Dota 2: Where are they now? JerAx, two-time The International winner

JerAx is Jesse Vainikka, a Finnish player born on 1992-05-07. He is known as a support, the player who helps the team and buys items for others. Many players remember him for Earth Spirit, Tusk and Rubick. He won six tournaments on Liquipedia and became one of the most successful players in the history of the game.

What is JerAx's career in Dota 2?

JerAx started in 2013 with Rat in the dark and QPAD Red Pandas. He later played for Team Liquid and then joined OG in 2016.

After those first teams, JerAx played for 4 Anchors + Sea Captain, Team Tinker, MVP HOT6ix and 5Jungz. On 2015-10-09 he joined Team Liquid. With Liquid he took 2nd place at The Manila Major 2016 and 7th to 8th place at The International 2016.

On 2016-08-31 he moved to OG. This was the biggest part of his career. With OG he won The Boston Major 2016 and The Kiev Major 2017. Both events gave the winner $1,000,000. He also won MDL Macau 2017, where the winner's prize was $125,000.

How much prize money did JerAx win?

JerAx has earned $6,480,911 in prize money. This is place 2 on Liquipedia's all-time list.

The biggest part came from The International. In 2018, OG won The International and the team prize was $11,234,158. In 2019, OG won again, and the team prize was $15,620,181. OG are the first team to win The International two times in a row. These two titles are the heart of his career. At The International 2017, OG finished 7th to 8th and the team prize was $617,198.

For more stories about a great player, read Where are they now? N0tail. N0tail also played on those OG teams.

What does JerAx do today?

Liquipedia lists JerAx as a coach. His years active are 2013 to 2019 and 2022. In 2021 he joined Evil Geniuses on 2021-11-20 and stayed until 2022-05-24.

His last team was Team Liquid. He joined as coach on 2022-06-07 and left on 2022-12-09. Today Liquipedia shows no team for JerAx. We do not know what he will do next, so we only follow the facts.