Fnatic signs Vladi to LEC 2026 roster

UK-based esports organisation Fnatic has signed Vladimiros ‘Vladi‘ Kourtidis to its League of Legends roster for the 2026 season.

The Greek mid laner turns into the fifth and remaining member of the roster set to compete within the inaugural version of LEC Versus.

Introduced on December seventeenth, 2025, Vladi is the second Greek participant becoming a member of the organisation’s beginning lineup. On December fifteenth, the organisation unveiled Pangaiotis ‘Empyros’ Tantis as its prime laner.

The mid laner joins after competing for French esports organisation Karmine Corp all through the 2025 season. Previously 12 months, Vladi received the LEC 2025 Winter break up alongside a second-place end on the 2025 First Stand Event.

Vladi isn’t any stranger to competing alongside Empyros. The pair competed beneath the Riddle Esports banner in 2022. Three years later, the pair reunite to signify one in every of Europe’s largest organisations.

The announcement completes Fnatic’s LEC lineup for the 2026 season, finishing its roster rebuild following a combined 2025. Regardless of ending all three LEC splits within the prime 4, the group crashed out of the 2025 World Championship with out managing to win a match.

Alongside Vladi and Empyros, Elias ‘Upset‘ Lipp, Iván Martín ‘Razork‘ Díaz, and Óscar ‘Oscarinin‘ Muñoz Jiménez full the lineup.

Armed with loads of expertise, the new-look Fnatic goals to enhance on its disappointing Worlds efficiency.

Fnatic begins its LEC Versus marketing campaign in opposition to Los Ratones on January seventeenth to start 2026 on the entrance foot. The winner of LEC Versus secures qualification for the 2026 First Stand Event, the primary worldwide League of Legends occasion of the yr.

With Vladi seeking to proceed his stable run of type from his time with Karmine Corp, Fnatic has assembled a roster that may contend, together with reestablishing the organisation as a drive to be reckoned with.