NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #4 crashies Austin Roberts Victor Victor Wong Marved Jimmy Nguyen Ethan Ethan Arnold Demon1 Max Mazanov have added Ardis "ardiis" Svarenieks as the fifth member of their roster for the 2023 franchised league. The announcement comes after NRG revealed the ex- OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive core plus returning member Sam "s0m" Oh as the first four members of their new roster going into 2023.

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Please welcome @ardiis to the NRG VALORANT roster.

ardiis joins NRG after a year at the top of EMEA competition with FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks , with the crowning moment of the year being the team's championship run at Stage 2 Masters Copenhagen in July. Unfortunately, the team fell short en route to a title at Valorant Champions following two losses at the hands of DRX DRX Korea Rank #2 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) BuZz Yu Byung-chul (유병철) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) in the playoffs, closing out the team's VCT year with a top four finish.

While the majority of FPX would eventually stick together to become Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #4 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin ardiis Ardis Svarenieks , ardiis opted out of joining his former teammates under NAVI, with former Acend Acend Europe Rank #8 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka chiwa Egor Stepanyuk Vuubit Roope Eilola player Mehmet "cNed" Yağız İpek slotting into the new NAVI roster as their fifth.

While the former FPX player's move to North America is the first EMEA-to-NA roster move of the offseason, he's not the only player that has ventured outside their region for the 2023 franchised league. In early October, Jordan "AYRIN" He joined Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #68 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Polvi Niko Polvinen Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes as their new team captain in what would eventually blossom into a multi-national roster filled with talent from the Pacific region. Later that month, Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #1 TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi also dipped into the international talent pool to acquire Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi and Bryan "pANcada" Luna from LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #1 Quick Gabriel Lima saadhak Matias Delipetro Less Felipe de Loyola tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira in the team's roster rebuild for 2023.

With ardiis now the fifth player in NRG's ranks, it has been forecasted that Zander "thwifo" Kim will join the team as their sixth man.

The roster of NRG Esports NRG Esports North America Rank #4 crashies Austin Roberts Victor Victor Wong Marved Jimmy Nguyen Ethan Ethan Arnold Demon1 Max Mazanov is currently: