X10 CRIT has set up a new all-Thai roster to compete in this year's VALORANT Champions Tour. The VCT SEA team will now consist of garnetS, Flukky, SeveN89, xcool and NotXD, all of whom are up-and-coming Thai talents.
The organization had been without a roster since January 4, when it parted ways with four players. X10 had been a down player since December, when its star Patiphan Chaiwong left to return to competitive Overwatch.
The big question mark surrounding this new set of players is whether they can replicate or perform even better than the old X10 roster. Led by the talent of Patiphan, the Thai team took part in two international competitions in 2021 – VCT Masters Two Reykjavík and the prestigious VALORANTS Champions, where they upset Envy in the group stage and took away a card from Gambit in the quarter-finals.
“We believe in nurturing young people and giving them the opportunity to compete at the highest level,”
X10 said in its official announcement. His old roster was also full of youngsters, so that's clearly how the organization works in Riot Games' FPS.
GarnetS, Flukky, SeveN89, xcool and NotXD are set to debut under the X10 CRIT banner at the VCT Thailand Stage One Challengers, which runs from February 10-27 and will give three places to the APAC Challengers in March. There will be 16 teams in attendance and X10 will arrive as one of the favorites given the achievements of their old roster.
