Team Heretics
Team Heretics
Europe
Rank #1
MiniBoo
Dominykas Lukaševičius
Wo0t
Mert Alkan
RieNs
Enes Ecirli
benjyfishy
Benjamin David Fish
Boo
Ričardas Lukaševičius
have welcomed Benjamin "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 #12
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
— 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 #89
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 #7
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 #2
hiro
Emirhan Kat
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Boaster
Jake Howlett
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
's Masters Tokyo win.
BBL Esports
BBL Esports
Europe
Rank #32
Elite
Efe Teber
pAura
Melih Karaduran
Brave
Eren Kasırga
reazy
Kaan Ürpek
QutionerX
Doğukan Dural
,
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Rank #18
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.