Sources: Garih set to be promoted as Coach for Team Vitality in LEC

VIT Garih

Garih will particularly coach players in the jungle and support roles

Garih is expected to take on the positional coach role, with a particular focus on jungle and support—responsibilities he already held two years ago at BDS Academy. His addition reinforces a Vitality staff currently undergoing major restructuring, with the Spanish coach bringing stability and strategic depth to the lineup. Arvindir, meanwhile, is set to concentrate primarily on draft preparation.

Additionally, Luka "Lukezy" Trumbić is expected to remain with the organization as Coach, signaling a significant investment in the team’s staff for 2025. Should Patrick "Pad" Suckow-Breum finalize his position as Head Coach, Vitality’s coaching structure for next season will be fully complete.

A strategic position

This will be Garih’s second stint in the LEC, following a first experience marked by challenging circumstances. Typically occupying strategic coaching roles, Garih began his career by making a name for himself in the ERL ecosystem. He reached his peak results after joining Team BDS Academy in the 2024 Spring Split. In his debut split, he reached the LFL finals and the EMEA Masters semifinals, later guiding the team to win both competitions during the Summer Split.

He then joined SK Gaming’s staff earlier this year, where he endured two difficult splits as the team finished in the bottom two both times. Garih subsequently changed course and moved to Vitality.Bee, where he secured the organization’s best results of the season by qualifying for the EMEA Masters and reaching the Round of 16.

A source of stability?

As positional coach for Team Vitality’s jungle and support roles, Garih will attempt to address one of the team’s major issues from last season. Although Linas "Lyncas" Nauncikas and Kadir "Fleshy" Kemiksiz are confirmed for next year, synergy between the two roles proved inconsistent for the Bees throughout the season. This instability can also be attributed to the two role changes that occurred during the year, with Zdravets "Hylissang" Galabov playing during the Winter Split and Yasin "Nisqy" Dinçer during the Spring. With this addition to the staff, Team Vitality hopes to restore stability and support the development of its players heading into the upcoming season.