Fnatic has revealed that they are ending their collaboration with Jamie ‘keita’ Hall, concluding a partnership that spanned more than three years. This announcement follows fnatic’s disappointing performance in the Major, where they were eliminated from the Opening Stage after suffering three consecutive losses.
‘Keita’ had been leading fnatic since August 2021, when he came on board shortly after leaving Complexity as part of a restructuring that resulted in the sidelining of Jesper ‘JW’ Wecksell and Maikil ‘Golden’ Selim, along with the addition of William ‘mezii’ Merriman and Alex ‘ALEX’ McMeekin.
The British coach experienced some moderate achievements with fnatic during the initial part of his time there, including victories at DreamHack Open November 2021 and Esports Masters Espoo 2022. He led fnatic through three Major campaigns, achieving a top-eight placement at IEM Rio Major 2022. As a result of his contributions, fnatic reached a peak ranking of No. 9 in early 2023.
In the later years of ‘keita’s leadership, performance started to decline amid a constant rotation of players, with a total of 20 individuals representing fnatic during the Brit’s time. The team frequently struggled to secure playoff spots at Major Events and steadily dropped in the global rankings, ultimately falling outside the top 20.
Keita’s most recent appearance with Fnatic occurred during the Perfect World Shanghai Major cycle. The team barely secured their RMR with close victories over BetBoom and ECLOT, but they ended up losing all their matches in the Opening Stage against Wildcard, Cloud9, and the lowest-ranked team present, Rare Atom.
Fnatic Announcement
fnatic roster is as follows:
- Freddy ‘KRIMZ’ Johansson
- Alexandre ‘bodyy’ Pianaro
- Tim ‘nawwk’ Jonasson
- Benjamin ‘blameF’ Bremer
- Matúš ‘MATYS’ Šimko
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