Despite not bringing home any silverware in 2025, EMEA are home to the most consistent team of 2025, FNATIC, who managed 3 grand final appearances in Masters Toronto, E sports World Cup and Champions Paris.

Heading into 2026, with re-vamped rosters and new imported players, EMEA has shaped up looking like they can once again battle for international trophies, taking them back from Pacific and Americas.

In this article, we will be highlighting 5 players coming into 2026 that will be worth looking out for whether you are competing in this years Valorant Fantasy League, hosted by TMV, or if you are looking for players to take inspiration from for your ranked games. This is the article to look for VCT EMEA.

5. KC SUYGETSU

After his Masters winning clutch against Paper Rex in 2022 for FPX, the core of FPX stayed together on NAVI with SUYGETSU being the most mechanically gifted player in the squad.

He then joined Karmine Corp in 2024, alongside Sadhaak, Marteen, Avez and Elite to form a solid roster, however, they never even made it to an international and didn’t do much damage in the EMEA Stage 1 or Stage 2.

However, this year, SUYGETSU will return to his former role of sentinel, and with the game being a more aim focused meta at the moment with the introduction of new guns, Veto, and the resurgence of KAY/0, SUYGETSU’s crisp aim will be sure to take main stage once again.

4.TL MiniBoo

2026 marks the first time since the start of franchising where the Heretics Boo Brothers are apart, and in fact, they are direct rivals within EMEA. MiniBoo made the hard decision to leave Team Heretics and look for new opportunitites.

With the departure of Keiko, Team Liquid were in real danger of losing so much firepower, so they were on the market for a boost in that area. Who better than the EWC winning duelist, who is very comfortable and known for throwing himself into a site, deleting 1-2 players at a time and creating a mountain of space for his team to take and close out the round. He is the perfect edition for a chaotic roster such as Team Liquid, especially with nAts at the helm.

3. VIT Chronicle

Widely regarded as the GOAT of VALORANT, Chronicle boasts the most international trophy wins in history with three international wins across two different teams. He has now left FNATIC and joined up with former teammates Sayonara and Derke on Team Vitality to form the EMEA Superteam looking to add another trophy to his cabinet and further improve his legacy in VALORANT.

It shouldn’t come as a surprise to see Chronicle on this list as he is so highly rated already, but without Boaster at the wheel, will Chronicle still be able to perform like he did on FNATIC or will Boaster remain at the top with a whole new team like what happened with Derke in 2024.

2. FNATIC Veqaj

Veqaj is the newest signing to the FNATIC Core of Boaster and Alfajer, who will have massive shoes to fill with Chronicle being his predecessor. No one is expecting Chronicle level performances straight from the get-go with Veqaj, however this has led to fans underestimating what he can do for FNATIC and how well he actually fits the system.

FNATIC needed a flexible player who was comfortable to fill any roles needed for the team to succeed with Kaajak and Alfajer sharing the duelist role, Boaster taking Controller and Crashies taking the Initiator role. Veqaj has shown his flexibility especially last year on Gentle Mates where, despite bombing out, he shone particularly bright amongst that roster.

1. VIT Sayonara

Sayonara is one of the hottest prospects in the world of VCT, ever since having a temporary contract with FNATIC when he was 16, topping the leaderboard in a server with Chronicle, Alfajer and Kaajak. He has now found a home to call his with Team Vitality, where he will reside on the reserve roster until the 4th March when he turns 18 and is eligible for VCT.

He plays a range of agents, mainly covering the Initiator/ Duelist flex, which seems perfect for this current meta. Hopefully the meta doesn’t shift too much whilst he is sat on the reserves.

During the off-season, Vitality has played with Sayonara in the Project: Blender series where they finished 3rd losing out to Eternal Fire and GIANTX, with Sayonara playing the Initator/ Yoru across their series.

He is definitely one to look out for, especially if they can make it far enough without him, the return of Sayonara to the roster will give everyone at Team Vitality a boost.