Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #8 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso have made changes to their vast coaching staff ahead of Stage 2 of the EMEA League. Harry "Gorilla" Mepham has replaced Salah "salah" Barakat as head coach as the organization moves him to the bench. Coach Joseph "Strong" Edwards has also been released after two years.
Vitality were recently denied playoffs of EMEA League's Stage 1 via a five-way tiebreaker that saw Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek , FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #3 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder , and Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #22 paTiTek Patryk Fabrowski kamyk Maks Rychlewski nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin Keiko Georgio Sanassy kamo Kamil Frąckowiak advance from Group Alpha.
The organization entered 2024's VCT in lackluster fashion after failing to advance to the playoffs of EMEA Kickoff. Despite finalizing their roster changes before Stage 1, the team dropped matches against Natus Vincere Natus Vincere Europe Rank #20 ANGE1 Kyrylo Karasov Shao Andrey Kiprsky Ruxic Uğur Güç hiro Emirhan Kat koalanoob Gianfranco Potestio and KOI KOI Europe Rank #41 grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko sheydos Bogdan Naumov Filu Dawid Czarnecki flyuh Xavier Carlson soulcas Dom Sulcas to place them at the bottom of Group Alpha.
Salah had been at the helm of many notable teams throughout his career, the likes of which included names such as FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le , Akrew Akrew Inactive gucc107 Andrew Gutnichenko Neon Austin Hedge Paincakes Jake Hass jovahnii Jovanni Miramontes ZachaREEE Zachary Lombardo , and OG LDN UTD OG LDN UTD Inactive . He signed with Vitality ahead of franchising and was with the squad throughout their roster changes over two years.
Denied playoffs, Vitality opted to make changes and move Salah to an inactive position on the roster whilst promoting Gorilla. The new coach must prepare his squad for their Stage 2 appearance following the conclusion of Masters Shanghai.
The golden hornets have now diverted their attention towards Champions, the last international LAN event of the year, as their final destination. Having only racked up three Championship Points across Stage 1, Vitality will need to make a deep playoffs run in order to catch up with the competition.
Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #8 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso is now: