With FNATIC鈥檚 victory over DRX today, we are guaranteed to see atleast one ex-Champions winner being crowned again to become the first 2x Champion, either
FNC Milan 馃嚦馃嚤 (Champs 2021)
or
NRG Ethan 馃嚭馃嚫 (Champs 2023)
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RUMOR: Riot Games has informed teams that there will be a drastic change regarding how utility is handled in VALORANT
This change will be in affect for the Game Changers Championship in Seoul 馃嚢馃嚪
It is said that it will be a change to counter utility spam and power creep.
ALT pic unrelated i just wanted to add one
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ABYSS CHANGE GONE UNNOTICED:
You will ONLY be able to plant in the highlighted area.
You CANNOT plant close to the ledge or on the ledge anymore.
On the other side you will only be able to plant BEHIND the box.
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Sources: NAVI 馃嚭馃嚘 signed ANGE1 馃嚭馃嚘 as Head Coach for their VCT 2026 Roster.
ANGE1 馃嚭馃嚘 was previously a player for NAVI however recently announced his retirement to pursue coaching.
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Sources:
G2 馃嚜馃嚭 has signed former Karmine Corp player Nelo 馃嚝馃嚪 to complete their GC Roster.
G2 馃嚜馃嚭 is now:
mimi 馃嚛馃嚢
amy 馃嚦馃嚤
Petra 馃嚦馃嚤
Nelo 馃嚝馃嚪
Vania 馃嚬馃嚪
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no way
ALT This is SATIRE
Community note
This is fake, there has been no such competitive ruling issued by Riot Games. Cloud9 is still in VCT Americas.
valorantesports.com/en-US/new
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LEAK: NEW Cypher Tripwire Update
You will only be revealed at the same time that you get stunned, rather than instantly.
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Sources: FURIA 馃嚙馃嚪 will sub in these 5 players for the start of their VCT Americas run:
jakee 馃嚭馃嚫
penny馃嚚馃嚘
stellar 馃嚭馃嚫
bdog 馃嚭馃嚫
add3r 馃嚭馃嚫
#VCTAMERICAS
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Sources w/ @akamaruval: Reduxx 馃嚭馃嚫 set be promoted from Cubert Academy to the Sentinels 馃嚭馃嚫 main roster for the VCT 2026 Season.
Reduxx 馃嚭馃嚫 will take the smokes position for the roster.
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Sources w/ @akamaruval: dgzin 馃嚙馃嚪 has reached a verbal agreement with Evil Geniuses 馃嚭馃嚫 for the VCT 2026.
The player was previously on LOUD 馃嚙馃嚪, prior to being transferred to Team Solid 馃嚙馃嚪 in the middle of the 2025 season.
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All initiator signature recharge time will be changed from 40s to 60s.
#VALORANT
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2025 VCT PREDICTIONS
1. Vitality fails; derke rejoins FNATIC after they have a good but underwhelming season
2. NAVI shocks, qualifying to atleast champs
3. M8 far exceeds all expectations domestically but will fail at internationals
4. MIBR sucks
5. C9 removes mitch and adds back Rossy from TSM
6. DFM doesn't do well
7. In atleast one China event, Wolves will defeat EDG in the grand finals
8. 100T will choke at some point during the year
9. Heretics doesn't win anything - they come 2nd domestically but grouped at internationals
10. FUT comes 4th at an international
11. PRX wins something
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Sources: marteen 馃嚚馃嚳 reached a verbal agreement with Gentle Mates 馃嚝馃嚪
Marteen 馃嚚馃嚳 previously played for Karmine Corp, which he won the VCT EMEA 2024.
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SMG Changes:
Stinger:
- Spread reduced but accrues faster
- Recoil ramps more aggressively, total recoil unchanged
Spectre:
- Spread reduced
- Tap efficiency increased
- Protected bullet count adjusted
- Horizontal recoil switch time increased
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Sources:
Team Falcons Vega 馃嚫馃嚘 has signed former Xipto Esports player Kamiyu 馃嚨馃嚟 to complete their GC Roster.
Team Falcons Vega 馃嚫馃嚘 is now:
enerii 馃嚠馃嚛
Alexy 馃嚨馃嚟
Mary 馃嚙馃嚟
Madv 馃嚫馃嚘
Kamiyu 馃嚨馃嚟
Alongside this, Falcons will be switching regions to SEA.
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Sources: Luinwess 馃嚬馃嚪 has reached a verbal agreement with Gentle Mates 馃嚝馃嚪 to build their VALORANT roster for the 2026 Season.
He previously built the BBL 馃嚬馃嚪 2025 Roster alongside da1moN 馃嚬馃嚪
Gentle Mates 馃嚝馃嚪 is already in the process of building their roster for the VCT in 2026.
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Sources:
DVM Esports 馃嚝馃嚪 are close to signing these 5:
rezq 馃嚬馃嚪 (Sentinel)
Annie 馃嚜馃嚫 (Duelist)
Looxie 馃嚝馃嚪 (Reveal IGL)
Marti 馃嚨馃嚤 (Flash)
Toki 馃嚜馃嚫 (Smoker)
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NEON & YORU CHANGES:
YORU:
Clone and Flash duration DECREASED from 2s to 1.6s
Can no longer flash or set up his clone in ultimate
NEON:
Sprint regenerates slower though she can sprint for longer
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Sources: LOUD 馃嚙馃嚪 has reached a verbal agreement with Darker 馃嚚馃嚧 for the VCT 2026.
