Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #22 MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjy David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius have welcomed Benjy "benjyfishy" David Fish into the team. He joins the team exactly one week before the start of the EMEA LCQ. The two were first linked last month, but the organization has only made the English player official today.

benjyfishy made a name for himself during his time as a Fortnite player for NRG, winning several of the FNCS' weekly qualifiers and top regional tournaments. He made his move to Valorant official last December, when he was picked up by Enterprise Esports Enterprise Esports Inactive LUKYYY Cantzer Václav Jan Stezka SH0UTyy Michal Glacner Hasaa Radim Haša Enrik Michal Vejvoda patagod Patrik Bojkovský for their VCL East run.

Enterprise had struggled to make their mark in the 2022 regional leagues, but showed a new face this year. They finished second to Acend Acend Europe Rank #10 ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi Br0die Jack Emmott baddyG Kamil Graniczka chiwa Egor Stepanyuk Vuubit Roope Eilola — who are fighting for VCT promotion — twice in the Eastern league's two splits. Enterprise still attended the VCT Ascension EMEA Play-In stage, but placed bottom of their group with a 1-1 record due to a small round differential in the tiebreakers.

benjyfishy is joining a Heretics roster that has put up lackluster results this year. An end-of-season move that saw assistant coach Brandon "weber" Weber replace Aleksander "zeek" Zygmunt on the roster was not enough to stop the team from finishing eighth in the VCT EMEA League, barring them from playoffs and leaving them to fight in the regional LCQ.

Heretics' first LCQ outing will be on July 19 against KOI KOI Europe Rank #167 kamo Kamil Frąckowiak ShadoW Tobias Flodström grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko starxo Patryk Kopczynski sheydos Bogdan Naumov , against whom they lost in the regular season. The winner will face Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #5 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Zyppan Pontus Eek SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin ardiis Ardis Svarenieks in the upper semifinals, but will have to make the grand finals if they are to reach VCT Champions 2023.

The 2023 EMEA LCQ runs from July 19 to July 23 and will draft two of the region's teams to Champions 2023, as a result of FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #1 Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder 's Masters Tokyo win. BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #17 Elite Efe Teber pAura Melih Karaduran Brave Eren Kasırga reazy Kaan Ürpek QutionerX Doğukan Dural , Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #8 MAGNUM Martin Penkov tomaszy Tomás Machado N4RRATE Marshall Massey marteen Martin Pátek sh1n Ryad Ensaad , and Giants Gaming Giants Gaming Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Fit1nho Adolfo Gallego nukkye Žygimantas Chmieliauskas hoody Aaro Peltokangas Cloud Kirill Nehozhin will play alongside the aforementioned teams in a double-elimination bracket. Tickets can be found here.

This year's Champions will be hosted in LA between August 6 and 27 among the 16 best VCT teams.