fejtZ to step in for HellRaisers at IEM Shanghai

boxr member Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar will be filling in for HellRaisers at IEM Shanghai, the European team have announced.

The Estonian player will be stepping into the shoes of Özgür "⁠woxic⁠" Eker, who is unable to attend the event due to what HellRaisers described as "personal reasons".

fejtZ is no stranger to HellRaisers, having stepped in for the team in late 2017 after Patrik "⁠Zero⁠" Žúdel was moved to a backup position. He most notably helped HR to a third-place finish at StarLadder i-League Invitational #2 and to a playoff appearance at the ESL Pro League Season 6 Finals before Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk was brought in for a new spell in the squad.

fejtZ will wear HellRaisers' shirt again

This will be his second stand-in experience in just a month, after playing for PLINK at the recent CIS Minor, where the Russian team were eliminated in their group's decider stage after losing to pro100.

IEM Shanghai will take place from August 1-6 at the Shanghai New International Expo Center, with eight teams set to duke it out for their share of a $250,000 prize pool.

The CIS Minor champions will attend the Chinese event with:

Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow
Vladyslav "⁠bondik⁠" Nechyporchuk
Bence "⁠DeadFox⁠" Böröcz
Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad
Kristjan "⁠fejtZ⁠" Allsaar (stand-in)

Issa 'ISSAA' Murad Age: 21 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 341 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.66 boxr #98 Kory 'SEMPHIS' FriesenKristjan 'fejtZ' AllsaarStephen 'reltuC' CutlerDavid 'DAVEY' StaffordTaylor 'Drone' Johnson Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 28 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.02 Maps played: 1424 KPR: 0.72 DPR: 0.71 Vladyslav 'bondik' Nechyporchuk Age: 25 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.04 Maps played: 950 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.66 Kristjan 'fejtZ' Allsaar Age: 20 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 496 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.67 PLINK #158 Aleksey '1uke' ZiminAlexey 'BAS' KustovPetr 'krecker' StepanovRoman 'rommi' GolubevEugene 'Aunkere' Karyat Bence 'DeadFox' Böröcz Age: 23 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 694 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 pro100 #47 Ivan 'AiyvaN' SemenetsDima 'def' LemeshchukVadim 'Flarich' KaretinLeonard 'kenzor' VolodarchukSvyatoslav 'svyat' Dovbakh Patrik 'Zero' Žúdel Age: 19 Team: No team Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 584 KPR: 0.69 DPR: 0.63 Özgür 'woxic' Eker Age: 19 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.15 Maps played: 497 KPR: 0.76 DPR: 0.62 HellRaisers #17 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad