knight (Zhuo Ding)
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Zhuo Ding (卓定) | |
| Country of Birth | China | |
| Birthday | May 22, 2000 (age 21) | |
| Residency | China | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  Top Esports | |
| Contract Expires | 2021-11-16 | |
| Role | Mid Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | CN: Knight9z knightqaq tes9 KR: haoyunbaobel haizailache | |
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Zhuo "knight" (▶️ listen) Ding (Hanzi: 卓定) is a League of Legends esports player, currently mid laner for Top Esports.
There is a disambiguation page associated with the name knight. Five other players share this ID.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Young Miracles | Feb 20172017-02-06 | Dec 20172017-12-25[1] | 10mo 19d | ejel | ||
 Suning | Dec 20172017-12-25[3] | Nov 20182018-11-20[2] | 10mo 26d | Inactive ejel | ||
 Topsports Gaming | Nov 20182018-11-20[4] | May 20192019-05-15 | 5mo 25d | ejel | ||
| Top Esports | May 20192019-05-15 | Present | 2yr 2mo | ej |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Miracles | Feb 20172017-02-06 | Dec 20172017-12-25[1] | 10mo 19d | ejel | ||
| Suning | Dec 20172017-12-25[3] | ≈Jun 2018≈2018-06-??[5] | ≈5mo 16d | ejel | ||
| Suning | ≈Jun 2018≈2018-06-??[5] | Nov 20182018-11-20[2] | ≈5mo 10d | Inactive ejel | ||
| Topsports Gaming | Nov 20182018-11-20[4] | May 20192019-05-15 | 5mo 25d | ejel | ||
| Top Esports | May 20192019-05-15 | Present | 2yr 2mo | ej |
News
2017
 YM | February 6, Knight joins. | |
| YM | December 25, Tian and Knight leave.[1] | |
 SN | December 25, Tian and Knight join. Fury rejoins. fenfen moves to substitute. Avoidless and Lz leave. dian and Bananafish leave for academy roster.[3] |
2018
| SN | June (approx.), fenfen moves to starting roster. Knight becomes inactive.[5][6][7] | |
| SN | November 20, Knight leaves.[2] | |
 TOP | November 20, Knight joins.[4] | |
| TOP | December 21, 369 and Knight9's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Moyu, Xx, and LokeN's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020. Ben's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Cat's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[8] |
2019
| TOP | May 15, 369, Xx, Knight, LokeN, Ben, Moyu, QiuQiu, Cat, and BSYY (Head Coach) leave. | |
 TES | May 15, 369, Xx, Knight, LokeN, Ben, and BSYY (Head Coach) join. Moyu, QiuQiu, and Cat join as substitutes. | |
| TES | June 11, 369, Knight9, and AKi's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[9] |
Biography[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Regarded as one of the best Midlanders in the whole world since 2019, also known for his constant 1v9 performances.
- Held Rank 1 in the Korean solo queue several times.
- Uses his left hand to control the mouse and his right hand for the keyboard.
- Nicknamed Golden Left Hand by Chinese casters.
- Good friends with YaGao. They are from the same city (Pingxiang) and met in an internet cafe before they became professional players.
- YaGao beat him to become the #1 mid of Pingxiang.
- Known for his
Ekko and
Zoe. Holds a high win rate with these champions. - Known for building
Mejai's Soulstealer constantly, which led to the LPL's English cast to measure up other Midlanders in the league based on this habit. - His ID Knight is actually K-Night. He wanted the name Night but it was taken by another account. He randomly added a K to the start of the word, not knowing that knight is also a word in English.[10]
- Reached 1000 kills in the LPL on August 8, 2020.
- The 24th player to reach 1000 kills in the LPL.
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-02 | China | LSPL 2017 Summer |  |  | Orianna | Mid | W | 7/0/8 | Link | Link |
- Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.
Tournament Results[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[edit]
- 2020
- September 11, The Golden Left Hand: Knight’s rise to becoming a top-tier mid laner by Cristian Lupasco on Dot Esports
- September 21, Fiery showstoppers: The best mid laners at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-08 | LPL 2021 Summer |  TES vs  V5 | Link |
| 2021-06-17 | LPL 2021 Summer |  TT vs TES | Link |
| 2021-03-13 | LPL 2021 Spring |  EDG vs TES | Link |
| 2021-03-04 | LPL 2021 Spring |  OMG vs TES | Link |
| 2021-01-15 | LPL 2021 Spring | TES vs  RA | Link |
| 2020-12-26 | Demacia Cup 2020 | TES vs  VG | |
| 2020-10-05 | Worlds 2020 Main Event | TES vs  DRX | Link |
| 2020-05-31 | Mid-Season Cup 2020 |  FPX vs TES | Link |
| 2020-05-28 | Mid-Season Cup 2020 |  DWG vs TES | Link |
| 2019-12-22 | Demacia Cup 2019 | TES vs V5 | Link |
| 2019-07-06 | Rift Rivals 2019 LCK-LPL-LMS-VCS | TES vs  MAD | Link |
Images[edit]
YM Knight, LSPL 2017 Spring
SN Knight, LPL 2018 Spring
TOP Knight, LPL 2019 Spring
TES Knight9, LPL 2019 Summer
TES knight, LPL 2020 Spring
TES knight, LPL 2020 Summer
TES knight, Worlds 2020
TES knight, LPL 2021 Spring
TES knight, LPL 2021 Summer
Name Pronunciation
| Knight | |
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| Accuracy | LPL Production |
| Voiced By | Candice |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Suning Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Topsports Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Suning Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Topsports Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 对Knight转会一事 前SNG老板作回应 (Chinese) lol.duowan.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 PDD就Knight签约事件解释：法律意识不够吃暗亏 (Chinese) sports.sohu.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 如何看待SNG中单Knight无法上场？ (Chinese) zhihu.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2018-12-08; after change - CN - 2018-12-21
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2019-05-21; after change - CN - 2019-06-11
- ↑ TES Knight: Growth of the best Chinese mid laner medium.com
