OFF//SEASON tournaments are approaching rapidly, and teams are spending the final days finalizing their rosters. Here's what you might have missed this past week in Valorant news.

• Last week: News Almost Missed Oct. 8

Roster Changes

• XSET Purple XSET Purple North America Rank #16 bunnybee made "bunnybee" official after playing alongside her for a month.
• / Wave Splash Wave Splash Europe Rank #20 Lil Chrizzkrieg Christina Kras Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig added SUPERPHROG123456 after she helped the team to victory in the Lioness Cup. Wave Splash currently sit atop the Project Queens League leaderboard.
• who cars? who cars? Europe Rank #77 Davud David Alexander Vig mishu Julius Thorslund Kyhl AKIMB0 Benjamin Kronborg Radski Conrad Micheal Raduchowski MTE Mads Elgaard has said goodbye to Benjamin "sunshine" Hornshøj Nielsen, Conrad "Radski" Micheal Raduchowski has joined the team on trial in his place.
• Fire Flux Esports Fire Flux Esports Europe Rank #14 Wo0t Mert Alkan yetujey Eray Budak dESTRUCTIVEE Hakan Lekesizer WerlasS Metin Ünal SasuKe Ufuk Göktaş 's Berk "Rip" Tepe moved from a substitute position within the team to a streamer for Fire Flux.
• Crest Gaming Zst Crest Gaming Zst Japan Rank #24 TenzouEz Hate Lee Ye-hun (이예훈) kobra Ha Su-hyun NeruFi GON marin welcomed "GON" and "marin" as part of their roster rebuild.
• / Yeom "eKo" Wang-ryong (염왕룡) left REIGNITE REIGNITE Japan Rank #20 Ask Seigi Yamamoto IceCore hyouka K1llgrave Kaminari after four months of inactivity.
• FW Esports FW Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #29 Geniuss jazper notxd Thanachok Rattanapranee xcool Nuttadet Wijit primmie Marjes bid farewell to Jittana "JitBoyS" Nokngam.
• 47 Gaming 47 Gaming Inactive วอนยอง Typing slash SoCoolSoDa siraphop Siraphop Honghirun and Apiwat "garnetS" Apiraksukumal have parted ways.
• Due to health issues, Neha "CaspeR" Sottany was forced to remove herself from Orangutan X Orangutan X Asia-Pacific Unranked zini Chloettw Chloe Wong Japips Sway capriciouS . She will stay under the Orangutan name as a content creator.
• Over at Orangutan Orangutan Asia-Pacific Rank #19 tesseract Jon Michael Piga azys Azis Nandang RvK Rishi Vijayakumar Antidote Sabyasachi Bose rawfiul Akram Virani 's male team, Vibhor "vibhoRR" Vaid and Garvit "Ember" Nehra are no longer a part of the squad.

Results & Standings

• Game Changers Series III: North America remaining teams: Cloud9 White Cloud9 White Inactive Bob Bob Tran alexis Alexis Guarrasi Jazzyk1ns Jasmine Manankil katsumi Katja Pfahnl meL Melanie Capone , Shopify Rebellion GC Shopify Rebellion GC North America Rank #2 flowerful Kayla Horton KP Erika Lytle sonder Diana Zhang Lorri Lorrian Elad bENITA Benita Novshadian , Misfits Black Misfits Black North America Rank #152 kxtieoh edith Slandy Presley Anderson Vernina Vernina Gozum
• Valorant East: United - Stage 3 - Weekly Cup #4 winner: MAJTKOMAT MAJTKOMAT Europe Rank #65 w0dash mermi cLeVerLy Dejan Lazaridis M1KKET Gusts Miezis darkosek | runner-up: Anonymo Esports Anonymo Esports Europe Rank #76 snikk Sebastian Kamiński xuss Tselmeg Tsolmon Stix Wojciech Chamielec grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko Katu Kacper Twórz
• Lioness Cup winner: Wave Splash Wave Splash Europe Rank #20 Lil Chrizzkrieg Christina Kras Sylva Anna Bruce-Doig | runner-up: Gorgless Gorgless Europe Rank #77 Flutura mattye TPQ Ginabina Serina
• Campeonato de Elite Cup - Stage 2 qualified: Arroz Arroz Inactive Zino Paulo Figueiredo Bati Miguel Batista DaviH David Cruz tomaszy Tomás Machado VTaguT Rui Ribeiro | remaining teams: Old Times Old Times Inactive Ds Daniel Silva KenzmPs Simão Azevedo stepa , FTW Evo FTW Evo Inactive Tigax Tiago Batista Easylife Rúben Moreira amak2k Tony Oliveira BALJEED George John SebiHussle Isaac Baldé , Panthers Esports Panthers Esports Europe Rank #240 PLUCKZ Paulo Correia TOTA Tomás Miranda weel Xavier Baião Ptf0x João Coelho fekz Raúl Carminho , XereCrazyMix XereCrazyMix Europe Rank #121 , GTZ Esports GTZ Esports Europe Rank #9 starkk Gabriel Marques OLIZERA Diogo Oliveira k1zpawn Ian Rebelo kamo Kamil Frąckowiak RobbieBk Robbie Boerkamp
• Game Changers Brazil - Series 2 kicked off its playoffs.
• Daejeon Valorant Invitational remaining teams: Team Secret Team Secret Asia-Pacific Rank #6 invy Adrian Jiggs Reyes lenne Lim You Xiang Lionel BORKUM Jim Timbreza JessieVash Jessie Cuyco DubsteP Jayvee Paguirigan Jremy Jeremy Cabrera , DRX DRX Korea Rank #1 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Rb Goo Sang-Min (구상민) Zest Kim Ki-seok (김기석) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) , CNJ esports CNJ esports Korea Rank #17 BENECIA Kim Jin-han (김진한) Wavy Jo Jun-hwan (조준환) AcMe Rain Seo Hong-seung (서홍승) Pay , FAV gaming FAV gaming Japan Rank #6 LOB Lim Byung-gun (임병건) Minty Daiki Kato fukuken Phantom Hideaki Nakai bazz
• The Esports Club Challenger Series 9 winner: BLEED BLEED Asia-Pacific Rank #4 sScary Nutchapon Matarat JayH Wong Jia Heng Deryeon Derrick Yee Juicy Tyler James Aeria crazyguy Ngô Công Anh | runner-up: Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #11 YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt n1zzy Nguyễn Tấn Thành WUKONG Nguyễn Văn Thiện f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn gin Phan Văn Gin
• Game Changers East Asia: Qualifier remaining teams: FENNEL GC FENNEL GC Japan Rank #69 Festival Len Curumi KOHAL , SPEAR GAMING Female SPEAR GAMING Female Korea Rank #66 YamzzI Park Su-jin (박수진) Haneul

Other News & Rumours

• KOI KOI Europe Rank #26 starxo Patryk Kopczynski koldamenta Jose Luis Aranguren sheydos Bogdan Naumov trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Wolfen Berkant Joshkun are set to sign a number of European talents, according to BLIX.GG. After reports surfaced they'd be adding Jose "koldamenta" Luis Aranguren and André "BARBARR" Möller, new information has linked Patryk "starxo" Kopczynski, Bogdan "sheydos" Naumov, and Berkant "Wolfen" Joshkun to KOI. Nikita "trexx" Cherednichenko should round out the team, according to BLIX.GG and Lembo, with Alex "goked" Kie coaching the team.
• / Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #6 Mixwell Oscar Cañellas AvovA Auni Chahade zeek Aleksander Zygmunt Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius keloqz Cista Wassim is close to signing Auni "AvovA" Chahade, who will join former teammate Oscar "Mixwell" Cañellas, according to BLIX.GG
• Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #3 MOLSI Michał Łącki Destrian Tomas Linikas Twisten Karel Ašenbrener BONECOLD Santeri Sassi ceNder Jokūbas Labutis is looking to sign three European players to bolster its roster, with its eyes set on OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive 's Michał "MOLSI" Łącki and Tomas "Destrian" Linikas, as well as BIG BIG Inactive 's Twisten , as reported by BLIX.GG and Dexerto.
• After a stint in NA with Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #2 Meteor Kim Tae-O (김태오) k1Ng Lee Seung-won (이승원) TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) eKo Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡) Secret Kim Ha-jin (김하진) , Emir "rhyme" Muminovic looks to return to Europe as Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Europe Rank #27 Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas rhyme Emir Muminovic Cloud Kirill Nehozhin 's IGL, according to BLIX.GG.
• / After Lucas Benaim reported Santiago "DaveeyS" Galvis Ruiz had signed with KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #2 NagZ Juan Pablo Lopez Klaus Nicolas Ferrari Melser Marco Eliot Machuca Amaro xand Alexandre Zizi DaveeyS Santiago Galvis Ruiz axeddy Carlos Alberto , Sporting Director Tomás Castiglione confirmed both parties are in advanced negotiations for 2023.
• / In the process of building their 10-men roster, Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #8 Bazzi Park Jun-ki (박준기) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) SkRossi Ganesh Gangadhar WRONSKI Michael Wronski Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Monyet Cahya Nugraha AYRIN Jordan He are rumored by Run It Back to be in deep talks with ex- ORDER ORDER Inactive WRONSKI Michael Wronski rDeeW Riley Wilkinson Texta Matthew O’Rourke disk0 Cameron Mac Maple Elvin Sun Michael "WRONSKI" Wronski.
• According to Seulgi, EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 ZmjjKK Yongkang Zheng (郑永康) nobody Sen Xu Wang (王森旭) CHICHOO Shun Zhi Wan (万顺治) Smoggy Zhao Zheng (张钊) Haodong Hao Dong Guo (郭浩东) star Dong "Life" Hao Qu (瞿东豪) has been absent from scrims and Zhao "Smoggy" Zheng (张钊) has been seen in his place, suggesting the former might be leaving. According to Bo Hoogland, nothing is set in stone as of yet and the team is undergoing testing changes.