Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso has signed Daniel "Faded" Hwang as their head coach and Damien "maLek" Marcel as the team's strategic manager, pending approval from Riot.

Faded spent the 2024 season with American Challengers side TSM TSM North America Rank #8 seven Johann Hernandez gMd Anthony Guimond , who finished sixth in Americas Ascension. His time with the team was highlighted by upsets over Moist x Shopify Moist x Shopify North America Rank #6 oderus Chad Miller and Oxygen Esports Oxygen Esports Inactive skuba Logan Jenkins mitch Mitch Semago Verno Andrew Maust Reduxx Yassin Aboulalazm dapr Michael Gulino , two favorites to reach Ascension from the North American region. Before TSM, Faded was a head coach for BackOutsideBoys BackOutsideBoys Inactive and an analyst for FaZe Clan FaZe Clan Inactive POISED Kevin Ngo mummAy Anthony DiPaolo TiGG Tanner Spanu BABYBAY Andrej Francisty supamen Phat Le .

maLek, a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and then coach, takes up his first position in professional Valorant.

The 2024 season was an up-and-down one for Team Vitality. It started with them narrowly missing out on qualification to both of the first two Masters events, being eliminated at the play-ins of EMEA kickoff and finishing fourth in the group stages of a five-way tie in EMEA Stage 1. Midseason changes were made to the coaching staff, which resulted in the team experiencing an uptick in form in Stage 2 that saw them drop just one match in league play. They finished second in the knockouts, falling in the grand final to FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder and qualifying for Champions Seoul. At Champions, they were eliminated in the group stages by eventual-third placed LEVIATÁN LEVIATÁN Latin America South Rank #1 Demon1 Max Mazanov tex Ian Botsch kiNgg Francisco Aravena aspas Erick Santos C0M Corbin Lee .

The signings of Faded and maLek round out what's been a busy offseason for the Bees. The team signed big-name international players in FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #2 Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu stand-in Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski Chronicle Timofey Khromov Alfajer Emir Ali Beder 's Derke and LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira 's Less while parting ways with runneR and longtime player ceNder . Following that, a revamp of their coaching staff, ended with them parting ways with longtime head coach salah just a few weeks ago.

Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #9 trexx Nikita Cherednichenko Derke Nikita Sirmitev Kicks Kimmie Laasner Sayf Saif Jibraeel Less Felipe de Loyola Basso 's roster is now: