Zaur "Cooman" Shakhmurzaev has been temporarily benched by the team, and thus Igor "iLTW" Filatov will be stepping in for the upcoming online event. VP has said that this is due to performance and recent results, and that a final decision on the roster will be made by the end of April. iLTW has been scrimming with the team for quite sometime, and has been a potential stand-in since Leipzig.

iLTW stand-in for Virtus.pro

iLTW was recently removed from the active roster of Team Spirit, and is on load from the team. Though showing some good promise, his results have never shaped up to his potential. iLTW even spent some time on OG in place of Ana, achieving a third place finish at ESL One Katowice 2019, but was later let go from the team.

You can see the full statement from VP here