{"id":216391,"date":"2025-07-25T08:57:56","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skin.club\/community?p=216391"},"modified":"2025-07-25T08:57:56","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T08:57:56","slug":"monte-new-roster-afro-bymas-azuwu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/monte-new-roster-afro-bymas-azuwu","title":{"rendered":"Monte unveil new roster featuring afro, Bymas, and AZUWU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian esports organization Monte has officially presented its updated CS2 roster, adding three new players to the lineup. The announcement was made via the team\u2019s official X (formerly Twitter) account. Aur\u00e9lien \u201cafro\u201d Drapier, Aurimas \u201cBymas\u201d Pipiras, and Oscar \u201cAZUWU\u201d Bell have officially joined the squad.<\/p>\n<h2>Monte finalize their lineup<\/h2>\n<p>Monte have completed their roster after several months of changes and trials. French AWPer afro, formerly of LDLC, HEET, and Into the Breach, is now set to become the team\u2019s primary sniper. Bymas \u2014 a familiar name to MOUZ fans \u2014 returns to competitive play following a break and attempts to reignite his career. AZUWU, a young British talent, made a name for himself with strong individual performances at the Tier-2 level, especially during his time with Into the Breach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-216414\" src=\"https:\/\/skin.club\/community\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gizmy_at_ESL_Pro_League_S19.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gizmy_at_ESL_Pro_League_S19.webp 1024w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gizmy_at_ESL_Pro_League_S19-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/community.skin.club\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Gizmy_at_ESL_Pro_League_S19-768x512.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The updated Monte roster now looks as follows:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"article-list-pink\">\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">Gizmy \u2014 in-game leader (IGL)<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">ryu<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">afro<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">Bymas<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">AZUWU<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-list-pink__item\">AiyvaN \u2014 coach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With this lineup, Monte have committed to a European mix that blends experience, firepower, and youthful potential.<\/p>\n<h2>A new chapter begins<\/h2>\n<p>Monte continue to rebuild after the breakup of their previous roster \u2014 the lineup that brought them into the spotlight during the 2023 Major. The new team looks ambitious: afro brings consistency with the AWP, Bymas has top-tier experience, and AZUWU could emerge as one of the breakout stars of the season.<\/p>\n<p>The key challenge will be building chemistry and structure around Gizmy. If the coaching staff finds the right balance and each player performs to their potential, Monte could soon return to contention for top-tier tournament spots. Their early matches will be telling \u2014 but on paper, this is one of the most intriguing Tier-2 roster moves in recent months.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukrainian esports organization Monte has officially presented its updated CS2 roster, adding three new players to the lineup. The announcement was made via the team\u2019s official X (formerly Twitter) account. Aur\u00e9lien \u201cafro\u201d Drapier, Aurimas \u201cBymas\u201d Pipiras, and Oscar \u201cAZUWU\u201d Bell have officially joined the squad. Monte finalize their lineup Monte have completed their roster after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":216398,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[772,773,771,565],"class_list":["post-216391","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-afro","tag-azuwu","tag-bymas","tag-monte"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monte unveil new roster featuring afro, Bymas, and AZUWU - CS2 &amp; CS:GO Articles, News, Events | Skin.Club Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ukrainian CS2 team Monte has revealed a new roster with afro, Bymas, and AZUWU joining the lineup, as announced on their official X account\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.skin.club\/en\/news\/monte-new-roster-afro-bymas-azuwu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monte unveil new roster featuring afro, Bymas, and AZUWU - CS2 &amp; 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