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Current team | |
Team | FaZe Clan |
Game | Counter-Strike 2 |
Personal information | |
Name | Helvijs Saukants |
Nationality | Latvian |
Career information | |
Playing career | 2019–present |
Helvijs Saukants (born February 14, 2001), better known as broky, is a Latvian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for FaZe Clan as the AWPer and a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player.
He is the first and only Counter-Strike player from Latvia to have won a major – the largest and most notable tournament in the game. [1]
Helvijs is also the first esports player to be nominated as Latvia's Sportsman of the Year in Technical Sports category. [2]
Saukants started his professional career in January 2019 with team Epsilon Esports. [3] In September 2019 he moved to the Faze Clan team. [4] [5] With his new team he achieved a win at the BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2019 in 2019, a 3rd–4th place. Place at the Intel Extreme Masters XIV – Beijing and fourth place at the BLAST Pro Series: Global Final 2019.[ citation needed ]
In 2022, he won the IEM Katowice 2022 with a 3–0 win against G2 Esports and then the ESL Pro League Season 15. [6] For his achievements, he was recognized by HLTV as the best player in a tournament for the first time at IEM Katowice. He then won his first major tournament with the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 after a 2–0 win against Natus Vincere. [7] [8] [9] The same year he also won the IEM Cologne 2022 with a 3–2 win against Natus Vincere. [10] He also reached the finals of the Roobet Cup and the Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2022. For his individual achievements, he received another MVP award in the Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2022. He was also voted 6th in the list of best players. [11]
In 2024, he competed in the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 finals, marking the second time on the grand final stage in the most notable event in Counter-Strike . This time, FaZe Clan lost to NAVI with a score of 1–2 and placed 2nd in the tournament. [12] After the major, he with his team FaZe Clan participated in IEM Chengdu 2024 and won the 1st place with a score 2–0 against Mouz. [13] [14]
With prize money of over $1,000,000, he is Latvia's most successful e-athlete in terms of prize money as well as the first one to cross the $1 million mark in winnings. [15] [16]
Placement | Tier | Type | Tournament | Team | Date | Prize |
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![]() | S-Tier | Offline | BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 [17] | FaZe Clan | 2023-12-17 | $250,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | CS Asia Championships 2023 [18] | FaZe Clan | 2023-11-12 | $250,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | Thunderpick World Championship 2023 [19] | FaZe Clan | 2023-11-05 | $250,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 [20] | FaZe Clan | 2023-10-22 | $100,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | Intel Grand Slam Season 4 [21] | FaZe Clan | 2023-03-26 | $1,000,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | ESL Pro League Season 17 [22] | FaZe Clan | 2023-03-26 | $200,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | Intel Extreme Masters XVII – Cologne [23] | FaZe Clan | 2022-07-17 | $400,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 [24] | FaZe Clan | 2022-05-22 | $500,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | ESL Pro League Season 15 [25] | FaZe Clan | 2022-04-10 | $190,000 |
![]() | S-Tier | Offline | Intel Extreme Masters XVI – Katowice [26] | FaZe Clan | 2022-02-27 | $400,000 |
Was named the HLTV MVP of the following tournaments:
Was ranked as one of the best player of the year by HLTV:
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