VCT NA Stage 2 Challengers Playoffs 2023
Sentinels: Valorant Champions Tour Americas League partnered team.
Sentinels is an American esports organization based in Los Angeles, California. The organization was founded as the League of Legends team Phoenix1 and competed in the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). In June 2018, Phoenix1 rebranded to Sentinels. The company currently fields teams in League of Legends, Valorant, Apex Legends, Marvel Rivals, and Halo.
Quick Facts
- Organization
- Sentinels
- Region
- North America; Americas
- Coach
- JohnWick
- Key players
- TenZ
- Zekken
- Sacy
- pANcada
- Outcome
- Qualified for VCT Masters Tokyo 2023
Lore & Background
Sentinels began their Valorant division in April 2020. In 2023, Sentinels was selected as a partner by Riot Games to compete in the Valorant Champions Tour Americas League. Sentinels overhauled their entire Valorant roster, letting go of Shahzeb 'ShahZaM' Khan, Jordan 'Zellsis' Montemurro, Michael 'shroud' Grzesiek, and Eric 'Kanpeki' Xu and replacing them with former XSET players Zachary 'zekken' Patrone and Rory 'dephh' Jackson, as well as 2022 Valorant Champions winners Gustavo 'Sacy' Rossi and Bryan 'pANcada' Luna. Sentinels also let go of their head coach Shane 'Rawkus' Flaherty and replaced him with Don 'SyykoNT' Muir as head coach and Adam 'kaplan' Kaplan as a strategic coach. On April 17, 2023, SyykoNT announced his departure, promoting kaplan to head coach and Drew 'DrewSpark' Spark-Whitworth as assistant coach. Sentinels did not qualify for the Americas League playoffs, forcing them to compete in the Americas Last Chance Qualifier for 2023 Valorant Champions — of which they were then eliminated by Leviatán.
Reader's Guide
Sentinels' Valorant roster for the 2023 season consisted of Zachary 'zekken' Patrone, Rory 'dephh' Jackson, Gustavo 'Sacy' Rossi, Bryan 'pANcada' Luna, and Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo, with Adam 'kaplan' Kaplan as head coach. The team did not participate in NA Stage 2 Challengers Playoffs, as they were a partnered team in the VCT Americas League.
Did You Know?
- Sentinels won the first international event in the Valorant competitive scene, VALORANT Champions Tour 2021: Stage 2 Masters – Reykjavík, without losing any map points.
- Sentinels became the only organization to win two Masters trophies after defeating Gen.G 3–2 in the grand final of Masters Madrid on March 24, 2024.
- Tyson 'TenZ' Ngo announced his retirement from Valorant competitive play on September 14, 2024.
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