The multi-national squad HellRaisers is the second one to be confirmed for PLG Grand Slam, the $100,000 Abu Dhabi tournament.

After G2 was confirmed for the 16-team event which will take place this December in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Power League Gaming announced the second invited team: HellRaisers.

HellRaisers will attend EPICENTER, SuperNova and PLG Grand Slam before the end of the year

Under Kirill "⁠ANGE1⁠" Karasiow's leadership, HellRaisers managed to break into the top eight of the Major, securing Legends status, and are currently 12th in our ranking. HellRaisers also feature the first Middle-Eastern Major player, Issa "⁠ISSAA⁠" Murad.

The team's coach, Ivan "⁠Johnta⁠" Shevtsov, gave the following statement after receiving the invite:

"We are happy to be a part of PLG Grand Slam. We hope this event will bring fresh interest to esports in UAE and the Middle East region and our game will inspire a lot of young players to get into CS:GO" - Johnta

The team list now looks as follows:

G2
Invite #3
Invite #5
Invite #7
South America Qual.
GCC & South Asia Qual.
East Asia Qual.
SE Asia & India Qual. HellRaisers
Invite #4
Invite #6
Invite #8
North America Qual.
Europe Qual.
Oceania Qual.
Levant & Africa Qual. Issa 'ISSAA' Murad Age: 21 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.10 Maps played: 385 KPR: 0.75 DPR: 0.66 Kirill 'ANGE1' Karasiow Age: 29 Team: HellRaisers Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1468 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.71 Ivan 'Johnta' Shevtsov Age: 31 Team: HellRaisersC G2 #20 Richard 'shox' PapillonKévin 'Ex6TenZ' DroolansKenny 'kennyS' SchrubEdouard 'SmithZz' DubourdeauxAlexandre 'bodyy' Pianaro HellRaisers #12 Kirill 'ANGE1' KarasiowVladyslav 'bondik' NechyporchukÖzgür 'woxic' EkerBence 'DeadFox' BöröczIssa 'ISSAA' Murad