hardzao moved to paiN's bench

The Brazilian lineup is down to three players amidst reports of new additions.

Wesley "⁠hardzao⁠" Lopes is no longer on paiN's active roster and has been placed on the bench, the 22-year-old has announced. His move to the reserve bank follows after the benching of Gabriel "⁠NEKIZ⁠" Schenato just one week prior and comes a week after Dust2.br reported that paiN are looking to refill their ranks with academy prospect Cássio "⁠cass1n⁠" Santos and Fluxo's benched rifler, Lucas "⁠lux⁠" Meneghini.

hardzao has been a part of paiN for nearly four years, helping them win ESL Challenger Melbourne, CBCS Invitational 2022, CCT North America Series 2, and ESL Challenger League Season 41 North America. The team also won or made deep runs in a number of smaller tournaments in both North and South America, including securing a plethora of ESEA Cash Cup titles and qualifying for a number of international events.

hardzao joins NEKIZ on the bench

The Brazilian roster struggled to be true contenders on the world stage during hardzao's early years with them, but recently began to find success after Rodrigo "⁠biguzera⁠" Bittencourt picked up leadership duties. The team made a run to the Challengers Stage of the BLAST.tv Paris Major but couldn't make it to the next stage, exiting the event with a 2-3 record, and have since had a steep downturn in performance.

Who will arrive to replace hardzao remains unclear: paiN are reportedly set to lose Romeu "⁠zevy⁠" Rocco to Fluxo and have already benched NEKIZ, with cass1n set to arrive as a replacement for the former and lux reportedly arriving in place of the latter. hardzao's benching leaves the team with one additional spot to fill ahead of the start of the season.

paiN's roster currently looks as follows:

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 Wesley "⁠hardzao⁠" Lopes (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 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 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 Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt
Rodrigo 'biguzera' Bittencourt
Age:
26
Team:
Rating 1.0:
1.08
Maps played:
818
KPR:
0.72
DPR:
0.63
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Poland EZ4Bard
ferst
2023-06-28 23:30
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good for you
2023-06-28 23:31
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Canada K1nGoldY
Reported, sometimes I ask myself why do i do this, but again it's same for these cancer of society, who won't stop farming first comments, one more day gone well let's go back to my loving family now and for tomorrow we we wake up and fight crime again
2023-06-29 05:40
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#32
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Poland EZ4Bard
erm accsully i dont farm cowinsidently the article was posted when i opened the site
2023-06-29 05:50
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England Sandbag02
undeserved
2023-06-28 23:31
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more like softzao amiright? :DDD
2023-06-28 23:33
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7 replies
Doesn't hardzao mean big hard in portuguese
2023-06-28 23:34
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3 replies
suffix ão seems to mean "rather big"
2023-06-28 23:37
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Correct "ão" suffix should be like "big" ex:big ed = edão "Inho" suffix should be like "little" ex:little ed = edinho
2023-06-28 23:49
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More like "Durão" or "very tough" is the correct translation
2023-06-29 03:46
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
Well he was fine Not carrying but neither bad Pretty consistent
2023-06-28 23:43
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2 replies
they wanna step it up ig 🤷🏼‍♂️
2023-06-29 11:11
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1 reply
#45
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
Yeah they’re aren’t wrong I would keep NEKIZ tho, he was one of the best BR entrys this season
2023-06-29 15:40
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expected tbh
2023-06-28 23:33
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F
2023-06-28 23:34
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Poland ScR1337
ok
2023-06-28 23:34
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He's still a good player, even though he was doing much better back in the days.
2023-06-28 23:34
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Other Zollbit
Fallen incoming
2023-06-28 23:34
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kinda L move from pain
2023-06-28 23:35
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Portugal silent____
bad call by pain, they were getting so good. after these changes they will become tier 3/4 again. I hope hardzao finds a team that values him.
2023-06-28 23:36
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Brazil cykr
Agree. They should spend money moving to europe
2023-06-30 17:24
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#51
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Portugal silent____
i swear they were the first brazilian team i was getting excited about
2023-06-30 17:42
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#15
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Brazil Anarchy_BR
Probably +boltz
2023-06-28 23:44
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1 reply
Botz
2023-06-29 08:29
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Spain batxe
+dumau +Latto
2023-06-28 23:46
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2 replies
that'd be such a good move
2023-06-29 11:58
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#44
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Brazil Segrinelas
that would be amazing
2023-06-29 15:31
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Deserved for having a stupid name
2023-06-28 23:48
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+ kscerato + yuurih
2023-06-29 02:09
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+vini? :O
2023-06-29 02:13
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are they making space for imperial players once papa fallen goes to furia?
2023-06-29 02:51
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+tuurtle or +drop easy
2023-06-29 04:13
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+tuurtle would be great
2023-06-29 04:28
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Brazil hugoooo
All the low rated players being benched in Brazil (with the exception of HEN1 of course, that always has decent rating)
2023-06-29 04:33
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Its always like this Just bench the IGL or the player with bitch roles
2023-06-29 09:02
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New FLUXO: Lucaozy v$m PKL hardzao zevy Thank me later!
2023-06-29 05:59
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I wanted it to be biguzera instead of PKL, it would be a very strong team
2023-06-29 13:50
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#49
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Brazil skazzi
Practically a new DETONA
2023-06-30 02:55
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Banco de bench for hardzao
2023-06-29 06:12
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Shit move I think, I would've brought Hardzao Biguzeira Skullz +Saffee +Drop
2023-06-29 12:08
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Europe yommamas
bad move
2023-06-29 13:19
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very bad move
2023-06-29 14:13
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#46
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Botswana tosspoa
+ Felps + Coldzera
2023-06-29 22:04
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Oooof
2023-06-29 23:11
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#52
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Luxembourg 2000
i aren't know this
2023-06-30 20:10
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