Tarathiel: When Celestè first formed, we were very excited about. ĭid you expect your team would be this dominant in the FSL VALORANT Circuit? We had a lot of comebacks in every tournament. I believed we could managed to get back on top and we did. I always believe in my team even when we're dropping down, for example we were against Mad Army and we were getting wrecked in the first half. We don't really get angry.Įnerii: I think the reason we're winning is that we trust our teammates a lot, even when we're joking around with each other during a game. Y'know, we just joke around and we're just all chill. We just play as if it's not a tournament. Tarathiel: We don't want to be too serious because I feel like everybody is gonna get pressured. How is the team like during official matches? Do you get really serious whenever you play or do you prefer to keep things casual? They can do whatever they want, I just minimize the risks that come with it. I don't wanna say, "you cannot do this, you cannot do that, don't do this, don't do that." I prefer to say, "What do you wanna do? You want to do this? Then let Eisberg support you and let enerii help you" or something like that. Playing an FPS game needs confidence, so I don't wanna keep them from playing their best. Tarathiel: As the in-game leader, usually I let them do what they feel like doing. Ayumii is the chillest (most chill), she's the calmest in almost all situations so when I get a bit tensed up she often calms me down. The motivator of our team is Eisberg since she's the oldest among all of us. Our in-game leader, Tarathiel, often makes the calls and those calls are really important so that we know where to go and what we should decide to do next. For Eisberg, she's a really good support. She's always on her game, always really good. For example, we all know that enerii is the carry. Margeaux: Each of us has a really important role. I think that's what makes us very strong, each of us has a very high individual skill.Ĭan you tell us more about the team dynamics in Alter Ego Celestè? What are the roles that each player has in the team and why? Eisberg is also a very good support while margeaux is very good. Overall, the individual skill of my team members is above the rest. Tarathiel: I think that out of all the girl teams, we have the best chemistry because we've stuck together for quite a long time already. Why do you think your team has been so dominant in the FSL VALORANT Circuit? I started competing seriously when Celestè offered me to play with them at WESG Malaysia 2020. Everybody playing it is so competitive and I also feel like I want to be one of the best, so that's why I play it. He asked me to buy it so I got my father to buy it so I play it with him everyday. I think that's why I like playing FPS games, because it's more of a guy's game.Įnerii: I played because my brother played it. My dad encouraged me to play too because he also likes to play. I used to play soccer also and just like playing games and all that boy stuff. I seem to connect with them more so my hobbies are like theirs. That's when it all started for me, when I really got passionate for FPS games.įrom when I was a little kid, I've been playing with guys a lot and I have more guy friends than girl friends. At that time I was playing Cross Fire and my friends asked me to join a tournament. Tarathiel: I think I started playing competitively when I was 12 years old. Yahoo Esports Southeast Asia recently sat down with Tarathiel, enerii, and margeaux in order to talk about Alter Ego Celestè, their dominance of the FSL VALORANT Circuit, and what it means for an all-female esports team like them to finally make big waves in the esports scene. They now sit at four-straight titles in this year's circuit and are looking to claim a fifth at FSL VALORANT Open V, which will hold its playoffs from 29 July to 1 August. They won FSL's first-ever VALORANT Open, narrowly lost in the finals of the second one, then proceeded to win the next three events.Īfter getting signed by renown Indonesian esports organisation Alter Ego back in March, Alter Ego Celestè have only gotten stronger in time for the 2021 FSL VALORANT Circuit. In 2020, the roster of Alter Ego Celestè - then playing as Celestè Esports - won all but one of the five VALORANT Open tournaments hosted by FSL that year. Alter Ego Celestè have emerged as far and away the most dominant all-female VALORANT team in Southeast Asia.Ĭomprised of Indonesian players Ryona "Tarathiel" Tan, Odella "enerii" Abraham, Dhammamitta "margeaux" Marvella, July "Eisberg" Kusuma, Risalma "oreopheliaa" Agnia, as well as Malaysian player Nurul "Ayumiii" Aini, the team have been virtually unstoppable since they started competing in the FSL VALORANT Circuit in July last year.