{"id":135275,"date":"2025-03-04T17:39:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T17:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=135275"},"modified":"2025-11-05T12:01:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:01:30","slug":"banks-2025-roster-move-ratings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/banks-2025-roster-move-ratings","title":{"rendered":"BanKs&#8217; 2025 Roster Move Ratings so far"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2025 season started with some of the hottest roster moves we have seen in years. There was so much hype and excitement to see which players would be changing their teams in the Counter-Strike off-season moving into 2025, and some of them have already started to show positive results, despite us only being a few months into the year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what I wanted to do for the SkinClub community was give my thoughts and opinions on the <\/span><b>roster moves <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and say which ones have been the <\/span><b>best <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">so far in my eyes and <\/span><b>why<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I will rank each move to the present moment and what I feel are the positives and negatives of it, and what it means for the rest of the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Rez to GamerLegion<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135307\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rez-to-GamerLegion.jpg\" alt=\"Rez to GamerLegion\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rez-to-GamerLegion.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rez-to-GamerLegion-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rez-to-GamerLegion-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Rez-to-GamerLegion-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The legend that is<\/span><b> Fredrik \u201cREZ\u201d Sterner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has been one of the positive lights on the Swedish scene, first joining<\/span><b> Ninjas in Pyjamas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">back in <\/span><b>2017<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and making a big splash. But after that, as the old team was falling apart, roster move after roster move just saw them struggle, and at one point he was even made to be the AWPer, which made no sense\u2026<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, when people think of him going to <\/span><b>GamerLegion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they would say no, this is a bad move\u2014he is going down the order of teams. But NiP is no longer an elite organisation in Counter-Strike, and GamerLegion have one of the coaches who has been able to make pieces work so well time and time again in <\/span><b>ashh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, someone who KNOWS how to build good teams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135322\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-1.jpg\" alt=\"REZ\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rez adds a lot of experience to this young team; he has been fragging out better than his recent level over the last year, and he has a smile on his face again when I was doing interviews with him at <\/span><b>Katowice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. They had a strong showing at Katowice, they qualified for <\/span><b>Dallas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and I expect them to do well at <\/span><b>ESL Pro League <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as well.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>BanKs bang for buck roster move rating \u2013 7\/10!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a move that works well for both sides and will yield positive results throughout the year. On this move, I got no understanding of the money involved or what was left on his contract, but his stock wasn\u2019t at the highest, and he had served his time in NiP jail, so I guess it would have been reasonable.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>EliGE to FaZe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135337\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EliGE-to-FaZe.jpg\" alt=\"EliGE to FaZe\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EliGE-to-FaZe.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EliGE-to-FaZe-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EliGE-to-FaZe-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EliGE-to-FaZe-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the<\/span><b> most hyped<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and talked about moves of the off-season was who <\/span><b>FaZe <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">would get to replace<\/span><b> Robin \u201cropz\u201d Kool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and they went and found themselves another North American addition, similar to what they did with <\/span><b>Russel \u201cTwistzz\u201d Van Dulken<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a few years ago, by adding <\/span><b>Jonathan \u201cEliGE\u201d Jablonowski<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For EliGE, this move is huge; it gives him the chance to be fighting for trophies again, which was almost impossible except at <\/span><b>Sydney<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when CS2 first came out during his <\/span><b>Complexity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adventure.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While this roster move is hyped, it comes at a great cost for FaZe and <\/span><b>karrigan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in how many pieces need to move positions and change up roles. Now, I spoke to <\/span><b>H\u00e5vard \u201crain\u201d Nygaard <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about this, and he seems to be enjoying everything he is learning. As someone who hasn\u2019t changed his position so much since <\/span><b>2016\/17<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he now has a new way of looking at the game. But FaZe are a championship-level team, and while EliGE adds huge firepower, it also opens up a chance for<\/span><b> frozen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to be back at his best, but the holes left by ropz and the stylistic change that FaZe need to go through will take some time for them to have a real chance to be successful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135352\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-2.jpg\" alt=\"EliGE\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>BLAST Bounty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was rough. Top 8 at the recent <\/span><b>Katowice <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for their first LAN as a team isn\u2019t bad, but then <\/span><b>PGL Cluj-Napoca <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is going to hurt, and we saw that in the loser interviews that both karrigan and EliGE gave me\u2026 <\/span><b>growing pains are real here!<\/b><b><br>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BanKs bang for buck roster move rating \u2013 6\/10!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less than Rez, you might say??? Yes, because right now it is tough, and while EliGE is a huge addition, I can assume he wasn\u2019t a cheap addition, and it hasn\u2019t been as positive as was thought. I expect it to pay off later in the year rather than right now, but currently this is my rating.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>jottAAA to Eternal Fire<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135367\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jottAAA-to-Eternal-Fire.jpg\" alt=\"jottAAA to Eternal Fire\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jottAAA-to-Eternal-Fire.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jottAAA-to-Eternal-Fire-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jottAAA-to-Eternal-Fire-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/jottAAA-to-Eternal-Fire-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Eternal Fire <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">really stepped up in 2024, but they looked like they had hit a point where they were not developing. Out goes longtime member<\/span><b> Bu\u011fra \u201cCalyx\u201d Ark\u0131n<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and in comes <\/span><b>Samet \u201cjottAAA\u201d K\u00f6kl\u00fc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. jottAAA, for those who didn\u2019t know, was once an <\/span><b>Eternal Fire Academy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> team member, much like <\/span><b>Ali \u201cWicadia\u201d Haydar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The difference here is that jottAAA went to <\/span><b>Sangal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to gain more experience before being asked to join back in, and so far, for his role and position, he has gone above and beyond what was expected of him, and<\/span><b> far better output<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than Calyx, who he replaced.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jottAAA is a player right now who is playing far beyond his role. He is adding a lot of positive energy to the team as well\u2014his voice is well heard and respected in the team. <\/span><b>Engin \u201cMAJ3R\u201d K\u00fcpeli<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the in-game leader of Eternal Fire, told me in an interview that jottAAA is bringing <\/span><b>exactly what was missing for the team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and that is already starting to show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135382\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-3.jpg\" alt=\"jottAAA \" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-3.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-3-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-3-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a move where he was also on loan to Sangal, which means I can only assume the cost involved in getting him back was nothing, and this was just a positive move for everyone involved!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>BanKs bang for buck roster move rating \u2013 9\/10!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fact he was on loan to Sangal and originally a member of Eternal Fire, what he is adding to the team, the positive results they\u2019ve already seen, and the way he is playing his role and position\u2014this is a <\/span><b>HUGE win<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>HeavyGod to G2<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135397\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HeavyGod-to-G2.jpg\" alt=\"HeavyGod to G2\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HeavyGod-to-G2.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HeavyGod-to-G2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HeavyGod-to-G2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HeavyGod-to-G2-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big boots to fill as the<\/span><b> G2 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Army had to go through losing one of the most valuable pieces in the Counter-Strike world. <\/span><b>Nikola \u201cNiKo\u201d Kova\u010d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finally made the move to<\/span><b> Falcons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and G2 tried their best to prepare for it, considering a lot of the roles NiKo played were covered by<\/span><b> Mario \u201cmalbsMd\u201d Samayoa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in his previous team, but the addition of <\/span><b>Nikita \u201cHeavyGod\u201d Martynenko<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who goes back to an international team after his time at <\/span><b>Cloud9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, has potential.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, I am positive in every way about HeavyGod and what he can do. He will play and learn any role and position, and going back into anchor roles on G2 takes him back to his previous roles on OG. It puts malbsMd into NiKo\u2019s roles, but it doesn\u2019t paint the full picture of the voice that is lost with NiKo not being there and <\/span><b>EVERYONE <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now needing to step up more, because losing NiKo hurts the whole team\u2014from <\/span><b>Janusz \u201cSnax\u201d Pogorzelski<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>Wiktor \u201cTaZ\u201d Wojtas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even the young goat himself<\/span><b> Ilya \u201cm0NESY\u201d Osipov <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and especially his cousin, his brother in arms, <\/span><b>Nemanja \u201chuNter-\u201d Kova\u010d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135412\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-4.jpg\" alt=\"HeavyGod\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-4.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-4-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focusing on what HeavyGod adds:<\/span><b> the positivity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he brings, he can be<\/span><b> the motivator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when TaZ can\u2019t call a timeout, he is <\/span><b>loud<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he is<\/span><b> hype<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he is a <\/span><b>great communicator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he speaks English, Ukrainian, Russian, and Hebrew, and he can <\/span><b>naturally anchor <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">better than what malbs has shown. The results so far have been rough\u2014<\/span><b>BLAST Bounty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was so back and forth, they could have lost in the first game to <\/span><b>B8<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but they had the quality to keep them alive, eventually falling to<\/span><b> Eternal Fire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> who made the finals. <\/span><b>Katowice <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wasn\u2019t easy: <\/span><b>0-2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> vs <\/span><b>VP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and then <\/span><b>Falcons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> FaZe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014tough games, so you can\u2019t hold that against them\u2026 Now they had a lot of time to grind, they\u2019ve been on bootcamp, and they need to show a stronger level at<\/span><b> ESL Pro League<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is similar to the <\/span><b>EliGE <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">move in that it will take some time, but HeavyGod <\/span><b>is not <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>won\u2019t be the problem <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the results this team delivers.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>BanKs bang for buck roster move rating \u2013 7\/10!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HeavyGod will do what needs to be done. He can be a difference maker for the team in clutch situations as well\u2014he has moments where he will pop off, so the move is good. The problem is going to be how the rest of G2 adapt to losing NiKo, but we are talking about HeavyGod to G2, not the team as a whole.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Spinx to MOUZ<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135427\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spinx-to-MOUZ.jpg\" alt=\"Spinx to MOUZ\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spinx-to-MOUZ.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spinx-to-MOUZ-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spinx-to-MOUZ-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Spinx-to-MOUZ-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Honestly, when the year started, I was worried for <\/span><b>Lotan \u201cSpinx\u201d Giladi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was rumoured he wanted to leave the team before the start of <\/span><b>Cologne<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but they went on to win it. Then he still leaves at the end of the year because something could not be fixed\u2014at least that is what I interpret from all the interviews\u2014and then obviously<\/span><b> if you can get Ropz, you get Ropz<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suddenly out of nowhere, Spinx finds himself getting the golden opportunity for <\/span><b>MOUZ<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but it was a weird turn of events. He replaces their<\/span><b> in-game leader<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but he<\/span><b> won\u2019t be leading<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and that means a lot of moving and shifting within the team.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So <\/span><b>Ludvig \u201cBrollan\u201d Brolin <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">becomes the in-game leader, which he said he wanted to do back when he was 14 in a reality TV show called <\/span><b>Gamerz<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>\u00c1d\u00e1m \u201ctorzsi\u201d Torzs\u00e1s<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp;<\/span><b> Dorian \u201cxertioN\u201d Berman<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> take over extra responsibility in the team, and then Spinx comes in\u2014and they even win their first tournament, something I NEVER expected!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135442\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-5.jpg\" alt=\"Spinx\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-5.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-5-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-5-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-5-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s look at why this move is<\/span><b> so good,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> though. Spinx is not only a <\/span><b>Major champion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but he becomes the <\/span><b>most experienced player on the team<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, even more so than Brollan, who we have seen and heard about for a long time. Everyone except Spinx and Brollan come from the <\/span><b>MOUZ Academy roster<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and despite having some time on the professional level, this level of experience\u2014this <\/span><b>BIG championship-winning experience<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, not smaller<\/span><b> ESL Pro League <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and BB Tournament wins\u2014is so important.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His voice, the way he plays, fits into this team very well so far, and it is 100% a big firepower upgrade. Now, the sample size is very small, but he had some standout games for the team and was instrumental in them lifting their<\/span><b> first big event<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the arena trophy at <\/span><b>PGL Cluj-Napoca<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many could fault the move of changing in-game leader, especially someone who is regarded very highly like <\/span><b>Kamil \u201csiuhy\u201d Szkaradek<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but what we saw so far is positive. They just didn\u2019t have to fight against one of the elite teams such as <\/span><b>Vitality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>NAVI<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, or <\/span><b>Spirit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>BanKs bang for buck roster move rating \u2013 9\/10!