After an intensive interval of looking out and trialing, G2 has discovered its dynamic duelist who will be part of the just lately signed squad of ex-The Guard gamers for the 2024 VALORANT season in VCT Americas.
Nathan “leaf” Orf, former celebrity duelist for Cloud9, will be part of G2 and tackle the first duelist entry function for the group that simply received Ascension, the org introduced immediately.
With the transfer, G2’s beginning lineup for the 2024 VCT Americas group is now set. The group pounced on the opportunity to sign The Guard’s players after Riot permitted them to court docket affords from varied groups following their launch from their earlier org. G2 CEO Alban Dechelotte instructed Dot Esports that G2 beat out “roughly 17” organizations that have been vying to choose up the gamers, although others have claimed that quantity is even higher.
When Dechelotte spoke to Dot Esports on Sept. 22, he stated the group was “nonetheless deciding” on its fifth within the midst of a “particular offseason.” In simply the duelist class alone, and simply from VCT Americas expertise, duelists like jawgemo, leaf, aspas, yay, and Demon1 have been all probably on the desk on the time of Dechelotte’s assertion.
Leaf joins the G2 roster after a three-year odyssey with C9 that featured quite a few roster strikes, a world occasion look at Champions 2021, but additionally a number of cases the place the group stumbled on the end line, simply shy of qualifying for much more worldwide tournaments.
C9 has introduced again a familiar face in in-game leader Anthony “vanity” Malaspina and is coincidentally counting on a possible breakout star who performed for G2 final 12 months to step in and tackle leaf’s duties: Francis “OXY” Hoang. Whereas C9 has already performed in the course of the offseason, leaf and G2 will make their debut on Thursday, Oct. 26 in a showmatch towards Sentinels.
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