Major organizations yet to pick up VALORANT rosters (Part I)

G2 Esports

We will kick it off with one of the biggest, most successful, and well-established esports organizations in the world. From the surface, their social media shenanigans might throw you off from just how decorated G2 Esports truly are in several games. They are probably known for their League of Legends, Rainbow Six Siege, and CS:GO rosters, a home for the likes of Caps, Perkz, Pengu, KennyS, and other charismatic personalities.

It is worth noting that G2 Esports were probably the first to organize not just one but two European tournaments, the G2 Esports European Brawls. The first one featured €10,000, with the second iteration raising the prize pool to €12,500. Both tournaments followed a regional theme, with every team representing a part of the world or a country. G2 Esports European Brawl II featured a number of CS:GO, Rainbow Six, and other games’ pro players and content creators, namely ScreaM, ONSCREEN, and many more.

FNATIC

FNATIC is known for its prestigious history, and is one of the oldest esports organizations in the industry. It is a home for competitive teams in games like CS:GO, League of Legends, PUBG Mobile, and Rainbow Six Siege. Just to list some of their accomplishments, their CS:GO team managed to pick up three Global Offensive Majors over the years. In addition, the League of Legends team has lifted seven LEC trophies to date, equal with G2 Esports as the most decorated LEC team.

Following their own footsteps of success in first-person shooter games, it is only natural to see FNATIC pick up a strong and frightening VALORANT roster to even come up against. The organization still doesn’t have anyone related to VALORANT under their name, neither has any of its members really streamed the game much. However, they hosted the FNATIC Proving Grounds Open Tournament, in which ScreaM’s team came out victorious.

When it is time to form a team, you know the name alone will attract the best VALORANT players out of the community to represent FNATIC.

Team Liquid

Another North American esports juggernaut with a name recognizable anywhere in the world, Team Liquid’s dominance over the League of Legends and CS:GO scenes is undebatable. Their CS:GO roster in 2019 is arguably one of the best of all-time, winning ESL One: Cologne 2019, ESL Pro League Season 9, BLAST Pro Series: Los Angeles 2019, and others as well.

Some of those decorated players, such as nitr0, Stewie2k, and EliGE, all play VALORANT from time to time. However, it is safe to say that Team Liquid won’t tweak anything in their CS:GO roster so these three players can play VALORANT as much as they want in their free time. On the other hand, we have Lucas “Mendo” Håkansson, considered mainly a VALORANT content creator for now.

Prior to that, he was one of the Apex Legends’ team members, but didn’t get to prove themselves much due to the lack of competitions. Is it possible for Team Liquid to consider his skill set enough to build their VALORANT roster around and mark him as the first piece of the puzzle?

The VALORANT competitive scene is still young, and these are all undoubtedly some of the biggest esports organizations in the game. All these teams are probably waiting for Riot’s official word on their competitive infrastructure and ecosystem to officially start their team’s creation. A number of them already started recruiting the cream of the crop as we discussed throughout the piece. We can call them the “chosen ones,” having found a home to represent prior to any actual competitions. Make sure to stay tuned for Part II, and let us know in the comments section of what teams you are waiting for to reveal their VALORANT roster.