Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç has been benched from HEROIC, the organization announced on Tuesday.
The 23-year-old Turk had been with the team for a year and a half, a tenure briefly interrupted when he was placed on the bench in June 2025, before being reinstated two months later.
He joined the team as part of a core transfer from Sangal in an overhaul of the squad in early 2025, and now leaves as HEROIC are undergoing another.
The organization has already replaced the coach, Tobias "TOBIZ" Theo, with Joonas "doto" Forss, and looks to bring in Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez for Simon "yxngstxr" Boije, who has filled the AWPer role ever since Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay was sidelined by visa issues.
Unconfirmed rumors suggest the organization will trade xfl0ud for Laurențiu "lauNX" Țârlea, who was benched from FUT earlier on Tuesday.
HEROIC's lineup is:
Simon "yxngstxr" Boije Linus "nilo" Bergman Tim "susp" Ångström Christoffer "Chr1zN" Storgaard
Joonas "doto" Forss (coach)
Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç (benched) Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay (benched)
Sangal
Adam 'adamS' Marian
Luka 'puuha' Eklund
Selman 'R4DYX' Ozan
Yeray 'Joey' Serrano Pérez
Jimmy 'Jumpy' Berndtsson
HEROIC
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Tobias 'TOBIZ' Theo
Alimzhan 'Alkaren' Bitimbay
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
FUT
Dmytro 'dem0n' Myroshnychenko
Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija
Nikita 'cmtry' Samolotov
Džiugas 'dziugss' Steponavičius
András 'coolio' Fercsák
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije