NRG Esports
NRG Esports
North America
Rank #4
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
s0m
Sam Oh
Verno
Andrew Maust
mada
Adam Pampuch
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
Head Coach Chet "Chet"
Singh may potentially be targeting a return to Counter-Strike according to a report by Counter-Strike news site HLTV. The coach is supposedly in discussions with numerous American and European organizations.
Before Valorant's release, Chet spent his time as a coach in Counter Strike. His greatest achievements were under NRG and
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #20
Derrek
Derrek Ha
NaturE
Nicholas Garrison
supamen
Phat Le
icy
Jacob Lange
yay
Jaccob Whiteaker
, winning four international titles and even earning EG a brief title as the best team in the world in 2019.
Among the initial batch of talent that migrated to Valorant back in 2020, Chet began his stay in North America with NRG Esports before rotating to
TSM
TSM
North America
Rank #9
Recoil
seven
Johann Hernandez
gMd
Anthony Guimond
vora
sym
Tyler Porter
and then
Envy
Envy
Inactive
Marved
Jimmy Nguyen
Victor
Victor Wong
crashies
Austin Roberts
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
yay
Jaccob Whiteaker
, where his rise to fame amongst coaches kicked off.
His time spent with the Envy core of Pujan "FiNESSE" Mehta, Austin "crashies" Roberts, and Victor "Victor" Wong netted him a first, second, and third-place finish at all three majors of 2022. In terms of international results, his performances would set the bar for coaches and teams alike heading into 2023.
Unfortunately, last year's VCT season did not end as successfully as the previous one for Chet. After exiting LOCK//IN early at the hands of
LOUD
LOUD
Brazil
Rank #1
dgzin
Douglas Silva
v1nny
Vínicius Gonçalves
pANcada
Bryan Luna
tuyz
Arthur Andrade
cauanzin
Cauan Pereira
, the adjusted NRG roster was only able to secure a fourth-place finish at Masters Tokyo as their best placement of the year. Despite being favored to exit the group stage at Champions 2023, the squad fell 0-2 to
Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming
China
Rank #5
whzy
Wang Haozhe (王昊哲)
Levius
Lu Yinzhong (卢胤中)
rushia
Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰)
nephh
Marcus Tan
Knight
Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔)
twice to cut their stay in L.A. short.
This year's results have plummeted yet again, with NRG failing to make both Masters events so far while only securing three victories throughout Stage 1. Numerous roster changes have affected the team, the most recent being swapping in FNS and Sam "s0m" Oh in place of Jimmy "Marved" Nguyen and Max "Demon1" Mazanov.
NRG have one more chance to qualify for Champions, the most realistic being a direct qualification through a run at playoffs.