Christian "nightz" Smith has announced that ENVY ENVY North America Rank #9 Eggsterr Evan Grady nightz Christian Smith has allowed him to explore his options for the 2027 season.

nightz becomes the sixth member of ENVY's year-end roster to enter free agency, as Rossy , Demon1 , keznit , GLYPH , and assistant coach WKN have all been allowed to explore their options. VCT's Global Contract Database details that, except Demon1's 2026 contract, all members of ENVY's squad had deals running through the 2027 season. With VCT set to enter a new partnership era starting this offseason, the outlook for ENVY's near future in Valorant appears cloudier than before.

After initially rising to fame as an original member of RANKERS RANKERS Inactive ion Ayan Rastogi P0PPIN Matteo Weber Eggsterr Evan Grady Inspire Hunter Schline canezerra Alex Banyasz , who joined the team three games into its inception, nightz joined Sentinels Sentinels North America Rank #10 Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm Jerrwin Gurjiwan Gill Marved Jimmy Nguyen stand-in johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid cortezia Gabriel Cortez JonahP Jonah Pulice 's academy roster, Cubert Academy Cubert Academy Inactive zander Alexander Dituri stand-in nightz Christian Smith . nightz and Cubert had a strong 2025 season, ending the year in fourth place after NA ACE Challengers Stage 3. He reunited with ENVY during the team's midseason break this year, with the team's run in the EWC Qualifiers his first action with the full NV squad.

On an ENVY team that had spent much of the year figuring out its on-stage identity, nightz played the Controller role, which is the position he has arguably been most identified with. However, arguably nightz's best play in an NV shirt came when he formed a double-Duelist pairing with keznit, often as the secondary, flashing Duelist. ENVY's form appeared to pick up heading into the Stage 2 Play-Ins, where wins over M80 M80 North America Rank #7 Kyu Mirel Braco Hrustemovic Spaz Adam Laamoumi Boni NiSMO Marc-Andre Tayar alvinboy Alvin Hong and Sentinels were followed up by losses to MIBR MIBR Brazil Rank #2 zekken Zachary Patrone tex Ian Botsch Mazino Roberto Rivas Verno Andrew Maust aspas Erick Santos and G2 Esports G2 Esports North America Rank #4 jawgemo Alexander Mor BABYBAY Andrej Francisty trent Trent Cairns valyn Jacob Batio leaf Nathan Orf .

With nightz the latest to leave in an offseason of exits, ENVY ENVY North America Rank #9 Eggsterr Evan Grady nightz Christian Smith 's full roster is now: