rain and RobbaN return for FaZe at IEM Katowice

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.

rain will return to the team in Katowice

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:

Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants
Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken
Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen
Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool
Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard

Robert "⁠RobbaN⁠" Dahlström (coach)

FaZe #3 Finn 'karrigan' AndersenHåvard 'rain' NygaardRussel 'Twistzz' Van DulkenRobin 'ropz' KoolHelvijs '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' KostylievDenis 'electroNic' SharipovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi G2 #2 Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' KovačJustin '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