It is tough to think about that after a stacked and aggressive VCT 2022 season, some of Valorant’s fine gamers are now free agents. With solely 30 groups chosen for Riot Games’ partnership program, the developer had to make some tough preferences and go away some deserving groups out. Partnered groups will be competing in subsequent year’s worldwide leagues in three areas — Americas, EMEA, and the Pacific — with every location having 10 teams.
With the recent news that @OpTic denied into the partnership program, I've been allowed to explore new opportunities as a restricted F/A. I am open to all partnership teams in both North America and EMEA.
If interested: DM me or contact my agent @ggbench
— OpTic yay (@yay) September 22, 2022
And due to the fact the previous aggressive overall performance was once now not a key consideration, some championship-winning groups like OpTic Gaming and FunPlus Phoenix did no longer make the cut. This has left the great gamers in an not likely state of affairs — on the market and searching for new possibilities with groups that made it into the worldwide leagues.
Valorant Free Agents List:
Here are all the largest names in Valorant Free Agents at the moment:
| PLAYER | FORMER TEAM |
| Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin | M3C |
| Bogdan “Sheydos” Naumov | M3C |
| Igor “Redgar” Vlasov | M3C |
| Timofey “Chronicle” Khromov | M3C |
| Yaroslav “Jady” Nikolaev | M3C |
| James “Mistic” Orfila | Fnatic |
| Enzo “Enzo” Mestari | Fnatic |
| Auni “AvovA” Chahade | G2 Esports |
| Oscar “mixwell” Cañellas Colocho | G2 Esports |
| Aaro “hoody” Peltokangas | G2 Esports |
| Johan “Meddo” Renbjörk Lundborg | G2 Esports |
| Žygimantas “nukkye” Chmieliauskas | G2 Esports |
| Jimmy “Marved” Nguyen | OpTic Gaming |
| Pujan “FNS” Mehta | OpTic Gaming |
| Jaccob “yay” Whiteaker | OpTic Gaming |
| Victor “Victor” Wong | OpTic Gaming |
| Austin “crashies” Roberts | OpTic Gaming |
Chet “Chet” Singh (coach) |
OpTic Gaming |
| Nico “Obnoks” Garczarczyk | BIG |
| Alessio “musashi” Xhaferi | BIG |
| Ceyhun “AslaN” Aslan | BIG |
| Niels “luckeRRR” Jasiek | BIG |
| Karel “Twisten” Ašenbrener | BIG |
| Vakaris “vakk” Bebravičius | Acend |
| Mehmet Yağız “cNed” İpek | Acend |
| Travis “L1NK” Mendoza | Acend |
| Patryk “starxo” Kopczyński | Acend |
| Ondřej “MONSTEERR” Petrů | Acend |
| Ha “Sayaplayer” Jung-woo | The Guard |
| Jonah “JonahP” Pulice | The Guard |
| Michael “neT” Bernet | The Guard |
| Jacob “valyn” Batio | The Guard |
| Matthew “mCe” Elmore (coach) | The Guard |
| Tautvydas “hype” Paldavicius | OG LDN UTD |
| Lukas “feqew” Petrauskas | OG LDN UTD |
| Michał “MOLSI” Łącki | OG LDN UTD |
| Tomas “Destrian” Linikas | OG LDN UTD |
| Ričardas “Boo” Lukaševičius | OG LDN UTD |
| Daniel “Rossy” Abedrabbo | TSM |
| Corey “corey” Nigra | TSM |
| Kaleb “moose” Jayne | Shopify Rebellion |
| Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro | Version1 |
| Alexander “Zander” Dituri | Version1 |
| Maxim “wippie” Shepelev | Version1 |
| Loic “effys” Sauvageau | Version1 |
| Erik “penny” Penny | Version1 |
| Gabriel “v1xen” Martins | NiP |
| Cauan “cauanzin” Pereira | NiP |
| Gabriel Luiz “bezn1” da Costa | NiP |
| Walney “Jonn” Reis | NiP |
| Alexandre “xand” Zizi | NiP |
| Mitch “mitch” Semago | Cloud9 |
| Rahul “curry” Nemani | Cloud9 |
| Gary “blaZek1ng” Dastin | BOOM Esports |
| Saibani “fl1pzjder” Rahmad | BOOM Esports |
| Jordan “AYRIN” He | XSET |
| Brendan “BcJ” Jensen | XSET |
| Zachary “zekken” Patrone | XSET |
| Rory “dephh” Jackson | XSET |
| Matthew “Cryocells” Panganiban | XSET |
| Nikita “trexx” Cherednichenko | Guild Esports |
| Saif “Sayf” Jibraeel | Guild Esports |
| Russel “Russ” Mendes | Guild Esports |
| Joshua “steel” Nissan | T1 |
| Eric “Kanpeki” Xu | Sentinels |
| Quan “dicey” Tran | FaZe Clan |
| Xavier “flyuh” Carlson | FaZe Clan |
| Phat “supamen” Le | FaZe Clan |
| Riley “witz” Go | Team Secret |
North America, in particular, has considered some of the largest names enter free agency. OpTic Gaming, XSET, The Guard, and FaZe Clan — 4 of the 5 pinnacle groups in NA that completed with the most VCT 2022 circuit factors — did no longer make it into franchising, leaving almost all their gamers in search of new opportunities.
Summary
Elsewhere, OpTic’s Victor and crashies additionally introduced that they had been searching to be part of a partnered group as a duo. The relaxation of OpTic, together with celebrity Yay, Marved, FNS, and coach Chet, are exploring their selections as well.
OpTic Gaming has been one of the most constant Valorant rosters this year, putting inside the pinnacle three at each and every global LAN they attended in the VCT 2022 season. They gained Masters Reykjavik, completed 1/3 at Masters Copenhagen, and have been the runner-up at Valorant Champions 2022.
After their stellar year, yay installed himself as arguably the fine and most dependable participant in the world. The 24-year-old topped the leaderboards in most records at some point of the VCT 2022 season, and he will no doubt be inundated with offers, having expressed a willingness to be part of both a North American or EMEA team.
T1 is making large modifications as well. Despite an formerly dedication to North America, the agency is transferring its Valorant roster lower back to Korea for the Pacific League. Meanwhile, in-game chief metal is persevering with to pursue possibilities in North America.
Meanwhile, TSM, one of the most recognizable agencies in the world, introduced that they will proceed to subject a aggressive Valorant roster. However, it is permitting some gamers to discover franchising options.
Even groups that made it into franchising are searching to keep for higher talent. Cloud9 benched mitch and curry, whilst Team Secret moved Witz to their inactive roster. With the sheer caliber of intelligence searching to be a part of one of the 30 partnered teams, this Valorant offseason is shaping up to be one of the most thrilling yet.
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