Rumors: BlackHeart will become a reserve player for Cloud9

According to insider George Geddes, the North American esports organization Cloud9 will strengthen its VALORANT roster with the signing of the young BlackHeart. The Canadian player will be joining the team as a substitute but will not be available on the upcoming VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo.

It is reported that the parties reached an agreement, while the esportsman himself was registered for the line-up on the official page. The young player signed a contract with the organization until 2026.

BlackHeart spent the last season with Built By Gamers Academy. Here, the young Canadian became the winner of Nerd Street Gamers: Winter Championship - Open 11, Nerd Street Gamers: Winter Championship - Open 15 and Knights Gauntlet Circuit Monthly 2022: May, and also made it to the top three at Nerd Street Gamers: Summer Championship - Georgetown.

However, BlackHeart was recently spotted with Silk Road in the open qualifiers for VALORANT Challengers 2023: North America Split 1.

As a reminder, Cloud9 has become a partner of Riot Games and will take part in the top competitive ecosystem along with Sentinels, 100 Thieves, NRG Esports, Evil Geniuses, FURIA, LOUD, MIBR, Leviatán Esports and KRÜ Esports.

The nearest championship for the North American team will be VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, which will start next week. In the first round of the competition, Cloud9 will face Paper Rex.

Estimated composition of Cloud9 in the VALORANT discipline:

• leaves
• Xeppaa
• vanity
• yay
• Zellsis
• qpert (bench)
• BlackHeart (bench)
• mce (head coach)