Former ENCE CS:GO player Elias "Jamppi" Olkkonen will replace Adam "ec1s" Eccles on Team Liquid 's Valorant squad , according to sources with knowledge of the game . According to esports reporters, the former CS:GO pro player is in talks to join the European division. Prepared to join the first professional Valorant roster, Jamppi expressed a desire to switch to Riot Games' first-person shooter after being banned indefinitely by CS:GO developers Valve on January 26 . Team Liquid since the establishment's entry into Esports in August 2020It will replace ec1s, which is part of the . Jamppi, who abruptly left CS:GO in January, will likely play as a duelist or control agent for Liquid, who will be the first Valorant team, depending on his playstyle, but any preferred agent roles have yet to be revealed.
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Would this make Team Liquid better?
— George Geddes (@GeorgeCGed) February 23, 2021
If Jamppi's transition to Team Liquid is complete, the roster will be as follows;
If the transfer does happen, Jamppi will need to catch up with Team Liquid 's Valorant Champions Tour 2021: European Stage 1 Challengers 3 via open qualifier . The event will take place from 6-7 March. In a statement made by esports reporters, he emphasized that there could be a change in Liquid's current roster with a tweet sent earlier. When we look at the latest reports of the European Valorant team about the staff change, we can predict that a relevant announcement will come very soon.
VALORANT: According to sources, Team Liquid have continued to trial new players. Sources believe it could be either Ec1s or Soulcas that might get benched if a suitable replacement is found.
— Arran “Halo” Spake (@haloofthoughts) February 22, 2021