pain promote Tatu and bench piriajr

pain promote Tatu and bench piriajr

pain have officially promoted Lucas "Tatu" Santana from their academy roster and moved Guilherme "piriajr" Barbosa to the bench.

Tatu will remain with the main team for the rest of the season.

The move confirms an earlier report that pain were preparing another roster change following a difficult start to the second half of 2026.

Second academy promotion in two weeks

Tatu becomes the second academy player promoted to pain 's main roster in less than two weeks.

The organization previously benched Vinicius "vsm" Moreira and replaced him with Rickson "Rkzinho" Ribeiro Dias.

pain opted for further changes after finishing last at both BLAST Open Porto and Stake Ranked Episode 3, while also suffering an early exit at the Esports World Cup.

The latest move leaves the organization with two recently promoted academy players as it attempts to recover during the remainder of the season.