Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner ceNder Jokūbas Labutis Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso have added four new players to their roster in the forms of Santeri "BONECOLD" Sassi, Kamil "baddyG" Graniczka, Joona "H1ber" Parviainen, and Nathan "nataNk" Bocqueho.
🇫🇮 - @BonecoldVAL
🇫🇷 - @nataNk1wnl
🇵🇱 - @baddyyG
🇱🇹 - @ceNder1337
🇫🇮 - @H1berr
🇫🇷 - @RushManga - Sub
🇬🇧 - @Tanizhq - Coach
🇬🇧 - @gorillaVL - Analyst
🇬🇧 - @Mulgan95 - Manager
As the previous in-game leader for Acend Acend Inactive ALIVE Gilad Hakim musashi Alessio Xhaferi pyrolll Artur Minin cullumx Nikolaj Cullum Andersen chiwa Egor Stepanyuk , BONECOLD and his former team attended two of the three international LANs of the 2021 VCT circuit, Masters: Berlin and Champions. Acend stumbled in Berlin as they finished among the top eight, but breezed through the playoffs of Champions to defeat Gambit Esports Gambit Esports Inactive Redgar Igor Vlasov Chronicle Timofey Khromov d3ffo Nikita Sudakov sheydos Bogdan Naumov nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin in the grand final and become the first ever world champions. Upon their return from the international stage in the 2022 VCT competition year, Acend struggled in the group stage of EMEA Stage 1: Challengers, and ultimately failed to qualify for Masters: Reykjavik. Shortly after their elimination from Challengers, BONECOLD was benched as the team searched for a new in-game leader.
Vitality's next addition, baddyG, most recently stood-in for FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix Inactive SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin Zyppan Pontus Eek ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky ardiis Ardis Svarenieks during their group stage and playoffs run in EMEA Stage 1: Challengers. After emerging as Group A's first seed, FPX defeated Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak , FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder , and G2 Esports G2 Esports Inactive with the help of baddyG to secure a spot at Masters: Reykjavik. However, FPX were unable to attend 2022's first international LAN due to travel restrictions, forcing them to watch from the sidelines as Team Liquid represented them as EMEA's third seed.
The next new face to join the roster, H1ber, played with KOI KOI Europe Rank #44 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov up until Masters: Reykjavik, where he joined Fnatic as a substitute player. However, Fnatic struggled against their international opponents, and fell to Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive and ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori in their group stage matches, concluding their first international appearance. The team's final newcomer, nataNk, joins Vitality from Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Anorthosis Famagusta Esports Inactive , a team that finished third in the East Regional League, guaranteeing them a spot in the next season.
The four new pickups will join Jokūbas "ceNder" Labutis– the sole player remaining after Vitality parted ways with the remainder of its roster– for the upcoming VCT.
Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner ceNder Jokūbas Labutis Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso is now: