kRYST4L

kRYST4L
Retired
kRYST4L
Background Information
Name	Yang Fan (杨藩)
Country of Birth	; China
Birthday	February 2, 1994 (age 30)
Residency	CNChina
Competitive
Role	; Bot Laner
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Yang "kRYST4L" Fan (Hanzi: 杨藩) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously bot laner for Oh My God.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team		Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports		Apr 20142014-04-25^[2]	May 20192019-05-20^[1]	5yr 25d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Oh My God		May 20192019-05-21^[5]	Nov 20192019-11-27^[4]	6mo 6d	ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	Apr 20142014-04-25^[2]	Mar 20172017-03-09	2yr 10mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	Mar 20172017-03-09	Jul 20172017-07-28	4mo 19d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	Jul 20172017-07-28	May 20182018-05-05	9mo 8d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	May 20182018-05-05	May 20182018-05-22^[7]	17d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	May 20182018-05-22^[7]	Dec 20182018-12-17^[9]	6mo 26d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Snake Esports	Dec 20182018-12-17^[9]	May 20192019-05-20^[1]	5mo 3d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Oh My God	May 20192019-05-21^[5]	Nov 20192019-11-27^[4]	6mo 6d	ejel

News

2014

CN

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⁠SS

April 25, Snake.Q and Snake.S merge.
Flandre,
Reborn,
Copy,
F4n2Fan, and
CoLiN join.^[2]^[3] F4n2Fan renames to kRYST4L.

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2017

CN	⁠⁠SS	March 9, kRYST4L (Bot to Support) changes position. e
CN	⁠⁠SS	July 28, kRYST4L (Support to Bot) changes position. e

2018

CN	⁠⁠SS	May 5, kRYST4L becomes inactive. e
CN	⁠⁠SS	May 22, Maestr0 joins. Gyu joins as substitute. kRYST4L becomes active. DDB and Zzr leave.^[7]^[8] e
CN	⁠⁠SS	December 17, Danchung and Asura join. Andy joins from academy roster. kRYST4L and Hudie become inactive. Gyu leaves. Light leaves for academy roster. Guoguo's departure is confirmed.^[9] e

2019

CN	⁠⁠SS	May 20, kRYST4L leaves.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠OMG	May 21, Kane, kRYST4L, and Hudie join.^[5]^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠OMG	June 11, Curse and Kane's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021. kRYST4L's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Hudie and Guoguo's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[10] e
CN	⁠⁠OMG	November 27, Y1han, kRYST4L, Chelly, and Hudie leave. Penguin's departure is confirmed.^[4] e

Biography[]

2014 Season[]

In April of 2014 Snake's two teams, Snake.Q and Snake.S merged into one team. The line-up consisted of Flandre, Reborn, Copy (now BAKA), F4n2Fan (now kRYST4L) and CoLiN. The team got 2nd place at the International Esports Tournament 2014 and after a good performance finished 2nd in the 2014 LSPL Summer Season. Despite a great LSPL performance, Snake got knocked out in Group Stage #1 of the X Championship 1 and placed 5th-8th in 4 consecutive tournaments.

2015 Season[]

Because of their LSPL placement, Snake qualified for the 2015 LPL Spring Split. The team immediately impacted the Chinese league and was consistent throughout the entire regular split. They finished 2nd with 10 wins, 10 draws and 2 losses. In the Playoffs Snake narrowly defeated Team King 3-2 in the Quarterfinals but lost to LGD Gaming in an 0-3 sweep during the Semifinals and then lost the third-place match 1-3 against Invictus Gaming. The 2015 LPL Summer Split wasn't much better for Snake as the team finished 4th during the regular season with 7 wins, 10 draws and 5 losses. Despite their worse regular season finish, Snake did qualify for the Playoffs but got knocked out in the 4th round after a 1-3 loss to LGD Gaming. Earning enough points to attend the China Regional Finals 2015, Snake tried to qualify for Worlds there but couldn't win a single game and lost 0-2 to EDward Gaming in Round 1 of the Winner's Bracket and 0-3 to Qiao Gu Reapers in Round 1 of the Loser's Bracket. This ended Snake's 2015 season.

