Rain (gamer)

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Rain
Nygaard during ESL One Cologne 2015
Current team
Team	FaZe Clan
Game	Counter-Strike: Global Offensive
Personal information
Name	Håvard Nygaard
Born	(1994-08-27) 27 August 1994 (age 30)
Nationality	Norwegian
Career information
Playing career	2013–present
Team history
2014–2015	LGB eSports
2015	Team Kinguin
2015–2016	G2 Esports
2016–present	FaZe Clan
Career highlights and awards
CS:GO Major champion (Antwerp 2022) HLTV Major MVP (Antwerp 2022) IEM Grand Slam champion (Season 4) 16× HLTV "Big Event" Champion 3× HLTV Top 20 Player of the Year (2017-2018, 2022) 4× HLTV MVP

Håvard Nygaard (born 27 August 1994),^[1] better known as Rain (stylized in all lowercase), is a Norwegian professional Counter-Strike 2 player for FaZe Clan. He is the longest lasting member of any Counter-Strike lineup, having played since the team first formed under the Team Kinguin banner in 2015.^[2][3] He is widely considered to be one of the best entry fraggers in Counter-Strike history.