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)