Karmine Corp has officially announced its Valorant lineup for the 2025 season, with some big names under its wings: Efe “Elite” Teber, Hazem “Avez” Khaled, Dmitry “SUYGETSU” Ilyushin, and Matias “Saadhak” Delipetro.
Martin “Marteen” Pátek is the only player left in the team’s lineup from last year, and this upcoming December will mark his one-year anniversary with the organization.
The announcement occurred during a show match against KOI at Paris La Défense Arena, with 30,000 attendees watching.
Suygetsu brings a wealth of experience to his new team, having previously played for FunPlus Phoenix. During his time there, he celebrated a championship victory at Masters Copenhagen. Following this success, Natus Vincere signed him as part of a team-wide transfer.
The mastermind IGL Saadhak left the Americas region after winning the 2023 Americas League and Champions Istanbul, and he looking to hopefully bring that success to Karmine Korp.
The seasoned player was scouting his EMEA options before the end of the 2024 season after some terrible results with the Brazilian organization LOUD.
Avez has signed on after spending two seasons with NASR Esports. His role at Karmine Korp is still unclear, but his prior experience was playing mainly Duelists. In the latter part of his tenure with NASR, he took on various roles, experimenting with different agent roles such as controller and initiator.
The Sentinel player Elite has returned after dedicating the last two seasons to Turkish teams. Most recently, he played for BBL Esports during the past season and represented Papara SuperMassive in 2023.
Karmine Korp 2025 roster will include:
- Matias “saadhak” Delipetro
- Hazem “Avez” Khaled
- Efe “Elite” Teber
- Dmitry “SUYGETSU” Ilyushin
- Martin “marteen” Pátek
- Andrey “ENGH” Sholokhov (Head coach)
- Ahmed “ZE1SH” El Sheikh (Coach)
- Sergey “fistie” Vasilev (Coach)