M80
M80
North America
Rank #4
Kyu
Mirel Braco Hrustemovic
Sato
Eduardo Kenzo Nagahama Sato
bao
Okeanos
Anthony Nguyen
Victor
Victor Wong
has signed Victor "Victor"
Wong, adding one of the game's most experienced veterans to complement new head coach Chet "Chet"
Singh.
Victor returns to Valorant after a layoff that lasted almost nine months. His last action came with
NRG Esports
NRG Esports
North America
Rank #7
FiNESSE
Pujan Mehta
s0m
Sam Oh
brawk
Brock Somerhalder
mada
Adam Pampuch
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
, with whom he suffered a heartbreaking loss in the final match of league play to solidify a seventh-place finish and shut them out of the Americas Stage 2 playoffs.
He started his career with
T1
T1
Korea
Rank #3
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Meteor
Kim Tae-oh (김태오)
Sylvan
Go Young-sup (고영섭)
BuZz
Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철)
iZu
Ham Woo-ju (함우주)
in 2020 while the organization was still based in North America, but he is most well-known for his time with the core of players that played for
ENVY
ENVY
North America
Rank #3
canezerra
Alex Banyasz
Eggsterr
Inspire
Hunter Schline
P0PPIN
Matteo Weber
ion2x
Ayan Rastogi
and later
OpTic Gaming
OpTic Gaming
Inactive
. Under the ENVY banner, that group finished as runner-ups at Masters Berlin in 2021, and in the following season as OpTic lifted Masters Reykjavik. Third and second-place finishes at Masters Copenhagen and Champions 2022 cemented the group as one of the strongest pre-franchising teams in professional Valorant, but when OpTic was not selected as a partnered team ahead of the 2023 season, the group dispersed.
In 2023, Victor joined NRG Esports alongside ENVY/OpTic teammate FiNESSE , and crashies along with head coach Chet. A second-place finish at the end of the Americas League secured them entry into Masters Tokyo, where they finished fourth, and Champions 2023, where they were eliminated in the group stage. Roster reconstruction in the following offseason saw two of Victor's teammates change, but the results did not pay off. NRG failed to qualify for any international LANs en route to the seventh-place regional finish.
Victor's return to play sees him reunite with Chet, who has been his head coach since October 2021, and marks his recovery from a severe left wrist injury.
The addition of Victor, a Duelist player throughout most of his career, will likely see changes to M80's team compositions. With bdog 's recent benching from the main roster, M80 is down a Controller player, but may rely on some of Victor's ability to flex onto the Controller or Sentinel roles.
With Victor and Chet reuniting, M80's full roster is now:
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