List of Los Angeles Valiant players

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Los Angeles Valiant is an American esports team founded in 2017 that competes in the Overwatch League (OWL). The Valiant began playing competitive Overwatch in the 2018 season.

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All rostered players during the OWL season (including the playoffs) are included, even if they did not make an appearance.

All-time roster

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Brady "Agilities" Girardi.
As of December 15, 2021
HandleNameRoleCountrySeasonsRef.
AgilitiesBrady GirardiDamageFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2018–2019 [1] [2]
ApplyDamon ContiDamageFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2020 [3] [4]
BunnyJunhyeok ChaeDamageFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2018–2019 [5] [6]
CustaScott KennedySupportFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2018–2019 [7] [8]
DiyaWeida LuDamageFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2022–present [9]
DreamerSong Sang-lokTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2020 [3] [10]
envyKangjae LeeTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2018 [1] [11]
FatePanseung KooTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2018–2019 [1] [12]
FCTFCTNRussell CampbellTankFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2019 [12] [13]
FinnsiFinnbjörn JónassonTankFlag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 2018 [14] [15]
GiGRick SalazarTankFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2020 [16] [4]
GrimRealityChristopher SchaeferDamageFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2018 [1] [11]
HighbeeZening ZhangSupportFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021 [17] [18]
IzayakiMinchul KimSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2018–2019 [19] [20]
KaiKai CollinsDamageFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2020 [21] [10]
KariVYoungseo ParkSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2018–2019 [1] [2]
KrystalShilong CaiDamageFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021 [17] [18]
KSFKyle FrandanisaDamageFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2018–2020 [14] [22]
KuKiDaekuk KimTankFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2019 [23] [24]
LastroMun Jung-wonSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2020 [3] [10]
McGravyCaleb McGarveyTankFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2019–2020 [12] [4]
MoLanranYang LiaoDamageFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021 [17] [18]
numlockedSeb BartonTankFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 2018 [1] [15]
NvMYelin WenTankFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021 [17] [18]
RaiNPark Jae-hoSupportFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 2020 [16] [10]
ShaxJohannes NielsenDamageFlag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2019–2020 [12] [10]
ShowChengYu ChengTankFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021 [17] [18]
silkthreadTed WangDamageFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2018 [1] [25]
Silver3Haibo HanTankFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021 [17] [18]
SlurOwen WarnerSupportFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2019-2020 [26]
SoOnTerence TarlierDamageFlag of France.svg  France 2018 [1] [27]
SPACE Indy HalpernTankFlag of the United States.svg  United States 2018–2019 [1] [2]
uNKOEBenjamin ChevassonSupportFlag of France.svg  France 2018 [1] [7]
VerboStefano DisalvoSupportFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2018 [1] [15]
WyaHaomiao QiSupportFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2021 [17] [18]

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