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VALORANT post-partnership rostermania tracker: North America and Americas

Now the fun begins.

George Geddes

and

Scott Robertson

Published: Nov 14, 2022 02:02 pm

One of the most popular VALORANT regions is set to undergo the most anticipated and sizable offseason since the inception of Riot’s first-person shooter.

All VALORANT post-partnership roster changes for NA and Americas

Cloud9

Oct. 5: Mitch Semago leaves Cloud9.
Oct. 16: Rahul “curry” Nemani leaves Cloud9.
Oct. 17: Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker, Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro, and Mateja “qpert” Mijovic sign with Cloud9.
C9 2023 roster: Vanity, Xeppaa, leaf, yay, Zellsis, qpert.

Sentinels

Oct. 5: Zachary “zekken” Patrone signs with Sentinels.
Oct. 7: Michael “dapr” Gulino enters free agency.
Oct. 12: Tyson “TenZ” Ngo signs extension to stay with Sentinels.
Oct. 15: Gustavo “Sacy” Rossi and Bryan “pANcada” Luna are acquired from LOUD.
Oct. 18: Rory “dephh” Jackson signs with Sentinels.
Oct. 19: Hunter “SicK” Mims returns to Sentinels roster as sixth man.
Oct. 20: Shahzeb “ShahZaM” Khan is released.
Sentinels 2023 roster: Zekken, TenZ, Sacy, pANcada, dephh, SicK.

NRG

Sept. 30: NRG moves entire roster except for Sam “s0m” Oh to free agency.
- Ian “tex” Botsch, Daniel “eeiu” Vucenovic, and Ethan Arnold enter free agency.
Sept. 30: Pujan “FNS” Mehta, Victor Wong, and Austin “crashies” Roberts will reportedly sign with NRG.
Oct. 3: Ardis “Ardiis” Svarenieks will reportedly join NRG from FPX.
Oct. 20: Zander “thwifo” Kim will reportedly join NRG and fill the sixth-man role.
Nov. 2: James “hazed” Cobb is released.
Nov. 8: Pujan “FNS” Mehta officially joins NRG.
Nov. 9: Austin “crashies” Roberts officially joins NRG.
Nov. 10: Victor Wong officially joins NRG.
Nov. 11: Ardis “Ardiis” Svarenieks officially joins NRG.
Nov. 12: Sam “s0m” Oh officially rejoins the roster.
NRG 2023 roster: FNS, Victor, crashies, s0m, ardiis, thwifo.

Evil Geniuses

Oct. 17: Ethan Arnold will reportedly sign with Evil Geniuses from NRG.
Nov. 11: Ethan Arnold and Brendan “BcJ” Jensen join Evil Geniuses. EG will compete with a “10-man roster” in 2023.
Nov. 14: EG announces it will host an open application showcase event for players to compete for a chance to join the roster.
EG 2023 roster: Ethan, BcJ, Boostio, Reformed, jawgemo, C0M, Apotheon.

100 Thieves

Sept. 29: Matthew “Cryocells” Panganiban joins 100T from XSET.
- William “Will” Cheng is released.
100T 2023 roster: Cryocells, bang, Asuna, Derrek, stellar.

LOUD

Oct. 13: Cauan “cauanzin” Pereira and Arthur “tuyz” Vieira will reportedly sign with LOUD.
Oct. 15: Gustavo “Sacy” Rossi and Bryan “pANcada” Luna leave for Sentinels.
LOUD 2023 roster (reported): Aspas, saadhak, Less, cauanzin, tuyz.

FURIA

Oct. 18: Agustin “Nozwerr” Ibarra leaves for Leviatán.
Oct. 21: Leonardo “mwzera” Serrati joins from Keyd Stars.
FURIA 2023 roster: qck, Khalil, mazin, dgzin, mwerza.

MIBR

Oct. 5: Gustavo “gtnziN” Moura moves to free agency.
Oct. 14: Matheus “RgLM” Rodigoli will reportedly sign with MIBR.
Nov. 1: Rafael “mNdS” Mendes leaves MIBR.

KRÜ Esports

Oct. 1: Joaquín Ignacio “delz1k” Espinoza Soto, Roberto “Mazino” Bugueño, and Angelo “keznit” Mori leave KRÜ.
Alexandre “xand” Zizi, Santiago “Daveeys” Gavlis Ruiz, Marco “Melser” Amaro, and Carlos “axeddy” Galvão sign with KRÜ.
KRÜ 2023 roster: Klaus, NagZ, xand, Daveeys, Melser, axeddy.

Leviatán

Oct. 15: Marco “Melser” Amaro and Benjamín “adverso” Poblete leave Leviatán.
Oct. 19: Agustin “Nozwerr” Ibarra signs with Leviatán.
Oct. 20: Roberto “Mazino” Bugueño signs with Leviatán.
Oct. 21: Angelo “keznit” Mori signs with Leviatán.
Leviatán 2023 roster: kiNgg, Tacolilla, Shyy, Nozwerr, Mazino, keznit.

Notable free agents

Here’s a list of players who are not signed and not currently reported to be signing somewhere.

ShahZaM (Sentinels)
Marved (OpTic)
Curry (Cloud9)
Mitch (Cloud9)
Valyn (The Guard)
neT (The Guard)
JonahP (The Guard)
Trent (The Guard)
eeiu (NRG)
Hazed (NRG)

tex (NRG)
Subroza (TSM)
gMd (TSM)
HUYNH (previously Zero MarksMen Black)
b0i (previously Zero MarksMen Black)
Critical (previously Zero MarksMen Black)
Paincakes (previously Akrew)
gucc107 (previously Akrew)
ZacharEEE (previously Akrew)
jovahnii (previously Akrew)

Okeanos (previously City Boys)
NiSMO (Ghost Gaming)
aproto (Ghost Gaming)
johnqt (Ghost Gaming)
brawk (Ghost Gaming)
Koalanoob (Ghost Gaming)
BabyJ (previously 100 Thieves)
Epathy (previously SoaR)
Fiziq (previously SoaR)
Trill (previously SoaR)

Genghsta (Knights)
Exalt (Knights)
XXiF (Knights)
Trick (previously Dark Ratio)
Ange (previously Dark Ratio)
OXY (previously Dark Ratio)
geeza (previously Dark Ratio)
Drone (previously Dark Ratio)
pwny (previously T1)
thwifo (T1)

Corey (TSM)
Rossy (TSM)
Wedid (previously Pioneers)
Jonaaa6 (previously NYXL)
Lear (previously NYXL)
PureVNS (Knights Academy)
Riku (Knights Academy)
BRANTED (previously Evil Geniuses)
Relyks (previously Cloud9)

The Americas international league will feature Cloud9, Sentinels, NRG, Evil Geniuses, and 100 Thieves from North America, while LOUD, FURIA, and MIBR will represent Brazil. Both Leviatán and KRU Esports will represent Latin America.

The league will kick off in February with a LAN tournament in São Paulo, Brazil. All 30 teams from across the world will compete in the three-week-long tournament to replace the first annual split of the international leagues, which will instead resume in 2024.

The second split will take place in April 2023, while the first and singular Masters event is set to run in June.

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Author

George Geddes

George is an investigative journalist from the United Kingdom.

Author

Scott Robertson

VALORANT lead staff writer, also covering CS:GO, FPS games, other titles, and the wider esports industry. Watching and writing esports since 2014. Previously wrote for Dexerto, Upcomer, Splyce, and somehow MySpace. Jack of all games, master of none.