Valorant Champions competition is nearing its end, but that didn't stop the rest of the Valorant world from creating new headlines. Here's what you might have missed this past week.
This week's edition covers news from Sept. 11 - Sept. 17.
- Read more: News Almost Missed Sept. 10
Roster Changes
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XSET
XSET Inactive Bob Bob Tran katsumi Katja Pfahnl parted ways with Elena "Ellie" Garland.
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Native Gaming
Native Gaming Inactive reltuC Stephen Cutler benched Paul "ADRENALINE" Baker.
- Reid "x0tek"
Johnson announced that he had been officially released from
Cloud9 White
Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone .
- Cameron "FireBallOps"
Tomaselli revealed that he had exited
The Silk Road
The Silk Road Inactive GLYPH Conner Garcia Neon Austin Hedge d1msumboi Erik Almhjell and was looking for new opportunities as a free agent.
- / David "Davidp"
Prins announced that he had departed
DSYRE
DSYRE Europe Rank #3 caydeN Yari Olmi Tag Alessandro Voci wackie Rikardo Birjukov waddle Wadir Taraki Filu Dawid Czarnecki and was looking for a new team as a free agent.
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Guild GC
Guild GC Europe Rank #77 Xaline Laure Mateos welcomed Tommaso "joYnt" Gavioli as the team's new coach.
- / All members of
Team BDS
Team BDS Inactive bramz Bayram Ben Redjeb announced that they would be looking for new opportunities while still under contract with the organization.
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FOKUS
FOKUS Europe Rank #46 Lime Jacob Foster bucher Maximilian Bucher SEIDER Mathias Seider al0rante Felix Brandl YaBoiLewis Lewis Hughes bid farewell to Ilari "iluri" Puranen.
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UCAM Esports Club
UCAM Esports Club Europe Rank #14 Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh Famsii Ramses Valentino Erasmus Koivukangas OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira azury Luca Sammer Quick Fabián Pereira unveiled an all-new roster.
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Case Esports
Case Esports Inactive parted ways with Štěpán "Ambi" Beránek and rounded out their roster with Marco "HearthBeat" Soffia, Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius, and Dawid "Filu" Czarnecki.
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Rebels Velvet
Rebels Velvet Europe Rank #42 completed their roster with Julie "Pinkalie" Lim and Dana "Danah" Al-Madhoun.
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Team Heretics
Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius welcomed back Melih "pAura" Karaduran to their roster.
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Fenerbahçe Esports
Fenerbahçe Esports Europe Rank #158 DeadInk Utku Onur Aydin sturNN Eren Oduncular JrayN Ferhat Yılmaz samed Yigox cacan Mert Çaçan coach Ümit "Omit" Boz revealed that he was in search of new opportunities while still under contract with the organization.
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DRX
DRX Korea Rank #2 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) welcomed miKa as a trial player and trainee into their main roster.
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Velocity Gaming
Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #18 adrnking Adrian Setiawan Hoax Aman Yadav sayoo Willy Ivandra Venka Venkatesh Sharma Kohliii Pranav Kohli overhauled their roster by moving Mohit "mw1" Wakle out of the active lineup, acquiring Saksham "Deadly10" Aurangabadkar from Reckoning Esports
Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #28 RvK Rishi Vijayakumar DOXZ3R Soumyadeep Dey LBY Eisuke Kuraoka karam1l Norbu Tsering , and welcoming David "Dav" Miljanić to their team as coach.
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Reckoning Esports
Reckoning Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #28 RvK Rishi Vijayakumar DOXZ3R Soumyadeep Dey LBY Eisuke Kuraoka karam1l Norbu Tsering said goodbye to Saksham "Deadly10" Aurangabadkar and Jay "LuffysaN" Patil, with the former joining Velocity Gaming
Velocity Gaming Asia-Pacific Rank #18 adrnking Adrian Setiawan Hoax Aman Yadav sayoo Willy Ivandra Venka Venkatesh Sharma Kohliii Pranav Kohli and the latter becoming a part of Revenant Esports
Revenant Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar dos9 Zhumagali Dastan sultan Sultan Akbay skillZ Jayanth Ramesh tricky Prish Valvani Paradox Kasif Sayyed .
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Enigma Gaming
Enigma Gaming Inactive Divine Yeoh Chun Ting FREY Ingram Tan STYRON Tidus Goh Xan artn Ayrton Soh bid farewell to Tejas "Rexy" Kotian.
Results & Standings
- TGH x Birds of Prey Episode 4 winner:
Case Hydra
Case Hydra Europe Rank #24 | runner-up: Fire Flux Fierce
Fire Flux Fierce Inactive jduh Ceyda Kondu Lateu Hilal Yaşar rayka Zeynep Kalkan Liyan Jiex Şura Yıldırım
- Valorant East United Stage 3 Weekly Cup #1 winner:
Zero Tenacity
Zero Tenacity Europe Rank #30 Krizz Krzysztof Łukaszkiewicz snikk Sebastian Kamiński kenobi Szymon Łabędzki ALMO Albert Moscicki Freyy Krystian Konopka | runner-up: TENSTAR
TENSTAR Inactive Buld Michał Sokal kacpi Kacper Wolski maniek Jakub Mańkowski Stix Wojciech Chamielec
- Predator League 2022 Philippines playoffs winner:
Rex Regum Qeon
Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #25 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Lmemore Hagai Kristen Yesyurun Jemkin Maksim Batorov Estrella Park Gun (박건) | runner-up: South Built Esports
South Built Esports Inactive azys Azis Nandang Pro Chris Martir flippy Philip Marique
- LPL Winter Cup Legends 2022 playoffs winner:
REIGN
REIGN Inactive MaiShiu Matthew Wu xsus Raymond Wang Minimise Jackson White WAT Lewis Watson M1kE Michael Smith | runner-up: Funcrew
Funcrew Oceania Rank #10 skrawl Justin Lanzon YAKUZA Yifang Yifang Chen MirzAA Kiyan M-Basari
Other News & Rumors
- According to a report from Alejandro "anonimotum" Gomis on Blix.GG, French esports organization Joblife is building a Valorant roster for 2023. The organization's entry into the French regional league isn't confirmed, and names for who the French organization were eyeing were not named. However, with selected teams not able to field academy rosters, it's possible that a spot may be opened up for Joblife to enter into the French regional league, which is filled with many high-profile organizations. No information as to who has been confirmed for the French regional league has been revealed.