| Retired as Player | ||
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| Lira | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Nam Tae-yoo (남태유) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | January 15, 1995 (age 29) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Broadcast Talent | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Competitive IDs | LirA | |
| Soloqueue IDs | CTU Lila, 리라, 태유유 태무무, KT Lira, CJ Entus 리라, Lir4, o lira o, iLra, AFreeca Lira (EUW) | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Nam "Lira" (▶️ listen) Tae-yoo (Hangul: 남태유) is a League of Legends esports player, previously color caster for Riot Games Inc.. His name was previously stylized LirA.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Chunnam Tech U. | Apr 20132013-04-02 | May 20132013-05-31[1] | 1mo 29d ejel | ||
 KT Rolster Arrows | May 20132013-05-31[2] | Feb 20142014-02-04 | 8mo 4d ejel | ||
 CJ Entus Frost | Feb 20142014-02-05[4] | Mar 20142014-03-03[3] | 26d ejel | ||
 Oh My God 2 | Jun 20142014-06-14 | ??? 2014≈2014-??-?? | ≈1mo ejel | ||
 Rebels Anarchy | May 20152015-05-15 | Dec 20152015-12-29[5] | 7mo 14d ejel | ||
 Afreeca Freecs | Dec 20152015-12-29[7] | Nov 20162016-11-02[6] | 10mo 4d ejel | ||
 Team EnVyUs | Dec 20162016-12-25[9] | Nov 20172017-11-20[8] | 10mo 26d ejel | ||
 Clutch Gaming | Dec 20172017-12-02[11] | Oct 20192019-10-28[10] | 1yr 10mo ejel | ||
 Dignitas | Oct 20192019-10-28[13] | Nov 20192019-11-20[12] | 23d ejel | ||
 Seorabeol Gaming | Dec 20192019-12-02[15] | Jan 20202020-01-27[14] | 1mo 25d ejel | ||
 Riot Games Inc. | Feb 20202020-02-05 | Nov 20202020-11-05[16] | 9mo ejel | ||
| Afreeca Freecs | Nov 20202020-11-05[18] | Nov 20212021-11-15[17] | 1yr 10d ejel | ||
| Riot Games Inc. | Jan 20222022-01-05[20] | Nov 20222022-11-23[19] | 10mo 18d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chunnam Tech U. | Apr 20132013-04-02 | May 20132013-05-31[1] | 1mo 29d ejel | ||
| KT Rolster A | May 20132013-05-31[2] | Jun 20132013-06-20[21] | 20d ejel | ||
| KT Rolster Arrows | Jun 20132013-06-20[21] | Feb 20142014-02-04 | 7mo 14d ejel | ||
| CJ Entus Frost | Feb 20142014-02-05[4] | Mar 20142014-03-03[3] | 26d ejel | ||
| Oh My God 2 | Jun 20142014-06-14 | ??? 2014≈2014-??-?? | ≈1mo ejel | ||
 Anarchy | May 20152015-05-15 | Jul 20152015-07-03[22] | 1mo 19d ejel | ||
| Rebels Anarchy | Jul 20152015-07-03[22] | Dec 20152015-12-29[5] | 5mo 26d ejel | ||
| Afreeca Freecs | Dec 20152015-12-29[7] | Nov 20162016-11-02[6] | 10mo 4d ejel | ||
| Team EnVyUs | Dec 20162016-12-25[9] | Nov 20172017-11-20[8] | 10mo 26d ejel | ||
| Clutch Gaming | Dec 20172017-12-02[11] | Oct 20192019-10-28[10] | 1yr 10mo ejel | ||
| Dignitas | Oct 20192019-10-28[13] | Nov 20192019-11-20[12] | 23d ejel | ||
| Seorabeol Gaming | Dec 20192019-12-02[15] | Jan 20202020-01-27[14] | 1mo 25d ejel | ||
| Riot Games Inc. | Feb 20202020-02-05 | Nov 20202020-11-05[16] | 9mo ejel | ||
| Afreeca Freecs | Nov 20202020-11-05[18] | Nov 20212021-11-15[17] | 1yr 10d ejel | ||
| Riot Games Inc. | Jan 20222022-01-05[20] | Nov 20222022-11-23[19] | 10mo 18d ejel |
News
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
 CTU | April 2,  Chunnam Techno University is formed. Longpanda, Lila, Mima, Riris, and Hachani join. Piccaboo and Joy join as substitutes. | |
| CTU | May 31, Lira leaves.[1] | |
 KT A | May 31, MakNooN, Lira, Sonstar, and Olleh join. Vitamin, KaKAO, Hiro, and Me5 leave.[2] | |
| KT.A | June 20, KT Rolster A renames to KT Rolster Arrows.[21] |
| KT.A | February 4, Lira leaves. | |
 CJF | February 5, Lira and CoCo join.[4] | |
| CJF | March 3, Swift joins. Lira leaves.[3] | |
 OMG 2 | June 14, Oh My God 2 is formed. InrA, Lira, and PLX join. Kuroko joins from main roster. | |
| OMG 2 | 2014 (approx.), InrA, Lira, PLX, and Kuroko leave. |
 ANC | May 15, Lira joins. Vitamin and Bubbling leave. | |
 RANC | July 3, Anarchy renames to Rebels Anarchy.[22] | |
| RANC | December 29, ikssu, lira, Mickey, Sangyoon, SnowFlower, and BBO leave.[5] | |
 AF | December 29, ikssu, LirA, Mickey, Sangyoon, SnowFlower, OnAir (Head Coach), and AnimalDAX (Coach) join.[7] |
| AF | November 2, Lindarang and SeongHwan move to starting roster. ikssu and LirA leave.[6] | |
 NV | December 25, LirA and Apollo join. Procxin leaves.[9] |
| NV | November 20, Team EnVyUs is disbanded. Seraph, LirA, Nisqy, Apollo, Hakuho, Nientonsoh, and viOLet (Head Coach) leave.[8] | |
 CG | December 2, Solo, LirA, Febiven, Apollo, Hakuho, and DLim (Head Coach) join.[11] |
| CG | December 14, Huni and Lira's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.[23] |
| CG | October 28, Huni, Lira, Damonte, Cody Sun, Vulcan, Rodov, Thinkcard (Head Coach), and Artemis (Assistant Coach) are removed from the GCD.[10] | |
 DIG | October 28, Huni, Lira, Damonte, Cody Sun, Vulcan, Thinkcard (Head Coach), and Artemis (Assistant Coach) are added to the GCD.[13] | |
| DIG | November 10, Lira is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[24] | |
| DIG | November 20, Lira leaves.[12] | |
 F/A | November 25, Lira will not be participating in the LCS 2020 Spring Season.[25] | |
 SRB | December 2, Thal, Lira, Sangyoon, and Sangho (Founder,Head Coach) join.[15] |
| SRB | January 27, KaKAO joins. Lira leaves.[14] | |
 Riot | February 5, Lira (Analyst) and Wadid (Analyst) join. MadLife (Analyst) leaves. | |
| Riot | November 5, Lira (Analyst) leaves.[16] | |
| AF | November 5, LirA (Coach) rejoins. Rigby (Coach) will remain with the team for 2021.[18] LirA (Coach) and Rigby (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[26] |
Biography[]
Season 3[]
Nam "LirA" Tae-yoo joined his first professional team in 2013 when he joined Chunnam Techno University as a jungler. However, he did not play any games with the team and left to join the KT Rolster Arrows in May.
2014 Season[]
LirA couldn't qualify for OGN with the Arrows so he left the team in February of 2014 to join CJ Entus Frost. He only played 2 matches with them in the SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 before leaving a month later. In June of that year, he went to China to play for OMG 2 but they never played any competitive games together before the team disbanded later that year.
2015 Season[]
LirA joined Rebels Anarchy in May of 2015 as their new jungler. They played in the Champions Summer 2015 Promotion where they qualified for SBENU Champions Summer 2015 after going 1-1 against Incredible Miracle and Winners. Anarchy placed eighth during the regular season and missed playoffs but they qualified for the next season of LCK.
2016 Preseason[]
Rebels Anarchy played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 2-1 in the quarterfinals to Ever. On December 29, Rebels Anarchy renamed to the Afreeca Freecs.
2016 Season[]
The Afreeca Freecs started the 2016 LCK Spring Split as a bottom three team, losing many of their sets during the first round robin. This changed after their 2-1 upset over SK Telecom T1 in Week 6, which marked the start of a streak of wins that resulted in an exceptional second round robin where they went 7-2 in sets and cliched the final, fifth playoff spot in what many labeled as a "Cinderella Story." Unfortunately, during the first round of the 2016 LCK Spring Playoffs, they lost 2-0 to the Jin Air Green Wings, giving them fifth place overall for the spring split.
During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, the Afreeca Freecs went 8-10 in series. LirA shared starting time with fellow jungler SeongHwan. They earned fifth place in the regular season and a spot in the first round of the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs. In the first round, the Freecs met Samsung Galaxy, who beat them 2-0, earning the Freecs fifth place overall for the split. Their accumulated points earned them a spot in the first round of the 2016 Season Korea Regional Finals, where they beat the Jin Air Green Wings 3-2 before losing to Samsung Galaxy 3-1 in a rematch.
2017 Season[]
During the 2016-2017 offseason, LirA sought to move abroad, initially joining EU LCS' Team Vitality.[1] However, he parted with Vitality less than a month later, stating — among other reasons — difficulty due to lack of a designated interpreter and feeling uncomfortable in Europe.[2][3] He moved to the NA LCS, joining Team EnVyUs. Visa issues prevented LirA from appearing onstage until week 2 of the Spring Season, forcing the team to put midlaner Ninja in the jungle, and play substitute Alex Ich in mid. This inauspicious beginning was unfortunately a preview for the season: Team EnVyUs finished 3-15, never ending a week above tied for last place. Despite the team's weak result, LirA's play was so outstanding that he was voted as the jungler for the first-tier NA LCS All-Pro Team in the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split Award Winners, the first time a player on a last place team had received that honor. [4]
As NA LCS had not yet switched to a franchise model, Team EnVyUs was required to play in the promotion tournament. EnVyUs began poorly, dropping a 3-1 set to the veteran Gold Coin United (GCU) lineup and being sent to the losers bracket along with eUnited. EnVyUs rallied, defeating eUnited 3-1 and setting up a rematch with GCU; in that rematch, EnVyUs outlasted GCU on the strength of LirA's play, winning 3-2 and keeping their LCS spot.
EnVyUs had a noticeably better summer season, finishing in 6th place with 8 wins and 10 losses, despite uncertainty in the midlane: both EULCS import midlaner Nisqy and former Phoenix1 mid Pirean were brought in to replace Ninja. Visa delays prevented Nisqy from playing for the first two weeks, and Pirean started the season; the two midlaners then alternated until Pirean returned to Phoenix1 in week 7. Despite the constant player rotation, EnVyUs secured the 6th playoff seed. Unfortunately, they were defeated 2-3 by Counter Logic Gaming in a close Quarterfinals series, ending their 2017 season: because of their poor Spring showing, EnVyUs didn't have enough championship points to attend Regional Qualifiers. The NA LCS 2017 Summer Playoff Quarterfinals was also the last time Team EnVyUs played on stage, as the team was not accepted into the franchised NA LCS. Following this, LirA left the team in November and a month later joined the newly formed Clutch Gaming.
2018 Season[]
In Clutch Gaming, LirA reunited with former EnVyUs teammates Apollo (AD carry) and Hakuho (support). Clutch quickly acquired a reputation for beating every team below them and losing to every team above them; this consistency led to Clutch completing Spring 2018 in 6th place with a 11-7 record, securing a spring playoff spot.
In the Spring 2018 playoff quarterfinals, Clutch faced third seed TSM. TSM was considered the overwhelming favorite to win due to their veteran lineup and their 5-1 record during the final three weeks of the spring split. LirA was focused heavily during game 1, leading to a quick TSM victory. In a historic upset, Clutch won the next three games, becoming the first team in NALCS history to defeat TSM in quarterfinals; this would be the first split without TSM in the finals. Clutch faced the 1st seed 100 Thieves in the semifinals, losing 2-3 after a tense 74-minute siege; in the subsequent third-place match against 2nd seed Echo Fox, Clutch rapidly lost 0-3.
2019 Season[]
During the offseason, LirA restylized his name to Lira.
In the 2019 post season, Clutch Gaming pulled off the "miracle run", playing 27 games across the summer playoffs and regional qualifiers to qualify for Worlds 2019; they were only 3 games short of the 30 maximum possible postseason games. After defeating TSM 3-1 in the summer playoffs, they fell to Team Liquid 2-3. With just enough championship points to be eligible for regional qualifiers, Clutch Gaming proceeded to beat FlyQuest and Counter Logic Gaming both 3-1, meeting TSM in the finals. Lira consistently pressured TSM across the map, empowering AD carry Cody Sun and top lane carry Huni, and helping Damonte negate Bjergsen's presence in the final 3 games, resulting in a 3-2 reverse sweep victory. [5]
In an interview during the summer playoffs, Lira stated that the communication between Clutch Gaming players had improved significantly since the spring split and that the language barrier was not as significant as it once was. [6][7]
Clutch was seeded into the Play-In at Worlds, where they struggled against Unicorns of Love of the CIS and MAMMOTH of the OPL. The three teams ended up tied in the standings, forcing them to play a three-way tiebreaker to see who would advance, which Clutch came out on top of. This sent them to the Knockout Stage against Royal Youth of the TCL, who they swept to reach the main event. There, they were seeded into Group C with Fnatic, Royal Never Give Up, and SK Telecom T1. Despite the presence of two of Huni's former teams (Fnatic and SKT) in this group, Clutch failed to exact revenge for their top laner on any of them, and went 0-6, becoming the first North American team to fail to win a single game in the Worlds group stage. After Worlds ended, the expected rebranding of Clutch occurred, and the roster was transferred to Dignitas. Lira left the team after the transfer.
After leaving North America, Lira briefly joined Seorabeol Gaming to play in the Challengers Korea 2020 Promotion Qualifiers. However, the team was unable to get out of the group stage. In 2020, Lira left Seorabeol and joined Riot Games Korea as a broadcast analyst.
Trivia[]
- Praised by many high ranked players for his unique jungle pathing and strategies.
- He sometimes blocks his fans if they interact with him.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- April 8, Players to Track in the LCK Wildcards Playoffs by James "Obscurica" Chen on PVPLive
- May 26, LCK Summer Afreeca Freecs Sangyoon & Lira OGN Interview by , and on krbnu
- February 4, EnVy LirA: "I'd rather win through macro than kills" with , and on Inven Global
- March 2, LirA on NA solo queue: 'As a jungler position, it's hard to play solo queue as it doesn't seem like [it's] helping me at all' with , and on The Score Esports
- March 10, LirA on Envy’s performance, learning English and trying to salvage the spring split with , and on Slingshot Esports
- April 4, The curious case of nV LirA and the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split by Emily Rand on Yahoo! Esports
- June 14, LirA: “In Korea, players can’t accept the possibility of another player playing another hour as they sleep. In NA, there seems to be a thought of being well-rested and using their time efficiently.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- August 4, Team EnVyUs’s lira wanted coach Ssong who was taken by Immortals with , and on Inven Global
- August 7, CG LirA: "I don’t read Reddit at all. I’m scared of them... I thought I shouldn’t read Reddit since they hate me." with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- August 18, NV LiRa on Playoffs: "On our upcoming series, I will play as aggressively as I possibly can" with , and on Inven Global
- January 28, Clutch Gaming LirA: "Putting the bar set up high, I want to aim for 1st place." with Byungo "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- February 21, CG LirA: "Clutch Gaming wants to be a team like KSV that does not lose to bottom tier teams." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- March 21, CG LirA: "Out of all the teams in playoffs, I think TSM is the most doable." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- March 25, CG LirA: "It makes sense that Doublelift views us as the weakest team." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- June 17, CG LirA: "Since the winning team is able to trash talk, Echo Fox did just that. This is why I want to destroy them." with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- February 20, I’m LirA, LCS Jungler at Clutch Gaming, joined by our Head Coach McScrag. Ask us anything! with , and on reddit
- February 22, Clutch Gaming LirA: " I feel that our skills drop a level when we play on stage. " with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- March 12, CG Lira on what Clutch Gaming needs to fix, and his pick for best top laner?! with Choi "Locodoco" Yoon-seop on YouTube
- August 14, CG LirA on TSM in playoffs: "I personally think Spica is better than both Grig and Akaadian." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
- October 2, CG LirA on Getting Baron Stolen with 1 HP: "I watched ‘Score is going’ before coming here. I thought his curse was passed onto me." with Viion on Inven Global
- October 5, Lira discusses Clutch Gaming's Worlds 2019 run, chances against SKT, RNG, Fnatic with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- November 28, Lira: "I want to show how good I really am, wherever I may end up going." with Viion and Quest on Inven Global
- April 23, LirA and Lurox talk about Lee Sin's low win rate in the LCK by Viion and Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-09-08 | LCS 2019 Regional Finals |  TSM vs  CG | Link |
| 2018-03-04 | NA LCS 2018 Spring | CG vs  OPT | Link |
Images[]
ANC lira, LCK 2015 Summer
AF LirA, LCK 2016 Spring
AF LirA, LCK 2016 Summer
NV LirA, NA LCS 2017 Spring
CG LirA, NA LCS 2018 Spring
CG LirA, NA LCS 2018 Summer
CG Lira, LCS 2019 Spring
CG Lira, Worlds 2019
AF LirA, LCK 2021 Spring
Name Pronunciation
| Lira | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | Riot |
| Voiced By | Raafaa |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 '막눈' KT A 입단! '카카오'는 KT B로…KT롤스터 A 리빌딩 완료 (korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 '막눈'은 KT A 입단, '카카오'는 KT B로…KT롤스터 A 리빌딩 완료 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 CJ Entus' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 CJ Entus' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 아프리카TV, 프로게임단 ‘아프리카 프릭스’ 창단... 구 아나키 맴버 영입 (Korean) game.xportsnews.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 아프리카 프릭스, '익쑤' 전익수-'리라' 남태유와 계약 종료 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 아프리카TV, 아나키 멤버 영입해 ‘아프리카 프릭스’ LOL 팀 창단 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-27; after change - NA - 2019-10-28
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Clutch Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Lira's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-27; after change - NA - 2019-10-28
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Sangho's AfreecaTV Post (Korean) afreecatv.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Ashley Kang's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Afreeca Freecs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Afreeca Freecs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Afreeca Freecs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Lira's Insta story Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 LCK CL's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 KT 롤스터 LOL팀, “이젠 ‘애로우’와 ‘블리츠’로 불러주세요” (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 cvmax's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-12-14
- ↑ Lira's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Lira's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2020-11-04; after change - KR - 2020-11-05