EU roster shuffle: update by neL.

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Glycoroldas

https://www.1pv.fr/fr/news/103818-valorant-overview-of-the-current-transfer-window

Holy moly, it seems that EU is not sleeping on last chance qualifiers for VCT Champions

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Tl;dr

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It's complicated.

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K don’t car enough

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Glycoroldas

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Rumours so far(remember nothing is confirmed until announced):

G2:
-ardiis
-patitek
-zeek
+nukkye
+avova
+koldamenta/CS:GO Alex from C9

Heretics(lowell rebuild):
-nukkye
-avova
-rubino
-paura(if turkish super team dream is true)
Currently trialing: ardiis, patitek

Acend(depends if koldamenta ends up joining G2):
-koldamenta(trialing for G2)
-starxo(trialed for other team)
-bonecold(trialed for NiP)
-cned(turkish super team project)

Alliance:
-kadavra
?xms(whether dropped or staying, was under a trial this whole time)
+Mickebwoy(from HONK)

NiP:
-CREA
-Jady
+kadavra
+bonecold/ec1s

OG:
-aKm
-ellement
-OniBy
+DPS
+Fizzy/ALIVE/Shalaby/matti/shed/ISSAA(from CS:GO)

OG off-shoot:
+ellement
+vicious/ozzy
+Moe40
+tsack

Vitality:
-fragon(coach)

Turkish super team project:
+cned
+paura
+russ
+players from Futbolist.

Giants:
-pipson
+MOLSI(from Team Finest)

holy moly that took long to type out

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Astralis_6_majors

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Alex and Issa😂😂😂😴😴

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Nosey

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you forgot that Ex6Tenz can't play again Valorant (as a player), because he injured his wrist :(

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Well RIP, hopefully he moves into coaching well and they get an IGL that he can bend to his will

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Coachable

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That's weird seeing as how he has been playing in scrims almost consistently.

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kyLeria_

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thanks for the share tho

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CocoJD

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:)

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Glycoroldas

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Only read the twitter thread after this post, but this guy is also a major reason we know about these rumours in the first place. Sorry about that Coco

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CocoJD

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Ahaha, no probs bro <3

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Ibis

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I don’t believe in a Turkish superteam somehow. Plus I don’t understand why NIP would drop Jady, like wtf? A 17 year old talent who had really good Games for them

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Ibis

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I only could understand the superteam thing, if an Eu org picked them up, so they could compete in EU. I would be very hyped for it then

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Glycoroldas

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People on reddit are saying that he had been bought out by another team. If true, then NiP probably just flipped him for a decent financial profit after the performances he had shown earlier. Think what mousesports did with NiKo in cs:go

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Ibis

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What are possible teams for Jady atm though?

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kyLeria_

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Fpx to go full russian roster hm? maybe.

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Ibis

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Would be a very interesting move. ShadoW out, Jady in. But I don’t see, why fpx needed to change something. I think, the chemistry between the players is really really good

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kyLeria_

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you don't see, i don't see .. but something went wrong and they will not be in iceland anyway .. btw if they do smth like this it would be include zyppan aswell imo, cuz going full rus roster and changing com as russian maybe changes a little, impact bigger idk

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they probably need the money after buying device from astralis lmao

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Ibis

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Honestly if this was the case, I would sell Crea, rhyme and chiwawa instead

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nasisapineapple

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depends if people want to buy them. I think they only had interest in jady

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people in Reddit dont know shit lol. they are just guessing

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Nosey

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Some teams have found Jady playing with FPX.

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PicKaRuu

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Thanks for the good news man 👍

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Glycoroldas

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thank neLendirekt and CocoVLR, it's their work. I only reposted this after seeing it on /r/valorantcompetitive new page.

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ShiningTyGuy

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You know last chance qualifiers isn't till after masters 3 right? These teams, if actually happen, could fall off before we even get to last chance qualifiers, which is over 4 months away.

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Glycoroldas

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yeah that's true, but it does seem that for teams who currently have 0 circuit points, VCT masters stage 3 is do or do not qualify for the champions later on in the year.

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ShiningTyGuy

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Oh yea 100%. Plus the winner of masters 3 automatically qualifies for champions, giving your region an additional slot at champions. So your right, team that want to or feel they need to make changes, nows the time to do it.

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can anyone think in kiles?

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Heavon

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We don't do that here

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Fattest_Lard

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Ok so I don't watch much EU Valorant or know nearly as much about it as I know about NA Valorant but I still watch some EU Valorant and keep up with it(i.e checking match pages and seeing results) and I have free will so I'm going to share some thoughts on each rumored move.
G2: They've needed to make changes for a while now and these rumored changes should be what G2 needs to get back to the top of EU. Mixwell and Pyth have been consistently great players for G2 and definitively were worth keeping. Add nukkye, a top 5 player in EU, AvovA who is a very consistently good player on the smokes and either the legendary cs IGL Alex or the IGL who helped Cned actually achieve success in Koldamenta and this roster is looking like a top team in EU once again.
Heretics: Once a top team in EU, Heretics has taken major losses by losing everyone but loWel and maybe pAura. If pAura stays and they sign paTiTek and ardiis, like they are rumored to, Heretics could recover, especially with all the FAs available. However, I doubt they will recover to the level that they were and I don't think they'll be winning many tier 1 events.
Acend: From my understanding of Acend's situation, either everyone will leave, they will rebuild around Cned, or everyone will stay. If everyone stays, then Acend should still be a top 5 team but if everyone leaves then Acend will probably just leave Valorant and Cned being a FA would be amazing for other teams. Just imagine Cned being the 5th on Heretics alongside loWel, pAura, paTiTek and ardiis. That roster would be amazing and Cned would be a great replacement for nukkye.
Alliance: zeek and baddyG should be an upgrade over kAdavra and xms if they decide to add both and drop xms. However they could also keep xms and add either zeek or baddyG which would allow luckeRRR to play more phoenix. Either way, this roster should be improved and they should continue to challenge the very best teams in EU.
NiP: I don't understand dropping Jady at all but dropping Crea is definitely a good move. While kAdavra is a good player, he is not as good as Jady so I still don't understand why they plan to replace Jady with kAdavra or why they are trying to replace him at all. If they get Bonecold to replace Crea, then they are getting a huge upgrade but if they get ec1s, they would just replace 1 shitty player with another and at the very best would be a slight upgrade. If NiP drop Jady and Crea and replace them with kAdavra and ec1s, then they would be making a huge mistake. However if they were to keep Jady and also replace Crea with Bonecold, then NiP would likely be competing to be a top 3 team in EU.
OG: If ISSAA actually does join OG's valorant roster, then there is some hope for this team. uNKOE is a good player, TviQ isn't horrible and they are trialing a shit ton of players. I don't know many of those players but based on their stats, all of them are at least solid players.
Turkish Superteam: It's extremely unlikely to happen imo, but if it did, they would compete with the top 5 EU teams.

With these changes, the top 5 in EU(in no order) should be Liquid, Fnatic, G2, FPX and either Acend, BDS, Alliance or NiP imo.

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Ibis

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I think I heard on Twitter or something that koldamenta and the Acend coach/staff are really close and basically created the acend roster with its success. So for me, ALEX would be a more likely move since koldamenta wont be able to leave acend that soon. It’s questionnable if ALEX is already on the top level needed to lead G2 after his transition though. But yea getting a good IGL would be the most important thing for G2. Avova and nukkye though don’t seem to me as big upgrades to patitek/ ardiis

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TinglyPiano

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Love it if they make a Turkish super team. Then they will realise how one dimensional all their players are and they are actually not that good lol.

And also looking forward to twitch chat if that happens, I will be there for sure

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kyLeria_

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there is only 1 dimensional thing is your brain my friend, its not gonna happen btw say bye to your wet dreams such a pathetic tho

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just so ya'll now, paura said on twitter that the superteam wasn't happening. Still i dont think you understand how nutty a cned-russ-paura core would be.

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Ibis

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But you don’t know how such a team would work regarding aspects such as chemistry, synergy, agent pool... I think it’s better for them to stay in mixed teams

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TinglyPiano

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yes, let's pick 5 duelist, 5 Jett every game!!