Niflheim Wargs

 is a team participating in the Smite Pro League. The team is owned and operated by Hi-Rez Studios.

History
Niflheim Wargs was created by Hi-rez in 2022 to promote SCC branding. The team roster was chosen due to qualification in the SCC Play-ins tournament. The original roster consisted of oCxnnahh, Sarpeii, Angry, Predss, and Spudio.

2022 Season
The Niflheim Wargs started the EU SCC spring season strong. The team was one of the best teams in EU SCC, with them ending the spring phase 4-1. Their only loss was against Hex Mambo. The team was ready to compete in the Spring Masters Tournament against the best that SCC had to offer. The team, while losing a 0-1 set against the Yomi Tanuki, managed to do well. After the loss, they would 2-1 the Xibalba Storm and 2-1 Yomi Tanuki. All of this was while some players were playing on ping. Angry himself had to play until somewhere around 6 am Romanian time. Unfortunately for the Wargs, they would lose to the kaolin Wardens and then Hex Mambo later. Once the tournament had concluded, Cxnnahh, Angry, and Predss would announce their departure from the Wargs. In their place, Cozyx, Sap7, and Olllly would join as solo, mid, and support respectively. After their first game of the summer phase, Sap7 would be replaced by Itori. Sarpeii would then be replaced by WorstTurttle after their second set of the summer season. Perhaps due to the constant changes or due to losing critical players, the Niflheim Wargs would lose every set in this phase. The team would not be able to participate in Smite Summer Masters due to their poor performance. Coming into the fall phase, the team would lose Olllly and WorstTurttle. Cozyx would move from solo to support, and the team would take BevyMonstaa as his replacement. Sarpeii would also come back and jungle for the Wargs again. The fall season was slightly better for the Wargs, as instead of losing every set, they won 1 set against the Styx Ferrymen. The team would still finish the phase with 1 win and 4 losses. Regardless of their placement, the team would still be able to participate in the EU SCC portion of Road to Worlds. The team would part ways with BevyMonstaa and place Itori in solo. The team would pick up Hawkk to fill the void in mid. The team was able to defeat the Styx Ferrymen in their first match. Unfortunately, their next match would be against Hex Mambo. Their next match against SOC team Personel would result in a win, but the nail in the coffin of the Wargs would be the Highland Ravens. The same team that had taken Cxnnahh and Angry at the beginning of the summer phase would be the one that ended their year. This would mark the end of the Wargs, except for Cozyx who would join the Highland Ravens from now to the end of the Smite World Championship as the support of the Ravens could not travel to Texas.

Play-in Tournament
Before the official start of the SPL, Hi-Rez decided to host a tournament, the Promotional Tournament, in order to find out who will become the next two SPL teams. On February 9th, Hi-Rez posted the rosters for the Promotional Tournament. The Niflheim Wargs were completely disbanded, and in their wake, a new team would take their name. Aquarius, Sam4soccer2, ErupTCrimson, Gamma, and Stuart would be the new Wargs, with NeilMah being their coach. The casters had the utmost belief that this was the team to come to this tournament and take the SPL spot. No one would believe that they would lose. The Niflheim Wargs played well during the beginning of the tournament, with the team making short work of Yomi Tanuki and Aaru Scorpions. However, they got to the first finals for the first SPL slot. Their opponent was the Eldritch Hounds, and the team would lose 1-3. As the loser of the first final, they were guaranteed to be in the final of the 2nd final for the last SPL slot. Their opponent would be the Gilded Gladiators. The Wargs fought hard and were very dominant. However, they were not able to close the set. The 2-0 lead that the Wargs gained quickly became 2-1, then 2-2, and finally 2-3. The Wargs had been reverse-swept by the Gladiators, the team that no one believed in. The team quickly disband, and would enter SCC under a new name.

2023 Season
The Niflheim Wargs would have a full reset in their team. After winning a spot in the SCC play-ins tournament, a new roster would take the name of the Niflheim Wargs. Cxnnahh, Rapio, GunTTeRR, Predss, and IDavy would become the new Niflheim Wargs. KerrMckail would come back as coach as well. The Niflheim Wargs would have a great summer season. The team would find themselves one of the better EU SCC teams. The team would only lose one set to one team, that being Hex Mambo. However, the team would be able to defeat the Solar Scarabs, who were a formidable team, and won against Hex Mambo. There was a three-way tie in terms of win rate in EU SCC, with the Wargs being one of the three teams. Come the Summer Masters Tournament, the team had to face the entire SCC. Their first match would be against the Tyrian Weavers and that would result in a 2-0 Wargs win. Against the Solar Scarabs, the same would repeat. After defeating the Scarabs, the team would have to face Hex Mambo who would beat them in a 0-2 set. Now in the Loser's bracket, the team's next opponent would be the Valhalla Valkyries. This team was a tough foe, as the Valkyries were the team that almost qualified for the SPL earlier in the year and also sailed on the Wargs flag when they did. The Wargs would show the Valkyries the power of the EU SCC and 2-1 them. The Wargs would next face Hex Mambo again in the finals of the SCC portion of Smite Summer Masters. Instead of facing off in order to see who gets eliminated, they were facing off in order to see who faces what SPL team. Once again, the Wargs lost to Hex Mambo in a 0-2 set. Their next opponent would be the SPL team, Eldritch Hounds. The team fought valiantly and managed to compete against SPL. However, the Wargs lost to the Hounds in a 1-2 set. About a week after the conclusion of the Summer Tournament, Rapio would announce that he would retire from Smite due to the solid stability in his life and wanting to move on. As of now, the fall season has not started and the Wargs have not found a replacement.