Nicolaj Jensen, better known mononymously as Jensen, is a Danish professional ''

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'' player for Dignitas. Earlier in his career, he was known as Veigodx and Incarnati0n. Jensen began as a player for Team Solo Mebdi, a team attempting to enter the European LCS via qualifier. He was banned for toxicity and DDOS attacks against other players. After his ban was lifted, Incarnati0n joined NA LCS team

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in 2015, replacing founding mid laner and strategist Hai on the roster, who had announced his retirement. In 2019, he joined

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and former teammate

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. He was released from Team Liquid after the 2021 season in favor of his rival

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, who took over his position on Team Liquid. In 2022, he rejoined Cloud9, and in 2023, he joined Dignitas. In 2024, Jensen joined FlyQuest. He is considered one of the best mid laners in North America, competing for the spot of best NA mid laner against Bjergsen. A 2022 retrospective by the LCS staff voted Jensen as the 2nd greatest LCS mid laner of all time, behind only Bjergsen.

Early career in European leagues

In early 2013, Nicolaj Jensen, then known by the screenname Veigodx, was part of Team Solo Mebdi, a team that hoped to qualify for the EU LCS.'Toxic behavior' gets entire 'League of Legends' team booted from tournament
/ref> The team was barred from the tournament after Veigodx and two other players on it were banned. Veigodx was given an indefinite ban from ''League of Legends'' servers and the LCS after verbally abusing and performing

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attacks against other players online. Unable to compete directly in Riot-sanctioned events, in 2014, he served as a coach for

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Cloud9

Jensen's ban was lifted in March 2015 after a Riot investigation found that he had markedly improved his behavior and ceased getting negative reports from other players, nor was he continuing to DDOS players. Jensen moved to North America and joined

in 2015. In having long-time member Hai transition off the team, Jensen would join Sneaky,

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, and incoming coach Reapered to challenge the other teams in the NA LCS. Although they did not place very high in the standings during Jensen's first two splits of being on Cloud9, they still qualified for Worlds. In Summer 2016, Cloud9 would add

and

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and begin challenging

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for the title. Even though they came close to winning the NA LCS several times, Jensen and his teammates were never able to pull it off. In Summer 2018, longtime players Jensen, Sneaky, and

were benched from the main team and sent to the Academy team by the coaching staff after a poor start to the season, which resulted in a community backlash. They were subbed back onto the team after a few weeks, and this time placed second, behind

which finished first. During Jensen's time on Cloud9, the team would become known for having the most international success of the LCS qualifying teams despite not becoming champions of the region. At the 2018 World Championships, Jensen led the team to semifinals, where they ultimately fell to

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Team Liquid

In 2019, Jensen would move on from Cloud9 to join

, replacing

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. The star-studded

roster then included other players such as

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, and CoreJJ. In Spring 2019, Jensen would earn his first LCS title and then place second at the

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. In the following Summer split, Jensen would win his second trophy and bring

to its record of four titles in a row. Even though Jensen and

had success all year, at the

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would not pass the group stage into the knockout stage. In 2020, more roster changes occurred with Broxah replacing

in the Spring Split and in the Summer Split,

leaving. Without

, Jensen became the main carry of the team and proved himself to be one of the best NA mid laners of all time. Following the 2020 World Championship, Jensen re-signed with

for a three-year extension worth $4.2 million. In 2021, Team Liquid placed 2nd in both the Spring Split and the Summer Split, which qualified them from Worlds. They were eliminated in Groups as their 3-3 record was not enough to advance to the quarterfinals. Despite the contract lasting 2 more years, Jensen was released from Team Liquid at the end of 2021. Jensen's mid-laner rival

decided to return from retirement and resume play, and Team Liquid promptly signed him in November 2021.Bjergsen officially joins Team Liquid for 2022 LCS season
/ref> No other team signed Jensen for the 2022 Spring Split, possibly due to the late release as they had already signed and announced other mid laners.

Recent career

Jensen was signed by Cloud9 again for the 2022 summer split. During Spring, Cloud9 had played Korean import Summit in top lane and their long-time top-laner Fudge in mid-lane; with the signing of Jensen, Jensen become the new mid laner, and Fudge returned to top lane.UPDATED May 11 Cloud9 confirm Jensen signing, return to top lane for Fudge, Zven to support
/ref> Jensen was released from Cloud9 in November 2022, and joined Dignitas for the 2023 season. After a disappointing year with the team, Jensen was released and then signed by FlyQuest for Spring 2024.

Tournament results

SK Gaming

Cloud9

* 7th —

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regular season * 9th–11th — 2015 World Championship * 3rd — 2016 Spring NA LCS regular season * 5th–6th — 2016 Spring NA LCS playoffs * 3rd — 2016 Summer NA LCS regular season * 2nd — 2016 Summer NA LCS playoffs * 5th–8th — 2016 World Championship * 2nd — 2017 Spring NA LCS regular season * 2nd — 2017 Spring NA LCS playoffs * 4th — 2017 Summer NA LCS regular season * 5th–6th — 2017 Summer NA LCS playoffs * 5th–8th — 2017 World Championship * 5th — 2018 Spring NA LCS regular season * 5th–6th — 2018 Summer NA LCS playoffs * 2nd — 2018 Summer NA LCS regular season * 2nd — 2018 Summer NA LCS playoffs * 3rd–4th — 2018 World Championship * 1st — 2022 Summer LCS Championship

Team Liquid

* 1st — 2019 Spring LCS regular season *1st — 2019 Spring LCS playoffs * 2nd — 2019 Mid-Season Invitational *1st — 2019 Summer LCS regular season * 1st — 2019 Summer LCS playoffs *9th–16th — 2019 World Championship *1st — 2020 Summer LCS regular season *3rd — 2020 Summer LCS playoffs *9th–16th — 2020 World Championship *1st — 2021 LCS Lock-In playoffs *3rd — 2021 LCS Spring Regular Season *2nd — 2021 LCS Mid-Season Showdown *5th — 2021 LCS Summer Regular Season *2nd — 2021 LCS Championship

FlyQuest

* 1st — 2024 LCS Spring Regular Season * 2nd — 2024 LCS Spring Playoffs * 9th–10th — Mid Season Invitational

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jensen Cloud9 (esports) players Copenhagen Wolves players SK Gaming players League of Legends coaches Living people Danish esports players Danish expatriate sportspeople in the United States League of Legends mid lane players 1995 births

Early career in European leagues

Cloud9

Team Liquid

Recent career

Tournament results

SK Gaming

Cloud9

Team Liquid

FlyQuest

See also

References

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