Counter Strike 2: Imperial benched rifler skullz..

Brazilian Counter Strike 2 (CS2) club Imperial announced on Tuesday via their official X (Twitter) account that rifler, skullz, has been benched, effective immediately.

According to Imperial's official statement, everyone at the club is very grateful for skullz's contributions to the team and wishes him all the best for the future.

Furthermore, according to Dust2, following the benching of skullz, Imperial may recall lurker decenty.

decenty left Imperial last July to join Fluxo, where he won the CCT Season 3 South America Series #3.

Another player who may join Imperial is former 9z Team AWP-er levi.

The 23-year-old skullz joined Imperial from FURIA in August 2025, replacing the currently benched shr.

During his six-month stint with the team, Imperial reached Stage 3 of the StarLadder Budapest Major, but failed to secure an invitation due to poor performance locally, and therefore did not participate in any other major tournaments with skullz.

During this spell, the 23-year-old's average rating across 110 maps was only 1.01, far below expectations after his slumps with Liquid and FURIA.

His potential shown on paiN – a rating of 1.16 – was also not fully realized during his time with the Brazilian Counter Strike 2 pro esports team.

It is worth mentioning that Imperial is reassessing its situation after try moved to Passion UA.

They had previously trained skullz with the club's streamer, boltz.

Imperial's current roster is as follows:

In-Game Leader: VINI

Rifler: noway

AWP-er: chelo

Coach: zakk

Rifler / AWP-er: shr (benched)

Rifler: skullz (benched)

Rifler: chayJESUS (benched - loaned-out to RED Candis)

Image source: Internet / Imperial Official X (Twitter) account