Vitality sign FIESTA to replace Humanoid for LEC Summer

Vitality finished top of the Spring regular season — then the playoffs unravelled. Movistar KOI swept them 3-0 in the upper bracket, and GIANTX swept them out of the lower bracket to leave them fifth. The disappointing run pushed the org to part ways with Humanoid, benched on 22 June alongside assistant coach Luka "Lukezy" Trumbić.

FIESTA, arrives from LCK Challengers side BNK FEARX Youth, where the academy team finished in the bottom half in both 2026 splits. Most of his career has run between the LCK and LCK CL with Nongshim, his standout result an LCK CL title with NS Challengers. This is his second stint in Europe — in 2024 he played the TCL with Papara SuperMassive, finishing seventh in his last split there, and reached no higher than the 5th-8th bracket at EMEA Masters.

Head coach Patrick "Pad" Suckow-Breum framed the signing around fit, calling FIESTA the most likely candidate to slot into the team's needs — and pointing to map strengths close to Humanoid's:

A very self-sufficient, mechanically gifted player who can progress the map, who teamfights very well.

On Hansen, Pad pointed to added experience and structure for drafts and scouting. The changes, he said, leave "8 people working with urgency" to break the playoff cycle that has shaped Vitality's year.