TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook have upgraded their staff with ex- Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin head coach Andrey "ENGH" Sholokhov ahead of North America's VCL.
We're proud to announce the addition of VCT Masters 3 champion @ENGHHHHHH to our VALORANT staff!
Welcome to the black-and-white, Engh. Let's run this league.
ENGH made a name for himself at 2021's Masters: Berlin as Gambit's head coach, where a nearly-flawless run saw his team hoist the trophy after defeating the current NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #1 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold core in the grand finals. Aiming to claim another title that same year at Champions, Gambit blitzed through the group stage and to the grand finals without losing a match. Unfortunately, after a thrilling five-map series, Gambit were sent home trophyless as they fell to Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk in their most important match of the year.
With high expectations heading into 2022, ENGH and the ex-Gambit core, now M3 Champions M3 Champions Inactive Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev purp0 Semyon Borchev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Redgar Igor Vlasov , attempted to make appearances at Masters: Reykjavik and Masters: Copenhagen, but were unable to secure a ticket to either event, falling short to qualifying teams both times. With a final chance at attending Champions presented through the EMEA LCQ, M3C battled their way to the grand final, but were ultimately defeated by Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak . Following their defeat at the LCQ, M3C would disband as the players searched for new opportunities ahead of franchising. ENGH briefly joined bonk bonk Inactive juseu Elric Belland-Aysan during their run through the France Regional League before being picked up by TSM.
Despite not being a partnered team, TSM received a direct invite to the NA VCL, set to begin in February. The team most recently placed second at the Ludwig x Tarik Invitational, where they were pitted against partnered teams such as T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) and Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #4 N4RRATE Marshall Massey bang Sean Bezerra Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid .
With the addition of ENGH, TSM TSM North America Rank #14 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond sym Tyler Porter tdawgg Travis Regan XXiF Damion Cook is now: