Loads of coaches make their means internationally to compete, however none greater than Gen.G’s former head coach, Chris “Elmapuddy” Tebbit, who went from CS:GO to NA VALORANT, Pacific VALORANT, and now to one among EMEA’s finest for this skilled Australian coach.
Fnatic has formally signed the previous Gen.G stalwart as their new head coach for the VCT 2024 season. This marks his first group swap in his VALORANT teaching profession, having been devoted to Gen.G since 2021 after they had been competing in North America. He caught round when the group rebuilt and went to Korea, serving to them end fourth within the Pacific League.
Now, Elmapuddy has some huge sneakers to fill. Fnatic had been the most effective group for almost all of the VCT 2023 season, profitable each LOCK//IN and Masters Tokyo. The group’s rise from EMEA rivals to the clear favourite throughout your complete world was thanks to 3 constant items: IGL Jake “Boaster” Howlett, duelist Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev, and former head coach Jacob “mini” Harris. Ever since their efficiency at Stage 2 Masters Reykjavík in 2021, the group caught with these three core items and constructed round them for future success.
The 2023 season proved to be their peak to this point, with a complete roster of potential high ten gamers worldwide. Boaster stepped his recreation up, and his management alongside mini helped the group full one of the essential comebacks in VALORANT historical past. Icebox in opposition to LOUD within the LOCK//IN finals was the true first step for Fnatic’s dominance, they usually continued it regionally. They confronted a velocity bump, dropping to Staff Liquid within the regional finals for the season, however they gained Masters Tokyo and headed into Champions 2023 with some momentum and all of the expertise on this planet.
In the end, it didn’t finish effectively for the group, dropping to LOUD in an in depth sequence and ending in fourth. They couldn’t finish the yr in addition to they began it, however they nonetheless proved themselves as a strong group, particularly since they haven’t had any roster adjustments heading into 2024. That was, until their head coach announced his departure, searching for a “higher work/life stability.”
So, Fnatic nonetheless have a top-four group on this planet that has confirmed itself able to profitable all of it, however misplaced their head coach.
Elmapuddy now has to fill within the position of a championship-level head coach, regardless of by no means profitable a serious event in VALORANT. It’s a excessive bar, however this Australian is aware of how you can work with gamers of various backgrounds and totally different languages. Then once more, sustaining Fnatic as a high group is a distinct activity completely.
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