Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk have announced Travis "L1NK" Mendoza as their fifth player in place of Aleksander "zeek" Zygmunt, a week prior to the kickoff of the EMEA LCQ.
Once world champions, Acend dropped Vlad "Kiles" Shvets and Santeri "BONECOLD" Sassi in place of Ondřej "MONSTEERR" Petrů and Vakaris "vakk" Bebravičius following a lackluster Stage 1 performance. While the team's results did improve for Stage 2, a top-six placement in the playoffs led to zeek's benching.
L1NK was one of Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak 's longstanding members and a part of the original roster formerly known as fish123 fish123 Inactive Kryptix James Affleck ScreaM Adil Benrlitom L1NK Travis Mendoza ec1s Adam Eccles soulcas Dom Sulcas . He experienced Liquid's highs and lows, as the roster went from a top-four world contender to unlikely Masters 1: Reykjavik attendees in 2022. Just after that tournament, the team split with coach Connor "Sliggy" Blomfield and nearly a month later, during their Stage 2 group run, L1NK moved to Liquid's bench.
Acend will debut in the EMEA LCQ against M3 Champions M3 Champions Inactive Jady Yaroslav Nikolaev purp0 Semyon Borchev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Redgar Igor Vlasov in a rematch of the Valorant Champions 2021 grand final. Win or lose, they'll be playing either G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive or OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive in their second match.
Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk 's LCQ roster is: