Player Håvard Nygaard (rain) in CS: GO

rain is one of the best Norwegians in Counter-Strike. During his pro-gaming career, Håvard has established himself as a tactically gifted and stable gamer.

Name	Håvard Nygaard
Date of birth	27.08.1994
Country	Norway
Teams	partyastronauts, dotNO, London Conspiracy, LGB eSports, Team Kinguin, G2 Esports, FaZe Clan
Role in the team	entry fragger
Current team	FaZe Clan
Discipline	CS:GO

Håvard Nygaard biography

The ascent of the gamer with the nickname rain to the top of the competitive CS started long before he transitioned to the professionals’ team. Since childhood, he was interested in computer games, especially highlighting Counter-Strike.

Håvard started his career as a pro gamer with CS: Source, but immediately after the release of CS: GO, he changed cyber discipline. He gained popularity after playing excellently for the Norwegian London Conspiracy and LGB eSports. Having established himself as a reliable entry fragger. In 2015 Håvard joined an international team led by Maikelele and ScreaM, which, after changing several names, received the current name G2 Esports. In 2016, the gamer moved to FaZe Clan. Thus, for rain, FaZe Clan is the current team in his career.

rain’s config CS GO

This is the standard config for rain. To apply these settings, first, download the game in your Steam account.

Game launch options

rain’s launch options for the CS GO are as follows:

-tickrate 128 -freq 144 -console -novid

rain’s CS GO crosshair settings

rain uses current crosshair CS GO settings:

cl_crosshair_drawoutline “0”;
cl_crosshair_dynamic_maxdist_splitratio “0.35”;
cl_crosshair_dynamic_splitalpha_innermod “1”;
cl_crosshair_dynamic_splitalpha_outermod “0.5”;
cl_crosshair_dynamic_splitdist “7”;
cl_crosshair_outlinethickness “1”;
cl_crosshairalpha “250”;
cl_crosshaircolor “5”;
cl_crosshaircolor_b “144”;
cl_crosshaircolor_g “195”;
cl_crosshaircolor_r “27”;
cl_crosshairdot “1”;
cl_crosshairgap “-1”;
cl_crosshairgap_useweaponvalue “0”;

This commands should be used in console.

rain’s CS GO graphics settings

Screen resolution: 1280 x 800

Refresh rate: 240 Hz.

rain’s tactics

Judging by the numerous videos of the pro gamer’s matches, rain CS GO is an opportunity to always be at the forefront of the attack. His command role facilitates this. Entry fragger must not succumb to fear, even when the situation is dangerous. rain prefers to act on the front line and, regardless of the risk, can single-handedly decide the match’s outcome.

Its main advantage is movement speed, and its key skill is to sacrifice your life dearly in exchange for an advantage in the match. Today it is one of the top aimers in CS.

Another fundamentally important thing for a player is to feel comfortable and trust their teammates. And this is what makes rain and FaZe so deadly: they are real friends, not just a bunch of guys going to play video games. In this regard, rain has repeatedly stated that he is happy to play with his team. Considering this and how much skill and potential these guys have, it can be assumed that in the coming years, FaZe will be an exceptionally top team.

How many hours does rain spend in CS: GO?

During his current career, the gamer played 781 matches, devoting almost all his free time to the game. There is no doubt that it cost him thousands of hours. Unfortunately, personal statistics in his Steam account are closed from view, and therefore it is impossible to find out the exact figure.

rain’s CS: GO training process

For rain, CS GO is primarily aim. Of course, he trains his skill on the appropriate maps – aim botz – training and training_aim_csgo2.

Transfers

During his long career, the Norwegian played a lot of places. His list includes partyastronauts, dotNO, London Conspiracy, LGB eSports, Team Kinguin, G2 Esports, and the current FaZe Clan.

How much did rain earn in his career?

For rain, CS GO – not only a drive from cool battles but also an equally steep salary: at the moment, rain has earned more than $ 744 thousand.

Personal life

For rain, CS: GO, of course, means a lot, but in his life, there are other, no less important, relationships. It’s about his wife from Ukraine: Sonya is a popular streamer on Twitch with a quarter of a million followers. She also enjoys cosplay in her free time.