Rare Atom down to two as European contingent leaves

phzy, kory, expro, Twista and peku are no longer part of the Chinese organization.

phzy looks to return to Europe after his six-month stint in China

Rare Atom have announced extensive changes to the roster, which see three of their players, Love "⁠phzy⁠" Smidebrant, Kornél "⁠kory⁠" Szedlár and Heng "⁠expro⁠" Yang, leave the organization along with the coaching staff of Slaava "⁠Twista⁠" Räsänen and Petteri "⁠peku⁠" Jaakkola.

The quintet had been a part of the organization ever since the team's inception under the Rare Atom banner late last year. Despite their short lifespan and language challenges the team quickly became competitive in Asia, narrowly missing out on a place at the PGL Major RMR and qualifying for BLAST Premier Showdown.

Former Young Ninjas and Sangal AWPer phzy was the driving force behind that success. The Swede averaged a staggering 1.33 rating in the six-month stint as far and away Rare Atom's best-performing player.

On Twitter, phzy shared it had been his decision not to extend his stay. In a comment to HLTV, the 21-year-old said he is looking to return to European Counter-Strike again.

Rare Atom now have just two players left on the roster:

YuLun "⁠Summer⁠" Cai
HaoWen "⁠somebody⁠" Xu