M80 M80 North America Rank #1 Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato bao Okeanos Anthony Nguyen bdog Brandon Sanders have made their return to Challengers official, acquiring the roster and competition spot of Turtle Troop Turtle Troop Inactive wedid Matthew Suchan jowa bdog Brandon Sanders Kaoticcc for Challengers NA 2025.

Since Turtle Troop's last appearance, in Challengers NA Stage 3, the team has undergone significant changes. From its latest starting roster, only Brandon "bdog" Sanders and Matthew "wedid" Suchan remain. The latter has dropped down to a substitute role, while four new players have joined the lineup.

M80 have signed on Anthony "Okeanos" Nguyen, who has shown up in tier 2 since November 2021. Okeanos actually played for Turtle Troop Turtle Troop Inactive wedid Matthew Suchan jowa bdog Brandon Sanders Kaoticcc in early 2023, having represented Squirtle Squad Squirtle Squad Inactive Add3r Jack Hayashi Okeanos Anthony Nguyen wedid Matthew Suchan Harmful Mohammed C. Governor Peter No and VIRTUOSO VIRTUOSO Inactive King Aiden King Eley Zach Stauffer DBK Dylan Bazic-Kulangiev Blahst Nathan Brand snxper Louis Lama before that.

The team has also acquired Mirel "Kyu" Braco Hrustemovic and "bao" , newcomers who joined the tier 2 circuit last year after climbing through Premier. The two clashed several times under Ambrosia Ambrosia North America Rank #14 smiley Steven Fisher ScrewFace Kyle Jensen acrian satellite and Lemonade Stand Lemonade Stand North America Rank #23 sonofcar Polkan Notexxd Jaden Anderson cavern Jacob Meyers , respectively, with Ambrosia always coming out on top. bao and Okeanos have also played together recently, during the FunhaverGG: Winter Roundup 2.

The final member of the roster is duelist Eduardo "Sato" Kenzo Nagahama Sato. He stands as the team's only import, having most notable represented Galorys Galorys Inactive prozin Wallacy Sales RgLMeister Matheus Rodigoli Urango Victor Rodrigues lukxo Lucca Travaioli Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato throughout 2024. Galorys found major success with back-to-back domestic trophies in Brazil and even made it to Ascension, where they were eliminated in fourth.

Syyko on the Champions 2022 stage "Don, we need you to coach again." (Photo by Lance Skundrich/Riot Games)

The old XSET XSET Inactive coaching duo of Don "SyykoNT" Muir and Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth have returned to activity. The latter was actually the first member signed on the new roster, announced over a week ago after a year-long stint with Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid , while Syyko spent most of last year building up M80 as its VP of Esports.

M80 has been absent from competition since late September, when it announced the dissolution of its 2024 roster. Last year, M80 went on a legendary 12-match win streak on their way to Americas Ascension. While most touted the American champions as unbeatable and destined for tier 1, Brazil's 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #2 gobera Vitor Gobo Zap Brenno Roberto pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros lz Luiz Reche spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita bested them in a five-map grand final to take the VCT ticket.

Since its inception, M80 has been regarded as an exceptional talent-building organization. Both of the team's rosters sat atop the Challengers NA standings in 2023 and 2024. They also reached Ascension on both occasions and made it to the grand final, in which they have fallen short. M80 first lost to The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch in 2023, later G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #2 jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf , and to 2Game Esports 2Game Esports Brazil Rank #2 gobera Vitor Gobo Zap Brenno Roberto pryze Luis-Henrique Viveiros lz Luiz Reche spike Rodrigo Lombardi silentzz Caio Morita in 2024. All but two of the team's players from both rosters went on to join VCT teams.

With hopes of finally lifting the Ascension trophy, M80 M80 North America Rank #1 Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic Sato Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato bao Okeanos Anthony Nguyen bdog Brandon Sanders 's 2025 roster is:

  • Mirel "Kyu" Braco Hrustemovic
  • Eduardo "Sato" Kenzo Nagahama Sato
  • "bao"
  • Anthony "Okeanos" Nguyen
  • Brandon "bdog" Sanders
  • Matthew "wedid" Suchan
  • Drew "DrewSpark" Spark-Whitworth (Coach)
  • Don "SyykoNT" Muir (Coach)