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Organization Dossier · Americas

Imperial Esports CS2 Roster, Stats & Major History

Imperial Esports is a Brazilian CS2 team led by IGL VINI and coach tacitus, with noway, chelo, decenty and saadzin, listed in PGL Major Singapore 2026.

Quick facts

Verified data

World ranking
#48as of 10 November 2026
Valve ranking (VRS, global)
#35as of 10 November 2026
Series win rate (last 3 months)
69.7%
Titles Won
0
Region
Americas
Country
Brazil
IGL
VINI
Coach
tacitus

Interactive roster

Current Imperial Esports CS2 Roster (2026)

5 starters on record for Imperial Esports, each card opening that player's profile. Stats are measured figures for one window per player (shown under the rating): rating, maps, ADR and KAST first, then kills, deaths and side ratings behind the toggle. Bench players and stand-ins are listed below; unpublished profiles stay listed but unlinked.

  • decenty — full CS2 profile, career stats and settings
    decenty CS2 player photo

    decenty

    Lucas Bacelar · Brazil

    Joined 2023-10-31

    Rating 3.0
    1.13
    Maps
    248
    ADR
    79.7
    KAST
    74.9%

    last 12 months

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  • saadzin — full CS2 profile, career stats and settings
    saadzin CS2 player photo

    saadzin

    Guilherme Pacheco · Brazil

    Joined 2026-07-10

    Rating 3.0
    1.13
    Maps
    265
    ADR
    70.2
    KAST
    75.9%

    last 12 months

    STARTERView dossier →
  • noway — full CS2 profile, career stats and settings
    noway CS2 player photo

    noway

    Kaiky Santos · Brazil

    Joined 2023-10-08

    Rating 3.0
    1.11
    Maps
    277
    ADR
    75.0
    KAST
    75.1%

    last 12 months

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  • VINI — full CS2 profile, career stats and settings
    VINI CS2 player photo

    VINI

    Vinicius Figueiredo · Brazil

    In-Game Leader

    Joined 2022-02-18

    Rating 3.0
    1.07
    Maps
    277
    ADR
    73.2
    KAST
    73.5%

    last 12 months

    STARTERView dossier →
  • chelo — full CS2 profile, career stats and settings
    chelo CS2 player photo

    chelo

    Marcelo Cespedes · Brazil

    Joined 2022-08-22

    Rating 3.0
    1.05
    Maps
    277
    ADR
    73.3
    KAST
    73.5%

    last 12 months

    STARTERView dossier →

Rating bar scale: 1.10+ elite · 1.00–1.09 even · below 1.00 — Rating; each card states its version and window.

Benched & stand-ins

Unlinked strips await profile publication

Contract tenure map

Every Imperial Esports contract since 2018

One lane per player, one bar per status period, plotted from 2018 to today. Current members sit on top with open contracts running to the right edge; former players follow in reverse departure order. Colour marks the status each period was held in, and a gap in a lane is time away from the organisation. Service counts starter, stand-in and coach periods; bench time is shown separately and never added to it (open contracts on the active roster average 1y 9m of service today). Hover a bar for that period's dates and, when recorded, its maps and the player's rating with Imperial Esports; tap a lane for the full contract record. The same moves appear in the transfer ledger below.

Periods
62
Players
43
Tracked since
2018
Longest service
VINI · 4y 9m
StarterBenchStand-inCoachOpen contract — runs to today
20192020202120222023202420252026
  • VINI CS2 player photoVINI4y 9m· In-Game Leader
    VINI: Starter 2022-02-18 to present, 1009 maps, 1.06 rating with Imperial Esports. 4y 9m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • chelo CS2 player photochelo2y 3m
    chelo: Starter 2022-08-22 to 2023-07-03; Starter 2025-07-01 to present, 382 maps, 1.06 rating with Imperial Esports. 2y 3m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • noway CS2 player photonoway3y 1m
    noway: Starter 2023-10-08 to present, 802 maps, 1.09 rating with Imperial Esports. 3y 1m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • decenty CS2 player photodecenty2y 4m
    decenty: Starter 2023-10-31 to 2025-06-28; Benched 2025-06-28 to 2025-07-10; Starter 2026-02-24 to present, 220 maps, 1.13 rating with Imperial Esports. 2y 4m of service, 12d on the bench with Imperial Esports.
  • skullz6m· Site Anchor
    skullz: Starter 2025-08-20 to 2026-02-23, 110 maps, 1.01 rating with Imperial Esports; Benched 2026-02-23 to present. 6m of service, 9m on the bench with Imperial Esports.
  • saadzin CS2 player photosaadzin4m
    saadzin: Starter 2026-07-10 to present, 130 maps, 1.19 rating with Imperial Esports. 4m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • tacitus3m· Head Coach
    tacitus: Coach 2026-08-03 to present, 97 maps. 3m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • levi4m· Rifler / Lurker
    levi: Starter 2026-02-24 to 2026-07-07; Benched 2026-07-07 to 2026-09-03. 4m of service, 2m on the bench with Imperial Esports.
  • zakk3y 5m· Head Coach
    zakk: Coach 2023-01-14 to 2026-06-15. 3y 5m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • Shr1m· Main AWPer
    Shr: Starter 2025-07-07 to 2025-08-20; Benched 2025-08-20 to 2026-03-29. 1m of service, 7m on the bench with Imperial Esports.
  • try CS2 player phototry1y 7m· Main AWPer
    try: Starter 2024-07-16 to 2026-02-14. 1y 7m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • chayJESUS5m· Rifler / Lurker
    chayJESUS: Starter 2025-01-29 to 2025-06-24; Benched 2025-06-24 to 2025-09-01. 5m of service, 2m on the bench with Imperial Esports.
  • felps1y 6m· Rifler / Lurker
    felps: Starter 2023-07-10 to 2025-01-20. 1y 6m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • JOTA8m· Rifler / Lurker
    JOTA: Starter 2023-01-13 to 2023-09-25; Benched 2023-09-25 to 2024-01-07; Benched 2024-02-20 to 2024-09-21. 8m of service, 10m on the bench with Imperial Esports.
  • HEN11y· Main AWPer
    HEN1: Starter 2023-07-10 to 2024-07-15; Benched 2024-07-15 to 2024-08-07. 1y of service, 1m on the bench with Imperial Esports.
  • boltz1y 8m· Rifler / Lurker
    boltz: Starter 2022-02-18 to 2023-10-30; Benched 2023-10-30 to 2023-12-06. 1y 8m of service, 1m on the bench with Imperial Esports.
  • FalleN CS2 player photoFalleN1y 4m· In-Game Leader
    FalleN: Starter 2022-02-18 to 2023-07-03. 1y 4m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • fnx1y 4m· Rifler / Lurker
    fnx: Starter 2020-06-19 to 2020-11-29; Starter 2022-02-18 to 2023-01-14. 1y 4m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • fer1y 2m· Rifler / Lurker
    fer: Starter 2021-04-28 to 2021-07-27; Starter 2022-02-18 to 2023-01-13. 1y 2m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • peacemaker8m· Head Coach
    peacemaker: Coach 2021-05-19 to 2021-07-23; Coach 2022-02-18 to 2022-08-12. 8m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • SHOOWTiME2y 7m· Rifler / Lurker
    SHOOWTiME: Starter 2018-09-05 to 2019-04-25; Starter 2020-01-07 to 2022-01-01. 2y 7m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • KAOS5m· Head Coach
    KAOS: Coach 2021-07-28 to 2022-01-01. 5m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • delboNi1y 8m· Rifler / Lurker
    delboNi: Starter 2019-07-23 to 2020-10-07; Starter 2021-07-30 to 2022-01-01. 1y 8m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • horvy5m· Rifler / Lurker
    horvy: Starter 2021-07-27 to 2022-01-01. 5m of service with Imperial Esports.
  • Show the 19 earlier players · 2018–2022
    • ckzao1y· Rifler / Lurker
      ckzao: Starter 2021-01-14 to 2022-01-01. 1y of service with Imperial Esports.
    • f4stzin5m· Rifler / Lurker
      f4stzin: Starter 2021-03-03 to 2021-07-27. 5m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • rkz4m· Head Coach
      rkz: Coach 2021-01-15 to 2021-05-19. 4m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • piriajr3m· Rifler / Lurker
      piriajr: Starter 2021-01-14 to 2021-04-29. 3m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • adrrr1y 6m· Head Coach
      adrrr: Coach 2019-07-23 to 2020-10-13; Starter 2020-10-13 to 2021-01-14. 1y 6m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • togs2m· Rifler / Lurker
      togs: Starter 2020-10-22 to 2020-12-15. 2m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • felippe1d· Head Coach
      felippe: Coach 2020-10-13 to 2020-10-13. 1d with Imperial Esports.
    • LUCAS12m· Rifler / Lurker
      LUCAS1: Starter 2020-08-15 to 2020-10-06. 2m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • dzt1y 3m· Rifler / Lurker
      dzt: Starter 2018-09-05 to 2019-04-25; Starter 2020-01-07 to 2020-08-15. 1y 3m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • KHTEX10m· Rifler / Lurker
      KHTEX: Starter 2019-07-23 to 2020-06-03. 10m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • iDk3m· Rifler / Lurker
      iDk: Starter 2019-09-25 to 2020-01-09. 3m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • dumau CS2 player photodumau6m· Rifler / Lurker
      dumau: Starter 2019-07-23 to 2020-01-09. 6m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • tatazin1m· Rifler / Lurker
      tatazin: Starter 2019-12-08 to 2020-01-07. 1m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • brutt1m
      brutt: Starter 2019-11-11 to 2019-12-08; Benched 2019-12-08 to 2019-12-15. 1m of service, 7d on the bench with Imperial Esports.
    • bruttJ1m· Rifler / Lurker
      bruttJ: Starter 2019-11-11 to 2019-12-08. 1m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • tge4m· Head Coach
      tge: Starter 2019-07-23 to 2019-11-10. 4m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • bld V2m
      bld V: Starter 2019-07-23 to 2019-09-25. 2m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • shz8m· Rifler / Lurker
      shz: Starter 2018-09-05 to 2019-04-25. 8m of service with Imperial Esports.
    • tifa8m· Rifler / Lurker
      tifa: Starter 2018-09-05 to 2019-04-25. 8m of service with Imperial Esports.

Bars are recorded roster periods: 55 closed, 7 open. A rating on this map is the player's rating with Imperial Esports for that period, not their current rating. Unpublished profiles stay listed without a profile link.

Map pool analytics & playstyle

Imperial Esports Map Pool Analytics & Playstyle

Maps played since 10 August 2026(89 maps across 6 map names): rounds won after the opening kill on the left, per-map records with pick and ban rates on the right. Maps marked "not in Active Duty" are outside the current competitive pool.

Entry duel conversion · first blood

round data live

  • Nukefirst blood 80.6% · recovery 37.4%
  • Cachefirst blood 79.8% · recovery 35.5%
  • Anubisfirst blood 78.6% · recovery 30.3%
  • Infernofirst blood 77.1% · recovery 33.3%
  • Miragefirst blood 75.2% · recovery 29.6%
  • Dust IIfirst blood 74.7% · recovery 29.4%

Rounds won after the opening kill: 77.7% on average across the 6 maps in the table, highest on Nuke at 80.6%.

5-axis tactical radar (aggression · utility damage · trade efficiency · post-plant · pistol rounds) renders once team telemetry is published.

Imperial Esports map win rates, maps played since 10 August 2026
MapRecordWin ratePick rateBan rateRounds won after first kill
Nuke12 wins, 2 losses85.7%18% of 5314% of 8880.6%
Cache (not in Active Duty)11 wins, 4 losses73.3%28% of 4513% of 7579.8%
Mirage13 wins, 5 losses72.2%41% of 437% of 7175.2%
Dust II8 wins, 4 losses66.7%6% of 4424% of 8974.7%
Inferno12 wins, 8 losses60%40% of 453% of 6677.1%
Anubis6 wins, 4 losses60%0% of 2522% of 6378.6%

Map records · pick & ban rates

6 maps in window

  • Nuke85.7%12W-2L
    14 mapspick 18% of 53ban 14% of 88
  • Cache73.3%11W-4L
    15 mapspick 28% of 45ban 13% of 75not in Active Duty
  • Mirage72.2%13W-5L
    18 mapspick 41% of 43ban 7% of 71
  • Dust II66.7%8W-4L
    12 mapspick 6% of 44ban 24% of 89
  • Inferno60%12W-8L
    20 mapspick 40% of 45ban 3% of 66
  • Anubis60%6W-4L
    10 mapspick 0% of 25ban 22% of 63never picked

strong ≥75% · competitive 50–74% · weak ≤49%

Among maps with at least 3 played, Imperial Esports's best record is Nuke at 85.7% (12-2) and the weakest is Anubis at 60% (6-4). In the veto, Mirage has the highest pick rate (41% of 43) and Dust II the highest ban rate (24% of 89). decenty is rated 1.13 (Rating 3.0, last 12 months, 248 maps).

Transfer ledger & standings

Imperial Esports Transfer Ledger & Standings

The 119 roster moves logged for Imperial Esports, newest first: [+] joins, [-] benches, [x] exits. The log may not list every move in the organisation's history. Roster periods are plotted in the contract tenure map above.

2026

11 moves
    • leviLeft
    • tacitusJoined
    • hyskeeeLeft
    • leviBenched
    • zakkLeft
    • ShrLeft
    • skullzBenched

2025

10 moves
    • chayJESUSDeparted
    • skullzJoined
    • ShrBenched
    • ShrJoined
    • chayJESUSBenched
    • chayJESUSJoined
    • felpsDeparted

2024

8 moves
    • JOTALeft
    • hyskeeeJoined
    • zqkSJoined
    • HEN1Departed
    • HEN1Benched
    • JOTAJoined
    • JOTADeparted

2023

13 moves
    • boltzLeft
    • boltzBenched
    • JOTABenched
    • felpsJoined
    • HEN1Joined
    • zakkJoined
    • fnxRetired
    • JOTAJoined
    • ferLeft

2022

14 moves
    • peacemakerLeft
    • ferJoined
    • fnxJoined
    • peacemakerJoined
    • VINIJoined
    • FalleNJoined
    • boltzJoined
    • delboNiDeparted
    • SHOOWTiMEDeparted
    • zqkSDeparted
    • KAOSDeparted
    • ckzaoDeparted
    • horvyDeparted

2021

17 moves
    • adrLeft
    • delboNiJoined
    • KAOSJoined
    • horvyJoined
    • ferLeft
    • f4stzinLeft
    • peacemakerDeparted
    • peacemakerJoined
    • rkzLeft
    • piriajrLeft
    • ferJoined
    • f4stzinJoined
    • rkzJoined
    • adrMoved to active
    • piriajrJoined
    • ckzaoJoined
    • adrrrLeft

2020

20 moves
    • togsDeparted
    • fnxLeft
    • togsJoined
    • adrMoved to active
    • felippeLeft
    • adrrrMoved to active
    • adrMoved to active
    • felippeJoined
    • delboNiLeft
    • LUCAS1Left
    • LUCAS1Joined
    • dztLeft
    • fnxJoined
    • KHTEXDeparted
    • dumauDeparted
    • iDkDeparted
    • dztJoined
    • SHOOWTiMEJoined
    • zqkSJoined
    • tatazinDeparted

2019

21 moves
    • bruttDeparted
    • tatazinJoined
    • bruttBenched
    • bruttJLeft
    • bruttJoined
    • bruttJJoined
    • tgeLeft
    • iDkJoined
    • bld VDeparted
    • bld VJoined
    • adrJoined
    • adrrrJoined
    • dumauJoined
    • tgeJoined
    • delboNiJoined
    • KHTEXJoined
    • shzLeft
    • zqkSLeft
    • dztLeft
    • SHOOWTiMELeft
    • tifaLeft

2018

5 moves
    • tifaJoined
    • dztJoined
    • shzJoined
    • SHOOWTiMEJoined
    • zqkSJoined

Tactical dossier

The Imperial Esports file

Imperial Esports is a Brazilian esports organization, created on 9 March 2018, whose Counter-Strike team has played since 5 September 2018. The current lineup is VINI (the in-game leader), noway, chelo, decenty and saadzin, with Marcos "tacitus" Castilho as coach. Imperial is listed in Stage 1 of PGL Major Singapore 2026.

Imperial e-Sports signed its first CS:GO roster on 5 September 2018: SHOOWTiME, zqk, shz, tifa and dzt. The organization parted ways with that lineup on 25 April 2019 and returned on 23 July 2019 with KHTEX, dumau, tge, delboNi, bld V and adr, the last as coach.

Roster turnover was constant through 2020 and 2021. On 7 January 2020 dumau, iDk and tatazin left and zqk, dzt and SHOOWTiME came back. fnx signed on 11 June 2020. In 2021 peacemaker joined on 19 May, horvy signed on 27 July and Kaos arrived as coach on 28 July. On 1 January 2022 the organization parted ways with its lineup as contracts expired.

On 18 February 2022 Imperial signed Last Dance, a lineup of FalleN, fer, fnx, boltz and VINI, with peacemaker as coach. Imperial reached the Legends stage at PGL Major Antwerp 2022 and the Challengers stage at the IEM Rio Major 2022. In 2022 it also finished second at ESL Challenger at DreamHack Melbourne 2022, behind paiN, and third to fourth at FiReLEAGUE 2022: Global Finals.

peacemaker left on 12 August 2022, and chelo signed on 22 August. fnx moved into a coaching and streaming role on 21 August before leaving on 14 November.

fer left on 13 January 2023 and JOTA arrived from MIBR, with zakk signed as coach the next day. In April 2023 Imperial won BLAST Premier: Spring American Showdown 2023, beating paiN 2-0 in the final. In June it finished third to fourth at BLAST Premier: Spring Final 2023, losing 1-2 to Heroic.

On 3 July 2023 FalleN and chelo were acquired by FURIA. HEN1 and felps arrived a week later. noway signed on 8 October 2023, and decenty was acquired from O Plano on 31 October after boltz was benched by mutual agreement.

