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.
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' Kostyliev
Denis 'electroNic' SharipovIlya 'Perfecto' ZalutskiyValeriy 'b1t' VakhovskiyAndrii 'npl' Kukharskyi 
G2 #2 
Nikola 'NiKo' KovačNemanja 'huNter-' Kovač
Justin '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