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FPX took the trophy at Valorant Masters Copenhagen.
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 group hinted on the signing in an announcement video for his or her acceptance into the EMEA partnered league. NAVI additionally not too long ago launched two gamers left over from their 2022 Valorant roster that failed to interrupt via to worldwide play.
Based on a Dot Esports report, the Valorant roster has but to place pen to paper with NAVI, and one participant, Ardis ‘ardiis’ Svarenieks, could attempt to discover his choices elsewhere.
If all of the gamers and org do signal a deal, NAVI’s Valorant roster for the upcoming 2023 season would include head coach Erik ‘d00mbr0s’ Sandgren, Dmitry ‘SUYGETSU’ Ilyushin, Pontus ‘Zyppan’ Eek, Kyrylo ‘ANGE1’ Karasov, Andrey ‘Shao’ Kiprsky, and ardiis.
All of the gamers and head coach are nonetheless below the FPX banner. The Chinese language-based group didn’t handle to make it into the Riot Video games’ partnered leagues and are open to gives from different groups for his or her gamers as first reported by Dexerto.
FPX roster transferring on to the partnered league
ardiis was a transparent star in FPX’s 2022 run.
Over the course of 2022, this FPX roster certified for each worldwide match potential. The workforce couldn’t play within the Stage 1 Masters resulting from journey and visa problems however managed to make it to Masters Copenhagen because the EMEA second seed and certified to Valorant Champions off of circuit factors.
The workforce received Masters Copenhagen after getting knocked into the decrease bracket early on within the Playoff Stage. At Valorant Champions the workforce positioned fourth after a loss to South Korean facet DRX.
Domestically, FPX was dominant and solely misplaced to Fnatic and Acend over the course of Stage 1 and Stage 2 Challengers.