Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #22 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le have signed former G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #3 jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf player Jacob "icy" Lange, filling their void in the Duelist role.

He joins after an up-and-down season with G2. After a disappointing Americas Kickoff that saw them miss out on one of the region's two Masters Madrid slots, for the team they picked up icy. With him in the duelist role alongside three core members from the Americas Ascension-winning The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch squad, G2 quickly grew into one of the Americas region's strongest squads in their first season in VCT.

They finished second-place in Americas Stage 1, and followed that up on the international stage with a third-place finish at Masters Shanghai. The dominance continued through Stage 2, where they finished second yet again. At Champions Seoul, they survived the group stage with relative ease, but were swiftly eliminated two matches into the playoffs.

icy's release came just over a month after the end of Champions, and his role as the Duelist was filled by Evil Geniuses star jawgemo . icy returns to EG after a long stint away from the team. He was the final piece of the organization's 10-man roster in 2023, and was released following that season. Prior to his first go-around with EG, he was a consistent face in Tier 2, playing for Cosmic Divide Cosmic Divide Inactive ChurmZ Corey Koch Tkaz Tyler Kazmierczak renz Austin Dickman tokyo Sebastien Lima syfi Samir Karimov and Moon Raccoons Moon Raccoons Inactive icy Jacob Lange tech ZK Timothy Ly .

He joins a trio of 2024 Evil Geniuses returnees in NaturE , Derrek , and supamen . After lifting Champions 2023, the villains failed to register a single playoff appearance.

For G2 in 2024, icy played several Duelist roles, with Raze and Yoru being his most common picks. However, the team was forced to utilize him in different roles on occasion, with his Gekko on Icebox being a staple of their zero-Duelist composition on the map.

With the signing of icy, EG moves one step closer towards finalizing its five-man roster after fielding offseason rosters with yay and sym .

Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #22 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le 's full roster is now: