ENVY has signed Maximilian ‘Demon1’ Mazanov to its 2026 VCT roster forward of its matchup towards Evil Geniuses at Americas Kickoff 2026.
The American-Russian participant will exchange Hunter ‘encourage’ Schline within the line-up after the organisation determined to bench him on February fifth.
“In the present day Envy moved me to the bench, they usually’re permitting me to discover choices as a restricted F/A. Nothing makes me happier than being on that stage, and I’m going to proceed to grind to get again there ASAP. I’ll even be streaming day by day,” encourage acknowledged on X (Twitter).
- Evan ‘Eggsterr’ Grady
- Matteo ‘P0PPIN’ Weber
- Angelo ‘keznit’ Mori
- Daniel ‘Rossy’ Abedrabbo
- Maximilian ‘Demon1’ Mazanov
- Dakota ‘Stunner‘ MacLeod (Coach)
- Álvaro ‘WKN‘ Bustos (Assistant Coach)
Demon1 has been an enormous identify in VALORANT ever since he joined Evil Geniuses in 2023 and went on to carry the Champions trophy in his Tier 1 debut yr. The participant later had a short stint with LEVIATÁN and Dragon Rangers Gaming; nonetheless, he has struggled to land a long-term contract, till now.
Earlier than signing with ENVY, Demon1 crammed in for Francis ‘OXY’ Hoang in Cloud9 throughout its matches towards LEVIATÁN and ENVY itself. The staff ended up successful each collection, with Demon1 securing a powerful KDA of 72/59/13 towards his new staff.
encourage, alternatively, was a part of the unique RANKERS roster that was later signed by ENVY, which marked its return to aggressive VALORANT after three years. He helped the organisation get promoted to the VCT circuit by successful Ascension 2025. As such, the choice to maneuver him to the reserve roster shocked many inside the neighborhood.
Addressing the scenario, ENVY’s staff proprietor Mike Rufail mentioned: “Hunter is a particular participant and can all the time be a legend right here at Envy. I need to be clear that this resolution wasn’t made as a result of he doesn’t belong in Tier 1, he completely does — he obtained us again there.
“We all know he’ll match completely with one other staff. Till he finds that staff, we are going to proceed to make use of and assist him on our reserve roster. Thanks, encourage.”
ENVY Combating Elimination at VCT Americas Kickoff
After dropping its battle towards MIBR and Cloud9, ENVY dropped to the Decrease Bracket within the newly launched triple-elimination format. The staff is now one loss away from exiting the event and seeing its hopes of qualifying for VALORANT Masters Santiago getting crushed.
With the objective to remain alive in VCT Americas Kickoff 2026, ENVY will start its Decrease Bracket run towards Evil Geniuses on February sixth. In its earlier encounter throughout the occasion’s opening spherical, ENVY defeated EG 2-1, and the organisation might be hoping to attain an identical consequence this time as properly.
Followers will be capable to catch all of the motion dwell on VCT Americas’ official Twitch and YouTube channels.
