Sources - VALORANT: al0rante set to join PCIFIC Esports

According to sources close to Sheep Esports, Felix "al0rante" Brandl has reached a verbal agreement with PCIFIC Esports for the upcoming 2026 VALORANT season. The German player has established himself over the past few years as one of the most promising prospects on the DACH and EMEA scene: after making his debut in 2021 with Team Heretics, he joined MOUZ in 2022, where he played multiple splits of VCL DACH: Evolution before signing with FOKUS at the end of 2023, an organization he remained with through the end of 2025.

Known for his Sentinel/flex-oriented agent pool and his consistent performances at the European Tier 2 level, he has built his career almost entirely within regional leagues and Ascension circuits. A move to PCIFIC would therefore be a logical continuation of that trajectory, arriving at a moment when the Turkish organisation must assemble a competitive roster for its entry into VCT EMEA, after losing the entirety of its previous lineup following qualification to the league.

The year 2025 for al0rante was defined by a constant presence at the top of the DACH scene with FOKUS. The organization first won VALORANT Challengers 2025 DACH: Evolution Stage 1, then finished as runners-up in Stage 2 and 3rd–4th in Stage 3, making it one of the most stable rosters in the region over the course of the season. In parallel, FOKUS twice reached the top four in the playoffs of VALORANT Challengers 2025 EMEA (Stages 1 and 2), before qualifying for the group stage of VCT 2025: EMEA Ascension, where the team placed 7th–8th after losses to BBL PCIFIC and Mandatory.

Later in the year, al0rante also appeared under the banner of 3BL Esports during Project Blender 2025 Phase 2, an EMEA offseason tournament in which he recorded another noteworthy showing within an international mix. With a DACH title, two additional regional finals, and multiple EMEA top-four finishes in a single season, his résumé remains one of the more substantial on the Challengers circuit. In this context, for 2026 PCIFIC would be sketching the outline of a player ready to convert his regional success into a central role within a VCT project, at the core of a roster still under construction.

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