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Team Vitality part ways with Derke after two seasons

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Team Vitality part ways with Derke after two seasons

Team Vitality have confirmed that Nikita “Derke” Sirmitev is leaving their VALORANT roster, closing a two-season chapter that peaked with a run to the Champions Shanghai grand final. The French organisation broke the news in a farewell video on X, calling the Finnish duelist “the player who helped shape Vitality’s legacy”.

The decision leaves Vitality with four players under the 2027 banner and one obvious hole to fill. It also adds one of the biggest names in EMEA to an off-season market that was already busy, as covered in our round-up of the early VALORANT off-season exits.

The player who helped shape Vitality’s legacy

You brought us our first VCT trophy, took us to our first Champions Grand Finals, and never stopped fighting for more.

Thank you Derke 💛 we will always remember your time as a bee. pic.x.com/v7byAiD1Oa

Derke arrived at Vitality in October 2024 with a reputation few duelists could match. He had spent his first four years in professional VALORANT at FNATIC, where he won LOCK//IN and Masters Tokyo in 2023, two international titles in a row.

His first year in yellow and black did not go to plan. According to VLR.gg, the 2025 line-up built around Derke, Less and Sayf took fourth place at Masters Bangkok, then faded in EMEA. They were knocked out in the top eight of both regional stages and never made it back to an international event that year.

Vitality started again for 2026. Chronicle joined from FNATIC, while Jamppi and PROFEK were signed from BBL Esports.


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