GuardiaN

GuardiaN
Ladislav Kovács
GuardiaN (right) at Dreamhack Leipzig 2016
Status Active
Born (1991-07-09) July 9, 1991
Nationality Slovak
Current team FaZe Clan
Role AWPer
Games Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Career prize money $647,537[1]
Nickname(s) GuardiaN
Professional career
2012-08-28 – 2012-09-06' ex-BEASTS
2012-09-06 – 2012-10-03 eternal Playerz
2012-10-03 – 2012-11-01 ex-BEASTS
2012-11-01 – 2013-01-25 myDBG.net
2013-01-25 – 2013-04-01 3DMAX
2013-04-?? – 2013-06-02 TCM-Gaming
2013-06-02 – 2013-07-18 Virtus.pro
2013-12-09 – 2017-08-03 Natus Vincere
2017-08-03 – Present FaZe Clan

Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács is a Slovak professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) player and former Counter-Strike: Source (CS:S) and Counter-Strike (CS) player.[2] GuardiaN has played at a high level in all three mentioned Counter-Strike games. He is known for being one of the best players with the AWP and one of the best players overall.[3] He played for team Natus Vincere (Na'Vi) for most of his career in CS:GO and is currently playing for FaZe Clan.

Professional career

Before the release of Global Offensive was released in 2012, the Slovak played both CS and CS:S professionally. He was first introduced into Counter-Strike by his brother, who bought the game on a CD when it was not well known at the time.

He liked the game, so he kept playing it and developing as a player and some time later he found himself a team and took part in his first LAN tournaments. Due to the low number of CS events at his home soil, he decided to switch onto CS:S. He had been playing for the ranks of Reason Gaming for two years. This led him to a lot of victories while playing CS:S. Despite having been offered a spot from a number of top European teams, GuardiaN switched back to CS and got playing for such squads as IQFIGHTERS, DEFEATERS, Corecell, and SGC as well as defending the colors of his national team. In addition, he was frequently honored with a number of different awards (both as a team member and as a player).

GuardiaN moved onto CS:GO in the middle of 2012 before playing for myDGB.net, ePz, TCM-Gaming, 3DMAX and finally shining big in the Virtus.pro roster. He joined the ranks of Natus Vincere in December 2013. After a 4-year long tenure with Natus Vincere, he left the organisation in August 2017[4] and now plays for FaZe Clan as the AWPer, taking over from Aleksi "allu" Jalli - one of the most accomplished Finnish players in CS:GO.[5]

Awards and Recognition

Competition record
Representing Na'Vi
Premier League Top 4 Placings
1st 2015 StarLadder StarSeries XIII
1st 2015 Electronic Sports World Cup
2nd 2015 DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca
1st 2015 Intel Extreme Masters X – San Jose
2nd 2015 ESL ESEA Pro League Season II – Finals
1st 2016 DreamHack Leipzig 2016
1st 2016 Counter Pit League Season 2 – Finals
2nd 2016 MLG Major Championship: Columbus
2nd 2016 DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016
3rd-4th 2016 ELEAGUE Season 1
1st 2016 ESL New York – Finals
1st 2017 ESL New York – Finals
  • Was voted the 10th best player of 2013 by HLTV.org.[6]
  • Was voted the 11th best player of 2014 by HLTV.org.[7]
  • Was voted the 2nd best player of 2015 by HLTV.org.[8]
  • Was voted the 17th best player of 2016 by HLTV.org.[9]
  • Was voted the 9th best player of 2017 by HLTV.org.[10]
  • Was voted the MVP of 7 different tournaments.

References

  1. ↑ "Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács". e-Sports Earnings.
  2. ↑ http://www.sport-express.ru/cybersport/csgo/news/moment-dnya-snayper-guardian-oformil-eys-za-8-sekund-1046877/
  3. ↑ Top 20 players of 2015: GuardiaN (2), HLTV.org
  4. ↑ "GuardiaN and seized step down from Natus Vincere". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  5. ↑ "GuardiaN replaces allu in FaZe". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  6. ↑ "Top 20 players of 2013: GuardiaN (10)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  7. ↑ "Top 20 players of 2014: GuardiaN (11)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  8. ↑ "Top 20 players of 2015: GuardiaN (2)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  9. ↑ "Top 20 players of 2016: GuardiaN (17)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
  10. ↑ "Top 20 players of 2017: GuardiaN (9)". HLTV.org. Retrieved 2018-05-23.
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