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 #16
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: