pyl (Chen Bo)

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Retired as Player
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Background Information
Name	Chen Bo (陈博)
Country of Birth	; China
Birthday	November 6, 1994 (age 29)
Residency	CNChina
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠LPL
Role	; Caster
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Competitive IDs	TOFU, Aya
Soloqueue IDs	LGD.TaoBaoPYL (CN), LGD1006TVPyl (KR)
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Chen "pyl" Bo (Hanzi: 陈博) is a League of Legends esports player, currently caster for LoL Pro League. He was previously known as TOFU and Aya.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name pyl. One other player shares this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
CN	⁠⁠Noah's Ark	Sep 20112011-09-20^[2]	Jul 20122012-07-25^[1]	10mo 5d ejel
CN	⁠⁠HanGong Clan	Jul 20122012-07-25	Sep 20122012-09-07	1mo 13d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LGD Gaming	Sep 20122012-09-07^[4]	Jan 20202020-01-06^[3]	7yr 3mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠LPL	Jan 20202020-01-14	Present	4yr 8mo ej

	Team	Start	End
CN	⁠⁠Canis Lupus Campestris	Sep 20112011-09-20^[2]	≈Jun 2012≈2012-06-??	≈8mo 11d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Canis Lupus Campestris	≈Jun 2012≈2012-06-??	Jul 20122012-07-07^[5]	≈1mo 6d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Noah's Ark	Jul 20122012-07-07^[5]	Jul 20122012-07-25^[1]	18d ejel
CN	⁠⁠HanGong Clan	Jul 20122012-07-25	Sep 20122012-09-07	1mo 13d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LGD Gaming	Sep 20122012-09-07^[4]	Jan 20202020-01-06^[3]	7yr 3mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠LPL	Jan 20202020-01-14	Present	4yr 8mo ej

News

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⁠CLC

September 20, Canis Lupus Campestris is formed.
JTS,
Dgc,
Guo,
BSYY,
Ronaldo, and
TOFU join.^[2] TOFU renames to Pyl.

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CN	⁠⁠CLC	June (approx.), Slivas joins. Pyl (Support to Top) changes position. e
CN	⁠⁠NA	July 7, ⁠⁠Canis Lupus Campestris renames to ⁠⁠Noah's Ark.^[5] e
CN	⁠⁠NA	July 25, Santa, Bdmonster, and MikakoTabe join. Pyl and Slivas leave.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠HGC	July 25, Pyl joins. e
CN	⁠⁠HGC	September 7, Pyl leaves. e
CN	⁠⁠LGD	September 7, Pyl joins. Zw leaves.^[4] e

CN	⁠⁠LGD	November 19, Pyl's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠LGD	December 16, Condi and UDJ (Head Coach) join. RD joins as substitute. Pyl's contract is extended. Jinoo, y4, ReGank, Nanzhu, Newt, Creep, and Qwert (Leader) leave.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] e
CN	⁠⁠LGD	December 21, Lies, Condi, Ian, Kramer, and RD's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020. Yuuki and Pyl's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[11] e

CN	⁠⁠LGD	January 6, Pyl and RD are removed from the GCD. Garvey and Kui leave for academy roster.^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠LGD	January 9, Pyl's departure is confirmed.^[12] e
CN	⁠⁠F/A	January 9, Pyl retires.^[13] e
CN	⁠⁠LPL	January 14, Pyl (Caster) joins. e

Biography[]

Chen "Pyl" Bo joined LGD Gaming as a support in September of 2012 after playing for Canis Lupus Campestris and HanGong Clan.

2014 Season[]

Pyl and LGD finally qualified for the LPL by going 3-0 in the 2014 LPL Spring Promotion. LGD played in Demacia Cup Season 1 but they lost in the first round 2-0 to OMG. They performed decently during the 2014 LPL Spring Season, placing fifth and missing playoffs but re-earning their spot in the 2014 LPL Summer Season. They were knocked out extremely early in Demacia Cup Season 2, losing 2-1 to Team RM in the very first round. LGD placed fourth in LPL summer and managed to qualify for the 2014 LPL Summer Playoffs. Unfortunately, they failed to win a single game, losing 3-0 to both EDward Gaming and Star Horn Royal Club. LGD managed to make it to the 2014 Season China Regional Finals but were knocked out in the second round with a 2-1 loss to OMG.

2015 Season[]

LGD's first full tournament of the year was the 2015 Demacia Cup Spring Season where they made the quarterfinals but lost 3-0 to Invictus Gaming. Shortly afterwards, they finished the 2015 LPL Spring Regular Season in sixth place and advanced to the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs. LGD upset both OMG and Snake eSports 3-0 to face EDward Gaming in the finals. The series went the distance to a full five games but LGD ultimately lost the series 3-2 to EDG.

LGD became feared in China but they were upset 3-0 by OMG in the 2015 Demacia Cup Summer Season. LGD placed fifth in the 2015 LPL Summer Regular Season and qualified for the Seeding Match of the 2015 LPL Summer Playoffs. They fought their way to the finals, even upsetting EDG 3-0 along the way. LGD beat the Qiao Gu Reapers 3-2 in the finals to qualify for the 2015 Season World Championship as the top seed from China. LGD was placed in a group alongside Team SoloMid, Origen, and KT Rolster. Unfortunately, they ended with a 2-4 record and were knocked out of the tournament. LGD were the fan-voted team to attend IEM San Jose. They were knocked out in the first round, losing 2-0 to Team SoloMid.

2016 Season[]

LGD hoped to bounce back from their rough Worlds and post-Worlds performances and went into the 2016 LPL Spring Season with high hopes. Being placed in Group A, LGD struggled in the first several weeks of play. Although they had good players in every position, they struggled to play as a team. In the second half of the season however, they started to play better and bounced back. They finished 4th in their group with an 8-8 record. They faced off against Vici Gaming in Round 1 of the 2016 LPL Spring Playoffs but they lost 1-3 and finished the Spring Split in 7th-8th. Summer was a rough split for LGD as the team finished 5th place in their group. As a result of this, they would attend the 2017 LPL Spring Promotion but were able to re-qualify for the LPL after defeating Newbee 3-1.

2017 Season[]

The Spring and Summer seasons were very similar for LGD in 2017. They finished at the bottom of the standings first with 6 wins and 10 losses in Spring and then with 4 wins and 12 losses in summer. The team was able to retain its LPL spot in the promotion tournaments throughout the year.

Trivia[]

His ID Pyl is named after Japanese voice actress and singer Aya Hirano, whose name in Chinese is 平野綾 (Píng Yě Líng).
- His former ID Aya was named after the same person.
Known as China's YellOwStaR.
Nicknamed "死神" by Chinese fans, translating to "God of Death" due to has highest death/game and most deaths stats in Chinese LoL history.
Has an awkward real name, his real name 陈博 (Chen Bo) reads the same as 晨勃 (Chen Bo, meaning morning wood).
Reached 3000 assists in the LPL on August 10th, 2017.
- Was the 2nd player to reach 3000 assists in the LPL after Clearlove.
Reached 4000 assists in the LPL on August 13, 2019.
- The 2nd player to reach 4000 assists in the LPL, after meiko.

Casting History[]

The 10 most recent games are shown (each line contains all games of a series). Click here to open as a modifiable query.

Casting History - Pyl
Date	Event	Round	Team 1	Team 2	Score	VODs	PBP	Color
2024-07-23	LPL 2024 Summer	Week 4	WBG	BLG	1 - 2		Pyl	Gugu
2024-07-10	LPL 2024 Summer	Week 2	LNG	WBG	2 - 1		Remember	Pyl
2024-06-26	LPL 2024 Summer Placements	Week 4	TES	RA	2 - 0		Tianshu	Pyl
2024-06-18	LPL 2024 Summer Placements	Week 3	LGD	RNG	2 - 0		Shuoshuo	Pyl
2024-06-16	Legend Cup 2024	Finals	OP	BL	2 - 3		Maomao	Pyl, Rita
2024-06-12	LPL 2024 Summer Placements	Week 2	TES	OMG	2 - 0		Mille	Pyl
2024-06-11	LPL 2024 Summer Placements	Week 2	iG	AL	0 - 2		Junri	Pyl
2024-03-19	LPL 2024 Spring	Week 8	WE	TT	0 - 2		Shuoshuo	Pyl
2024-03-11	LPL 2024 Spring	Week 7	OMG	LGD	2 - 0		San	Gugu, Pyl
2024-03-04	LPL 2024 Spring	Week 6	LGD	TES	0 - 2		Tianshu	Pyl

Tournament Results[]

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

Pyl (Chen Bo) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-09-13	8	LoL Caster & Host Championship 2024	3 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GWS	Zzr, Sun, PeaceChen, Yiper, Cbo, Chris
2024-05-29	5 - 6	Legend Cup 2024	1 : 3⁠⁠BGM	⁠⁠GG	Langx, Flora, Corn, Lwx, pyl, Crescent
2023-09-10	4	LoL Caster & Host Championship 2023	1 : 3⁠⁠WEB	⁠⁠GWS	guaguale, DJCanyon, Magao, R99, Cbo
2022-12-17	23 - 28	Demacia Cup 2022	2 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LCC	957, Zzm, Teacherma, san, PYL
2022-11-26	1	LoL Caster & Host Championship 2022	3 : 2⁠⁠JHC	⁠⁠GWS	Rice, Tian, CF2, Xiaoma, KYG
2019-08-18	14	LPL 2019 Summer	3 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LGD	Lies, Garvey, Condi, Kui, Eimy, BadeMan, Yuuki, Kramer, RD, Pyl, UDJ
2019-04-25	9 - 16	NEST 2019	2 : 3⁠⁠JDG	⁠⁠LGD	Lies, Condi, Yuuki, Kramer, Pyl
2019-03-31	11	LPL 2019 Spring	5 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LGD	Lies, Aris, Condi, Yuuki, ian, Kramer, Pyl, RD, UDJ
2018-11-15	5 - 8	NEST 2018	0 : 2⁠⁠TOP	⁠⁠LGD	Jinoo, Eimy, Yuuki, y4, Pyl
2018-09-21	Q	NEST 2018 Qualifiers	2 : 0⁠⁠OMG	⁠⁠LGD	Jinoo, Eimy, Yuuki, y4, Pyl