on 13 may 2016, fnatic announced the departure of noh yeong-jin, better known as gamsu, from the starting line-up. gamsu had been with the team for 7 months, joining alongside his korean counterpart and friend, dayun "spirit" lee, at the start of the 2016 season. together, the team battled against the odds to reach the grand final of iem katowice as well as clinching 3rd place in the lcs spring split. he was replaced by former g2 esports top laner mateusz "kikis" szkudlarek, after stepping down from their main roster. kikis debuted with fnatic during the start of the 8th week of the eu lcs. fnatic finished the 2016 eu lcs summer split regular season in 4th after a playoff match against h2k-gaming. they would go on to play h2k again in the playoffs. in between the two fixtures, fnatic parted ways with head coach luis "deilor" sevilla and replaced him with nicholas "nicothepico" korsgård. after their series against h2k was delayed due to technical issues, h2k defeated fnatic 3-0 on 16 august 2016.