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One of the top Heroes of the Storm teams is making a big change.

Cloud9 will be replacing Taylor ‘Arthelon’ Eder with Ben “Cattlepillar” Bunk from Brain Power. Kayla ‘Faye’ Murray revealed the roster change on her stream late Tuesday night.



The move comes just five months after Arthelon joined C9, replacing Fan ‘Fan’ Yang. C9 will be using Cattlepillar at the second NA Regional LAN in Burbank on June 4 assuming they qualify this Sunday.

Cattlepillar is no stranger to playing for premier teams. For the better half of 2015, he was the tank and shotcaller for compLexity, before the team lost Phillip ‘Jaximus’ Carter and ultimately disbanded. CompLexity was considered a top 3 team in their heyday. The same could have been said of Brain Power prior to this shuffle.

The shake-up isn’t entirely surprising. Since winning the first official Global Championship at Blizzcon in November, Cloud9 has failed to enjoy much success. The downward spiral started with a loss against Naventic at Heroes Rising in January, followed by a disappointing finish in China’s Gold League. This iteration of the roster would go on to win the Spring Regional, but ultimately fall short at the main event in Korea. The team was late to qualify for the first regional that took place at Dreamhack Austin, and while they showed strength at the event itself, they were defeated in the grand finals by Naventic 3-2.

Roster changes at the top typically create a trickle down effect. It is unclear who will replace Cattlepillar on Brain Power, or which team will make room for Arthelon if he does not fill that spot himself.

Dylan Walker is on Twitter @dyluux.

