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 confirmed recent reports and signed Emil "runneR"
Trajkovski, formerly of
Diamant Esports
Diamant Esports
Europe
Rank #12
.
Vitality's newest star has had a fast rise through the competitive system. After roughly eight months in the tier 2 Balkans scene with
Balkan Stars
Balkan Stars
Inactive
focus
Legolas
, runneR signed with Diamant on a year-long deal that would see him claw ever closer to regional glory. He spent his debut months dominating Eastern European tournaments and, between them, his Macedonian squad
OBK
OBK
Inactive
antonio
Antonio Atanasov
runneR
Emil Trajkovski
western
Legolas
Kequeq
reached top four at the RBCC World Finals.
Diamant got off to a slow start in 2023, when they received an invite for the VCL East. In the first stage, despite finishing fourth in the regular season, runneR's roster bombed out of Split 1 in sixth. A much more consolidated effort saw Diamant finish the second split's regular season in second, with
Acend
Acend
Inactive
ALIVE
Gilad Hakim
musashi
Alessio Xhaferi
pyrolll
Artur Minin
cullumx
Nikolaj Cullum Andersen
chiwa
Egor Stepanyuk
leading the table. The team was later eliminated from the playoffs in third; Diamant also finished third in the league's overall points standings, one place shy of clinching Eastern Europe's second VCT Ascension EMEA slot.
runneR is the first piece in Vitality's 2024 rebuild. The team is currently working to replace three former members — Karel "Twisten" Ašenbrener, Santeri "BONECOLD" Sassi, and MOLSI — and already has one more player reportedly lined up. After runneR, Vitality are expected to add Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel and Kimmie "Kicks" Laasner, according to two reports from Alejandro Gomis of BLIX.GG
Vitality is also keeping most of its coaching staff for 2023, hoping to rebuild from near-scratch and improve on their sixth-place finish in the 2023 VCT EMEA.
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #8
trexx
Nikita Cherednichenko
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Kicks
Kimmie Laasner
Sayf
Saif Jibraeel
Less
Felipe de Loyola Basso
's roster is currently:
- Salah "salah" Barakat (Head coach)
- Joseph "Strong" Edwards (Coach)
- Harry "Gorilla" Mepham (Assistant coach)
- Marceau "Placido" Lambert (Performance coach)
- Marcus "marcus_askildsen" Askildsen (Performance coach)