| Instinct | ||
|---|---|---|
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Tony Ng | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | July 14, 2004 (age 20) | |
| Residency | Americas | |
| Prev Residencies | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Bot Laner | |
| Competitive IDs | Acilion | |
| Soloqueue IDs | NA: Instinct#0714 BR: Instinct#FXS | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Tony "Instinct" Ng is a League of Legends esports player, previously bot laner for Fear x Starforge. He was previously known as Acilion.
There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Instinct. One other player and one team share this ID.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Horizon Esports | Jan 20202020-01-13[1] | May 20202020-05-17 | 4mo 4d ejel | ||
 Mirage Esports | Jun 20202020-06-05[3] | Sep 20202020-09-27[2] | 3mo 22d ejel | ||
 100 Next | Dec 20202020-12-09[5] | Nov 20212021-11-05[4] | 10mo 27d ejel | ||
 TSM Academy | Nov 20212021-11-24[7] | Jul 20222022-07-12[6] | 7mo 18d ejel | ||
| TSM | Jul 20222022-07-12[6] | Nov 20222022-11-11[8] | 3mo 30d ejel | ||
 FLY FAM | Jan 20232023-01-13[10] | Apr 20232023-04-28[9] | 3mo 15d ejel | ||
 CCG Esports | Feb 20242024-02-22[12] | Jun 20242024-06-04[11] | 3mo 11d ejel | ||
 Fear x Starforge | Jun 20242024-06-04[11] | Oct 20242024-10-04[13] | 4mo ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Esports | Jan 20202020-01-13[1] | May 20202020-05-17 | 4mo 4d ejel | ||
| Mirage Esports | Jun 20202020-06-05[3] | Sep 20202020-09-27[2] | 3mo 22d ejel | ||
| 100 Next | Dec 20202020-12-09[5] | Nov 20212021-11-05[4] | 10mo 27d ejel | ||
| TSM Academy | Nov 20212021-11-24[7] | Jul 20222022-07-12[6] | 7mo 18d ejel | ||
| TSM | Jul 20222022-07-12[6] | Nov 20222022-11-11[8] | 3mo 30d ejel | ||
| FLY FAM | Jan 20232023-01-13[10] | Apr 20232023-04-28[9] | 3mo 15d ejel | ||
| CCG Esports | Feb 20242024-02-22[12] | Jun 20242024-06-04[11] | 3mo 11d ejel | ||
| Fear x Starforge | Jun 20242024-06-04[11] | Oct 20242024-10-04[13] | 4mo ejel |
News
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
 HZ | January 13, Regedice, Stonewippen, iStupid, AcilioN, TSMxPLUX, Glutez (Head Coach), and Every (Founder,Manager) join.[1] | |
| HZ | May 17, UndefeatedOne, stonewippen, iStupid, AcilioN, TSMxPLUX, Glutez (Head Coach), and Every (Founder,Manager) leave. | |
 MIR | June 5, Acilion joins.[3] | |
| MIR | September 27, Dragoon, KingGeorgie, and JohnathanForLong join. Tony Top, Acilion, and Plux leave.[2] | |
 100X | December 9, Cozy, Goo, Young, Instinct, and Busio join.[5] | |
| 100X | December 29, Cozy, Goo, Young, Instinct, and Busio's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 5 November 2021.[14] |
| 100X | November 5, Young and Instinct are removed from the GCD.[4] | |
 TSM.A | November 24, V1per and Instinct join.[7] V1per's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Instinct's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[15] |
| TSM.A | July 12, S0ul and Instinct leave for main roster.[6] | |
| TSM | July 12, Chime joins. S0ul and Instinct join from academy roster. Tactical and Mia leave for academy roster.[6] | |
| TSM | November 11, Instinct leaves.[8] |
 FLYF | January 13, lunacia, Goo, Blazze, Instinct, and Sword join. Mgutis and Lunar join as substitutes.[10] | |
| FLYF | April 28, FLY FAM is disbanded. lunacia, Hyper, Blazze, Instinct, Sword, Maniac, Lunar, Brandini (Head Coach), and Julius (Assistant Coach) leave.[9] |
 CCG | February 22, Yukino, Bradley, and Instinct join. Flocon and EU Red move to substitutes. Vakin, Rain1, and Sushee leave.[12] | |
| CCG | June 4, Instinct leaves.[11] | |
 FXS | June 4, eXyu, Ablazeolive, Instinct, ido (Assistant Coach), TauPiPhi (Analyst), and Torok (Positional Coach) join.[11] | |
| FXS | October 4, Instinct leaves.[13] | |
 F/A | October 31, Instinct changes residency from North America to Americas. |
Biography[]
Trivia[]
- Began playing in the North American amateur circuit at age 15.
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-12 | North America | NACL 2024 Summer |  |  | Zeri | Bot | W | 7/1/3 | Link | |
| 2022-07-17 | North America | LCS 2022 Summer |  | | Zeri | Bot | W | 8/0/6 | Link | Link |
| 2020-06-11 | North America | Challengers Uprising Season 1 |  |  | Ezreal | Bot | W | 13/0/9 | 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.
Media[]
- 2020
- 2022
- July 9, League of Legends North American Amateur Spotlight: Acilion by Prussian on YouTube
- July 18, TSM Instinct following dominating victory: “There were a lot of doubters and haters against us, we proved them wrong” with Jordan Marney on esports.gg
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-17 | LCS 2022 Summer |  FLY vs  TSM | Link |
| 2022-03-18 | LCS Proving Grounds 2022 Spring |  MU vs TSM.A | Link |
| 2022-03-10 | NA Academy 2022 Spring | TSM.A vs  EG.A | Link |
| 2022-03-04 | NA Academy 2022 Spring |  GG.A vs TSM.A | Link |
| 2022-02-05 | NA Academy 2022 Spring | TSM.A vs  DIG.A | Link |
| 2021-06-21 | RCL 2021 Summer |  100X vs  WCB | Link |
Images[]
TSM.A Instinct, NA Academy 2022 Spring
TSM.A Instinct, NA Academy 2022 Summer
FXS Instinct, Americas Challengers 2024
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Horizon Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Upsurge Premier League 2020 Fall Official Spreadsheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Big League Season 3 Official Roster Sheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-11-04; after change - NA - 2021-11-05
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Fear x Starforge's X Post x.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 NACL Spring Qualifier #2 Public Rosters docs.google.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Instinct's X Post x.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-12-28; after change - NA - 2020-12-29
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-11-23; after change - NA - 2021-11-24