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A huge move that gives MOUZ what they need, and we only have one event to look at, but it did result in a win. It is a very small sample size, but I can only go off what we saw. For now, this is a big one!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Ropz to Vitality<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135457\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ropz-to-Vitality.jpg\" alt=\"Ropz to Vitality\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ropz-to-Vitality.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ropz-to-Vitality-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ropz-to-Vitality-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Ropz-to-Vitality-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the move of all moves, and credit to <\/span><b>Vitality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for being able to do this again. When you can get <\/span><b>Robin \u201cropz\u201d Kool<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you get ropz, at all costs. But as ropz had his contract with<\/span><b> FaZe <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">running out, Vitality didn\u2019t need to buy him at all\u2014he went there as a <\/span><b>free transfer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the same way Vitality got <\/span><b>Shahar \u201cflameZ\u201d Shushan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. These are <\/span><b>big moves<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at a <\/span><b>low cost<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, ropz was looking for a change, and he is a complete player, one who understands every aspect of the game. The praise that he receives is<\/span><b> incredibly high<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Some people said that it would be a risk to take him because he slowed down a bit after his insane start to Counter-Strike 2. You can call it a slump, but he certainly has the quality to pull himself out of any slump, and a new team could easily do that.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even before the move, during the incredible run to the final that FaZe had at the <\/span><b>Perfect World Shanghai Major<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ropz was looking like he was back. He dropped the highest rating he had had since<\/span><b> ESL Pro League S17 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in <\/span><b>March 2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where he had a<\/span><b> 1.27 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rating; at the <\/span><b>Major<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, he dropped a <\/span><b>1.22<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but the impact was unreal!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ropz is a player who has <\/span><b>won it all<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. He won it in style with FaZe back on their incredible <\/span><b>2022 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">run, already holding the <\/span><b>Katowice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Cologne<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Major <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trophies, as well as an<\/span><b> Intel Grand Slam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and he wanted to bring the missing trophies to his new teammates as well, which he did in a BIG way at <\/span><b>Katowice 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026 the second event with his new team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135472\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-6.jpg\" alt=\"Ropz\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-6.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-6-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-6-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine going from<\/span><b> BLAST<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where they<\/span><b> lost <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><b>Eternal Fire<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where they still looked a bit <\/span><b>uncomfortable <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on their <\/span><b>T sides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but that all changed in <\/span><b>Katowice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, where they only dropped a map to <\/span><b>FaZe<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and even<\/span><b> 3-0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019d <\/span><b>Spirit <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>grand final<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dominating <\/span><b>donk<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2026 this is something for everyone in the Counter-Strike scene to get hyped about!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We now have <\/span><b>Mathieu \u201cZywOo\u201d Herbaut<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and ropz on the same team, backed up by a<\/span><b> flameZ<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in some old positions. Their <\/span><b>CT sides <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are working so well, and as they improve and understand the new way of playing their <\/span><b>T sides<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, this could be a year where Vitality dominate consistently!<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>BanKs bang for buck roster move rating \u2013 10\/10!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitality got him on a free transfer, he is one of the best players in the world, he is looking happy and like he is enjoying the new changes in his life from coming to a new team, and he gets to play with one of the greats in ZywOo as well\u2026 this is the <\/span><b>BEST move of 2025<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and I think I will still be saying the same when it comes to the end of the year as well! <\/span><b>Huge V for ropz<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Huge V for Vitality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the<\/span><b> V is certainly for Victory!<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><strong>NiKo to Falcons<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135487\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NiKo-to-Falcons.jpg\" alt=\"NiKo to Falcons\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NiKo-to-Falcons.