Major, but who knows, paiN may decide to give him a chance to shine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/blix.gg\/blog\/\">follow us<\/a> for more details!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>paiN announced an interesting roster change by adding Rafael \u201csaffee\u201d Costa. He will be talking the role of an AWPer from Lucas \u201cnqz\u201d Soares. The latter will be stepping down from professional play due to personal reasons. Saffee Joins paiN&nbsp; The Brazilian CS2 organization surprised its fans by announcing an interesting roster change. 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