LOCK//IN São Paulo continues with their Omega bracket and Challengers Leagues begin to reach their playoffs. Although there is plenty of action, teams all around the world continue to make new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.
This week's edition covers news from Feb. 19 to Feb. 25
- Last Week: News Almost Missed Feb.18
Roster Changes
- Turtle Troop Turtle Troop North America Rank #6 wedid Matthew Suchan Add3r Jack Hayashi stellar Brenden McGrath corey Corey Nigra bdog Brandon Sanders announced the additions of Anthony "mummAy" DiPaolo and Tanner "TiGG" Spanu.
- Preston "Juv3nile" Dornon announced he is seeking offers outside of Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports North America Rank #2 skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino .
- Ignite Ignite Inactive released their roster following elimination from Trinity Trials - Winter Trial.
- / Tommaso "joYnt" Gavioli departed Guild GC Guild GC Europe Rank #76 Xaline Laure Mateos and joined EXCEL GC EXCEL GC Inactive 6sonya Maria Istrate fluxxy Lola Ainslie Viv angelka Angela Nikolovska Samsi Samantha Caddell as their coach.
- Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #25 sterben Emre Demirci skylen Asil Yalçın hiro Emirhan Kat SouhcNi Ibrahim Sağır Izzy Baran Yılmaz welcomed Üveys "uveyS094" Selimoğlu to their coaching staff.
- Parla Esports Parla Esports Inactive Jlerst Naci Enes Yıldırım sociablEE Volkan Yonal lauress Toprak Kaynak Ruxic Uğur Güç jeyj7y Soner Eren Kent parted ways with their Assistant Coach Hazım "casteLL0" Orhun Dalbeyler.
- AYM Esports AYM Esports Inactive Pando Michel Michel del Castillo DRK Gabriel Lorenzo benched Daniel "Daniel0" Bolufer.
- / Sissi State Punks Sissi State Punks Europe Rank #91 Terrox ico Kubfu RIX welcomed Oumar "snowkone" Kone as their head coach.
- Dortmund Esports Dortmund Esports Europe Rank #190 Aurax Darum0n Darunee Knirck KlausC Lenam0n parted ways with Markes "MARKEZZ" Fentz.
- Catalyst Esports Catalyst Esports Inactive unify Aviran Menashe Sai Konradas Karnišovas mista Timothy Hinchin nero Eran Yosef parted ways with Maksim "amidib" Skorokhod.
- / Team Majesty Team Majesty Inactive wLn Ahmed Shata Anoxai Anton Sobolev Fyco Swayy Alexey Lyapin parted with their Head Coach, Alexander "sashastripsa" Grishin.
- / Furious Gaming Furious Gaming Latin America South Rank #10 skyppervz Mikey Tap Luciano Pensa erde Neon tkzin parted ways with Felipe "rochet" Rochet and welcomed Omar "olzerr" Lopez and Daniel "Closer" Ataco in his place.
- / FUSION FUSION Latin America North Rank #6 Fresht Juan Pablo Preciado Winter Rei ezznap Faber Murillo welcomed a new manager in "INJU" .
- INFINITY INFINITY Inactive ligasa Rodrigo Castillo MatiS Matias Salgado Seraph Benjamin Rabinovich announced the departure of Fernando "Fross" Gallagher.
- // Velocity Gaming Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #21 adrnking Adrian Setiawan Hoax Aman Yadav sayoo Willy Ivandra Venka Venkatesh Sharma Kohliii Pranav Kohli welcomed two European imports in Adam "ec1s" Eccles and Domagoj "doma" Fancev. The team also benched Saksham "Deadly10" Aurangabadkar.
- Gods Reign Gods Reign Inactive Ember Garvit Nehra parted ways with Abhay "KnightRider" Mulchandani.
- / Anaadi Army Anaadi Army Inactive Kohliii Pranav Kohli DominiK Hrishikesh Khedkar SSSami Sami Ar Rahman Kishi Ngô Trường Huy DOXZ3R Soumyadeep Dey welcomed Ngô "Kishi" Trường Huy to their roster.
Results & Standings
- $3,000 FreshCut Community Series winner: Raw Dawgs Raw Dawgs Inactive Kasche1x Colbey Gardiner DraYstaR André Poitras PapaSmurf Jack Kreger | runner-up: Anime Super Soldiers Anime Super Soldiers Inactive Akula Zachy Dost Critical Tristan Trinacty SKIM Justin Jung fiziq Lucas Blow bjor Joseph Bjorklund
- Mystic Singularity Series #3 winner: 99 Strength 99 Strength Inactive tyfoon sharky Mike Gariti | runner-up: Mochi Fanclub Mochi Fanclub Inactive req Efren Mayuga zero cap Phil Pham Dogo Ethan Nguyen Kaoticcc Awkua Marco Li
- HyperX Arena: Spike Drop Operation V.E.G.A.S begins their playoffs
- Balkan Unite winner: Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Female Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Female Game Changers Rank #93 Moli SPOOKY bakkushaw Siana Anastasia Georgia Varkouta Lumine Katarina Crljen | runner-up: WLGaming Female Stars WLGaming Female Stars Inactive melloney Melloney Sekirin
- Valorant East: United - Season 2 - Stage 1 - Weekly Cup #6 winner: armani briefs armani briefs Inactive dreAms Adel Smirnov krea6on Vilius Malinauskas Kajuks Kajus Skurvydas 1nput alain Ion Miscu | runner-up: calamity L calamity L Europe Rank #111 bmblbe Paolo Peloza Gunners Krishan Patel
- Trinity Trials - Winter Trial remaining teams: Dragonslayerzzz Dragonslayerzzz Europe Rank #66 Atila shakie , K10 K10 Europe Rank #140 benzki Ben Price IllegaL Jacob Stringer merix Howl Connor Robinson Zuko , Kahood Kahood Inactive Skittles Yourii Blaise Vowkii Florian Pagnen eriksbe Roberts Slobodjans
- Challengers League Portugal Tempest: Split 1 remaining teams: SAW SAW Europe Rank #12 Fragger Henrique Correia brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa Addicted Eduardo Torres Cunha20 David Cunha , GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #160 Cal Callum Burgoyne H4te Rodrigo Ribeiro Kayn Tiago Teixeira Dos Santos Hiiro Eric Brassac Caim Hugo Fonseca , VIKINGS Fourteen VIKINGS Fourteen Inactive twokey brk Bruno Ferreira GrTw Tiago Costa VTaguT Rui Ribeiro KenzmPs Simão Azevedo Ds Daniel Silva , EGN Esports EGN Esports Europe Rank #50
- Challengers League DACH Evolution: Split 1 remaining teams: CGN Esports CGN Esports Europe Rank #7 elllement Dragan Milanović aNguiSt Ross Pendleton DaviH David Cruz BennY Benjamin Domgörgen Vince Vincent Kranz , Unicorns of Love Unicorns of Love Inactive bleeshh Christopher Bledowski , MOUZ MOUZ Europe Rank #10 xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Obnoks Nico Garczarczyk iluri Ilari Puranen Fizzy David Figueiredo starki Krzysztof Lewandrowski , Angry Titans Angry Titans Inactive ngiN Engin Kor HyDrO Lukas Brill
- World Cyber Games Challengers League Korea: Split 1 winner: Dplus Esports Dplus Esports Korea Rank #11 Yyy NGen Lee Jae-hong (이재홍) Hermes Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱) SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) iNTRO Kang Seung-gyun (강승균) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) | runner-up: Rio Company Rio Company Inactive SungJin Ko Sung-jin (고성진) Sunday Kim Min-soo (김민수) SeliG Um Hyun-sung (엄현성) LuZ Lim Ui-jun (임의준) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원)
- Challengers League Japan: Split 1 remaining teams: Crazy Raccoon Crazy Raccoon Inactive , SCARZ SCARZ Japan Rank #7 MrTenzouEz Lumo Maxim Demianovskikh tixx Nick Quinn Yotaa Yota Kaouachi Yoshiii John Yoshiharu Kawakami , FENNEL FENNEL Japan Rank #2 TENNN Tenta Asai GON CLZ SyouTa Xdll Yuto Mizomori
Other News & Rumours
- According to a report by Max Katz, Jaccob "yay" Whiteaker will not be part of Cloud9 Cloud9 North America Rank #9 Xeppaa Erick Bach runi Dylan Cade moose Kaleb Jayne vanity Anthony Malaspina OXY Francis Hoang 's active roster in the near future. At the time of writing, there has been no rumored replacement.
- In another report by Max Katz, Moist Esports is set to enter the North American scene with the signing of BreakThru BreakThru Inactive thief Brady Dever aproto Alex Protopapas sym Tyler Porter flyuh Xavier Carlson brawk Brock Somerhalder .