on 30 november 2018, fnatic signed jake "virtue" grannan as a sixth player after having their coach, dizzle, substitute for magnet after he contracted appendicitis, leaving fnatic a man down in the season 8 finals. virtue officially replaced neophyter after the latter left in early march 2019 after having virtue play for him on many events since his signing. on 12 march 2019, fnatic signed ryan "speca" ausden as a sixth player after virtue filled neophyter's spot. on 19 may 2019, fnatic placed 3-4th in the season 9 finals after beating their rivals, pet nora-rengo in the quarter finals but losing to eventual champions team empire. fnatic placed 13-16th in the six major raleigh 2019, falling to both darkzero esports and faze clan without taking a single map. at the season 10 apac finals, singaporean aerowolf upset against fnatic, winning 2-1 and stopping fnatic from qualifying to the season 10 finals and possibly prevented them from reaching the six invitational 2020.