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