Heroic have announced that they have moved Patrick "⁠es3tag⁠" Hansen and Marco "⁠Snappi⁠" Pfeiffer to the inactive roster with immediate effect.

The announcement comes amidst a turbulent period for the Danish team, who were on the brink of signing for FunPlus Phoenix before the deal fell through when es3tag agreed to join Astralis upon the expiration of his running contract with Heroic.

In a brief statement, Heroic thanked es3tag for service and wished him "best of luck in his new team", whom he will join on July 1.

es3tag and Snappi are removed from the active lineup

Snappi had rejoined Heroic in September after a first stint with the organisation between 2016 and 2018, replacing Adam "⁠friberg⁠" Friberg. He took over as in-game leader following Benjamin "⁠blameF⁠" Bremer's departure to Complexity but recently relinquished the reins to Casper "⁠cadiaN⁠" Møller.

According to Heroic, replacements for the benched duo will be announced over the course of next week. Their roster currently looks as follows: