HAVU announce revamped roster

28-7-2022 15:28

The Finnish organization has completed its lineup, which includes the return of two former players.

HAVU have announced on their official Twitter account the addition of four new members to round out the team, featuring both new and returning players to the Finnish squad. The move comes a few weeks after benching three members of their competitive roster and announcing a rebuild behind Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila and Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen.

HAVU bench Sm1llee, set to rebuild around Aerial and xseveN

The newly-formed lineup will include Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala and Joonas "⁠doto⁠" Forss, who will be donning the HAVU jersey once again since their departures in 2019 and 2020, respectively. Along with the pair of returnees, the Finnish side also welcome Jarkko "⁠spargo⁠" Rahja as the team's new AWPer and Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa as their head coach, who will be filling in the role vacated by Taneli "⁠disturbed⁠" Veikkola back in late June.

xartE will be seeking to lead his team to success

Veteran rifler zehN shared some comments about his role within the team, as well as praising his teammates ahead of his return to HAVU.

"I get to play in many maps the same roles that I played with international teams. In some maps, however, my roles have changed and it gives more power in terms of learning. The first trainings have gone well and I have enjoyed playing. Returning to Finnish CS has been refreshing and I've always wanted to play with aerial and xseven anyway. I believe that we have a great package to raise Finnish CS to a new level."

Being the team's youngest player, spargo said that he was feeling good about the opportunity to play with new more experienced teammates and learn new things along with bringing his own contributions to the game. The 21-year-old also acknowledged that even though expectations are high for HAVU, he believes that they have the potential to reach the top.

Stepping into his new role as the team's head coach, xartE expressed that the opportunity would allow him to develop both the players and his coaching style. "Good vibes! I get to work with new players and develop individuals and the team at the same time. I feel that this is also a great place to develop myself as a coach."

HAVU's first challenge will come at local Finnish LAN tournament Assembly Summer 2022, which will feature teams such as ENCE Academy and William "⁠draken⁠" Sundin's Into the Breach.

HAVU's complete roster is as follows:

Jani "⁠Aerial⁠" Jussila
Sami "⁠xseveN⁠" Laasanen
Jarkko "⁠spargo⁠" Rahja
Jesse "⁠zehN⁠" Linjala
Joonas "⁠doto⁠" Forss

Mikko "⁠xartE⁠" Välimaa (Coach)

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1000

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2-3

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2022-07-28 17:43

2, with jamppi would prob be 1.5 if doto is good at igl/ing

2022-07-28 18:35

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jamppi biggest overhyped talent

2022-07-28 20:53

He was good, just in a team at the end of its lifetime with no motivation whatsoever in the end

2022-07-29 00:15

plus wasn't even awping

2022-07-30 07:53

That too, how could i forget, jamppi barely had any impact rifling except on a map like mirage/train where he could second awp and it wouldnt fuck up the teamplay

2022-07-30 11:36

brb solid 2 that can suprise sometimes by winning T1 teams

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2022-07-28 19:59

no aleksib tier 27

2022-07-29 03:17

Tier 1-2

2022-07-30 00:22

Finland T1 Keepo

2022-07-28 16:31

finnish old boys team

2022-07-28 16:42

Cool

LETSGOO

Name 😂💀

HAVU WILL WIN MAJOR

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PERKELE

Northern lights flash in the sky

2022-07-28 15:30

Ayo

aleksib

rip

2022-07-28 17:10

in fnc

2022-07-28 17:55

McDonald´s

2022-07-28 18:33

cArn confirmed in fnc discord that hes not going to fnc so ig ur right :d

2022-07-28 20:08

Where aleksib

in fnatic

2022-07-28 15:42

Hope so, mezzi igl makes no sense and heap is bad

2022-07-28 15:46

its like aleksi igl makes sense))))

Aleksi at least is an igl and since fnatic is trying to build a strong t1.5 around krimz, then yes it kinda makes sense since there are no other better options, maybe azr but I don't see him playing in any other team except apeks, maybe G2 or the new RNG lineup

2022-07-28 18:34

He didnt make g2 shine with tier1 players so you think he could make fnatic shine? Meh

2022-07-28 20:00

Maybe, maybe not, I don't think he is a good igl, probably the most overrated I have seen but I stead of wasting mezzi's fragging for meh strats, they should just at least trial aleksi and see if it works out

2022-07-28 20:57

agreed in that case

2022-07-29 09:47

too bad for havu)))

2022-07-28 15:44

I see mens))

2022-07-28 15:45

no money

2022-07-28 23:27

Big W for Finnish Counter-Strike

2022-07-28 18:43

+AleksiB after doto

No aleksib and jamppi??

You really think that Havu would have enough money for either of them? Or that they would even want to join Havu?

2022-07-28 15:34

jamppi will return to cs in november or around that time i think

2022-07-28 15:48

He never said that

2022-07-28 18:51

he did

2022-07-28 19:26

aleksib with what money?

2022-07-28 16:25

LOL

Solid roster

where aleksi

READ MY THREAD ABOUT HAVU FEW WEEKS AGO MY SOURCES DON'T FAIL

2022-07-28 15:32

Any other info to share?

AleksiB is staying in G2 till the end of the season

2022-07-28 23:16

Tbh I hope so now that his tactics wont have JaCkazZ throwing a wrench into the teams entire structure with his tumorous gameplay.

2022-07-29 04:40

Like end of upcoming fall season?

2022-07-29 09:24

where is aleksi allu and sergej?

youtube.com/watch?v=Ez9HJNClOMI

Why do Finnish love making music of everything lmao

2022-07-28 15:33

we live in a forest and have nothing better to to

2022-07-28 15:38

And i think its beautiful

2022-07-28 17:41

:DD

2022-07-28 23:28

POG

Ez pinnacle cup contenders, might also quality to a tier 1 tournament(and bomb out of there).

why hating ? You guys are so fucking weird on this forum how can someone hate their countrymans and their team lol

Not hating

Normal Finnish behavior tbh but he's not really a hater just low expectations which is ok i'm really excited for this team at least :)

2022-07-28 16:35

Finnish people are weird af

2022-07-28 18:30

FaZe afraid yet?

Finnish scene's only problem is the AWPer position. If they find the correct one then they can fight for top 10.

Ottond was solid awp player

2022-07-28 16:08

was he really? i think he was super medicore, only allu and jamppi have been good finnish awpers? oh and stonde was actually good aswell

2022-07-28 16:30

ottond was good when he was in CR4ZY

2022-07-28 16:40

defiantly

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2022-07-28 17:18

stonde was never good

1.14 kd in 2022

2022-07-28 17:59

Gotta agree with that except stonde

Jamppi was good in t3-5, not proven with awp t1

2022-07-29 21:31

allu had some good aggressive entry kills here and there, really annoying to opponent team when you have to be constant lookout for sudden early round aggressive peeks and plays he made. But then again, sometimes he whiffed really easy shots that you should hit 10/10 times and did that multiple times in same game or even round - but oh well we are all human ottond had some good rotations (at least when in cr4zy) but he lacked the 'balls' so to speak that allu had, and his game was not that flashy, almost seemed too humble and gave a mediocre feeling BUT he was more solid I think; you could almost say he's the Lasse Kukkonen on Finnish CS. Jamppi was more of an 2nd awper and didn't follow him besides ence so no idea on his style but I could guess he'd be the mix of these two but lacking in actual top tier gameplay experience. Sergej awping was awful decision in ence tbh imo, it did not work, they lost the rifle impact and... Well I just did not see the point in that :) Occasional xseven/aleksib awp was better than sergej sticking with it in the end times. I think Finnish CS scene needs it's own "m0nesy" or next Jamppi (too bad that when he finally got the chance, ence was already fcked up) and some team that gives him proper time & coach & playtime to make his moment. Or some proper academy team. I bet there are lot of upcoming raw talents out there.

2022-07-29 06:52

doto can only win so many clutches for HAVU…

Tier6 to tier5 changes. Still lose every match :()

Nice!! Lets goo

Zehn chad, good player doto trash, remove him asap the others i've never heard about, so i'm expecting bad results.

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yes never heard about major finalists xseven and aerial

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spargo and xarte maybe? wtf, of course i know xseven and aerial

2022-07-28 16:36

Never heard of Finnish csgo legend and player in first Finnish team at major? Also igl of Aleksib when they were on havu. King XartE. He also has 2nd most famous balls of finnish csgo player.

2022-07-28 18:56

No. He's not relevant since 2015. Why would i heard about him? Coaching tier 3 teams... I'm sorry, never heard of him before.

2022-07-28 19:18

xarte > BR scene

2022-07-28 19:22

nt BR 2 majors xarte 3rd place dreamhack keep malding

2022-07-28 19:30

nt BR no balls xarte massive balls <3

2022-07-28 19:40

#176 stay mad no scene

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br no bools go cry yhy

xseven and aerial the most well known in the roster :DD

respect for them, but i didn't know about spargo and xarte, that's what my comment is about.

2022-07-28 18:44

Doto used to play good havu, if he gets his old havu roles back he will play good

2022-07-28 16:09

he used to be really bad in ence

+1 i agree but he was good player in havu. He is the igl now so im not expecting anything good from him either.

2022-07-28 18:03

i dind't know he can igl, maybe he can show good results with aerial, zehn and xseven. i don't know this awper, is he good?

2022-07-28 18:42

doto used to igl in kova, idk about his igl skills. spargo plays aggressive awp i think that ottond is better, but he is the 2nd best option

GOD XARTE

2022-07-28 15:35

That looks pretty good tbh

2022-07-28 15:37

wheres aleksi

not great, not terrible.

2022-07-28 15:39

I dont see any future and succes here

SOLID

ez for mad fragger xartE

2022-07-28 15:47

Upset team

god xarte

not bad, whois the awper? miss aleskiB on this and ottoned.

spargo i think

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Taking finnish cs back to T1

XARTE GOAT TIER 1 INC

nice

no aleksi no finnish win

2022-07-28 15:52

True, need GOD allu

With GOD allu you always get BOT allu too.

2022-07-28 21:20

6v5 with only one addition, pretty OP I'd say

2022-07-28 22:36

Exactly

2022-08-01 15:06

lets g0

2022-07-28 15:54

Now or never HAVU. LET'S GO TO MAJOR! CAMA

2022-07-28 15:59

who will igl

bruh who igl, who awp? why remove ottond? really solid awper. i dont see any future in this project

Awp spargo ofc:D what is that question

Zehn used to be 2nd igl in international teams, and now he is going to lead this team

2022-07-28 16:11

no? doto igl

2022-07-28 16:26

doto igl but zehN can help doto a lot

yea my bad i read that it said "my roles have changed and it gives more power in terms of leading" instead it said learning.

2022-07-28 18:02

doto igl

Nice! finally some good finnish lineup!

2022-07-28 16:01

Back to the edge of tier1 scene

2022-07-28 16:03

Nice signings! Potential top 30 roster

2022-07-28 16:04

ez for sparGOD, top 1 team finland for sure!

2022-07-28 16:07

-spargo +aleksi -doto +sergej

much better than expected tbh

2022-07-28 16:12

Nice, GL

2022-07-28 16:13

actually top 20/25 team,cant wait to see them

2022-07-28 16:18

big hopes for this roster, looks epic!!

I forgot that they existed

2022-07-28 16:20

No Sunny no firepower

2022-07-28 16:23

Zehn is 30? wtf

Started playing CS as an adult.

2022-07-29 10:28

hard to see any succes when awp player is weakest on paper +not having experienced igl

Better than EG

2022-07-28 16:29

GOD ZEHN

Who is spargo

2022-07-28 16:32

where is sergej?