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NiKo-to-Falcons-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NiKo-to-Falcons-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/NiKo-to-Falcons-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last but certainly not least is a move we touched on a bit earlier with<\/span><b> HeavyGod <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><b> G2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Nikola \u201cNiKo\u201d Kova\u010d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> finally grows his wings and flies off to the<\/span><b> Falcons<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, joining the Saudi Arabian organisation.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is probably one of the<\/span><b> hardest moves <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to rate because when you have a player like NiKo on your team, the expectations are so<\/span><b> high<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but at the same time the expectations are so <\/span><b>low <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for Team Falcons because of how<\/span><b> bad<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their first rosters were. They were buying their teams to get slots in the <\/span><b>Valve Ranking System<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and with the<\/span><b> ENCE <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Core, it was rough. They cycled through players and still found little to <\/span><b>no success<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even with all of what I said above, NiKo still wants to join, and he joins one of the great coaches of the game<\/span><b>, Danny \u201czonic\u201d S\u00f8rensen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who has certainly been on community fraud watch, alongside<\/span><b> 4x <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major winner <\/span><b>Emil \u201cMagisk\u201d Reif <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the newly paid-for <\/span><b>Heroic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> core of <\/span><b>Ren\u00e9 \u201cTeSeS\u201d Madsen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,<\/span><b> Abdulkhalik \u201cdegster\u201d Gasanov<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; in-game leader <\/span><b>Damjan \u201ckyxsan\u201d Stoilkovski<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For players like degster and kyxsan, NiKo\u2019s voice and experience is going to be<\/span><b> huge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and so <\/span><b>important <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for their development. Degster told me in an interview on stage at <\/span><b>PGL Cluj-Napoca <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that NiKo is <\/span><b>going to be a mentor to him<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135502\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-7.jpg\" alt=\"NiKo\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-7.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Banks-7-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a huge move, and while the field of competition was not the strongest at PGL Cluj-Napoca with <\/span><b>Vitality<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>NAV<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I, and <\/span><b>Spirit missing out<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they did manage a <\/span><b>2nd place finish<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. NiKo himself picked up the<\/span><b> MVP<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> even with finishing 2nd, and he showed that he can still take over games on the new team.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The start to the year at <\/span><b>BLAST Bounty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Katowice<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> were honestly <\/span><b>disappointing<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but they showed they can make improvements with more time together and even a short amount of time. The good thing is that NiKo is going to be able to elevate all the players around him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>BanKs bang for buck roster move rating \u2013 8\/10!<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only 8? How? Well, when we talk BanKs bang for buck, <\/span><b>NiKo is expensive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The rumours are out on what it cost even with a short amount of time on his contract\u2014around <\/span><b>$1.2M<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014then his monthly I would guess he could be <\/span><b>one of the highest-paid players in the game<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> right now, but this is purely a guess, and for sure I would pay that if I had the money because this is NiKo!!! Now we need to look at how well the rest of the year goes and how they do against some of the bigger teams here. I am really going to look at how he helps kyxsan out with the <\/span><b>mid-round calls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So here we have it, my BanKs bang for buck roster move ratings for 2025 so far. If you liked this, then let me know on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/BanKsEsports\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">X<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/banksesports\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instagram<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and I would be happy to do a part 2 of this, touching on some of the other roster moves in the Counter-Strike world!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until then, keep grinding and enjoy the games. I will be back with more videos and articles exclusively on<\/span><b> SkinClub <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for you all!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2025 season started with some of the hottest roster moves we have seen in years. There was so much hype and excitement to see which players would be changing their teams in the Counter-Strike off-season moving into 2025, and some of them have already started to show positive results, despite us only being a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":135276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>BanKs&#039; 2025 Roster Move Ratings so far<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover BanKs&#039; 2025 roster move ratings and insights. 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