2016 Season[]

In the 2016 Season with a a slightly different roster, Snake entered the 2016 LPL Spring Split with decent expectations. The team had a solid regular season and finished 3rd with 10 wins and 6 losses. This would place them in Round 1 of Bracket A against Invictus Gaming. Despite their poor results vs IG in 2015, Snake managed to sweep them 3-0 and moved on to face EDward Gaming in the Quarterfinals. They however got swept themselves 0-3 which ended their playoffs run and put them in 5th-6th place. In the regular season of the Summer Split, Snake finished 2nd in their group. Qualifying for the playoffs, they finished 5th-6th after a 1-3 loss to I May. Earning the right to attend the China Regional Finals 2016 for China, Snake would play two brutal five game Bo5s in one day. Despite their 3-2 win over Vici Gaming, they fell 2-3 to Team WE and could not qualify for Worlds. During the off-season they also earned a 3rd-4th place finish at the finals of the 2016 Demacia Cup. They lost 2-3 to I May in the semifinals. They also finished 3rd at NEST 2016 after a 1-2 loss to LGD Gaming.

2017 Season[]

Snake's 2017 Season was even worse than the previous year. kRYST4L switched over to Support in Spring. Snake finished the 2017 LPL Spring Season 5th place in their group and had to attend the Promotion Tournament. They defeated Vici Gaming 3-0 to keep their LPL spot. Their 2017 Demacia Cup performance wasn't very good as well and they finished 13th-20th after a 1-2 loss to Red Wolf Gaming. In the Summer Season kRYST4L switched back to AD Carry. They finished 4th in their group and barely made the playoffs. They however lost 0-3 to Newbee in the first round and were quickly eliminated which ended their 2017 season.

Trivia[]

Reportedly refused high-value offers from LPL teams in 2014 in order to stay with his teammates in the Hero of Cities, where he went on to win the HOC National Finals. Due to his loyalty, he was nicknamed "the Yue Fei of esports".^[11]
Deft referred to him as one of the best AD Carries in the LPL.^[12]
Known for the Pentakill he got in 2015 LPL Spring on Draven.^[13]
Suffered hand injuries during the China Regional Finals 2016, where his team Snake Esports had to play two consecutive best-of-five series in the same day, which led to his retirement.^[14]
Is nicknamed "Gang Zi Ge/ igang" (刚子哥) ^[15]
Has a popular livestream in China, known for his striking facial expressions

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2016-04-08	CN China	LPL 2016 Spring	Corki	Bot	W	7/2/3	Link	Link
2015-02-01	CN China	LPL 2015 Spring	Draven	Bot	W	15/2/8	Link	Link
2014-06-07	CN China	TGA 2014 Summer - SemiFinal	Twitch	Bot	W	??/??/??

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.

KRYST4L Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-06-16	9	Legend Cup 2024	3 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠K.O	Alielie, Aix, Fenfen, kRYST4L, Shenyi
2022-09-01	2	LPL 2022 Regional Finals Showmatch	0 : 1⁠⁠地表最强	⁠⁠峡谷之巅	Misaya, Zz1tai, Zzr, kRYST4L, Kid, Ning
2020-12-06	3 - 4	China Streamer Cup 2020	1 : 2⁠⁠DYU	⁠⁠GNR	Letme, Mlxg, Zz1tai, kRYST4L, QingWa
2019-08-18	16	LPL 2019 Summer	2 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠OMG	Curse, Penguin, Y1han, World6, icon, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Kane, Hudie, Chelly, Five, Panda
2018-09-02	5	LPL 2018 Summer - West	7 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SS	Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, Gyu, kRYST4L, Hudie, Light, Maestro, Chris
2018-04-14	5 - 6	LPL 2018 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠SS	Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Hudie, Zhu Kai
2018-04-08	2	LPL 2018 Spring - West	12 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SS	Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Light, Hudie, Zhu Kai
2018-01-07	2	Demacia Championship 2017	1 : 3⁠⁠EDG	⁠⁠SS	Flandre, SofM, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Hudie
2017-11-19	4	NEST 2017	1 : 2⁠⁠LGD	⁠⁠SS	Flandre, SofM, Zz1tai, kRYST4L, Light, Hudie
2017-09-01	7 - 8	LPL 2017 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠NB	⁠⁠SS	Flandre, SofM, Zz1tai, Guoguo, kRYST4L, Hudie