Levi

Levi
Levi
Background Information
Name	Đỗ Duy Khánh
Country of Birth	; Vietnam
Birthday	November 18, 1997 (age 23)
Residency	VNVietnam
Prev Residencies	SEASEA
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠GAM Esports
Contract Expires	2021-11-15
Role	; Jungler
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	VN: Capta1n Levi; KR: otemp388, leewhy1, 한국어 않음, bruhhhhhhhhhhh, 1veL Ackerman; NA: L 5 22 9; EUW: GAM Levi
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
SEA	⁠⁠SkyRed	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	≈Sep 2016≈2016-09-??	≈1yr 4mo	ejel
VN	⁠⁠GIGABYTE Marines	Dec 20162016-12-19^[2]	Dec 20172017-12-26^[1]	1yr 7d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Academy	Dec 20172017-12-26^[4]	Dec 20182018-12-13^[3]	1yr 18d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Thieves	Jun 20182018-06-27^[5]	Jul 20182018-07-08	11d	Temp Sub ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Dec 20182018-12-14^[7]	May 20192019-05-13^[6]	4mo 30d	ejel
VN	⁠⁠GAM Esports	May 20192019-05-14^[8]	Present	2yr 4mo	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
SEA	⁠⁠SkyRed	≈May 2015≈2015-05-??	≈Sep 2016≈2016-09-??	≈1yr 4mo	ejel
VN	⁠⁠GIGABYTE Marines	Dec 20162016-12-19^[2]	Dec 20172017-12-26^[1]	1yr 7d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Academy	Dec 20172017-12-26^[4]	Dec 20182018-12-13^[3]	1yr 18d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Thieves	Jun 20182018-06-27^[5]	Jul 20182018-07-08	11d	Temp Sub ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	Dec 20182018-12-14^[7]	May 20192019-05-13^[6]	4mo 30d	ejel
VN	⁠⁠GAM Esports	May 20192019-05-14^[8]	Present	2yr 4mo	ej

News

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

SEA

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⁠SR

May (approx.),
Levi joins.

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SEA	⁠⁠SR	September (approx.), Levi leaves. e
VN	⁠⁠GAM	December 19, Team is officially formed. Ren, Levi, Optimus, Slay, Archie, Sergh, and Tinikun (Head Coach) join.^[2] e

VN	⁠⁠GAM	December 26, Levi leaves.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠100.A	December 26, 100 Thieves Academy is formed. kaizen, Levi, Linsanity, Rikara, and Whyin join.^[4] e

VN	⁠⁠100.A	February 24, Levi changes residency from SEA SEA to VN Vietnam. e
NA	⁠⁠100	June 27, Brandini and Levi join as temporary substitutes for Rift Rivals 2018 NA-EU, replacing Ssumday and Meteos, respectively.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠100	July 8, Brandini and Levi (temporary substitutes) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠100.A	December 13, Brandini and Levi leave.^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	December 14, Levi joins.^[7] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	December 21, Zoom, Levi, and Yagao's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[9] e

CN	⁠⁠JDG	May 13, Levi and Bvoy leave.^[6] e
VN	⁠⁠GAM	May 14, Arik (Team Manager) joins. Levi rejoins.^[8] e
VN	⁠⁠GAM	June 4, Yoshino, Zeros, Levi, Minas, Slay, and Cacon's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 30 June 2022. Kiaya's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 31 December 2022.^[10] e

VN	⁠⁠GAM	January 5, Dia1 and Palette join. Easylove rejoins. Kiaya (Mid to Top), Blazes (Mid to Bot), and Slay (Support to Bot) change positions. Levi, Hieu3, and Yuna (Head Coach) will remain with the team for 2020. Zeros and Zin leave.^[11] e
VN	⁠⁠GAM	January 15, Kiaya, Zeros, Hieu3, and Slay's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 5 February 2022. Levi and Palette's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021. Dia1, Blazes, Easylove, Yuna (Head Coach), Iris (Coach), Tinikun (Assistant Coach), and Arik (Manager)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[12] e

Biography[]

Đỗ Levi Duy Khánh joined SkyRed as the starting midlaner, later swapping to be the jungler. SkyRed finished 5th in the domestic league. Despite failing to make the playoffs, Levi was hailed as the impetus behind his team’s success. Seen as a mechanically skilled jungler with a keen ability to bust the game open by hunting his opponent counterpart down, many considered him to be one of the best performing junglers that split. His performance earned him his spot on the Vietnamese All-Star team that went on to win in the GPL qualifier and then the IWCI All-Stars event.

