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Counter Logic Gaming
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Head CoachThomas "Thinkcard" Slotkin
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CreatedApril 16, 2010(2010-04-16)
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Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) is a North American esports organization. Founded in April 2010 by George "HotshotGG" Georgallidis, CLG is the oldest League of Legends team still active to this day. Counter Logic Gaming currently hosts their flagship team and an academy team in the NA Academy League, CLG Academy, who they picked up following the North American Scouting Grounds and LCS franchising. In the past they have also sponsored Counter Logic Gaming EU and two different North American squads under the name CLG Black. The organization also supports teams and players in Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Super Smash Bros, and Overwatch.

History[]

Pre-Season 1[]

Counter Logic Gaming was founded by HotshotGG on April 16, 2010. The initial roster included LoCicero, Grandjudge, Chauster, Nolja, HotshotGG, Clever, Sabertiger, bigfatjiji, Lilballz, and Kobe24. Most of these players left the team shortly after its creation: Locicero left to focus on school; Grandjudge and Nolja were from Korea while Lilballz was from Taiwan and so they had difficulties attending tournaments; Clever wanted to play casually; and Sabertiger was recruited into the army. When the official roster was finally formed, it consisted of HotshotGG, Kobe24, bigfatjiji, Chauster, and Elementz.

Season 1[]

CLG found early success with their roster, winning the 2010 WCG Grand Finals[1] and then the Newegg Winter Wanfest 2010 online tournament.[2] After those two early victories, jungler Kobe24 decided to retire from professional gaming and left the team in January 2011; he would eventually go on to become a caster for Riot Games. The next month, Saintvicious joined the team, replacing Kobe.

CLG was one of three North American teams to attend the Riot Season 1 Championship in Sweden in June 2011, along with Epik Gamer and Team SoloMid. They placed second in their group, behind TSM, and then fifth overall in the tournament.[3]

Preseason 2[]

After the Season 1 Championship, CLG won several major tournaments in a row. First, they won in the online National ESL Premier League Season 1, and then they attended their second international LAN tournament: IEM Cologne. With Salce substituting for Chauster, the lineup included HotshotGG top, Saintvicious jungle, Salce mid, Bigfatlp AD carry, and Elementz support. CLG won their group 3-0 and then defeated Millenium and TSM in the bracket to win the tournament.[4] With Chauster back but Voyboy substituting for bigfatlp, they also won MLG Raleigh in August, this time beating Epik Gamer in the finals.[5]

At IEM Guangzhou in October 2012, CLG's hot streak cooled off slightly, but they still finished in second place, losing to Team WE both in the group stage and in the finals.[6] Immediately after Guangzhou, the team attended IPL3, in Atlantic City. There, they defeated A Picture of A Goose in the first round but then lost to Dignitas in the semifinals before beating TSM in the third-place match. One week later, CLG flew to New York to play in IEM New York; this time they took home fourth place after defeats to SK Gaming and Sypher in the playoffs.

In November, CLG attempted to qualify for MLG Providence; however, in the qualifier they were intending to use a Lilac, but when he was unable to participate, they fielded Lapaka instead. Because Lapaka was officially on the roster of Absolute Legends for the event, CLG was disqualified and RFLX Gaming advanced to the top four and attended MLG Providence instead.[7]

In December 2011, CLG benched long-time support Elementz and moved Chauster to support; this made room for Doublelift to join the team from Epik Gamer. Elementz went on to play for Curse Gaming.

Season 2[]

In order to participate in the 2011 World Cyber Games, CLG put together a temporary roster including only Canadian players: Chaox and TheOddOne, AD carry and jungler of TSM, joined the team for the tournament; at the same time, Chauster and Reginald joined the other three members of TSM to form a one-off team that they called Chicks Dig Elo. CDE ended up winning the tournament, while CLG came in third.[8]

Returning to their standard lineup of HotshotGG, Saintvicious, bigfatlp, Doublelift, and Chauster, CLG participated in and won the online NESL Premier League Season 2 playoffs. Their next event wasn't until February 2012, when they played in the LoLPro.com Curse Invitational and came in second. In March, they attended their next LAN, the IEM World Championship in Hanover. They placed second in their group behind Dignitas and then lost in the semifinals to Moscow Five, the eventual winners of the tournament; they took home third place after a victory over against All authority.[9]

On March 12, 2012, CLG temporarily moved to a gaming house in South Korea in order to train and participate in Azubu The Champions Spring 2012. Placed in Group B, CLG entered playoffs but immediately lost to MiG Blaze, the eventual tournament winners, in the quarterfinals. While in Korea, CLG also competed in the online Leaguecraft ggClassic. They lost in the semifinals to 4Not.Fire and then forfeited their third-place match against JPak and Friends. They also briefly flew to Las Vegas (in the United States) to attend IPL 4 from April 6 to April 8. After being sent to the loser's bracket by Dignitas in the second round, they came back to play against TSM in the grand final, which they ultimately lost to place second overall. On April 25, moved back to North America.

In May 2012, CLG was involved in a major roster swap between themselves, Dignitas, and Curse Gaming. Saintvicious left CLG and joined Curse, while Curse jungler Crumbzz moved to Dignitas and switched to top lane, and CLG brought in Dignitas top laner Voyboy and moved HotshotGG from top lane to jungle. Additionally, the organization acquired a secondary roster consisting of Sycho Sid, LiNk, Zuna, Hoodstomp, and BloodWater. For more information about the history of that team, see CLG Black. The main CLG roster renamed itself to CLG Prime to avoid confusion.[10]

With their new lineup, CLG placed second at the 2012 Major League Gaming - Spring Championship in June[11] and then third at the GIGABYTE Esports LAN. On July 2, 2012 HotshotGG stepped down from the position of active CEO of Counter Logic Gaming, being replaced by his mother Helen "RealMomGG" Georgallidis. [12]

CLG returned to Korea to compete in Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 in July. Once again they placed second in their group, and once again they were eliminated in the quarterfinals, this time losing to Azubu Frost - who went on to win the tournament. After their elimination from the tournament, the team remained in Korea to continue to practice for the upcoming Season Two North American Regional Finals. There, they would take third place, qualifying for the Season 2 World Championship.

CLG didn't advance out of their group at Worlds, losing to Invictus Gaming and Azubu Frost, beating only SK Gaming by using strategy that involved running three Teleports and a Promote. Infamously, Chauster commented in an interview that the team had prepared primarily strategies to be used if they got blue side in the coin toss, but all three of their group-stage coin tosses gave them purple side.[13] After Worlds, Voyboy left the team, HotshotGG moved from jungle back to top lane, Chauster moved to the jungle, and former MiG Frost AD carry Locodoco joined the team to fill the open support role.

Pre-Season 3[]

CLG prime would attend the 2012 MLG Fall Championship in Dallas on November 2 through 4th. In the first round they faced the Korean powerhouse NaJin Sword, where they were routed in two lopsided matches. Falling to the losers bracket, CLG Prime would sweep Curse Gaming in round one, and then pick up a close 2-1 series against another NA team Dignitas. They would face their sister team CLG EU in Round 3. Unfortunately, they were outmatched as the European team eliminated them 2-1 from the tournament. CLG Prime would place 4th with $2,000 in winnings.

On November 29, CLG would enter the IPL 5 tournament held in Las Vegas. In the group stages CLG Prime would dispatch the newly formed Team FeaR twice while dropping a game to CLG EU to advance. In the first round they would defeat Curse EU 2-1, and then move on to face FnaticRC. CLG Prime took the first game off Fnatic with sharp play from their Jiji's Twisted Fate, however the champion was quickly banned out and CLG Prime would lose the next two games. In the losers bracket CLG Prime would face Moscow 5, they would take the first game of the set, but then fell twice against the Russian team, finishing their run in the tournament. CLG Prime would place 5th-6th with $2,500 in prize money. CLG Prime outperformed most expectations of them at tournament, with a strong showing of Chauster as the new jungler, they also challenged the perception of Team Solo Mid as the strongest team in the NA scene[14].

After the event, Locodoco expressed in an interview that "coming to America was a mistake"[15], but added that it did not indicate he would be leaving the team. On December 4 however, CLG announced the departure of Locodoco. They would use Nhat Nguyen as temporary substitute in the coming MLG Prizefights.

On December 28, CLG officially announced Aphromoo as their starting support player to fill the position left by Locodoco, and the acquisition of LiNk as an alternate player. Also announced were the resignation of Chief Executive Officer Helen “RealMomGG” Georgallidis and Chief Operations Officer Robert “CyberBob” Del Papa, promotion of Kelby “SAYOCEAN” May to General Manager for the organization, and the renaming of the premier squad back to the original Counter Logic Gaming name from Counter Logic Gaming Prime, due to the departure of Counter Logic Gaming EU and disbanding of Counter Logic Gaming Black, leaving the previously known Prime as the only team under the CLG banner. [16]

Following the acquisition of LiNk, on January 15, bigfatlp announced that he would be stepping down from the starting roster to a substitute position, citing lack of confidence in his own play. [17]

Season 3[]

Into the first week of Season 3, on February 9, Bloodwater was announced to be the second substitute player of the team,[18] but he left the team 4 days later.[19]

On February 27, 2013, CLG was participating in Riot Season 3 NA Championship Series Spring Season. After 10 weeks Round Robin with Team SoloMid, Team Dignitas, Team Vulcun, Team MRN, Curse Gaming, Good Game University and compLexity Gaming, CLG successfully qualified to Sping Season Playoffs. However, CLG was outplayed by Team Vulcun with 1-2 in Quarterfinals, placed 5th-6th with Team Dignitas. Also, CLG failed to qualify to Riot Season 3 NA Championship Series Summer Season and participated in Summer Promotion. In the Summer Promotion, CLG faced Azure Cats in the promotion match. Fortunately, CLG defeated Azure Cats 3-0, securing their spot in the Riot Season 3 NA Championship Series Summer Season.

As the unsatisfactory result of LCS Spring Season and preparing for LCS Summer Season, HotshotGG decided to step down from top lane and acquired Nientonsoh to fill the position. Moreover, bigfatlp returned to the main roster as jungler while Aphromoo left and Chauster returned to support position.

On July 24, 2013, CLG announced that MonteCristo would be joining CLG as a coach.[20]

The Summer LCS Season proved to rocky for the new CLG roster, spending most of the season competing to stay in middle of the pack, ending the season in 6th place with a 13-15 but able to make it into the playoffs. Their first game was against old time rivals TSM but they were unable to win a game, going 0-2, losing their chance to make it to the Season 3 World Championship. They went on to face Team Curse to compete for the 5th place spot to win a spot back for the Season 4 Spring LCS. They were able to come together and go 2-0 and win back the spot into the league.

Pre-2014 Season[]

Chauster announce his retirement from competitive play. bigfatlp moves to sub position. CLG stated that they are currently trying out new players for jungle and support.

On November 7 it was announced that Aphromoo and TrickZ would fill the support and jungler positions for CLG during IEM Season VIII - Cologne.[21]

2014 Season[]

On August 12, 2014, Riot announced that Counter Logic Gaming violated the LCS rules by account sharing during their bootcamp in Korea. Link, dexter, Doublelift and Aphromoo were fined $ 1,250 USD each as well as 2-year ban from OGN and KeSPA-owned tournaments.[22][23]

2015 Preseason[]

CLG was one of the fan-voted teams to IEM Cologne, along with Team Dignitas and Gambit Gaming. New jungler Xmithie was signed prior to the tournament but was unable to attend due to visa issues; the team played with Thinkcard instead and finished second, behind Gambit Gaming.

On December 10, CLG was fined $10,000 by Riot after being found guilty of poaching Scarra from Dignitas. Additionally, Scarra would be prohibited from serving the position of being CLG's head coach for the first three weeks of the spring LCS, and CLG would have to find a different head coach to fill that role for that period of time.[24]

CLG and Doublelift were fined once again on January 6, 2015 after being found guilty of poaching ZionSpartan. CLG was fined $2,000 while Doublelift was fined $2,500. Furthermore was CLG restricted from fielding ZionSpartan as a player or coach for the first week of the 2015 LCS Spring Split.[25]

2015 Season[]

With the addition of Xmithie and ZionSpartan, CLG stormed to the top of the league's spring split, boasting a 7-1 start and holding either first or second place in the league at the end of every week until the last day of the split. Despite setting a team record regular season winrate at 12-6, CLG lost a second-place tiebreaker with Cloud9 and failed to receive a playoff bye. In the quarterfinals against Team Liquid, CLG repeated their last season's performance with another first-round 0-3 series loss, finishing the season tied for fifth with Gravity.

Prior to the start of the summer split, CLG announced that they would move to a six-man roster with two mid laners who would both start in games: Pobelter and Huhi joined the team, while Link left.[26] Despite this announcement, Pobelter would play every game in the summer split. They also added a new head coach, Chris "Blurred Limes" Ehrenreich, and moved analyst Zikz to Strategic Coach.[27]

Echoing their spring split performance, CLG started the summer split strong, in first place at the end of each of the first four weeks, but then lost four consecutive games and fell to fifth. This time, however, they rebounded and ended the season in second at 13-5 after a lost tiebreaker with first place Team Liquid. They received a bye in the first round of the playoffs and then swept both Team Impulse and Team SoloMid 3-0 to win their first LAN event since MLG Raleigh in 2011 and received North America's top seed to the World Championship. Shortly after their qualification, the team announced that Huhi would be substituting for them in the jungle, due to "unresolvable VISA issues" with Xmithie; however, two weeks later the situation was resolved with some help from members of the community who reached out to the team on reddit.[28][29][30] Despite playing with Xmithie and having a relatively easy group draw with KOO Tigers, Flash Wolves, and paiN Gaming, CLG didn't advance from their Worlds group, ending with a 2-4 record including a loss to paiN.

2016 Season[]

Preseason[]

Despite the fact that Huhi hadn't gotten to play a single game live with the team during the 2015 season, in October CLG announced that he would replace Pobelter for the 2016 season as starting mid laner.[31] Doublelift also left the team, after over four years of playing for CLG.[32] He was replaced by Stixxay, originally a substitute at IEM San Jose in November 2015, but eventually a starting member for the 2016 season. At San Jose, CLG defeated Unicorns of Love and Jin Air before losing to Origen in the finals. Their performance earned them a seed into IEM Katowice, which they attended after the seventh week of the LCS. However, despite being in a strong position domestically, in second place behind only the almost-undefeated Immortals (to whom CLG had handed their only loss of the season the week before), CLG were eliminated immediately from Katowice, losing first to SK Telecom T1 and then to Fnatic.

NA LCS Spring Split[]

CLG entered the LCS playoffs in second place, still behind Immortals, and still the only team to have beaten Immortals in the regular season. They won their semifinal series against Team Liquid in five games, winning the last game with a double teleport play to catch out Piglet and close out a win. Despite seeding expectations, their finals match was against TSM, who had 3-0'd Immortals the week before. This series also went to five games, and CLG once again won, qualifying for the Mid-Season Invitational. While individually their players were not as strong as TSM's, CLG's win over them was attributed to team coordination; coach Zikz described the team by saying, "None of us are selfish, at all. We only focus on teamwork," in a post-finals interview.[33]

2016 Season Mid-Season Invitational[]

CLG were seen by some as too weak individually to compete at MSI and by others as having a chance based on their their teamwork. The team shattered expectations in two ways - first, by going 1-1 with both SK Telecom T1 and Royal Never Give Up, the two favorites; and second, by losing a game to the IWCI team SuperMassive eSports. Their final group stage record was 7-3, behind only the Chinese RNG, and they won their semifinal match against the Flash Wolves 3-1 before losing to the revitalized SK Telecom 3-0 in the finals. Aphromoo in particular received attention for setting the support meta of the tournament, playing SonaSquareSona in the semifinals which led to a NamiSquareNami pick from SKT's Wolf in the finals. Stixxay also cemented his position as a strong rookie player with several strong performances. With their second-place finish, CLG set two new records for a North American team: they were the first ever to beat SKT, and the first to advance to the finals of a Riot-sponsored international tournament.

NA LCS Summer Split[]

Returning to North America for the Summer Split, CLG were expected to be at the top of the league after their MSI performance. However, not only did they fail to achieve that, but they weren't even in the top half of the standings until week 6. From there, they climbed to a fourth place regular season finish. In the playoffs, CLG first faced off against Team Liquid, whom they beat 3-1, before falling to TSM 3-0 in the semifinals. Crucially, one of Huhi's signature mid lane champions Aurelion Sol was found to have a bug partway through their first game, and the game was remade with Aurelion Sol disabled for the rest of the playoffs (though it was generally accepted that TSM would have won regardless).[34] CLG lost the third-place to Immortals but automatically qualified for the World Championship based on Championship Points due to TSM's finals win over Cloud9.

2016 Season World Championship[]

CLG were seeded into Group A at Worlds, alongside the ROX Tigers, G2 Esports, and wildcard Albus NoX Luna. Going into the group, CLG and G2 were seen as contenders for the second seed, while Tigers and Albus NoX were expected to finish first and last, respectively. Instead, CLG dropped both of their games to the wildcard team, and ANX skyrocketed to a second-place group stage finish while G2 collapsed into last place; CLG ended their Worlds run in third with a 3-3 record.

2017 Season[]

Transitioning into the spring split of the 2017 LCS season, CLG was the only North American team to not make any changes to its roster. They were inconsistent to begin the split, fluctuating between 5th and 7th place over the first half of the season before stabilizing with a 2-0 week 5. CLG remained in the playoffs after that, and a 3-1 record down the stretch put them in fourth behind TSM, Cloud9 and a much improved Phoenix1.

In the playoffs, CLG faced off against 5th seed FlyQuest. Expected to win due to FlyQuest's late season struggles, CLG seemed to prove that prediction right by winning the first two games. However, FlyQuest came back to win the next two. With a game 5 draft consisting mainly of comfort picks on both sides, including Evelynn for Moon and Kalista for Stixxay, CLG seemed likely to win simply by outscaling FlyQuest. However, some questionable aggressive calls around Baron would allow FlyQuest to complete the reverse sweep, ending CLG's season.

In the mideason, CLG swapped junglers with Immortals, sending Xmithie, one of their longest tenured players, to the team for Dardoch. This change seemed to work out for both sides, as CLG began the season in a three way race for first with Immortals and TSM. At the close of week 7, CLG was 10-4, tied with TSM for second, one game behind Immortals. However, before the start of week 8, the team announced that Dardoch would be leaving for Team Liquid due to irreconcilable conflicts with his teammates, and would be replaced by rookie OmarGod, who had just spent his first professional season with CLG Academy in the NACS. CLG continued to play fairly well over the final two weeks, going 2-2, but fell into 3rd place due to TSM and Immortals posting better records, meaning they would miss out on a playoff bye.

In the quarterfinals, CLG matched up against 6th place Team EnVyUs, who had lost their last four games and were considered the weakest playoff team. After CLG won the first game decisively, EnVyUs shocked everyone by taking the next two games, capitalizing on OmarGod's inexperience and sudden subpar play by the CLG bottom lane. CLG's veteran leadership won out in the end, and they managed to come back to take the series, but the weakened team was immediately swept by Immortals in the semi-finals. Sent to the third place match against Team Dignitas, CLG managed to eke out a shred of hope for themselves by summarily sweeping them, in part due to them catching Dignitas jungler Shrimp out in the jungle in all three games.

Their third place finish gave CLG the second seed in the Regional Finals. There, they defeated FlyQuest 3-1, setting up a match with Cloud9 to make Worlds. After dropping the first two games, CLG managed to win the third and make it a series, but dropped the fourth, ending their 2017 season.

2018 Season[]

Spring Split[]

In the offseason, OmarGod returned to CLG Academy to play in the newly formed NA Academy League and Aphromoo left the team after four years to join the newly formed 100 Thieves. Replacing them would be former TSM support Biofrost and jungler Reignover, who was coming off a subpar season with Team Liquid. Expectations were high for this new roster, due to Biofrost's three consecutive split championships with TSM and the hope that Reignover would return to his old form and replicate his previous successful tenures with Immortals and Fnatic. However, the team was unable to live up to expectations, which resulted in an inconsistent Spring Split. A 2-0 week 3 made it seem as though the team had turned a corner after a poor start, but they proceeded to lose their next six games to fall to a tie for dead last going into week 7. As their playoff hopes diminished, CLG seemed to have turned a corner and experienced a resurgence, winning their next four games straight. However, they were not able to finish strongly, being eliminated from playoff contention by TSM and Team Liquid in the final week. This marked the first time in franchise history that CLG had failed to make playoffs.

Summer Split[]

CLG elected to run the same roster from Spring for the 2018 Summer Split, despite the disappointing performance and poor finish. The team experienced more of the same inconsistencies they experienced in Spring, resulting in another sub-optimal split and placement. They placed generally evenly through the first four weeks, with an inspiring 2-0 week four, with outstanding performances from the bot lane of Stixxay and Biofrost, earning them spots on the OP 5 for that week. At this point, CLG was thought of as a lock for playoffs with how strong they appeared. However, they once again failed to live up to expectations, going four weeks without winning a single game. On August 7th, following the organization's sixth consecutive loss, long-time head coach Zikz was fired after a four-year tenure with the team. The move was met with a wave of criticism both for the timing of the move as well as the move itself of departing with one of the greatest and most decorated coaches in NALCS history. This was thought of to be the first sign of the team transitioning into a rebuilding phase. The team was officially eliminated from playoff contention for the 2018 Summer Split by FlyQuest in week 8. Because it was then impossible for them to make playoffs, CLG decided to substitute academy jungler Wiggily in for Reignover and academy top laner FallenBandit in for Darshan going into week 9, in order to observe how they played at the LCS level. The move proved successful, as Wiggily played exceptionally well with huhi in their first win since week 4 against Clutch Gaming. CLG then subbed Darshan back in for FallenBandit for their final game of the split to see how Wiggily would play with the entire starting roster, and Wiggily only managed to improve. CLG decisively won their final game of the Summer Split against Golden Guardians for a 2-0 week off the back of Wiggily, who also received his first career Player of the Game award in his second game as a pro. Although they finished the split with another 7-11 record, spirits were high going into the offseason, as they seemed to have found their franchise jungler in Wiggily.

Timeline[]

  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • January 6, Stixxay is announced as starting AD carry for 2016.[91]
  • January 7,
    KeNNy u joins as substitute.

    bigfatlp leaves.
  • January 20,
    KeNNy u leaves.[92]
  • February 17,
    YoonA joins as substitute.
  • February 25, Michael Schwartz (Player Development Coach) joins.
  • May (approx.), HotshotGG (President/Co-Founder/Sub/Top to President/Co-Founder) changes position.
  • June 1,
    Fragnat1c joins as substitute.
    [93]
  • September (approx.), Trinitiii (Director of Esports) joins.
  • October 28, Curryshot (Streamer) joins.[94]
  • December 24,
    YoonA leaves.[95]
  • 2018 (approx.), Curryshot (Streamer) leaves.
  • January 11, Yassuo (Streamer) joins.[109]
  • January 13, Jeff Shaw (Data Analyst) joins. Prymari (Analyst to Research Analyst) changes position.[110] bchenN (Director of Operations) leaves.[111]
  • July 16, huhi changes residency from
    KR
    Korea
    to
    NA
    North America
    .[112]
  • August 7, Plop renames to Goldman.[113] Goldman (Assistant Coach to Interim Head Coach) changes position. Zikz (Head Coach) leaves.[114]
  • August 18,
    Wiggily joins from academy roster.

    FallenBandit rejoins from academy roster.
  • October 29,
    Reignover's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[115]
  • November 1, Weldon (Head Coach) rejoins. Goldman (Interim Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position.[116]
  • November 2, Weldon (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[117]
  • November 5,
    Biofrost's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[118]
  • November 19,
    fallenbandit's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[119]
  • November 21,
    huhi leaves.[120][121]
  • November 24,
    PowerOfEvil joins.
    [122]
    PowerOfEvil's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[123]
  • November 29,
    Auto's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[124]
  • November 30, LS (Streamer) joins.
  • December 3,
    Reignover leaves.[125]
  • December 4, Irean (Strategic Coach) joins.[126]
  • December 11,
    Wiggily's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[127]
  • December 14, Goldman (Assistant Coach) leaves.[128][129]
  • June 7,
    Dhokla joins from academy roster.
    [211]
  • June 8,
    Jenkins leaves for academy roster.
  • June 25, Brandini (Positional Coach) joins.[212]
  • November 18, Luger changes residency from
    TR
    Turkey
    to
    EMEA
    EMEA
    . F1RE changes residency from
    EU
    Europe
    to
    EMEA
    EMEA
    .
  • November 28, Apollo (Positional Coach to Positional Coach/Sub/Bot)'s position is changed in the GCD.[213]
    Contractz's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.
    Apollo (Positional Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[213]
  • November 29,
    Dhokla,
    Contractz,
    Palafox,
    Luger, and
    Poome will remain with the team for 2023.[214]
  • December 1, F1RE (Analyst) leaves.[215]
  • December 21, Brandini (Positional Coach) leaves.[216]

Player Roster[]

Active[]

Note: Teams are free to switch players between their LCS and Academy League rosters as long as their roster for each game complies with the rules outlined in this article. Therefore, more players are eligible to start than are listed on this page - we will only list those that do play.

Former[]

Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.

Dates:Approx|Exact
PlayerNameRoleJoinedLeftNext Team
NA

DhoklaNiship Doshi
Top Laner
Jun 20222022-06-07Apr 20232023-04-06NRGlogo stdNRG
NA

ContractzJuan Arturo Garcia
Jungler
Nov 20212021-11-19Apr 20232023-04-06NRGlogo stdNRG
NA

PalafoxCristian Palafox
Mid Laner
Nov 20212021-11-19Apr 20232023-04-06NRGlogo stdNRG
EMEA

LugerFatih Güven
Bot Laner
Nov 20212021-11-19Apr 20232023-04-06NRGlogo stdNRG
NA

PoomePhilippe Lavoie-Giguere
Support
Nov 20212021-11-19Apr 20232023-04-06NRGlogo stdNRG
NA

ApolloApollo Price
Sub/Bot
Nov 20222022-11-28Apr 20232023-04-06NRGlogo stdNRG
NA

JenkinsThomas Tran
Top Laner
Nov 20212021-11-19Jun 20222022-06-08CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
EU

FinnFinn Wiestål
Top Laner
Nov 20202020-11-17Nov 20212021-11-15Excel Esportslogo stdXL
EU

BroxahMads Brock-Pedersen
Jungler
Nov 20202020-11-17Nov 20212021-11-15Team Liquidlogo stdTL
NA

DamonteTanner Damonte
Mid Laner
Jul 20212021-07-13Nov 20212021-11-15Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
NA

WildTurtleJason Tran
Bot Laner
Nov 20202020-11-20Nov 20212021-11-15Immortalslogo stdIMT
NA

SmoothieAndy Ta
Support
Nov 20192019-11-18Nov 20212021-11-15Evil Geniuses Academylogo stdEG.A
NA

PobelterEugene Park
Mid Laner
Feb 20202020-02-19Sep 20212021-09-19CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
NA

rjsAlexey Zatorski
Mid Laner
Feb 20212021-02-05Feb 20212021-02-22Boggedlogo stdBOG
NA

GriffinRaymond Griffin
Jungler
Jan 20212021-01-14Feb 20212021-02-15Zoos Gaminglogo stdZOO
NA

SoloColin Earnest
Top Laner
Jan 20212021-01-11Jan 20212021-01-25Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.A
NA

WiggilyRaymond Griffin
Jungler
Aug 20182018-08-18Nov 20202020-11-25CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
NA

YeonSean Sung (성연호)
Bot Laner
(+)
(–)
Draft Pick
Nov 20202020-11-14Nov 20202020-11-24Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL.A
NA

StixxayTrevor Hayes
Bot Laner
≈Jun 2015≈2015-06-??Nov 20202020-11-20Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
KR

RuinKim Hyeong-min (김형민)
Top Laner
May 20192019-05-13Nov 20202020-11-17All Knightslogo stdAK
NA

FragasKristopher Myhal
Jungler
Aug 20202020-08-07Aug 20202020-08-10Retiredlogo stdRetired
NA

TuesdayJean-Sébastien Thery
Mid Laner
Aug 20202020-08-07Aug 20202020-08-09Not Academy Teamlogo stdNAT
NA

DeusAlexey Zatorski
Top Laner
Jul 20202020-07-11Jul 20202020-07-17CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
KR

WindOh Myeong-jin (오명진)
Bot Laner
Mar 20202020-03-06Mar 20202020-03-095 Roninlogo std5R
KR

CrownLee Min-ho (이민호)
Mid Laner
Nov 20192019-11-20Mar 20202020-03-03OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ
NA

5fireAidan Joseph Reckamp
Mid Laner
(+)
(–)
Draft Pick
Nov 20192019-11-16Nov 20192019-11-27Evil Geniuses Academylogo stdEG.A
EU

PowerOfEvilTristan Schrage
Mid Laner
Nov 20182018-11-24Nov 20192019-11-18FlyQuestlogo stdFLY
NA

BiofrostVincent Wang
Support
Nov 20172017-11-26Nov 20192019-11-18TSMlogo stdTSM
NA

FallenBanditKevin Wu
Top Laner
Aug 20182018-08-18Sep 20192019-09-16100 Thieves Nextlogo std100X
NA

MoonGalen Holgate
Jungler
Jan 20192019-01-26Sep 20192019-09-16Radiancelogo stdRAD
NA

AutoOsama Alkhalaileh
Bot Laner
Mar 20192019-03-09Sep 20192019-09-16100 Thieves Nextlogo std100X
NA

DarshanDarshan Upadhyaya
Top Laner
Nov 20142014-11-07May 20192019-05-06Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.A
KR

ReignoverKim Yeu-jin (김의진)
Jungler
Nov 20172017-11-26Dec 20182018-12-03Cloud9logo stdC9
NA

huhiChoi Jae-hyun (최재현)
Mid Laner
May 20152015-05-13Nov 20182018-11-21100 Thieveslogo std100
NA

OmarGodOmar Amin
Jungler
Jul 20172017-07-25Nov 20172017-11-26CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
NA

aphromooZaqueri Black
Support
≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-23Nov 20172017-11-26100 Thieveslogo std100
NA

1deagTony Yuan
Sub/Sup
Jun 20172017-06-07Jul 20172017-07-27Retiredlogo stdRetired
NA

JoeyJoseph Haslemann
Sub/Sup
Feb 20172017-02-23Jul 20172017-07-27Team Liquid Academylogo stdTL.A
NA

DardochJoshua Hartnett
Jungler
May 20172017-05-12Jul 20172017-07-25Echo Foxlogo stdFOX
NA

HotshotGGGeorge Georgallidis
Sub/Top
May 20172017-05-26Jun 20172017-06-07Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
NA

fallenbanditKevin Wu
Sub/Top
Mar 20172017-03-27May 20172017-05-26CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
NA

OmarGodOmar Amin
Sub/Jun
Mar 20172017-03-27May 20172017-05-26CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
NA

ZagOsama Alkhalaileh
Sub/Bot
Mar 20172017-03-27May 20172017-05-26CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
NA

BillyBossBilly Yu
Sub/Top
Feb 20172017-02-23May 20172017-05-21Retiredlogo stdRetired
NA

XmithieJake Kevin Puchero
Jungler
Dec 20142014-12-08May 20172017-05-12Team Liquidlogo stdTL
NA

fallenbanditKevin Wu
Sub/Top
Jan 20172017-01-05Feb 20172017-02-23Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
NA

OmarGodOmar Amin
Sub/Jun
Jan 20172017-01-05Feb 20172017-02-23Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
NA

TuesdayJean-Sébastien Thery
Sub/Mid
Jan 20172017-01-05Feb 20172017-02-23CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
NA

ZagOsama Alkhalaileh
Sub/Bot
Jan 20172017-01-05Feb 20172017-02-23Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
NA

FillLee Hyo-won (이효원)
Sub/Sup
Jan 20172017-01-05Feb 20172017-02-23CLG Academylogo stdCLG.A
NA

Fragnat1cCole Gregory
Sub/Jun
Jun 20162016-06-01Jan 20172017-01-05Delta Foxlogo stdDFX
NA

YoonAOrlando Flota
Sub/Bot
Feb 20162016-02-17Dec 20162016-12-24Delta Foxlogo stdDFX
NA

HotshotGGGeorge Georgallidis
Sub/Top
Apr 20102010-04-16≈May 2016≈2016-05-??Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
NA

KeNNy uKenny Nguyen
Sub/Top
Jan 20162016-01-07Jan 20162016-01-20Enemylogo stdNME
NA

bigfatlpMichael Tang
Sub/Mid
Apr 20102010-04-16Jan 20162016-01-07FlyQuestlogo stdFLY
NA

ThinkcardThomas Slotkin
Sub/Jun
≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-27Dec 20152015-12-03Enemylogo stdNME
NA

PobelterEugene Park
Sub/Mid
May 20152015-05-13Nov 20152015-11-09Immortalslogo stdIMT
NA

DoubleliftYiliang "Peter" Peng (彭亦亮)
Bot Laner
Nov 20112011-11-23Oct 20152015-10-31TSMlogo stdTSM
NA

hi im gosu
Sub/Bot
Aug 20142014-08-22≈Jun 2015≈2015-06-??TSMlogo stdTSM
NA

LinkAustin Shin
Mid Laner
Dec 20122012-12-28May 20152015-05-13Team Liquidlogo stdTL
NA

BennyBenny Hung
Top Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Jan 20152015-01-24Jan 20152015-01-25Retiredlogo stdRetired
NA

ThinkcardThomas Slotkin
Jungler
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Dec 20142014-12-08Dec 20142014-12-21CLG Blacklogo stdCLB
NA

SeraphShin Woo-yeong (신우영)
Top Laner
May 20142014-05-19Nov 20142014-11-07Team Dragon Knightslogo stdTDK
NA

dexterMarcel Feldkamp
Jungler
Dec 20132013-12-03Oct 20142014-10-13Elementslogo stdEL
NA

NienZachary Malhas
Sub/Top
May 20132013-05-26≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-??Team Fusionlogo stdFSN
NA

ThinkcardThomas Slotkin
Jungler
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Aug 20142014-08-01Aug 20142014-08-03Team LoLPrologo stdPRO
NA

ChaoxShan Huang (黄山)
Bot Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Aug 20142014-08-01Aug 20142014-08-03Roar (Chinese Team)logo stdRR
NA

babyeatorTerry Chuong
Support
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Aug 20142014-08-01Aug 20142014-08-03Storm (North American Team)logo stdSTR
NA

ChausterSteve Chau
Mid Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Feb 20142014-02-01Feb 20142014-02-02Retiredlogo stdRetired
NA

TrickZBrian Ahn
Jungler
≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-23Dec 20132013-12-03Retiredlogo stdRetired
NA

ChausterSteve Chau
Support
Apr 20102010-04-16Oct 20132013-10-23Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
NA

NydusHerMainPhilip Sohn
Sub/Sup
Aug 20132013-08-02≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-??The Walking Zedlogo stdTWZ
NA

AphromooZaqueri Black
Support
Dec 20122012-12-28May 20132013-05-26Team Curselogo stdCRS
NA

BallsAn Van Le
Sub/Top
≈Feb 2013≈2013-02-??≈May 2013≈2013-05-??Cloud9logo stdC9
NA

BloodWaterLyubomir Spasov
Sub/Sup
Feb 20132013-02-09Feb 20132013-02-13Good Game Universitylogo stdGGU
KR

LocodocoChoi Yoon-seop (최윤섭)
Support
Oct 20122012-10-22Dec 20122012-12-04NaJin Shieldlogo stdNJ SHD
NA

VoyboyJoedat Esfahani
Top Laner
May 20122012-05-19Oct 20122012-10-22Team Curselogo stdCRS
NA

xHazzardMichael Kuhlman
Top Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Jun 20122012-06-08Jun 20122012-06-17Monomaniac Dominatuslogo stdMMD
NA

saintviciousBrandon DiMarco
Jungler
Feb 20112011-02-23May 20122012-05-19Team Curselogo stdCRS
NA

ElementzCody Sigfusson
Sub/Sup
Apr 20102010-04-16Dec 20112011-12-14Team Curselogo stdCRS
NA

TheOddOneBrian Wyllie
Jungler
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Dec 20112011-12-08Dec 20112011-12-11Team Dynamiclogo stdDYN
NA

ChaoxShan Huang (黄山)
Bot Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Dec 20112011-12-08Dec 20112011-12-11Team Coastlogo stdCST
NA

VoyboyJoedat Esfahani
Top Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Aug 20112011-08-27Aug 20112011-08-28Dignitaslogo stdDIG
NA

SalceTrevor Salce
Mid Laner
(+)
(–)
Temp Sub
Aug 20112011-08-17Aug 20112011-08-21Team SoloMid Evologo stdTSM.E
NA

DoubleliftYiliang "Peter" Peng (彭亦亮)
Sub/Sup
≈Mar 2011≈2011-03-??≈May 2011≈2011-05-??Epik Gamerlogo stdEPIK
NA

Kobe24Sam Hartman-Kenzler
Jungler
Apr 20102010-04-16≈Jan 2011≈2011-01-??Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiot
NA

Dan DinhDaniel Dinh
Jungler
≈Nov 2010≈2010-11-??≈Dec 2010≈2010-12-??Epik Gamerlogo stdEPIK
NA

ReginaldAndy Dinh
Mid Laner
≈Nov 2010≈2010-11-??≈Dec 2010≈2010-12-??TSMlogo stdTSM
LMS

LilballzSung "Alex" Kuan-Po (宋寬柏)
Jungler
Apr 20102010-04-16≈Jul 2010≈2010-07-??Logo stdFOR
KR

NoljaLee Hyun-jin (이현진)
Jungler
Apr 20102010-04-16≈Jul 2010≈2010-07-??Team OPlogo stdOP
NA

LoCiceroAdam Carriere
Mid Laner
Apr 20102010-04-16≈Jul 2010≈2010-07-??Dignitaslogo stdDIG

Player League Participation[]

Playoff games are NOT included, but regular-season tiebreaker games ARE.

LCK

Player20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Games
SpringSummerWinterSpringSummerWinterSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSplit 1
BigfatlpCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG Primelogo std
Counter Logic Gaminglogo std
15
DoubleliftCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG Primelogo std
Counter Logic Gaminglogo std
15
SaintviciousCounter Logic Gaminglogo std10
VoyboyCLG Primelogo std
Counter Logic Gaminglogo std
5

LCS

Player201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Games
SpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummer
AphromooCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaminglogo stdCounter Logic Gaminglogo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo stdDignitaslogo stdDignitaslogo std