FaZe are back to full strength for the Polish event. FaZe have announced that Håvard "rain" Nygaard and Robert "RobbaN" Dahlström are set to return to the team for IEM Katowice. The European combine previously used Patrick "es3tag" Hansen as a substitute at BLAST Premier Spring Groups due to the Norwegian anticipating the birth of his child. The news of rain's return comes as a huge boost for Finn "karrigan" Andersen and company, who have their first chance to close out the Intel Grand Slam with a win in Katowice, which karrigan admitted is the main goal for the team in 2023.  FaZe have been placed in Group A of the event, which consists of several high-profile teams such as G2, Liquid, Natus Vincere, and Cloud9. With only three playoff spots up for grabs from each group, FaZe will need to be in their best form at the start of IEM Katowice on Saturday at 16:00 , when they will meet one of the Play-In teams. FaZe's roster for IEM Katowice looks as follows:
  FaZe #3  Finn 'karrigan' Andersen Håvard 'rain' Nygaard Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken Robin 'ropz' Kool Helvijs 'broky' Saukants  Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström  Age: 38 Team: FaZeC   Patrick 'es3tag' Hansen  Age: 27 Team: Ninjas in PyjamasB Rating 1.0: 1.01 Maps played: 1378 KPR: 0.68 DPR: 0.66 Helvijs 'broky' Saukants  Age: 21 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.07 Maps played: 772 KPR: 0.70 DPR: 0.61 Robin 'ropz' Kool  Age: 23 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.12 Maps played: 1201 KPR: 0.74 DPR: 0.61 FaZe #3 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs 'broky' Saukants Robert 'RobbaN' Dahlström   Natus Vincere #6 Oleksandr 's1mple' Kostyliev Denis 'electroNic' SharipovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi  G2 #2  Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' Kovač Justin 'jks' SavageRasmus 'HooXi' NielsenIlya 'm0NESY' Osipov Finn 'karrigan' Andersen  Age: 32 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 0.91 Maps played: 2084 KPR: 0.62 DPR: 0.69 Håvard 'rain' Nygaard  Age: 28 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.03 Maps played: 1675 KPR: 0.71 DPR: 0.69 Russel 'Twistzz' Van Dulken  Age: 23 Team: FaZe Rating 1.0: 1.11 Maps played: 1455 KPR: 0.73 DPR: 0.62   Liquid #4 Nick 'nitr0' CannellaKeith 'NAF' MarkovicJonathan 'EliGE' JablonowskiJosh 'oSee' OhmMareks 'YEKINDAR' Gaļinskis  Cloud9 #12  Abay 'HObbit' KhassenovTimur 'buster' TulepovSergey 'Ax1Le' RykhtorovDmitry 'sh1ro' SokolovVladislav 'nafany' Gorshkov Time is adjusted to your selected timezone |