Rumors: Cloud9 may say goodbye to vanity

According to insider anonimotum, the North American esports organization Cloud9 is considering sending vanity to the bench. It is reported that the club's management is planning a major reshuffle that could also affect yay. It is not known who exactly will become the new captain, as well as how seriously the other part of the team will be affected.

vanity joined the Cloud9 roster in the summer of 2021, having moved from the Version1 camp. In a year and a half, the 24-year-old American player helped the team win the Nerd Street Gamers: Summer Championship, VALORANT Champions Tour 2021: North America Last Chance Qualifier and Knights Arena Valorampage, as well as get into the top three at VALORANT Champions Tour 2022: North America Stage 1 Challengers and Red Bull Home Ground #3.

In addition, with him, the teams made it to the quarterfinals of VALORANT Champions 2021, but failed to qualify for last year's tournament in Istanbul.

However , the team failed to gain a foothold in the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: LOCK//IN São Paulo, having been defeated by DRX (1:2) in the 1/8 finals of the championship. After this loss, Cloud9 got together to discuss possible reshuffles. As previously reported, the organization has considered parting ways with yay, but a final decision has yet to be made.

The North American club is expected to make changes to their roster to increase their chances on the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Americas League. The championship will begin at the end of March and will offer participants three packages to the VALORANT Champions Tour 2023: Masters Tokyo.

Cloud9's current VALORANT roster:

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