#AlwaysFnatic - Fnatic Valorant announces the final member of VCT 2023 roster
The #2 team in EMEA, Fnatic Valorant, finally announced their initial roster going into the VCT 2023 season, adding Leo from Guild and Chronicle from M3C/Gambit to the core of Boaster, Alfajer and Derke. With the new roster, the team will be looking to take the VCT 2023 kickoff tournament by strong and will surely be one of the strongest teams in the tournament.
SUMN FC - The humble beginnings:
Credits: Riot GamesBoaster, along with Doma, Mistic, dinkzj, Moe40 and Mini as the coach, started Sage Ult my Nan Football club, SUMN FC. Soon, Dinkjz left the roster, and tsack joined the roster.
The roster had multiple significant results winning LAVA series 6, epic. WAN 31 and eventually qualifying for First Strike Europe and the Playoffs.
The team, unfortunately, lost to heretics and placed second in the First Strike Europe. Many considered them as the strongest team in EU, despite the second place finish. And towards the end of 2020, Sumn FC was the top orgless team in EU.
Fnatic Valorant - A retorspect:
Fnatic picked up the Orgless SUMN FC, and the team with Derke and Magnum made an impressive Stage 2 run to qualify for the first international Valorant LAN. At VCT Masters 2 Reykjavik, the team placed second behind Sentinels. The team missed the VCT Stage 3 Masters, and a disappointing run at Valorant champions ended their Valorant 2021 year.
At the start of 2022, Doma was benched by Fnatic, and BraveAF came into the roster. With BraveAf, Fnatic went undefeated at VCT Stage 1 EMEA Challengers Group Stage and qualified for Masters I 2022. BraveAF was suspended for his comments online, and Derke's VISA issues led to Fnatic's group stage exit in VCT Masters 1 Reykjavik 2022.
Credit: Riot GamesAlfajer and Enzo joined the roster for the Stage 2 Challengers replacing Magnum and BraveAF. This roster went undefeated at the VCT EMEA Stage 2 Challengers winning the whole event without dropping a series. But the team struggled in VCT Masters Copenhagen, placing 4th. The Valorant Champion results could have been better, too, with the team placing 5th-6th.
Despite the struggles, The team has been one of the most consistent and beloved team in Valorant Esports in 2022 and have been a fan favourite to win tournaments along with DRX.
VCT 2023 Fnatic:
With the fan following, strong rapport and results, Fnatic was selected for the Valorant Partnership program.
VCT Partnership: Secured ✅ VCT Domination: Incoming ⚡️ FNATIC x VCT EMEA. Thank you @ValorantEsports for believing in us and thank you to our fans for always supporting us. #ALWAYSFNATIC
With the announcement came the departure of Mistic and Enzo from the roster. Fnatic announced the joining of Leo from Guild ahead of the Superdome tournament, and the team won the event over Ascent with domination.
Welcome Min-, sorry, @leojannesson to Fnatic Valorant! *Pending Riot Approval
Today, Fnatic announced Chronicle, the final piece of the puzzle.
A new chronicle begins...
Chronicle and Leo are among the strongest players in the region and have proven themselves on the big stage. With the addition of Leo and Chronicle, the team has emerged as the strongest in EMEA. Along with the rumoured NAVI, the team will be one of the toughest in VCT'23.
The most interesting thing about the line-up is the players are already great at the roles they play, and are one to one replacement to the old Fnatic players. The Line-up will debut in Rio and will be the team to beat.
The finalised Fnatic line-up for VCT 2023 lineup is:
- Jake "Boaster" Howlett
- Leo "Leo" Jannesson
- Nikita "Derke" Sirmtev
- Timofey "Chronicle" Khromov
- Emir "Alfajer" Ali Beder
- Jacob "Mini" Haris (Coach)
Image Credit: Fnatic Valorant