Following Epic Games’ promise to invest $100m into competitive Fortnite over the next 12 months, a number of major esports organisations have moved quickly to put together Fortnite teams capable of competing at the highest level.
Some of the biggest organisations in esports have since announced rosters, including dominant League of Legends side TSM, Call of Duty favourites FaZe Clan and Rick Fox’s esports side Echo Fox.
The list will undoubtedly grow as Fortnite tournaments become more frequent and prize money increases, but these are the teams already betting on the promise of Fortnite esports and the players that will represent them:
100 Thieves
– Archie “Parallax” Shrader
– Ken “Keneth”
– Alex “Risker” Biamonte
TSM
– Ali “Myth” Kabbani
– Juan “CaMiLLs” Camilla
– Brett “dakotaz” Hoffman
– Jimmy “HighDistortion” Moreno
– Shane “OPscT” Turnbull
– Darryle “Hamlinz” Hamlin
– Daequan “Daequan” Loco
– Jesse “RealKraftyy” Kraft
Team Liquid
– Tom “72hrs” Mulligan
– Adam “Strafesh0t” Crawford
– Jake “POACH” Brumleve
– Ryan “Chap” Chaplo
FaZe Clan
– Thang “SpaceLyon” Phan
– Alexey “Cloak” Trufanov
– Jack “Jaomock” o’ Brien
– Turner “Tfue” Tennye
Cloud9
– JunHyeong “Trona” Choi
– TaeJun “Noah” Choi
– SungMin “GANji” Kim
– Sunho “Duty” Moon
Fnatic
Unconfirmed. Organisation held tryouts for their professional Fortnite roster at this year’s E3 event.
The Lightning Pandas
– Merticariu “Merti” Catalin
– Stefan “Zaxi” Østergaard Nikolaj “Tranq” Toft
OpTic Gaming
– Kenneth “BaldyKun” Anderson
– Robert “WizKay” Simone
– Marco “MarkyWay” Soto
– Dade “Dramas” Lesch
NRG Esports
– Jake “Vicaros” Lyonns
– Karman “Kaysid” Sidhu
– Chris “TheGeneral” Lee
– Williams “Kayt” Aubin
Method
– Kevin “Noizeeh” Jaskiewicz
– Martin “MartinCreek” Bäcklund
– Jonathan “Jetpacks” Bergius
– Rasmus “Rasmusenn” Wiklundh
Mindfreak
– Sean “ezupAK” O’Connor
– “neco”
– “Twizz”
– “Vince”
– “Westy”
SetToDestroyX
– Kevin “Kev” Haakinson
– Justin “Arcohs” Hale
– Jordan “Vide” Peterson
– Tyler “loveLy” Wolfe
Echo Fox
Unconfirmed. Organisation owner Rick Fox has stated that Echo Fox is currently scouting for Fortnite professionals.
Team Envy
– Richard “KingRichard”
Red Reserve
– Dalton “Tempted” Chamberlin
– Daniel “Kiwiface” Dorfman
– Alex “Complexities” Zahariev
– Jack “WallHackjack” Franzen
– Justin “Kryptic” Pena
Team Secret
– Mats “Sak0ner” Sørum
– Kyle “Mongraal” Jackson
– Domeniks “Domentos” Bunts
– Michael “VNHL” Gustad
Luminosity Gaming
– Tyler “Ninja” Blevins
– Ali “SypherPK” Hassan