Jakee and Wippie have been benched
Players Dylan "runi" Cade and Kaleb "moose" Jayne have reached an agreement with Cloud9 to be the new players for their VALORANT team in VCT, sources told Sheep esports a week ago.
Players benched
The replaced players will be Maxim "wippie" Shepelev andJ ake "jakee" Anderson, Wippie already part ways with Cloud9 and the North American organization decided to bench Jakee.
Jakee will be the team's substitute until Moose finally gets his Visa to play. He will be benched and can explore offers from other teams.
A previous report by Tanmay indicated that Cloud9 were in advanced discussions with Runi and Moose.
Cloud9 staff and future
Cloud9 will also be looking for an assistant coach to reinforce its technical staff, but sources close to Sheep Esports cannot say for sure the status of these negotiations.
Cloud9 was eliminated from the VCT 2024: Americas Kickoff after finishing 1:2 in their group.
With jakee's move to the bench, C9 roster is now the following :
- Erik "Xeppaa" Bach
- Francis "OXY" Hoang
- Anthony "vanity" Malaspina
- Dylan "runi" Cade
- Kaleb "moose" Jayne