Icytower

Icytower
Icytower
Background Information
Name	Andrés Marcelo Barba Rodriguez
Country of Birth	; Mexico
Birthday	April 25, 1999 (age 26)
Residency	NANorth America This player is considered a dual resident in both BR and NA until 2027. In 2028+, they will need to claim residency in one.
Prev Residencies	AMEAmericas; LATLatin America; LANLAN
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Hot N Ready
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Icy, MADKING, Peke
Soloqueue IDs	LAN: Icytower#6969
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Andrés Marcelo "Icytower" Barba Rodriguez is a League of Legends esports player, currently mid laner for Hot N Ready. He was previously known as MADKING and Icy.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
LAN	⁠⁠Predators Esports	May 20162016-05-23^[2]	May 20182018-05-17^[1]	2yr 25d ejel
LAN	⁠⁠6Sense	May 20182018-05-28	Nov 20182018-11-23	5mo 26d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Cream Mexico	Jan 20192019-01-16^[5]	May 20202020-05-08^[3]	1yr 3mo ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Cream Real Betis	May 20202020-05-08^[3]	Oct 20202020-10-20^[7]	5mo 12d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Six Karma	May 20222022-05-09^[9]	Aug 20222022-08-22^[8]	3mo 13d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠PÊEK Gaming	Dec 20222022-12-27^[15]	Apr 20232023-04-01^[10]	3mo 5d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Bandits Gaming	May 20232023-05-20^[17]	Jul 20232023-07-21^[16]	2mo 1d ejel
AME	⁠⁠Tomorrow Esports	Feb 20242024-02-10^[21]	Dec 20242024-12-02^[20]	9mo 21d ejel
AME	⁠⁠Icon Esports	Mar 20252025-03-24^[23]	May 20252025-05-04^[22]	1mo 11d ejel
AME	⁠⁠Hot N Ready	Aug 20252025-08-23	Present	4mo 22d ej

	Team	Start	End
LAN	⁠⁠Exceltec E-Sports	May 20162016-05-23^[2]	Jul 20162016-07-11	1mo 19d ejel
LAN	⁠⁠Exceltec Predators	Jul 20162016-07-11	≈Nov 2016≈2016-11-??	≈3mo 21d ejel
LAN	⁠⁠Predators Esports	≈Nov 2016≈2016-11-??	May 20182018-05-17^[1]	≈1yr 6mo ejel
LAN	⁠⁠6Sense	May 20182018-05-28	Nov 20182018-11-23	5mo 26d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Cream Mexico	Jan 20192019-01-16^[5]	May 20202020-05-08^[3]	1yr 3mo ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Cream Real Betis	May 20202020-05-08^[3]	Oct 20202020-10-20^[7]	5mo 12d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Six Karma	May 20222022-05-09^[9]	Aug 20222022-08-22^[8]	3mo 13d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠PÊEK Gaming	Dec 20222022-12-27^[15]	Apr 20232023-04-01^[10]	3mo 5d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Bandits Gaming	May 20232023-05-20^[17]	Jul 20232023-07-21^[16]	2mo 1d ejel
AME	⁠⁠Tomorrow Esports	Feb 20242024-02-10^[21]	Dec 20242024-12-02^[20]	9mo 21d ejel
AME	⁠⁠Icon Esports	Mar 20252025-03-24^[23]	May 20252025-05-04^[22]	1mo 11d ejel
AME	⁠⁠Hot N Ready	Aug 20252025-08-23	Present	4mo 22d ej

News

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2025

LAN	⁠⁠Ex	May 23, Promitio, Icytower, xpng, Baula, and Schmerz (Analyst) join. Acerola, Janoz, Shakeit, Wishmaster, and Devil leave.^[2] e
LAN	⁠⁠Exceltec	July 11, ⁠⁠Exceltec E-Sports renames to ⁠⁠Exceltec Predators. e
LAN	⁠⁠PDS	November (approx.), ⁠⁠Exceltec Predators renames to ⁠⁠Predators Esports. e

LAN	⁠⁠PDS	May 17, Deps, Icytower, Xuradel, and Monsieur leave. Straight leaves after loan to Pixel Esports Club ends.^[1] e
LAN	⁠⁠6SN	May 28, Icytower and RaulChan (Head Coach) join. Darp joins as substitute. Icy, Darp, and RaulChan (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018.^[24] e
LAN	⁠⁠6SN	November 23, Icytower, Shakeit, Wishmaster, Beto (Assistant Coach), and Cohenn (Assistant Coach) leave. e
LAT	⁠⁠F/A	December 4, MADKING changes residency from LAN LAN to LAT Latin America. e

LAT

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⁠CRM.M

January 16,
Porky and
Icytower join.^[5]^[6]

e

LAT	⁠⁠CRB	May 8, ⁠⁠Cream Mexico renames to ⁠⁠Cream Real Betis following the partnership with Spanish football club Real Betis.^[3]^[4] e
LAT	⁠⁠CRB	October 20, Icytower leaves.^[7] e

LAT	⁠⁠6K	May 9, Icytower, Letras, Lyng, and Jujo (Head Coach) join. Nipphu rejoins. Tyler joins as substitute. DrLemon moves to starting roster. xSWRD (Head Coach) leaves.^[9] e
LAT	⁠⁠6K	August 22, Icytower leaves.^[8] e
LAT	⁠⁠PK	December 27, HAKA, Feng, Icytower, Xamexx, and Yerikan join. Agonistic, Loers, Andreus, and Cesar leave.^[15] e

LAT	⁠⁠PK	April 1, Icytower, Fatorix, Adniel (Head Coach), Glon (Head Coach), and ETHALEXAN (Analyst) leave.^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14] e
LAT	⁠⁠BAN	May 20, MrLemon, Icytower, and VirusFx join.^[17]^[18]^[19] e
LAT	⁠⁠BAN	July 21, Jauny, Mataz, Icytower, VirusFx, Baula, Pinky, and Kazuo leave.^[16] e

LAT	⁠⁠TMR	February 10, Roster for the Ignite Challenge is announced. Keii, SlayerSupr, Icytower, Fatorix, and Ichiwin join.^[21] e
AME	⁠⁠TMR	October 31, Icytower changes residency from LAT Latin America to AME Americas. e
AME	⁠⁠TMR	December 2, Icytower leaves.^[20] e

AME	⁠⁠ICON	March 24, Icytower, VirusFx, and Tyr join. Alitan, Ice, Lies, and Rocosoy join as substitutes. Ignis (Bot to Head Coach) and BetaTwinz (Support/Head Coach to Sports Director) change positions. HAKA, Feng, and Ace will remain with the team. Loers moves to substitute. Kase, Mwf, Andreus, and Mortuario leave.^[23] e
AME	⁠⁠ICON	May 4, Zeckro and BetoEZ join. Alitan, Ice, and Ace move to starting roster. Lies and Rocosoy will remain with the team. HAKA, Feng, Icytower, VirusFx, Tyr, and Loers leave.^[22] e
AME	⁠⁠HNR	August 23, Steellar, SlayerSupr, Icytower, Raffles, and Erk join. e
NA	⁠⁠HNR	November 17, Icytower changes residency from AME Americas to NA North America. e

Biography

Marcelo Barba was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. He joined Exceltec Predators in May 2016 and competed in the 2017 LLN Opening Promotion for a spot in the 2017 LLN Opening Season. After they qualify for the LLN, the team change its name to Predators eSports.

Trivia

He started playing from season 1.
His IGN comes from a game with the same name.
His favorite food is pizza and his favorite hobby is swimming.
His dream is to be able to sign on Invictus Gaming.

Individual Awards

DDH player with the most mvps during the year x1 (2020)

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2023-07-17	LAT Latin America	LRN 2023 Closing Playoffs			LeBlanc	Mid	L	6/2/3	Link	Link
2022-06-24	LAT Latin America	DDH 2022 Closing			Yone	Mid	W	7/1/8	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.

Icytower Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-09-07	Q	LRN 2026 Split 1 Open Qualifier	3 : 2⁠⁠NV	⁠⁠HNR	Steellar, SlayerSupr, Icytower, Raffles, Erk
2025-05-04	5	LRN 2025 Split 1	2 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠ICON	Haka, Zeckro, Feng, Alitan, Loers, Icytower, 1CE, Andreus, VirusFx, Ace2, BetaTwinz, Tyr, BetoEZ, Ignis
2024-07-08	4	LRN 2024 Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠WS	⁠⁠TMR	Keii, MrLemon, Icy1, Fatorix, Ichiwin, Kouke
2024-06-13	2	LRN 2024 Groups - Group B	1 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TMR	Keii, MrLemon, Icy1, Fatorix, Ichiwin, Kouke
2024-06-01	2	LRN 2024 Season	12 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TMR	Keii, SlayerSupre, MrLemon, Icy1, Fatorix, Ichiwin, Xkey, Kouke
2024-03-24	1	Ignite Challenge 2024	3 : 0⁠⁠FUE	⁠⁠TMR	Keii, SlayerSupr, Icytower, Fatorix, Ichiwin
2023-07-21	DQ	LRN 2023 Closing Playoffs	FF : W⁠⁠FUE	⁠⁠BAN	Jauny, Mataz, Icytower, VirusFx, Baula, Couch Gen
2023-07-09	1	LRN 2023 Closing	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BAN	Jauny, Mr Lemon, Mataz, Icytower, VirusFx, Baula, Couch Gen
2023-04-30	3 - 4	Copa Naciones 2023	1 : 2⁠⁠PER	⁠⁠MEX	Steellar, Mataz, Icytower, VirusFx, Mun, Soren, PR1D3
2023-03-30	1	DDH 2023 Opening Playoffs	3 : 2⁠⁠ZLT	⁠⁠PK	Haka, Feng, Icytower, Fatorix, Yerikan, Glon, Adniel