Brazilian esports organisation Legacy has introduced that it has positioned Counter-Strike 2 in-game chief Lucas ‘lux‘ Meneghini on the bench.
The transfer follows an early elimination from IEM Kraków 2026, the place the crew did not win a match through the Play-In.
Introduced on February 2nd, the organisation revealed that lux stays beneath contract, alongside advising events to get involved. Notably, Legacy hasn’t shared info on who will take over the position of the in-game chief or exchange the participant within the roster.
Because of the quick nature of the change, Legacy will compete with the crew’s coach, Bruno ‘RiVAS‘ Rivetti, as a stand-in for the upcoming Tier 1 CS2 tournament, PGL Cluj-Napoca 2026.
Legacy burst onto the Tier 1 Counter-Strike scene in 2025 as a last-minute alternative on the BLAST.television Austin Main, defeating Team Vitality in Stage 3. Following the Main, the crew struggled to copy the shape till October, when it achieved victory on the CS Asia Championships and a second place at PGL Masters Bucharest.
Its Kraków marketing campaign faltered on the first hurdle, with defeats to BC.Recreation and FUT Esports with out managing to win a map, marking a disappointing begin to the 2026 season.
What’s Subsequent for Legacy?
Following elimination from IEM Kraków, Legacy doesn’t have lengthy earlier than it returns to motion at PGL Cluj-Napoca.
Going down from February 14th to twenty second, 16 groups will compete on the occasion for a share of a $625,000 (~£457,606) prize pool and Valve Regional Standings (VRS) factors that decide which groups earn a spot on the IEM Cologne Major in June.
With two weeks till Legacy’s subsequent match, the Brazilians have a brief amont of time to combine its coach into the beginning lineup because it seems to be to keep away from another disappointing performance at a high-profile occasion.
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