Maple (Huang Yi-Tang)

Maple
Retired
Maple
Background Information
Name	Huang Yi-Tang (黃熠棠)
Country of Birth	; Taiwan
Birthday	October 10, 1997 (age 27)
Residency	APACAsia Pacific
Prev Residencies	LMSLMS
Competitive
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	TW: yoeFW Maple; 楓棠歲月; KR: jjwgs ; EUW: Viikingr, 楓棠珍珠奶茶
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Huang "Maple" (▶️ listen) Yi-Tang (Hanzi: 黃熠棠) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously mid laner for PSG Talon.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Maple. Two other players share this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
LMS	⁠⁠Gamania Bears	Jun 20132013-06-28^[2]	Oct 20132013-10-15^[1]	3mo 17d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Oct 20132013-10-21^[4]	Feb 20142014-02-21^[3]	4mo ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior	Feb 20142014-02-21^[6]	Mar 20142014-03-27^[5]	1mo 6d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	Mar 20142014-03-27^[8]	Dec 20182018-12-05^[7]	4yr 8mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Suning	Dec 20182018-12-05^[10]	Nov 20192019-11-17^[9]	11mo 12d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Dec 20192019-12-15^[12]	Nov 20202020-11-07^[11]	10mo 23d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠PSG Talon	Dec 20202020-12-10^[14]	Dec 20212021-12-06^[13]	1yr 27d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Anyone's Legend	Dec 20212021-12-15^[16]	Apr 20222022-04-10^[15]	3mo 26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	May 20222022-05-04^[19]	Apr 20232023-04-07^[18]	11mo 3d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠PSG Talon	Jun 20232023-06-05^[21]	Nov 20242024-11-21^[20]	1yr 5mo ejel

	Team	Start	End
LMS	⁠⁠Gamania Bears	Jun 20132013-06-28^[2]	Oct 20132013-10-15^[1]	3mo 17d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Oct 20132013-10-21^[4]	Jan 20142014-01-24^[22]	3mo 3d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Jan 20142014-01-24^[22]	Feb 20142014-02-21^[3]	28d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior	Feb 20142014-02-21^[6]	Mar 20142014-03-27^[5]	1mo 6d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves	Mar 20142014-03-27^[8]	≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??	≈1yr 5d ejel
LMS	⁠⁠Flash Wolves	≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??	Dec 20182018-12-05^[7]	≈3yr 9mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Suning	Dec 20182018-12-05^[10]	Nov 20192019-11-17^[9]	11mo 12d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Dec 20192019-12-15^[12]	Nov 20202020-11-07^[11]	10mo 23d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠PSG Talon	Dec 20202020-12-10^[14]	Dec 20212021-12-06^[13]	1yr 27d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Anyone's Legend	Dec 20212021-12-15^[16]	Apr 20222022-04-10^[15]	3mo 26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM	May 20222022-05-04^[19]	Apr 20232023-04-07^[18]	11mo 3d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠PSG Talon	Jun 20232023-06-05^[21]	Nov 20242024-11-21^[20]	1yr 5mo ejel

News

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LMS	⁠⁠GAB	June 28, Maple joins.^[2] e
LMS	⁠⁠GAB	October 15, ⁠⁠Gamania Bears is disbanded. Steak, Winds, Maple, NL, SwordArt, and Galala leave.^[1] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	October 21, Steak, Maooo, Maple, Dee, and SwordArt join.^[4] e

LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	January 24, Mountain joins. REFRA1N (Jungle to Mid) changes position. Maple moves to substitute. HueiYun leaves.^[22] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	February 21, Maooo and Maple leave for academy roster.^[3] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW J	February 21, ⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior is formed. Breeze, Momo, 宇都宮凜, and Bobony join. Maooo and Maple join from main roster.^[6] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW J	March 27, ⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior is disbanded. Maooo, Momo, and Bobony leave. Maple and Nobo leave for main roster.^[5] e
LMS	⁠⁠yoe.FW	March 27, Maple rejoins from academy roster. Nobo joins as substitute from academy roster.^[8] e

LMS

⁠

⁠FW

March (approx.), ⁠

⁠yoe Flash Wolves renames to ⁠

⁠Flash Wolves.

e

LMS	⁠⁠FW	November 10, Morning (Jungle to Coach) changes position. Moojin, Maple, and SwordArt are set to leave. WarHorse (Head Coach) and REFRA1N (Coach) leave.^[23] e
LMS	⁠⁠FW	December 5, Maple and SwordArt leave.^[7] e
CN	⁠⁠SN	December 5, Maple and SwordArT join.^[10] e

CN	⁠⁠SN	June 11, Maple's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019. Babi9's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[24] e
CN	⁠⁠SN	November 17, Maple leaves.^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	December 15, Maple joins.^[12] e

CN	⁠⁠LNG	January 6, Xx and Maple's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[25] e
APAC	⁠⁠LNG	January 11, Maple changes residency from LMS LMS to APAC Asia Pacific. e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	November 7, Maple leaves.^[11] e
APAC	⁠⁠PSG	December 10, Maple joins.^[14] e

APAC	⁠⁠PSG	February 9, Hanabi, Maple, Kaiwing, and Helper (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. River's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 30 November 2021. Unified and Winged (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2022. Kartis' contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[26] e
APAC	⁠⁠PSG	December 6, Maple leaves.^[13] e
CN	⁠⁠AL	December 15, Maple joins. Betty's contract is extended.^[16]^[17] e

CN	⁠⁠AL	February 22, Zdz, Xiaohao, Forge, Maple, and Betty's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. ZWuJi and QiuQiu's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[27] e
CN	⁠⁠AL	April 10, Maple leaves.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠TSM	May 4, Maple joins.^[19] Maple's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.^[28] e

NA	⁠⁠TSM	April 7, Maple is removed from the GCD.^[18] e
NA	⁠⁠TSM	May 3, Maple's departure is confirmed.^[29] e
APAC	⁠⁠PSG	June 5, Maple rejoins.^[21] e
APAC	⁠⁠PSG	June 6, Maple's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[30] e
APAC	⁠⁠PSG	December 14, Azhi, Maple, and CorGi (Head Coach)'s contracts are extended.^[31]^[32] e
APAC	⁠⁠PSG	December 15, Azhi's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025. Maple and CorGi (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[33] e

APAC

⁠

⁠PSG

November 21,
Maple retires.^[20]

e

Biography

2015 Season

Due to their 1st place finish at IEM Taipei, yoe Flash Wolves were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 loss against SK Gaming, Maple and the team went on to beat Cloud9 in Round 1 of the losers bracket. Round 2 of the losers bracket saw the team's 2nd meeting of the tournament with SK Gaming. A win against the European team secured the yoe Flash Wolves a place in the bracket stage. They were eventually knocked out of the tournament in the semifinals after losing to Team SoloMid.

With a second and third place LMS finish under their belt, the Flash Wolves had obtained a tie for the most LMS Championship Points behind AHQ, and were invited to the 2015 Taiwan Regional Finals. There, FW avenged their playoff loss by defeating Hong Kong Esports 3-2 and acquiring a spot in the 2015 Season World Championship.

At the World Championship, the FW were expected by many analysts to have one of the weakest showings of any team in attendance. However, after a 4-2 group stage with wins over favorites KOO Tigers and Counter Logic Gaming, the Flash Wolves emerged first from groups, becoming the first team in two years to finish ahead of a Korean team in groups at Worlds. In the tournament quarterfinals, FW lost 1-3 to Origen, earning a top eight finish.

Trivia

Favorite anime are Steins;Gate, Future Diary, and Onanie Master Kurosawa.
Is a huge fan of Hatsune Miku - fans would often gift him Miku figurines and plushies.
Went to the same school as SwordArt and Karsa.
Highly praised by Toyz as one of the best players in LMS.

Awards

LMS MVP x1 (Spring 2017)
LMS Playoff MVP x1 (Spring 2016)
LMS All-Pro 1st Team x4 (Spring 2016, Summer 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018)

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2023-08-04	APAC Asia Pacific	PCS 2023 Summer	Jayce	Mid	W	13/1/5	Link	Link
2018-03-25	LMS LMS	LMS 2018 Spring	Kassadin	Mid	W	9/1/1	Link	Link
2016-06-26	LMS LMS	LMS 2016 Summer	Anivia	Mid	W	8/0/7	Link	Link
2015-08-16	LMS LMS	Taiwan Regional Finals 2015	Viktor	Mid	W	10/0/5	Link	Link

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.

Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-05-17	2	Legend Cup Season 3 Finals	2 : 5⁠⁠KORE	⁠⁠AIW	Aliez, Mlxg, Maple, Lwx, Mark, cc, QingSi
2025-05-11	1	Legend Cup Season 3 China	3 : 0⁠⁠HPA	⁠⁠AIW	Aliez, Mlxg, Maple, Lwx, Mark, cc, QingSi
2024-12-05	5	KeSPA Cup 2024	0 : 1⁠⁠HLE	⁠⁠TPE	Azhi, Karsa, Maple, Betty, Woody, WarHorse, CorGi
2024-10-11	12 - 14	Worlds 2024	0 : 2⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody, CorGi, Zero
2024-09-01	1	PCS 2024 Summer Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠SHG	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody, CorGi, Zero, Maru
2024-07-28	1	PCS 2024 Summer	9 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody, CorGi, Zero
2024-05-12	7 - 8	MSI 2024	0 : 3⁠⁠G2	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody, CorGi, Zero
2024-04-07	1	PCS 2024 Spring Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠SHG	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody, CorGi, Zero
2024-03-03	2	PCS 2024 Spring	7 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody, CorGi, Zero
2023-10-15	17 - 18	Worlds 2023	2 : 3⁠⁠BDS	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Wako, Woody, CorGi, Zero

Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2018-12-08	5 - 8	All-Star 2018 Las Vegas		⁠⁠LMS	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ Caps
2016-12-11	2	All-Star 2016 Barcelona		⁠⁠Ice	0 : 2 ⁠⁠ Uzi

Media

2015
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2017
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2023
2024

October 1, Flash Wolves // Maple: I really want to play against LGD's mid laner. by , and on Gold Per 10
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October 8, Flash Wolves defeat KOO to win Group A with , and on LoL Esports
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October 9, Interview with FW's Maple & Karsa IG's mid-jungle synergy is the strongest; we're afraid of meeting EDG. by , and on Gold Per 10
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April 12, Players to Track in the LMS Spring Playoffs by James "Obscurica" Chen on PVPLive
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May 5, Maple on Flash Wolves in groups: 'We hope to get the number 2 spot' with Travis Gafford on Yahoo Esports
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May 6, Maple on getting over international nerves: 'This time I’m more mentally prepared' with Marcel Feldkamp on The Score
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October 3, FW Maple: ''I think the most important thing is to have a good mindset, and not be afraid to lose.'' with , and on Esports Heaven
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October 3, Maple: Fan support helped Flash Wolves overcome Worlds struggles and beat SKT with , and on The Rift Herald
e
October 10, Maple: 'Even though Korea is still kind of miles ahead, everyone else is pretty even' with , and on The Score
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May 14, FW Maple: "Bjergsen played really well with Ahri in last match, so we banned her." with , and on Inven Global
e
July 8, FW Maple: "I want to defeat all LPL teams that we face" with , and on Inven Global
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October 14, FW Maple: "We played pretty relaxed and everyone was like 'GO GO GO' for the kill" with , and on Inven Global
e

May 13, FW Maple on why midlaners are keeping a low profile compared to AD's at MSI with , and on Travis Gafford
e
May 14, Maple: "We're happy that Karsa joined RNG, but when we first heard the news, some teammates cried" with , and on The Shotcaller
e
May 15, FW Maple on Their Losing Streak: "It was mostly about adjusting our mood and attitude." with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
e
September 28, The 6 players with the most on the line at Worlds by Xing Li on Dot Esports
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October 10, FW Maple thinks Team Liquid looked good in their match vs KT with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 11, FW Maple: "Although I do agree the gap between leagues are closing, I still strongly believe that Korean teams are slightly stronger than the rest as long as they draft better." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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October 11, Worlds Group Stage 2018 Top 30 Players: 25-21 by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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May 10, Why PSG Maple Is Watching Out For RNG Xiaohu - MSI 2021 Interview with dGon on YouTube
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May 17, Maple on how PSG and Doggo STEPPED UP throughout MSI with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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February 16, Reality Check | TSM Legends S9E2 by TSM on YouTube
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February 28, Maple Talks About New TSM Teammates, Personal Growth and Dream Teammates with Jay Silver on YouTube
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September 6, Inside PCS Ep17 With PSG Maple and CFO Gemini | 2023 PCS Podcast with Nash on YouTube
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October 13, PSG Maple's Collection of Hairstyles with dGon on YouTube
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October 13, PSG Maple EXPOSES North America and Shares Why NA Can't CATCH UP to the East with dGon on YouTube
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January 28, 2024 PCS 春季賽片頭與棚拍幕後花絮｜ 2024 PCS Spring Split The Opening and Behind-the-Scenes Footage with Pacific Championship Series on YouTube
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October 2, Maple had interesting words to share for HLE before facing them with Pedro Romero on YouTube
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October 12, PSG Maple Post-Match Scrum Interview after facing BLG | Worlds 2024 with Pedro Romero on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

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Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2015-10-08	Worlds 2015	KOO vs FW	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2016-05-04	MSI 2016	G2 vs FW	Link
2016-05-06	MSI 2016	FW vs SKT	Link
2016-12-09	All-Star 2016 Barcelona	LMS vs NA LCS	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2017-02-23	IEM Season 11 World Championship	UOL vs FW

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2018-05-15	MSI 2018 Main Event	FW vs KZ	Link
2018-07-12	LMS 2018 Summer	JT vs FW	Link
2018-07-22	LMS 2018 Summer	FW vs MAD	Link
2018-08-04	LMS 2018 Summer	FW vs AFR	Link
2018-08-12	LMS 2018 Summer	FW vs JT	Link
2018-09-15	LMS 2018 Summer Playoffs	FW vs MAD	Link
2018-10-15	Worlds 2018 Main Event	FW vs G2	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-12-21	Demacia Cup 2019	LNG vs OMG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-04-03	PCS 2021 Spring Playoffs	PSG vs JT	Link
2021-05-07	MSI 2021	PAIN vs PSG	Link
2021-05-14	MSI 2021	PSG vs PGG	Link
2021-05-18	MSI 2021	PSG vs C9	Link
2021-08-14	PCS 2021 Summer Playoffs	PSG vs JT	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-07-02	PCS 2023 Summer	PSG vs JT	Link
2023-07-09	PCS 2023 Summer	HPS vs PSG	Link
2023-08-04	PCS 2023 Summer	PSG vs WP	Link
2023-08-25	PCS 2023 Summer Playoffs	PSG vs BYG
2023-09-09	PCS 2023 Summer Playoffs	PSG vs CFO
2023-10-10	Worlds 2023 Play-In	R7 vs PSG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-01-20	PCS 2024 Spring	PSG vs HPS	Link
2024-02-24	PCS 2024 Spring	PSG vs FAK	Link
2024-03-03	PCS 2024 Spring	PSG vs CFO	Link
2024-03-30	PCS 2024 Spring Playoffs	CFO vs PSG	Link
2024-07-14	PCS 2024 Summer	PSG vs HPS	Link
2024-07-21	PCS 2024 Summer	DCG vs PSG	Link
2024-09-01	PCS 2024 Summer Playoffs	PSG vs SHG	Link
2024-09-25	Worlds 2024 Play-In	PSG vs PAIN	Link
2024-10-04	Worlds 2024 Main Event	PSG vs MDK	Link