Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Unranked trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso has signed Felipe " Less " Basso to play in VCT EMEA for the 2025 season, pending Riot approval. Less departs LOUD LOUD Brazil Unranked dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira after three years with the organization.
The Brazilian superstar joined the original LOUD roster at the beginning of 2022. They opened the year with an undefeated run through Brazil Stage 1: Challengers 1 and placed second at Masters Reykjavik, only being defeated by OpTic Gaming OpTic Gaming Inactive . The squad returned to the international stage at Masters Copenhagen but were eliminated in the group stage by OpTic.
In a definitive moment for what remains one of the most storied rivalries in Valorant history, Less along with the rest of LOUD exacted revenge against OpTic in the grand final of Champions 2022 to take home Brazil's first ever international trophy.
Forever a world champion. (Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Riot Games)
2023 saw Gustavo "Sacy" Rossi and Bryan "pANcada" Luna part ways with the team; their roles were subsequently filled by Cauan "cauanzin" Pereira and Arthur "tuyz" Andrade. Despite the changes, LOUD carved an impressive path to a second place finish on their home turf at LOCK//IN. They exited Masters Tokyo with an 0-2 record before recovering to a third place finish at Champions 2023.
Coming into the 2024 season, LOUD underwent yet another change as Erick "aspas" Santos left the team. While LOUD began the year with a strong fourth place result at Masters Madrid, they struggled during the regular season and failed to qualify to an international event for the first time in the team's history, missing out on both Masters Shanghai and Champions 2024.
Vitality attained their first international qualification last year, punching their ticket to Champions 2024 with a second-place finish in EMEA Stage 2 in part thanks to extraordinary performances from Saif "Sayf" Jibraeel and Nikita "trexx" Cherednichenko, who were both top rated players in the split. The European squad later went out 1-2 in the group stage of Seoul.
Less' addition to Vitality represents the French organization's first import from outside of EMEA and the potential development of a team with the star power to contend on the global stage ahead of Champions Paris in September 2025.
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