Teams revealed for the FaZe Clan VALORANT Invitational

After two great Ignition Series events in the T1 x NSG Showdown and the PAX Arena VALORANT Invitational, the FaZe Clan VALORANT Invitational looks to build on this previous success. With viewership only growing for VALORANT, the finals could genuinely reach the 100k mark. On top of that, we get to see the full debut of FaZe Clan FaZe ClanJimmy "Marved" NguyenCorey "corey" NigraZachary "ZachaREEE" LombardoAndrej "babybay" FrancistyShane "Rawkus" Flaherty and the return of Equinox Esports Equinox Esports. It will be a fantastic show. Over the last several days, the participants have been revealed, and we now know every team that will compete, as well as the groups they’ve been placed in. Groups will be played in a GSL format and the first matches are going to be played between the first and last seeds and the second and third seeds respectively.

Group A

Sentinels Gen.G Built By Gamers Lemonade Stand

Group B

TSM Cloud9 Renegades Bloom

Group C

T1 Team Envy Complexity MIXUP

Group D

FaZe Clan Immortals 100 Thieves China Nguyen

FaZe Clan FaZe ClanJimmy "Marved" NguyenCorey "corey" NigraZachary "ZachaREEE" LombardoAndrej "babybay" FrancistyShane "Rawkus" Flaherty’s new roster will look to top a comparatively weak Group D, while TSM FTX TSM FTXJames "hazed" CobbMatthew "WARDELL" Yu Yassine "Subroza" TaoufikTaylor "drone" JohnsonBraxton "Brax" Pierce vs. Cloud9 Blue Cloud9 BlueMitch  "mitch" SemagoNathan "leaf" OrfSon  "xeta" Seon-hoMichael "poiz" PossisRicky "floppy" KemeryErick "Xeppaa" Bach for first place in Group B and Built By Gamers Built By GamersJoseph "Bjor" BjorklundWilliam "Will" ChengTristan "Critical" TrinactyRaymond "Rarkar" XuJake "POACH" BrumleveNicholas "Gh0st" Graham vs. Gen.G Esports Gen.G EsportsAnthony "gMd" GuimondMichael "MkaeL" De LucaShawn "Shawn" O'RileyKenneth "koosta" SuenNicholas "NaturE" Garrison for second place in Group A will be the close matchups to watch. Immortals ImmortalsAmgalan "Genghsta" NemekhbayarAndrew "ShoT UP" OrlowskiRhett  "Kehmicals" LynchDaniel "Rossy" AbedrabboJonah "JonahP" Pulice, 100 Thieves 100 ThievesSpencer "Hiko" MartinNicholas "nitr0" CannellaJoshua "steel" NissanPeter "Asuna" MazurykEthan "Ethan" Arnold, Complexity ComplexityRiley "ohai" NguyenMike "agm" AboodJacob "valyn" Batio "JCruel" , and Renegades RenegadesRyan "winsum" JohnsDevon "randyySAVAGE" BréardAlexander "retrQ" KadanRoy "StrongLegs" AhadJustin "Jerk" Milani will all be looking to bounce back from somewhat poor performances over the last month, while T1 T1Tyler "Skadoodle" LathamSam "DaZeD" MarineHa "Spyder" Jung-wooTimothy "autimatic" TaRahul "curry" Nemani and Envy EnvyAnthony "mummAy" DiPaoloPujan "FNS" MehtaJake "kaboose" McDonaldAustin "crashies" RobertsVictor "Victor" Wong will be looking to take it a step further after exiting during the quarterfinals of the PAX Arena tournament.

As for the qualifier teams, Equinox Esports Equinox Esports will be hoping to surprise some of the larger organizations in Group D, while the ever-dangerous Luminosity Gaming Luminosity GamingAlex "aproto" ProtopapasBrenden "stellar" McGrathBrady "thief" DeverKaleb "moose⁠" JayneDiondre "YaBoiDre" Bond contends in Group C. Don’t sleep on Lemonade Stand Lemonade StandTim "root" DaltonJustin "Justinovah" Beggs "geeza" Tyler "sym" Porter "Virtyyyy"  or Spacestation Gaming Spacestation Gaming either, though. The latter especially could do some damage in Group B depending on Cloud9’s performance level.

The FaZe Clan VALORANT Invitational is shaping up to be an absolutely massive one for VALORANT. Make sure to tune in on twitch.tv/faze starting on Thursday, August 6th, and follow along with the official partner of the event, THESPIKE.GG!