Darker previously played for the E-Xolos roster, barely missing out Ascension
He will be united with his previous coach, Romanilly 馃嚘馃嚪
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SENTINEL CHANGES:
Increased cooldown on any destroyed utility: 45s -> 60s
e.g Cypher Cam, KJ Turret
Health decreased on breakable abilities
ALT veto is in none of the graphics mb
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Apeks馃嚜馃嚭 are currently searching for a 5th player. These are some players they have been looking at:
NiSMO馃嚤馃嚙
brawk馃嚭馃嚫
w0zzip馃嚬馃嚪
Paincakes馃嚭馃嚫
Kiles馃嚭馃嚘
Magnum馃嚚馃嚳
Meanwhile, Their search for an AC has expanded. While Kam1kaze 馃嚘馃嚪 is still likely, they are also looking at Oderus 馃嚭馃嚫.
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Sources with @AkamaruVal: Former VALORANT World Champion Nbs 馃嚤馃嚬 has reached a verbal agreement with 100 Thieves 馃嚭馃嚫 to become the Head Coach of their VCT 2026 roster.
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Partnership evaluation in 2027 and 100 Thieves 馃嚭馃嚫 is building a super team for 2026.
Anything for a spot I guess.
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Sources w/ @VCTUPDATE: purp0 馃嚪馃嚭 has reached a verbal agreement with Team Liquid for the VCT 2026.
purp0 was on GX, prior to being transferred to Joblife, however did not play in the Ascension due to visa issues.
With this signing, Liquid鈥檚 roster is now finalised.
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Sources w/@AkamaruVal : kyu 馃嚚馃嚘 has signed to Sentinels 馃嚭馃嚫 for the 2026 VCT Season.
The player was on Sentinels B team, Cubert Academy, prior to being promoted to the main roster.
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Yeah, but he鈥檚 playing scan initiator. He shouldn鈥檛 talk a lot, and it鈥檚 not the best way of measuring it. But there is clearly something lacking in his communication, you can watch the vid.
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Sources with @akamaruval: M80 will be exiting the competitive VALORANT scene prior to the Stage 2 Challengers playoffs.
M80 has been a staple org in Tier 2 since the inception of the partnership league. They had concerns of coming back for this year during the offseason aswell.
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Some Global Esports News
* They have received Riot Approval for their chosen players
* Practice has started
* They are looking at making their own off season event
And last but not least, their sixth player is finalized.
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NEARSIGHT NERF: (OMEN/REYNA FLASH)
Players affected by NEARSIGHT abilities will have their vision INCREASED from 5m -> 7m
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S0M HAS LITERALLY PLAYED CLOVE ONCE EVER IF YOU ARE ONE OF THE 45 PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR HIM YOU GUYS ARE FOOLS WITH THE CRAZIEST NA BIAS OF ALL TIME HE PLAYED CLOVE ONCE AND HAD A 0.82KD ARE YOU GUYS OK
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Sources: Cubert Academy has reached an agreement with ex-ShindeN coach, WKN to be their Assistant Coach. Style will become the Head Coach.
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All of the changes that just got leaked will be in effect for the Game Changers Championship in Seoul 馃嚢馃嚪
Teams were briefed about them 2 days ago (10th of October)
Many thoughts on this, mostly (but not all) good.
Biggest concern for me: surely GCC isn鈥檛 played on this patch, right?
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Initiators with ultimates that are like Breach, Fade or Tejo will have the size of the ultimate reduced.
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There will be two seminars held on October 10th explaining the details in full to teams.
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Sources: ex-Sentinels and M80 coach DrewSpark 馃彺鬆仹鬆仮鬆伋鬆仯鬆伌鬆伩 has signed with G2's Game Changers roster, Gozen, to complete their coaching staff.
Whether they are looking for an assistant coach is currently unknown.
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Cypher Spycam Changes: Getting within close proximity of the camera will reveal the camera.
Cypher Tripwire Change: Tripwire duration will be increased
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Combat Stim Changes (Brimstone Stim, KAY/O Ult, Reyna Ult)
- Faster Reload Time: 90
- Increased Firerate Modifier: 10%
- Weapon draw time modifier: 90%
- Weapon recovery speed modifier: 10%
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OMEN CHANGES:
Dark Cover cooldown INCREASED from 30s to 40s
Travel distance DECREASED
Projectile speed INCREASED
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Sources: GiantX has signed Nami 馃嚝馃嚪 alongside former Falcons Vega player Eva 馃嚬馃嚪 to complete their EMEA Game Changers roster.
GiantX GC is now:
Nami 馃嚝馃嚪
Eva 馃嚬馃嚪
ness 馃嚬馃嚪
sarah 馃嚞馃嚙
Smurfette 馃嚬馃嚪
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Sources: Emil "runneR" Trajkovski馃嚥馃嚢 is looking at an offer from GIANTX 馃嚜馃嚫. The Macedonian player previously played with Vitality during the 2024 Season and finished 2nd in EMEA.
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According to sources, tier 2 team HGE Esports in the VCL Spain, has been refusing to pay their players.
This stems since about 2 months back, where only one player has seen their salary, and even then, it was not what was promised.
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