Spirit Official: Former HEROIC rifleman tN1R officially joins

Russian CS2 professional team Spirit announced on Tuesday that former HEROIC rifleman Andrei Tatarinovich (ID: tN1R) has officially joined the team. He will replace Miroslav Prakhodja (ID: zont1x) in the active roster and will join the team in the upcoming ESL Pro League Season 22.

24-year-old tN1R, originally from Belarus, has played for numerous CS teams, including Zorka, Trasko, NewBelarus, P2N, GoodJob, Websterz, FORZE, GUN5, and HEROIC. According to HLTV statistics, he has played in 826 maps, participated in 19,339 rounds, and achieved 13,941 kills with a 57.4% headshot rate, earning an average rating of 1.11.

Prior to joining Spirit, tN1R played for HEROIC for eight months. To date, he has played 136 maps, participated in 2,945 rounds, and achieved 2,260 kills with a 61.0% headshot rate, earning an average rating of 1.17.

Despite tN1R's impressive past performance, it remains unclear whether he can perfectly replace zont1x. A Spirit academy player, zont1x has been a starting player since July 2023, helping the team win numerous titles, including the 2024 IEM Katowice, BLAST Spring Finals, BB Villa Cup Belgrade, and Perfect World Shanghai Major, as well as the 2025 BLAST Bounty Hunter Season 1 Finals, PGL Astana, IEM Cologne, and BLAST Bounty Hunter Season 2 Finals. Spirit stated in their announcement that his demotion to the bench was entirely zont1x's own will.

With the addition of tN1R, Spirit's current lineup is as follows:

Commander/Rifleman: Leonid Vishnyakov (ID: ⁠chopper⁠)

Rifleman: Daniil Kreshkovec (ID: ⁠donk)

Sniper: Dmitry Sokolov (ID: sh1ro)

Rifleman: Ivan Gogin (ID: ⁠⁠zweih)

Rifleman: Andrei Tatarinovich (ID: ⁠⁠tN1R)

Coach: Sergey Shavaev (ID: ⁠⁠hally)

Substitute: Boris Vorobyev (ID: magixx)

Substitute: Miroslav Prakhota (ID: zont1x⁠⁠)