VALORANT star Jordan “Zellsis” Montemurro has signed for Cloud9 for the third time in his profession, two years after departing for Sentinels.
The Canadian initially performed for Cloud9’s Counter-Strike International Offensive roster earlier than his swap to VALORANT. He then performed underneath the Cloud9 banner for Riot’s shooter between October 2022 and September 2023 earlier than his departure for Sentinels.
Zellsis and penny full Cloud9’s VCT 2026 roster
Zellsis’ announcement got here within the type of a enjoyable, Halloween-themed video, with him dressing up as George from Stephen King’s It.
Opening the announcement video with “Trick or deal with?”, he later delivered a tasty shock to the group’s followers as he revealed that his former Model 1 teammate Erik “Penny ” Penny would even be becoming a member of the workforce.
The duo are changing Mitch “Mitch” Semago and Michal “neT” Bernet on the workforce. They each departed from the group earlier this week after a tough 2025 season that noticed Cloud9 fail to qualify for a single VALORANT Masters occasion for the third 12 months in a row.
penny has spent the previous couple of years largely exterior of the VCT sphere, though he did play for Apeks in VCT EMEA throughout 2025 Stage 2. Nevertheless, the workforce went winless throughout that run, and the complete squad was benched following their 0-5 file.
As for Zellsis, he lifted a single VCT trophy throughout his time with Sentinels, VALORANT Masters Madrid 2024, with a 3-2 victory over South Korean workforce Gen.G within the Grand Ultimate. The squad gained quite a lot of small occasions throughout numerous off-seasons, in addition to inserting fourth at VALORANT Champions 2024.
Regardless of that success earlier in his stint with Sentinels, the organisation struggled for deep runs throughout 2025. The workforce completed Fifth-Sixth in VALORANT Masters Toronto 2025 and Fifth-Eighth on the Esports World Cup 2025, however solely got here third in VCT Americas Stage 2 earlier than exiting VALORANT Champions 2025 in final place following defeats to GIANTX and XGL Esports.
Followers shall be ready to see how Zellsis performs on Cloud9 alongside together with his teammate penny.
