The professional scene of League of Legends has brought many players to the big stage. A legendary pro is now retiring and holds a record that will not be broken anytime soon.
Which LoL pro has retired? The Danish midlaner Nicolaj “Jensen” Jensen has been part of the League of Legends esports scene since late 2012. He announced his retirement from the LoL pro scene via a video on his X account. Jensen wants to focus on his life, for which he had less time as a pro (x.com).
What was his career as a pro like? In 2015, he changed regions from EU to North America and played for several years for the well-known esports organization Cloud9, then known as Incarnati0n.
With Cloud9, Jensen achieved his first successes and qualified for the Worlds in the same year. In the following years, he won several LCS titles. After finishing 3rd-4th at the Worlds 2018 with Cloud9, he moved to Team Liquid.
After 3 years with Team Liquid, he returned to Cloud9, which he left again in the same year. Until his retirement from the scene, Jensen played in 3 more teams. Overall, Jensen won 8 LCS titles.
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Jensen holds a record that Faker would need 4 more years to achieve
What record has Jensen set? Jensen has never won a Worlds title but has participated in many championships and played on stage. He made his debut in 2015 with his team Cloud9. In the following years until 2022, Jensen managed to qualify for every Worlds. Thus, he holds the record for the most consecutive Worlds qualifications with eight appearances (lol.fandom.com).
How many qualifications does Faker still need? The arguably most famous LoL player in the world has already won several titles, but he is currently only halfway to Jensen’s record. With T1 and Faker’s missed Worlds in 2020, he restarted his qualification series in 2021. Since then, he has participated in all Worlds and even managed to win in 2023 and 2024.
Faker is expected to break Jensen’s record at the latest with his qualification for the Worlds 2029, provided he participates in all of them by then. Fortunately, Faker has already extended his contract with T1 until 2029 (lol.fandom.com).
With Jensen, the esports scene in America loses another legendary personality. Recently, insider and scene journalist Travis Gafford announced that he wants to take a break from League of Legends. Besides his personal life, he wants to focus more on his passions, such as playing Magic: The Gathering or Riftbound: One of the most well-known experts on LoL is stepping back after 14 years, citing Riot’s decisions as a main reason
