Rodrigo “spikeziN” Lombardi has reached a verbal agreement to remain with LEVIATÁN for two more years, according to information gathered by Sheep Esports. The agreement is only verbal at this point, and it has not been made official by the organization.
The 19-year-old Brazilian joined LEVIATÁN in November 2025 from 2Game Esports, a team that ended 2025 with only two wins in VCT Americas. Unlike Bruno “Neon” Rodríguez and Guilherme “blowz” Oliveira, who were promoted from the academy roster, spikeziN arrived from outside the organization and became part of a lineup built around South American talent.
A season with a title and a missed Champions
LEVIATÁN’s 2026 was a rebuild around South American talent, and it started slowly. The team finished 5th-6th at Kickoff, but improved in Stage 1, when it reached the final after an unbeaten playoff run and lost 3-2 to G2 Esports.
That result sent LEVIATÁN to Masters London, where the team won the Swiss Stage 2-0, beating Global Esports and NRG. After a loss to Paper Rex in the upper bracket, LEVIATÁN went through the lower bracket, with a 2-0 win over Team Vitality and a 3-0 win over EDward Gaming. The team beat Paper Rex 3-2 in the Grand Final and won the first international trophy in the organization’s history.
Stage 2 did not go the same way. LEVIATÁN entered the playoffs as a top seed, but lost 2-0 to 100 Thieves in the upper bracket and 2-1 to G2 in the lower bracket. The result left the team short on Championship Points, and LEVIATÁN missed Champions Shanghai despite being the Masters London champion.
Changes around the roster
The extension comes as the rest of the roster changes.
Sheep Esports reported that Eduardo “
Sato” Nagahama is
set to join G2 Esports, replacing Jacob “
valyn” Batio, and that Francisco “
kiNgg” Aravena, LEVIATÁN’s long-time in-game leader, is also
set to join the team, taking the spot left by Andrej “
babybay” Francisty and the in-game leading duties.
LEVIATÁN was selected as one of the eight partner teams in VCT Americas for the 2027-2028 cycle, as
reported by
Sheep Esports. The new cycle opens with Kickoff in São Paulo, from January 14 to February 7, with eight partner teams and four teams coming through the Open Qualifiers, and the top three advancing to Masters Seoul.
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