NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold have added Ardis "ardiis" Svarenieks as the fifth member of their roster for the 2023 franchised league. The announcement comes after NRG revealed the ex- OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive core plus returning member Sam "s0m" Oh as the first four members of their new roster going into 2023.

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Please welcome @ardiis to the NRG VALORANT roster.
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ardiis joins NRG after a year at the top of EMEA competition with FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks , with the crowning moment of the year being the team's championship run at Stage 2 Masters Copenhagen in July. Unfortunately, the team fell short en route to a title at Valorant Champions following two losses at the hands of DRX DRX Korea Rank #7 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) in the playoffs, closing out the team's VCT year with a top four finish.

While the majority of FPX would eventually stick together to become Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky , ardiis opted out of joining his former teammates under NAVI, with former Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk player Mehmet "cNed" Yağız İpek slotting into the new NAVI roster as their fifth.

While the former FPX player's move to North America is the first EMEA-to-NA roster move of the offseason, he's not the only player that has ventured outside their region for the 2023 franchised league. In early October, Jordan "AYRIN" He joined Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #38 patrickWHO Mark Musni UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov kellyS Kelly Sedillo Papi Federico Evangelista as their new team captain in what would eventually blossom into a multi-national roster filled with talent from the Pacific region. Later that month, Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid also dipped into the international talent pool to acquire Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi and Bryan "pANcada" Luna from LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira in the team's roster rebuild for 2023.

With ardiis now the fifth player in NRG's ranks, it has been forecasted that Zander "thwifo" Kim will join the team as their sixth man.

The roster of NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold is currently: