For 2024 (technically starting January 2025), Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski replaced ropz in FaZe Clan’s Counter-Strike 2 lineup.

Quick timeline

  • Late December 2024 : FaZe Clan officially announced that ropz had departed the team after three years.
  • Immediately after : Multiple reports from HLTV and insiders indicated that ropz was heading to Team Vitality to replace Spinx.
  • Replacement rumor → confirmation : Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski, then at Complexity, was named as the expected replacement for ropz in FaZe.
  • Early January 2025 : FaZe publicly introduced EliGE as the new roster member, completing the lineup.

Final FaZe CS2 roster after the swap

The new active roster (as of 2025) is:

  • Håvard “rain” Nygaard
  • Helvijs “broky” Saukants
  • Finn “karrigan” Andersen (IGL)
  • David “frozen” Čerňanský
  • Jonathan “EliGE” Jablonowski (replacing ropz).

Why the change happened

  • FaZe’s performance at the Shanghai Major 2024 (they finished 2nd) didn’t lead to a championship, and the organization chose to reshuffle rather than keep the same core.
  • ropz had been a long-term star for FaZe (Katowice 2022, Cologne 2022, multiple ESL Pro League titles, Intel Grand Slam S4, Antwerp Major 2022), but the team decided to move in a different tactical direction with EliGE ’s experience and aggressive style.

“He will be replaced in the FaZe team by Jonathan 'EliGE' Jablonowski, which is still unofficial information for now.” – relog.gg, shortly after the official announcement

That “unofficial” status quickly became official, and EliGE is now the player who replaced ropz in FaZe for the 2024/2025 season. Information gathered from public forums or data available on the internet and portrayed here.