TenZ is somebody who has outlined Valorant’s aggressive historical past from the very days it began. His time with Sentinels has made him one of many greatest names within the recreation, somebody who had tens of millions of followers and received a number of worldwide titles. Nevertheless, he all of a sudden introduced that he’s retiring from professional play.
The rationale he gave behind retiring from aggressive play was desirous to reside his life exterior of the sport a bit extra, pursuing different pursuits and stepping away from the rigorous schedule that comes with being a professional participant.
“I’ve identified because the begin of this yr. I advised myself, ‘That is my final yr.’ It was positively for me to present it my all and play with none regrets,” he defined.
“There’s simply lots of stuff that I wanna do exterior of the sport that I’m very bold about, stuff that I positively wanted extra time in my very own schedule to chase after.”
He didn’t rule out subbing in for Sentinels each every now and then in the event that they wanted it, however he’s formally stepping away from the beginning roster.
In a follow-up video, TenZ revealed that he advised his teammates that he’d be retiring as a competitor proper earlier than Valorant Champions Seoul.
He stated the choice was a “no-brainer” with how nicely his content material is doing by itself and claimed that his teammates understood when he advised them that he’d be stepping away.
TenZ is named top-of-the-line Duelist gamers to ever contact Valorant, with him generally making an important matches of the yr seem like one-sided stomps in ranked. Few gamers have gotten 5Ks in aggressive play like he has.
He even managed to swap roles, with him taking part in Brokers like Omen and Gekko extra towards the tip of his profession and specializing in taking part in for the staff. It was an enormous departure from his desire towards Duelists like Reyna and Jett when he received his first worldwide title in 2021, however the change labored out contemplating Sentinels received their second worldwide title this yr.
At the moment, TenZ is the one North American participant to have two Masters occasion wins, and he’ll be ending his profession on a excessive be aware.