September is gone, and October is here. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Sept. 25 - Oct. 1.
- Read more: News Almost Missed Sept. 24
Roster Changes
- / Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil overhauled their roster by saying goodbye to Vannesa "panini" Emory and welcoming PowerPixele , keenc , and Aara "Karra" Lee. Karra joins from VersionX VersionX Inactive , leaving her former team with just two active members.
- / Soniqs Soniqs Inactive welcomed Lucas "Rojo" Rojo as the team's new head coach.
- / Cyber Wolves Esports Cyber Wolves Esports Inactive ALMO Albert Mościcki Freyy Krystian Konopka Hitch Martin Srp pyrolll Artur Minin tatzuki Jovan Milovanovic added Frankie "Carter" Carter and Kicygo to their team as player and head coach respectively.
- / HEET HEET Inactive Kinguyen Nguyen Thach memset Laurent Werly b2kk Sofian Delimi Monstrum Jake Byrne waddle Wadir Taraki welcomed Sofian "b2kk" Delimi to their team. The squad is now one player short of a full five-man roster.
- TENSTAR Nova TENSTAR Nova Inactive Cla Clara Rossi Sliicyy Lucy Tran Kim Sophia Benfakir Nelo Mathilde Beltoise welcomed Mathieu "LaAw" Plantin to their team as a coach for Game Changers EMEA: Series III.
- / Eduardo "Addicted" Torres became the newest member of Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive .
- / MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #7 Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski rounded out their roster with Bence "szimpli" Soós and Alend "Ale" Khalaf.
- / FUSION X FUSION X Latin America North Rank #20 Dano Lied Tura Tastyy bolstered their roster with Licht .
- / Jung "Foxy9" Jae-sung (정재성) revealed that he had officially departed REIGNITE REIGNITE Japan Rank #22 and entered free agency.
- FW Esports FW Esports Inactive Geniuss jazper notxd Thanachok Rattanapranee Marjes said goodbye to Apinya as he joined FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Rank #4 JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Potter Sutthichai Promsrikaew Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj to round out their roster.
- / Team SMG GC Team SMG GC Inactive enerii Odella Abraham Alexy Alexy Francisco shirazi Kelly Jaudian Kamiyu Camille Enriquez revealed their full roster, which featured Ryona "Tara" Shannen Tan and Elyse "elyse" Lim as the team's newest additions. The announcement also marked the end of Wanwisa "fixky" Pannil's time with the team.
- Bren Esports Bren Esports Inactive officially bid farewell to their roster.
- / Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #22 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Venka Venkatesh Sharma deecee Daivik Chauhan Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo hellff Sagnik Roy Hoax Aman Yadav said goodbye to Jon "tesseract" Michael Piga, who later joined Enigma Gaming Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh as their newest player.
- / Reckoning Esports Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #40 123 aplycs Aqil Azfar Mojo Thong Tao Jian Deadly10 Saksham Aurangabadkar Garv ghostxD welcomed three new players to their roster: Aditya "Pixelzz" Gulhane, Muhammad "fishball" Nabil Shazwan, and Muhammad "zeeq" Hazeeq bin Shammim.
- / YaLLa Esports YaLLa Esports Inactive ShawateRR Mohammad Yousef Near Fahad Salem Kitkat Mohamed Alnuaimi B4HA Baha Mohamad Oqap ISSAA Issa Murad VIPP33R Omar Adwan added Mohammad "ShawateRR" Yousef and Eslam "Deberdashi1" Alsughayer to their team as player and head coach respectively.
Results & Standings
- Knights Monthly Gauntlet September 2022 winner: sqn 2.0 sqn 2.0 Inactive Demon1 Max Mazanov zero cap Phil Pham tie Tai Diep lazylion Nathan Hoang | runner-up: Dark Ratio Dark Ratio Inactive Ange Adam Milian Trick Justin Sears ZexRow Anthony Colandro Drone Taylor Johnson Will William Cheng
- NRG Neon Dream Invitational winner: Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil | runner-up: Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose
- Toronto VALORANT Viper's Pit $10K #2 playoffs winner: Teal Seam 1.0 Teal Seam 1.0 Inactive | runner-up: She's Broke We're Up She's Broke We're Up Inactive
- Game Changers EMEA Series III main event remaining teams: G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Unranked rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup , Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos
- Game Changers Brazil Series 2 Qualifier #3 remaining teams: ODDIK Bright ODDIK Bright Inactive gabee mindle Elaine Takahashi gabiTê Aninha Ana Luiza Martinho , Team Liquid Brazil Team Liquid Brazil Brazil Rank #6 Bizerra Vitoria Vieira Joojina Letícia Paiva isaa Isabeli Esser daiki Natalia Vilela bstrdd Paula Naguil
- Xyper Arena Weekly Showdown #1 winner: Tales of Eastern Tales of Eastern Inactive Yuk1no BEXEY | runner-up: Shenzhen NTER Shenzhen NTER Inactive AC Wei Jiacong (韦家聪) Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Fuller Lin Yifan (林逸凡)
- Summer Gauntlet Valorant Invitational winner: Oxyg3niOus Oxyg3niOus Inactive Lizhi XiMiLu Yusin WawaLee Nico | runner-up: ShanXi Gaming Girls ShanXi Gaming Girls Inactive XiXi Saki ViVi Jue Terii T1anXuan
Other News & Rumors
- Dot Esports has reported on multiple high-profile moves taking place among the four accepted teams in the 2023 franchised league. Among the reports include Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #11 Xeppaa Erick Bach Rossy Daniel Abedrabbo v1c Victor Truong moose Kaleb Jayne OXY Francis Hoang rounding their roster out with Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker and Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro and NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold signing the former OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive core of Victor "Victor" Wong, Pujan "FiNESSE" Mehta, Austin "crashies" Roberts, and coach Chet .
- According to a report from Bade, GMT Esports are set to return to Valorant after nearly a year of absence. The team previously fielded a CIS roster that later competed as 5MOKES 5MOKES Inactive sickrey Nikolay Novozhilov SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel sharyk Normund Faterins xenon Vladimir Lobov Winteryrook Evgeniy Lenko . The new GMT roster is set to feature Théo "10K" Navaro, Jesse "JESMUND" Terävä, Fábio "AFoxx" Veigas, Martin "marteen" Pátek, "bRAAHH" , and coach iLka , according to the report.
- / According to neL, Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom, Nabil "Nivera" Benrlitom, and Alexandre "xms" Forté are in talks with Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek . A deal has not been finalized, however.
- / A report from Dot Esports has detailed the roster that Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky could be fielding in the 2023 franchised league. According to the report, the organization is in "advanced discussions" with FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks for the team's entire roster. However, Ardis "ardiis" Svarenieks is exploring his options elsewhere, making his potential future under the Natus Vincere banner unclear, according to the report.