Emir "rhyme" Muminovic has retired from professional Valorant to focus on his studies, Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin have announced.

rhyme first played with the inaugural Ninjas in Pyjamas Ninjas in Pyjamas Inactive dimasick Dmitriy Matvienko chiwa Egor Stepanyuk Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev rhyme Emir Muminovic roster but, when that project fizzled out, he joined 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) as one of the first Europeans to play abroad. Unable to reach VCT events in North America, rhyme eventually returned home to play for Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin as the team's IGL in the VCT EMEA.

Giants flew largely under the radar coming into the VCT EMEA, as their first showings were a modest top four at the G-Loot Clash and a top 16 at LOCK//IN. Even so, rhyme's men slowly solidified their place near the top of EMEA by inching to a fourth place in the regular season. In the playoffs, though, Giants fell short and were knocked out in the top six with two exits.

The team bounced back and qualified to Valorant Champions 2023 through the VCT EMEA LCQ, which they won without dropping a map. Much like Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio , the second team from the EMEA LCQ to reach Champions, Giants were eliminated just one round away from the playoffs and returned home with only a top 12 LAN showing to their name.

Now lacking an IGL, Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin are:

  • Adolfo "Fit1nho" Gallego
  • Žygimantas "nukkye" Chmieliauskas
  • Aaro "hoody" Peltokangas
  • Kirill "Cloud" Nehozhin
  • Daniil "pipsoN" Mesheryakov (Head coach)
  • Milan "Milan" de Meij (Analyst)