Deftly

Deftly
Deftly
Background Information
Name	Matthew Chen
Country of Birth	; United States
Birthday	December 22, 1997 (age 23)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Bot Laner
Competitive IDs	Ciscla
Soloqueue IDs	NA: EG deftly
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠affNity	Jan 20152015-01-08	≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-??	≈24d ejel
NA	⁠⁠VwS Gaming	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	May 20152015-05-26	≈25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Aware Gaming	May 20152015-05-26^[1]	≈Jul 2015≈2015-07-??	≈1mo 6d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Avalanche	≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-23	≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-30	≈7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Denial eSports	May 20162016-05-18^[2]	Aug 20162016-08-10	2mo 23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Eanix	Jun 20162016-06-22	Nov 20162016-11-29^[3]	5mo 7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠eUnited	Dec 20162016-12-08^[4]	≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-??	≈11mo 15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Golden Guardians	Dec 20172017-12-13^[8]	Jul 20192019-07-17^[6]	1yr 7mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠GG Academy	Jul 20192019-07-05^[11]	Jul 20192019-07-17^[9]	12d ejel
NA	⁠⁠C9 Academy	Jul 20192019-07-17^[13]	Dec 20192019-12-03^[12]	4mo 17d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Jul 20192019-07-27^[16]	Dec 20192019-12-03^[15]	4mo 7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠EG Academy	Jan 20202020-01-02^[18]	Dec 20202020-12-01^[17]	10mo 30d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Dec 20202020-12-01^[20]	May 20212021-05-14^[19]	5mo 13d ejel

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠affNity	Jan 20152015-01-08	≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-??	≈24d ejel
NA	⁠⁠VwS Gaming	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	May 20152015-05-26	≈25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Aware Gaming	May 20152015-05-26^[1]	≈Jul 2015≈2015-07-??	≈1mo 6d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Avalanche	≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-23	≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-30	≈7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Denial eSports	May 20162016-05-18^[2]	Aug 20162016-08-10	2mo 23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Eanix	Jun 20162016-06-22	Jun 20162016-06-29	7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Eanix	Jun 20162016-06-29	Nov 20162016-11-29^[3]	5mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠eUnited	Dec 20162016-12-08^[4]	≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-??	≈11mo 15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Golden Guardians	Dec 20172017-12-13^[8]	Jul 20192019-07-17^[6]	1yr 7mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠GG Academy	Jul 20192019-07-05^[11]	Jul 20192019-07-17^[9]	12d ejel
NA	⁠⁠C9 Academy	Jul 20192019-07-17^[13]	Dec 20192019-12-03^[12]	4mo 17d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Jul 20192019-07-27^[16]	Dec 20192019-12-03^[15]	4mo 7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠EG Academy	Jan 20202020-01-02^[18]	Dec 20202020-12-01^[17]	10mo 30d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Dec 20202020-12-01^[20]	May 20212021-05-14^[19]	5mo 13d ejel

News

2015
2016
2017
2019
2020
2021

NA	⁠⁠AFN	January 8, Bischu and Ciscla join. tic (Bot to Support) changes position. Mikasa leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠AFN	February (approx.), ⁠⁠affNity is disbanded. AnDa, Dardoch, Bischu, Ciscla, tic, and H4xDefender leave. e
NA	⁠⁠VWS	May (approx.), AnDa, Beautiful, dCard, Ciscla, and Hakuho join. e
NA	⁠⁠VWS	May 26, AnDa, Beautiful, dCard, Ciscla, and Hakuho leave. e
NA	⁠⁠AG	May 26, AnDa, Beautiful, dCard, Ciscla, and Hakuho join.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠AG	July (approx.), ⁠⁠Aware Gaming is disbanded. AnDa, Beautiful, dCard, Ciscla, and Hakuho leave. e

NA	⁠⁠AVAL	April 23 (approx.), Allorim, Zary, Easy, deftly, and Fyre join. e
NA	⁠⁠AVAL	April 30 (approx.), Allorim, Zary, Easy, deftly, and Fyre leave. e
NA	⁠⁠DNL	May 18, Denial eSports is reformed. Allorim, Zary, Easy, and Deftly join. 1onz rejoins. H4xDefender joins as substitute.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠ENX	June 22, deftly joins. e
NA	⁠⁠ENX	June 29, deftly moves to substitute. e
NA	⁠⁠DNL	August 10, Team disbands. Allorim, Zary, Easy, Deftly, 1onz, and H4xDefender leave. e
NA	⁠⁠ENX	November 29, ⁠⁠Eanix is disbanded. ShorterACE, Poppers OP, Prototype, Bodydrop, Corje, deftly, Pomi, and Nisker (Analyst) leave.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠EUN	December 8, Licorice, Gilius, Fox, Deftly, and Zeyzal join. bobqinXD joins as substitute.^[4]^[5] e

