broky
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broky
Player Information
Name:
Helvijs Saukants
Nationality:
Born:
February 14, 2001 (age 25)
Status:
Years Active (Player):
2017 – Present
Role:
Team:
Nickname(s):
Latvian Laser
Approx. Total Winnings:
$1,303,852
Links
History
Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Counter-Strike 2
| 2019-02-14 — 2019-07-24 | Epsilon Esports |
| 2019-07-24 — 2019-09-08 | ex-Epsilon Esports |
| 2019-09-26 — 2025-05-05 | FaZe Clan |
Counter-Strike 2
| 2025-05-05 — 2025-07-09 | FaZe Clan(Inactive) |
| 2025-07-09 — Present | FaZe Clan |
Helvijs "broky" Saukants (born February 14, 2001) is a Latvian professional Counter-Strike 2 player and a former Counter-Strike: Global Offensive player.
Gear and Settings
[edit]| Mouse Settings [1] (list of)
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| Mouse | eDPI | DPI | Polling Rate | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw Input | ||||||
| Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2 | 1028 | 400 | 2000 Hz | 2.57 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Updated as of 2025-07-14 (215 days ago) | ||||||||||||
| Mouse Settings [1] (list of) (calculate)
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| Mouse | Curvature | Circumference | Mouse Setup | Sensitivity | Zoom | Raw. | ||||||
| Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2 | 1357 MPI 0.89 deg/mm | 15.9 in/rev 40.4 cm/rev | 400 DPI @ 2000 Hz | 2.57 | 1 | On | ||||||
| Updated as of 2025-07-14 (215 days ago) | ||||||||||||
| Hardware[1] (list of) |
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Logitech G PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2 BLACK |  |
SteelSeries QcK+ |
| Monitor | Refresh rate | In-game resolution | Scaling | |
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ZOWIE XL2566K | 400 Hz | 1280×960 | Stretched |
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SteelSeries Apex Pro | |
SteelSeries Arctis Pro |
| Last updated on 2025-07-14 (215 days ago). |
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| Style | Size | Thickness | Sniper | Gap | Outline | Dot | Color | Alpha | |||
4 | 2 | 0.5 | 1 | -3 | No | No (0) | Green (1) | 255 | |||
| Updated as of 2024-01-27 (749 days ago) | |||||||||||
| Click "Expand" for sharecode and console commands to copy and paste. | |
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| Sharecode | CSGO-nCfX7-54ue9-aC5eV-6Womf-Q6izO |
| Commands | cl_crosshairalpha 255; cl_crosshaircolor 1; cl_crosshairdot 0; cl_crosshairgap -3; cl_crosshairsize 2; cl_crosshairstyle 4; cl_crosshairusealpha 1; cl_crosshairthickness 0.5; cl_crosshair_sniper_width 1; cl_crosshair_outlinethickness 0; cl_crosshair_drawoutline 0; |
Achievements
[edit]| Date | Place | Tier | Type | G. | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2025-12-14 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | StarLadder Budapest Major 2025 | | 1 : 3 |   | $170,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-12-15 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |   | Perfect World Shanghai Major 2024 |  | 1 : 2 |   | $170,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024-03-31 | 2nd | S-Tier | Offline | |   | PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 |   | 1 : 2 |   | $170,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-11-12 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |   | CS Asia Championships 2023 | | 2 : 0 |  | $250,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-03-26 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline |  |  | ESL Pro League Season 17 | | 3 : 1 |  | $200,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023-03-26 | 1st | Points | Offline | |   | Intel Grand Slam Season 4 | | custom | Grp S. | $1,000,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-07-17 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |  | Intel Extreme Masters XVII - Cologne | | 3 : 2 | | $400,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-05-22 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | |   | PGL Major Antwerp 2022 | | 2 : 0 | | $500,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-04-10 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | ESL Pro League Season 15 | | 3 : 1 |  | $190,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022-02-27 | 1st | S-Tier | Offline | | | Intel Extreme Masters XVI - Katowice | | 3 : 0 |   | $400,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extended list of results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
[edit]Awards
[edit]- Was ranked the 20th best player of 2021 by HLTV. [3]
- Was ranked the 6th best player of 2022 by HLTV. [4]
- Was ranked the 10th best player of 2023 by HLTV. [5]
- Was ranked the 8th best player of 2024 by HLTV. [6]
MVPs
[edit]- Was named the HLTV MVP of 3 tournaments:
Records
[edit]- He is the first Latvian to make it to HLTV's Top 20 Players of the Year Ranking (alongside YEKINDAR).
- First Latvian player to win a Major, doing so at PGL Major Antwerp 2022.
Features
[edit]
2019-09-26 | Examining broky’s road to FaZe by Professeur of HLTV- 2020-07-13 | CS:GO's Hidden Prodigy: Can broky Fix FaZe Clan? by Malcolm Abbas of theScore esports
Interviews
[edit]- 2020-02-25 | broky: "When I was lurking, it wasn't a role for me" by Striker of HLTV
- 2020-08-21 | FaZe.Broky: "mibr should be an easy win for us" by Patrik Chen of esports.com at ESL One: Cologne 2020 Online - Europe
- 2022-02-27 | broky on first MVP: "I changed a lot of things, so I'll see if it's just one tournament or many; maybe it's just luck" by Striker of HLTV at IEM Katowice 2022
- 2022-02-28 | Exkluzivní finálový rozhovor s brokym, nejužitečnějším hráčem IEM Katowice! [Exclusive final interview with broky, the most valuable player of IEM Katowice!] by Kara of PLAYzone at IEM Katowice 2022
- 2022-05-22 | broky: The Spirit game was more difficult for us by Anders Frost of Pley.gg at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 2022-05-30 | broky: "I will just stay humble and win my second Major" by Ryan Friend of Dust2.us at PGL Major Antwerp 2022
- 2022-06-17 | broky after FaZe collapse: It has been mentally draining lately by Pley at BLAST Premier: Spring Finals 2022
- 2022-07-18 | Broky's winning interview: "Hope we can come back stronger and go for the second major!" by Escorenews at IEM Cologne 2022
Gallery
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broky at PGL Major Copenhagen 2024 with FaZe Clan
broky at IEM Katowice 2024 with FaZe Clan
broky at IEM Katowice 2023 with FaZe Clan
broky at PGL Major Antwerp 2022: European RMR A with FaZe Clan
broky at IEM Cologne 2021 with FaZe Clan
broky at IEM Katowice 2020 with FaZe Clan
broky at IEM Beijing 2019 with FaZe Clan
broky at ESL Pro League Season 10 - Europe with FaZe Clan
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 broky (2022-01-03). "broky - 20 years old from Latvia playing CS:GO for FaZe Clan". Konekt.
- ↑ "Liquid vs. FaZe at BLAST Premier Spring Groups 2024". HLTV. 2024-01-27.
- ↑ Professeur (2022-01-03). "Top 20 players of 2021: broky (20)". HLTV.
- ↑ Striker (2023-01-11). "Top 20 players of 2022: broky (6)". HLTV.
- ↑ NER0 (2024-01-06). "Top 20 players of 2023: broky (10)". HLTV.
- ↑ Sumljiv (2025-01-06). "Top 20 players of 2024: broky (8)". HLTV.
- ↑ King Dempz (2022-02-27). "broky picks up first MVP of his career in Katowice". HLTV.
- ↑ Nohte (2022-11-27). "broky claims BLAST Premier Fall Final MVP award". HLTV.
- ↑ King Dempz (2024-04-14). "broky named IEM Chengdu MVP". HLTV.
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