In 2024 Imperial won ESL Challenger League Season 47: South America and Thunderpick World Championship 2024: South American Series #1, finished second at Global Esports Tour Rio de Janeiro 2024 and reached the PGL CS2 Major Copenhagen 2024 Legends stage and the Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 Challengers stage. It also finished 13th-16th at IEM Rio 2024.

try was acquired from 9z Team on 16 July 2024, and HEN1 was loaned out on 7 August. In 2025 boltz was released on 1 January and chayJESUS arrived on 29 January. The year also brought first places at Ace South American Masters Spring 2025, CCT Season 2 South American Series #7, FiReLEAGUE Buenos Aires 2025 and Thunderpick World Championship 2025: South American Series #1. Imperial reached Stage 3 of the StarLadder Budapest Major 2025.

decenty was benched on 28 June 2025. chelo returned from FURIA on 1 July, and shr and skullz followed in July and August. In February 2026 skullz was benched and decenty returned on 24 February alongside levi from 9z Team.

levi was benched on 7 July 2026, and saadzin was acquired from Legacy on 10 July. zakk, coach since January 2023, left on 15 June 2026. tacitus signed as coach on 3 August 2026.

As of November 2026 the starting five are VINI, noway, chelo, decenty and saadzin, all from Brazil. VINI is the in-game leader and has been on the team since 18 February 2022. noway has been there since 8 October 2023, chelo since 1 July 2025, decenty since 24 February 2026 and saadzin since 10 July 2026. skullz is listed on the bench.

tacitus (Marcos Castilho, Brazil) has coached the team since 3 August 2026. felippe1 is the CEO, rkz is the manager and zqk is an analyst. Earlier coaches include adr, Kaos, peacemaker and zakk.

The 2026 results come mostly from South American events. Imperial won:

  • PGL Bucharest 2026: South American Qualifier (1 March)
  • ESL Challenger League Season 51: South America - Cup #4 (3 May)
  • CCT South America 2026 Series #3 (9 July)
  • Thunderpick World Championship 2026: South American Series #2 (13 July)
  • BetBoom Storm #4 (16 August)
  • ESL Challenger League Season 52: South America - Cup #1 (1 September)
  • FERJEE In House #2 (27 September)
  • Circuit X Curitiba #4 (25 October)

It was runner-up at ESL Challenger League Season 51: South America (lost 1-3 to ShindeN) and BetBoom RUSH B! Summit 2026: Part Four (lost 2-3 to Fluxo W7M).

PGL Major Singapore 2026 Stage 1 runs from 24 November to 27 November 2026 and Imperial is listed among its 16 teams. Before it, Imperial finished second at Gamers Club Masters VII, which ended on 1 November, losing the final 0-3 to DENDELE after wins over QUINTESSÊNCIA, paiN and Low Cortisol.

On 10 November 2026 Imperial is #35 in the Valve ranking, eighth in the Americas, and #48 in the world ranking.

Over the three months to 10 November 2026, Imperial's most-picked maps were Mirage (41% of 43 picks, 13 wins and 5 losses) and Inferno (40% of 45 picks, 12 wins and 8 losses). Nuke had the highest win rate, at 12 wins and 2 losses. Dust2 was banned in 24% of 89 opportunities.

FAQ · Imperial Esports Organization

Questions about Imperial Esports

Who is in the Imperial CS2 roster?

As of November 2026, Imperial's starting five are VINI (in-game leader), noway, chelo, decenty and saadzin, all from Brazil, coached by tacitus. saadzin joined from Legacy on 10 July 2026, and skullz is on the bench.

Who is the coach of Imperial?

Marcos "tacitus" Castilho, from Brazil, has been Imperial's coach since 3 August 2026. zakk, coach since January 2023, left on 15 June 2026.

Who is Imperial's IGL?

VINI is Imperial's in-game leader. He has been on the team since 18 February 2022, when the Last Dance lineup was signed.

What has Imperial won recently in CS2?

Imperial's most recent title is Circuit X Curitiba #4, won on 25 October 2026 with a 2-0 final against paiN. Before it, the team won FERJEE In House #2 on 27 September and ESL Challenger League Season 52: South America - Cup #1 on 1 September 2026.

Is Imperial playing the PGL Major Singapore 2026?

Yes. Imperial is listed in Stage 1, which runs from 24 November to 27 November 2026.

What is Imperial's ranking in CS2?

On 10 November 2026 Imperial is #35 in the Valve ranking, eighth in the Americas, and #48 in the world ranking.

GamerStats Lab, CS2 writer at GamerStats

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