With 2 days left before September 9th player deadline, the
Los Angeles Valiant
Los Angeles Valiant
OWL
Rank #15
Molly
He Chengzhi (何诚智)
flex support
Diya
Lu Weida (陆炜达)
dps
innovation
Oh Seok-hyun (오석현)
dps
Becky
Il-ha Kim (김일하)
dps
Ezhan
dps
Marve1
Hwang Min-seo (황민서)
tank
Lengsa
Chen Jingyi (陈婧逸)
support
have announced the departures of four from their ranks. These players include
Verbo
,
numlocked
,
Finnsi
, and
GrimReality
.
The Los Angeles Valiant have released @Verbo , @numlocked , @FinnsiOW , and @Grimreality from their contracts.
— Los Angeles Valiant 👼 (@LAValiant) September 7, 2018
We thank them for their contributions to the team and wish them continued success in their careers. https://t.co/NoJ3PUt4kt pic.twitter.com/lb60hgeRJq
Among the four that were released, Finnsi saw zero stagetime throughout his tenure with the Valiant. GrimReality also had a similar situation to Finnsi, but was only seen on stage during the preseason in the Valiant's matches against the San Francisco Shock and Los Angeles Gladiators respectively.
Eventually, GrimReality would move to an assistant coaching role within the team at the same time the team parted ways with envy , which allowed SPACE to fill the vacant offtank role for the rest of the season.
Numlocked, unlike Finnsi, did end up playing on stage during the regular season, although only once. His only appearance in the regular season was in Week 1 of Stage 4 against the
Shanghai Dragons
Shanghai Dragons
OWL
Rank #5
Izayaki
Kim Min-chul (김민철)
flex support
Void
Kang Jun-woo (강준우)
off tank
Fleta
Kim Byung-sun (김병선)
dps
LIP
Lee Jae-won (이재원)
dps
Fate
Koo Pan-seung (구판승)
tank
LeeJaeGon
Lee Jae-gon (이재곤)
support
on Watchpoint: Gibraltar, the final map of the series. The Valiant wound up losing that map, but had already secured a series victory by taking the first three maps of the series. Numlocked's only other stage time in a Valiant jersey was in their fourth map against the
Los Angeles Gladiators
Los Angeles Gladiators
OWL
Rank #4
Shu
Kim Jin-seo
flex support
kevster
Kevin Persson
dps
Patiphan
Patiphan Chaiwong
dps
Reiner
Corey Scoda
tank
FunnyAstro
Daniel Hathaway
support
on Eichenwalde in the preseason.
Verbo by far saw the most stage time in a Valiant jersey among the released players, playing in 13 matches throughout the regular season. His peak playtime was in Stage 2, where he was present for every match. In Stage 1, he played 2 matches, one more than his lone Stage Four appearance alongside Numlocked against the Shanghai Dragons. He did not play at all in Stage 3.
These departures from the team put the Valiant's player roster at nine players. The Valiant will be able to sign more players to their roster on October 8, should they choose to do so.
Currently, the
Los Angeles Valiant
Los Angeles Valiant
OWL
Rank #15
Molly
He Chengzhi (何诚智)
flex support
Diya
Lu Weida (陆炜达)
dps
innovation
Oh Seok-hyun (오석현)
dps
Becky
Il-ha Kim (김일하)
dps
Ezhan
dps
Marve1
Hwang Min-seo (황민서)
tank
Lengsa
Chen Jingyi (陈婧逸)
support
are:
- Brady "Agilities" Girardi (DPS)
- Terence "SoOn" Tarlier (DPS)
- Chae "Bunny" Joon-hyuk (채준혁) (DPS)
- Kyle "KSF" Frandanisa (DPS)
- Indy "SPACE" Halpern (Flex)
- Koo "Fate" Pan-seung (구판승) (Tank)
- Park "KariV" Young-seo (박영서) (Support)
- Kim "Izayaki" Min-chul (김민철) (Support)
- Scott "Custa" Kennedy (Support)
- Byung-chul "Moon" Moon (Head Coach)
- Warsi "Stoop" Faraaz Waris (Assistant Coach)
- Jordan "Gunba" Graham (Assistant Coach)
- Julien "daemoN" Ducros (Assistant Coach)