Esports: Eight teams to compete in Valorant India Invitational

The eight-team LAN event is scheduled to take place at the GMR Arena, Hyderabad from November 18- 20.

Representative image: Eight teams will compete for USD 100,000 prize pool in the LAN event of the Valorant India Invitational, organised by Galaxy Racer, which will be held in Hyderabad from November 18 to 20. | Photo Credit: AFP

Eight teams will compete for USD 100,000 prize pool in the LAN event of the Valorant India Invitational, organised by Galaxy Racer, which will be held in Hyderabad from November 18 to 20.

Former G2 Esports player, Mixwell will lead Team Heretic in India. The tournament will also feature APAC kings Paper Rex, Team Secret, Rex Regum Qeon, Boom Esports and Bleed Esports. These six teams will be joined by Enigma Gaming and GodSquad, the two Indian teams in the LAN event.

Recently, GodSquad became the sole Indian team to get a slot at the Valorant Champions Tour 2023-24.

“With the quality of teams participating, Valorant India Invitational is going to set a benchmark for the upcoming valorant tournaments in the country. This is going to be the first time when we will see some of the franchisee rosters in action before the VCT season kicks off. We are excited to have these teams in India and we are confident of providing a spectacle for the audience.” said Siddharth Ravishankar, Chief Gaming Officer, Galaxy Racer.

The invitational final will culminate with music festival Sunburn, featuring the headline act of DJ Snake.

Rosters of the competing Teams

Team Heretics: Heretics-Mixwell, Heretics-zeek, Heretics-Boo, Heretics-AvovA, Heretics-keloqz Paper Rex: PRX Benkai, PRX d4v41, PRX mindfreak, PRX f0rsakeN, PRX Jinggg Team Secret: Secret Invy, Secret Jremy, Secret DubsteP, Secret Vash, Secret BORKUM Rex Regum Qeon: RRQ Ejay, RRQ tehbotol, RRQ fl1pzjder, RRQ 2GE, RRQ Lmemore Boom Esports: BME Berserx, BME Shiro, BME blaZek1ng, BME famouz, BME Severine Bleed Esports: Bleed-Retla, Bleed-Juicy, Bleed-Deryeon, Bleed-Crazyguy, Bleed-sScary Enigma Gaming: ENGM Antidote, ENGM Rawfiul, ENGM Tesseract, ENGM Excali, ENGM RvK GodSquad: GE Hellranger, GE Lightningfast, GE skrossi, GE kappa, GE skillz