Simon "yxngstxr" Boije has stepped down from HEROIC's active roster, the organization announced on Tuesday.
It is a continuation of the organization's rebuild of the Counter-Strike lineup, which also saw it bench Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç and replace Tobias "TOBIZ" Theo with Joonas "doto" Forss as the new head coach.
On Monday, HLTV reported that the organization has targeted Gentle Mates' star AWPer, Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez, as a replacement for the Swede.
yxngstxr had been a member of HEROIC since early 2025, when he transferred to the organization as part of Sangal's core.
He was briefly benched at the beginning of 2026 as HEROIC brought in Tim "susp" Ångström, but was brought back a week later to take up AWPing after Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay was sidelined by visa issues.
"We are grateful for the selflessness you showed in the previous season, completely switching roles when we needed help in a difficult situation. The 'hobby AWPer' taht took down Major winners and MVPs," HEROIC said in thanks to yxngstxr in a statement on X.
HEROIC's lineup now looks as follows:
Linus "nilo" Bergman Tim "susp" Ångström Christoffer "Chr1zN" Storgaard
Joonas "doto" Forss (coach)
Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç (benched) Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay (benched) Simon "yxngstxr" Boije (benched)
Alimzhan 'Alkaren' Bitimbay
Sangal
Adam 'adamS' Marian
Luka 'puuha' Eklund
Selman 'R4DYX' Ozan
Yeray 'Joey' Serrano Pérez
Jimmy 'Jumpy' Berndtsson
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
HEROIC
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Tobias 'TOBIZ' Theo
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Gentle Mates
Alejandro 'alex' Masanet
Alejandro 'mopoz' Fernández-Quejo Cano
Pere 'sausol' Solsona Saumell
David 'dav1g' Granado Bermudo
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
Angel 'repk3ys' Gracia Navarro
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije