Bartosz "UNFAKE" Bernacki has announced that Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #3 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Niko Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu has allowed him to explore options as a restricted free agent.

“Still under contract with Team Vitality but I've been allowed to explore my options for the upcoming season while they decide on the team's shape going forward,” UNFAKE said in his announcement. He expressed willingness to serve as an in-game leader or secondary caller, as well as potentially relocate.

UNFAKE joined Vitality in June of this year following a disappointing Stage 1 where they exited the EMEA playoffs in the top eight, failing to reach Masters Toronto after setting a high bar for themselves with a Kickoff win and a fourth-place finish at Masters Bangkok. With the team's previous in-game leader Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel choosing to take a temporary break from competition, UNFAKE was brought in from Joblife Joblife Europe Rank #13 kamyk Maks Rychlewski doma Domagoj Fancev chiwa Egor Stepanyuk runneR Emil Trajkovski Enzo Enzo Mestari UNFAKE Bartosz Bernacki in Challengers France to replace him.

Vitality ultimately concluded EMEA Stage 2 with similarly middling results to Stage 1. After scraping into the playoffs with a 2-3 record, they once again exited playoffs in the first round of the lower bracket, finding themselves unable to qualify for the French organization's hometown event in Champions Paris.

Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #3 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Niko Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu is now:

  • Nikita "Derke" Niko Sirmitev
  • Kimmie "Kicks" Laasner
  • Blendi "KovaQ" Kovaci
  • Felipe "Less" de Loyola Basso
  • Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel
  • Ștefan "Sayonara" Mîtcu
  • Andy "Bangovic" Zajimovic (Manager)
  • Robert "Mulgan95" Mulgan (Manager)
  • Daniel "Faded" Hwang (Head coach)
  • Aleksey "slk" Lynksov (Assistant coach)
  • Edgar "psych_chek" Chekera (Performance coach)