HEROIC have announced that they have named Joonas "doto" Forss the new head coach of their team after parting ways with Tobias "TOBIZ" Theo and analyst Mathias "R0nic" Pinholt.
doto is no stranger to HEROIC, having coached their academy team for over a year until the Norwegian organization pulled the plug on the project. It was the second coaching role for the 30-year-old, who had represented teams like HAVU and ENCE during his playing career before taking up coaching with ENCE Prospects.
TOBIZ joined HEROIC in June 2025 as a replacement for Eetu "sAw" Saha, who had moved to G2 alongside Álvaro "SunPayus" García. It was the Dane's first coaching job at the highest level, having previously worked only with MOUZ NXT.
During his HEROIC tenure, the team notably won DraculaN Season 5, finished second at the CCT Global Finals, and qualified for the IEM Cologne Major.
"My one-year journey has come to an end as HEROIC informed me yesterday that they want to go in a new direction," TOBIZ wrote on X.
"Taking some valuable lessons with me and looking forward to my next adventure."
Earlier on Monday, HLTV reported that HEROIC had set their sights on Gentle Mates' Antonio "MartinezSa" Martinez to replace Simon "yxngstxr" Boije, who has been the team's makeshift AWPer since Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay was removed from the starting lineup due to visa issues.
Rumors have also surfaced in recent weeks that Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç is set to join FUT as Laurențiu "lauNX" Țârlea's future with the PGL Bucharest champions remains up in the air.
HEROIC are now:
Yasin "xfl0ud" Koç Linus "nilo" Bergman Tim "susp" Ångström Christoffer "Chr1zN" Storgaard Simon "yxngstxr" Boije
Joonas "doto" Forss (coach)
Alimzhan "Alkaren" Bitimbay (benched)
FUT
Dmytro 'dem0n' Myroshnychenko
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea
Aulon 'Krabeni' Fazlija
Nikita 'cmtry' Samolotov
Džiugas 'dziugss' Steponavičius
András 'coolio' Fercsák
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
HEROIC
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije
Mathias 'R0nic' Pinholt
ENCE
Henri 'HENU' Ylilehto
Aleksi 'millert' Lehtopuu
Teemu 'teme' Korva
Niki 'Cliqq' Kinnunen
Giorgi 'Schwarz' Gakhokidze
Aleksi 'allu' Jalli
G2
Nemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Guy 'NertZ' Iluz
Artem 'r1nkle' Moroz
Nikita 'HeavyGod' Martynenko
Matúš 'MATYS' Šimko
Eetu 'sAw' Saha
Tim 'susp' Ångström
HEROIC
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Tim 'susp' Ångström
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Tobias 'TOBIZ' Theo
Eetu 'sAw' Saha
Alimzhan 'Alkaren' Bitimbay
Yasin 'xfl0ud' Koç
HAVU
Samu 'uli' Leirilaakso
Aleksi 'Alxc' Lähevirta
Pekko 'p3kko' Korkalainen
Otto 'ottob' Virtanen
Juho '8Juho8' Kankaanpää
Petteri 'peku' Jaakkola
Linus 'nilo' Bergman
Antonio 'MartinezSa' Martinez
MOUZ NXT
Tiago 'opdust' Simão
Maksims 'ay0k' Beloglazovs
Nikolai 'Nikodeon' Sørensen
Sergey 'lmbt' Bezhanov
Laurențiu 'lauNX' Țârlea
Joonas 'doto' Forss
Álvaro 'SunPayus' García
Christoffer 'Chr1zN' Storgaard
Simon 'yxngstxr' Boije