Nicolaj Jensen

Nicolaj Jensen, better known mononymously as Jensen, is a Danish former professional League of Legends player for Dignitas. Earlier in his career, he was known as Veigodx and Incarnati0n. Jensen began as a player for Team Solo Mebdi, a team attempting to enter the European LCS via qualifier. He was banned for toxicity and DDOS attacks against other players. After his ban was lifted, Incarnati0n joined NA LCS team Cloud9 in 2015, replacing founding mid laner and strategist Hai on the roster, who had announced his retirement. In 2019, he joined Doublelift and former teammate Impact on Team Liquid. He was released from Team Liquid after the 2021 season in favor of his rival Bjergsen, who took over his position on Team Liquid. In 2022, he rejoined Cloud9, and in 2023, he joined Dignitas. In 2024, Jensen joined FlyQuest.

He is considered one of the best mid laners in North America, competing for the spot of best NA mid laner against Bjergsen. A 2022 retrospective by the LCS staff voted Jensen as the 2nd greatest LCS mid laner of all time, behind only Bjergsen.

Early career in European leagues In early 2013, Nicolaj Jensen, then known by the screenname Veigodx, was part of Team Solo Mebdi, a team that hoped to qualify for the EU LCS. The team was barred from the tournament after Veigodx and two other players on it were banned. Veigodx was given an indefinite ban from League of Legends servers and the LCS after verbally abusing and performing DDOS attacks against other players online. Unable to compete directly in Riot-sanctioned events, in 2014, he served as a coach for SK Gaming.

Cloud9 Jensen's ban was lifted in March 2015 after a Riot investigation found that he had markedly improved his behavior and ceased getting negative reports from other players, nor was he continuing to DDOS players. Jensen moved to North America and joined Cloud9 in 2015. In Summer 2016, Cloud9 would add Impact and Smoothie and begin challenging Team SoloMid for the title. Even though they came close to winning the NA LCS several times, Jensen and his teammates were never able to pull it off. In Summer 2018, longtime players Jensen, Sneaky, and Smoothie were benched from the main team and sent to the academy team by the coaching staff after a poor start to the season, which resulted in a community backlash. They were subbed back onto the team after a few weeks, and this time placed second, behind Team Liquid which finished first. During Jensen's time on Cloud9, the team would become known for having the most international success of the LCS qualifying teams despite not becoming champions of the region. At the 2018 World Championships, Jensen led the team to semifinals, where they ultimately fell to Fnatic.

Team Liquid In 2019, Jensen would move on from Cloud9 to join Team Liquid, replacing Pobelter. Without Doublelift, Jensen became the main carry of the team and proved himself to be one of the best NA mid laners of all time. Following the 2020 World Championship, Jensen re-signed with Team Liquid for a three-year extension worth $4.2 million. In 2021, Team Liquid placed 2nd in both the Spring Split and the Summer Split, which qualified them from Worlds. They were eliminated in Groups as their 3–3 record was not enough to advance to the quarterfinals.

Despite the contract lasting 2 more years, Jensen was released from Team Liquid at the end of 2021. Jensen's mid-laner rival Bjergsen decided to return from retirement and resume play, and Team Liquid promptly signed him in November 2021. No other team signed Jensen for the 2022 Spring Split, possibly due to the late release as they had already signed and announced other mid laners.

Recent career Jensen was signed by Cloud9 again for the 2022 summer split. During Spring, Cloud9 had played Korean import Summit in top lane and their long-time top-laner Fudge in mid-lane; with the signing of Jensen, Jensen become the new mid laner, and Fudge returned to top lane. Jensen was released from Cloud9 in November 2022, and joined Dignitas for the 2023 season. After a disappointing year with the team, Jensen was released and then signed by FlyQuest for Spring 2024. He was later benched by FlyQuest for Korean import Quad after Spring 2024 and rejoined Dignitas for that year's Summer split.

Tournament results

SK Gaming Date Event Placement November 28 – December 1, 2013 DreamHack Winter 2013 Gold 1st September 18 – October 19, 2014 2014 World Championship 9th–11th

Cloud9 7th — 2015 Summer NA LCS regular season 9th–11th — 2015 World Championship 3rd — 2016 Spring NA LCS regular season 5th–6th — 2016 Spring NA LCS playoffs 3rd — 2016 Summer NA LCS regular season 2nd — 2016 Summer NA LCS playoffs 5th–8th — 2016 World Championship 2nd — 2017 Spring NA LCS regular season 2nd — 2017 Spring NA LCS playoffs 4th — 2017 Summer NA LCS regular season 5th–6th — 2017 Summer NA LCS playoffs 5th–8th — 2017 World Championship 5th — 2018 Spring NA LCS regular season 5th–6th — 2018 Summer NA LCS playoffs 2nd — 2018 Summer NA LCS regular season 2nd — 2018 Summer NA LCS playoffs 3rd–4th — 2018 World Championship 1st — 2022 Summer LCS Championship

Team Liquid 1st — 2019 Spring LCS regular season 1st — 2019 Spring LCS playoffs 2nd — 2019 Mid-Season Invitational 1st — 2019 Summer LCS regular season 1st — 2019 Summer LCS playoffs 9th–16th — 2019 World Championship 1st — 2020 Summer LCS regular season 3rd — 2020 Summer LCS playoffs 9th–16th — 2020 World Championship 1st — 2021 LCS Lock-In playoffs 3rd — 2021 LCS Spring Regular Season 2nd — 2021 LCS Mid-Season Showdown 5th — 2021 LCS Summer Regular Season 2nd — 2021 LCS Championship

FlyQuest

1st — 2024 LCS Spring Regular Season 2nd — 2024 LCS Spring Playoffs 9th–10th — Mid Season Invitational