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Professional esport player
broky
Current team
TeamFaZe Clan
RoleAWPer
GameCounter-Strike 2
Personal information
NameHelvijs Saukants
NationalityLatvian
Career information
Playing career2019–present
Team history
2019Epsilon
2019–presentFaZe Clan

Helvijs Saukants (born February 14, 2001), better known as broky, is a Latvian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for FaZe Clan as the AWPer and a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player.

He is the first and only Counter-Strike player from Latvia to have won a major – the largest and most notable tournament in the game.

Helvijs is also the first esports player to be nominated as Latvia's Sportsman of the Year in Technical Sports category.

Career

Saukants started his professional career in January 2019 with team Epsilon Esports. In September 2019 he moved to the Faze Clan team. With his new team he achieved a win at the BLAST Pro Series: Copenhagen 2019 in 2019, a 3rd–4th place. Place at the Intel Extreme Masters XIV – Beijing and fourth place at the BLAST Pro Series: Global Final 2019.

In 2022, he won the IEM Katowice 2022 with a 3–0 win against G2 Esports and then the ESL Pro League Season 15. For his achievements, he was recognized by HLTV as the best player in a tournament for the first time at IEM Katowice. He then won his first major tournament with the PGL Major Antwerp 2022 after a 2–0 win against Natus Vincere. The same year he also won the IEM Cologne 2022 with a 3–2 win against Natus Vincere. He also reached the finals of the Roobet Cup and the Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2022. For his individual achievements, he received another MVP award in the Blast Premier: Fall Finals 2022. He was also voted 6th in the list of best players.

In 2024, he competed in the PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 finals, marking the second time on the grand final stage in the most notable event in Counter-Strike. This time, FaZe Clan lost to NAVI with a score of 1–2 and placed 2nd in the tournament. After the major, he with his team FaZe Clan participated in IEM Chengdu 2024 and won the 1st place with a score 2–0 against Mouz.

With prize money of over $1,000,000, he is Latvia's most successful e-athlete in terms of prize money as well as the first one to cross the $1 million mark in winnings.

Notable achievements

Placement Tier Type Tournament Team Date Prize
2nd place, silver medalist(s) S-Tier Offline BLAST Premier: World Final 2023 FaZe Clan 2023-12-17 $250,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline CS Asia Championships 2023 FaZe Clan 2023-11-12 $250,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline Thunderpick World Championship 2023 FaZe Clan 2023-11-05 $250,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline Intel Extreme Masters Sydney 2023 FaZe Clan 2023-10-22 $100,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline Intel Grand Slam Season 4 FaZe Clan 2023-03-26 $1,000,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline ESL Pro League Season 17 FaZe Clan 2023-03-26 $200,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline Intel Extreme Masters XVII – Cologne FaZe Clan 2022-07-17 $400,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline PGL Major Antwerp 2022 FaZe Clan 2022-05-22 $500,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline ESL Pro League Season 15 FaZe Clan 2022-04-10 $190,000
1st place, gold medalist(s) S-Tier Offline Intel Extreme Masters XVI – Katowice FaZe Clan 2022-02-27 $400,000

Individual awards and accolades

MVPs

Was named the HLTV MVP of the following tournaments:

  • IEM Katowice 2022
  • BLAST Premier: Fall Finals 2022
  • IEM Chengdu 2024

Best Player Awards

Was ranked as one of the best player of the year by HLTV:

  • 20th best player of 2021
  • 6th best player of 2022
  • 10th best player of 2023

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