Copenhagen Flames Complete Roster With RoeJ, HooXi, Zyphon

Copenhagen Flames has announced the finalization of their roster rebuild, parting ways with Magnus “⁠Nodios⁠” Olsen and signing a trio of players, leaving them with just two members which represented the team a month ago.

After the departures of Marcus “⁠maNkz⁠” Kjeldsen and Asger “⁠AcilioN⁠” Larsen, Copenhagen Flames reached out to MAD Lions‘ benched duo Rasmus “⁠HooXi⁠” Nielsen and Fredrik “⁠roeJ⁠” Jørgensen, bringing them back to the team they represented between 2018 and 2020. Additionally, the team signed former Astralis Talent member Rasmus “⁠Zyphon⁠” Nordfoss, who slotted into the team instead of Nodios.

Former Tricked and MAD Lions player returns to Copenhagen Flames

“I’ve worked with HooXi before and have always appreciated him as a player and leader,” Copenhagen Flames Head of Esports Daniel Vorborg explained in a roster update. “Luckily for us; HooXi has also enjoyed working with us in the past and it was quickly evident that both parties wanted to make this work.”

roeJ is added as a veteran player that will “guide and lead a lot of the young talent we’d have on the team”, while Vorborg describes 17-year-old Zyphon as “one of the most gifted individual players either of us has seen in a long time”. The youngster left Astralis Talent in April after being their best performer with a 1.15 rating across 23 maps played.

The roster changes will see Jakob “⁠jabbi⁠” Nygaard take on more anchor positions on the CT side and lurking roles on the T side, it is explained, something Nodios didn’t feel comfortable doing – deciding to step down from the team instead. Finally, keeping his spot on the squad is 20-year-old AWPer Nico “⁠nicoodoz⁠” Tamjidi.

“I really want to thank Marcus “mankz” Kjeldsen, Asger “AcilioN”Larsen, and Magnus “Nodios” Olsen, who are all moving on to new lineups now. I truly do believe that they are great players and certainly good enough to be representing Copenhagen Flames. However, the circumstances did not allow it this time around. I had talks and discussions with all the players throughout the process, and they were extremely professional in their handling of some very tough situations,” Vorborg concluded.

Copenhagen Flames are now: