Ale

Ale
Ale
Background Information
Name	Hu Jia-Le (胡嘉乐)
Country of Birth	; China
Birthday	July 23, 2001 (age 24)
Residency	CNChina
Competitive
Role	; Top Laner
Competitive IDs	Natural
Soloqueue IDs	KR: huntiandi1; EUW: LNGLNGLNG
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Hu "Ale" (▶️ listen) Jia-Le (Hanzi: 胡嘉乐) is a League of Legends esports player, previously top laner for JD Gaming. He was previously known as Natural.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
CN	⁠⁠SHEINOO	Jun 20182018-06-29	Sep 20182018-09-17^[1]	2mo 18d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Oh My God	Dec 20182018-12-15^[3]	May 20192019-05-22^[2]	5mo 7d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Dominus Esports	Jul 20192019-07-20^[5]	Sep 20202020-09-15^[4]	1yr 1mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠TT Gaming	Sep 20202020-09-15^[4]	Nov 20202020-11-18^[6]	2mo 3d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Jan 20212021-01-12^[9]	Dec 20222022-12-10^[7]	1yr 10mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	Dec 20222022-12-18^[11]	May 20242024-05-15^[10]	1yr 4mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Anyone's Legend	May 20242024-05-15^[17]	Oct 20242024-10-30^[16]	5mo 15d ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Nov 20242024-11-30^[22]	Jul 20252025-07-16^[19]	7mo 16d ejel

	Team	Start	End
CN	⁠⁠SHEINOO	Jun 20182018-06-29	Sep 20182018-09-17^[1]	2mo 18d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Oh My God	Dec 20182018-12-15^[3]	May 20192019-05-22^[2]	5mo 7d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Dominus Esports	Jul 20192019-07-20^[5]	Sep 20202020-09-15^[4]	1yr 1mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠TT Gaming	Sep 20202020-09-15^[4]	Nov 20202020-11-18^[6]	2mo 3d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Jan 20212021-01-12^[9]	Jun 20212021-06-07	4mo 26d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Jun 20212021-06-07	Dec 20222022-12-10^[7]	1yr 6mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	Dec 20222022-12-18^[11]	May 20242024-05-15^[10]	1yr 4mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Anyone's Legend	May 20242024-05-15^[17]	Oct 20242024-10-30^[16]	5mo 15d ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Nov 20242024-11-30^[22]	Jul 20252025-07-16^[19]	7mo 16d ejel

News

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2023
2024
2025

CN	⁠⁠SN	June 29, Ale, lengT, tbq, and WestDam join. Wuy joins as substitute. Baby6, 300, and XX leave. e
CN	⁠⁠SN	September 17, ⁠⁠SHEINOO is disbanded. Ale, lengT, TT, xiaoshi, CatRats, Gz, tbq, GodLou, Yang, L1ug, WestDam, and Wuy leave.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠OMG	December 15, Ale joins.^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠OMG	December 21, Ale and Penguin's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020. l3est16 and Xuan's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[26] e

CN	⁠⁠OMG	May 22, Chelly (Bot to Support) changes position. Ale and Xuan leave. l3est16 and Bright leave for academy roster. Mountain's departure is confirmed.^[2] e
CN	⁠⁠DMO	July 20, Ale joins.^[5] Ale renames to Natural. e
CN	⁠⁠DMO	October 8, Natural's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020. Melody and Aitong's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[27] e

CN	⁠⁠TT	September 15, ⁠⁠Dominus Esports rebrands as ⁠⁠TT Gaming.^[4] e
CN	⁠⁠TT	November 18, Natural leaves.^[6] e

CN	⁠⁠LNG	January 12, Natural joins as substitute.^[9] Natural renames to Ale.^[28] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	June 7, Ale moves to starting roster. M1kuya moves to substitute. e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	June 22, Ale and icon's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Tarzan, LP, and Kedaya's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Light and M1kuya's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[29] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	December 9, Ale's contract is extended.^[30] e

CN	⁠⁠LNG	February 22, Ale, Doinb, and LvMao's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[31] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	December 10, Ale and LvMao leave.^[7]^[8] e
CN	⁠⁠EDG	December 18, Ale and FoFo join. Leave joins from academy roster. Fisher joins as substitute from academy roster. Meiko's contract is extended. Flandre leaves.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15] e

CN	⁠⁠EDG	February 17, Ale, Jiejie, FoFo, Meiko, and Fisher's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024. Leave's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025.^[32] e
CN	⁠⁠EDG	December 20, Derek (Leader) and Fang (Supervisor) join. Clearlove (Head Coach) rejoins. Solokill and Vampire join from academy roster. Leave rejoins from academy roster. Monki's contract is extended. Ale, JieJie, Fisher, Mni (Coach), and Jasper (Deputy Manager) will remain with the team for 2024. KenZhu (Coach) and Gazero (Supervisor) leave.^[33] e

CN	⁠⁠EDG	January 9, Ale, Solokill, and Monki's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025. Vampire's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2026.^[34] e
CN	⁠⁠EDG	May 15, Ale leaves.^[10] e
CN	⁠⁠AL	May 15, Ale joins. Hery leaves.^[17]^[18] e
CN	⁠⁠AL	October 30, Ale leaves.^[16] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	November 30, Ale joins. Flandre, sheer, and Lyn (Analyst) leave.^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25] e

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⁠JDG

July 16,
Wink joins.
Ale and
MISSING leave.^[19]^[20]^[21]

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Biography

Trivia

Nicknamed "50 Yuan top" by Chinese fans. Prior to the 2021 season, RNG invited Ale to try out for the team. But after Ale arrived at RNG's base, RNG told him that they had already decided to switch Xiaohu to top. Assistant Coach Poppy gave Ale 50 CNY (about 7.7 USD) for compensating him to take a taxi home and keep the change to buy some drinks.^[35]
Reached 1000 kills in the LPL on July 22, 2023.
- The 44th player and 6th toplaner to reach 1000 kills in the LPL.
- Achieved it in the same series as Able's 1000 kills milestone.
Reached 500 games in the LPL on May 21, 2025.
- The 33rd player to reach 500 games in the LPL.
Was famous within China and Korea for reaching and hovering between rank 1 and 2 in the Korean server under the name "Huntiand1"
- Got caught up in a scandal when Doran got banned from competitive play for 1 game for "trolling" after playing a game of solo queue against him and dying 15 times in 2019.

Individual Awards

LPL 2nd All Pro Team x1 (Split 1 2025)

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2023-04-11	CN China	LPL 2023 Spring Playoffs			Malphite	Top	L	6/3/6	Link	Link
2019-01-04	CN China	NESO 2018 - Group Stage			Irelia	Top	W	12/3/4

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Ale Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-06-05	7 - 8	LPL 2025 Split 2 Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠WE	⁠⁠JDG	Ale, Xun, Scout, Peyz, MISSING, Sin, BoBo
2025-05-22	3	LPL 2025 Split 2 - Group Ascend	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠JDG	Ale, Xun, Scout, Peyz, MISSING, cvMax, Sin, BoBo, Xiasu
2025-03-27	Q	LPL 2025 Split 2 Placements	4 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠JDG	Ale, Xun, Scout, Peyz, MISSING, cvMax, BoBo
2025-02-27	3	LPL 2025 Split 1 Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠JDG	Ale, Xun, Scout, Peyz, MISSING, cvMax, BoBo, Xiasu
2025-02-16	1	LPL 2025 Split 1 - Group B	3 - 0⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠JDG	Ale, Xun, Scout, Peyz, MISSING, cvMax, BoBo
2024-12-16	9 - 12	Demacia Cup 2024	2 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠JDG	Ale, Xun, Scout, Peyz, MISSING, cvMax, Sin, Xiasu, BoBo
2024-08-16	5 - 6	LPL 2024 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠AL	Ale, Croco, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Qingsi
2024-07-31	6	LPL 2024 Summer - Higher Group	3 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AL	Ale, Croco, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Qingsi
2024-06-29	Q	LPL 2024 Summer Placements	7 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AL	Ale, Croco, Shanks, Hope, Kael, Tabe, Qingsi
2024-03-27	16	LPL 2024 Spring	3 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EDG	Ale, Solokill, JieJie, Monki, Fisher, 0909, Leave, Thesnake, Vampire, Xiamu, Clearlove, Poppy