Welcome to our fortieth edition of Valorant Top Player Transfers of the Week! Only a few days stand between us and the crowning of the final Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs champions. Just a few weeks later, we’ll all be virtually transported to Berlin’s Verti Music Hall for the second most exciting tournament in Valorant history. Until then, it’s time for more transfers. Before you read this transfers article, make sure to check out our last installment to stay updated! Here are the top Valorant player transfers for the week of August 9 – August 15.

Gen.G Esports Part Ways with mCe

Today we part ways with @MatthewCElmore as our VALORANT head coach.

Thank you for the hard work you’ve put in for the team & taking us to a 3rd place finish in Stage 1 VCT Masters. We wish you nothing but the best in what you do next. pic.twitter.com/ntMJyEnSde

— Gen.G Esports (@GenG) August 9, 2021

Matthew “mCe” Elmore, the team’s coach since February, was let go from the team today.

Luminosity Gaming Bench ban

For the upcoming #VCT Challenger Playoffs, Luminosity VALORANT is announcing that Joseph "@Ban_Val” Seungmin Oh is being moved off of the active roster and starting immediately Kaleb “@mooseloff” Jayne will be moving back into the starting lineup.

— Luminosity Gaming (@Luminosity) August 10, 2021

After a short one-month tenure on the team and less-than-desirable results at VCT, Luminosity benched Joseph “ban” Seungmin Oh from their roster. Kaleb “mooseloff” Jayne was moved to the starting lineup in his place.

Prince Lose Their Entire Roster

LFT KR or JP
JP(I'm studying There is nothing problem with in-game communication)

Before Team : GoNGo Prince
Main agent : Breach,Raze,sage,
Omen,Astra ,viper,rayna
Contact: Discord DM : JoxJo#4536 or twitter DM
Career : https://t.co/Gx3Dlm6Qg9

RT PlZ!

— JoxJo (@JoXJo_by) August 10, 2021

Every single player from the Korean organization left the team in a period of just three days. The team was most recently eliminated by Vision Strikers in the Stage 3 Challengers Playoffs.

Cloud9 Blue Acquire vanity from Version1

We got him. pic.twitter.com/R5EDOLqAJc

— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) August 13, 2021

Cloud9 signed Anthony “vanity” Malaspina from Version1, leaving a gap in the latter team’s roster. Cloud9’s roster is now up to seven players so it’s likely that they will let some individuals go soon.

Pr0phie Leaves Complexity

Thank you for your time with us, @pr0phie!

We wish you the very best in your future 💙#WeAreCOL pic.twitter.com/CiRXXXYU4C

— Complexity Gaming (@Complexity) August 13, 2021

Magno “Pr0phie” Ramos left Complexity once more after he rejoined them back in June. This marks the second time that he left the NA roster.

Dep Takes a Break from Competitive Play

Stage3応援ありがとうございました！
悔いなし！少しの間、競技シーンから離れようかな(休もうかな)と思ってます！
また大会に出る機会があったら応援お願いします。ggwp

— Dep (@Dep_ow) August 13, 2021

REJECT’s Yuma “Dep” Hisamoto announced that he would leave the team to take a break from the competitive scene.

Otom Leaves Rix.GG Thunder

Following yesterday's announcement, we have more changes in our VALORANT division. @otomhh is departing our Thunder roster 😭

We wish you all the best Tom, thanks for all the memories 💙

Press Release: https://t.co/xuV0onXUP2 pic.twitter.com/X3wqJWb1fX

— RixGG (@RixGG_) August 14, 2021

In the same vein as Dep, Tom “otom” Hart left Rix.GG Thunder and decided to take a break from competitive play.

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