KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #5 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa heat Olavo Marcelo has brought back former player Olavo "heat" Marcelo, returning its active roster to five players ahead of Americas Stage 2.

"Very happy to be able to return to playing in Tier 1," heat said. "And it couldn't be anywhere else. Thank you for the opportunity!"

heat with KRÜ at Champions Seoul in 2024. heat with KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #5 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa heat Olavo Marcelo at Champions Seoul in 2024. (Photo by Riot Games)

The reunion comes over a year and a half after heat departed KRÜ at the end of the 2024 season, but he walks into a home with some new furniture. None of his teammates from that season are still with the team, but he is sure to have some familiarity with his new ones. He competed alongside mwzera on FURIA FURIA Brazil Rank #11 basic Luis Henrique Ferlin Tessaro Shyy Fabian Usnayo C0M Corbin Lee artzin Arthur Araujo koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio for a short period, sharing the stage at Americas Kickoff last year. While he has no previous ties to Dantedeu5 , as a competitor or as a teammate, the remaining two players on the team require little to no introduction, especially for a Brazilian Valorant pro. heat will now call saadhak and Less , two cornerstones of LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #5 lukxo Lucca Travaioli DaviH David Cruz Darker Sebastián Castro Cicuamia erde Roberto Lobos tkzin Enzo Zimiani loan cauanzin Cauan Pereira and Brazilian Valorant during its most dominant days, his teammates on KRÜ.

After sitting out for the entirety of Kickoff and fielding five stand-ins due to visa complications, KRÜ's main roster made its debut at Stage 1 and showed out. A 4-1 showing in the group stage saw the team topple Kickoff champions FURIA and defending world champions NRG NRG North America Rank #3 keiko Georgio Sanassy brawk Brock Somerhalder mada Adam Pampuch skuba Logan Jenkins Ethan Ethan Arnold to claim a one-game bye in the upper bracket. The team, however, could not capitalize on that, dropping two matches 2-0 to bow out of the event. Changes were made soon after, with the team benching silentzz shortly after its short-lived EWC Qualification run and parting ways with him earlier this week.

heat himself has been out of work since leaving FURIA at the end of the 2025 season. Before his one-season spell with KRÜ in 2024, he also played for MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #1 zekken Zachary Patrone tex Ian Botsch Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos in the first year of VCT's partnership era and for Champions Berlin attendees Keyd Stars Keyd Stars Inactive . While heat played mostly as FURIA's secondary Controller and Sentinel player towards the end of his FURIA stint, his background as a Duelist player may provide some flexibility for KRÜ should it look into fielding double-Duelist comps.

KRÜ Esports KRÜ Esports Latin America South Rank #5 saadhak Matias Delipetro mwzera Leonardo Serrati Less Felipe de Loyola Basso Dantedeu5 Jesús Federico Larrosa heat Olavo Marcelo 's full roster is now: