NRG adds mada, Verno, and bonkar to the 2025 VALORANT roster

The VALORANT rostermania keeps on rolling through the tail end of 2024. We've seen some big moves and full rosters form, especially in VCT Americas. The most recent is the team of NRG, adding to their 2025 VALORANT roster with the likes of mada, Verno, and bonkar joining.

This comes after Demon1's recent release, and Chet, crashies, and Victor all parting ways with the organization. Still, there are some familiar faces on this roster and with coach bonkar at the helm, they could be scary.

So, three big names from 2024 return. But who are the newcomers? We'll start with bonkar. He's a former world champion in Paladins with Ninjas in Pyjamas. The Swedish coach made the move to VALORANT like many others, playing on NIP, Guild Esports, and Tundra Esports.

He'd then go on to be the head coach of Oxygen Esports in the VCT NA Challengers league. Once his time there ended, instead of moving back to EMEA, he kept his talents in Americas by joining up with NRG.

Next, we have mada coming to the NRG 2025 VALORANT roster. He started his VALORANT career with Andbox, moving to Luminosity Gaming, and then Shopify Rebellion. He'd stay put during the MxS partnership of Moist Esports and Shopify, finally making it to the big leagues here.

And lastly comes Verno. Verno is another Tier 2 standout. He joins the NRG 2025 VALORANT roster after a long stint with Oxygen Esports, starting in their Academy team. He and bonkar are definitely familiar with each other, so it should be an easy transition.

As it stands, the full NRG roster now hosts:

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