Braxton "⁠swag⁠" Pierce is no longer part of Torqued's active roster, the North American player has revealed.

In a Twitlonger post, the 21-year-old revealed that he needs "a mental reset" and admitted that his return to competition since ESL lifted the indefinite match-fixing bans handed before February 2015 "has been underwhelming."

The announcement comes just days after Torqued's group stage exit at DreamHack Open Tours following defeats to Gambit and AGO, with swag averaging a 1.02 rating - the second highest in the team.

swag leaves Torqued to grind his way back into form

His decision leaves Torqued in a race against time to find a replacement, with the team set to travel to Brazil in just two weeks to compete at ESL One Belo Horizonte.

"I don't want to go into details why I'm making this decision and I know the timing is really bad as they have a big tourney coming up in Brazil, but I don't think there was a good time to make this choice," swag wrote.

"I still have love for the players and wish them the best of luck.

"I know I am capable of way more and I just need to keep grinding. For now, I will start streaming and playing FPL/Rank S to try and reach my potential and consider other offers that come my way."

With swag's departure, Torqued now have: