Jensen (gamer)

Nicolaj Jensen, better known mononymously as Jensen, is a Danish professional League of Legends player. Earlier in his career, he was known as Veigodx and Incarnati0n. In early 2013, Jensen, then known as Veigodx, was indefinitely banned from League of Legends servers and the LCS after allegedly verbally abusing and performing DDOS attacks against other players online.[1] 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.[2] In 2019, he joined Doublelift and former teammate Impact on Team Liquid.[3][4] He is currently considered one of the best mid laners in North America, competing for the spot of best NA mid laner against Bjergsen.[5]

Jensen
Jensen in 2015
Personal information
NameNicolaj Jensen
NationalityDanish
Career information
GamesLeague of Legends
Playing career2012–present
RoleMid Laner
Team history
As player:
2012–2013Team Solo Mebdi
2015–2018Cloud9
2019–2021Team Liquid
As coach:
2014SK Gaming
Career highlights and awards
  • 2× LCS champion
  • LCS Lock In champion (2021)

Cloud9

Jensen began his career in North America after joining Cloud9 in 2015.[2] 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 NA LCS. 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.[6] 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 NA LCS 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.[7] 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.[8] At the 2018 World Championships, Jensen led the team to semifinals, where they ultimately fell to Fnatic.

Team Liquid

In 2019, Jensen would move on from Cloud9 to join Team Liquid, replacing Pobelter.[3] 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.[8] 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.[9] 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.[10][11] Following the 2020 World Championship, Jensen re-signed with Team Liquid for a three-year extension worth $4.2 million.[12]

Tournament results

SK Gaming
Date Event Placement
November 28 – December 1, 2013 DreamHack Winter 2013 1st
September 18 – October 19, 2014 2014 World Championship 9th–11th

Cloud9

Team Liquid
  • 1st — 2019 Spring LCS regular season
  • 1st — 2019 Spring LCS playoffs
  • 2nd — 2019 Mid-Season Invitational
  • 1st — 2019 Summer LCS regular season
  • 1st — 2019 Summer LCS playoffs
  • 9th–16th — 2019 World Championship
  • 1st — 2020 Summer LCS regular season
  • 3rd — 2020 Summer LCS playoffs
  • 9th–16th — 2020 World Championship
  • 1st — 2021 LCS Lock-In playoffs
  • 3rd — 2021 LCS Spring Regular Season
  • 2nd — 2021 LCS Mid-Season Showdown
  • 5th — 2021 LCS Summer Regular Season
  • 2nd — 2021 LCS Championship

Charitable Events

In 2017 Nicolaj "Jensen" Jensen participated in a Make A Wish event where five children were able to play against him in a one versus five. The children were able to play Jensen in three ARAM games; he won 2-1.

References
  1. Lewis, Richard (September 4, 2014). "Why Riot got the Incarnation decision wrong". The Daily Dot. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  2. Erzberger, Tyler "Fionn" (May 8, 2015). "Reincarnated: Incarnati0n joins Cloud9". TheScore eSports. TheScore Inc. Retrieved December 22, 2015.
  3. Moncav, Melany. "Jensen leaves Cloud9 for Team Liquid in transfer shock - LoL - News". WIN.gg. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  4. "Welcome Jensen to Team Liquid's League of Legends Roster!". YouTube. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  5. "Just Jensen: A new incarnation". ESPN. June 20, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
  6. "League of Legends: TL Jensen: "The night before I won my first LCS Title, I re-watched that Ekko game just to remind myself of those emotions."". InvenGlobal. July 26, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  7. Oddoman (November 6, 2019). "Does Cloud9 Flip Players: A Response to Locodoco". Medium. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  8. Dunderdale, Tyler (July 14, 2020). "Brief History of Cloud9 Developing Talent". The Game Haus. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  9. Richman, Olivia. "Doublelift explains his move from Team Liquid to TSM - LoL - News". WIN.gg. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  10. "League of Legends: TL Jensen: "All of the problems we had are pretty clear to us now."". InvenGlobal. February 28, 2020. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  11. "Jensen Part Ways With Cloud9. Welcome TL Jensen!". estnn.com. Retrieved October 17, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. Samples, Rachel (October 27, 2020). "Jensen reportedly agrees to 3-year, $4.2 million extension with Team Liquid". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 31, 2020.
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