The Greatest Comeback in Valorant History

Valorant News💥 @VALposting

🚨 Centaurs are reportedly set to sign rozy to their 2026 VCT roster!
Champs MVP 2024 rozy will replace HPike in the Centaurs starting lineup
or: Ilya comes back from his hiatus and joins Shane's Valorant team

Notes:

so, this fic (inspired by "boom, pow!" by anon who coded the twt & this tweet) might be funny if you’ve ventured into vcttwt... but honestly, i wouldn’t recommend going into that hellhole :D

even w/o that, i’m sure it’ll be fine!!! #idkwhatthisiseither

NOTE:
click "show creator’s style"

on twt, you can scroll, go back, click the show thread/REPLY buttons of the first 2 out of 4 tweets [yes last tweet is hayden’s] and the DM -> message button

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

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A mobile mockup showing a Twitter timeline, presented as though you’re browsing the Twitter app from Ilya’s account.

Time:9:44

CentaursVAL Retweeted

Rozanov @ilyarozy

Playing ranked but everytime I lose, I text a random person in my contacts and act like a desperate ex

Replies: 523Click to see. Retweets: 909 Likes: 22.1K

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𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘦𝘯 Replied

VAL Leaks @VAL_Leaks_

UPDATE: The VCT Champs 2025 Centaurs 🇺🇸 have been scrimming without HPike 🇨🇦 on the roster since yesterday.

The team is currently trialing players ahead of the upcoming event and the 2026 VCT season.

Rumors suggest that rozy 🇷🇺 (played for BBears), the 2024 VCT MVP who just returned from his break, could likely replace him.

A photo of Ilya Rozanov.

Replies: 230 Retweets: 1.7K Likes: 19K

𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘦𝘯 @incorrectshydn

Replying to @VAL_Leaks_

I get why people are hyped, but two IGLs? Hollander is already world-class. Maybe Rozy goes back to duelist, but the meta’s changed and the team might not have time to adapt. HPike may not frag, but he sets up his teammates and that’s what matters

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𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯. Replied

Valorant News💥 @VALposting

🚨 Centaurs are reportedly set to sign rozy to their 2026 VCT roster!

Champs MVP 2024 rozy will replace HPike in the Centaurs starting lineup

(via: @TimeToLockTFin)

A gif of Hayden Pike & Ilya Rozanov.

Replies: 124 Retweets: 1.1K Likes: 17K

𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐯 @hollanov_hourly

Replying to @VALposting

EXCUSE ME??????

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CentaursVAL Retweeted

Hayden Pike @HPikeVAL

Replies: 59 Retweets: 236 Likes: 7.5K

Hayden Pike @HPikeVAL

Replying to @HPikeVal

Just kidding, everyone. Grateful for the support from the org and team. Taking a short break to support my pregnant wife, we’re expecting our first child. Thanks for all the support! 🙂

Replies: 32 4.2K Likes: 9.8K

Time:9:44

Battery level:81

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Rozanov
@ilyarozy

Playing ranked but everytime I lose I text a random person in my contacts and act like a desperate ex

523 Replies 909 Retweets 22.1K Likes

౨ৎ˚₊✩‧ rosie ‎ @_mybadbr0

bro deliberately lost one ranked game and texted only one ex (the love of his life) and called it a day like i wouldve crashed out if i was his ranked teammate

Replies: 71 1.2K Likes: 19.3K

Ly ᯓ★ ‎ @ely17372

Replying to @ilyarozy

me when my goated Prettiest ex just won MVP in VCT champs 2025

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reyna just one chance @huntr_huntr

Replying to @ilyarozy

And the only reason he’s still an ex is because you're still losing in that shitty ass mid ez game LMAO

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💗 #1 Hunter 💗‎ ‎ @admira1111

Replying to @ilyarozy

.......historians will say they were duos

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KJ shane‎ ‎ @shaneybaby

tbh i missed when they’re rivals. like the trashtalk? the edits? the material???? enemies to lovers excellence? rozy just had to go on a break during his peak 😭

we missed ur ego & assh*lery this yr king

Replies: 12 145 6.3K

𝖏𝖊𝖑𝖑𝖞𝖇𝖊𝖆𝖗‎ ‎ @jelliliBea

Replies: 25 544 9.3K

strwow⋆｡‧˚ʚ🍓ɞ˚‧｡⋆: ‎ @strowHunt

Ur ex winning champs was just a fluke btw. Mickey mouse tournament

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𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁 ‎ @lft_tau_28973

hiiiii guys help i’m new in vct were they really like actually dating?:)

Replies: 13 5 479

¢єηтαυяѕ ⊹ ࣪ ˖ ‎ @killnotissue

oh lord don’t start mate they're gonna blame this to kpopification

Replies: 9 9 295

#CTChamps25𓃗 @ave3643

PLSSSPLS let the rumors be true, the champs curse is currently ongoing in the off season ashsdajkdfl save us i beg

4 10 269

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Time:9:44

Battery level:76

Go back. Tweet

VAL Leaks @VAL_Leaks_

UPDATE: The VCT Champs 2025 Centaurs 🇺🇸 have been scrimming without HPike 🇨🇦 on the roster since yesterday.

The team is currently trialing players ahead of the upcoming event and the 2026 VCT season.

Rumors suggest that rozy (played for BBears), the 2024 VCT MVP who just returned from his break, could likely replace him.

A photo of Ilya Rozanov.

230 Replies 1.7K Retweets 19K Likes

#BearsOnTop @LLifey_12 ago

Replying to @Val_Leaks_

🐍🐍

Replies: 73 742 Likes: 535

𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘺𝘥𝘦𝘯 @incorrectshydn ago

Replying to @Val_Leaks_

Replies: 148 832 Likes: 731

my GOAT IS BACK❗ @rozyynumber1

Replying to @Val_Leaks_

2 18 104

marianne~ @MaP6_vlr

this team winning both masters AND champs #NEVERKWORDYOURSELF

3 11 46

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Time:9:44

Hollander @s_hollander · 1m

Stfu 🖕 . Click to open chat.

Go back.

Time:9:44

Go back. Chat with:Hollander

I miss you

Sent by you at 9:02

Okay, you gotta stop. You’ve contacted me via text, DMs, Instagram, Facebook, email, and valorant chat

Sent by Hollander at 9:24

You see new rumors?

Sent by you at 9:24

Sent by Hollander at 9:37

I join your team ❤️

Sent by you at 9:37

Why? What's wrong with Bears? Kicked you out? Replaced you? And now, you joined our team. Maybe you got tired of losing?

Sent by Hollander at 9:39

Got tired of losing you

Sent by you at 9:40

Stfu 🖕

Sent by Hollander at 9:43

Start a message

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Notes:

idk if this is niche or what but i’m so happy writing this lmfao these r my shaylas, my 2 fav worlds combined. (will post last ch of 1st fic soon)

tysm for reading!!!!

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cristinab on Chapter 1 Mon 29 Dec 2025 10:18PM UTC

Dude… I saw Valorant in the title and my brain shut down for 20 seconds. You wrote this just for me and now I’m trying to figure out which irl Valorant pros Ilya and Shane would be.

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1. Anonymous Creator Mon 29 Dec 2025 10:31PM UTC
  
  aaaah!!! i’m so happy it found you. this is really for the vct ppl. tysm for commenting! AND i’m still thinking about it tbh and like which teams 🧐
  
  all i know is that shane is my igl. i want him to micromanage me (and ilya… is probably…….something…)
  
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2. 1. cristinab on Chapter 1 Mon 29 Dec 2025 10:56PM UTC
    
    Ok so I’ve been thinking about it for half an hour and this is what I got……
    
    I know you made Ilya an igl in this BUT he’s clearly prime Demon1. Like I can SEE him standing on his desk after winning Champs. Pansy’s line about him being the new king of hell is so fucking fitting.
    
    My first thought was that Shane is Boaster because of the accolades but I don’t think there’s two people in existence that are polar opposites like Shane Hollander and Boaster so I think Shane is nAts. Good igl, biggest IQ in the game and one of the GOATs of Valo.
    
    I don’t know about teams though
    
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Storyb00k Mon 29 Dec 2025 10:33PM UTC

Love the style, and am impressed by the coding it would have taken! you should be proud <3

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Blankji on Chapter 1 Mon 29 Dec 2025 10:46PM UTC

Thank you dear author for combining my niche obsessions. I am now obsessed with the concept of Valorant pro AUs.

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kastle on Chapter 1 Mon 29 Dec 2025 11:02PM UTC

I genuinely did a double take when I saw this LMAO. I love Valorant. This is insane.

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Viper373 on Chapter 1 Mon 29 Dec 2025 11:13PM UTC

Not combining my two favorite things I-

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