Hades is already back in the game, less than a month after ENCE benched him to make room for Alvaro “SunPayus” Garcia, a former AWPer for the Movistar Riders. Hades worked for the Finnish organisation while developing ENCE as one of the top CS:GO teams in the world by assisting the squad in the ESL Pro League season 15 second-place finish in April 2021 and the PGL Antwerp Major quarterfinals in May.
“Known for his impressive showing with ENCE, Olek serves as the strong and feared player we’re looking for as we take our roster forward to the next steps,” Finest said in its announcement.
Anarkez’s departure and the addition of hades come after Finest didn’t qualify for the IEM Rio Major Europe Regional Major Ranking (RMR) during the month of August in the online qualifiers. Hades has been inactive since ENCE’s early elimination from IEM Cologne in July following losses to Vitality and G2.
The Polish AWPer thanked both ENCE and Finest for the opportunity to play for the latter and said it’s “time to deal some damage.” On Finest, hades will play alongside the former Fnatic and Ninjas in Pyjamas player Simon “twist” Eliasson, Niclas “PlesseN” Plessen, Rasmus “kreaz” Johansson, Kristjan “shokz” Jakobson, and fellow Polish head coach Jędrzej “Bogdan” Rokita.
Joining Finest is a considerable downgrade for hades’ career, but he’ll get plenty of tournament action to prove his value given that Finest compete in all sorts of online CS:GO leagues that are full of tier-two CS:GO teams. It’s unclear at the moment when hades will debut under the Finest banner.