Team Liquid shares fresh roster for 2026 VCT season

Crew Liquid has introduced its new VALORANT roster for the 2026 VCT season.

The brand new VALORANT roster options two acquainted faces from the EMEA and three rookie gamers. Head Coach Ivo ‘LohaN’ Albino defined that the aim was to seek out gamers who have been ‘passionate’ greater than the rest.

Crew Liquid’s 5 gamers for 2026 embrace:

nAts and kamo have performed for Crew Liquid earlier than and have loads of VCT expertise. MiniBoo, purp0 and wayne are new to the organisation, however match LohaN’s imaginative and prescient of constructing a workforce that’s passionate, younger, devoted and open-minded.

“I wish to increase the bar for this yr,” he said. “I need the gamers to develop extra atonomy in the best way they work. Final yr sooner or later, it felt that my affect was the important thing factors for fulfillment. After we’re dealing with issues we’re not so snug with, we struggled to seek out solutions.

“This yr, we wish to develop a extra artistic facet to our gamers the place they’re extra artistic and assume for themselves.”

LohaN talked about his resolution to deliver the three new gamers to the roster.

wayne is an import from the APAC area that has a basis of unbelievable abilities. Nonetheless, LohaN additionally felt that he would give the remainder of the workforce perception into how different areas play.

MiniBoo is ‘very, very skilled,’ based on LohaN, and he’ll deliver his expertise and perception to the workforce. The workforce famous his fixed concepts that may doubtlessly maintain Crew Liquid forward in matches.

purp0 has two years {of professional} expertise, the place he’s confirmed to be very strict and disciplined. This might add some construction to the roster, which is essentially targeted on creativity and fervour.

LohaN is hoping this workforce can have the proper steadiness to dominate subsequent season. Crew Liquid’s followers have responded positively to the roster, excited for what’s to come back in 2026.