Scout

Scout
Scout
Background Information
Name	Lee Ye-chan (이예찬)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	March 14, 1998 (age 23)
Residency	CNChina
Prev Residencies	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠EDward Gaming
Contract Expires	2022-11-22
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	KR: 미북이; EUW: Kimchi3
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team		Start	End
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1		May 20152015-05-22^[2]	Mar 20162016-03-23^[1]	10mo 1d ejel
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming		Mar 20162016-03-23^[3]	Present	5yr 6mo ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	May 20152015-05-22^[2]	Nov 20152015-11-04^[4]	5mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	Nov 20152015-11-04^[4]	Feb 20162016-02-25^[5]	3mo 21d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	Feb 20162016-02-25^[5]	Mar 20162016-03-23^[1]	27d ejel
CN	⁠⁠EDward Gaming	Mar 20162016-03-23^[3]	Present	5yr 6mo ej

News

2015
2016
2018
2019
2020
2021

KR	⁠⁠SKT	May 22, Scout joins as trainee.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠SKT	November 4, Scout moves to starting roster.^[4] e

KR	⁠⁠SKT	February 25, Scout moves to trainee.^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠SKT	March 23, Scout leaves.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠EDG	March 23, Scout joins.^[3] e

CN	⁠⁠EDG	November 19, Scout's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠EDG	December 17, Clearlove and Scout's contracts are extended.^[7] e
CN	⁠⁠EDG	December 21, Scout's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2020.^[8] e

CN

⁠

⁠EDG

October 8,
Scout's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.
JunJia's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[9]

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CN

⁠

⁠EDG

December 16,
Scout and
Meiko's contracts are extended.^[10]

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CN	⁠⁠EDG	June 6, Scout changes residency from KR Korea to CN China.^[11] e
CN	⁠⁠EDG	June 22, Flandre, Scout, and Meiko's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022. JieJie and Xiaoxiang's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Viper, Clearlove, and JunJia's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[12] e

Biography[]

2015 Season[]

Lee "Scout" Ye-chan joined SK Telecom T1 during the 2015 preseason as a mid lane substitute; however, the team used only Faker and Easyhoon for the entirety of the 2015 season.

2016 Season[]

Scout made his debut at the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup against Ever in a semifinal BO3. After losing game 1, SKT subbed him out for Faker but ended up losing the second game as well and were eliminated. Scout stayed with SKT for the 2016 LCK Season but was removed from the roster after the first half of the round robin^[13] In March, Scout left SK Telecom T1 to join EDward Gaming as a mid laner. ^[14]

During the midseason offseason, PawN stepped down as EDG's starting midlaner, and Scout was announced to take his place. ^[15] The Summer Split was the start to EDG's resurgence as the team finished with an undefeated 16-0 regular season record. In the 2016 LPL Summer Playoffs EDG defeated Team WE 3-2 in the semifinals which set them up for a rematch against Royal Never Give Up. In clean fashion, EDG defeated RNG in a 3-0 sweep and reclaimed the LPL championship. This also qualified them for the 2016 Season World Championship as China's #1 seed.

At Worlds, EDG was drawn in Group C along with H2k-Gaming, ahq e-Sports Club and INTZ e-Sports. Despite being a favorite in the group, they dropped a game to H2K and INTZ which forced a tiebreaker between them an H2K for 1st and 2nd place. After they lost the tiebreaker and ended 2nd, they were drawn against the tournament favorites ROX Tigers in the Quarterfinals. Despite winning a game, EDG was defeated 1-3 and knocked out of Worlds. Post-worlds, EDG attended the 2016 Demacia Cup and won the event after taking down Royal Never Give Up 3-1 in the semifinals and I May 3-0 in the finals.

2017 Season[]

After PawN's departure from EDG, Scout was chosen as the full time starting mid laner for the team. EDG failed to defend their LPL title in the 2017 LPL Spring Season and lost 1-3 to RNG in the 2017 Spring Playoffs semifinals. They placed 3rd after taking down OMG 3-2 in the third place match. Summer was much better for EDG and Scout in particular was an MVP worthy player. He finished 1st in the regular season MVP awards, just above Xiaohu. In the end EDG reclaimed their throne as LPL champions after taking down RNG 3-2 in the finals of the playoffs.

