OFF//SEASON tournaments are approaching rapidly, and teams are spending the final days finalizing their rosters. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

• Last week: News Almost Missed Oct. 8

Roster Changes

• XSET XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl made "bunnybee" official after playing alongside her for a month.
• / Wave Splash Wave Splash Inactive Chrissy Christina Kras added SUPERPHROG after she helped the team to victory in the Lioness Cup. Wave Splash currently sit atop the Project Queens League leaderboard.
• who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #196 fexayy Klusia Jonas Colkær Thomsen Nille Nichlas Busk sunshine Benjamin Hornshøj Nielsen has said goodbye to Benjamin "sunshine" Hornshøj Nielsen, Conrad "Radski" Micheal Raduchowski has joined the team on trial in his place.
• Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #143 JN3v1cE Emre Bekçe musz3kk Cihan Göçer Docent Kadri Vatandaş kabzi Mert Oal influx Kaan Taşkın 's Berk "Rip" Tepe moved from a substitute position within the team to a streamer for Fire Flux.
• CREST GAMING Zst CREST GAMING Zst Japan Rank #11 Brofeld bazz KEN Kapi sakurai welcomed Kento "GON" Hara and "marin" as part of their roster rebuild.
• / Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (염왕룡) left REIGNITE REIGNITE Japan Rank #20 after four months of inactivity.
• FW Esports FW Esports Inactive Geniuss jazper notxd Thanachok Rattanapranee Marjes bid farewell to Jittana "JitBoyS" Nokngam.
• 47 Gaming 47 Gaming Inactive วอนยอง Typing slash socools0da Natdanai Chaibun Siraww Siraphop Honghirun and Apiwat "garnetS" Apiraksukumal have parted ways.
• Due to health issues, Neha "CaspeR" Sottany was forced to remove herself from Orangutan X Orangutan X Inactive Japips Jefferlynne Hernandez Erumaa Elmarian Haessel CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly Sway . She will stay under the Orangutan name as a content creator.
• Over at Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #16 Techno Shravana Kumar Sahoo hellff Sagnik Roy 's male team, Vibhor "vibhoRR" Vaid and Garvit "Ember" Nehra are no longer a part of the squad.

Results & Standings

• Game Changers Series III: North America remaining teams: Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone , Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC Inactive , Misfits Black Misfits Black Inactive panday Tastyy Carlee Carlee Gress edith Eden Bryce Cutlip Slandy Presley Anderson
• Valorant East: United - Stage 3 - Weekly Cup #4 winner: MAJTKOMAT MAJTKOMAT Inactive w0dash mermi cLeVerLy Dejan Lazaridis M1KKET Gusts Miezis darkosek | runner-up: Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz
• Lioness Cup winner: Wave Splash Wave Splash Inactive Chrissy Christina Kras | runner-up: Gorgless Gorgless Europe Rank #138 Kenzie Flutura mattye Ginabina
• Campeonato de Elite Cup - Stage 2 qualified: Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro | remaining teams: Old Times Old Times Inactive Ds Daniel Silva KenzmPs Simão Azevedo stepa Symon Stepanov , FTW Evo FTW Evo Inactive Tigax Tiago Batista Easylife Rúben Moreira amak2k Tony Oliveira BALJEED George John SebiHussle Isaac Baldé , Panthers Esports Panthers Esports Inactive tripsy Jorge Pereira Akira Rui Barbosa k4nzo MonOkson Eugene Nosko Sandro , XereCrazyMix XereCrazyMix Inactive , GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #190 H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Caim Hugo Fonseca
• Game Changers Brazil - Series 2 kicked off its playoffs.
• Daejeon Valorant Invitational remaining teams: Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #8 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes JessieVash Jessie Cuyco Wild0reoo Brheyanne Christ Reyes 2GE James Goopio Jremy Jeremy Cabrera , DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) , CNJ Esports CNJ Esports Korea Rank #8 Ziya , FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Rank #7
• The Esports Club Challenger Series 9 winner: BLEED BLEED Inactive | runner-up: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #12 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt 16Ch0ps Nguyễn Đức Trí Tín Crus Lư Tiến Huy Hyuse Nia twilight
• Game Changers East Asia: Qualifier remaining teams: FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Unranked miNt Jeong Ye-rim (정예림) YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Moco Sarina Kawashima suzu Suzu Sasaki YuRinChi , SPEAR GAMING Female SPEAR GAMING Female Inactive YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Haneul

Other News & Rumours

• KOI KOI Europe Rank #30 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas are set to sign a number of European talents, according to BLIX.GG. After reports surfaced they'd be adding Jose "koldamenta" Luis Aranguren and André "BARBARR" Möller, new information has linked Patryk "starxo" Kopczynski, Bogdan "sheydos" Naumov, and Berkant "Wolfen" Joshkun to KOI. Nikita "trexx" Cherednichenko should round out the team, according to BLIX.GG and Lembo, with Alex "goked" Kie coaching the team.
• / Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius is close to signing Auni "AvovA" Chahade, who will join former teammate Oscar "Mixwell" Cañellas, according to BLIX.GG
• Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #2 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso is looking to sign three European players to bolster its roster, with its eyes set on OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive 's Michał "MOLSI" Łącki and Tomas "Destrian" Linikas, as well as BIG BIG Inactive 's Twisten , as reported by BLIX.GG and Dexerto.
• After a stint in NA with Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) , Emir "rhyme" Muminovic looks to return to Europe as Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin 's IGL, according to BLIX.GG.
• / After Lucas Benaim reported Santiago "DaveeyS" Galvis Ruiz had signed with KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 keznit Angelo Mori Mazino Roberto Rivas adverso Benjamín Poblete Shyy Fabian Usnayo Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro , Sporting Director Tomás Castiglione confirmed both parties are in advanced negotiations for 2023.
• / In the process of building their 10-men roster, Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #39 UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista Deryeon Derrick Yee are rumored by Run It Back to be in deep talks with ex- ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun Michael "WRONSKI" Wronski.
• According to Seulgi, EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) star Qu "Life" Donghao (瞿东豪) has been absent from scrims and Zhang "Smoggy" Zhao (张钊) has been seen in his place, suggesting the former might be leaving. According to Bo Hoogland, nothing is set in stone as of yet and the team is undergoing testing changes.