Zombs retires from professional VALORANT, however will keep on Sentinels

Former key member of Sentinels’ VALORANT staff zombs isn’t returning to professional play, he admitted during a live stream on Nov. 24.

Zombs’ future as knowledgeable VALORANT participant has been up within the air since April 2022, when Sentinels benched him throughout the season and introduced Eric “Kanpeki” Xu. Sentinels revamped the roster with the signings of Sacy and pANcada after making it by means of the franchising program and zombs tried to place a brand new staff collectively, however he realized competitors is not for him.

“I used to be scrimming for like per week,” zombs stated. “The staff I used to be making had some potential and we had some potential organizations . However then I went to Los Angeles, I talked to the SEN proprietor, and now I by no means wish to go away SEN. I’m staying on SEN endlessly. I’ve been on SEN for the reason that starting, since they’d like zero followers. I’m not going to compete once more. It’s not value it for me anymore. I’ve alternatives which are higher for the long run, which are higher in each side than competing.”

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Zombs grew bored with competing after he realized it’s “inconceivable” to type a staff with each participant on the identical web page. Each lineup has too many issues and isn’t value spending years of life grinding a recreation, in accordance with him.

The 24-year-old has been part of Sentinels since March 2019, when he nonetheless was an Apex Legends professional. He transitioned to VALORANT in 2020 beneath the group and joined the primary lineup Sentinels assembled in April 2020.

Sentinels dominated the North American scene in 2020 and carried that momentum to Could 2021, once they turned the primary winners of a world VALORANT match at VCT Masters Two Reykjavík.

Though it’s not official but, it’s possible that zombs shall be part of Sentinels’ staff of VALORANT content material creators, which additionally consists of tarik, aceu, and sinatraa.

Author: Ronnie Neal