Team Vitality

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Lore & Background

Team Vitality has teams in ten PC/console esports titles (League of Legends, Valorant, Counter-Strike 2, Rocket League, EA FC, StarCraft II, Tekken, Street Fighter 6, Call of Duty Warzone and Teamfight Tactics), with several professional teams and content creators from across Europe and South Korea. Vitality also has teams in four mobile esports titles (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, Honor of Kings, Free Fire and PUBG Mobile) under the name "Bigetron by Vitality" after they acquired the Indonesian organization Bigetron Esports in 2025. The organization has previously fielded teams in numerous other titles, including Call of Duty, Call of Duty Mobile, Fortnite, Rainbow Six: Siege, PUBG, H1Z1, Clash Royale, Street Fighter, Formula 1, Hearthstone, Gears of War and Arena of Valor, as well as previously operating in India.

In Their Own Story

Team Vitality entered the professional League of Legends on 9 December 2015, after it acquired Gambit Gaming's spot in the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split. The first player signed was former TSM support Raymond "kaSing" Tsang. Five days later, Vitality announced the rest of their roster: top laner Lucas "Cabochard" Simon-Meslet, jungler Ilyas "Shook" Hartsema, mid laner Erlend "Nukeduck" Våtevik Holm, and bot laner Petter "Hjarnan" Freyschuss. For their coaching staff, Vitality signed former Gambit Gaming coach Shaunz. During the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split, Vitality finished in third place with a 13–5 record. Cabochard and kaSing were elected to the split's All Pro Team. In playoffs, they were upset by sixth place Fnatic and eliminated in the quarterfinals. Before the 2016 Summer Split, Shook and Hjarnan left the team, the latter for health reasons. Vitality then signed Kim "Mightybear" Min-soo and acquired bot laner Park "Police" Hyeong-gi from Apex Gaming. With the new match format, Vitality accrued only three match wins with a 3–9–6 series record. Shook returned four weeks into the season and became the starting jungler again. After winning a tiebreaker against FC Schalke 04, Vitality secured seventh place and avoided relegation, though they missed playoffs.

Reader's Guide

Prior to the 2017 competitive season, Vitality revamped its roster. Bot laner Pierre "Steeelback" Medjaldi was acquired from Team ROCCAT to replace Police, and Ha "Hachani" Seung-chan was signed to replace kaSing. In the jungle, Vitality initially looked toward Afreeca Freecs jungler LirA, but the deal fell through. Vitality instead signed Lee "GBM" Chang-seok as a substitute mid laner and jungler Charly "Djoko" Guillard. Top laner Adrien "Alderiate" Wils and support Baltat "AoD" Alin-Ciprian were also signed as substitutes. For the 2017 EU LCS Spring Split, Vitality was drafted into Group B. After opening with a 1–3 record over three weeks, Hachani was benched. Three days later, GBM moved to starting mid laner, while Nukeduck took over the vacant support position. Vitality ended far out of playoff positions in fourth place of the group. For the 2017 Summer Split, Vitality signed support Oskar "Vander" Bogdan and finished fourth in their group again. In 2018, Vitality rebuilt around top laner Cabochard, signing veteran jungler Erberk "Gilius" Demir and rookies Daniele "Jiizuke" di Mauro, Amadeu "Minitroupax" Carvalho, and Jakub "Jactroll" Skurzyński. The new roster started 7–1 in the spring regular season but finished fourth with a 10–8 record. Vitality ended fourth in playoffs after defeating H2k 3–2 and losing to Fnatic 1–3 and Splyce 2–3. After a 5–5 first half of the 2018 Summer Split, Vitality signed veteran jungler Mateusz "Kikis" Szkudlarek. They finished the regular season in second place after winning two tiebreaker games against FC Schalke 04 and G2 Esports. Gilius stepped away as the team performed better with Kikis. In the semifinals Vitality lost to FC Schalke 04, but defeated Misfits 3–1 in the third place decider, earning the second most championship points and qualifying for the 2018 World Championship as Europe's second seed. At Worlds, Vitality were drawn into Group B with Gen.G, Cloud9, and Royal Never Give Up. After going 1–2 in the first week, Vitality upset RNG in the second week but ended third with a 3–3 record. On 20 November 2018, Riot Games announced Team Vitality as one of ten franchise teams of the newly rebranded LEC.

Did You Know?

• Team Vitality was founded in 2013 by Fabien "Neo" Devide, Nicolas Maurer, Corentin "Gotaga" Houssein, and Kevin "BrokyBrawks" Georges.
• Since 2019, Vitality has made the Stade de France its training center, becoming the first resident club of the stadium.
• Vitality acquired the Indonesian organization Bigetron Esports in 2025, creating the mobile esports brand 'Bigetron by Vitality'.
• Vitality entered professional League of Legends on 9 December 2015 by acquiring Gambit Gaming's spot in the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split.
• At the 2018 World Championship, Vitality upset LPL favourites Royal Never Give Up in the second week of Group B.