Levi was then invited to the All-Star 2016 event. In the Quarter-Final 1v1 tournament, Levi was defeated by Uzi.

2017 Season[]

Levi joined GIGABYTE Marines on December 19, 2016. The GIGABYTE Marines then won 2017 Mountain Dew Championship Series Spring and GPL 2017 Spring with no loss match, qualifying them for the 2017 Mid-Season Invitational.

At MSI, the Marines ended the Play-In group stage at 1st place, with a 5-1 record, only dropping a game against LCL's representative, Virtus.pro. Advancing to the 2nd round, the team faced Team SoloMid and won the first 2 games of the series, before they were reverse swept, ending the match at 2-3. They then defeated SuperMassive eSports in the 3rd round (3-1) to make it to the Group Stage. Although the team failed to make it out of the Group Stage, they still managed to secure a Group Stage spot for the GPL region at the 2017 Season World Championship.

At Worlds, the Marines were placed in group B, alongside Longzhu Gaming, Fnatic, and Immortals. The Marines tied 2nd place with Fnatic and Immortals with a 2-4 record, forcing the three team to compete in a tiebreaker. The Marines advances as the highest seed in the tiebreaker due to shortest combined game victory time, however lost to Fnatic.

Levi was Invited to the All-Star 2017 1v1 tournament, Levi was defeated by Uzi again, this time in the First Round.

2018 Season[]

On December 26, 2017, Levi joined 100 Thieves Academy. The team placed 8th in the NA Academy 2018 Spring with a 7-11 record.

At Rift Rivals 2018 NA-EU, Levi substituted 100 Thieves' starting Jungler AnDa. 100 Thieves won only 1 game out of the 3 games they played. Levi also played in the AR URF Showmatch and the 2v2 Matches.

100 Thieves Academy placed 6th in the NA Academy 2018 Summer, barely making into playoffs. However the team lost to CLG Academy in the first round (2-3).

Levi was invited to join the VCS All-Star 2018 as a special guest alongside another Vietnamese jungler SofM.

2019 Season[]

Levi joined JD Gaming on December 14, 2018 and shared the starting position with Flawless However Levi was unsuccessful in integrating into the team only playing 4 games all of which were loses.

He returned to GAM Esports to play in the the VCS Summer Season, Levi played every game of the teams 1st place finish in the VCS Summer Season, including a game in the Bot lane. He also played in their undefeated Playoffs run against Lowkey Esports and Team Flash.Vietnam to secure a place in the 2019 Season World Championship Main Event

Levi was 2nd in voting for All-Star Las Vegas 2019 and was again eliminated by Uzi, this time in the semi-final of the 1v1 event.

2020 Season[]

Levi continued his strong performance in the VCS Spring Season and VCS Summer Season by finishing 1st place both times with GAM Esports. With a renewed playstyle, mostly focusing on AP based champions such as
Shyvana,
Karthus and
Gragas his playstyle focussed on creating his own leads through the jungle gave success to the GAM Esports roster. Unfortunately however, they would lose Playoffs and Playoffs against Team Flash 2-3 both times.

Despite having qualified for 2020 Season World Championship, Levi could not attend with his team due to COVID-19 regulations as Vietnamese teams were not allowed to travel.

2021 Season[]

Levi remained on the GAM Esports squad alongside Kiaya and Easylove.At VCS Spring 2021 he beat Saigon Buffalo 3-1 to win the title.

Trivia[]

His ID is a reference to the character Levi Ackerman from the Japanese manga Attack on Titan
The second Vietnamese player to reach Challenger Tier in Korea.
Used to play mid lane.
Reached Rank 1 on the North American soloqueue ladder, then repeated the task later with his smurf to prove that he can also play without
Lee Sin.
Received 98% of the jungle fan vote from the GPL region for All-Stars 2017, the highest vote percentage recorded for any player.
Played on a standard $5 mouse he bought at a Vietnamese flea market at MSI 2017.

Tournament Results[]

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

Levi Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-04-18	1	VCS 2021 Spring Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠SGB	⁠⁠GAM	Kiaya, Levi, Kati, Sty1e, Bie, Jackie Wind
2021-04-04	1	VCS 2021 Spring	13 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GAM	Kiaya, Levi, Kati, EasyLove, Sty1e, Bie, Jackie Wind
2020-09-05	2	VCS 2020 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠FL	⁠⁠GAM	Kiaya, Levi, Dia1, Easylove, Slay, JackieWind
2020-08-16	1	VCS 2020 Summer	12 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GAM	Kiaya, Levi, Dia1, Genza, Easylove, Jisoo, Slay, JackieWind, Scary
2020-05-28	4	Mid-Season Showdown 2020	1 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GAM	Kiaya, Levi, Genza, Dia1, Easylove, Jisoo, Slay, Scary
2020-05-24	1	Pulsefire Cup 2020	3 : 1⁠⁠DBL	⁠⁠GAM	Kiaya, Levi, Dia1, Easylove, Slay
2020-04-18	2	VCS 2020 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠FL	⁠⁠GAM	Kiaya, Zeros, Levi, Dia1, Blazes, Palette, Yuna
2020-04-05	1	VCS 2020 Spring	13 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GAM	Kiaya, Zeros, Levi, Dia1, Blazes, Easylove, Hieu3, Palette, Yuna, Tinikun, Iris
2019-10-17	13 - 16	Worlds 2019	1 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GAM	Zeros, Levi, Kiaya, Zin, Hieu3, Slay, Yuna
2019-09-14	1	VCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠FL	⁠⁠GAM	Zeros, Levi, Kiaya, Zin, Slay, Hieu3, Yuna

Levi 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2020-04-26	9 - 16	One For All 1vs1 Cup		⁠⁠GAM	1 : 2 ⁠⁠ Yado
2019-12-07	3 - 4	All-Star 2019 Las Vegas		⁠⁠VCS	0 : 2 ⁠⁠ Uzi
2018-11-25	5 - 8	VCS All-Star 2018		⁠⁠100.A	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ Artifact
2017-12-10	9 - 16	All-Star 2017 Los Angeles		⁠⁠GPL	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ Uzi
2017-11-26	9 - 16	Garena All-Star 2017		⁠⁠VCSA	0 : 1 Veki
2016-12-11	5 - 8	All-Star 2016 Barcelona		⁠⁠Fire	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ Uzi
2016-09-29	5 - 8	2016 Vietnam Zed Riven Challenger
2015-10-12	3	Vietnam GameK Challenger Season 2	₫1,000,000	⁠⁠SR	1 : 0 ⁠⁠ KoW

Media[]

2017
2018
2019
2020

May 13, GAM Levi: ‘Thank you for your kind support from fans in Brazil and all around the world’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
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October 5, Gigabyte Marines Levi: "You guys might think it is reckless and aggressive, I think this is safe for us." with , and on Inven Global
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December 7, The Hope For The GPL, Levi: "It was sad that we could not communicate as a team." with Sihoon "Maloo" Lee and Kyung Yun "Yullie" Park on Inven Global
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December 15, Levi explains why he wants to join an NA LCS team, shares a message to NA LCS owners with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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December 27, Coming to America: Levi’s story by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
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June 29, Playing for the Academy and Now the Starters. 100 Thieves Levi and Brandini Speaks About the 2018 Rift Rivals with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim, James "Bick" Hong, , and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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November 8, Levi could be leaving 100 Thieves, but will he find a starting spot in the NA LCS? by Xing Li on Dot Esports
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November 11, League of Legends: NA LCS Players to Watch in the 2018-2019 Off-Season by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
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October 8, [Worlds 2019] GAM Zeros: "Group B is a difficult group, but we can find a way to play against each team effectively." with Hongje "Koer" Kim & David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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April 7, [VCS] Five standout players from the 2020 VCS Spring Split by Nguyen Anh "Ichishiki" Thang on Medium
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-04-04	VCS 2021 Spring	GAM vs BTS	Link
2021-03-06	VCS 2021 Spring	BTS vs GAM	Link
2021-01-23	VCS 2021 Spring	GAM vs FL	Link
2020-12-18	All-Star 2020	VCS vs LPL	Link
2020-08-15	VCS 2020 Summer	GAM vs CES	Link
2020-07-17	VCS 2020 Summer	CES vs GAM	Link
2020-02-07	VCS 2020 Spring	EVS vs GAM	Link
2019-10-14	Worlds 2019 Main Event	JT vs GAM	Link
2019-09-14	VCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	GAM vs FL	Link
2019-08-10	VCS 2019 Summer	FL vs GAM	Link
2019-08-04	VCS 2019 Summer	DBL vs GAM	Link
2019-07-12	VCS 2019 Summer	GAM vs DBL	Link