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Brothers split as MiniBoo leaves Heretics

CongoBat

October 9, 2025

After two years with Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #5 Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish ComeBack Berkcan Şentürk Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius has left the team, splitting up the roster that has been together since 2024.

In a parting statement, MiniBoo detailed his experience with Heretics and his reason for leaving. He expressed great appreciation for his teammates, coaches, and other Heretics staff as he reflected fondly on their time together, and highlighted the support he was provided throughout. He revealed that despite his amicable time with the team, the past season had been difficult for him, with being in the same exact environment causing him to often feel down and relive bad memories.

“I want something different,” he said, “I want to take a step in a different direction.”

With MiniBoo's departure, Heretics' long-standing five-man roster of the past two years will be broken up, and a new face will emerge next season. Despite never lifting a VCT trophy, the Heretics roster still boasts a wealth of accomplishments. They transformed what was a bottom tier team into EMEA's very best, qualifying for five out of six possible international tournaments. They notably were the runner-ups to both Masters Shanghai and Champions 2024, falling only just short of claiming an international title. They took a step back in 2025, but had a resurgence towards the end to reach top six at Champions 2025.

Heretics also shared their own video in which the team and coaches recounted their experiences with MiniBoo, offering nothing but support and best wishes in his future endeavors.

Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #5 Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish ComeBack Berkcan Şentürk Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius is now:

Ričardas "Boo" Lukaševičius
Mert "Wo0t" Alkan
Enes "RieNs" Ecirli
Benjamin "benjyfishy" David Fish
Niklas "Niklas" Geiss (Manager)
Neil "neilzinho" Finlay (Head coach)
Brandon "weber" Weber (Coach)
Ryan "EsportsRyan" Scollan (Performance coach)
Pablo "Pablo" López (Analyst)

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1dan1x

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gl miniboo

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KINGMANNY42

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only real ones know what this was before it was "gl miniboo"

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either way I think he should find a team easily in emea

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Thank god now they can finally win a real tournament

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true.... bye bye minipoo

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luminescience

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Good riddance

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DSBY

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Can't even say something nice when the news is devastating 💔

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luminescience

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Shut yer bum mouth
https://www.vlr.gg/post/5639261/th-is-free/#2

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DSBY

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🐍

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What is wrong with you

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aketrps

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shit and minishit

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kfan4238173

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Bot separated from bot ✌️

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TH Demon1

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DepthyxLyes

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demon1 finna go through teams more than ibrahimovic did clubs

edit: spelling

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Joao Felix*

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alvaro morata*

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needed to happen but goodbye pookie :(

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o7 king hope u find success elsewhere

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bronzil_enjoyer

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wow

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TH Sayf

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Rumours are its gonna be keiko

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they've spoken to lar0k and keiko, not sure if they've had trials yet

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I highly doubt TL would let go of Keiko. Atleast nAts wont let it happen.

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Keiko would be insane tbh

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xLeo

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fr... W flexx

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he's better being controller
putting him back into duelist i dont think would work

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fenis_pecs

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Benjyfreaky when the score is about to be 7-5:

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minibaboon

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o7

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AnthoLotl

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the heart of the team, good luck with the future domi o7

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Uribaba

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That's riens

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Minib00

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eStos

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Thought both of them would be gone once one of them wanted to leave, weird decision

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229fn

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Miniboo wanted to leave but Boo wanted to stay and both were okay with it

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eStos

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wow

I can't imagine not playing with my brother after having the chance to do it for two (?) years

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REALLY needed to happen, but with how this team came up, I was doubtful that they'd actually pull the plug. best of luck to Miniboo. w00t on duelist?

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o7

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Luceus

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Think the team needed the change but hope miniboo does well in his future endeavors

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he got miniBOOted.

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He left by himself

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ALEISTER

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Noone believes that

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Ok? 😂

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temi

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o7

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Jmgaaab

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o7
His performance drastically dropped, might need some reset. GL

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KGad03

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o7

I remember how afraid everyone was of Heretics when he rejoined the team. Future superstar for sure.

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about damn time holy nepo baby

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didn't know they were brothers ngl

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Are you actually Finland?

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Yes they are the real Finland

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How do you know that

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been to finland and saw finland there. they are the real finland

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Well I live like 20 minutes from Finland and does not have this information.

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Bruhh their nickname literalyy boo & miniboo also both frlm lithuania, how is that not suspicious

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i guess so, just never thought about it like that

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o7 goat you will find a home soon

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Minipoo is gone

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the terrorist is finally gone

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As a fellow Lithuanian, it's sad to see him go. As a Heretics supporter and VCT enjoyer, you people are ruthless about one of the greatest young players this game has at this very moment. Hope he finds a new team that will only help him grow his skills and bring on more great victories

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nooo 😭 excited for a new pickup tho

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Out of the two brothers miniboo is the one you kick. This has potential to go down as one of the worst roster moves in VCT history. Especially if miniboo plays like he did in stage 1.

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Tough to see him go but I do think Keiko/Lar0k will probably ultimately be a net positive roster move if they make that happen

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deadpark

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Oops

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k1ck

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finally

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minib0t

finnaly woot will play perma duelist.

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byebye minipoo

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LETS GO

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No doubt someone like Keiko could improve this roster, but man miniboo has been great for this team. He's not a top 5 duelist in the world or anything, but he did his job, he had massive impact, and he doesn't deserve all this hate and negativity. Great guy, really mature for his age.

I'm definitely sad to see this roster change, but tbh if the replacement is Keiko I'm also really excited about the new roster.

Curious to see where MiniBoo will end up and how he will do in a new environment. Good luck o7

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:(

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neverrrrr

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how the fuck bigpoo managed to stay on the roster lmao, eurotards just can't do anything right

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2/10 bait

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Akhmyed

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o7 el nino
ngl i expected TH to be the 2nd in the grand final (after their clean g2 and t1 matches) but they transported the curse to FNC

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needed change but he's got some of the most experience in all of emea already so he should be one of the most sought out prospects now
he'd be an upgrade to so many emea rosters

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Sonatine

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His farewell video was wholesome af.
Wish him all the best!

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I think this might be the start of dawnfall of TH

In case TH end in 0-13 Would you like keep TH as a partner team or not ?

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o7 good luck for the future

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Patmen did this. We wont see “Shit and Minishit” in the same team again.

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just like we're never seeing mindfreak or benkai on shitRX again 😂 make another roster change next year when you lose to dfm

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Damn you mad as hell

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okay brother, but the shit and minishit was crazy fr

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Welcome TH Derke

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if chemistry works, that'd be pretty scary.

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