Team Vitality

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 a partnership with the Indonesian organization Bigetron Esports. 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.

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?

• 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.