The VCT Rostermania for 2026 is underway in Valorant following Valorant Champions Paris, and there have already been some interesting moves going down.
Valorant Champions Paris marked the end of the 2025 season for VCT, with NRG bringing home the crown for the Americas.
They only dropped two maps on the way to the final against Fnatic, almost blowing a 2-0 lead as their EMEA counterparts leveled the best-of-five at 2-2, before NRG ended a thrilling finale on Sunset to take home the $1 million jackpot.
The conclusion of the end-of-season event has already triggered a massive Rostermania period, too. This has seen the likes of Evil Geniuses and Team Vitality trying to bolster their rosters after missing out on qualification for Paris, while T1 and MIBR are also making changes.
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Focusing on the latter part of that, a number of teams have already stated their intentions to rebuild. 100 Thieves are undergoing a “full rebuild,” with Asuna, Zander, and HC Zikz, considering joining new teams. Cryo is also exploring his options away from the North American org.
Gentle Mates, the French org backed by content creators Squeezie, Gotaga & Brawks have joined VCT EMEA for the upcoming season. It is a busy off-season for them, seeing as their Call of Duty roster has also been reshaped.
Leviatán have also allowed okeanos and c0m to explore their options. Though, the Argentine organization has, according to Sheep Esport’s Alejandro Gomis, reached a verbal agreement with spikeziN.
Despite making it to Paris, MIBR are also shaking up their roster. According to The Spike’s Bruno Povoleri, artzin, cortezia, and xenom are also looking to join other teams. Povoleri also reportedly that FURIA are looking to sign artzin and cortezia.
Additional rumors about singular players and coaches moving have also surfaced on social media, and we’ll be updating our tracker below with those.
All Valorant 2026 rostermania rumors & moves
October 8:
- Sylvan leaves T1 as contract expires
- GIANTX reportedly exercising 2026 contract extensions for ara, grubinho, and Flickless, according to Sheep Esports
October 7:
- Gentle Mates join VCT EMEA on one-year contract for 2026 season
- Evil Geniuses reportedly parting ways with yay and NaturE ahead of the 2026 VCT season, according to Sheep Esports
- Team Vitality reportedly allowing Less to hear offers from other teams ahead of the 2026 VCT Season, according to The Spike
- FURIA reportedly in talks with MIBR to bring in cortezia and artzin for the 2026 VCT Season, according to The Spike
October 6:
- Derrek announces that Evil Geniuses is allowing him to explore his options for a new team for the 2026 VCT Season
October 3:
- Team Heretics are reportedly allowing MiniBoo to explore his options for the 2026 VCT Season, according to Sheep Esports
- ANGE1 has reportedly reached a verbal agreement to become the NAVI Head Coach for the 2026 VCT Season, according to Sheep Esports
October 2:
- MIBR have reportedly allowed artzin, cortezia, and xenom all to to explore options with new VCT teams for the 2026 season, according to The Spike
September 25:
- Keznit announces that he is currently in talks with KRÜ Esports, but he is free to explore his options for the 2026 VCT season
September 15:
- Asuna, Zander, and HC Zikz announced they are potentially looking for new teams if 100 Thieves doesn’t bring them back for the 2026 VCT season
- Cryo also allowed to explore options away from 100 Thieves
September 9:
- KRÜ Esports have reportedly been in talks in attempt to sign Saadhak for the 2026 season
September 7:
- Magnum announces he is a free agent for the upcoming 2026 VCT Season, but will keep talking with BBL
September 5:
- ANGE1 officially retires from competitive VALORANT
- Leviatán reportedly reach verbal agreement with spikeziN to join their VCT roster for the 2026 season, according to Sheep Esports
September 4:
- Okeanos and c0m looking for new teams for the 2026 VCT season as Leviatán has allowed them to explore their options
As rosters start to be locked in for the upcoming season, we’ll be sure to update this with more. So, be sure to keep checking back.
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