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Based in | Helsinki, Finland |
Website | ence |
Ence (stylized as ENCE) is a Finnish esports organization with teams and players competing in Counter-Strike 2, PUBG: Battlegrounds, StarCraft II, and NHL 22.[1][2] ENCE was founded in 2013[3] and the organization takes inspiration for its name from the Enceladus of Greek mythology.[4] It is currently based in Helsinki[5] and is the most popular esports organization in Finland.[6] The organization also competed in Hearthstone and Overwatch until 2018,[7][8] and in League of Legends for the 2020 season.[9] ENCE is best known for its success in Starcraft II and CS:GO. Serral was the first non-Korean to win a StarCraft II World Championship and the CS:GO team finished second at IEM Katowice Major 2019.[10][11][12]
Counter-Strike
[edit]Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
[edit]ENCE was founded in 2013 and picked up a Finnish CS:GO team which competed in local tournaments.[13] In July 2014, the team disbanded after a series of disappointing results and did not return to CS:GO until 2016.[14][15] The organization fielded multiple Finnish lineups for the next two years[16][17] but did not have a stable roster until April 2018, when the organization signed Aleksi "allu" Jalli, Aleksi "Aleksib" Virolainen, Jani "Aerial" Jussila, Jere "sergej" Salo, and Sami "xseveN" Laasanen.[18][19] The roster of young talent went on an unexpected Cinderella run at IEM Katowice Major 2019 before finally losing in the finals to Astralis.[18][20] During the Major the team's unlikely success made them a fan favorite among neutrals and in Finland.[21][22][23] The Verkkars, a Finnish musical duo, released a song called "EZ4ENCE", titled after the team's chant; it references players, coaches, and team memes.[21] "EZ4ENCE" went viral in Finland during the tournament, eventually becoming the fourth-most-popular song in a Finnish top 50 published by Spotify.[24] The song would later be added into the game by Valve.[25] ENCE remained one of the top CS:GO teams in 2019, winning BLAST Pro Series Madrid and finishing second at DreamHack Masters Dallas and IEM Chicago.[26][10]
IEM Katowice 2019 remains ENCE's best performance at a CS:GO Major, although they reached the playoff round of StarLadder Major: Berlin 2019[27] and the semifinals of PGL Major Antwerp 2022.[28][29]
The team's results worsened at the start of 2020[30] and ENCE gradually replaced all of the players from the IEM Katowice run with an international roster.[31][32][33] In February 2022, with the release of Joonas "doto" Forss, ENCE's roster was completely non-Finnish for the first time in the organization's history.[34][35] The team instead set up a Finnish academy team.[36][37] Shortly after, ENCE partnered with ESL, receiving a guaranteed spot in the ESL Pro League.[38] The new roster has reached the top-5 of HLTV's world rankings.[39]
ENCE won their first trophy in over four years after beating MOUZ in the grand finals of IEM Dallas 2023, where Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia would claim his first MVP title.[40] The team would continue their strong form with grand final appearances in their following two tournaments, IEM Cologne 2023 and Gamers8 2023.[41][42]
ENCE also attended ESL Pro League Season 18, where they placed 3-4th after being eliminated in the semi-finals by MOUZ.[43]
Counter-Strike 2
[edit]On 26 November 2023, ENCE announced the departures of coach Eetu "sAw" Saha and in-game leader Marco "Snappi" Pfeiffer, who were replaced by Jakub "kuben" Gurczynski and Lukas "gla1ve" Rossander respectively.[44][45] Later, on 16 December 2023, the team announced the departures of Alvaro "SunPayus" Garcia and Pavle "Maden" Bošković, who were signed by Saudi Arabian organization Team Falcons, along with Snappi the day prior.[46][47] Heroic announced the signing of Guy "NertZ" Iluz on 17 December 2023, reducing ENCE's roster to only gla1ve and Paweł "dycha" Dycha.[48]
The same day, ENCE announced the signing of the Polish roster 9INE's core, consisting of Krzysztof "Goofy" Górski, Kacper "Kylar" Walukiewicz, and previous ENCE player Olek "hades" Miskiewicz.[49]
Roster
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Roster updated 29 May 2024. |
Starcraft II
[edit]Serral, a Finnish Zerg player, joined ENCE in October 2016[50] and is one of the best players in the world.[51][52] In 2018, Serral became the first non-Korean player to win a StarCraft II World Championship.[53]
NHL esports
[edit]Finnish player Erik "EKI" Tammenpää represents ENCE in NHL esports.[54] EKI is the most successful Finnish player in the game and one of the top players globally.[55] He was chosen by the Finnish Association of Sports Journalists as the 2021 Finnish esport athlete of the year.[56]
Overwatch
[edit]Ence rostered an Overwatch division from 2017 to 2018. In March 2024, the organization announced their return to Overwatch esports, competing in the Overwatch Champions Series.[57]
Roster
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Roster updated 5 May 2024. |
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