October has breezed by and November is here. The change of months doesn't stop the headlines from flying in. Here's what you may have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Oct. 30 - Nov. 5
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Oct. 29
Roster Changes
- Shopify Rebellion Shopify Rebellion Inactive v1c Victor Truong mada Adam Pampuch announced the arrival of Victor "v1c" Truong. He joins the roster in place of Tanner "TiGG" Spanu who left the team in late September.
- / Soniqs Soniqs Inactive have revealed three new signings in Kevin "mina" Nguyen, Bryce "PureR" Lovell, and Michael "nerve" Yerrow.
- / Leandro "Virtyy" Moreno has announced his departure from Oxygen Academy Oxygen Academy Inactive Rustun Rustun Lusk Verno Andrew Maust Welshy Liam Newhouse . The announcement comes just days after the team benched Reduxx because he's under the minimum age to compete in VCT.
- Andrew "aRubyz" Seewer has announced his departure from TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook and TSM X TSM X Inactive athxna Mirna Noureldin mle Emily Peters dodonut Karnthida Chaisrakeo bungee April Haight Ellie Elena Garland .
- Gen.G Black Gen.G Black Inactive Kazler Calvrix IssaNina kasumu kazz Kassandra Shire heist rose parted ways with their, assistant coach Arvind "Prainex" Majumder.
- Lenny Time Lenny Time Inactive renz Austin Dickman MOCKING furbsa Hunter Mcmillan Shawn12590 Shawn O'Riley curry Rahul Nemani announced that Austin "renz" Dickman will compete with the revamped roster.
- VersionX VersionX Inactive and emluo have parted ways after less than a month together.
- / Ethan "Crunchy" Laker's contract with Soniqs Soniqs Inactive has officially expired.
- / Artur "7ssk7" Kurshin announced his departure from Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio after a month on their bench.
- Wave Esports Wave Esports Inactive SimonD4rk Alexandr Skovbel Click Haydem Ali Saiz Daniel Ruiz have announced that Rudolfs "Rexon" Svikis will be taking a step down from the active roster; Alexandr "SimonD4rk" Skovbel has been signed in his place.
- / Guild Esports Guild Esports Inactive said goodbye to their assistant coach, Lasse "maeVe" Loft Elgaard.
- / bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan have announced the signing of Head Coach Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov. He replaces Carles "XeoN" Garcia, their previous coach, who cited current school obligations as the reason for taking the step back.
- / Dumbbell , the head coach for OnlyFins OnlyFins Europe Rank #56 nixoon Niko Pasonen Jesmu Jesse Järvenpää Kalkkuna LEVITTELIJÄ Paulus Paulus Paakki has announced that he will be stepping back from his position. He cited personal issues to be the cause of the step-back.
- / Marcus "marcus_askildsen" Askildsen has moved to an inactive position on FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder 's coaching staff. He stated the move to Berlin for the partnered league to be the reason for his benching and eventual departure.
- / Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki has announced he has parted ways with Case Esports Case Esports Inactive . He said a VRL ruling is the reason for the separation.
- Surreal Esports Surreal Esports Inactive Rosé Eren Erzan VenTT Emre Bozkurt vittoria macRue Arda Yıldız Crewen Ali Eren Sargin revealed a new roster ahead of the 2023 season. The organization returns to competition after a break following their third place finish at VCT Stage 1: EMEA Promotion.
- Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent have signed Sermet "Masic" Demirer to the roster as a stand-in. They also announced the acquisition of Arda "Epic" Yıldız as their head coach
- Los Grandes Los Grandes Inactive prince Lorran S. Ferreira CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite have benched a member of their coaching staff, Washington "thon" Araujo.
- / E-Xolos LAZER E-Xolos LAZER Latin America North Rank #1 Mited Luis Gutierrez Jow Juan Camilo Preciado Ordoñez Feniz Thomas Molina Virtyy Leandro Moreno Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia released their head coach Jorge "Atom" Siero.
- CREST GAMING Zst CREST GAMING Zst Japan Rank #14 Brofeld bazz KEN Kapi sakurai said goodbye to SyouTa .
- DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen parted ways with Shoki "Pepper" Banjo
- DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) signed Jung "peri" Bum-ki (정범기) as a coach for their 2023 VCT Pacific roster.
- Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #14 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt foxy Crus Lư Tiến Huy Hyuse tok1o Nia twilight have signed Phan "gin" Văn Gin to their roster.
- / NASR Esports NASR Esports MENA Rank #5 xenon Vladimir Lobov vakk Vakaris Bebravičius and Abdulrahman "Tuxedo" Almulla have parted ways after a year on their coaching staff.
- / Orangutan X Orangutan X Inactive Japips Erumaa Elmarian Haessel CaspeR Neha Sottany Twirly Sway has parted ways with Risalma "opel" Agnia and "Kachow" . This announcement comes just one month after their elimination in the GC APAC: Elite tournament.
- Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov has announced the signing of Andi "Sleepy" Andana Bangsawan as their Head of Esports Programming.
Results & Standings
- Game Changers Academy 2022 - October winner: Ariana Grande Perfume Ariana Grande Perfume Inactive marceline Jina Kim Australis m1yu | runner-up: VersionX VersionX Inactive
- The FaZe Smeag All Star Weekend are set to kick off its playoffs.
- Mystic Singularity Series #2 completed its group stage and kicked off their playoffs.
- G-Loot VALORANT Clash - Playoffs winner: bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan | runner-up: Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent
- VEU - Monthly Cup #2 winner: Honvéd Esport Honvéd Esport Europe Rank #131 TRuve Peter Bozsó Targonca lcdFFF Zsolt Gabor Horvath KingLANDO | runner-up: Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Inactive belmonte Kacper Mordak xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz
- VEU - Last Chance Qualifier remaining teams: Last Gate Last Gate Europe Rank #217 end7my Anton Demyanenko konoha Alexander Konstantinov Arthas Max Kirilyuk Sosorry Andrii Makurin , Diamant Esports Diamant Esports Europe Rank #12 , kokpiT kokpiT Inactive Kozok Kamil Kozioł Szalony KOBYLOVE 4Gruch ZeydeR , MAJTKOMAT MAJTKOMAT Inactive w0dash mermi cLeVerLy Dejan Lazaridis M1KKET Gusts Miezis darkosek , glupole glupole Inactive
- EPIC.LAN #37 - BEACON Split 2 winner: Les Petits Bouffons Les Petits Bouffons Inactive vong Vong Nguyen Luzuh Joseph Loose KRAY Calum Knight Russ Russel Mendes L1NK Travis Mendoza | runner-up: Gigahub Gigahub Inactive aNguiSt Ross Pendleton Mangolorian Jamie Jamie Dalby Ego truk Kurt Hodgson
- TGH - BEACON Split 2 remaining teams: VAMONOS VAMONOS Europe Rank #121 , GOODFOR2 GOODFOR2 Inactive Geni Jouko-Matti Raskinen Gunners Krishan Patel chanformer Joshua Chan szoren Søren-Emil Kold Thomsen ARGENT Berk Deniz Özdamar , K10 K10 Europe Rank #167 benzki Ben Price IllegaL Jacob Stringer howl9 Connor Robinson Zuko , Wintermint Wintermint Europe Rank #50 johkubb Johannes Kuronen WANHEDA Tim Kastelec dipsomaniac , Les Petits Bouffons Les Petits Bouffons Inactive vong Vong Nguyen Luzuh Joseph Loose KRAY Calum Knight Russ Russel Mendes L1NK Travis Mendoza , EverSoWavyGang EverSoWavyGang Inactive mts Mats Revetal Sortland Bully Francisco Betancourt Stokesy John9 Johnny Lin Dutchie Joshua Holland , Rix.GG Static Rix.GG Static Inactive , Formulation Gaming Formulation Gaming Europe Rank #124 puggy Anton af Bjur 999kvmil Kamil Szymanek MaximN Maxim Nonglaire
- Aim Lab Frostbite Series remaining teams: Acend Rising Acend Rising Inactive schnellÆ Ayşe Ergül amy Amy Lai h6tedthemost Lada Kozhemyakina speedowka Weronika Dabrowska Joliinaa Tina Agéli , Alliance Coven Alliance Coven Inactive fluxxy Lola Ainslie 6sonya Maria Istrate B3AUTIFUL Laureta Hajra Melzz Melinda BlomQvist , BBL Queens BBL Queens Inactive , Wave Splash Wave Splash Inactive Chrissy Christina Kras
- Project Queens League remaining teams: Wave Splash Wave Splash Inactive Chrissy Christina Kras , Angry Titans Iris Angry Titans Iris Europe Rank #463 els mAri Sumi
- VBL - No Risk No Story winner: eXtreme Gaming eXtreme Gaming Inactive Bayzon njGOD r1place bluean6el | runner-up: Cyber Wolves Light Cyber Wolves Light Inactive
- eLadies 2022 winner: Alien Anonymo Alien Anonymo Europe Rank #245 maja juxi Niiko kidziax OlczaOlcia | runner-up: Yumisu Esport Yumisu Esport Inactive Paulinxa Paulina Adamska maja lily oxlcia
- Moscow Cybersport Series #6 - Superfinal winner: Oxuji Oxuji Europe Rank #34 Crack1ch Imp0ssible AnikoR Daniil Borodin n0t8u | runner-up: PURPURE PURPURE Inactive antonio Antonio Atanasov MANNICK YORZERA Filip Eremic haint Artem Kim
- Crossfire Cup remaining teams: Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius , Rebels Gaming Rebels Gaming Inactive
- Valorant India Invitational - SEA Closed Qualifier winner: BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #21 | runner-up: South Built Esports South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique
- ESL Clash of Nations: OCE Qualified teams: Generation of Miracles Generation of Miracles Inactive Autumn Kale Dunne Trill Ashley Powell dizzyLife Kyran Crombie pl1xx Christopher Li Maple Elvin Sun , BOBO BOBO Oceania Rank #4 Exirst loubert Nozz Noah McClafferty Muzz , 95x Black 95x Black Inactive MKII Myth Matthew Tarnawskyj xMexCii Jurkey64 warpaxy , Built For Greatness Built For Greatness Inactive Asce ubud ZENZKI
- / ESL Clash of Nations: SEA Qualified teams from MY/SG Qualifier: Bikini Bottom Pratahouse Bikini Bottom Pratahouse Inactive DxN Gordon Lek Moosey Yeow Zhen Feng LEXY Lee Jun Hao Xavier joshh Joshua Leow inf Venneth Tay grumble Shun Song Lin Han , LaZe LaZe Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting lenne Lim You Xiang Lionel Tempz Pierre Heng Xan Kenji Kenji Tang
Other News & Rumours
- Riot Games has announced Knights will be the official tournament organizer for the Challengers League and Game Changers in 2023. In the announcement it was also revealed that Knights will not be fielding a team in the new VCT season because "The Knights will be solely focused on supporting NA VALORANT through Knights Arena events," according to Riot.
- The Enemy, a Brazilian news source has detailed that Los Grandes Los Grandes Inactive prince Lorran S. Ferreira CTC Caio Torres pleets Marcelo Leite will be leaving VALORANT for the 2023 season, they plan on returning for the 2024 season but have not confirmed the rumor.
- According to a report by BLIX.GG, Nongshim RedForce are set to enter VALORANT. The team's first acquisition will reportedly be Overwatch professional Kim "Pine" Do-hyun (김도현) as the team's head coach.
- / In a report by Seulgi, it was revealed that Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive would be adding Miyamoto "makiba" Akatsuki and An "Medusa" Min-cheol (안민철) to their roster ahead of the 2023 VCT season.
- / Another report by Seulgi has detailed Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius as the final team that will be competing in the Valorant India Invitational Main Event. Heretics will be playing with their 2023 franchise roster in this event, per their CEO.