KOI KOI Europe Rank #41 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas has allowed their in-game leader Tobias "ShadoW" Flodström to explore his options as a restricted free agent.

ShadoW has been a presence in EMEA Valorant since the beginning, most notably being a part of the old FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks team that reigned towards the top of EU in 2020 and 2021. After his stint with FPX, he would join the Apeks Apeks Europe Rank #2 florescent Ava Eugene hype Tautvydas Paldavicius MOLSI Michał Łącki AvovA Auni Chahade team that went on to dominate tier two of EMEA in 2023, and were heavy favorites to ascend to the franchise league. However, they fell short at the very final hurdle, being swept in the grand finals at the hands of the heavy underdogs in Gentle Mates Gentle Mates Europe Rank #21 K4DAVRA Thomas Johner RobbieBk Robbie Boerkamp Minny Patrik Hušek Zyppan Pontus Eek Click Haydem Ali .

After the disappointing result at Ascension, ShadoW joined KOI to be their IGL for the 2024 season. In 2023, KOI had an underwhelming season, only finishing 2-7 in the regular season, and failed to qualify to any international events. Their overhauled roster in 2024 showed promise when they upset Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak in Kickoff to make it out of the group stage, but this glimmer of hope was quickly eradicated as they were shut down in the play-in stage against Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #8 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso and Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek . They would fare even worse in the regular season, ending in last place in the league with a record of 3-7.

With two unsuccessful seasons of franchising, KOI is looking for another shakeup of personnel, already having removed starxo , and reportedly eyeing new leadership in flyuh and Gorilla . ShadoW will now look for opportunities with other teams as an IGL.

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