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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Lee Ye-chan (이예찬) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | March 14, 1998 (age 23) | |
| Residency | China | |
| Prev Residencies | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  EDward Gaming | |
| Contract Expires | 2022-11-22 | |
| Role | Mid Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | KR: 미북이 EUW: Kimchi3 | |
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Lee "Scout" (▶️ listen) Ye-chan (Hangul: 이예찬) is a League of Legends esports player, currently mid laner for EDward Gaming.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 SK Telecom T1 | May 20152015-05-22[2] | Mar 20162016-03-23[1] | 10mo 1d ejel | ||
| EDward Gaming | Mar 20162016-03-23[3] | Present | 5yr 9mo ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK Telecom T1 | May 20152015-05-22[2] | Nov 20152015-11-04[4] | 5mo 13d ejel | ||
| SK Telecom T1 | Nov 20152015-11-04[4] | Feb 20162016-02-25[5] | 3mo 21d ejel | ||
| SK Telecom T1 | Feb 20162016-02-25[5] | Mar 20162016-03-23[1] | 27d ejel | ||
| EDward Gaming | Mar 20162016-03-23[3] | Present | 5yr 9mo ej |
News
- 2015
- 2016
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
 SKT | February 25, Scout moves to trainee.[5] | |
| SKT | March 23, Scout leaves.[1] | |
 EDG | March 23, Scout joins.[3] |
| EDG | November 19, Scout's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.[6] | |
| EDG | December 17, Clearlove and Scout's contracts are extended.[7] | |
| EDG | December 21, Scout's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2020.[8] |
| 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] |
| EDG | June 6, Scout changes residency from Korea to China.[11] | |
| 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] |
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.
- Finals MVP of the 2021 World Championship.
- Speaks Chinese fluently.
- Has an older brother.
- 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.
- During his time in SK Telecom T1, his teammates, and even coach kkOma often dote on him, as he was the youngest member of the team.
- Has multiple nicknames from Chinese fans.
- Little Junior (小学弟): He was once the substitute for Faker, and so the casters often named him as "the junior to Faker" when he first arrived in the LPL.
- Lee Duo-duo (李多多): Fans often teased him that he won games "again and again" without him needing to play back in his days at SK Telecom T1. The Korean for "again" is "또" (ddo), which has a similar pronunciation to "多" (duo).
- Zoe Lee (李佐伊): Often has carrying performances when playing matches with Zoe.
- Harvard Mid-laner (哈佛中单): His older brother once said that Scout would be in the level of Harvard in terms of game skills, to convince his family for Scout to become a professional player.
- Reached 1000 Kills in the LPL in February, 2019.
- Reached 1500 Kills in the LPL on July 04, 2020.
- 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.
Media[]
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- August 17, LPL Playoffs: The new patch, communication and close series with , and on The Score
- October 3, Scout: 'Faker's my role model' with , and on ESPN
- October 6, Scout: “I joined SKT for the purpose of learning from him. I copied and learned from Faker.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- October 12, Worlds under-performing five after Week One by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
- 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
- October 9, Play-In stage OP-5 making the Main Event by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
- October 12, Worlds Group Stage 2018 top 30 players: 20-16 by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-11 | LPL 2022 Spring |  JDG vs  EDG | Link |
| 2021-11-06 | Worlds 2021 Main Event | EDG vs  DK | Link |
| 2021-10-31 | Worlds 2021 Main Event | EDG vs  GEN | 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 |
Images[]
SKT Scout, LCK 2016 Spring
EDG Scout, Worlds 2016
EDG Scout, LPL 2017 Spring
EDG Scout, LPL 2017 Summer
EDG Scout, Worlds 2017
EDG Scout, LPL 2018 Spring
EDG Scout, LPL 2018 Summer
EDG Scout, LPL 2019 Spring
EDG Scout, LPL 2019 Summer
EDG Scout, LPL 2020 Spring
EDG Scout, LPL 2020 Summer
EDG Scout, LPL 2021 Spring
EDG Scout, LPL 2021 Summer
EDG Scout, 2021 Season World Championship/Main Event
EDG Scout, LPL 2022 Spring
Name Pronunciation
| Scout | |
|---|---|
| Accuracy | LPL Production |
| Voiced By | Candice |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 [포토] 롤챔스 현장 온 SKT 이예찬 "부끄러워요~" dailyesports.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Edward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 네이버 LOL KeSPA컵 로스터 발표 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 [롤챔스 스프링] SKT '스카우트' 이예찬 제외 등 2R 로스터 (Korean) dailygame.co.kr
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2018-11-19; after change - CN - 2018-11-19
- ↑ EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2018-12-08; after change - CN - 2018-12-21
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2019-10-02; after change - CN - 2019-10-08
- ↑ EDward Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2021-06-21; after change - CN - 2021-06-22
- ↑ [롤챔스 스프링] SKT '스카우트' 이예찬 제외 등 2R 로스터 esports.dailygame.co.kr
- ↑ Edward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ The Score's Article thescoreesports.com
