Natus Vincere is reportedly in talks to signal the FunPlus Phoenix roster that had a profitable 2022 Valorant Champions run internationally and domestically. The Ukrainian business enterprise hinted at the signing in an announcement video for their acceptance into the EMEA partnered league. NAVI additionally these days released two gamers left over from their 2022 Valorant roster that failed to smash via to worldwide play.
— Andrey Chernousov (@vTatsugm) September 25, 2022
According to a MoroEsports report, the Valorant roster has but to put pen to paper with NAVI, and one player, Ardis ‘Ardiis’ Svarenieks, may additionally strive to discover his alternatives elsewhere.
FPX Roster to NAVI?
If all the players and org do signal a deal, NAVI’s Valorant roster for the upcoming 2023 season would consist of head train Erik ‘d00mbr0s’ Sandgren, Dmitry ‘SUYGETSU’ Ilyushin, Pontus ‘Zyppan’ Eek, Kyrylo ‘ANGE1’ Karasov, Andrey ‘Shao’ Kiprsky, and Ardis ‘Ardiis’ Svarenieks.
All the gamers and head instructors are nonetheless beneath the FPX banner. The Chinese-based agency no longer controls making it into the Riot Games’ partnered leagues and is open to presents from different groups for their players.
Over the direction of 2022, this FPX roster certified for each global match possible. The crew ought to now not play in the Stage 1 Masters due to tour and visa problems however managed to make it to Masters Copenhagen as the EMEA 2nd seed and certified to Valorant Champions off of circuit points.
The group gained Masters Copenhagen after getting knocked into the decrease bracket early on in the Playoff Stage. At Valorant Champions the group positioned fourth after a loss to South Korean facet DRX. Domestically, FPX used to be dominant and solely misplaced to Fnatic and Acend over the direction of Stage 1 and Stage 2 Challengers.
But if this deal is done, we will see the complete FPX roster as one unit under NAVI except for Ardiis. It will be a heartbreaker for the fans as he was one of the star players throughout. So, would you like to see them move to NAVI or stick together? Let us know in the comments.
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