HellRaisers have brought on Escape Gaming player Bence "DeadFox" Borocz as a stand-in player to replace Sergey "smike" Skliarenko, the organization announced Wednesday.

smike was also a stand-in for HellRasiers, replacing Tomáš "oskar" Šťastný on the roster. The team has struggled since oskar left, placing 13th-16th at the SL i-League Season 2 finals, and failed to qualify for ELEAGUE Season 2.

"It's been a tough time recently. There have been lots of official matches, an important LAN tournament and a mini bootcamp," HellRasiers' coach Ivan "Johnta" Shevtsov stated in a press release.

"We practiced a lot and tried to win every single match we took part in. But during the work we realized that Sergey needs much more time to perceive a communication in English, not speaking about his individual skill of the game. When it comes to important matches, decisions and communication must be fast and clear — an outcome of every round depends on that. And it's especially difficult to do so not in your native language."

DeadFox has bounced between various organizations over the past year, though has stuck with what started as the k1ck eSports.hu roster since July 2015. In that time, he's played for Team Orbit, PixelFire Gaming and Escape. His most recent results saw him place 9th-16th at the DreamHack Bucharest Closed Qualifier, and 13th-16th at the Global Grand Masters.

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