The Brazilian organisation keep exit, dav1deuS and coach Juve under contract and release the rest after four years in Counter-Strike.
Fluxo are stepping away from Counter-Strike. The Brazilian organisation said on Tuesday evening that it will “pause and reassess” its CS division, and it put the Major first among the reasons.
In its statement, Fluxo wrote:
After the recent changes to the format and remuneration model of CS Majors, combined with the loss of a fundamental strategic partner for the operation, we made the difficult decision to pause and reassess our participation in the game.
The changes Fluxo refer to arrived with IEM Cologne 2026 in June. Sticker capsules are gone. Fans buy stickers in a token shop, and the half of the money that Valve shares is split by VRS seeding before the event and by final placings after it. The whole field is now invited straight from the Valve Regional Standings. Fluxo did not say which part hurt most, or who the lost partner was.
The news was first reported by Dust2 Brasil and HLTV a few hours earlier.
Three stay, the rest are free
Fluxo keep two players and the coach on the bench. The others are free to talk to new teams.
- Retained: Raphael “exit” Lacerda, David “dav1deuS” Tapia Maldonado, Gustavo “Juve” Alexandre (coach)
- Released: Romeu “zevy” Rocco, Kayke “kye” Bertolucci, João “Ltz” Bonetti
zevy is the longest-serving player in the organisation, in his second spell on the active roster. He and kye played both 2025 Majors for Fluxo, in Austin and Budapest.
A season without a Major
The timing is no surprise. Fluxo sit 60th in the VRS and missed both Majors this year, IEM Cologne in June and the PGL Major Singapore later this month. Their last chance went in Curitiba in October, where two losses in one day ended the run.
It was not an empty year. Fluxo played 13 LANs in 2026 by Dust2 Brasil‘s count, won BetBoom RUSH B! Summit Season 4 in July and reached the final of Leon.BET Masters Season 1 in September. Since joining CS in August 2022, the organisation reached three Majors: Paris in 2023, then Austin and Budapest in 2025. felps, Lucaozy and arT all wore the shirt along the way.
Bounty Hunters rebuild on the same day
Fluxo were not the only Brazilian team to break up a roster on Tuesday. Bounty Hunters told Dust2 Brasil they will rebuild for 2027. ponter is released, urban0 goes back to the 9z bench after his loan, and the rest of the team are free to hear offers. The difference: Bounty Hunters say they are staying in CS and put the change down to the end of a cycle.
That puts a long list of Brazilian players on the market before the 2027 season starts.
