| Retired as Player | ||
|---|---|---|
| Brandini | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Brandon Chen | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | August 13, 1997 (age 27) | |
| Residency | Americas | |
| Prev Residencies | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Coach | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Competitive IDs | BrandonFTW | |
| Soloqueue IDs | NA: Houdini Brandini | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Brandon "Brandini" (▶️ listen) Chen is a League of Legends esports player, previously positional coach for Disguised. He was previously known as BrandonFTW.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 COGnitive Gaming | Oct 20142014-10-20 | ≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-22 | ≈2d | ejel | ||
 BrawL.NA | Jan 20152015-01-13[1] | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-?? | ≈26d | ejel | ||
 Frank Fang Gaming | ≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-?? | Jun 20152015-06-01 | ≈3mo | ejel | ||
 Team 8 | ≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-?? | Oct 20152015-10-07[2] | ≈7mo 6d | ejel | ||
 Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-04 | Feb 20162016-02-11 | 3mo 7d | ejel | ||
 Apex Gaming | Mar 20162016-03-03 | May 20162016-05-20[3] | 2mo 17d | ejel | ||
| Frank Fang Gaming | Apr 20162016-04-16 | May 20162016-05-26[4] | 1mo 10d | ejel | ||
 Phoenix1 | May 20162016-05-26[9] | Nov 20162016-11-21[5] | 5mo 26d | ejel | ||
 Delta Fox | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Jun 20172017-06-02 | 4mo 28d | ejel | ||
 Echo Fox | May 20172017-05-26[10] | Dec 20172017-12-04 | 6mo 9d | ejel | ||
 TSM Academy | Dec 20172017-12-17[12] | May 20182018-05-30[11] | 5mo 13d | ejel | ||
 100 Academy | May 20182018-05-30[14] | Dec 20182018-12-13[13] | 6mo 14d | ejel | ||
| 100 Thieves | Jun 20182018-06-27[15] | Jul 20182018-07-08 | 11d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
| TSM Academy | Dec 20182018-12-14[17] | Sep 20192019-09-18[16] | 9mo 4d | ejel | ||
 EG Academy | Jan 20202020-01-03[20] | May 20202020-05-28[19] | 4mo 25d | ejel | ||
 CLG Academy | Jan 20212021-01-19[22] | Feb 20212021-02-03[21] | 15d | ejel | ||
 Wildcard Red | Jun 20212021-06-20[24] | Nov 20212021-11-05[23] | 4mo 15d | ejel | ||
 Immortals AOE | Jan 20222022-01-06[26] | Feb 20222022-02-12[25] | 1mo 6d | ejel | ||
| Immortals AOE | Feb 20222022-02-12[25] | Apr 20222022-04-01 | 1mo 17d | ejel | ||
| CLG | Jun 20222022-06-25[28] | Dec 20222022-12-21[27] | 5mo 26d | ejel | ||
 FLY FAM | Dec 20222022-12-21[27] | Apr 20232023-04-28[29] | 4mo 7d | ejel | ||
 Disguised | Jan 20242024-01-12[31] | Jun 20242024-06-11[30] | 4mo 30d | ejel | ||
| Disguised | Jun 20242024-06-11[30] | Jul 20242024-07-30[33] | 1mo 19d | ejel | ||
| Disguised | Jul 20242024-07-30[33] | Aug 20242024-08-06[35] | 7d | ejel | ||
| Disguised | Aug 20242024-08-06[35] | Dec 20242024-12-03[36] | 3mo 28d | ejel |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COGnitive Gaming | Oct 20142014-10-20 | ≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-22 | ≈2d | ejel | ||
| BrawL.NA | Jan 20152015-01-13[1] | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-?? | ≈26d | ejel | ||
| Frank Fang Gaming | ≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-?? | Jun 20152015-06-01 | ≈3mo | ejel | ||
| Team 8 | ≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-?? | Oct 20152015-10-07[2] | ≈7mo 6d | ejel | ||
| Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-04 | Nov 20152015-11-15 | 11d | ejel | ||
| Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-15 | Nov 20152015-11-27 | 12d | ejel | ||
| Top Dog Gaming | Nov 20152015-11-27 | Feb 20162016-02-11 | 2mo 14d | ejel | ||
| Apex Gaming | Mar 20162016-03-03 | May 20162016-05-20[3] | 2mo 17d | ejel | ||
| Frank Fang Gaming | Apr 20162016-04-16 | May 20162016-05-26[4] | 1mo 10d | ejel | ||
| Phoenix1 | May 20162016-05-26[9] | Nov 20162016-11-21[5] | 5mo 26d | ejel | ||
| Delta Fox | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Jun 20172017-06-02 | 4mo 28d | ejel | ||
| Echo Fox | May 20172017-05-26[10] | Dec 20172017-12-04 | 6mo 9d | ejel | ||
| TSM Academy | Dec 20172017-12-17[12] | May 20182018-05-30[11] | 5mo 13d | ejel | ||
| 100 Academy | May 20182018-05-30[14] | Dec 20182018-12-13[13] | 6mo 14d | ejel | ||
| 100 Thieves | Jun 20182018-06-27[15] | Jul 20182018-07-08 | 11d | Temp Sub ejel | ||
| TSM Academy | Dec 20182018-12-14[17] | Aug 20192019-08-02[37] | 7mo 19d | ejel | ||
| TSM Academy | Aug 20192019-08-02[37] | Sep 20192019-09-18[16] | 1mo 16d | ejel | ||
| EG Academy | Jan 20202020-01-03[20] | May 20202020-05-28[19] | 4mo 25d | ejel | ||
| CLG Academy | Jan 20212021-01-19[22] | Feb 20212021-02-03[21] | 15d | ejel | ||
| Wildcard Red | Jun 20212021-06-20[24] | Nov 20212021-11-05[23] | 4mo 15d | ejel | ||
| Immortals AOE | Jan 20222022-01-06[26] | Feb 20222022-02-12[25] | 1mo 6d | ejel | ||
| Immortals AOE | Feb 20222022-02-12[25] | Apr 20222022-04-01 | 1mo 17d | ejel | ||
| CLG | Jun 20222022-06-25[28] | Dec 20222022-12-21[27] | 5mo 26d | ejel | ||
| FLY FAM | Dec 20222022-12-21[27] | Apr 20232023-04-28[29] | 4mo 7d | ejel | ||
| Disguised | Jan 20242024-01-12[31] | Jun 20242024-06-11[30] | 4mo 30d | ejel | ||
| Disguised | Jun 20242024-06-11[30] | Jul 20242024-07-30[33] | 1mo 19d | ejel | ||
| Disguised | Jul 20242024-07-30[33] | Aug 20242024-08-06[35] | 7d | ejel | ||
| Disguised | Aug 20242024-08-06[35] | Dec 20242024-12-03[36] | 3mo 28d | ejel |
News
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
 COG | October 20, BrandonFtw, Grigne, LoveLova, and XerbeK join. DragonRaider, ShorterACE, Doppler, and Krewl leave. | |
| COG | October 22 (approx.), BrandonFtw leaves. |
 BWL | January 13, BrandonFtw, ShorterACE, Alex Ich, LattmaN, and Lohpally join. Altrum joins as substitute.[1] | |
| BWL | February (approx.), BrawL.NA is disbanded. BrandonFtw, Alex Ich, LattmaN, Lohpally, and Altrum leave. | |
 FFG | March (approx.), Frank Fang Gaming is reformed. BrandonFtw, Moon, and goldenglue join. LattmaN and BonQuish rejoin. | |
 T8 | March (approx.), BrandonFtw joins as substitute. | |
| FFG | June 1, Frank Fang Gaming is disbanded. BrandonFtw, Moon, goldenglue, Lattman, babyeator, Leviathan (Coach), BonQuish (Analyst), and L0CUST (Analyst) leave. | |
| T8 | October 7, Porpoise8, goldenglue, Nien8, Dodo8, BrandonFtw, CheeseBeluga, Alex Ich, Slooshi8, Maplestreet8, HISTORY TEACHER (Head Coach), and Matt (Head Analyst) leave.[2] | |
 TDG | November 4, BrandonFTW and LOD join. Akaadian (Top to Jungle) changes position. NintendudeX and Impactful leave. | |
| TDG | November 15, Trowen joins. Frostalicious joins as substitute. Akaadian (Jungle to Top) changes position. BrandonFTW moves to substitute. | |
| 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. |
| TDG | February 11, Top Dog Gaming is disbanded. Brandini, Slooshi, and Ken leave. | |
 APX | March 3, BrandonFTW joins as substitute. Saintvicious (Head Coach to Head Coach/Sub/Jungle) and BlisS (Assistant Coach to Assistant Coach/Sub/Mid) change positions. Indivisible leaves. | |
| FFG | April 16, Brandini, Poppers OP, and Impactful join. Licorice, InsanityXXX, and Maplestreet leave. | |
| APX | May 20, Ray, Diamondprox, Roar, and KonKwon join. Saintvicious (Head Coach/Sub/Jungle to Head Coach) and BlisS (Assistant Coach/Sub/Mid to Assistant Coach) change positions. Big ol Ron and BrandonFTW leave.[3] | |
| FFG | May 26, Brandini leaves.[4] | |
 P1 | May 26, zig, Inori, Pirean, Slooshi, Mash, and Gate join. Brandini joins as substitute.[9] | |
| P1 | November 21, Slooshi, Mash, Gate, and Brandini leave.[5][6][7][8] |
 DFX | January 5, Brandini and baby join. 1onz leaves. | |
 FOX | May 26, Brandini, Mash, and Inero (Head Coach) join. Damonte rejoins.[10] | |
| DFX | June 2, Brandini, Grigne, and Damonte leave. | |
| FOX | December 4, Brandini, Grig, and Gate leave. | |
 TSM.A | December 17, TSM Academy is formed. Brandini, Grig, Ablazeolive, MrRalleZ, and Shady join.[12] |
| TSM.A | May 30, Brandini leaves.[11] | |
 100.A | May 30, Brandini and Stunt join. Whyin leaves.[14] Brandini's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Stunt's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018.[38] | |
| 100 | June 27, Brandini and Levi join as temporary substitutes for Rift Rivals 2018 NA-EU, replacing Ssumday and Meteos, respectively.[15] | |
| 100 | July 8, Brandini and Levi (temporary substitutes) leave. | |
| 100.A | December 13, Brandini and Levi leave.[13] | |
| TSM.A | December 14, Akaadian, Tactical, and Treatz join. Brandini rejoins. PieCakeLord leaves. MrRallez and Shady's departures are confirmed.[17][18] |
| TSM.A | January 5, Brandini, Akaadian, Tactical, and Treatz's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[39] | |
| TSM.A | August 2, Brandini moves to substitute.[37] | |
| TSM.A | September 18, Brandini leaves.[16] |
 EG.A | January 3, Brandini and Kadir join.[20] Brandini, Kadir, Deftly, and Matt's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[40] | |
| EG.A | May 28, Brandini is removed from the GCD.[19] | |
| EG.A | May 30, Brandini's departure is confirmed.[41] |
 CLG.A | January 19, Brandini and teamlukee are added to the GCD.[22] Brandini and TeamLuke's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 March 2021.[42] | |
| CLG.A | February 3, Pobelter rejoins from main roster. Brandini and TeamLuke leave.[21] | |
 WCR | June 20, Brandini joins.[24] | |
| WCR | August 30, Brandini's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 6 November 2021.[43] | |
| WCR | November 5, Brandini, Winston, Bradley, Arrow, and Daption are removed from the GCD.[23] |
 IMA | January 6, animegirl, Winston, shochi, Meech, Roy, ArgentumSky (Coach), Brandini (Coach), Julius (Coach), and DemoZ (Manager) join.[26] | |
| IMA | February 12, Brandini (Coach to Head Coach/Sub/Top) and Julius (Coach to Coach/Sub/Mid) change positions. Argentum (Coach) leaves.[25] | |
| IMA | April 1, DemoZ (Manager), Brandini (Head Coach), and Julius (Coach) leave. | |
| CLG | June 25, Brandini (Positional Coach) joins.[28] | |
| CLG | December 21, Brandini (Positional Coach) leaves.[27] | |
 FLYF | December 21, Brandini (Head Coach) and Julius (Assistant Coach) join.[27] |
| FLYF | April 28, FLY FAM is disbanded. lunacia, Hyper, Blazze, Instinct, Sword, Maniac, Lunar, Brandini (Head Coach), and Julius (Assistant Coach) leave.[29] |
 DSG | January 12, Kyuki (Assistant Coach) and Zaga (Analyst) join. Brandini (Positional Coach) joins as substitute.[31][32] | |
| DSG | June 11, Qitong joins as substitute. Brandini (Positional Coach/Sub/Top to Positional Coach) changes position.[30] | |
| DSG | July 30, Tenacity (Top to Bot) changes position. Brandini (Positional Coach to Positional Coach/Top) changes position. Tomo leaves.[33][34] | |
| DSG | August 6, Minui rejoins. Tenacity (Bot to Top) changes position. Brandini (Positional Coach/Top to Positional Coach) changes position.[35] | |
| DSG | October 31, Brandini changes residency from North America to Americas. | |
| DSG | December 3, Tenacity, Minui, Poome, Qitong, Svenskeren (Head Coach), Zaga (Analyst), and Brandini (Positional Coach) leave.[36] |
Biography[]
Brandini started playing League of Legends in season 2, and eventually he enjoyed playing top lane the most.
2015 Season[]
In January 2015, BrandonFtw joined BrawL.NA as part of their initial starting roster, along with ShorterACE, Alex Ich, LattmaN, and LohPally. However, without Alex Ich playing for them yet, BrawL lost to Darkness in the first round of the NACS 2015 Spring Qualifier and were eliminated from the tournament.
In March 2015, Frank Fang Gaming was reformed, with a roster including LattmaN, BonQuish, Moon, BrandownFtw, and goldenglue. They placed second in the AlphaDraft Challenger League, behind Misfits and ahead of Cloud9 Tempest. However, in the NACS Summer Qualifier, Frank Fang Gaming lost to Cloud9 Tempest in the first round of their bracket and were eliminated. Three days after their defeat, the team disbanded. In December, BrandonFtw renamed to Brandini.
2016 Season[]
After being a substitute for Apex Gaming for the first half of the year, Brandini joined Phoenix1, the organization that purchased Team Impulse's NA LCS Summer Season seed, in May.[44] Brandini shared the starting top lane slot with zig, and only competed in 7 of Phoenix1's 46 regular season games. Phoenix1 finished the split in 8th place after a second-half comeback to drag them out of last, but still had to play in spring relegations; Brandini didn't start in any of their three Promotion Tournament games, but the team won 3-0 over Echo Fox.
Trivia[]
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2018
- 2019
- June 29, Playing for the Academy and Now the Starters. 100 Thieves Levi and Brandini Speaks About the 2018 Rift Rivals with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim, James "Bick" Hong, , and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- July 12, Brandini on the LCS Academy system: ‘Players want stage time, online or offline, and it’s important for their overall growth’ with Isaac McIntyre on Hotspawn Esports
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-07-06 | Rift Rivals 2018 NA-EU |  100 vs  SPY | Link |
| 2018-06-23 | NA Academy 2018 Summer | 100.A vs  FOX.A | Link |
Images[]
P1 Brandini, NA LCS 2016 Summer
DFX Brandini, NACS 2017 Spring
TSM.A Brandini, NA Academy 2018 Spring
100.A Brandini, NA Academy 2018 Summer
TSM.A Brandini, NA Academy 2019 Spring
TSM.A Brandini, NA Academy 2019 Summer
EG.A Brandini, NA Academy 2020 Spring
Name Pronunciation
| Brandini | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | Riot |
| Voiced By | Raafaa |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Alex Ich to Start for BrawL North America content.azubu.tv
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Immortals' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Apex Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Slooshi's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Mash's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Gate's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Brandini's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Echo Fox on LoL Esports lolesports.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Welcome TSM Academy! tsm.gg
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Brandini's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 TSM's Official 2019 NA LCS Rosters and Staff tsm.gg
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-05-27; after change - NA - 2020-05-28
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Evil Geniuses' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-01-18; after change - NA - 2021-01-19
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-11-04; after change - NA - 2021-11-05
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Wildcard Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 25.3 25.4 PGCQ #2 Open Qualifier Present by Unified - Tournament Sheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 AOE Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 27.3 27.4 27.5 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 CLG's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 NACL Active Rosters docs.google.com
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 Disguised's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Chrisyong's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 33.2 33.3 33.4 Disguised's X Post x.com
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 34.2 34.3 34.4 NACL Active Rosters docs.google.com
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 NACL Active Rosters docs.google.com
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Archive Pages: before change - AME - 2024-12-02; after change - AME - 2024-12-03
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 37.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-05-30
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-05
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2020-01-03
- ↑ Evil Geniuses' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-01-18; after change - NA - 2021-01-19
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-08-29; after change - NA - 2021-08-30
- ↑ Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com