How do you replace someone like Magisk? You’d have to look at a top 5 team in the world, surely. Wrong. You just steal Fnatic’s best player.

Thanks to BLAST’s registration, we knew mezii was Vitality’s newest signing, before fnatic even had the chance to announce it.

fnatic has been the textbook definition of average since dexter took over in the summer but with one major positive: mezii. The Brit has been electric since being freed from the IGL role, taking a flexible rifle role and fragging out. His rating over the last 2 months is a solid 1.11 and he’s single-handedly carried fnatic at their last 2 events.

mezii’s stats aren’t the only reason Vitality wanted him though.

Replacing Magisk is quite the task. He plays an incredibly difficult role as the flexible rifler on Vitality’s T-side and does it well. You need experience and great mechanics to pull that off and we can only count to a few pros in tier 1 with that pedigree: Twistzz, huNter, dycha, Magisk and mezii. We’re probably forgetting someone, but our point stands (reply and correct us, dare you).

There’s a really good overlap in what mezii can do, and what Magisk was doing. It even shows in the stats.

If you then also take into account the loyalty and reliability mezii has shown during his two-year tenure at fnatic, suddenly you understand why Vitality might be tapping him to join the team. He just fits every criteria.

We won’t lie, this is all 20/20 hindsight.

When there are rumours of Twistzz going around, you don’t think of mezii as a similar player. But when there’s a top replacement, in a not-so-top team, why not go for it?

fnatic might be done for, but Vitality have done a great job recruiting. Good luck replacing him fnatic.

Vitality’s lineup at BLAST Fall Final:

🇫🇷 ZywOo
🇫🇷 apEX
🇮🇱 flameZ
🇮🇱 Spinx
🇬🇧 mezii