MIBR MIBR Brazil Unranked artzin Arthur Araujo has parted ways with four players who joined within the past year, letting go of Felipe "liazzi" Galiazzi, Davi "Palla" Alcides, Gabriel "rich" Rosa, and Matheus "mazin" Araújo.
With Stage 2 playoffs a near impossibility after just completing Stage 1, MIBR made midseason changes looking to turn its fortunes around. In the coaching booth, they parted ways with former LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira coach bzkA , promoting another former LOUD coach in fRoD to right the ship. On the stage, they parted ways with RgLMeister , frz , and jzz . They brought in liazzi, Palla, and mazin to replace them, while also relying on the duties of Pa1nt and ShahZaM to circumvent visa issues for their new signings.
After just four matches for the organization and five months later, liazzi is once again LFT. Before joining MIBR, he played for OLIMPO OLIMPO Inactive blowz pollo Julio Silva shion Gabriel Vilela liazzi Felipe Galiazzi ghoul33 and FURIA FURIA Brazil Unranked mwzera Leonardo Serrati havoc Ilan Eloy Khalil Khalil Schmidt among other teams, and began his career in 2020 with exuLt.gg exuLt.gg Inactive luq1w Lucas Malucelli And Anderson Oliveira DonPablito osd Rafael Ferreira kjE . He never quite had a defined role for MIBR in his brief stint with the team, but played the Sentinel and Initiator roles mostly throughout the course of his eleven maps with the team.
Palla joined from Brazilian VCL team Stellae Gaming Stellae Gaming Brazil Unranked guuih Guilherme Mariano bezn1 Gabriel Luiz da Costa Siduzord Renan Siduoski Kring phc . He played as MIBR's Duelist, dividing selection between Raze and Jett. Stellae and MIBR were his first stretches as a pro Valorant player in the first or second tier.
rich was MIBR's Initiator in the second half of the 2024 season, playing Gekko, Fade, Sova, and Skye. He also joined from the Challengers level, having previously played for Legacy Legacy Brazil Unranked cidZzZ Mateus Piber swag João Neto drakoNz skz Jean Lucas . He made his debut in 2021 with ARDUINOS ARDUINOS Inactive Riscardo .
Of the four players released, mazin is the only player who was on the MIBR roster before the 2024 season began. He joined in the offseason following 2023, which ended with the team finishing ninth out of ten teams, and bowing out in the first round of the LCQ. The Controller player joined from FURIA, after having stops at TERROR.NET TERROR.NET Inactive fuzari Deivid Fuzari v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves chase Davi Mello dgzin Douglas Silva pANcada Bryan Luna and B4 Esports B4 Esports Inactive zakkv Vinicius Gonçales Tisora Kauã Estefanini Evilkyk Kayke Arrais Cryy Joao Vitor Ferreira DMT Vinicius Siebert .
The roster changes come following a disappointing 2024 season for the Brazilian side. After reaching the play-ins of Americas Kickoff where they defeated eventual Stage 2 runners-up G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Unranked jawgemo Alexander Mor trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio JonahP Jonah Pulice leaf Nathan Orf , MIBR went on a run of nine straight matches without victory, only winning one map in the process. They struggled to regain the form they had at Kickoff, with a season-ending victory against Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Unranked Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le being the only thing preventing them from going 0-11 in league play. They ended at the bottom of the Stage 2 standings, failing to qualify for the playoffs in any event they competed in.
With just months to go before the 2025 VCT season begins, MIBR have four roster spots to fill, looking to finish above the bottom two of the Americas league for the first time since the beginning of franchising.
MIBR MIBR Brazil Unranked artzin Arthur Araujo 's full roster is now: