Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #21 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le icy Jacob Lange yay Jaccob Whiteaker have unveiled their new roster ahead of the 2024 VCT. World champion jawgemo is joined by Derrek , NaturE , Apoth , and supamen with potter and pho returning as Head and assistant coaches.

After two years of poor results, the organization finally turned their luck around in 2023. Despite exiting LOCK//IN with only one win, the remade squad fought hard in the Americas League and secured a spot at playoffs thanks to a five-way tiebreaker courtesy of MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #3 artzin Arthur Araujo xenom Eduardo Soeiro cortezia Gabriel Cortez nzr Agustin Ibarra aspas Erick Santos .

With three tickets to Masters: Tokyo on the line, the new villains of the VCT booked their trips to Japan alongside NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #4 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold and Brazilian juggernaut LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #1 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira , where they finished second after being subdued by FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #6 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder , the first team to ever secure back-to-back international trophies.

Having already qualified for Los Angeles' Champions, potter and the rest of her geniuses entered Group B prepared and advanced to the playoffs without dropping a map. After battling their way to the upper final, EG were stopped by a trophy-hungry Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #6 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov , who sent them to the lower final after a three-map thriller. In a villainous turn of events, North America's last hope eliminated LOUD and crushed APAC's dreams of an international trophy by stealing the prize from PRX 3-1.

eg trophy image EG enter 2024 with a target on their back. (Photo: Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

Despite being the first North American team to ever win Champions as well as achieving EG's best results in Valorant, the medal-bearing roster would soon be broken up as members departed left and right following rumors of pay cuts and contract jail.

Of the former players, only jawgemo remained, and a long-awaited announcement has surrounded him with teammates hailing from 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #7 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk , FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le , and EG's reserve roster.

Derrek and Apoth both have experience within the Tier 1 scene, with the former falling short of Tokyo and L.A. with 100T and the latter contributing to EG's championship run.

NaturE and supamen both competed in the NA Challengers League for TSM TSM North America Rank #9 Recoil seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond vora sym Tyler Porter and FaZe, but ended up missing out on the Americas Ascension after failing to make deep runs in the playoffs.

potter continues to act as the brains behind the operation, with pho plotting in the shadows as the former teammates reunite under EG once again. The organization's new roster will debut in the upcoming Americas Kickoff where two slots at Masters: Madrid are up for grabs.

Fresh off a championship win, Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #21 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le icy Jacob Lange yay Jaccob Whiteaker ' 2024 roster is: