Konstantinos "FORG1VEN" Tzortziou will start for H2k-Gaming in the first game of their Week 9 EU LCS match against Unicorns of Love.

The announcement was made on H2K's Facebook page, where the organization's CEO Susan Tully said that they " are deeply appreciative that [FORG1VEN] is willing to step in at the last minute and help us out in this emergency situation."

FORG1VEN returned to H2K as a substitute AD carry on July 7, joining the roster behind starting ADC Aleš "Freeze" Kněžínek. Before his free agency, FORG1VEN was a member of Origen, but was benched following their Week 1 matches. The organization cited his lack of motivation as the reason for his benching.

Freeze recently revealed that his wrist injury had been diagnosed as tendonitis, but there was no immediate confirmation that FORG1VEN would play in his place for Week 9. When asked on Twitter if he FORG1VEN would sub in, Freeze replied that it was a “difficult situation.”

Following the announcement, Freeze took to Twitter to apologize to his fans.

I m sorry for letting you guys down. My hand gave up on me. I ll try to recover asap. I will write my story aswell. Thanks for the support — Freeze (@FreezeLoL) July 29, 2016

FORG1VEN previously played with H2K in the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split, where he went 14-4 with a 7.22 average KDA playing mainly Lucian, Corki and Caitlyn.

Halfway through that split, the Greek ADC announced that he had received a conscription notice and would need to serve mandatory military service starting at the end of March. He was later granted a deferral, and finished the split with H2K.

H2K's will face both the Unicorns of Love and Origen in Week 9. UOL are directly below fifth-place H2K in the standings with a record of 5-5-6, while Origen is struggling in ninth place at 2-8-6.



Josh "Gauntlet" Bury wants to see FORG1VEN play ADC Teemo. You can find him on Twitter.