Official: FaZe sign frozen

4-12-2023 20:01

The Slovakian star will debut for the team at BLAST World Final.

FaZe have announced the signing of former MOUZ star David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský to their Counter-Strike roster. The Slovakian star fills the gap left by Russel "⁠Twistzz⁠" Van Dulken's departure, which FaZe confirmed on Friday following weeks of reports of the Canadian's planned move to Liquid.

FaZe confirm Twistzz departure

Though neither team has shared details about the deal, HLTV knows that FaZe and MOUZ agreed terms to get frozen out of his previous contract early.

The transfer was completed just in time for FaZe to be able to submit frozen as part of their roster for the BLAST Premier World Final taking place from December 13-17, which will serve as the 21-year-old's debut with FaZe.

Date	Matches
BLAST Premier World Final 2023
13/12/2023	FaZe 11:35 HEROIC	Match

In joining FaZe, frozen follows in the footsteps of former teammates Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen and Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool to recreate the core of the MOUZ roster from 2019-2020, which won six tournaments together including one Big Event, ESL Pro League Season 10 Finals.

After the Danish in-game leader left for FaZe in 2021 and the Estonian followed a year later, frozen now makes the move to try to help the world's No. 1 team keep the throne they have claimed with wins at three out of the first four tournaments they played since the switch to Counter-Strike 2.

The move will undoubtedly see the Slovakian take a step back from some of his preferred positions as a Closer, which he took over from ropz in early 2022, but given the duo's three-year stint together and karrigan's experience with them both, it isn't hard to imagine that it will be a successful transition.

FaZe now have the following roster:

Håvard "⁠rain⁠" Nygaard
Finn "⁠karrigan⁠" Andersen
Helvijs "⁠broky⁠" Saukants
Robin "⁠ropz⁠" Kool
David "⁠frozen⁠" Čerňanský

Filip "⁠NEO⁠" Kubski (coach)

Should’ve picked up oSee

2023-12-04 20:10

36 replies

siuhy next to be promoted

2023-12-04 20:04

24 replies

lol

2023-12-04 20:09

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Pog

2023-12-04 21:00

Haha

mouz academy->faze academy->faze

2023-12-04 20:21

10 replies

Look like someone is scared since he knows Vitality won Fall Final only because twistzz didn’t care about his last match in Faze and went 12 ADR on Vertigo. With frozen Faze will whipe the floor with flameZ and apex life gaming

2023-12-04 21:40

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i dont know how vitality got into this conversation but flamez and mezii are both only going to get better as time goes on and they find their places. and rain+karrigan are probably only going to get worse as theyre forced to give up space for the other three. i'm not saying faze is going to flop, but vitality isnt leaving top 2 any time soon

2023-12-04 21:45

4 replies

Vitality last place at world finals, out of top 5 by 2024.

2023-12-05 04:17

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who will be the new top 5 then? g2 with nexa? falcons? ence with glaive? col with hallzerk? 0/8 bait

2023-12-05 07:28

bro the delusion came in so hard.

2023-12-05 07:57

Yep and tyloo definitely top 1 after benching moseyuh

2023-12-05 10:26

those are arrows, that's the transition players go through it's not a greater than ( > ) sign which would've indicated that mouz academy > faze academy > faze. all he was saying is that players go from mouz academy, into mouz ( faze academy ), into faze.

2023-12-05 03:04

Bro is so mad cuz he cant even distinguish ">" and "->"

2023-12-05 03:40

Nobody is scared and Twistzz had bad game at one map on Nuke he was playing really good, apEX and flameZ actually had entire tournament playing well not only one map so it cant be called life gaming lol unless you think life gaming = entire tournament then that's one of the funniest thing i heard about. Also i think they used arrows with dash to show frozen road into faze to say its Vitality fan afraid by using arrow is either complete bait or lack of understanding of these symbols.

2023-12-05 08:01

Sure you can have Frozen, possibly an upgrade in terms of young insane firepower with more room to grow. But same could be said about Flamez who now with Magisk gone is going to have more responsibilites and more space to work with. Also i could just end this debate with 3 words and that is : WE HAVE ZYWOO.

2023-12-06 19:07

Looking forward to see which player mouz picks up as our future entry fragger

when rain retires xertion will join

2023-12-04 20:22

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I hope they find someone better for us

donk

2023-12-04 20:24

Oh boy…..

2023-12-04 20:27

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donk will never be in FaZe due to 1mln buyout and Spirit holds him like its nothing especially with potential sh1ro joining.

2023-12-05 08:02

Ik that actually i was just joking around:)

2023-12-05 08:14

by then. faze will all be disbanded and sold off.

2023-12-05 02:00

Nah faze won't sign a filthy zionist with that oyyy veyy shekels pls face

2023-12-05 09:27

yk xertion has close to nothing to do with the crimes of his government right?

2023-12-05 15:43

2023-12-04 20:11

We have enough janitors in Europe, mate

2023-12-04 20:14

we have enough burger makers in Europe buddy

2023-12-04 20:17

there is already a way better AWPer in the roster. how can you even think of oSee going to FaZe?

oSee

2023-12-04 20:32

Nice, finally Faze on rank 100 with oSee

2023-12-04 20:26

Nah they should've picked up Nexa instead. If Niko himself thinks Nexa is the next big prospect, Faze should have poached him 100%

2023-12-04 20:33

noSee?

2023-12-04 20:58

One of the dumbest comments I've seen on here.....

2023-12-05 10:48

Don’t you just love when people fall for obvious baits

2023-12-05 19:08

“Bait or mental r3tardation… call it.”

2023-12-05 23:47

Big w

2023-12-04 20:01

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I somehow hoped a little bit they would bring olof for global finals till the end of this month and sign frozen after new year… would like to see old dog once more on big stage, since he really looks sharp in CS2

2023-12-04 21:33

+1 I actually got super excited when I heard olof in the reveal video

2023-12-05 09:29

Yeah it would be so cool if they bring back olof for blast. However it would be unrealistic that faze will do that since olof is now a streamer and has not been training professionally for years + clashing position with ropz Btw how is he still on faze bench kekw

2023-12-05 10:35

Interesting question - first and foremost, FaZe Clan is a streaming/content creation organization. That's how they got into the stream, CoD trickshot montages, and that's why GameSquare picked them up. More money in being an influencer than esports. FaZe was being terribly run, with this new management, they'll most likely pull in better profits.

2023-12-05 13:04

Olof is constantly grinding CS2 and he is looking really good in it recently. Iirc he was highest rated pro in EU Premier at one point. I think they would make it work for one event, ropz would keep his roles and olof would do dirty roles.

2023-12-05 18:40

called it

2023-12-04 20:02

UNEXPECTED

first xD edit: i was first i swear edit2: also this is gonna be new faze era of cs2 or vitalitys and faze will be nr2 always

Too late

2023-12-04 20:05

Go back to plebbit nerd

2023-12-05 09:31

huge

Faze gonna win everything

EZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

I’m happy

faze goat now

ANOTHER W. faze era coming

W for frozen, L for faze

Why do you say so? Frozen is a stable and great player.

2023-12-05 03:42

frozen has the ability to replace twistzz, frozen is insanely skilled

2023-12-05 08:09

That’s just way too overpowered

I WAS HERE POG

lmao good video

Expected

Nice

unexpected

expected

Let's gooo! FaZe Up!

2023-12-04 20:03

LOLLL Faze acadamy

Finally

LFG

Welcome

so unexpected wow !

WWWWWWWWWW

He's gone. W Mouz

Cope

2023-12-04 20:35

lmao mouz from tier 1.5 to tier 2 instantly

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Cool video ngl

nice faze was the best and just got better gg

What the i thought it was Olof

sick announcement

good signing that forms a strong (young) core, excited to see how they will do!

Welcome. Nice video too

FaZe was disbanding, now signing frozen?

frozen>>>twistz

Mouz = Faze NXT

2023-12-04 20:06

Good for him, mouz has developed and sold another amazing prospect who has turned into one of the best riflers right now. Can't wait to see who mouz replace him with (most likely brollan or sirah)

FaZeUP That shxt was dope af =)))))

2023-12-04 20:07

wow who saw this coming :/

see you in tier 3 mouz

Great signing and what an exciting line-up. Unlike Cloud9 when I had doubts this one I have none, great stuff by FaZe

I'm glad to see frozen to Faze.

Congratulations to Frozen and FaZe Clan.

🔥🔥🔥 FaZe clan #1 for 2024

First in-game announcement ever? Based, lol.

left c9 to join faze clan what a god gamer forsen is

oof what an overpowered roster omg

Loved Olof reference there

I speak for all we love faze academy promotions

Disband in 2 months

2023-12-04 20:08

banger team

massive upgrade now remove rain and karrigan

Huge W for FaZe Maybe L for Mouz?

lmaooo they olof bait vid, love it

So happy for frozen, well deserved spot on the current nr1 roster!

welcome to MOUZ ACADEMY

congratz W

2023-12-04 20:13

That moment when the new FaZe roster is actually more Mouz than the Mouz themselves.

