Astralis have signed Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander to replace Finn "karrigan" Andersen, the team announced Monday. The former Heroic player will also serve as the team's new in-game leader.

karrigan's contract with Astralis was sold to FaZe Clan on Oct. 19, ahead of their group stage games in ELEAGUE Season 2, where they advanced to the playoffs over Cloud9 on Oct. 22.

"Since the ESL One Cologne Major my biggest dream has been to play for Astralis and today that dream has come true. It is truly a great honour for me to get the opportunity to play and work with such talented people," gla1ve said in a press release. "Astralis have been through a rough patch lately and I will do my very best to get them back to where they belong."

As a result of the roster move, the team will retain their slot in the ELEAGUE Major.

gla1ve was Astralis’ stand-in during ESL One Cologne 2016 as they was unable to play with their primary player, Markus "Kjaerbye" Kjærbye, as he was competing in DreamHack Tours 2016 with Team Dignitas. Astralis were also forced to use their coach Danny "zonic" Sørensen as a stand-in at the event as Peter "dupreeh" Rothmann was unable to play due to appendicitis.

gla1ve, zonic and the rest of Astralis earned a Legend status, but that left them in an awkward situation where only three players on their primary roster held the team’s Major slot. When karrigan left Astralis to join FaZe, Astralis’ Major slot was in flux, but gla1ve coming into the team has solved that problem.

Astralis latest roster will make their LAN debut in the ELEAGUE Season 2 group stage on Nov. 11-12.

On Monday, Heroic announced that former Tricked eSport player Nikolaj “niko” Kristensen will serve as gla1ve’s replacement.

Astralis’ lineup is now as follows:

Andreas " Xyp9x " Højsleth

" Højsleth Nicolai " dev1ce " Reedtz

" Reedtz Peter " dupreeh " Rothmann

" Rothmann Markus " Kjaerbye " Kjærbye

" Kjærbye Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander