Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #2
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
leaf
Nathan Orf
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
runi
Dylan Cade
jakee
Jake Anderson
have signed two fresh prospects, Dylan "runi"
Cade and Jake "jakee"
Anderson, ahead of their first match in the VCT 2023 Americas League.

Formerly of
Soniqs
Soniqs
Inactive
, runi and his team often found themselves falling just outside of top placements in Tier 2 tournaments such as Knights Monthly and BoomTV Proving Grounds events, usually finishing among the top four teams as they prepared for the upcoming Challengers Leagues.
After exiting early from the Challengers League: NA Open Qualifiers, runi and the rest of Soniqs fell to
The Nation
The Nation
Inactive
brax
Braxton Pierce
Rossy
Daniel Abedrabbo
Stewie2k
Jake Yip
TiGG
Tanner Spanu
WARDELL
Matthew Yu
in the early stages of the LCQ, but managed to keep their hopes alive after performing a lower bracket run to meet
OREsports
OREsports
North America
Rank #14
nillyaz
Chase Linder
zeldris
Elijah Hawkins
Jonaaa6
Jonard Penaflor
fiziq
Lucas Blow
Paincakes
Jake Hass
in the lower final. One match away from qualifying for Split 1, Soniqs fell to their adversaries in a heartbreaking overtime defeat. Shortly after his bout against ORE, runi found himself without a team for a time being before signing with Cloud9.
Prior to joining Cloud9, jakee also made appearances in the Tier 2 scene, most notably playing for
Team Reckaroo
Team Reckaroo
Inactive
Blahst
Nathan Brand
Tim
Timothy Braun
kev
Kevin Pham
Nanners
Anderson Lutkehus
yiinel
Elias Soto
for a year before attempting to earn a ticket to Split 1 with
NSIC
NSIC
North America
Rank #13
epathy
Ngawang Chonjor
neptune
Jason Tran
Lear
Dayton Akau
riku
Chris Piasecki
snirot
Edmon Ghanem
. Although his team was unable to make deep runs in either of the Challengers League qualifiers, jakee was able to find success elsewhere after joining
UST Esports
UST Esports
North America
Rank #9
nate
Nathanael Miles
Tiger
Anthony Colon
Xhowi
Luis Enmanuel Corcino Garcia
seyq
and taking them through the CVAL South Winter Tournament to qualify for the College Valorant Championship LAN in May.
Cloud9's new pickups join after the release of Jaccob "yay"
Whiteaker and Anthony "vanity"
Malaspina following the team's short-lived run at LOCK//IN, where a three-map match against
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)
sent Cloud9 to the skies on their way back from Brazil. The team is set to play in the Americas League and will debut runi and jakee in their first match against
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #7
Boostio
Kelden Pupello
ScrewFace
Kyle Jensen
Demon1
Max Mazanov
Ethan
Ethan Arnold
BcJ
Brendan Jensen
C0M
Corbin Lee
Apoth
Vincent Le
Reformed
Jeffrey Lu
jawgemo
Alexander Mor
on Sunday, April 2.
Cloud9
Cloud9
North America
Rank #2
Xeppaa
Erick Bach
leaf
Nathan Orf
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
runi
Dylan Cade
jakee
Jake Anderson
's complete roster is now: