As teams ready up for the OFF//SEASON tournaments, roster moves are abound. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.
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Roster Changes
- Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose joined forces with assistant coach Arvind "Prainex" Majumder for GC Series III: North America.
- VersionX VersionX Inactive picked up "emluo" , Sophia "slaze" Ramirez, and "melJ" .
- Former Immortals Immortals Inactive coach Derek "sloth" Diaz rounded out Complexity GX3 Complexity GX3 Inactive clawdia Claudia Che Karra Aara Lee rayse L4CE Lacey Dilworth Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil for GC Series III.
- To fill the gap left by sloth, Immortals Immortals Inactive hired former Built By Gamers Built By Gamers Inactive coach Gannon "RaptorZ" Nelson
- After spending most of 2022 with OG OG Inactive KONEQT Cista Adel uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson OniBy Theo Tarlier fxy0 Joey Schlosser LaAw Mathieu Plantin , Theo "OniBy" Tarlier joined CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #5 elllement Dragan Milanović DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz to play alongside his brother Terence "SoOn" Tarlier.
- Arian "Arianxx" Irfan joined Ovation eSports Ovation eSports Europe Rank #235 Luzuh Joseph Loose Louitan Louis Beresford eleo Leonard Kulish , who have kept the same roster heading into the VRL DACH: Unity tournament.
- / Angry Titans Angry Titans Inactive ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill overhauled their coaching staff with Itzi and Mo .
- / To finish off their restructuring, Into The Breach Prime Into The Breach Prime Inactive picked up B3AUTIFUL .
- / Former FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder talent Andrew "braveaf" Gorchakov joined İstanbul Wildcats İstanbul Wildcats Europe Rank #218 sturNN Eren Oduncular Gloomy Mercan Özalp baha Baha Gözmen dRKY Onur Bora Genç deminatiX Akın Tak ' roster.
- Mert "Wo0t" Alkan and Eray "yetujey" Budak have been promoted from Fire Flux Young Fire Flux Young Inactive Crewen Ali Eren Sargin VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Rosé Eren Erzan to Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #15 .
- / DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) have entered the Japanese Game Changers scene with DRX Changers DRX Changers Japan Unranked lucky Dia Healing Won Yoo-jin (원유진) YOME Ache . The team's first signing was Suzuki "Dori" Yume who recently played in Game Changers: Japan with TZ Gaming GC TZ Gaming GC Inactive fightin Fujita JiLL 39 dayo nekopanchi Kasumin .
- W Streak Esports Female W Streak Esports Female Inactive Dolph Kanittha Aungsuwanpanich Noxy Ornsiripim Intuwan rosey Natchanan Marksup mimii Kanyanat Khosuriya Newky Kewalin Maneerat cuppycake Pimpat Tanyong separated from the organization, following a four-month journey that included placing second in the GC APAC: LCQ and striking out in the top-eight of GC APAC: Elite.
- / After a week on Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #18 Makaveli Nikhil Chettri Venka Venkatesh Sharma deecee Daivik Chauhan Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo hellff Sagnik Roy Hoax Aman Yadav 's bench, Muhammad "aduka" Arsyad Sazali is now an unrestricted free agent for 2023.
Results & Standings
- Game Changers EMEA Series III winner: Guild GC Guild GC Inactive Xaline Laure Mateos | runner-up: G2 Gozen G2 Gozen Europe Rank #213 rezq Eda Naz Akçocuk amy Amy Lai Vania Aleyna Keskin Petra Petra Stoker mimi Michaela Lintrup
- Sakura Cup #9 winner: Immortals Immortals Inactive | runner-up: dart monkeys dart monkeys Inactive
- Trinity Trials — Fall Trial winner: Sector One Wings Program Sector One Wings Program Inactive Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh thooOOM Thom Slaghekke MaximN Maxim Nonglaire dash q Liam Hoek | runner-up: Dragonslayerzzz Dragonslayerzzz Europe Rank #76 Atila shakie
- ESA Open Fire Stand United winner: Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent | runner-up: Galatasaray Esports Galatasaray Esports Europe Rank #37 Padisah Onur Dönmez PhuRME Yagiz Efe Baygut Touven Can Eryıldız JrayN Ferhat Yılmaz
- Game Changers APAC: Elite winner: X10 Sapphire X10 Sapphire Inactive Poly Patcharapron Sanitchai JinNy Sarindhorn Wanothayarnchai Muffyn Chalita Buathong babytz Pornlapat Wittayanan alyssa Annitta Peerwantanagul | runner-up: Alter Ego Celeste Alter Ego Celeste Inactive Alluka Tiara Bonilla Pleno Eisberg July Kusuma enerii Odella Abraham Ayumiii Nurul Aini nabbsky Nabila Sulthana
- Red Bull Home Ground #3 EMEA Closed Qualifier winner: BIG BIG Inactive | runner-up: KOI KOI Europe Rank #41 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas .
Other News & Rumours
- EQ Cerise EQ Cerise Inactive dsylexic Amber were recently disqualified from GC Series III: North America's closed qualifier, after Riot detected one of their players was cheating in the match against CLG Red CLG Red Inactive itnothan Han Nguyen emluo mle Emily Peters athxna Mirna Noureldin dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo . The team's IGL, Amber , denied the ruling as the player in question was "bottom fragging that map," and three of EQ Cerise's players soon announced they were exiting the team.
- / After adding Don "SyykoNT" Muir and Adam "kaplan" Kaplan, Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid are poised to add XSET XSET Inactive stars Rory "dephh" Jackson, according to George Geddes. He would replace Shahzeb "ShahZaM" Khan, whose contract is set to expire. Sentinels also plan to acquire Bryan "pANcada" Luna and Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi from LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , with Tyson "TenZ" Ngo rounding out the roster.
- Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #7 Xeppaa Erick Bach v1c Victor Truong mitch Mitch Semago neT Michael Bernet OXY Francis Hoang , who recently split with James "JamezIRL" Macaulay, will sign with The Guard The Guard Inactive JonahP Jonah Pulice trent Trent Cairns neT Michael Bernet valyn Jacob Batio tex Ian Botsch coach Matthew "mCe" Elmore, according to Dot Esports. He'll join Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker and Jordan "Zellsis" Montemurro, who have reportedly already signed with Cloud9.
- / After reports of NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #1 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold signing the former OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive came out, new information has surfaced revealing Ardis "ardiis" Svarenieks is in advanced discussions to sign with the team. His former team, FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks , is rumored to be picked up by Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio .
- Oscar "Mixwell" Cañellas has reached a verbal agreement with Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius to represent them in the 2023 partnered league, according to Blix.gg. The former G2 player's buyout is reportedly in the six figures.
- The Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak camp is heating up, as they prepare to drop Adil "ScreaM" Benrlitom, Nabil "Nivera" Benrlitom, and Dmitriy "dimasick" Matvienko. The organization is in talks with Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive ' Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel, as well as former Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin duo Igor "Redgar" Vlasov and Ayaz "nAts" Akhmetshin. The information was reported by George Geddes, Lembo, and Alejandro Gomis. The Benrlitom brothers are also 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 .