GuardiaN
| GuardiaN | |
|---|---|
| Ladislav Kovács | |
| Status | Active |
| Born | July 9, 1991 |
| Nationality | Slovakia |
| Current team | NaVi |
| Role | AWPer |
| Games | Counter-Strike: Global Offensive |
| Career prize money | $234,323.63[1] |
| Nickname(s) | GuardiaN |
| Professional career | |
| September 2012–October 2012 | eternal Playerz |
| October 2012–January 2013 | myDGB |
| January 2013–March 2013 | 3DMAX |
| March 2013–June 2013 | TCM |
| June 2013–July 2013 | Virtus.Pro |
| December 2013–present | NaVi |
Ladislav Kovács, better known by his in-game name "GuardiaN", is a Slovak professional Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player and former Counter-Strike: Source and Counter-Strike 1.6 player.[2] GuardiaN has played at a high level in all three Counter Strike games. He is known for being one of the best players with the AWP and one of the best players overall.[3] He currently plays for team Natus Vincere (Na'Vi) as the team's primary AWPer.
Early career
Before CS:GO, Kovács played CS 1.6 and CS:Source professionally. Due to limited CS 1.6 events near his hometown, Kovács switched to CS:Source. He played for Reason Gaming for two years, and subsequently was offered a spot from a number of top European teams. However, GuardiaN switched back to CS 1.6 and played for a number of teams, including: IQFIGHTERS, DEFEATERS, Corecell, and SGC. GuardiaN changed to CS:GO in mid 2012 and played for eternal Playerz, myDGB, TCM-Gaming, 3DMAX and eventually joined team Virtus.pro for a brief time in 2013.
Na'Vi
In December 2013, he joined Na'Vi, who he currently plays for.
Guardian suffered a wrist injury after MLG Columbus 2016 and had to miss DreamHack Malmö Masters.[4]
In October 2016, his play helped win Na'Vi the ESL One New York 2016 Grand Finals, and their performance placed the team in the top 5 teams worldwide.[5][6]
Awards and recognition
| Competition record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Na'Vi | ||
| Premier League Top 4 Placings | ||
| 1st | 2015 StarLadder StarSeries XIII | |
| 1st | 2015 Electronic Sports World Cup | |
| 2nd | 2015 DreamHack Open Cluj-Napoca | |
| 1st | 2015 Intel Extreme Masters X – San Jose | |
| 2nd | 2015 ESL ESEA Pro League Season II – Finals | |
| 1st | 2016 DreamHack Leipzig 2016 | |
| 1st | 2016 Counter Pit League Season 2 – Finals | |
| 2nd | 2016 MLG Major Championship: Columbus | |
| 2nd | 2016 DreamHack Masters Malmö 2016 | |
| 3rd-4th | 2016 ELEAGUE Season 1 | |
| 1st | 2016 ESL New York – Finals | |
- He was the MVP of DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015, where his team fell to Team EnVyUs in the grand finals.
- Voted the 10th best player of 2013 by HLTV.org.[7]
- Voted the 11th best player of 2014 by HLTV.org.[8]
- Voted the 2nd best player of 2015 by HLTV.org.[3]
References
- ↑ "Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács". e-Sports Earnings.
- ↑ http://www.sport-express.ru/cybersport/csgo/news/moment-dnya-snayper-guardian-oformil-eys-za-8-sekund-1046877/
- 1 2 Top 20 players of 2015: GuardiaN (2), HLTV.org
- ↑ http://espn.uol.com.br/noticia/589683_csgo-com-lesao-no-pulso-guardian-pode-perder-proximo-torneio
- ↑ Beck, Kellen (4 October 2016). "Na'Vi jumps into top 5 after 'CS:GO' victory in New York". Mashable. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ↑ http://mashable.com/2016/10/03/navi-esl-one/#PyVV_nbH1Sq9
- ↑ Top 20 players of 2013: GuardiaN (10), HLTV.org
- ↑ Top 20 players of 2014: GuardiaN (11), HLTV.org