Valiance have confirmed an overhaul of their CS:GO squad with the signings of Rokas "⁠EspiranTo⁠" Milasauskas, Nemanja "⁠nexa⁠" Isaković and Otto "⁠ottoNd⁠" Sihvo.

EspiranTo and nexa have been both recruited from Imperial, while ottoNd has been snatched from HAVU after being close to joining the DreamHack Summer champions.

Making way for the trio will be longtime member Luka "⁠emi⁠" Vuković, who will transition to an analyst role within the organisation, and the team's previous recruits, Aleksandar "⁠jayzaR⁠" Zarkovic and Aleksa "⁠Impulse⁠" Stankić, who have been moved to the bench.

EspiranTo is one of Valiance's newest recruits

With these changes, Valiance hope to establish themselves "as one of the top 16 teams in the world". The Serbian side peaked at 26th in the world in April after qualifying for DreamHack Masters Marseille but have since dropped more than 30 spots in the ranking.

During their eight-month stint under Imperial, EspiranTo and nexa won Copenhagen Games and DreamHack Summer, helping the team to cement a place in the top 30 for ten weeks.

ottoNd, on the other hand, had been with HAVU since September 2017, when he was recruited from iGame.com. He helped the team to win several tournaments, most notably back-to-back Nordic Championship and Finnish eSports League seasons.

With these changes, Valiance now have: