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Phoenix1
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United States
Region
NA
North America
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Created2016-05-23
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P1 2017 Spring

Phoenix1 was a North American team. The year after leaving League of Legends, the organization rebranded as Sentinels.

History[]

2016 Season[]

Phoenix1 was announced on May 23, 2016, as the team inheriting the NA LCS Summer Season seed previously belonging to Team Impulse.[1] On May 26, their starting roster was announced and included zig, Brandini, Inori, Slooshi, Pirean, Mash, and Gate.[2]

Faced with visa problems for Inori, the team also added a substitute jungler Zentinel to their roster, who competed for them for the first three weeks of the LCS. In that time, Phoenix1 lost all of their series and won only two games total, cementing themselves in last place, behind Echo Fox. Their winless streak continued after Inori's return and through their first series of the fifth week, at which point they had a 3-18 game record and 0-9 series record. In the second series of that week, however, they picked up their first series win against Apex Gaming, with a comeback 2-1 victory after dropping the first game. After this first win, their record improved significantly, and in the second half of the season they went a combined 5-4 — not enough to keep them out of relegations, but enough to surpass both Echo Fox and NRG in the standings for a top seed in the promotion tournament, where they requalified for the LCS with an easy 3-0 win over Echo Fox.

2017 Season[]

On December 7, 2016, Phoenix1 announced a revamped roster: Korean star mid laner Ryu and AD carry Arrow joined, along with veteran support Adrian.[3]

The team began the Spring Split looking much improved but not quite top tier, going 4-4 over the first four weeks and fluctuating between 3rd and 4th place. After that week, Inori took a leave of absence from the team due to "personal issues" and was replaced by veteran Cloud9 jungler Meteos. This addition seemed to be just what Phoenix1 needed, as they went 3-1 over the next two weeks. Adrian also left the team after week 6, but this did not stop their momentum, as he was capably replaced with the acquisition of Team Dignitas substitute support Stunt. After his arrival, Phoenix1 went on a four series winning streak to reach 11-5 and come within one game of a possible playoff bye before losing their final two games, finishing 11-7 and in 3rd place. Arrow was also named both the NALCS first team ADC and the MVP of the split.

In the playoffs, the team elected to start Inori against 6th seed Dignitas, despite him having only played three games since week 4. While he made a few shaky plays in the jungle, Inori and Phoenix1 easily swept Dignitas 3-0. Moving on to face Cloud9 in the semifinals, Phoenix1 elected to start rookie support Shady, who had also appeared in only three late season games, in place of Stunt. After two opening losses, Stunt and Meteos were subbed back in, but failed to reverse the team's fortunes in game 3, sending them to the third-place match against underdog FlyQuest. Despite the semifinals losses, Shady got the start in this series as well, and Phoenix 1 proceeded to come back and take third after going down 2-1 in the series.

In the midseason, Phoenix1 transferred Stunt to Immortals and named Shady as their starting support, as well as reaffirming that Inori would start in the jungle. Expected to be a strong contender to make Worlds, Phoenix1 got off to a horrible start in the Summer Split, losing all of their first six games. Criticism was especially directed at the duo of Arrow and Shady, both of whom were under performing in lane. After subbing in Meteos for week 2 failed to yield any positive results, 18 year old jungler MikeYeung, who had only graduated from high school the previous week, was made the starter and Shady was replaced by veteran support Xpecial. These changes failed to yield a win in week 3, but the team slowly improved after that, picking up their first win in week 4. Phoenix1 seemed to turn a corner in week 5, going 2-0 in series including a win over the first place Immortals, with hype building around MikeYeung due to his youth and outstanding performances on aggressive jungle champions.

This hype continued to build in Rift Rivals, the first international tournament for Phoenix1, which they had a spot in due to their 3rd place finish in the Spring. Despite their relatively unimpressive domestic record, Phoenix1 went 4-2 in the group stage, only missing out on advancing to the finals due to TSM going 5-1. Unfortunately, this would be the high point of the summer season for them, as Phoenix1 only managed two more wins upon returning to domestic play and finished 10th, sending them into the promotion tournament. MikeYeung, however, was still rewarded with the Rookie of the Split award.

In promotions, Phoenix1 was matched up against Challenger Series champions Gold Coin United due to finishing lower than Team Liquid. Phoenix1 won the first two games, then dropped the next two before recovering in the fifth game to pull out a series win. A 3-2 loss to Team Liquid in the next series sent them into the loser's bracket, but they managed to quickly sweep EUnited in the final round and retain their LCS slot. Despite staying in the LCS, however, their participation in the promotion tournament meant they forfeited their Spring Split championship points, robbing them of a chance at Worlds.

Timeline[]

  • 2016
  • 2017

Player Roster[]

Former[]

Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.

Dates:Approx|Exact
PlayerNameRoleJoinedLeftNext Team
KR

PireanChoi Jun-sik (최준식)
Mid Laner
Jul 20172017-07-21≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-??SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
NA

AllorimKieran Logue
Sub/Top
Jun 20172017-06-03≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-??Echo Fox Academylogo stdFOX.A
NA

MikeYeungMichael Yeung
Jungler
May 20172017-05-26Nov 20172017-11-23TSMlogo stdTSM
KR

RyuRyu Sang-wook (류상욱)
Mid Laner
Dec 20162016-12-07Nov 20172017-11-22100 Thieveslogo std100
NA

MeteosWilliam Hartman
Sub/Jun
Feb 20172017-02-16Nov 20172017-11-22100 Thieveslogo std100
NA

WiggilyRaymond Griffin
Sub/Jun
Jul 20172017-07-26Nov 20172017-11-22Cloud9logo stdC9
EU

SELFIEMarcin Wolski
Sub/Mid
Jul 20172017-07-26Nov 20172017-11-22Cloud9logo stdC9
KR

ArrowNoh Dong-hyeon (노동현)
Bot Laner
Dec 20162016-12-07Nov 20172017-11-21OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPT
NA

XpecialAlex Chu (朱啓恩)
Support
Jun 20172017-06-16Nov 20172017-11-21Golden Guardians Academylogo stdGG.A
NA

zigDerek Shao
Top Laner
May 20162016-05-26Nov 20172017-11-20OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPT
NA

ShadyJordan Robison
Sub/Sup
Mar 20172017-03-08Nov 20172017-11-20TSM Academylogo stdTSM.A
NA

InoriRami Charagh (رامی چاراغ)
Jungler
May 20162016-05-26Jun 20172017-06-22YouthCrew Esportslogo stdYC
KR

FixerJeong Jae-woo (정재우)
Sub/Sup
Jul 20162016-07-07May 20172017-05-22SEA Serpentslogo stdSS
KR

PireanChoi Jun-sik (최준식)
Sub/Mid
May 20162016-05-26May 20172017-05-15Team EnVyUslogo stdNV
NA

StuntWilliam Chen
Support
Mar 20172017-03-08May 20172017-05-09Immortalslogo stdIMT
NA

AdrianAdrian Ma
Support
Nov 20162016-11-22Mar 20172017-03-08Dignitaslogo stdDIG
NA

ZentinelKevin Pires
Sub/Jun
May 20162016-05-27Dec 20162016-12-25Tempo Stormlogo stdTS
NA

SlooshiAndrew Pham
Mid Laner
May 20162016-05-26Nov 20162016-11-21Logo std8.1
NA

MashBrandon Phan
Bot Laner
May 20162016-05-26Nov 20162016-11-21Gold Coin Unitedlogo stdGCU
NA

GateJiajun "Austin" Yu
Support
May 20162016-05-26Nov 20162016-11-21Echo Foxlogo stdFOX
NA

BrandiniBrandon Chen
Sub/Top
May 20162016-05-26Nov 20162016-11-21Delta Foxlogo stdDFX

Organization[]

Current[]

C ID Name Position
Michael Moore Co-Owner & Managing Partner
Rob Moore Co-Owner
Jack Giarrapunto Co-Owner
LovePentaKills Eric Ma General Manager
Charlie Charlie Lipsie Director of Business Development

Former[]

C ID Name Position Next Team
History Teacher Chad Smeltz 80In-House Manager Harrisburg Universitylogo stdHarrisburg University
Zyto Bryan Ybanes General Manager None
TheAkiri Tyler Perron 80Assistant Coach Golden Guardianslogo stdGolden Guardians
Reinfcmnt Matthew Edwards Performance Coach 100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieves
Fly Kim Sang-chul (김상철) 80Head Coach Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJin Air Green Wings
PsycSummer Summer Scott Esports Psychology Consultant Gold Coin Unitedlogo stdGold Coin United
BonQuish Alec Warren 80Head Analyst Gold Coin Unitedlogo stdGold Coin United
Caldo Jorge Calderon Social Media Coordinator Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
Saparino Brendan Franco Manager None

Player League Participation[]

Playoff games are NOT included, but regular-season tiebreaker games ARE.

LCS

Player201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Games
SpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummer
GateTeam Impulselogo stdTeam Impulselogo stdPhoenix1logo stdEcho Foxlogo stdEcho Foxlogo stdOpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic Gaminglogo stdImmortalslogo std165
MashGood Game Universitylogo stdTeam Coastlogo stdTeam Coastlogo stdTeam Impulselogo stdPhoenix1logo stdEcho Foxlogo stdFlyQuestlogo std153
BrandiniPhoenix1logo stdEcho Foxlogo std21
MeteosCloud9logo stdCloud9logo stdCloud9logo stdCloud9logo stdCloud9logo stdCloud9logo stdPhoenix1logo stdPhoenix1logo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo stdOpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic Gaminglogo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo std262
AdrianTeam Impulselogo stdTeam Impulselogo stdImmortalslogo stdImmortalslogo stdPhoenix1logo std
Team Liquidlogo std
Dignitaslogo stdEcho Foxlogo stdEcho Foxlogo std169
RyuPhoenix1logo stdPhoenix1logo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo std134
StuntEcho Foxlogo stdDignitaslogo std
Phoenix1logo std
FlyQuestlogo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo std100 Thieveslogo std57
XpecialTSMlogo stdTSMlogo stdTSMlogo stdTeam Curselogo stdTeam Liquidlogo stdTeam Liquidlogo stdApex Gaminglogo stdDignitaslogo stdPhoenix1logo std270
MikeYeungPhoenix1logo stdTSMlogo stdEcho Foxlogo std66

Tournaments[]

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

Minimum place

Phoenix1 Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2017-08-13Q NA LCS 2018 Spring Promotion
3 : 0EUnitedlogo stdEUN
 zig,  MikeYeung,  Ryu,  Arrow,  Xpecial,  Fly
2017-08-0610 NA LCS 2017 Summer
4 - 14Blanklogo stdRR
 zig,  Allorim,  Inori,  Meteos,  MikeYeung,  Ryu,  Pirean,  Arrow,  Shady,  Xpecial,  Fly
2017-07-071$20,000$ 20,000€ 17,542.49 Rift Rivals 2017 NA-EU
4 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
 zig,  MikeYeung,  Ryu,  Arrow,  Xpecial,  Fly
2017-04-233$30,000$ 30,000€ 27,960 NA LCS 2017 Spring Playoffs
3 : 2FlyQuestlogo stdFLY
 zig,  Inori,  Meteos,  Ryu,  Arrow,  Stunt,  Shady,  Fly
2017-03-263 NA LCS 2017 Spring
11 - 7Blanklogo stdRR
 zig,  Inori,  Meteos,  Ryu,  Arrow,  Adrian,  Stunt,  Shady,  Fly
2016-08-07Q NA LCS 2017 Spring Promotion
3 : 0Echo Foxlogo stdFOX
 zig,  Inori,  Pirean,  Mash,  Gate,  Charlie
2016-07-318 NA LCS 2016 Summer
5 - 13Blanklogo stdRR
 zig,  Brandini,  Zentinel,  Inori,  Pirean,  Slooshi,  Mash,  Gate,  Charlie,  BonQuish
Total Prize: USD 50,000

Media[]

  • 2016
  • 2017

See Also[]

Images[]

External Links[]

References[]

  1. Phoenix1's Team Page lolesports.com
  2. Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com
  3. Phoenix1 announces 2017 roster: Ryu, Arrow, Inori, Adrian, zig, and coach Fly esports.yahoo.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 Phoenix1 replaces Team Impulse, picks up Gate, Mash, Slooshi, and more espn.go.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 Zentinel's Tweet twitter.com
  6. Zentinel's Tweet twitter.com
  7. Zentinel's Tweet twitter.com
  8. Shedding some light on my Phoenix1 situation twitlonger.com
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Phoenix1 Adds New Staff Members phoenix1.gg
  10. 10.0 10.1 Former KT Rolster Support Fixer joins Phoenix1 espn.go.com
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 Slooshi's Tweet twitter.com
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 12.4 Mash's Tweet twitter.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 Gate's Tweet twitter.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 Brandini's Tweet twitter.com
  15. 15.0 15.1 Adrian leaves Immortals, signs with Phoenix1 espn.com
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Phoenix1 announces 2017 roster: Ryu, Arrow, Inori, Adrian, zig, and coach Fly esports.yahoo.com
  17. 17.0 17.1 BonQuish's Tweet twitter.com
  18. 18.0 18.1 Revealing Tempo Storm's League of Legends NACS starting roster tempostorm.com
  19. 19.0 19.1 TheAkiri's Tweet twitter.com
  20. 20.0 20.1 Phoenix1's Facebook Post facebook.com
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 Team Dignitas' Facebook Post facebook.com
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 Phoenix1's Tweet twitter.com
  23. 23.0 23.1 Phoenix1's Facebook Post facebook.com
  24. 24.0 24.1 Team Envyus picks up Nisqy and Pirean for mid lane espn.co.uk
  25. 25.0 25.1 SEA Serpents purchase Thailand LCS spot, will bring in Emperor and Fixer espn.co.uk
  26. 26.0 26.1 Allorim's Tweet twitter.com
  27. 27.0 27.1 Phoenix1's Facebook Post facebook.com
  28. 28.0 28.1 Liquid`Inori and the Return of the 10 Man Roster teamliquidpro.com
  29. 29.0 29.1 Phoenix1's Tweet twitter.com
  30. 30.0 30.1 Phoenix1's Tweet twitter.com
  31. 31.0 31.1 Phoenix1 picks up SELFIE as a sub—potential replacement for Ryu dotesports.com
  32. 32.0 32.1 32.2 Shady's Tweet twitter.com
  33. 33.0 33.1 33.2 Arrow's Tweet twitter.com
  34. 34.0 34.1 34.2 Xpecial's Tweet twitter.com
  35. 35.0 35.1 35.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
  36. 36.0 36.1 36.2 Cloud9 Acquires Licorice, Wiggily, and Selfie for League of Legends cloud9.gg
  37. 37.0 37.1 Mike 'MikeYeung' Yeung joins TSM tsm.gg
  38. 38.0 38.1 KeSPA's Facebook Post facebook.com
  39. 39.0 39.1 Golden Guardians Announce North American League of Legends Championship Series Roster nba.com
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