Fnatic announce marquee signing of Vladi for LEC 2026

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

Last Updated: 17/12/2025

Fnatic have strengthened their League of Legends team for 2026 after confirming Vladimiros ‘Vladi’ Kourtidis has joined their LEC roster.

Vladi helped Karmine Corp win LEC Winter 2025, becoming the second-youngest midlaner to win LEC behind only Rasmus ‘Caps’ Winther.

The 20-year-old Greek midlaner’s performances saw him recognised as the MVP of the LEC Winter 2025 Split.

However, Vladi’s form dipped as the year went on, and KCorp eventually failed to qualify for LoL Worlds.

Fans began to worry that Vladi was burnt out after playing well over 2,000 LoL games last season.

And there were also worries over his mental health as he argued with KCorp fans, and LEC broadcaster Laure Valée mentioned he was struggling.

Fnatic fans will be hoping the team can create an atmosphere where Vladi feels comfortable to get the most out of the talented pro.

And in his first interview with his new team, Vladi revealed he has the same hopes:

“I’m looking forward to playing again on stage and showing what I can do, because I think the last splits I didn’t really show myself or my true potential.

“And mostly, I want to break the Fnatic curse because I think it’s a very historical org. And I also think this roster has a lot of potential.”

It has been over seven years since Fnatic last won a trophy. At that time, the LEC was still called the EU LCS.

The new LEC Versus tournament and format doesn’t give new rosters a lot of games to click.

But Vladi believes the team has a lot of potential and confidently stated, “I think we’ll do great things as a group.”

Fnatic LEC Versus roster

Only the botlane for Fnatic needs to be confirmed though the full roster has long been reported as:

• Top lane – Panagiotis ‘Empyros’ Tantis
• Jungle – Iván ‘Razork’ Martín Díaz
• Mid lane – Vladimiros ‘Vladi’ Kourtidis
• Bot lane – Elias ‘Upset’ Lipp
• Support – Park ‘Lospa’ Joon-hyeong

Vladi will be joined by another Greek sololaner as Fnatic have signed rookie toplaner Empyros from Gentle Mates.

Meanwhile, Fnatic have also confirmed that jungler Razork is staying with the organisation for a fifth year.

According to reports, Vladi wanted to play with Razork. They could become quite the fearsome duo if both synergise well together.

As for ADC, Upset is expected to have his contract extended and be the only other surviving member from the 2025 team.

And he’ll be joined by Korean support Lospa who spent time in Gen.G’s academy and played for GIANTX Pride in the ERLs last season.

Jack Stewart, Senior Editor

In my seven years of esports writing, I've introduced esports coverage to newspapers, interviewed some of the biggest names in the industry, and driven viewers mad with the puns in my YouTube scripts. I'm most proud of the latter.

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