Rosters for LIMITZ VALORANT All-Star 2022 have all been finalized ahead of the tournament’s start on December 15.
JAPAN – LIMITZ has announced the hosting of an online showmatch tournament dubbed ‘LIMITZ VALORANT All-Star 2022’, involving Fnatic and players from eleven home-country teams, such as Koji “Laz” Ushida, Yusuke “neth” Matsuda, Suzu “suzu” Sasaki. It will take place on December 15-17, with the team rosters and groups now known.
Fans voted for a little over a week from November 24 to December 3 to determine the players who would be featured in the high-caliber showmatch competition, with the exception of players and or coaches of ZETA DIVISION and Fnatic, who would be assigned to every team. The LIMITZ VALORANT All-Star showmatch is set to be broadcasted in Japanese on YouTube and Twitch.
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All of the team members in the tournament have competed at the highest level of the VALROANT Champions Tour circuit this year. Koji “Laz” Ushida teams up with Crazy Raccon duo in Yusuke “neth” Matsuda and Moon “Astell” Ji-won, as well as NORTHEPTION’s Kohei “BlackWiz” Mikami and Daiki “Minty” Kato from FAV Gaming.
Jake “Boaster” Howlett and Leo “Leo” Jannesson will join forces on ‘Team Boaster’ alongside SCARZ’s Daichi “善悪菌” Igarashi as well as Park “Festival” Ga-yeon and Suzu “suzu” Sasaki, who represented Japan at the VCT Game Changers Championship. Shota “SugarZ3ro” Watanabe will also be playing with Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev and Emir “Alfajer” Beder, with the roster rounded out by An “Medusa” Min-cheol and “Art”.
The complete team list for LIMITZ VALORANT All-Star 2022 is as follows:
| Team Laz | – Koji “Laz” Ushida – Moon “Astell” Ji-won – Kohei “BlackWiz” Mikami – Daiki “Minty” Kato – Yusuke “neth” Matsuda – Yoshinori “KeNNy” Minami (Coach) |
| Team crow | – Tomoaki “crow” Maruoka – Ryo “barce” Takebayashi – Ibuki “Meiy” Seki – Masayuki “oitaN” Takahashi – Hiroto “rion” Tateno – Yuki “hNt” Ishikawa (Coach) |
| Team JUNiOR | – Teppei “ade” Kuno – Yuma “Dep” Hashimoto – Seina “KOHAL” Migita – Hiromichi “mittiii” Urahigashi – “GON“ – Sawada “JUNiOR” Yuya (Coach) |
| Team Derke | – Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev – Emir “Alfajer” Beder – An “Medusa” Min-cheol – Shota “SugarZ3ro” Watanabe – “Art“ – Hibiki “XQQ” Motoyama (Coach) |
| Team Boaster | – Jake “Boaster” Howlett – Park “Festival” Ga-yeon – Leo “Leo” Jannesson – Suzu “suzu” Sasaki – Daichi “善悪菌” Igarashi – Kakeru “Vorz” Ikarashi (Coach) |
| Team mini | – Akatsuki “makiba” Miyamoto – Souta “popogachi” Morita – Tenta “TENNN” Asai – Yuto “Xdll” Mizomori – Jyousuke “zepher” Matsuda – Jacob “mini” Harris (Coach) |
Teams have been split into two groups of three, with the group stage set to be played in a best-of-two round-robin format on December 15-16 to determine the two teams that will go on to advance to the best-of-three grand final the following day on Saturday, December 17.
LIMITZ VALORANT All-Star 2022 is an event in the leadup to the two-day main event at the Yokohama Arena on December 23-24. The Riot Games ONE Pro Invitational will bring together three international sides Fnatic, DRX, and Paper Rex to play against domestic powerhouses ZETA DIVISION and DetonatioN Gaming in turn.
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