FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder have announced that Leo "Leo" Jannesson, who stepped back from the starting roster following Masters Shanghai due to health reasons, will not return to the roster for EMEA Stage 2 playoffs or Champions. Emirhan "hiro" Kat will continue to play in his stead. The team has also brought back Domagoj "doma" Fancev as a substitute and Martin "Anderzz" Schelasin as a strategic consultant ahead of Champions.

A critical member of the team since their championship run at LOCK//IN, Leo reported visible health issues in the EMEA Stage 1 playoffs and Masters Shanghai. According to team director Colin "CoJo" Johnson, Leo has been on “full rest” since stepping down and has not been involved in the team's preparation. Leo stated that he is “still not in a physical condition to be competing” and encouraged the fans to continue supporting hiro and the rest of the team. CoJo added that the team plans for Leo to return to the starting roster as soon as he recovers.

FNATIC picked up hiro from Papara SuperMassive Papara SuperMassive Europe Rank #31 skylen Asil Yalçın ip0TT Yiğit Karadeniz VenTT Emre Bozkurt Celasun Emir Celasun umu7 Umut Pekdoğan in the Turkish Challengers League as a prospective young talent to fill out the team. Since then, FNATIC have been undefeated in Stage 2 with a 4-0 record in the regular season, serving as a strong comeback from their disappointing 0-2 performance at Masters Shanghai. hiro has been a standout player for FNATIC thus far and currently holds a tenth-place 1.14 overall rating in VCT EMEA. He most recently demonstrated an impressive 30-kill Sunset map to take his team over the line against Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #29 tomaszy Tomás Machado marteen Martin Pátek in their first match of playoffs.

Pending Riot approval, FNATIC have also added two familiar faces. doma has been added as a substitute for Champions and Anderzz has rejoined the team's coaching staff as a strategic consultant.

doma played for FNATIC in 2021 and was part of the squad that placed second at Masters Reykjavik. He most recently competed in the Turkish Challengers League as part of Digital Athletics Digital Athletics Europe Rank #72 s0pp Efe Tur DeepMans Yiğithan Kesici wezzy Arda Celbiş WerlasS Metin Ünal audaz Soner Ekiz pckwN Efekan Yorulmaz . He will travel to Seoul with the team and will serve as a substitute if needed.

Anderzz has been a part of FNATIC three times previously and is notably credited for designing FNATIC's signature Fade team composition on Lotus prior to LOCK//IN, which is still a popular composition on the map over a year later. Anderzz' addition has sparked discussion over whether he has been brought in specifically to provide the team with insight into the new map Abyss.

FNATIC have already locked their spot at Champions through circuit points. They will play FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #8 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban in the upper semifinals of playoffs later today for the chance at a better seed in the group stage.

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