NEKIZ benched from paiN

The 27-year-old moves to an inactive role as more changes seem to be on the horizon for paiN.

Gabriel "⁠NEKIZ⁠" Schenato has announced that he is no longer on paiN's active roster, bringing an end to his second stint in the team. The move comes on the heels of a report by Dust2.br, which stated that the organization wishes to sign Fluxo's Lucas "⁠lux⁠" Meneghini and promote academy prospect Cássio "⁠cass1n⁠" Santos to the main roster.

NEKIZ's removal looks to signal the start of several roster changes, as the duo would reportedly replace him and Fluxo-bound Romeu "⁠zevy⁠" Rocco.

NEKIZ has once again found himself on paiN's bench

NEKIZ's first tenure in the organization began in December 2019 and lasted for over two and a half years before he was demoted to the bench in favor of Felipe "⁠skullz⁠" Medeiros. He remained contracted to paiN during a short time in O PLANO, and was called back into the active roster in February as Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho's removal left a vacant place.

Shortly after his return, paiN reached a new level that culminated with them peaking in 13th place on the world ranking. Their road started at ESL Pro League S17, where they qualified for the first round of playoffs before breezing past the competition at the Paris Major Americas RMR and returning to the Major circuit.

After the impressive string of form expectations were high for the roster, but paiN failed to progress through the Challengers Stage exit before a last-place exit at ESL Challenger Katowice 2023 meant their impressive season petered out near the end, prompting the organization to consider changes.

"Today, I'm going back to the bench," began NEKIZ in his statement. "I believe the team has other ideas for the next season, with a big change to the core. I am open to BR and EU proposals," he finished by saying that he is looking at prospective new teams.

After NEKIZ's removal, paiN are currently:

Brazil Wesley "⁠hardzao⁠" Lopes
Brazil Rodrigo "⁠biguzera⁠" Bittencourt
Brazil Felipe "⁠skullz⁠" Medeiros
Brazil Romeu "⁠zevy⁠" Rocco

Brazil Henrique "⁠rikz⁠" Waku (coach)

Brazil Gabriel "⁠NEKIZ⁠" Schenato (benched)
Brazil Vinicios "⁠PKL⁠" Coelho (benched)

Brazil Vinicios 'PKL' Coelho
Vinicios 'PKL' Coelho
Age:
28
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.97
Maps played:
1221
KPR:
0.65
DPR:
0.67
Brazil Henrique 'rikz' Waku
Henrique 'rikz' Waku
Age:
32
Team:
Brazil Gabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato
Gabriel 'NEKIZ' Schenato
Age:
27
Team:
Rating 1.0:
0.98
Maps played:
1153
KPR:
0.67
DPR:
0.68
Brazil Romeu 'zevy' Rocco
Romeu 'zevy' Rocco
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.13
Maps played:
424
KPR:
0.76
DPR:
0.62
Brazil Wesley 'hardzao' Lopes
Wesley 'hardzao' Lopes
Age:
22
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.04
Maps played:
898
KPR:
0.68
DPR:
0.62
Brazil Lucas 'lux' Meneghini
Lucas 'lux' Meneghini
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.03
Maps played:
242
KPR:
0.69
DPR:
0.66
Brazil Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros
Felipe 'skullz' Medeiros
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.05
Maps played:
558
KPR:
0.70
DPR:
0.64
Brazil Cássio 'cass1n' Santos
Cássio 'cass1n' Santos
Age:
21
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.12
Maps played:
122
KPR:
0.73
DPR:
0.58
Brazil Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt
Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
818
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.63
#1
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Fiji xoi
nice, he was really throwing the team back
2023-06-22 23:13
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#10
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
What? He was being the second best entry from BR teams this year. People are so clueless about entry fraggers, all they see are stats in the match page
2023-06-22 23:25
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2 replies
RIP fantasy abuser
2023-06-23 03:58
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1 reply
#49
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Brazil gugamello
lmao
2023-06-23 13:19
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Bro was dog
2023-06-23 01:56
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#2
Faceit level 10  | 
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Poland KUTER
w0w
2023-06-22 23:13
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#3
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Brazil dio_scuro
clown org
2023-06-22 23:13
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#4
Faceit level 9 Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Twistzz | 
United States plsnopermaban
rip nekiz
2023-06-22 23:13
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FURIA NEKIZ inc?
2023-06-22 23:14
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4 replies
Nah it’s fluxo him zevy and pkl are all going to fluxo
2023-06-22 23:30
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3 replies
#38
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Brazil sl0tzz
nekiz and pkl doesnt like each other
2023-06-23 01:59
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2 replies
guess he'll like him instead of rotting on the bench
2023-06-23 14:51
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1 reply
#56
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Brazil sl0tzz
the first time nekiz left pain was because he didnt want to play with pkl, idk about that.
2023-06-24 00:20
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who
2023-06-22 23:15
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1 reply
#7
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Costa Rica YeAreGods
The
2023-06-22 23:16
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nooo
2023-06-22 23:16
0
what ???????
2023-06-22 23:20
0
1 reply
really
2023-06-22 23:26
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Lux is mid
2023-06-22 23:26
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2 replies
He looks like ropz what else we need
2023-06-22 23:32
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1 reply
+1 great stat
2023-06-23 00:20
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#14
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
PaiN +lux +cass1n +boltz -NEKIZ -Hardzao -Zevy They gonna rebuild around biguzera and skullz Interesting
2023-06-22 23:31
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3 replies
Why would Boltz downgrade?
2023-06-22 23:46
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#57
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Brazil Segrinelas
they should try to get better players, like safe, dgt, try, late, dumau... there is no point in trading for lux and bolts.
2023-06-24 01:12
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1 reply
#58
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
I agree with u but those are the rumors Lux is almost confirmed Boltz is being sounded
2023-06-24 02:41
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"NEKIZ has once again found himself on paiN's bench" sado or unlucky
2023-06-22 23:32
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It reminds me -olof +olof loop
2023-06-22 23:34
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1 reply
endpoint -thomas +thomas big -k1to +k1to
2023-06-23 05:23
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#18
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Brazil Segrinelas
bro, if they keep hardzao they are just trolling
2023-06-22 23:45
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#20
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Brazil bacuri_fps
Sadge man :( I hope he will be back soon on a good new roster.
2023-06-22 23:46
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#21
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Israel FRIsaac
fallen
2023-06-23 00:03
0
Imperial will pick him up
2023-06-23 00:04
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#23
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Honduras vzrvzr
this man just cant catch a break. he speaks pretty good english to my knowledge so he should probably try to get on an internation team. maybe EG?
2023-06-23 00:06
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3 replies
God no not EG please
2023-06-23 00:51
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I would prefer to join eyeballers than EG as a professional cs player
2023-06-23 05:39
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1 reply
I would prefere gain money
2023-06-23 17:40
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Damn, but why? Nekiz is a good player GL Nekão
2023-06-23 00:07
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#28
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Russia Lessix
nonsense
2023-06-23 00:21
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#29
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Germany G3er
another 5th player getting the blame, they never learn
2023-06-23 00:30
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What??? When he replaced PKL they got better
2023-06-23 00:32
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1 reply
#35
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
2023-06-23 01:36
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#31
Faceit plus user Faceit level 9  | 
Czech Republic maXX_CZ
They should stick with this core and add good fifth player. They had a lot of promising runs past few months. But i can imagine someone want to get zewy, right? I think this team had lot of potential after a while for BR, a bit like eu Monte. But these guys will probably fall apart as well.
2023-06-23 00:38
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1 reply
#36
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
They gonna full rebuild around biguzera and skullz Makes sense? No but at least they’re retaining their best players
2023-06-23 01:37
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"i am searching for new opportunities, based on SA and EU only" apeks nekiz
2023-06-23 00:54
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#34
Old school: User been here for more than 10 years  | 
Fifflaren | 
Brazil matheuscoelho
wtf
2023-06-23 01:05
0
I can definitely see why he was benched, some guy who doesn’t really know what he’s doing definitely saw that he didn’t do well in the last month and decided he should be benched.
2023-06-23 02:24
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#41
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Russia Topper!
No way
2023-06-23 05:19
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#42
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United States tint
why
2023-06-23 05:23
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#50
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Armenia VirtusNo
NEKIZ GRANMA
2023-06-23 13:26
0
thats sad
2023-06-23 13:34
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#53
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Brazil 4vengerr
welcome to pain, fallen
2023-06-23 15:38
0
+ drop
2023-06-23 15:42
0
Truly moronic from paiN. Maybe their most agressive player.
2023-06-24 06:45
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