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1 very og FaZe player (rain), 1 og FaZe player (Karrigan), 1 fairly og FaZe player (broky) and 2 ex-Mouz players Still more FaZe than Mouz players :=)

2023-12-04 20:20

Karrigan is both faze/mouz player

karrigan played in csgo 2x more on faze than mouz

2023-12-04 20:25

Since when is broky og? because his hair is turning grey?

2023-12-06 08:47

on FaZe since 2019, 2019 is 5 years ago, i would consider him fairly og, lol while ropz and frozen are not og faze players, ropz joined in 2022 and frozen joined now, lol

2023-12-06 13:33

Damn, it's been 5 years since he join. That's longer than magisk was in astralis, wtf.

2023-12-06 18:51

Karrigan just took a vacation in mouz until NiKo gets the f out, he has always been Faze and always will be

2023-12-05 00:45

inb4 -broky +chrisJ!

GOAT SLOVAKIA 1 FAZE PLAYER CZECH REPUBLIC 0 FAZE PLAYERS

+1 Also, SLOVAKIA 1 T1 player, CZECHIA 0 T1 player Slovakia >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Czechia confirmed

u forgot about Matys , i think in near future u can count him (with fnatic) as T1 player also :P

2023-12-04 22:04

Sure.

FAZE UP babies!

Finally lol

2023-12-04 20:15

POG

Bench noob karrigan

2023-12-04 20:16

OMG

-rain + jkaem

This roster is gonna fall apart lol

Why? It’s same roster with a swap of great rifler for great rifler.

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Idk I just be saying shit lol but tbh feels like it’s too much star players. You get a lot of orgs that form these super teams that look great on paper but for some reason it just doesn’t work out

2023-12-05 02:57

I mean they were just #1 for a 17 match streak and won trophies and Major.. You just wake up? Lol

2023-12-05 06:08

Duh but that’s with Twistzz. They aren’t the same player yk you can’t swap out a player and expect the team to run the same is all I’m saying

2023-12-05 06:38

We need to consider cs2 was released and it fucked up so much. I woudlnt really consider this 6 months like at all (talking for faze but vitality too and others same) we need to see 2024 AND the first major to really get a grasp of cs2 tiers imo

2023-12-05 11:34

Yeah and the finalization of trades/acquisitions Falcons, new heroic roster? Astralis on paper looks great but will they deliver? Liquid hopefully connects and brings the pain.

2023-12-05 11:48

Exactly, too early in cs2 and roster changes to really say yeah faze, vitality, g2 and such will be top dogs.

2023-12-05 11:52

huge upgrade

what an announcement video loved that

2023-12-04 20:18

I don't understand the situation with FaZe, aren't they in a bad financial situation, how can they suddenly afford such a good player?

Well, maybe they're not in a bad financial situation. And, even if, isn't that exactly what FC Barcelona and Real Madrid do too?

Real Madrid is in perfect financial situation.

2023-12-04 20:28

That’s what I thought as well, but they were bought by a new Org so maybe Gamesquare injected new financial stability

I doubt frozen was very expensive given the reports that his contract was about to end. and his salary should be around what twistzz had, so not a budget increase.

2023-12-04 22:33

FaZe were adquired by a company named GamesSquare, and they decided to merge GamesSquare and FaZe into one single company.

2023-12-05 01:42

ez winstrike, gl boiii

nice

Promoted

XDDDDDDDD

LET'S GO FORSEN

the legendary forsen build with awp and decoy forsenE

2023-12-05 14:02

olof robbed

They’ll still lose to king mezii anyway

so is faze still shutting down or what? They're making new acquisitions?

olof welcome xD time for Frozen welcome ♥

2023-12-04 20:29

Cool

2023-12-04 20:30

Stacked roster. On paper the best in CS2 right now with Vitality close behind them. Doubt anyone will rival the 1-2 spots on the HLTV ranking for a long time since G2 now is NiKo and friends, col has already peaked and Ence is borderline tier 2 with their new roster.

Life update: WE'RE BARACK

2023-12-04 20:31

Frozen and ropz play kinda the same roles, but I think karrigan and neo can manage them.

Ofc karrigan can. He was playing with ropz and frozen in mouz.

2023-12-04 20:37

frozen started to play ropz roles when ropz left for FaZe. I'm sure frozen will go back to his original roles, the ones before ropz left for FaZe.

2023-12-05 08:57

What a signing

LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOO

Finally out of MOUZ's jail he joined ropz.

So UNEXPECTED

i love how olof is still down to troll everyone in thís :D

2023-12-04 20:41

gege no re

Paycheck stealer

2023-12-04 20:43

W LETS GOOOOOOO

2023-12-04 20:46

les gooo

Faze will be missing out on Jimpfhat omfg

2023-12-04 20:48

just woxic and chrisj missing now

2023-12-04 20:52

2023-12-05 08:32

10/10 video

lets go

2023-12-04 20:54

I have no idea how this Team can be beaten. Ropz and frozen together again is just epic.

Twistzz is going to be difficult to replace, but holy cow who better than frozen.

2023-12-04 20:55

MOUZZZZZZZ = Faze Academy

still gonna be eliminated on major from BNE

LETSGOOOOOO

2023-12-04 21:02

one of best announcement videos

2023-12-04 21:03

Kensi better

2023-12-04 21:05

forsen

2023-12-04 21:06

frozen so deserved. gl

2023-12-04 21:09

eddie>>>>>>

2023-12-04 21:13

still crying about twistzz leaving but this signing is HUGE

2023-12-04 21:15

Massive W, 2019 mouz with better AWP and rain instead of chrisJ

2023-12-04 21:16

chrisJ better

2023-12-05 03:02

2023-12-04 21:20

rip falconas

Faze always has banger announcement videos

Was just a matter of time

2023-12-04 21:24

This seems like a change up of roles between frozen and Twistzz, let’s see how neo and karrigan deal with it

2023-12-04 21:31

Will be exposed in Faze

2023-12-04 21:34

As NiKo mentioned on stream, this is probably the best player FaZe could have signed to replace Twistzz I'm glad that it's not jks

2023-12-04 21:37

ok now kick midky + zywoo

Ropz + frozen duo poggers.

Huge W and huge upgrade over twistzz. I have neen calling for -twistzz +frozen for almost a year. Glad it finally happened!!! Now to karrigan, rain and ropz I have 4th player I always supported, almost as good as 2017 Faze with olof and guardian from likeable stand point.

2023-12-04 21:50

this video lmao

2023-12-04 21:52

As much as I like frozen, I hate him going to FaZe

2023-12-04 22:22

sure as hell hope mouz find a decent replacement and not Brolan full time lmao

2023-12-04 22:27

This lineup is as strong if not stronger than the former on paper. Take notes G2.

2023-12-04 22:31

Best possible replacement for Twistzz, IMO. Excited for this team. I wanted Liquid to get Frozen when they went to Europe. I guess things have a way of sorting themselves out.

2023-12-04 22:35

holy shit what a team, this is what G2 should have been doing instead of signing trash.

2023-12-04 22:42

Thank you very much FaZe academy

2023-12-04 23:07

At least one team is doing good moves, gl frozen. Also that announcement video LOL

2023-12-04 23:27

rip faze, hope he gets benched fast

2023-12-05 00:01

They got an upgrade

2023-12-05 00:38

idk in what world he is an upgrade but ok, frozen is not even decent

2023-12-05 02:25

What are you smoking

2023-12-05 02:26

Everyone have their own opinion, there are people thinking aleksiB is god tier IGL and i think aleksiB is the worst IGL in the history

2023-12-05 10:55

Your can have your opinion of course but saying "not even decent" is just wrong Go check his stats in 2023

2023-12-05 10:56

Ok bro I wish him the best and hope he can prove me wrong as I cheer for FaZe

2023-12-05 10:57

Nice! Gives me mouz 2019-20 vibes. Would love to see this team in action.

2023-12-05 00:25

2023-12-05 00:47

fucking hilarious announcement vid, that's an absolute gold bait lmfao

2023-12-05 01:13

W big upgrade

2023-12-05 01:18

I got it. Thats why faze didnt create academy team like navi/vp/else

2023-12-05 01:53

This was the only player that could offer an upgrade from Twistzz, couldn't be more satisfied.

2023-12-05 02:09

i dont like the trade, and i think it wont work, but i loved the video they always have great and funny ideas

2023-12-05 02:24

Idk if this will be a W roster move but the Welcome video is a masterclass W troll video

2023-12-05 02:33

Faze academy always sending players to main Faze. So beautiful to see

2023-12-05 02:36

Good one lmao

2023-12-05 02:56

That's one of the best welcome videos I've ever seen. Short, funny, no cringe. Gj. Faze with frozen will be OP as fuck

2023-12-05 03:01

Nice! this team looks scary

2023-12-05 03:18

This team looks sick on paper

2023-12-05 05:56

Although Twistzz is a huge loss / win for every roster. Frozen still looks a bit better to me and is an upgrade for FaZe. Let's see how well it will fit in.

2023-12-05 08:05

FROZEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN time to show the world what ya got mah boi

2023-12-05 08:10

I mean this was the best possible option, but damn, I am still gutted over Russ. Like if he left after the streak only because he didn't want to change his mind on what he said before Sydney is wacky man

2023-12-05 08:33