NA	⁠⁠EUN	November (approx.), ⁠⁠eUnited is disbanded. DanDy, Deftly, Potluck, bobqinXD, Papa Chau, and Hermit (Head Coach) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠GG	December 13, Lourlo, Contractz, Hai, Deftly, Matt, Locodoco (Head Coach), and Akiri (Assistant Coach) join.^[8] e

NA	⁠⁠GG	January 4, Contractz and Deftly's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.^[21] e
NA	⁠⁠GG.A	July 5, Deftly and Olleh join from main roster.^[11] e
NA	⁠⁠GG.A	July 17, Keith joins. Deftly leaves.^[9]^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠C9.A	July 17, Deftly joins. Keith leaves.^[13]^[14] Deftly's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[22] e
NA	⁠⁠GG	July 17, Deftly leaves.^[6]^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠C9	July 27, Deftly joins from academy roster.^[16] e
NA	⁠⁠C9	December 3, Deftly leaves.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠C9.A	December 3, Deftly leaves.^[12] e

NA	⁠⁠EG.A	January 2, Deftly and Matt join.^[18] e
NA	⁠⁠EG.A	January 3, Brandini, Kadir, Deftly, and Matt's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[23] e
NA	⁠⁠EG.A	December 1, Deftly leaves for main roster.^[17] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	December 1, Deftly joins from academy roster.^[20] e

NA

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⁠EG

May 14,
Shiro joins from academy roster.
Deftly leaves.^[19]

e

Biography[]

Deftly spent some time on different teams in the Challenger Series of North America. He wouldn't find major success until he joined eUnited in December of 2016. The team dominated the NA Challenger Series in 2016. In both the Spring Season and Summer Season the team would finish in 1st place, barely dropping any matches. However in each of their playoffs runs, they would finish second place after 1-3 losses to Gold Coin United. Although they had a chance to qualify for the LCS in the 2017 Summer Promotion, they would lose 1-3 to Team EnVyUs and failed to do so. Their second chance came in the 2018 Spring Promotion but they were again unable to do so after an 0-3 loss to Phoenix1. In December of 2017 Deftly left eUnited and joined the newly formed Golden Guardians.

2019 Season[]

In Cloud9's last game in the 2019 World Championship group stage, after they were already eliminated from advancement, Deftly started instead of Sneaky in a win over Hong Kong Attitude.

Trivia[]

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2015-01-30	NA North America	NACS 2015 Spring Qualifier			Graves	Bot	W	8/1/5	Link	Link

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Tournament Results[]

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

Deftly Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-03-27	5 - 6	LCS 2021 Mid-Season Showdown	1 : 3⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠EG	Impact, Svenskeren, Jiizuke, Deftly, IgNar, Peter Dun, Artemis
2021-03-14	6	LCS 2021 Spring	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EG	Impact, Svenskeren, Jiizuke, Deftly, IgNar, Artemis, Mash, Peter Dun
2021-01-30	3 - 4	LCS 2021 Lock In	0 : 3⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠EG	Impact, Svenskeren, Jiizuke, Deftly, IgNar, Artemis, Mash
2020-08-20	3 - 4	NA Academy 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠TSM.A	⁠⁠EG.A	Kumo, AnDa, Giyuu, Deftly, Matt, Timkiro
2020-08-07	6	NA Academy 2020 Summer	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EG.A	Huni, Kumo, AnDa, Giyuu, Deftly, Matt, Timkiro
2020-04-17	2	NA Academy 2020 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠C9.A	⁠⁠EG.A	Brandini, AnDa, Giyuu, Deftly, Matt, Timkiro
2020-03-27	3	NA Academy 2020 Spring	11 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EG.A	Brandini, Svenskeren, AnDa, Kumo, 5fire, Giyuu, Deftly, Matt, Timkiro
2019-10-18	9 - 12	Worlds 2019	2 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠C9	Licorice, Svenskeren, Blaber, Nisqy, Sneaky, Deftly, Zeyzal, Reapered
2019-08-09	3 - 4	NA Academy 2019 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠100.A	⁠⁠C9.A	Kumo, Blaber, Goldenglue, Deftly, Diamond, Westrice
2019-08-04	2	LCS 2019 Summer	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠C9	Licorice, Kumo, Svenskeren, Blaber, Nisqy, Sneaky, Deftly, Zeyzal, Reapered, RapidStar

Media[]

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

December 16, Deftly: 'I'm a rookie playing with 4 veteran players, there's a lot for me to learn' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
December 21, NA LCS: Rookies to watch by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
e

January 31, In-Game with Matthew "Deftly" Chen with Ovilee May on ESPN
e
February 14, Deftly: 'I don't think we're at the 10th place spot right now, we've grown the past weeks' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
February 26, Deftly: “At the moment, I’m not a complete player, but that’s something I want to achieve. I want to become a world-class AD Carry.” by Jonas "TheElamite" Elam on Bay Area Gaming
e
March 7, Deftly: “I think the meta right now is pretty entertaining. It’s like a clown fiesta.” with Izento on The Shotcaller
e
June 21, Deftly and Hunter talk Golden Guardians BIG WIN against TL and proving Doublelift wrong with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
June 27, GGS Deftly: 'When Five Brains Think Together, It's Stronger Than One' with , and on Chase Wassenar for Unikrn
e
July 17, Deftly claims best Heimerdinger NA right now thanks to Heisendong with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
July 23, Deftly: “I think Heimer is pretty easy, but NA as a region is too lazy and stubborn to learn it.” with Parkes Ousley on The Shotcaller
e
July 26, GGS Deftly: "I felt that in Korea, a lot of the pros ask one-trick players for tips... No one in the NA ever does that, so I reached out." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e

January 8, Five LCS players to watch in 2019 by Xing Li on Dot Esports
e
January 27, LCS: Deftly “I definitely think we’re gonna be top three this split” with Jason Serrano on The Game Haus
e
February 10, LCS: Deftly “Honestly I feel that as long as we continue to improve as teammates it won’t matter who we go up against” with Jason Serrano on The Game Haus
e
February 15, GGS deftly: "The main thing I took away from my first year on Golden Guardians was how to learn in defeat." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
e
February 27, Deftly on off meta picks and why teams keep banning Draven vs him with Choi "Locodoco" Yoon-seop on YouTube
e
March 19, Deftly addresses other ADCs - "I'm not scared of any of them" with Choi "Locodoco" Yoon-seop on YouTube
e
June 8, Deftly on Yuumi: "She’s fucking OP. I can’t believe Riot made that champ" with Brian Chang on Upcomer
e
June 12, Deftly and Travis discuss Golden Guardian's BETRAYAL of Travis with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
June 20, Deftly: “We’re two different teams in practice and on stage” with Elena Endres on Dot Esports
e

April 10, EG Deftly and Matt duo interview: "People are so quick to write off a player, one bad split doesn't define a whole career." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
e

February 10, Deftly: LCS botlanes are becoming MORE AGGRESSIVE, talks Kaisa's dominance with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
February 17, EG Deftly Talks About Game Against Dignitas and Playing with Aggressive Teammates with Izento (Esports Heaven) on YouTube
e

Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-02-22	LCS 2021 Spring	EG vs CLG	Link
2021-01-16	LCS 2021 Lock In	C9 vs EG	Link
2020-08-15	NA Academy 2020 Summer Playoffs	100.A vs EG.A	Link
2020-07-10	NA Academy 2020 Summer	GG.A vs EG.A	Link
2019-10-18	Worlds 2019 Main Event	HKA vs C9	Link
2019-08-03	LCS 2019 Summer	C9 vs GG	Link
2019-07-20	NA Academy 2019 Summer	CLG.A vs C9.A	Link
2019-06-16	LCS 2019 Summer	100 vs GG	Link
2019-06-15	NA Academy 2019 Summer	GG.A vs CLG.A	Link
2019-03-23	LCS 2019 Spring	OPT vs GG	Link
2019-03-09	LCS 2019 Spring	GG vs CLG	Link
2018-07-15	NA LCS 2018 Summer	GG vs 100	Link
2018-06-24	NA LCS 2018 Summer	GG vs C9	Link
2018-03-04	NA LCS 2018 Spring	GG vs FOX	Link