EDG's 2017 Season World Championship participation wasn't so stellar. Although Scout had moments of brilliance, he was one of the main factors behind some of EDG's key losses by being overaggressive and not showing enough respect to his opponents. Ultimately EDG was knocked out of Worlds in the group stage and finished tied for 3rd place with ahq e-Sports Club.

Trivia[]

MVP of 2017 LPL Summer Season.
MVP of 2021 LPL Summer Finals.
Speaks Chinese fluently.
Famous for applying for tryouts at SK Telecom T1 in season 5, but was denied the midlane spot. He instead went to EDward Gaming where he spent his entire career.
- For this reason, he's sometimes called the Chinese Faker.
Reached 1000 Kills in the LPL in February, 2019.
- The 15th player to reach 1000 Kills in the LPL, after Uzi, Cool, Kid, NaMei, Zz1tai, Clearlove, Deft, GodV, Rookie, imp, Smlz, Mystic, Xiaohu, and Xiye.
Reached 1500 Kills in the LPL on July 04, 2020.
- The 10th player to reach 1500 Kills in the LPL, after Uzi, Rookie, Cool, Smlz, Mystic, Xiaohu, Xiye, imp, and Doinb.
Gained Chinese residency in 2021, a rare feat for a foreign player as the LPL has some of the strictest residency rules.

Tournament Results[]

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

Scout Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-09-02	1	LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠FPX	⁠⁠EDG	Flandre, Jiejie, JunJia, Scout, Viper, Meiko, Maokai, CorGi, KenZhu
2021-08-08	2	LPL 2021 Summer	12 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EDG	Flandre, Jiejie, Clearlove, JunJia, Scout, Viper, Meiko, Maokai, CorGi
2021-04-13	3	LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠EDG	Flandre, Jiejie, Scout, Viper, Meiko, Maokai, KenZhu
2021-03-28	2	LPL 2021 Spring	13 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EDG	Flandre, Jiejie, Scout, Viper, Meiko, Maokai, KenZhu
2020-08-09	10	LPL 2020 Summer	8 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EDG	Aodi, Xiaoxiang, JunJia, Jiejie, Scout, Hope, BBD, Meiko, Clearlove, Heart
2020-04-25	5 - 6	LPL 2020 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠FPX	⁠⁠EDG	Aodi, JunJia, Jiejie, Scout, Hope, Meiko, Clearlove, Heart
2020-04-20	6	LPL 2020 Spring	9 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EDG	Jinoo, xiaoxiang, Aodi, Jiejie, JunJia, Scout, Hope, Meiko, Clearlove, Heart, CorGi
2019-12-29	2	Demacia Cup 2019	1 : 3⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠EDG	xiaoxiang, Xinyi, Jiejie, Scout, Hope, Meiko, Clearlove
2019-08-24	5	LPL 2019 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠EDG	Jinoo, Jiejie, Scout, iBoy, Meiko, Heart
2019-08-18	5	LPL 2019 Summer	9 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EDG	Jinoo, Jiejie, Scout, iBoy, Hope, Meiko, Heart

Media[]

2016
2017
2018

August 17, LPL Playoffs: The new patch, communication and close series with , and on The Score
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October 3, Scout: 'Faker's my role model' with , and on ESPN
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October 6, Scout: “I joined SKT for the purpose of learning from him. I copied and learned from Faker.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
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October 12, Worlds under-performing five after Week One by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
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October 2, EDG Scout: "To be honest, the player who I really wanted to meet was Faker...Out of all the teams remaining, there are no strong mid laners." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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October 9, Play-In stage OP-5 making the Main Event by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
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October 12, Worlds Group Stage 2018 top 30 players: 20-16 by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-09-02	LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs	FPX vs EDG	Link
2021-08-29	LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs	WE vs EDG	Link
2021-08-05	LPL 2021 Summer	LNG vs EDG	Link
2021-06-19	LPL 2021 Summer	EDG vs RW	Link
2021-04-08	LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs	EDG vs TES	Link
2021-02-23	LPL 2021 Spring	BLG vs EDG	Link
2021-01-22	LPL 2021 Spring	EDG vs JDG	Link
2019-12-28	Demacia Cup 2019	VG vs EDG	Link
2019-12-22	Demacia Cup 2019	TES vs EDG	Link
2018-10-02	Worlds 2018 Play-In	DW vs EDG	Link