2022-07-28 16:33

gorillaz bench

2022-07-28 17:21

gorillaz inativ team no?

2022-07-28 17:25

They have a org still behind them and sergej is still contracted to that org the current team is "Tokyo Revengers" they supposed to reveal the org ages ago

Thanks

2022-07-28 19:25

every finnish person jumping up and down rn

2022-07-28 16:34

True

2022-07-28 19:06

Especially down

2022-07-28 21:25

not bad team tbh

nice can i join

doto as an IGL and xartE as a coach. xartE was a braindead player so if there's anything to take from doto/xarte IGL duo, I dont see them accomplishing anything. Shame though, love me some xseven

2022-07-28 16:43

Nice, but 30, 29, 27 and 26 years old is a lot.At least the awper is young.

2022-07-28 16:52

tell that to rain

2022-07-28 17:15

yeah rain, dupreeh, hobbit, roej.Still, having 4 players with this age si kinda too much xd

4 from the s-tier but how many good players not from the top-tier teams

2022-07-29 03:45

no aleksib? :(

2022-07-28 16:57

XARTE COACHING POG

2022-07-28 17:01

gogo SUOMI bring back finnish cs on the scene

2022-07-28 17:04

Finnish Last Dance

No proper igl and awp player big questionmark. Maybe decent t3 team

2022-07-28 17:08

very solid roster

Looks dangerous

2022-07-28 17:11

Looks pretty good honestly

2022-07-28 17:13

Good to see zehN in a team again. He is a good player.

2022-07-28 17:38

Young talent team pog

Bruh no allu, I believe he can still compete

2022-07-28 18:04

He has his own project (that's going nowhere) that he probably wants to go somewhere

solid assembly winter contender

2022-07-28 18:19

5 washed up players

2022-07-28 18:23

It´s actually good to take care of personal hygiene.

2022-07-28 20:32

It will be interesting to see if HAVU regain the form that they had at the start of 2021, them and ex-winstrike were dominating the tier 2 scene

2022-07-28 18:25

boomers

välimaan mikko mikko mikko mikko mikko mikko!

pog

EZ4Havu

Good!

2022-07-28 20:26

wtfff zehn is 30 already

2022-07-28 20:45

Funny, I like when all are from the same country and not 1 from Africa 2 from Poland 2 from france and the coach from Turkey

2022-07-28 20:46

top 30 before 2023 pog

2022-07-28 20:59

#havuja

2022-07-28 21:16

This will be the era!

2022-07-28 21:26

pretty decent team

2022-07-28 21:34

Not bad tbh

2022-07-28 21:41

Top 30 in 5 months.

2022-07-28 21:55

And there goes Aleksib's last chance. Haha. AleksiB retire now please.

2022-07-28 22:43

Your actually negative IQ if you ever thought that Aleksib to HAVU would be possibly in any way.

2022-07-29 21:36

aleksiB to any pro team is not "possibly" in any way.. He's overrated and should stick to faceit/tier2-3 scene.

2022-07-29 21:42

yes, that's why both eg & fnatic had interest on him :)::)):):):):)

2022-07-29 21:59

EG and fnatic aren't tier2/3 teams?

2022-07-29 23:12

and how is smooya doing ? KEKW

2022-07-30 14:27

this is 4fun stack of 30 yo talent xd top40 max

2022-07-28 22:49

old man roster, even washed before starting xD

2022-07-28 23:07

sLowi = doto ottoNd >>> spargo Sm1llee <<< zehN

2022-07-28 23:14

so basically a fair trade

2022-07-30 00:50

GL GL

<3 XARTEN PALLIT <3

2022-07-28 23:33

tier 2 or 3

2022-07-28 23:57

Good except Aerial he never impressed me +jimpphat but ofc mouz will never let him go

2022-07-29 01:48

average age 27

2022-07-29 01:51

seems pretty good., although idk anything about Spargo but the rest seem like a good team that could actually be decent. but will have to see how it turn's out.

2022-07-29 05:06