ESPN Esports has announced a Valorant Invitational tournament with eight teams from a variety of different esports scenes, which will be taking place from April 20-22.
The teams are as follows:
Team Mirage (CS:GO)
- Tyler “Skadoodle” Latham
- Keven “AZK” Lariviere
- Braxton “swag” Pierce
- Jordan “n0thing” Gilbert
- Spencer “Hiko” Martin
Team Llama (Fortnite)
- Harrison “psalm” Chang
- Joseph “Joseph” Powell
- Zander “thwifo” Kim
- Tyler “HighSky” Tereso
- Damion “XXiF” Cook
Team Rift (LoL)
- Yiliang “Doublelift” Peng
- Jake “Xmithie” Puchero
- Danny “Shiphtur” Le
- Michael “Imaqtpie” Santana
- Marcus ‘Dyrus’ Hill
Team Battlegrounds (PUBG)
- Jaden “Vegas” James
- Zachary “Venerated” Roach
- Keane “Valliate” Alonso
- Dionedre “YaBoiDre” Bond
- Mike “Sharky” Gariti
Team Canyon (Apex Legends)
- Justin “Kellar” Kellar
- Timothy “sYnceD” Putrow
- Brandon “Aceu” Winn
- Coby “dizzy” Meadows
- Lucas “Mendo” Hakansson
Team Six (Rainbow Six)
- Troy “Canadian” Jaroslawski
- Nathanial “Rampy” Duvall
- Javier “Thinkingnade” DeAndre Escamilla
- Nathan “nvK” Valenti
- Ammar “Necrox” Albanna
Team Heroes (Overwatch)
- Gale “GaleAdelade” Adelade
- Felix “xQc” Lengyel
- Brian “Kephrii” St. Pierre
- Brandon “Seagull” Larned
- Jeff “emongg” Anderson
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The clear tournament favorite teams are the Valorant dev team and Team Mirage who’ve been dominating the closed beta competitions. Out of all the teams included in the ESPN Esports Valorant Invitational, Team Rift is the only squad who is coming from a MOBA background.
The tournament begins on April 20, 7.p.m (GMT+8) and will be streamed on the ESPN Esports Twitch channel.
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