FIESTA Joins Team Vitality as a New Mid Laner

On Tuesday, June 30, Team Vitality announced the arrival of An “FIESTA” Hyeon-seo, who joins the European League of Legends team as their new mid laner for the summer split.

FIESTA joins the LoL EMEA Championship squad as a replacement for Marek “Humanoid” Brázda, who was recently moved to the bench following a short six-month stint with the team.

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The 23-year-old heads to Europe after spending two splits with BNK FEARX Youth in LoL Champions Korea Challengers, where the Korean player failed to accomplish much, ending both splits in the bottom half.

Joining Team Vitality, however, will not be FIESTA’s first stint in Europe. He previously spent a year with Papara SuperMassive in the Turkish Championship League, helping the Turkish squad win two titles and qualify for EMEA Masters 2025 Winter.

FIESTA is the first Korean player to sign for Team Vitality since Kyeong “Photon” Gyu-tae, who served as the Bees’ starting top laner in 2023 and 2024.

The ambitious signing of the Korean mid laner comes as Vitality look to find more success in the LEC, having failed to leave a positive mark across the first two splits of the season.

Team Vitality kicked off the year with a promising run in LEC Versus, ending the regular season in third place. However, they crashed out of the playoffs in the first round and ended the split in fifth-sixth place.

LEC Spring played out similarly, with Team Vitality showing promise in the regular season and placing first with an 8-1 record.

Yet, in the knockout stage, they again failed to advance past the first round, suffering defeats to Movistar KOI in the upper-bracket semifinals and GIANTX in the lower-bracket quarterfinals.

Given Vitality’s struggles, changes were on the horizon, and they have now turned to a mid laner who enters the LEC with previous experience in LoL Champions Korea.

With no other roster changes confirmed for the French team, Team Vitality now have a complete lineup, with FIESTA set to debut in LEC Summer, which kicks off on July 24.

Mark Prezelj

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