Cloud9 has allowed VALORANT professional participant Michael ‘neT‘ Bernet to discover choices for the VCT 2026 season, although he nonetheless stays below contract with the organisation.
The announcement follows Cloud9 failing to qualify for VALORANT Champions in Paris this 12 months after putting fourth at VCT Americas Stage 2.
Based on neT, he’s exploring choices for 2026 whereas the organisation undergoes a ‘rebuild course of’ forward of the subsequent season. The American participant shared that he’s proficient with Sentinel, however is open to being in-game chief and taking part in Controller and scan Initiator brokers.
As of writing, he stays the one participant from Cloud9 to date to have been made inactive. In contrast, the opposite members, equivalent to group captain Mitchell ‘mitch‘ Semagoi and Erick ‘Xeppaa‘ Bach, stay within the energetic roster.
The information surrounding neT surfaces per week after Cloud9’s former assistant coach, Guglielmo ‘GUGLi‘ Carraro, introduced the top of his contract with the organisation on October 2nd, 2025.
Cloud9’s Efficiency in 2025
2025 has been a tough 12 months for Cloud9 competitively, because the squad has did not qualify for any worldwide VCT occasions.
It was unable to advance to Masters Bangkok after putting tenth out of 12 groups within the VCT Americas Kickoff, shedding 1:2 to MIBR within the first spherical of the Decrease brackets. Cloud9 additionally didn’t compete in Masters Toronto after putting eighth in VCT Americas Stage 1, shedding 0:2 to Sentinels.
Different notable occasions embrace the Americas Qualifiers for the VALORANT Esports World Cup occasion. It did not make the highest two qualifying spots for the occasion in Riyadh after putting fifth out of 9 groups, shedding 2:0 to NRG.
Its most up-to-date efficiency was at Americas Stage 2, the place it missed out on this 12 months’s VALORANT Champions occasion in Paris after experiencing a 1:2 loss to NRG within the Decrease Bracket Semi-finals.
