Froggen
Henrik Hansen, better known by his in-game name Froggen, is a Danish professional League of Legends player. He is currently signed with Luminosity Gaming as a streamer. Over the course of his career he has also played for CLG.EU, Evil Geniuses, Alliance, Elements, Origen, Echo Fox, the Golden Guardians and Dignitas. Anivia is considered his signature champion.[2]
| Froggen | |
|---|---|
Hansen in 2015 | |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Henrik Hansen |
| Born | 1993 or 1994 (age 29–30)[1] Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Career information | |
| Game | League of Legends |
| Playing career | 2011–present |
| Role | Mid laner |
| Team history | |
| 2011 | mTw - aL |
| 2011–2012 | CLG Europe |
| 2013 | Evil Geniuses |
| 2013–2015 | Alliance |
| 2015 | Elements |
| 2016–2017 | Echo Fox |
| 2018 | Origen |
| 2018–2019 | Golden Guardians |
| 2019–2020 | Dignitas |
Early life edit
Hansen was born in Denmark.[3] Since his childhood, he has played games such as Counter-Strike and Warcraft 3, and was introduced to League of Legends by his brother.[4]
Career edit
2012 edit
In 2012, Froggen helped CLG.EU finish third at the Season 2 World Championship.
2013 edit
In January, Froggen signed with Evil Geniuses and moved to their gaming house in Berlin. The team qualified for the inaugural spring split of the EU LCS and finished 4th with a 15–13 record in the regular season, qualifying them for the playoffs; in which they finished 3rd.
In December 2013, Froggen joined Alliance, who took Evil Geniuses' spot in the EU LCS after they moved to the NA LCS.
2014 edit
In the 2014 EU LCS Spring Split, Froggen's team Alliance finished 3rd in the regular season with 16–12, qualifying for playoffs and finishing in 4th.
In the 2014 EU LCS Summer Split, Alliance went 21–7 in the regular season and finished in first place, making it to playoffs and staying in first place after defeating Fnatic in the finals and earning themselves an invitation to the 2014 League of Legends World Championship.
At worlds Alliance unexpectedly went 3–3 in their group bracket and failed to make playoffs, ending up in 9–12th place.
2015 edit
After a change to LCS branding rules, Alliance's League of Legends team was required to rebrand itself and leave the organization. The team subsequently rebranded into Elements.
Elements finished 7th in the 2015 EU LCS Spring Split and Summer Split, failing to qualify for playoffs both times.[5]
In November, Elements released all of their players except for Froggen and Nyph.
Froggen was voted by fans to appear in the 2015 All Stars tournament in Los Angeles in December.[6] At the event he had a 1v1 exhibition match against reigning world champion SK Telecom T1's Lee "Faker" Sang-hyeok which he won.[7]
2016 edit
On 2 January he moved to Southern California to join Echo Fox, which had just bought a spot in the North American League of Legends Championship Series.[8]
Echo Fox finished last in the 2016 Summer NA LCS with a 1–17 record, which meant the team could be relegated to the League of Legends Challenger Series. After defeating NRG eSports 3-0 they re-qualified for the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split.
2017 edit
After speculations about Froggen leaving Echo Fox rise, he subsequently released his official statement on YouTube in regards to his termination with the team and shared his perspective outlook for the future in 2018.[9]
2018 edit
It was widely rumored on Twitch and Discord that Froggen would be returning to the League of Legends professional scene in 2018. This was later confirmed by Origen on Twitter on 5 April 2018, as they announce that Froggen will be joining them as their mid laner. Froggen left Origen after their victory in the 2018 European Cup and was subsequently signed by the Golden Guardians on 8 December 2018 as their mid laner.
2019 edit
Froggen then went on to play for Golden Guardians in the NA LCS season 9 finishing 5/6th in the spring split. He would retain his starting spot for summer.
2020 edit
Froggen signed with Dignitas for the 2020 LCS season. In the Spring Split they finished with a record of 8-10, placing just outside of playoffs at seventh. For the summer split, Froggen was benched after six games and moved down to the academy roster. He would then play the rest of the season on Dignitas Academy.
Tournament results edit
CLG.EU edit
Evil Geniuses edit
- 3rd — 2013 Spring NA LCS playoffs
Alliance edit
- 4th — 2014 Spring EU LCS playoffs
- 1st — 2014 Summer EU LCS playoffs
Elements edit
- 7th — 2015 Spring EU LCS
Echo Fox edit
- 7th — 2016 Spring NA LCS
- 10th — 2016 Summer NA LCS
- 8th — 2017 Spring NA LCS
Origen edit
- 1st — 2018 EU Masters
Golden Guardians edit
5th–6th — 2019 Spring LCS 7th – 2019 Summer LCS
References edit
- ^ Lupasco, Cristian (16 November 2020). "Dignitas parts ways with Froggen". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Froggen on 1v1ing Faker: 'He wanted me to play Anivia and see if he could beat me, but I am Anivia, I'm not going to lose that'". theScore esports. 12 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
- ^ Byers, Preston (27 December 2017). "Froggen announces indefinite break from competing". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ League of Legends (1 March 2017), Pocket Picks: Froggen's Anivia, retrieved 8 June 2018
- ^ . Aftonbladet. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015.
- ^ Doan, Lisa (12 December 2015). "Froggen on 1v1ing Faker: 'He wanted me to play Anivia and see if he could beat me, but I am Anivia, I'm not going to lose that'". TheScore eSports.
- ^ Jackson, LEAH 'SPINN'. "Froggen vs Faker".
- ^ Wolf, Jacob (2 January 2016). . The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 2 January 2016.
- ^ "Froggen - An Update for 2018". YouTube. 27 December 2017.
External links edit
- Froggen on Twitter