Team Vitality has announced the signing of Alexander ‘jawgemo’ Morto to its Valorant roster ahead of the VCT EMEA 2027 season.
Vitality secured the American Duelist after the decision to part ways with veteran legend Nikita ‘derke’ Sirmitev, who now plays for Aurora.
jawgemo takes a history of trophies to Vitality
Having been only one step away from Valorant Champions 2026 success, Vitality are turning to jawgemo’s services to take the next step in their Valorant ambitions.
jawgemo joins as a member of the Evil Geniuses Valorant Champions 2023-winning roster, also bringing a history of domestic dominance, having secured four domestic split trophies with G2.
During jawgemo’s time at G2, the team won:
- VCT 2025 Americas Kickoff
- VCT 2025 Americas Stage 1
- VCT 2025 Americas Stage 2
- VCT 2026 Americas Stage 1
However, G2 infamously struggled to turn their domestic dominance into international success, despite coming close on a number of occasions.
A runner-up placement at Valorant Masters Bangkok 2025 was the apex of their attempts at an international trophy, also coming top four at Masters Toronto 2025, Masters Santiago 2026, and Valorant Champions 2026.
However, by the time Valorant Champions 2026 had come around, the roster had already decided to go its separate ways after a damaging 0-2 exit in the London Masters playoffs, which was closely followed by EWC 2026, where G2 failed to qualify for the playoffs.
Vitality will be hoping that international curse doesn’t follow jawgemo as they aim to secure their first international trophy in the esport.
The Duelist, who largely played Neon for much of the last year, will fill a much-needed void in the Vitality roster, which was forced to move Timofey ‘Chronicle’ Khromov onto the Agent in 2025 despite roles not fitting due to Derke’s lack of comfort on the Agent.
Team Vitality Valorant is now:
- Elias ‘jamppi’ Olkkonen
- Timofey ‘Chronicle’ Khromov
- Ștefan ‘Sayonara’ Mîtcu
- Dawid ‘PROFEK’ Święć
- Alexander ‘jawgemo’ Mor
- Benjamin ‘Scuttt’ Hutchinson (Head Coach)
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Darragh is an Esports Journalist for Insider Gaming specialising in Counter-Strike. He loves to explore how esports teams work, or why they very often do not.
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