Froggen

Froggen
Henrik Hansen
Born (1994-02-21) February 21, 1994
Nationality Danish
Current team Origen (eSports)
Role Mid Laner
League North American League of Legends Championship Series
Games League of Legends
Career prize money $81,923.75
December 2011 – December 2012 CLG Europe
January 2013 – December 2013 Evil Geniuses
December 2013 – January 2015 Alliance
January 2015 – October 2015 Elements
January 2016 – November 2017 Echo Fox
April 2018 – Present Origen (eSports)

Henrik Hansen, better known by his in-game name Froggen, is a Danish professional League of Legends player. Most recently, Froggen was the Mid Laner for Echo Fox, a franchised team of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NALCS). He has also played for CLG.EU, Evil Geniuses, Alliance, and Elements in the past. Anivia is considered his signature champion.

Early life

Hansen was born in Denmark on 21 February 1994. Since his childhood, he has played games such as Counter-Strike and Warcraft 3, and was introduced to League of Legends by his brother.[1]

Career

2012

In 2012, Froggen helped CLG.EU finish third at the Season 2 World Championship.

2013

In January, Froggen signed with Evil Geniuses and moved to their gaming house in Berlin. The team qualified for the inaugural spring split of the EU LCS and finished 4th with a 15-13 record in the regular season, qualifying them for the playoffs; in which they finished 3rd.

In December 2013, Froggen joined Alliance, who took Evil Geniuses' spot in the EU LCS after they moved to the NA LCS.

2014

In the 2014 EU LCS Spring Split, Froggen's team Alliance finished 3rd in the regular season with 16-12, qualifying for playoffs and finishing in 4th.

In the 2014 EU LCS Summer Split, Alliance went 21-7 in the regular season and finished in first place, making it to playoffs and staying in first place after defeating Fnatic in the finals and earning themselves an invitation to the 2014 League of Legends World Championship.

At worlds Alliance unexpectedly went 3-3 in their group bracket and failed to make playoffs, ending up in 9–12th place.

2015

After a change to LCS branding rules, Alliance's League of Legends team was required to rebrand itself and leave the organization. The team subsequently rebranded into Elements.

Elements finished 7th in the 2015 EU LCS Spring Split and Summer Split, failing to qualify for playoffs both times.[2]

In November, Elements released all of their players except for Froggen and Nyph.

Froggen was voted by fans to appear in the 2015 All Stars tournament in Los Angeles in December.[3] At the event he had a 1v1 exhibition match against reigning world champion SK Telecom T1's Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok which he won.[4]

2016

On January 2 he moved to Southern California to join Echo Fox, which had just bought a spot in the North American League of Legends Championship Series.[5]

Echo Fox finished last in the 2016 Summer NA LCS with a 1-17 record, which meant the team could be relegated to the League of Legends Challenger Series. After defeating NRG eSports 3-0 they re-qualified for the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split.

2017

After speculations about Froggen leaving Echo Fox rise, he subsequently released his official statement on Youtube in regards to his termination with the team and shared his perspective outlook for the future in 2018. [6]

2018

It was widely rumored on Twitch as well as on Discord that he will be returning to the League of Legends professional scene in 2018. This was later confirmed by Origen (eSports) on Twitter on April 5, 2018, as they announce that Froggen will be joining them as their mid laner.

Tournament results

CLG.EU

Evil Geniuses

  • 3rd – 2013 Spring NA LCS playoffs

Alliance

  • 4th – 2014 Spring EU LCS playoffs
  • 1st – 2014 Summer EU LCS playoffs

Elements

  • 7th – 2015 Spring EU LCS

Echo Fox

Origen

  • 1st - 2018 EU Masters

References

  1. League of Legends (2017-03-01), Pocket Picks: Froggen's Anivia, retrieved 2018-06-08
  2. "Froggen: We're obviously gonna start winnin games". Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 2015-05-03.
  3. Doan, Lisa (December 12, 2015). "Froggen on 1v1ing Faker: 'He wanted me to play Anivia and see if he could beat me, but I am Anivia, I'm not going to lose that'". TheScore eSports.
  4. Jackson, LEAH 'SPINN'. "Froggen vs Faker".
  5. Wolf, Jacob (January 2, 2016). "Echo Fox acquires Froggen, KFO, three Challengers; Kori likely to sub". The Daily Dot. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
  6. "Froggen - An Update for 2018". YouTube. December 27, 2017.
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