Has anyone been saying all year that they didn't expect Spirit to be stronger with all these CS roster moves in 2025? CS2Bet.io wrote about it the whole summer. Now, Spirit seems to think the moves were a bit premature.
After benching two of their Major winners, magixx and zont1x, they are getting the old guns back. Spirit are now benching their IGL and the new 18-year-old talent zweih, who didn’t manage to maintain a star player level after being recruited from Nemiga.
Zweih impressed everyone in the Nemiga roster at BLAST Major Austin in the start of the summer. But there, he was the big star. Others supported him a lot, whereas in Spirit it’s donk who gets all the frags and credit. Of course, donk is on the next level too. Maybe his roles clashed too much with the best player in the world.
Magixx takes the IGL Role in Spirit
The captaincy will now be given to magixx, which seems like a very good move. In August, he revealed in a HLTV Interview that he would be happy to become an in-game leader. He's had many months to practice in-game leading in scrims. He should have a lot of ideas in store after looking from the outside at Tier-1 CS2.
CS2 Betting Value on Spirit
To be fair, it was easy to expect that things wouldn't go smoothly the whole year after making so many changes in one year. Zont1x is not the main carry of Spirit even this time. He will get his old anchor positions back, and that will do wonders for the team’s tactics and cohesion.
Betting-wise, we expect the team to be more ready for the CS2 2026 Season earlier than most other teams making changes. The players and the coach know each other very well, and fragging-wise magixx is stronger than chopper. With magixx's experience and success in Spirit, he will not be a negative impact for the team.
Spirit CS2 Stats
Spirit’s CS2 stats and win/loss record are not the best in late 2025, so we are likely getting value odds for the team.
But where is zweih going? Many teams are making changes now. And when one team makes a move, others follow. That’s our crazy CS2 player roulette.
Stay tuned for the next analysis and news in the CS2 player market.