Danylo Teslenko

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Danylo Teslenko
Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko in 2012.jpg
Teslenko at an event
of the Extreme Masters Intel in 2012
Player information
Full name Danylo Teslenko
Nickname Zeus
Date of birth October 8, 1987
country code UkraineUkraine Ukraine
game Counter-Strike , CS: GO
team Natus Vincere (since 2017)
Former teams Arsenal (2002)
pro100 (2004–2007)
Virtus.pro (2007–2008)
KerchNET (2009)
Natus Vincere (2009–2016)
Gambit Gaming (2016–2017)

Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko ( Ukrainian Данило Тесленко ; born October 8, 1987 in Kharkiv , Ukrainian SSR ) is a former Ukrainian e-athlete . He achieved success in the disciplines Counter-Strike 1.6 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive .

Career

Natus Vincere at the award ceremony of the IEM IV - World Championship. Teslenko is third from the left.

Teslenko first appeared at Clan Arsenal in 2002 . From 2004 to 2007 he played for the pro100 team . The team rose to become one of the most successful clans in the region. Teslenko won several editions of the Asus Cups with pro100 , the field of participants was limited to the region of the Commonwealth of Independent States . Pro100 already represented Ukraine at the World Cyber ​​Games 2005 . In August 2007, Teslenko was signed by Virtus.pro . In addition to other victories at the ASUS Cups , Zeus and his team won the Intel Challenge Cup 2007 . VP was able to relegate top international teams such as Alternate aTTaX or Made in Brazil to the lower places. Teslenko made the final leap to the top of the world after switching to a team that was named Natus Vincere in February 2010 . In March 2010, the new lineup won the fourth World Championship of the ESL Intel Extreme Masters by beating the lineup of fnatic around Patrik "f0rest" Lindberg . More victories at prestigious events followed. Teslenko was celebrated as the winner at both the Electronic Sports World Cup 2010 and the World Cyber ​​Games 2010. Before switching to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive in December 2012, Zeus and Natus Vincere had two more victories at the ESL Intel Extreme Masters events, in addition to several podium places by winning the IEM V - World Championship and the IEM VI - Kiev .

Composition of pro100
on the WCG 2005		 Composition of the
Virtus.pro lineup		 Composition of
Natus Vincere from 2009 to 2013
UkraineUkraine Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko UkraineUkraine Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko UkraineUkraine Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko
UkraineUkraine Ioann "Edward" Sukharev UkraineUkraine Ioann "Edward" Sukharev UkraineUkraine Ioann "Edward" Sukharev
UkraineUkraine Yevgeny "KEKC" Petrukhno RussiaRussia Alex "Lex" Kolesnikov UkraineUkraine Sergey "starix" Ischuk
UkraineUkraine Dmitry "raz0r" Petrukhno RussiaRussia Novel "ROMJkE" Makarov UkraineUkraine Arseny "ceh9" Trynozhenko
UkraineUkraine Mychaylom "Kane" Blahynm RussiaRussia Viktor "Sally" Filimonchenko UkraineUkraine Yegor "Markeloff" Markelov

After switching to CS: GO, Zeus did not win a significant tournament in 2013. Teslenko and Natus Vincere only started to improve after a few changes . At the 9th finals of the SLTV StarSeries , Teslenko achieved his first significant victory in a tournament in the discipline Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. At the major tournaments Na'Vi improved steadily in 2014. If Zeus and his team were eliminated in the group stage at EMS One Katowice 2014 , Na'Vi already reached the semi-finals at DreamHack Winter 2014 . In 2015 Teslenko was able to show regular successes at international tournaments. His team won the final of the ESL Pro League Winter 2014/15 against Titan eSports in April of that year and the final of the Electronic Sports World Cup against Cloud 9 in July 2015 . Teslenko showed a special performance as captain of his team in November and December 2015. Natus Vincere achieved second place on the last major of 2015, the DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 . In addition to this final, the team won the IEM X - San Jose that month and reached the final of the offline finals of the ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 . Teslenko won solely by these three achievements prize money of 30,000 US dollars .

In the first half of 2016 Teslenko collected his last successes with Natus Vincere. Including the final at the MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 and the victory at DreamHack Leipzig 2016 . On August 4, 2016, Olexander "s1mple" replaced Kostyliw Teslenko after seven years at Na'Vi.

Lineup of Natus Vincere
under coach Sergey "starix" Ischuk from April 2015 to August 2016UkraineUkraine
Lineup of Gambit Gaming at
the PGL Major: Kraków 2017 		Lineup of Natus Vincere
in February 2018
UkraineUkraine Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko UkraineUkraine Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko UkraineUkraine Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko
UkraineUkraine Ioann "Edward" Sukharev RussiaRussia Mikhail "Dosia" Stolyarov UkraineUkraine Ioann "Edward" Sukharev
RussiaRussia Denis "seized" Kostin KazakhstanKazakhstan Rustem "mou" Tlepov RussiaRussia Denis "electronic" Sharipov
SlovakiaSlovakia Ladislav "GuardiaN" Kovács KazakhstanKazakhstan Abay "HObbit" Khasenov UkraineUkraine Olexander "s1mple" Kostyliw
RussiaRussia Egor "flamie" Vasiliev KazakhstanKazakhstan Dauren "AdreN" Kystaubayev RussiaRussia Egor "flamie" Vasiliev

On October 12, 2016, Gambit Gaming signed Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko for the captaincy. In 2016 Teslenko won the DreamHack Winter 2016 with his new one . After securing the major legend status on the Eleague Major: Atlanta 2017 , Teslenko won the DreamHack Austin 2017 with Gambit in April 2017. There the Ukrainian met the Immortals in the final . Gambit defeated this team, led by Zeus, three months later at the PGL Major in Kraków in the final. Teslenko is the first Ukrainian to win a major tournament. After the dismissal of Gambit coach Mychaylom "Kane" Blahynm, Teslenko moved to Natus Vincere together with Blahynm.

He ended his career as an active player in September 2019.

Successes (excerpt)

This is an excerpt from the successes of Danylo "Zeus" Teslenko. Since Counter-Strike is always played in teams of five in competitions, the personal prize money is one fifth of the total prize money won by the team.

year space competition team Personal
prize money
Counter-Strike 1.6
2006 2. ASUS Summer 2006 UkraineUkraine per100 040,000 р.
2007 1. Intel Challenge Cup 2007 RussiaRussia Virtus.pro 00$ 4,000
2010 1. Arbalet Cup Asia 2010 UkraineUkraine Arbalet UA 00$ 2,000
2010 1. IEM IV - World Championship UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 0$ 10,000
2010 1. Arbalet Cup Best of Four 2010 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 2,400
2010 2. Arbalet Cup Europe 2010 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 2,000
2010 1. Electronic Sports World Cup 2010 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 7,200
2010 1. Arbalet Cup Dallas 2010 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 5,000
2010 1. World Cyber ​​Games 2010 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 5,000
2010 1. DreamHack Winter 2010 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 020,000 SEK
2011 1. IEM V - World Championship UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 7,000
2011 2. WCG 2011 Samsung Euro Championship UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 2,000
2012 1. IEM VI - Kiev UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 3,200
2012 2. IEM VI - World Championship UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 4,000
2012 1. TECHLABS Cup Moscow 2012 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 2,000
Counter Strike: Global Offensive
2014 1. SLTV StarSeries Season IX UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 2,800
2014 5th - 8th ESL One Cologne 2014 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 2,000
2014 1. Game Show CS: GO League Season 1 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 2,400
2014 3rd - 4th DreamHack Winter 2014 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 4,400
2015 5th - 8th ESL One Katowice 2015 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 00$ 2,000
2015 1. ESL Pro League Winter 2014/15 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 3,000
2015 3. Fragbite Masters Season 4 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 018,000 SEK
2015 1. SLTV StarSeries Season XIII Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 4,400
2015 1. ESWC Montréal 2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 6,000
2015 3rd - 4th FACEIT League 2015 Stage 2 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 2,000
2015 2. CEVO Pro Season 7 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 3,000
2015 2. DreamHack Cluj-Napoca 2015 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 0$ 10,000
2015 3. ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 EU Division Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 3,000
2015 1. IEM X - San Jose Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 11,250
2015 2. ESL ESEA Pro League Season 2 Finals Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 0$ 12,000
2016 2. SL i League StarSeries XVI Finals Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 8,000
2016 1. DreamHack Zowie Open Leipzig 2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 0$ 10,000
2016 3rd - 4th IEM X - World Championship Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 4,600
2016 1. Counter Pit League Season 2 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 8,000
2016 2. MLG Major Championship: Columbus 2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 0$ 30,000
2016 2. DreamHack Masters Malmo 2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 0$ 10,000
2016 5. ESL Pro League Season 3 EU Division Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 5,400
2016 2. Star Ladder i-League Invitational Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 4,000
2016 5th - 8th ESL One Cologne 2016 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 00$ 7,000
2016 3rd - 4th Eleague Season 1 Commonwealth of Independent States Natus Vincere 0$ 12,000
2016 1. Acer Predator Masters Season 3 KazakhstanKazakhstan Gambit Gaming 00$ 5,000
2016 1. DreamHack Winter 2016 KazakhstanKazakhstan Gambit Gaming 0$ 10,000
2017 5th - 8th Eleague Major: Atlanta 2017 KazakhstanKazakhstan Gambit Gaming 00$ 7,000
2017 5th - 8th DreamHack Masters Las Vegas 2017 KazakhstanKazakhstan Gambit Gaming 00$ 3,000
2017 2. cs_summit KazakhstanKazakhstan Gambit Gaming 00$ 6,750
2017 1. DreamHack Austin 2017 KazakhstanKazakhstan Gambit Gaming 0$ 10,000
2017 1. PGL Major: Kraków 2017 KazakhstanKazakhstan Gambit Gaming $ 100,000
2017 1. DreamHack Winter 2017 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 0$ 10,000
2018 3rd - 4th Eleague Major: Boston 2018 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 0$ 14,000
2018 2. Star Ladder & i-League StarSeries Season 4 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 0$ 10,000
2018 1. ESL One Cologne 2018 UkraineUkraine Natus Vincere 0$ 25,000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Field of participants of the WCG 2005 ( Memento from May 23, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Virtus, Pro Is Back On Track. hltv.org, August 14, 2007, accessed December 25, 2015 .
  3. ↑ Na´Vi change name to ... Na´Vi. hltv.org, February 14, 2010, accessed December 25, 2015 .
  4. ↑ s1mple replaces Zeus in Na`Vi. Retrieved August 4, 2016 .
  5. ^ Zeus - new captain of Gambit CS: GO. Gambit Gaming, October 12, 2016, accessed October 13, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Milan Švejda: Natus Vincere bring in Zeus and Kane, seized returns. hltv.org, August 9, 2017, accessed August 10, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Many new lineups and farewell to Zeus «readmore.de. In: readmore.de. September 13, 2019, accessed on September 17, 2019 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Teslenko, Danylo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Тесленко, Данило (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ukrainian e-athlete
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Kharkiv