Eternal Academy Eternal Academy Inactive Hafficool Hafþór Hákonarson off tank Ding Danni Rasmussen flex support Patiphan Patiphan Chaiwong dps Tsuna Samir Ikram dps erki Erik Nolander dps MuZe Kim Young-hun (김영훈) tank CQB Yang Hao-Cheng support have announced the retirement of DPS kensi . He has played professionally since 2016.
We are sad to announce the retirement of Artem “kensi” Budiak. Thank you for being a member of the Eternal Academy Team. We wish you luck in whatever you decide to do next. #FiatLux @kensi_OW pic.twitter.com/twqy5GCnBC
— EternalAcademy (@EternalAcademy) May 3, 2019
kensi first rose to the spotlight as a member of ANOX ANOX Inactive Arty Artur Tishchenko off tank kensi Artem Budiak dps Nesh German Kobrin dps sharyk Normund Faterins tank Anak Kiryl Nikalayenka support Rubikon Ruben Zurabyan support , Overwatch's top Russian-speaking team at the time. He and his teammates on ANOX qualified for the group stage of the Overwatch Open in the fall of 2016, which was Overwatch's largest tournament before the Overwatch League.
He moved around teams following his time on ANOX before he joined the original Bazooka Puppiez Bazooka Puppiez Inactive Mete Metehan Aksüt off tank Nesh German Kobrin dps DANYE Karol Szcześniak dps Meza Mihail Cristian Păunecu tank Forsak3n Viktors Bernevs support Dennia Dennis Forsblom support roster for Contenders Season Zero Europe and Contenders Season One Europe.
What kensi is probably most known for, however, is the time he spent in 2018 with his Russian-speaking teammates on CIS Hope CIS Hope Inactive Txao Ilya Makarov off tank kensi Artem Budiak dps uNFixed Andrei Leonov dps sharyk Normund Faterins tank Engh Andrey Sholokhov support MayN Alexander Mukhin support and Winstrike Team Winstrike Team Inactive Txao Ilya Makarov off tank kensi Artem Budiak dps uNFixed Andrei Leonov dps sharyk Normund Faterins tank Engh Andrey Sholokhov support MayN Alexander Mukhin support . He remained with the same five teammates throughout 2018 and finished in the top four of both Contenders Seasons 1 and 2 and in the top eight of Contenders Season 3.
Most recently, kensi was a member of Eternal Academy. He and his teammates fell short of the high expectations placed on them as only the second academy team in Europe and finished seventh in the first season of Contenders 2019, one spot outside of a playoff berth.
kensi played hitscan throughout much of his career but became known for his Mei during the latter half of 2018 as he and his teammates on Winstrike ran Mei against Europe's top GOATs teams.
Eternal Academy will now need to sign a new DPS player to replace kensi. They will need to earn their way back into Contenders Season 2 2019 Europe with a run in Contenders Trials.
The roster of Eternal Academy Eternal Academy Inactive Hafficool Hafþór Hákonarson off tank Ding Danni Rasmussen flex support Patiphan Patiphan Chaiwong dps Tsuna Samir Ikram dps erki Erik Nolander dps MuZe Kim Young-hun (김영훈) tank CQB Yang Hao-Cheng support is now: