Renegades release Nurfed, recruit retrQ

Renegades jumped into the competitive world of VALORANT back in the middle of July, signing of the entire lineup of amateur squad Big Frames. Since then, they haven’t found incredible success with the team, winning only 35% of their matches, standing at 7 wins and 13 losses. Their placements in the latest tournaments were rather disappointing as well, finishing 9th-12th in the FaZe Clan VALORANT Invitational and 7th-8th in the 30Bomb: Summer Cup - 2020. That’s why they’ve decided to make some changes to the roster, releasing Jimmy "nurfed" McFadden.

James “nurfed" McFadden has an average of 191 ACS, 0.83 KD, and 0.62 KPR across all the events he participated in. None of these statistics are impressive per se, but he had several exceptional performances against Bloom and both of Renegades matchups with Complexity in the 30Bomb: Summer Cup and the PAX Arena VALORANT Invitational. Changes had to be made to turn the team’s losing trend around, and the decision came to let him go.

The player will be replaced by Alexander "retrQ" Kadan, a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive professional. The American won the Underwatch 2019 title playing for Stay Frosty, in addition to several respectable finishes in other competitions. He placed 3rd-4th in the ECS Season 8 North America Pinnacle Cup Open Qualifier 4, 4th in the ESEA Advanced Season 32 North America, and 1st-2nd in the ESEA MDL Season 32 North America Relegation. All the aforementioned competitions were during his tenure with iNTACT.

He moved to VALORANT during its closed beta, and has competed in a number of tournaments since then. RetrQ was part of Intensity up until June, with which he won Valorant Sunday Showdown Week 6 and Fight Night Arena #3. He moved to Team Underrated, and came out victorious in Fight Night Arena #8 and the Pittsburgh Knights VALORANT Rumble. His performance with the team during the Knights Invitational Gauntlet Series guided them to an upset victory against T1, winning 14 to 12 on Split.

In addition to the announcement of a new player, Renegades welcomed also a coach, Justin “coachJ” Anzalone, who - similar to retrQ - was previously active on the CS:GO esports scene.

The first test for the Renegades’ roster will happen this weekend during the PULSE Series. Do you think the changes made to lineup will turn their results around? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below!

The current Renegades VALORANT roster is:

Chuck “Cp2" Proud Ryan “Winsum" Johns Devon “randyySavage" Bréard Stephen “Berghy" Bergh Alexander “retrQ” Kadan

Justin “coachJ” Anzalone (Coach)