| Retired | ||
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| B3nji | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Benjamin deMunck | |
| Country of Birth | Canada | |
| Birthday | April 30, 1997 (age 27) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Bot Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Competitive IDs | LOD, Benji | |
| Soloqueue IDs | Pro LOD, LODx, itsLOD, I Am LOD, TGF Liquidity, L0D, C9 LOD, Danksw4nk420 | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Benjamin "B3nji" deMunck is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously bot laner for Bogged. He was previously known as LOD. His name was previously stylized Benji.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Team Green Forest | Mar 20122012-03-12[1] | ≈Aug 2012≈2012-08-?? | ≈4mo 20d | ejel | ||
 Dirt Nap Gaming | ≈Oct 2012≈2012-10-?? | Oct 20122012-10-29 | ≈28d | ejel | ||
 Team LoLPro | Nov 20132013-11-01 | Sep 20142014-09-27[2] | 10mo 26d | ejel | ||
 Team Curse | ≈Mar 2014≈2014-03-?? | ≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-?? | ≈6mo | ejel | ||
 Team Coast | Sep 20142014-09-27[4] | Oct 20142014-10-27 | 1mo | ejel | ||
 Cloud9 | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-?? | ≈1mo | ejel | ||
| Cloud9 Tempest | Jan 20152015-01-10[6] | ≈Oct 2015≈2015-10-?? | ≈8mo 22d | ejel | ||
 Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-04 | Nov 20152015-11-27 | 23d | ejel | ||
 Ember | Dec 20152015-12-22[8] | Mar 20162016-03-21[7] | 2mo 30d | ejel | ||
 Renegades | Jan 20162016-01-22[9] | Jan 20162016-01-24 | 2d | On Loan ejel | ||
 Echo Fox | Feb 20162016-02-05[10] | Feb 20162016-02-08 | 3d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
 NRG Esports | Feb 20162016-02-27[12] | Feb 20162016-02-28[11] | 1d | On Loan ejel | ||
 Team EnVyUs | May 20162016-05-23[13] | Dec 20162016-12-16 | 6mo 24d | ejel | ||
 Dignitas | Dec 20162016-12-16[15] | Nov 20172017-11-02[14] | 10mo 17d | ejel | ||
 GG Academy | Apr 20182018-04-23[18] | Apr 20192019-04-24[16] | 1yr 1d | ejel | ||
 ANEW Esports | Jun 20192019-06-11 | Jun 20192019-06-19[19] | 8d | ejel | ||
 Maryville University | Dec 20192019-12-30[21] | Nov 20202020-11-25[20] | 10mo 26d | ejel | ||
 CLG Academy | Nov 20202020-11-25[23] | Nov 20212021-11-15[22] | 1yr 20d | ejel | ||
 Bogged | Feb 20222022-02-12[24] | Mar 20222022-03-07 | 23d | ejel |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Green Forest | Mar 20122012-03-12[1] | ≈Aug 2012≈2012-08-?? | ≈4mo 20d | ejel | ||
| Dirt Nap Gaming | ≈Oct 2012≈2012-10-?? | Oct 20122012-10-29 | ≈28d | ejel | ||
| Team LoLPro | Nov 20132013-11-01 | Sep 20142014-09-27[2] | 10mo 26d | ejel | ||
| Team Curse | ≈Mar 2014≈2014-03-?? | ≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-?? | ≈6mo | ejel | ||
| Team Coast | Sep 20142014-09-27[4] | Oct 20142014-10-27 | 1mo | ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-?? | ≈1mo | ejel | ||
| Cloud9 Tempest | Jan 20152015-01-10[6] | ≈Oct 2015≈2015-10-?? | ≈8mo 22d | ejel | ||
| Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-04 | Nov 20152015-11-27 | 23d | ejel | ||
| Ember | Dec 20152015-12-22[8] | Mar 20162016-03-21[7] | 2mo 30d | ejel | ||
| Renegades | Jan 20162016-01-22[9] | Jan 20162016-01-24 | 2d | On Loan ejel | ||
| Echo Fox | Feb 20162016-02-05[10] | Feb 20162016-02-08 | 3d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
| NRG Esports | Feb 20162016-02-27[12] | Feb 20162016-02-28[11] | 1d | On Loan ejel | ||
| Team EnVyUs | May 20162016-05-23[13] | Dec 20162016-12-16 | 6mo 24d | ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Dec 20162016-12-16[15] | Jul 20172017-07-02 | 6mo 17d | ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Jul 20172017-07-02 | Nov 20172017-11-02[14] | 4mo | ejel | ||
| GG Academy | Apr 20182018-04-23[18] | Apr 20192019-04-24[16] | 1yr 1d | ejel | ||
| ANEW Esports | Jun 20192019-06-11 | Jun 20192019-06-19[19] | 8d | ejel | ||
| Maryville University | Dec 20192019-12-30[21] | Nov 20202020-11-25[20] | 10mo 26d | ejel | ||
| CLG Academy | Nov 20202020-11-25[23] | Nov 20212021-11-15[22] | 1yr 20d | ejel | ||
| Bogged | Feb 20222022-02-12[24] | Mar 20222022-03-07 | 23d | ejel |
News
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- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
 TGF | March 12, Liquidity joins.[1] | |
| TGF | August (approx.), Keun, Koala, Liquidity, and Pinkuu leave. | |
 DNG | October (approx.), I Am LOD and Ellie Beee join. T3azer and Healsforhugs leave. | |
| DNG | October 29, Dirt Nap Gaming is disbanded. Telandra, Skarnold Trump, Atlanta, I Am LOD, and Ellie Beee leave. |
 PRO | November 1, Hauntzer, heavenTime, LOD, and Apexy join. Cruzerthebruzer and TrickZ leave. |
 CRS | March (approx.), LOD joins as substitute. | |
| CRS | September (approx.), LOD leaves. | |
| PRO | September 27, Hauntzer and LOD leave.[2][3] | |
 CST | September 27, Cris and LOD join.[4][5] | |
| CST | October 27, Impaler and Jesiz join. Santorin and LOD leave. |
 C9 | January (approx.), LOD joins as substitute. Charlie (Analyst to Head Coach) changes position. otter leaves. | |
| C9T | January 10, Cloud9 Tempest is reformed. Solo, Hard, Yusui, LOD, and Stixxay join.[6] | |
| C9 | February (approx.), LOD leaves. | |
| C9T | October (approx.), Cloud9 Tempest is disbanded. Solo, Hard, LOD, Sheep, Westrice, Jintae, and Charlie (Head Coach) leave. | |
 TDG | November 4, BrandonFTW and LOD join. Akaadian (Top to Jungle) changes position. NintendudeX and Impactful leave. | |
| TDG | November 27, Slooshi joins. Akaadian (Top to Jungle) changes position. BrandonFTW moves to starting roster. Trowen, kt Smurf, LOD, Frostalicious, and Kubz (Head Coach) leave. | |
 MBR | December 22, LOD joins.[8] |
 REN | January 22, LOD is loaned from Ember.[9] | |
| REN | January 24, LOD's loan from Ember ends. | |
 FOX | February 5, LOD and Stunt join as temporary substitutes for Week 4, Day 2 of NA LCS 2016 Spring.[10] | |
| FOX | February 8, Solo, Goldenglue, LOD, and Stunt (temporary substitutes) leave. | |
 NRG | February 27, LOD is loaned from Ember.[12] | |
| NRG | February 28, LOD's loan from Ember ends.[11] | |
| MBR | March 21, Harteg Singh (Interim General Manager) joins. Solo, Santorin, Goldenglue, LOD, Stunt, Westrice, Gleeb, and CurryshotGG (Strategic Head Coach) leave.[7] | |
 NV | May 23, Procxin and LOD join. Nientonsoh joins as substitute.[13] | |
| NV | December 16, LOD leaves. | |
 DIG | December 16, LOD and Kim Jeong-soo (Coach) join.[15] |
 GG.A | April 23, LOD renames to Benji.[25] zig, Benji, and Sheep join. Xpecial leaves for main roster.[18] zig, Benji, and Sheep's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[26] |
| GG.A | January 5, zig, Benji, and Sheep's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.[27] | |
| GG.A | April 24, Benji leaves.[16][17] | |
 ANW | June 11, MistyStumpey, Inori, 5fire, Benji, and PapaChau join. Nove moves to substitute. Charming, Julien, Andybendy, and Srkenji leave. | |
| ANW | June 19, CJ, Wo Ai Yin Dao, and Shady join. MistyStumpey, Benji, and PapaChau leave.[19] | |
 MU | December 30, Benji (Assistant Coach) joins.[21] |
| MU | November 25, Benji (Assistant Coach) leaves.[20] | |
 CLG.A | November 25, Thien, Katsurii, and Benji (Head Coach) join. Auto rejoins. Wiggily joins from main roster. Deus (Top to Mid) changes position.[23] Thien, Katsurii, Auto, and Benji (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.[28] |
Biography[]
His passion for gaming started at a young age when he played games such as Super Mario, Zelda, and Super Smash Brothers on the SNES and Nintendo 64. He and his brother got the latest generation consoles to play games until I Am LOD felt that offline play wasn't enough. That was when he found League of Legends and began to play casually. He met the player Stonewall after reading his guides on GameFAQs and began playing with him and attributes much of what he learned about the game to Stonewall.
On October 27, 2014, it was announced that LOD was leaving Coast along with Santorin; they were replaced by Jesiz and Impaler.[29] The stated reason for his departure was that he was looking for other NA LCS options.
2015 Season[]
LOD joined Cloud9's new Challenger roster Cloud9 G2A along with Solo, Yusui, Hard, and Stixxay in January 2015. Under the name C9 Charlies Angels, they placed fifth in the ranked 5's ladder leading up to the NACS Spring 2015 qualifier. Following Stixxay's move to CLG.Black, Fade joined the team, replacing Stixxay as starting support. The team defeated Roar and then Team Confound to qualify for the season. However, prior to the start of the season, it was revealed that the team had used a ringer in their matches against Team Confound. As a result, Cloud9 Tempest were disqualified from participating in the NACS, and Team Confound took their place. Additionally, LOD and his teammates were all suspended from all Riot-sponsored League of Legends competition until the 2015 Summer Split.[30] This ban was lifted at the end of March, allowing LOD and his Cloud9 Tempest teammates to play competitively starting on May 11.[31]
Now unbanned, Cloud9 Tempest participated in the NACS Summer Qualifier, with nearly the same roster as they had competed with in the spring qualifier, except that LOD moved to AD carry, and Sheep joined as support. After their first two rounds, Yusui was temporarily banned for four weeks for purchasing botted accounts, and Jintae was used as a substitute for the finals against CLG Black, which the team won, successfully qualifying for the Summer Season.
The team finished with a 5-5 record and in fourth place. In the playoffs, they also finished fourth, after losses to Renegades and Team Imagine. They missed out on the Summer Promotion Tournament but retained an automatic seed into the NACS Spring 2016 Season.
2016 Season[]
After the conclusion of their 2015 season run, Cloud9 Tempest disbanded. LOD briefly joined Top Dog Gaming in November, but left the team just two weeks later. In December, LOD renamed to Benjamin and joined Ember, who acquired Cloud9 Tempest's spot in the NACS Spring 2016 Season.
Ember finished second in the regular season, with a 3-1-1 record. Additionally, LOD substituted for three LCS teams - Team Dragon Knights, Echo Fox, and NRG Esports. Due to jungler Contractz's ineligibility to play in the promotion tournament, Ember signed Santorin as a substitute starting with the NACS playoffs. They lost in the first round to Team Dragon Knights. After their failure to qualify for the LCS, Ember released all of their players except for Contractz, and LOD left the team.[32]
In May 2016, LOD joined Team EnVyUs, who had acquired Renegades' spot in the NA LCS. Despite having multiple substitutes on their roster, EnVyUs started Seraph, Procxin, Ninja, LOD, and Hakuho for the entirety of the split. Fueled by strong practice going into the season, EnVyUs started out 4-0 in series records after two weeks, sharing first place with Team SoloMid. However, in the weeks that followed, they slipped down the standings all the way to sixth place, where they sat from week 6 through the end of week 9. With the bottom seed into the playoffs, EnVyUs faced Cloud9 in the quarterfinals where they pulled out a game 1 comeback win before losing the next three to be eliminated. In the Regional Finals, EnVyUs defeated Team Liquid's new roster with Arcsecond jungling but then lost to Cloud9, who went on to win the gauntlet.
2017 Season[]
LOD joined the newly reformed Dignitas for the 2017 season. Dignitas got off to a bad start in the spring split, going 2-6 over the first four weeks, but improved after Cop was rehired as head coach, going 7-3 over the rest of the season and securing the sixth and final playoff spot. However, they were swept 3-0 by Phoenix1 in the playoff quarterfinals.
Dignitas started the summer split strong, going 5-1 over the first three weeks. However, after a loss to Immortals in the first game of Week 4, LOD was replaced by Altec and only played a single game over the rest of the split. LOD remained with the team as Dignitas finished 11-7 and made a brief playoff run, but didn't play in the playoffs as his team eventually fell to CLG 3-0 in the third-place match. He also didn't appear in the Regional Finals as Dignitas were swept by FlyQuest.
2018 Season[]
After leaving Dignitas in November 2019, LOD didn't play competitively until he joined Golden Guardians Academy for the summer academy split, renaming to Benji. However, his return was not particularly successful, as his new team spent most of the season in last place and ended up tied for ninth with a 4-14 record.
2019 Season[]
Benji stayed with Golden Guardians Academy for 2019, along with his 2018 teammates zig and Sheep. The team once again got off to a terrible 1-5 start, but performed respectably for the remainder of the season, ending up 7-11 and in eighth place, still three games outside of playoffs. Benji left the team in April.
Trivia[]
- Hates Guardian Angel and revive champs like
Zilean, 
Anivia, and 
Yorick. - When he played World of Warcraft, he named himself "Lights of Day", that's why he named himself in LoL "LOD".
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-05-29 | North America | NACS 2015 Summer Qualifier |  |  | Sivir | Bot | W | 12/1/7 | Link | Link |
| 2015-01-30 | North America | NACS 2015 Spring Qualifier | |  | Corki | Bot | W | 8/1/6 | Link | Link |
- 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.
| B3nji 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
| 2015-01-11 | 16 - 32 | Best Zed NA Tournament | 0 : 2 Rukin | ||
| 2014-09-14 | 1 | Alienware Fall Brawl 1v1 Tournament | $5,000 | 3 : 1 Yusui | |
Media[]
- 2014
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- May 14, Insight with Ryan Tang Episode 5 LOD (video) with , and on The Runeterra Report
- May 17, Ex-Ember ADC LOD: “The way we went out, in my opinion, was super tragic.” with , and on Joe "Pistallion" Cannavinoon Slingshot
- June 4, EFX Froggen Broadcast Interview (EFX vs. P1) with , and on LoL Esports
- June 5, LOD on Hakuho: 'A lot of people underrated him...but he's the best support I've ever had' with , and on The Score
- June 12, LOD on Apex Ray's Jarvan IV: 'I did get pounded...I did not expect Jarvan to one-shot me repeatedly' with , and on The Score
- June 13, LOD on being a rookie, dealing with Doubelift with , and on Yahoo!
- July 5, LOD on nV’s goals: ‘We can end up being a top 3 team by the end of the split. It’s still possible’ with , and on The Score
- July 20, Past to Present: The Story of LOD with , and on The Score
- August 3, LOD on reaching the playoffs in his first split and inheriting Dignitas' Baron throw legacy with , and on The Score
- August 18, LOD: 'I wanted in my rookie split...to make some sort of dent in the scene — and we did that' with , and on The Score
- September 7, LOD: 'I consider myself the benchmark for LCS ADCs, but I want to be more than that' with , and on The Score
- September 8, LOD on NV's run this split: ‘We showed that we’re a pretty solid team, even though we lost, I’m kinda happy’ with , and on Yahoo!
- December 28, LOD on game changes: “It seems like as an AD Carry I get to play the game less and less.” with , and on Slingshot
- January 11, Team Dignitas LoL Roster Breakdown Part 2: Keane, LOD, and Xpecial by C_L on Dignitas
- January 14, Reddit Asks LOD - AMA Answers! by , and on Reddit AMA
- January 19, DIG LOD "I'm pretty disappointed with the bot lanes I've faced so far in scrims" with , and on PVP Live
- January 31, LOD: Dig has a Korean chef, two Korean coaches, and an in-house translator to help Ssumday and Chase with , and on Yahoo Esports
- February 21, LOD: "I'm learning that ADCs are not made to do damage in Season 7. I am an ultimate-bot." with , and on Blitz Esports
- March 22, Dignitas' LOD on dropping scrims, playing against his old team, and playing Breath of the Wild with , and on Yahoo! Esports
- March 22, LOD: “I think something should be changed for the spring split…Some people are even talking about like making it one giant split, which sounds like it could be a good idea. with , and on Slingshot Esports
- March 13, Look After Yourself by , and on The Player's Lobby
Images[]
C9T LOD, NACS 2015 Summer
MBR LOD, NACS 2016 Spring
NV LOD, NA LCS 2016 Summer
NV LOD, NA LCS 2016 Summer
DIG LOD, NA LCS 2017 Spring
GG.A Benji, NA Academy 2018 Summer
GG.A Benji, NA Academy 2019 Spring
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 New Member Ben "TGF Liquidity" greenforestcafe.net
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Team Coast's Facebook Post twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Curse Academy Roster for LCS Expansion Tournament teamcurse.net
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Team Coast's Facebook Post twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Curse Academy Roster for LCS Expansion Tournament teamcurse.net
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Cloud9 G2A Joins League of Legends NA Challenger Series cloud9.gg
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Ember Roster and Staff Changes — March 2016 medium.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Benjamin to step in for Freeze renegades.gg
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Ember's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 LOD's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 LeagueESAN's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Benji's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Golden Guardians Announce 2018 Summer Split Roster goldenguardians.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 UPL 2019 Summer Official Spreadsheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Maryville University's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Maryville Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 CLG's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 PGCQ #2 Open Qualifier Present by Unified - Tournament Sheet docs.google.com
- ↑ Golden Guardians Announce 2018 Summer Split Roster goldenguardians.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-04-23
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-05
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-11-24; after change - NA - 2020-11-25
- ↑ Coast Roster Changes
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Cloud9 Tempest lolesports.com
- ↑ 2015 Mid-Year Long-Term Suspension Reviews lolesports.com
- ↑ Ember Roster and Staff Changes — March 2016 medium.com