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

Valorant devs



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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