Jatt

Jatt
Retired as Player
Jatt
Background Information
Name	Joshua Leesman
Country of Birth	; Canada
Birthday	June 8, 1987 (age 37)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Caster
Favorite Champs	; ;
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Casting History

Joshua "Jatt" Leesman is a League of Legends esports personality, previously head coach for Team Liquid. He is currently a freelance caster and analyst for the LCS.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠Rock Solid	≈Jun 2011≈2011-06-??	Sep 20112011-09-22	≈3mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Sep 20112011-09-22^[2]	Dec 20112011-12-21^[1]	2mo 29d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Apr 20122012-04-05^[4]	May 20202020-05-04^[3]	8yr 29d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	May 20202020-05-04^[6]	Jun 20212021-06-24^[5]	1yr 1mo ejel

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠Rock Solid	≈Jun 2011≈2011-06-??	Sep 20112011-09-22	≈3mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Sep 20112011-09-22^[2]	Dec 20112011-12-21^[1]	2mo 29d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Apr 20122012-04-05^[4]	≈Jan 2019≈2019-01-??	≈6yr 8mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	≈Jan 2019≈2019-01-??	Jul 20192019-07-18^[7]	≈6mo 17d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Jul 20192019-07-18^[7]	May 20202020-05-04^[3]	9mo 17d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	May 20202020-05-04^[6]	Jun 20212021-06-24^[5]	1yr 1mo ejel

News

2011
2012
2019
2020
2021

NA	⁠⁠RS	June (approx.), Jatt joins. e
NA	⁠⁠RS	September 22, Rock Solid transfers its roster to Team Dignitas. Voyboy, Jatt, scarra, imaqtpie, L0cust, and Rambo leave. e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	September 22, Voyboy, Jatt, scarra, Imaqtpie, and L0cust join.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	December 21, Jatt leaves.^[1] e

NA

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⁠Riot

April 5, Jatt (Caster) joins.^[4]

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NA	⁠⁠Riot	January (approx.), Jatt (Caster to Balance Team) changes position. e
NA	⁠⁠Riot	July 18, Jatt (Balance Team to Caster) changes position.^[7] e

NA	⁠⁠Riot	May 4, Jatt (Caster) leaves.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	May 4, Jatt (Head Coach) joins.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	May 6, Jatt (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.^[8] e

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⁠TL

June 24,
Armao joins from academy roster. Kold (Strategic Coach to Interim Head Coach) and H4xDefender (Two-Way Coach to Assistant Coach) change positions.
Santorin becomes inactive. Jatt (Head Coach) leaves.^[5]

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Biography[]

Trivia[]

Announced his position at Riot Games as an Associate Game Analyst on April 5, 2012^[9]
His nickname is a combination of his name, Josh and the name of a friend Matt
Enjoys Rubik's cubes and juggling
Known for his Udyr
Played Guild Wars on team Rebel Rising [rawr] where he won 13 gold capes.
- His gangster alias for the Black Market Brawlers showmatch, Kittystomper, is based on his GW Warrior being named Jatt Kittenstomper
Casted the Kings of Europe Tournament with Deman
Good friends with Guardsman Bob from playing Guild Wars and being on team WHALE together.
Is from British Columbia, Canada.

Casting History[]

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Casting History - Jatt
Date	Event	Round	Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs	PBP	Color
2024-09-01	LCS 2024 Championship	Round 3	C9	100	1 - 3		CaptainFlowers	Kobe, Jatt
2024-08-23	LCS 2024 Championship	Round 1	DIG	NRG	3 - 2		Raafaa	Azael, Jatt
2024-08-18	LCS 2024 Championship	Round 1	FLY	NRG	3 - 1		CaptainFlowers	Jatt, Emily Rand
2024-08-11	LCS 2024 Summer	Week 7	DIG	IMT	2 - 1		Azael	Jatt
2024-08-04	LCS 2024 Summer	Week 6	FLY	SR	2 - 1		Raafaa	Jatt
2024-08-03	LCS 2024 Summer	Week 6	NRG	DIG	0 - 2		CaptainFlowers	Jatt, Emily Rand
2024-07-28	LCS 2024 Summer	Week 5	FLY	100	2 - 1		Raafaa	Kobe, Jatt
2024-06-27	LCS 2024 Summer	Week 3	IMT	NRG	0 - 2		Azael	Emily Rand, Jatt
2024-06-22	LCS 2024 Summer	Week 2	100	DIG	0 - 2		Kangas	Kobe, Jatt
2024-06-15	LCS 2024 Summer	Week 1	C9	DIG	2 - 1	1, 2, 3	Raafaa	Jatt

Tournament Results[]

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

Jatt Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-08-01	5	LCS 2021 Summer	27 - 18⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Alphari, Jenkins, Santorin, Armao, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Kold, H4xDefender
2021-04-11	2	LCS 2021 Mid-Season Showdown	2 : 3⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠TL	Alphari, Santorin, Armao, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Kold
2021-03-14	3	LCS 2021 Spring	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Alphari, Santorin, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Kold
2021-01-31	1	LCS 2021 Lock In	3 : 2⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠TL	Alphari, Armao, Santorin, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Kold
2020-10-08	9 - 12	Worlds 2020	3 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Impact, Broxah, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Cain
2020-09-05	3	LCS 2020 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠TL	Impact, Broxah, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Cain
2020-08-09	1	LCS 2020 Summer	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Impact, Broxah, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Cain
2016-04-01	2	2016 League of Draven Caster Showdown	0 : 1⁠⁠EUM8	⁠⁠NACL	Dash, DefinitelyNotHuni, Kobe, Jatt, Jatt-B-M, Phreak, Phreaky, Zirene
2012-06-01	2	Riot World Invitational	0 : 2⁠⁠WORL	⁠⁠RIOT	Milkcow, Jatt, Roku, Classick, Statikk
2011-12-11	5 - 8	WCG Grand Finals 2011	1 : 2⁠⁠CDE	⁠⁠DIG	Voyboy, Jatt, scarra, imaqtpie, L0cust

Media[]

2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

April 24, I’m a member of a top League of Legends team (WHALE), AMA with Jatt on Reddit
e
November 16, Jatt: "We are feeling quite strong" [Archived] with Piet Smet on Dignitas
e

September 1, Riot Jatt Interview with MonteCristo - NA Regionals with MonteCristo on YouTube
e
November 30, IPL5 Jatt Scarra Interview with Red Baron on YouTube
e
December 2, IPL5 - Red Baron Jatt Scarra Interview with Pluto on YouTube
e

September 9, We are the World Championship casting team, AMA with Jatt on Reddit
e

February 11, Making the Cast: Jatt with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e

April 20, Jatt: "Looking at Cloud 9: I wonder if they're going to go into another split with exactly the same roster" with , and on Gamespot
e
September 16, Travis Talks to Sjokz, Deficio, and Jatt About the Group Draw, Worlds, and Their Predictions with , and on onGamers
e
October 8, Riot Jatt Interview with , and on Twitch
e

September 13, Jatt, Deficio, and Spawn talk Worlds groups, which regions are the strongest, and share their boldest predictions with , and on Yahoo!
e
October 28, "SportsNation": Joshua "Jatt" Leesman and Locodoco join the Nation by Charissa Thompson, LZ Granderson, and Marcellus Wiley on ESPN
e

May 21, Jatt: ‘Every time TSM falters it gets worse for NA. What is going on? I’m honestly not quite sure.’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
e

February 8, Jatt on competing with his analyst dog and why he says "CLG sucks" even though he has faith with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
June 23, Jatt breaks down the new NA LCS meta, talks new broadcast studio with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e

July 19, Jatt reveals why he's returning to LCS - interviewed by Travis with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
October 1, Jatt on working in competitive balance, returning to casting, and the best series he ever casted with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
e

January 30, Riot Jatt: “I think [the] goal was to increase jungling path diversity. They did that early game and they didn’t want [junglers] carrying every high elo solo queue game” with Izento on Esports Heaven
e
January 31, Jatt reveals why he left The Dive, his expectations for this split, and the new schedule with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
April 14, Jatt on his casting: "I want to make the game as enjoyable as possible in any way that I can." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
e
May 13, What does it take to coach Team Liquid? Jatt gives his expectations as new head coach with Emily Rand on YouTube
e
June 12, Liquid Jatt: "We play TSM first; it's an immediate test. But for me, my focus is improvement." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
e
August 12, TL Jatt chats about their game against TSM, TL’s infrastructure and looking ahead towards playoffs with Izento on Esports Heaven
e
September 5, Team Liquid Pre-Worlds 2020 Press Conference with ESPN on YouTube
e
September 8, TL Jatt recalls the semifinals game against TSM: “We were all really dissatisfied with how we were playing around [objectives]…[LoL] is not one of those games where as soon as you do something well, you’re good at it forever” with Izento on Esports Heaven
e
September 10, Team Liquid's PreWorlds conference with Steve, Jatt, Dodo, and Cain with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
October 4, Jatt explains TL's first groups match, reflects on what NA's performance so far means for fans with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
October 6, Coach Jatt on TL vs G2, what the NA team did better than G2 today at 2020 Worlds with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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October 8, Jatt reacts to Team Liquid's elimination in Worlds 2020 with Emily Rand on YouTube
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February 2, Jatt is reforging Team Liquid to be aggressive, his take on winning Lock In tournament with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e
April 7, Jatt explains WHY Team Liquid lost to Cloud9 with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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April 29, The Crack Down S02E12 ft. TL Jatt - "How did G2 almost win worlds?" by IWDominate and Thorin on YouTube
e
June 7, TL Jatt on Alphari benching: 'It wasn't a spur of the moment decision.' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
e

Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-10-08	Worlds 2020 Main Event	TL vs MCX	Link
2020-09-28	Worlds 2020 Play-In	TL vs LGC
2020-08-01	LCS 2020 Summer	TL vs CLG	Link
2020-07-05	LCS 2020 Summer	FLY vs TL	Link

Images[]

TL Jatt, LCS 2020 Summer

Redirects

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References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jatt steps down from Team Dignitas LoL team-dignitas.net
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Team Dignitas welcome new League of Legends team team-dignitas.net
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Hey I'm Jatt, I work at Riot Games! na.leagueoflegends.com
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 LoL Esports' Tweet twitter.com
↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-05-05; after change - NA - 2020-05-06
↑ Hey I'm Jatt, I work at Riot Games! leagueoflegends.com

[News/2011-12-18_ref_7-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Jatt steps down from Team Dignitas LoL team-dignitas.net

[News/2011-09-18_ref_2-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Team Dignitas welcome new League of Legends team team-dignitas.net

[News/2020-05-04_ref_1-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2012-04-01_ref_3-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 Hey I'm Jatt, I work at Riot Games! na.leagueoflegends.com

[News/2021-06-20_ref_97-5] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2020-05-04_ref_11-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com

[News/2019-07-14_ref_71-7] 7.0 ^7.1 ^7.2 LoL Esports' Tweet twitter.com

[News/2020-05-06_ref_20-8] Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-05-05; after change - NA - 2020-05-06

[9] Hey I'm Jatt, I work at Riot Games! leagueoflegends.com

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