The MongolZ bring cobrazera back for FISSURE Playground 3 as Techno sits out

The MongolZ will temporarily bring Anarbileg “cobrazera” Uuganbayar back into their starting lineup for FISSURE Playground 3, with the 21-year-old set to replace Sodbayar “Techno” Munkhbold at the September 8-13 event in Suzhou, China.

The organization confirmed its tournament roster on September 3, naming cobrazera alongside Garidmagnai “bLitz” Byambasuren, Usukhbayar “910” Banzragch, Zolbayar “tikuak” Chimedtseren, and Dugarsuren “DarkMeister” Ireedui. Erdenedalai “maaRaa” Bayanbat remains listed as head coach.

The announcement is significant because cobrazera has been on The MongolZ bench since July, when the team underwent a two-player rebuild following the departure of mzinho and promoted two of Mongolia's younger prospects into the lineup. There has been no announcement that Techno has been permanently benched, released, or transferred, meaning the confirmed change should for now be treated specifically as The MongolZ's lineup for FISSURE Playground 3.

Quick Summary

Detail	Information
Team	The MongolZ
Player returning	cobrazera
Player sitting out	Techno
Status	Temporary return from bench for FISSURE Playground 3
Previous team	The Huns
Role	Rifler
Effective date	September 3, 2026 announcement
New roster debut	FISSURE Playground 3
Event dates	September 8-13, 2026
Location	Suzhou, China
Main storyline	cobrazera returns less than two months after being benched and will replace Techno for the event

What Changed?

The MongolZ have made a one-player adjustment to the lineup that competed through the opening portion of the second half of 2026.

Techno will not be part of their starting five at FISSURE Playground 3. His place will be taken by cobrazera, who remains under The MongolZ banner after being moved to the bench on July 12.

Crucially, the organization has not publicly stated that Techno has been removed from the roster on a permanent basis. The MongolZ's announcement specifically confirmed the five players who will compete at FISSURE Playground 3 without providing an explanation for Techno's absence.

That makes this different from the July rebuild, when The MongolZ formally announced cobrazera's benching before adding tikuak from Chinggis Warriors and promoting DarkMeister from their academy setup.

Previous lineup

The MongolZ's regular lineup since July was:

• bLitz — in-game leader
• Techno — rifler
• 910 — AWPer
• tikuak — rifler
• DarkMeister — rifler
• maaRaa — coach

FISSURE Playground 3 lineup

The MongolZ will compete in Suzhou with:

• bLitz — in-game leader
• 910 — AWPer
• tikuak — rifler
• DarkMeister — rifler
• cobrazera — returning from the bench
• maaRaa — coach

bLitz and 910 therefore remain the two experienced structural pieces of the roster, while cobrazera joins teenage additions tikuak and DarkMeister in the rifling group.

Who Is cobrazera?

cobrazera is a 21-year-old Mongolian rifler who joined The MongolZ from The Huns at the end of December 2025.

His move followed the benching of Senzu, one of the standout players behind The MongolZ's rise during 2024 and 2025. cobrazera arrived after producing a 1.13 rating for The Huns against predominantly regional and tier-two opposition, but translating that form into international tier-one competition proved difficult.

He spent roughly six months in The MongolZ starting five and played 96 maps with the bLitz-Techno-mzinho-910 core. That lineup recorded 50 map wins and 46 losses and reached one LAN top-three finish.

The highlight came at PGL Bucharest 2026, where The MongolZ finished third. It remains the organization's best tournament placing of 2026 to date. cobrazera was also part of their runs to fourth place at PGL Cluj-Napoca and the playoffs of ESL Pro League Season 23 before the team's results declined later in the season.

Across his initial spell with The MongolZ, however, cobrazera averaged a 1.02 rating before being moved to the bench in July.

Why Was cobrazera Benched?

The MongolZ did not publicly attribute cobrazera's removal to one specific internal issue.

His July benching came as part of a broader summer rebuild. mzinho had departed for BC.Game three days earlier, leaving The MongolZ with two positions to fill. The organization subsequently signed tikuak from Chinggis Warriors and promoted DarkMeister from The MongolZ Academy.

Performance provides context without establishing the organization's motivation. cobrazera's 1.02 rating during his first six months was significantly lower than the numbers he had recorded with The Huns, while The MongolZ as a whole had fallen away from the level that made them a regular top-five team in 2025.

No reliable public statement established that individual statistics were the reason for his benching, however, and they should not be presented as such.

Why Is Techno Out?

For now, there is no confirmed public explanation.

The MongolZ simply announced a five-player FISSURE Playground 3 roster without Techno and with cobrazera in his place. Techno has not been officially announced as released or permanently benched, and the team's existing profile still lists him among its regular players while cobrazera remains designated as benched outside the event-specific announcement.

Techno has been one of the core members of the modern MongolZ project and played throughout the team's rise from an Asian contender into an established international side. His absence consequently removes another experienced player from a lineup already integrating two teenagers.

His recent individual form has also been below his previous level — HLTV listed him at a 0.88 Rating 3.0 across 29 maps in its September 3 snapshot — but The MongolZ have not said that performance is why he will miss FISSURE Playground 3.

Why This Change Matters

The most immediate effect is experience.

The MongolZ's July rebuild left bLitz, Techno and 910 as the established trio surrounding tikuak and DarkMeister. Removing Techno means only bLitz and 910 remain from that veteran group at FISSURE Playground 3.

cobrazera does at least bring familiarity. He spent the first half of 2026 playing alongside bLitz and 910 and already understands much of the team's broader approach under maaRaa. Reinserting him should therefore involve less fundamental adaptation than introducing an entirely new fifth player.

The complication is that this exact lineup has never established itself competitively.

tikuak and DarkMeister joined the active roster when cobrazera was benched in July, meaning the returning rifler now has to integrate with two players who were brought in as part of the lineup that replaced him. That creates a different set of role questions compared with the team he left after the Cologne Major.

Role Changes and Tactical Impact

Two positions remain straightforward.

bLitz remains the IGL, while 910 continues as the primary AWPer. Those roles were explicitly identified when The MongolZ announced the FISSURE roster.

The more interesting question concerns the distribution of rifling responsibilities between cobrazera, tikuak and DarkMeister.

cobrazera is a dedicated rifler rather than an AWP hybrid, so his inclusion should not interfere with 910's primary weapon role. The challenge is instead finding the right balance across CT positions and T-side responsibilities after replacing a player as structurally established as Techno.

Because The MongolZ have not publicly detailed their role assignments for Suzhou, any precise prediction about who will inherit Techno's positions would be speculative.

What can be said is that cobrazera is not joining an unfamiliar system from scratch. His six months under bLitz and maaRaa provide a foundation, even if the surrounding rifling unit has changed considerably since his last official match with the team.

How The MongolZ Got Here

The current situation is the latest stage of a rebuilding process that began after The MongolZ's extraordinary 2025 campaign.

The team spent much of last year inside the world's top five and reached No. 1 in both the HLTV and Valve rankings during September 2025. Their results included a run to the BLAST.tv Austin Major final and an Esports World Cup title.

The lineup began to change when Senzu was removed from active duty in October 2025. cobrazera eventually replaced him at the end of December.

Results remained respectable early in 2026 — The MongolZ reached fourth place at PGL Cluj-Napoca and third at PGL Bucharest — but they did not reproduce the consistent championship contention of the previous season. They later placed 9-11th at the IEM Cologne Major.

Another major reshuffle followed in July.

mzinho transferred to BC.Game, where he reunited with Senzu, while cobrazera was benched. The MongolZ responded by signing 17-year-old tikuak from Chinggis Warriors and promoting 18-year-old DarkMeister from their academy.

tikuak arrived as one of Mongolia's leading prospects after averaging a 1.15 rating during his time with Chinggis Warriors. DarkMeister represented a considerably bigger gamble, having only seven HLTV-recorded maps when he was promoted.

Recent Form

The rebuilt lineup has shown enough to remain competitive but has yet to restore The MongolZ to their 2025 level.

Its first stretch produced victories over HEROIC and Wildcard in BLAST Bounty Season 2, sending The MongolZ to the LAN Finals in Malta. There they pushed FaZe to three maps before losing 2-1 in the quarter-finals.

At the Esports World Cup, The MongolZ:

• beat magic 13-7;
• lost 2-1 to Natus Vincere;
• defeated paiN 2-0;
• were eliminated 2-0 by Falcons.

The run resulted in a 9-16th-place finish.

Their rankings reflect the wider drop from last year's peak. As of September 3, The MongolZ sit No. 14 in the HLTV world ranking and No. 18 in Valve's global ranking. HLTV noted that the latter is their lowest position since May 2024.

That does not make FISSURE Playground 3 a make-or-break tournament, particularly with a temporary lineup, but it does give the team another opportunity to collect valuable results after a difficult summer.

Player History and Connections

cobrazera's return creates an unusual mix of familiarity and novelty.

He already has extensive competitive experience alongside:

• bLitz;
• 910;
• Techno, who he is replacing for this event;
• coach maaRaa.

He does not, however, have the same established official-match history with tikuak and DarkMeister. Both joined The MongolZ active lineup on July 12, the same day the organization completed the rebuild that moved cobrazera out of the starting five.

That makes FISSURE Playground 3 less of a return to the old MongolZ lineup and more of a hybrid between their first-half and second-half 2026 rosters.

Interesting Facts

• cobrazera joined The MongolZ from The Huns on December 31, 2025, and was benched on July 12, 2026.
• His previous MongolZ lineup played 96 recorded maps together and went 50-46.
• PGL Bucharest's third-place finish is cobrazera's only recorded LAN top-three result with The MongolZ and the team's best placement so far in 2026.
• tikuak is 17 and DarkMeister is 18, leaving the FISSURE lineup with a notably younger supporting cast around bLitz and 910.
• The MongolZ were ranked No. 1 during their 2025 peak but enter September 2026 at No. 14 in HLTV and No. 18 in Valve's global ranking.

What Does the FISSURE Playground 3 Roster Look Like?

The lineup retains its two clearest foundational roles: bLitz as leader and 910 as AWPer.

Around them, however, The MongolZ will field three riflers at very different points in their relationship with the current roster. tikuak and DarkMeister represent the organization's long-term development project, while cobrazera is a familiar player returning after less than two months on the bench.

The obvious strength is continuity with the team's system. cobrazera already knows bLitz, 910 and maaRaa and has extensive international LAN experience from his first six months with The MongolZ.

The uncertainty is role balance. Techno has spent years inside the team's structure, while cobrazera's previous MongolZ experience came in a different five-man configuration involving mzinho rather than tikuak and DarkMeister.

How quickly those pieces fit together will be one of the main questions surrounding The MongolZ in Suzhou.

When Will cobrazera Return?

cobrazera is scheduled to return at FISSURE Playground 3, which runs from September 8-13 at the SND Cultural and Sports Centre in Suzhou, China.

The tournament features 16 teams and a double-elimination best-of-three group stage followed by single-elimination playoffs. The MongolZ are part of a field that includes FURIA, G2, FaZe, Astralis, 9z, Legacy, PARIVISION, BIG, TYLOO and others.

As of September 3, The MongolZ's first opponent and exact opening-match time have not been published on the event page.

What Comes Next?

The most important question after Suzhou will be whether Techno immediately returns to the lineup.

Nothing in The MongolZ's announcement confirms a permanent roster change, so there is currently no basis to describe cobrazera as Techno's long-term replacement.

The organization already has two further major LAN appearances confirmed later in the year. The MongolZ are invited to PGL Masters Bucharest 2026, scheduled for October 24-31, and IEM Beijing 2026, which runs from November 2-8.

No separate roster announcement for those tournaments has established whether cobrazera or Techno will occupy the fifth spot.

For now, the only confirmed development is simple: cobrazera is back in the server for FISSURE Playground 3, and The MongolZ will use Suzhou with a lineup they have never previously fielded at an official event.

FAQ

What is The MongolZ's roster for FISSURE Playground 3?
The MongolZ will field bLitz, 910, tikuak, DarkMeister and cobrazera, with maaRaa as coach.

Who is cobrazera replacing?
cobrazera will replace Techno in the starting five at FISSURE Playground 3.

Has Techno been benched by The MongolZ?
No permanent benching has been announced. The September 3 announcement only confirms that Techno will not be part of the team's FISSURE Playground 3 lineup.

Is cobrazera permanently back in The MongolZ starting roster?
That has not been confirmed. He remains listed as a benched player outside the event-specific FISSURE announcement.

When was cobrazera originally benched?
The MongolZ moved cobrazera to the bench on July 12, 2026, before adding tikuak and DarkMeister.

Who are The MongolZ's IGL and AWPer?
bLitz is the team's in-game leader, while 910 is the primary AWPer.

When does FISSURE Playground 3 begin?
The tournament starts on September 8 and runs through September 13 in Suzhou, China.