{"id":24980,"date":"2022-10-20T23:51:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T03:51:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/?p=24980"},"modified":"2022-10-20T23:51:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-21T03:51:15","slug":"sentinels-finalise-valorant-roster-ahead-of-vct-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/sentinels-finalise-valorant-roster-ahead-of-vct-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Sentinels finalise Valorant roster ahead of VCT 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sentinels have completed their roster ahead of the 2023 Valorant Champions Tour with Hunter \u201cSicK\u201d Mims signing on. <\/p>\n<p>The 24-year old will return as the sixth man in the new starting line-up after spending five months on the bench.\u2028 \u2028The North American franchise had earlier teased that they would not be fielding a sixth man in their lineup ahead of the <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/champions-tour\/\">VCT 2023 season<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>This left some fans wondering why the franchise had resorted to such a decision, while others reinstated their confidence in the five-man roster, stating that a sixth man is not needed.\u2028 <\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u201cCompetitive Update: We will not be fielding a 6th man on our roster for the upcoming VCT 2023 season,\u201d the teaser update read.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>An hour later, they proceeded to announce the return of SicK in an official update as the \u201cSicKth\u201d man.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re gonna have a SICKTH man,\u201d the official release read.\u2028 <\/p>\n<p>\u2028\u201cThe secret weapon returns @SicK_cs.\u201d\u2028 <\/p>\n<div class=\" embed-twitter\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We\u2019re gonna have a SICKTH man<\/p>\n<p>The secret weapon returns <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SicK_cs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SicK_cs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1ASywvuqWb\">pic.twitter.com\/1ASywvuqWb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sentinels (@Sentinels) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sentinels\/status\/1582816057152008192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 19, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>\u2028The Sentinels underwent a full team rebuild around their superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/valorant\/\">Valorant<\/a> player TenZ after a poor outing in the 2022 VCT season. <\/p>\n<p>Despite fielding some surprising stand-in performances from Michael \u201cshroud\u201d Grzesiek and Jordan \u201cZellis\u201d Montemurro, the franchise failed to make it out of the VCT 2022: North America Last Chance Qualifier and, as such, were absent at the VALORANT Champions 2022.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>In the course of their rebuild, the franchise were forced to part ways with Eric \u201cKanpeki\u201d Xu and proceeded to move Michael \u201cdapr\u201d Gulino and\u2028Shahzeb \u201cShahZaM\u201d Khan to the inactive roster as they have no intention of renewing their contracts.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>They parted ways with head coach Shane \u201cRawkus\u201d Flaherty and signed on Don \u201cSyykoNT\u201d Muir from XSET as his replacement. The Sentinels also recruited Ghost Gaming coach Adam \u201ckaplan\u201d Kaplan as the team&#8217;s strategic coach.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>Two days after joining Sentinels, SyykoNT brought in zekken and more recently added dephh to the roster. Both players being former members of his successful work at XSET reassures fans that the Sentinels could go all the way in the upcoming season. <\/p>\n<p>The team also procured the services of World Champions with the inclusion of two of LOUD\u2019s players, Sacy and pANcada.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>SicK will join Tyson \u201cTenZ\u201d Ngo, Zachary \u201czekken\u201d Patrone, Gustavo \u201cSacy\u201d Rossi, Bryan \u201cpANcada\u201d Luna, and in-game leader Rory \u201cdephh\u201d Jackson in the capacity of the primary substitute role. <\/p>\n<p>With SicK back in the line-up, he becomes the last player from the original Sentinels roster from the summer of 2020.\u2028 \u2028Although he was part of the Sentinels&#8217; roster upon their entry into the Valorant scene in 2020, SicK was on the sidelines for most of the 2022 season. <\/p>\n<p>Due to a family emergency, SicK was subbed out of a VCT match and a month later announced that he would be taking a break in a bid to protect his mental health.\u2028 \u2028<\/p>\n<p>His return has fans in a frenzy as they look forward to the new Sentinels roster\u2019s performance in the VCT 2023 Kickoff event set to be held in Sao Paulo, <a href=\"https:\/\/esportbet.com\/brazil\/\">Brazil<\/a> in February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sentinels have completed their roster ahead of the 2023 Valorant Champions Tour with Hunter \u201cSicK\u201d Mims signing on. 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