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Current team | |||||||||
Team | Team Liquid | ||||||||
Role | Mid Laner | ||||||||
Games | League of Legends | ||||||||
League | LCS | ||||||||
Status | Active | ||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||
Name | Nicolaj Jensen | ||||||||
Born | January 1, 1995 | ||||||||
Nationality | Danish | ||||||||
Team history | |||||||||
2012–2013 | Team Solo Mebdi | ||||||||
2014 | SK Gaming (coach) | ||||||||
2015–2018 | Cloud9 | ||||||||
2018–present | Team Liquid | ||||||||
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Nicolaj Jensen (born January 1, 1995), better known mononymously as Jensen, is a Danish professional League of Legends player who currently plays in the mid lane position for Team Liquid.[1] Earlier in his career, he was known as Veigodx and Incarnati0n.[2] In early 2013, Jensen, then known as Incarnati0n, was indefinitely banned from League of Legends servers and the LCS after allegedly verbally abusing and performing DDOS attacks against other players online.[3] In 2014, he served as a coach for SK Gaming. After his ban was lifted, Incarnati0n joined NA LCS team Cloud9 in 2015, replacing founding mid laner and strategist Hai on the roster, who had announced his retirement.[4] In 2019, he joined Doublelift and former teammate Impact on Team Liquid where he currently resides.[5][6] He is currently considered one of the best mid laners in North America, competing for the spot of best NA mid laner against Bjergsen.[7]
Jensen began his career in North America after joining Cloud9 in 2015.[4] In having long-time member Hai transition off the team, Jensen would join Sneaky, Meteos, and incoming coach Reapered to challenge the other teams in the NALCS. Although they did not place very high in the standings during Jensen's first two splits of being on Cloud9, they still qualified for Worlds.[8] In Summer 2016, Cloud9 would add Impact and Smoothie and begin challenging Team SoloMid for the title. Even though they came close to winning the NALCS several times, Jensen and his teammates were never able to pull it off. In Summer 2018, the coaching staff decided on a roster change that swapped out longtime players Jensen, Sneaky, and Smoothie which resulted in a lot of community backlash.[9] They were subbed back onto the team after a few weeks, and this time placed second, losing to Team Liquid. During Jensen's time on Cloud9, the team would become known for having the most international success despite not becoming champions of the region.[10] At the 2018 World Championships, Jensen led the team to semifinals, where they ultimately fell to Fnatic.
In 2019, Jensen would move on from Cloud9 to join Team Liquid, replacing Pobelter.[5] The star-studded Team Liquid roster then included other players such as Impact, Xmithie, Doublelift, and CoreJJ. In Spring 2019, Jensen would earn his first LCS title and then place second at the Mid-Season Invitational. In the following Summer split, Jensen would win his second trophy and bring Team Liquid to its record of four titles in a row.[10] Even though Jensen and Team Liquid had success all year, at the World Championships, Team Liquid would not pass the group stage into the knockout stage. In 2020, more roster changes occurred with Broxah replacing Xmithie in the Spring Split and in the Summer Split, Doublelift leaving.[11] Without Doublelift, Jensen became the main carry of the team and proved himself to be one of the best NA mid laners of all time.[12][13] Following the 2020 World Championship, Jensen re-signed with Team Liquid for a three year extension worth $4.2 million.[14]
Date | Event | Placement |
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November 28 – December 1, 2013 | DreamHack Winter 2013 | 1st |
September 18 – October 19, 2014 | 2014 World Championship | 9th–11th |
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