Photic

Photic
Photic
Background Information
Name	Ying Qi-Shen (应祺燊)
Country of Birth	; China
Birthday	October 11, 2002 (age 23)
Residency	CNChina
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming
Contract Expires	2026-11-17
Role	; Bot Laner
Soloqueue IDs	KR: photic12345
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Ying "Photic" (▶️ listen) Qi-Shen (Hanzi: 应祺燊) is a League of Legends esports player, currently bot laner for Invictus Gaming.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠King of Future	Jun 20182018-06-29	Jun 20192019-06-09	1yr 10d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Apr 20192019-04-21	May 20192019-05-24	1mo 3d	Temp Sub ejel
CN	⁠⁠TES Challenger	Jun 20192019-06-09	Dec 20192019-12-14^[1]	6mo 5d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Dec 20192019-12-14^[1]	May 20202020-05-25^[3]	5mo 11d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠TES Challenger	May 20202020-05-25^[5]	Dec 20202020-12-18^[4]	6mo 24d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Dec 20202020-12-18^[7]	May 20212021-05-28^[6]	5mo 10d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠TES Challenger	May 20212021-05-28^[6]	Dec 20212021-12-14^[8]	6mo 17d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Victory Five	Dec 20212021-12-14^[10]	Jan 20232023-01-06	1yr 23d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas	Jan 20232023-01-06	Dec 20242024-12-11^[11]	1yr 11mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Dec 20242024-12-11^[15]	Dec 20252025-12-01^[13]	1yr 21d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	Dec 20252025-12-11^[17]	Present	1mo 5d	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠King of Future	Jun 20182018-06-29	Jun 20192019-06-09	1yr 10d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Topsports Gaming	Apr 20192019-04-21	May 20192019-05-15^[22]	24d	Temp Sub ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	May 20192019-05-15^[22]	May 20192019-05-24	9d	Temp Sub ejel
CN	⁠⁠TES Challenger	Jun 20192019-06-09	Dec 20192019-12-14^[1]	6mo 5d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Dec 20192019-12-14^[1]	Apr 20202020-04-12	3mo 29d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Apr 20202020-04-12	May 20202020-05-25^[3]	1mo 13d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠TES Challenger	May 20202020-05-25^[5]	Dec 20202020-12-18^[4]	6mo 24d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Top Esports	Dec 20202020-12-18^[7]	May 20212021-05-28^[6]	5mo 10d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠TES Challenger	May 20212021-05-28^[6]	Dec 20212021-12-14^[8]	6mo 17d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Victory Five	Dec 20212021-12-14^[10]	Jan 20232023-01-06	1yr 23d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas	Jan 20232023-01-06	Dec 20242024-12-11^[11]	1yr 11mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Dec 20242024-12-11^[15]	Apr 20252025-04-06^[24]	3mo 26d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Apr 20252025-04-06^[24]	Jul 20252025-07-18^[26]	3mo 12d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	Jul 20252025-07-18^[26]	Dec 20252025-12-01^[13]	4mo 14d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Invictus Gaming	Dec 20252025-12-11^[17]	Present	1mo 5d	ej

News

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026

CN

⁠

⁠KOF

June 29,
XG and
Photic join.
sky and
Nazi join as substitutes.
Scardorz moves to substitute.
Luffy and
Lin leave.

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CN	⁠⁠TOP	April 21, AK, Like, Mantouz, sky, Photic, and Yuyanjia join as temporary substitutes for NEST 2019. e
CN	⁠⁠TES	May 15, ⁠⁠Topsports Gaming renames to ⁠⁠Top Esports.^[22]^[23] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	May 24, AK, Like, Mantouz, sky, Photic, and Yuyanjia (temporary substitutes) leave. e
CN	⁠⁠KOF	June 9, AK, Mantouz, sky, Photic, yuyanjia, 1024, Bdao, Wayward, mycat, and Winnie (Coach) leave. e
CN	⁠⁠TES.C	June 9, AK, Wayward, sky, Photic, yuyanjia, and Winnie (Coach) join. 1024 and Mantouz join as substitutes. e
CN	⁠⁠TES.C	December 14, Photic and yuyanjia leave for main roster.^[1]^[2] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	December 14, Photic and yuyanjia join from academy roster.^[1]^[2] e

CN	⁠⁠TES	January 6, Karsa, Photic, and yuyanjia's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[27] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	April 12, Photic moves to substitute. e
CN	⁠⁠TES	May 25, AK, AKi, and Photic leave for academy roster.^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠TES.C	May 25, byg97 (Coach) and Ah (Manager) join. AKi and Photic rejoin from main roster. Naruto moves to substitute. Jun and Winnie (Coach) leave.^[5] e
CN	⁠⁠TES.C	December 18, Photic leaves for main roster.^[4] e
CN	⁠⁠TES	December 18, Momo (Manager) joins. Photic rejoins as substitute from academy roster.^[7] e

CN	⁠⁠TES	May 28, Photic leaves for academy roster.^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠TES.C	May 28, Photic joins from main roster. JiaQi moves to substitute.^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠TES.C	June 22, Wayward, Naruto, Wangxiao, Photic, Aspire, xiaofang, JiaQi, and Niket's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Ke's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[28] e
CN	⁠⁠TES.C	December 14, Photic and Ke leave.^[8]^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠V5	December 14, Photic joins.^[10] e

CN

⁠

⁠V5

February 22,
Rich,
Karsa, and
Rookie's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.
Photic and
ppgod's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.
XLB's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.^[29]

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CN	⁠⁠NIP	January 6, As announced in 2021, ⁠⁠Victory Five rebrands to ⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas. e
CN	⁠⁠NIP	January 10, Duke (Head Coach) joins. Rich joins as substitute. Invincible and Dream join from academy roster. XLB, Photic, Zhuo, Zero (Coach), Cluo (Analyst), and Aning (Manager) will remain with the team for 2023.^[30] e
CN	⁠⁠NIP	February 17, Invincible, XLB, and Pout's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024. Dream, Photic, Zhuo, and Rich's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.^[31] e
CN	⁠⁠NIP	December 13, Photic and Zhuo's contracts are extended. Invincible, Shadow, Angel, and XLB leave.^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37] e

CN	⁠⁠NIP	January 9, shanji, Aki, Rookie, Photic, Zhuo, and zero's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.^[38] e
CN	⁠⁠NIP	December 11, Photic and Zhuo leave.^[11]^[12] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	December 11, haichao and Photic join.^[15]^[16] e

CN	⁠⁠LNG	April 6, LP joins. 5t5 joins from academy roster. Weiwei and Photic move to substitutes.^[24]^[25] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	July 18, Weiwei and Photic become inactive.^[26] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	December 1, Weiwei and Photic leave.^[13]^[14] e
CN	⁠⁠iG	December 11, Soboro, Photic, Jwei, and KaKAO (Coach) join. Renard joins as substitute. Mafa (Coach to Head Coach) changes position.^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21] e

CN

⁠

⁠iG

January 15,
Soboro's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2027.
Wei,
Photic,
Jwei,
Meiko, and
Renard's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2026.
Rookie's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2027.^[39]

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Biography

Trivia

Reached 1000 kills in the LPL on February 4, 2024.
- The 45th player to reach 1000 kills in the LPL.

Individual Awards

LPL All-Pro 1st Team x1 (Spring 2022)

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2022-07-10	CN China	LPL 2022 Summer	Kalista	Bot	W	10/1/4	Link	Link
2022-02-27	CN China	LPL 2022 Spring	Jinx	Bot	W	9/2/9	Link	Link
2022-02-16	CN China	LPL 2022 Spring	Zeri	Bot	W	9/1/6	Link	Link
2020-03-25	CN China	LPL 2020 Spring	Aphelios	Bot	W	7/3/7	Link	Link
2019-04-19	CN China	LDL 2019 Spring	Kog'Maw	Bot	W	11/2/3	Link	Link
2019-03-30	CN China	LDL 2019 Spring	Vayne	Bot	W	12/0/6	Link	Link
2019-03-29	CN China	LDL 2019 Spring	Kai'Sa	Bot	W	8/1/4	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.

Photic Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2026-01-03	1	Demacia Cup 2025	3 : 0⁠⁠JDG	⁠⁠iG	Soboro, Wei, Renard, Photic, Jwei, Mafa, KaKAO
2025-03-27	NQ	LPL 2025 Split 2 Placements	0 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LNG	Zika, Weiwei, haichao, Photic, Zhuo, Maizijian, Viod
2025-02-16	4	LPL 2025 Split 1 - Group C	0 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LNG	Zika, Weiwei, haichao, Photic, Zhuo, U, Viod
2024-12-24	5 - 8	Demacia Cup 2024	1 : 2⁠⁠TT	⁠⁠LNG	Zika, Weiwei, haichao, Photic, Zhuo, U, Viod
2024-09-01	4	LPL 2024 Regional Finals	2 : 3⁠⁠JDG	⁠⁠NIP	shanji, Leyan, Rookie, Photic, Zhuo, maizijian, Cluo
2024-08-15	5 - 6	LPL 2024 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠WBG	⁠⁠NIP	shanji, Leyan, Rookie, Photic, Zhuo, maizijian, Cluo
2024-07-31	9	LPL 2024 Summer - Higher Group	0 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NIP	shanji, Aki, Leyan, Rookie, Photic, Zhuo, byg97, maizijian
2024-06-29	Q	LPL 2024 Summer Placements	5 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NIP	shanji, Aki, Rookie, Photic, Zhuo, maizijian, byg97
2024-04-10	4	LPL 2024 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠JDG	⁠⁠NIP	shanji, Aki, Rookie, Photic, Zhuo, Maizijian, byg97
2024-03-27	5	LPL 2024 Spring	10 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NIP	shanji, Aki, Rookie, Photic, Zhuo, Maizijian, byg97

Photic Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-12-27	3	2025 Puyuan Esports Festival	0 -1 -1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠iG	Soboro, Wei, Renard, Photic, Jwei, Mafa, KaKAO

Media

Post-Match Interviews

2021
2022
2025
2026

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-12-17	Demacia Cup 2021	BLI vs V5

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-02-11	LPL 2022 Spring	OMG vs V5	Link
2022-02-21	LPL 2022 Spring	V5 vs LGD	Link
2022-02-27	LPL 2022 Spring	LNG vs V5	Link
2022-03-14	LPL 2022 Spring	V5 vs TT	Link
2022-08-09	LPL 2022 Summer	TES vs V5	Link