FaZe Clan has signed former 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:Overwatch Lea🍷gue player Zachary “ZachaREEE” Lombardo to its professiona🃏l VALORANT lineup, the Los Angeles-based organization announced today. As an Overwatch pro, ZachaREEE represented Fusion University ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚand the OWL’s Dallas Fuel. The 19-year-old is FaZe Clan’s third VALORANT signing.
Zacha𝔍ry “ZachaREEE” Lombardo kickstarted 🐭his competitive Overwatch career while playing for Renegades, pla🌞cing third at t🦂he Overwatch Carbon Series, his first event with the𒐪 team. Renegades later finished eighth in Overwatch Contenders 2017 North America Season 1.
In 2018, ZachaREEE joined the Philadelphia Fusion’s academy team, Fusion University. Following Lombardo’s signing, Fusion Universꦿity won Sea🐠sons 1 and 2 of Overwatch Contenders 2🌠018 North America. Earlier that year, they took victories at BEA🍒T Invitational Season 3 and Overwatch PIT Championship North America Season 2. At the end of 2018, ZachaREEE compe🍨ted in the Overwatch World Cup, placing 5-8th with Team 🦋United States.
ZachaREEE signed with Overwatch League team Dallas Fuel ahead of the 2019 season. The team made play-offs in Stage 2, though were ultimately eliminated in 5-8th place by the Vancouver Titans. The Fuel finis♑hed 15th across the regular season.
After finishing 5-8th in the OWL’s 2020 May Melee, ZachaREEE announced his decision to 168澳洲幸运5开奖网:retire from competitive Overwatch. In his retirement announcement, he revealed he would be pu💦rsuing a career in professional VALORANT. He now joins FaZe Clan’s growing VALORANT roster, to compete alongside fellow former Overwatch pro Corey “Core🦩y” Nigra. The team will be led by former Counter-Strike competitor Jason “JasonR” Ruchelski.
FaZe Clan recently competed in the T1 x Nerd Street Gamers Showdown, a VALORANT Ignition Series tournament, with ZachaREEE playing as a stand-in. The team, playing with Corey and three other temporary members, topped their group with 2-0 victo𝐆ries over Prospects and Together We Are Terrific. FaZe took wins over 100 Thieves and Sentinels in the play-offs, though a lower bracket loss to Immortals sent them home in fourth place.
FaZe Clan is just one of many prominent esports organizations jumping into competitive VALORANT. The 5v5 tactical shooter has drawn the attention of many top-tier players from other competitive scenes, including the OWL's Jay "Sinatraa" Won and rising CS:GO star Matthew "Wardell" Yu.
FaZe Clan is still in need of two players to complete its VALORANT roster. It 🌟is currentl🥃y unknown when the team will compete next.
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