The Japanese esports team IGZIST announced changes to its Valorant coaching staff on August 18th, ahead of the VALORANT Challengers 2024 Japan: Split 3 Advance Stage Phase 1.
TAKI has been appointed as the new head coach, with EROC joining as the assistant coach. Additionally, gainpe and Mahato have been appointed as analysts. This update brings the total number of coaches in the team to seven, including the existing specialists poem, issin, and Ambox.
TAKI, now 30 years old, previously founded the team First Gaming, which produced players like Anthem, bazz, and TORANECO. Until recently, he coached SETOUCHI SPARKS, a team that qualified for the VCJ 2024 Split 2 from Premier. He is also known for his posts on the platform note, where he shares unique coaching theories and gameplay concepts.
【コーチ・アナリスト加入のお知らせ】
— IGZIST (@IGZIST_GG) August 18, 2024
この度VALORANT部門に
ヘッドコーチ
📝TAKI(@fg_nao_esports)
サブコーチ
📝EROC(@erocVL)
アナリスト
📝gainpe(@gainpe_valo)
📝Mahato(@MachtMM)
が加入した事をお知らせします。#IGZWIN pic.twitter.com/2DzXb8i9nm
EROC, aged 28, began his career in 2016 on the competitive CS scene. He transitioned to Valorant in 2020, where he played for teams like Sunsister, Updraft, and Evaas an IGL. After leaving HIT gaming in May of last year, he disappeared from the competitive scene but has now returned as a coach after a year and a half.
IGZIST Roster:
- oitaN
- Yamada
- RIPablo
- TAKI (Head Coach)
- EROC (Assistant Coach)
- poem (Coach)
- issin (Coach)
- Ambox (Coach)
- gainpe (Analyst)
- Mahato (Analyst)
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