The Valorant eSports industry faces a significant rise on the eve of big events, including Valorant Game Changers 2023 – APAC Elite, AGS Cup 2023, Red Bull Home Ground, and more. Also, bookies that accept Valorant bets have already responded to the latest changes in the game itself (release of the new patch) and in the popular teams’ roster. First of all, it concerns Turkish FUT.
Mistic Joins Team Liquid
According to the latest Blix.gg news, James “Mistic” Orfila will become a new member of the Team Liquid roster. After signing, he will play his first match in 2024. But the most intriguing thing is that he will perform at VCT EMEA.
There, he is going to play against his ex-teammates from Fnatic in the same league. This became public after the news that Martin “Magnum” Peňkov (former teammate) had made the same deal with Karmine Corp.
But Mistic was not the only one with whom the team signed. The team’s management also offered places for Georgio “Keiko” Sanassy and Enzo “Enzo” Mestari. But it should be mentioned that at the time of writing, they only got verbal consent.
So, the final Team Liquid roster is the following:
- James “Mistic” Orfila;
- Georgio “Keiko” Sanassy;
- Elias “Jamppi” Olkkonen;
- Ayaz “nAts” Akhmetshin;
- Enzo “Enzo” Mestari.
Earlier, the team faced bad luck and lost to Gentle Mates in the Grand Finals. Then they changed their strategy and got a lucky ticket to show their best in the Tier 1 Valorant.
A New Valorant 7.07 Patch
Recently, Riot Games released a new 7.07 patch for the Valorant game with map, performance, agent, and other updates. Now, players can easily see through after they destroy doors. Those who play for Cypher now experience Neural Theft only after the agent dies after casting.
Also, Dizzy got a reduced range for detecting enemies. As for Premier, the following changes are worth mentioning:
- Riot fixed the problem with the advantage of the attacking team over Defenders in the Overtime vote.
- Developers also resolved the problem with the second timer bar. Most players regularly reported that it constantly appeared, especially when the “Choose Side” vote had finished.
- Many players pointed out situations where certain scenarios cause subsequent Overtime Priority votes to occur in the following round. His bug was fixed, too.
It is worth mentioning that the new patch resolved the problem of outputting a surround sound when particular conditions appeared.
Changes in the FUT Team Roster
The recent VCT EMEA season was especially successful for many Valorant teams, including a popular Turkish FUT Esports. But further, they did not manage to repeat this success already on the International level.
After they did not meet their fans’ expectations, the team’s management decided to change the roster and sign Mehmet “cNed” Yağız İpek. It is suspected that he should increase the overall team’s performance and achieve International success.
The current FUT team roster is the following:
- qRaxs. Doğukan Balaban;
- MrFaliN. Furkan Yeğen;
- AtaKaptan. Ata Tan;
- qw1. Konuralp Şahin.
This news was first released by popular eSports reporter and investigator Alejandro “anonimotum” Gomis, who created the material for Blix.gg’s.
Sayf’s Thoughts on Vlorant Duelists
In a recent interview, a professional Vlorant player Sayf mentioned that he does not believe that duelists can independently carry teams. Having a great experience, Sayf noticed that these agents definitely play a great role in every team since they bring kuch damage and sometimes are a secret ingredient for a win.
On the other hand, a duelist in every team can’t be the only agent who rules the match. He pointed out that Valorant was designed and still is a team game where cooperation between members is one of the most important aspects. He said that he dealt with many cases when players wanted to increase their rank as duelists, including Jett or Raze.
Also, he mentioned that low-tier players may encounter problems with the utility usage in ranked. For example, in the 5 versus 5 titles, there are about a hundred different skills to pay attention to. He said if a player decides to master only a gun skill alone, it is definitely not the best choice to achieve success.