XSET add Cryocells from SoaR

Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban has joined XSET XSET Inactive from SoaR SoaR Inactive epathy Ngawang Chonjor fiziq Lucas Blow v1c Victor Truong Trill Ashley Powell , confirming an earlier report on the move.

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Introducing the newest addition to our Valorant team for the 2022 VCT Circuit. 🏆

Welcome, XSET @Cryocells_. 😈🔥

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A notable point of the initial report that was not confirmed was the exit of Bryce "PureR" Lovell, who was reportedly leaving XSET to join DarkZero Esports DarkZero Esports Inactive . However, a December 24 report from Upcomer laid speculations of PureR being DarkZero's new fifth to rest.

Cryocells has been absent from SoaR's lineup since mid-November, with his last tournament appearance being the NSG Winter Championship Open 5. In that event, SoaR exited the tournament following a defeat at the hands of Ghost Gaming Ghost Gaming Inactive koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar aproto Alex Protopapas brawk Brock Somerhalder johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid in the round of 16. In their next tournament showing, SoaR once again exited the competition in the round of 16, this time after a loss from NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Unranked FiNESSE Pujan Mehta s0m Sam Oh Verno Andrew Maust mada Adam Pampuch Ethan Ethan Arnold , the eventual runner-up team in that event.

Currently, XSET have 4040 points in the NSG Winter Championship standings, putting them in ninth place overall. XSET are also a handful of points ahead of Cryocells' former team, SoaR, who currently sit at 10th place with 4028 points.

XSET XSET Inactive 's roster is currently:

Rory "dephh" Jackson
Matthew "Cryocells" Panganiban
Zachary "zekken" Patrone
Bryce "PureR" Lovell
Jordan "AYRIN" He
Brendan "BcJ" Jensen
Don "SyykoNT" Muir (Coach)

Cryo is a great player and a great fit for Xset but he wouldn't fit in too well with 100T. It would just mess up all of the established roles in the team and it would lead to either Asuna or Ethan taking a more passive role on the team, at least on some maps. I guess they could role with the double duelist and initiator comp, like they did with this last iteration but, pretty much all of the top teams run 1 duelist comps with a cypher/killjoy. If 100T picked up Cryo, they would have to either not use the meta comp or they would probably have to move HiKo to smokes or sentinels and Asuna to Sova and obviously, those aren't their comfort agents. However, he's a great addition and a great fit for Xset and I'm really excited to see this new Xset team play.