After three years with Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #20 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le , star duelist Alexander "jawgemo" Mor has signed with G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #2 jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf .

The move comes just over a year after Evil Geniuses and jawgemo's successful 2023 season. A second-place finish at Masters Tokyo and a triumphant victory at Champions Los Angeles saw the organization lift not just its first world championship, but a first for any North American team.

jawgemo holding the Champions trophy in 2023. jawgemo holding the Champions trophy in 2023. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)

Following the trophy-capped campaign, other teams in the Americas region poached away much of the 2023 roster. Ethan and Demon1 , the latter of whom was named the MVP of Champions 2023, were signed by NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #3 FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold . C0M and Boostio were signed by LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena C0M Corbin Lee and 100 Thieves 100 Thieves North America Rank #6 zander Alexander Dituri Cryocells Matthew Panganiban eeiu Daniel Vucenovic Boostio Kelden Pupello Asuna Peter Mazuryk , respectively. Assistant coach Zikz was also signed by 100 Thieves to be their head coach.

That left jawgemo, who had a server-leading 85 kills in the grand final against Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #1 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov , as the only remaining player from the world championship-winning team. Former reserve player Apoth , former 100T players NaturE and Derrek , and FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le 's supamen rounded out a crew of former tier one players to complete the EG rebuild.

Evil Geniuses performed below the heights they reached in 2023 with their new-look roster. They failed to qualify for any international competitions in 2024, and finished Americas Stage 2 ranked ninth, a far cry from their third-place finish in the 2023 Americas League.

In their first match of the new season, EG and jawgemo defeated G2 Esports 2-0. The match was the first domino to fall in a 3-2 start to the season that saw the rookie VCT organization miss out on Masters Madrid. As a result, G2 shuffled their roster, replacing one of the members from their Ascension-winning squad.

Five months later, in a blockbuster move now looking to build on a roster that's become one of the region's strongest, G2 Esports upgrade a duelist position that has been shaky as of late.

In their maiden year in the VCT, G2 took the Americas region by storm. After a slow start at Americas Kickoff, they finished second in both Americas Stage 1 and Stage 2, third at Masters Shanghai, and qualified for Champions Seoul, achieving a top-8 finish.

Former tier two player icy had assumed the duelist role for most of the 2024 season, joining after Kickoff, but had been shaky at times. The team fielded a number of compositions that saw them play without any duelists, most recently on Icebox against Leviatan at Champions Seoul.

Three players from the Americas Ascension-winning team The Guard remain on G2 Esports, with their roster now being: