| Seraph | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Shin Woo-yeong (신우영) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | March 9, 1995 (age 29) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Prev Residencies | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Coach | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Shin "Seraph" Woo-yeong (Hangul: 신우영) is a League of Legends esports personality, previously strategic coach for Zero Tenacity.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 NaJin White Shield | Nov 20132013-11-07[2] | Feb 20142014-02-04[1] | 2mo 27d | ejel | ||
 CLG | May 20142014-05-19[4] | Nov 20142014-11-07[3] | 5mo 19d | ejel | ||
 Team Dragon Knights | Jan 20152015-01-07[6] | Sep 20152015-09-23[5] | 8mo 16d | ejel | ||
 Team Arena Online | Sep 20152015-09-23[5] | Dec 20152015-12-18[7] | 2mo 25d | ejel | ||
| Team Dragon Knights | Dec 20152015-12-18[7] | Mar 20162016-03-03[8] | 2mo 16d | Loaned Out ejel | ||
 Team Impulse | Jan 20162016-01-23[9] | Jan 20162016-01-31 | 8d | On Loan ejel | ||
 Renegades | Feb 20162016-02-25[11] | Mar 20162016-03-03[10] | 7d | On Loan ejel | ||
| Renegades | Mar 20162016-03-03[10] | May 20162016-05-18[12] | 2mo 15d | ejel | ||
 Team EnVyUs | May 20162016-05-18[14] | Nov 20172017-11-20[13] | 1yr 6mo | ejel | ||
 RunAway | Dec 20192019-12-02[16] | Dec 20192019-12-27[15] | 25d | ejel | ||
 Liiv SANDBOX Academy | Dec 20212021-12-07[19] | Jun 20222022-06-02[18] | 5mo 26d | ejel | ||
| LSB Challengers | Jun 20222022-06-02[21] | Nov 20222022-11-21[20] | 5mo 19d | ejel | ||
 Zero Tenacity | Jun 20232023-06-10[23] | Nov 20232023-11-06[22] | 4mo 26d | ejel |
| Team | Start | End | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NaJin White Shield | Nov 20132013-11-07[2] | Feb 20142014-02-04[1] | 2mo 27d | ejel | ||
| CLG | May 20142014-05-19[4] | Nov 20142014-11-07[3] | 5mo 19d | ejel | ||
| Team Dragon Knights | Jan 20152015-01-07[6] | Sep 20152015-09-23[5] | 8mo 16d | ejel | ||
| Team Arena Online | Sep 20152015-09-23[5] | Dec 20152015-12-18[7] | 2mo 25d | ejel | ||
| Team Dragon Knights | Dec 20152015-12-18[7] | Jan 20162016-01-23[24] | 1mo 5d | ejel | ||
| Team Dragon Knights | Jan 20162016-01-23[24] | Jan 20162016-01-31 | 8d | Loaned Out ejel | ||
| Team Impulse | Jan 20162016-01-23[9] | Jan 20162016-01-31 | 8d | On Loan ejel | ||
| Team Dragon Knights | Jan 20162016-01-31 | Feb 20162016-02-25[25] | 25d | ejel | ||
| Team Dragon Knights | Feb 20162016-02-25[25] | Mar 20162016-03-03[8] | 7d | Loaned Out ejel | ||
| Renegades | Feb 20162016-02-25[11] | Mar 20162016-03-03[10] | 7d | On Loan ejel | ||
| Renegades | Mar 20162016-03-03[10] | May 20162016-05-18[12] | 2mo 15d | ejel | ||
| Team EnVyUs | May 20162016-05-18[14] | Nov 20172017-11-20[13] | 1yr 6mo | ejel | ||
| RunAway | Dec 20192019-12-02[16] | Dec 20192019-12-27[15] | 25d | ejel | ||
| GC Busan SANDBOX | Dec 20212021-12-07[19] | Jan 20222022-01-19 | 1mo 12d | ejel | ||
| Liiv SANDBOX Academy | Jan 20222022-01-19 | Jun 20222022-06-02[18] | 4mo 14d | ejel | ||
| LSB Challengers | Jun 20222022-06-02[21] | Nov 20222022-11-21[20] | 5mo 19d | ejel | ||
| Zero Tenacity | Jun 20232023-06-10[23] | Nov 20232023-11-06[22] | 4mo 26d | ejel |
News
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2019
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
 NJWS | February 4, watch joins. Seraph leaves.[1] | |
 CLG | May 19, Seraph joins.[4] | |
| CLG | September (approx.), Seraph changes residency from Korea to North America. | |
| CLG | November 7, ZionSpartan joins. Seraph leaves.[3] |
 TDK | January 7, kina, Kez, Kyle, and KonKwon join.[6] kina renames to Seraph. | |
 TAO | September 23, Team Dragon Knights renames to Team Arena Online.[5] | |
| TDK | December 18, Team Arena Online renames to Team Dragon Knights.[7] |
| TDK | January 23, Seraph is loaned to Team Impulse.[24] | |
 TIP | January 23, Seraph is loaned from Team Dragon Knights.[9] | |
| TIP | January 31, Seraph's loan from Team Dragon Knights ends. | |
| TDK | January 31, Seraph returns from loan to Team Impulse. | |
| TDK | February 25, Seraph is loaned to Renegades.[25] | |
 REN | February 25, Seraph is loaned from Team Dragon Knights.[11] | |
| TDK | March 3, Flaresz and Trance join. RF Legendary rejoins. Seraph leaves after loan to Renegades ends. Alex Ich moves to starting roster. Ninja and Crumbz leave.[8] | |
| REN | March 3, Ninja joins. Seraph joins permanently after loan from Team Dragon Knights ends. RF Legendary, Alex Ich, and Flaresz leave.[10] | |
| REN | May 18,  Renegades transfers its roster and LCS spot to  Team EnVyUs. Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho, Maplestreet, Hermes (Coach), MonteCristo (Co-Owner), and Leonyx (Head Manager) leave.[12] | |
 NV | May 18, Team EnVyUs acquires the roster and LCS spot of Renegades. Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho, and Hermes (Head Coach) join.[14] |
| NV | November 20, Team EnVyUs is disbanded. Seraph, LirA, Nisqy, Apollo, Hakuho, Nientonsoh, and viOLet (Head Coach) leave.[13] |
 RNW | December 2, Seraph and Sensation (Coach) join.[16][17] | |
| RNW | December 27, Roster disbands. Seraph, Crush, Edge, Moo, Zzus, Bluff, Sensation (Coach), and Tilly (Manager,Head Coach) leave.[15] |
 LSB.A | January 19, GC Busan SANDBOX renames to Liiv SANDBOX Academy. | |
| LSB.A | June 2, Seraph (Coach) leaves for sister team LSB Challengers.[18] | |
| LSB.C | June 2, Seraph joins as substitute from academy roster. Ten10 (Mid to Sub/Jungle) changes position. Duro moves to starting roster. KingKong and Prove move to substitutes.[21] | |
| LSB.C | June 9, Winthor's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. Seraph's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[26] | |
| LSB.C | November 21, Meaning, HamBak, Seraph, KingKong, Sherlock, FanTaSy (Head Coach), and Nova (Coach) leave.[20] |
 Z10 | June 10, LJ (Head Coach) and Seraph (Strategic Coach) join. Eunko (Head Coach to Team Manager/Assistant Coach) changes position. Noah's departure is confirmed.[23] | |
| Z10 | November 6, Nalkya (Head Coach) and Hajima (Analyst) join. LJ (Head Coach), Seraph (Strategic Coach), and Eunko (Team Manager,Assistant Coach) leave.[22] |
Biography[]
Seraph began his League of Legends career as a toplane substitute for NaJin White Shield, though he only played one game with the team in OGN. When Counter Logic Gaming announced that they were searching globally for a new toplaner, Seraph approached MonteCristo at an event and requested a tryout.
On May 1, 2014, it was officially announced that CLG was flying Seraph to North America to try him out as their new top laner.[27] On May 19, 2014, he officially joined the team.[28]
The community had high expectations for CLG Seraph, and at first the team did well, a contender for first place in the region for the first eight weeks of the summer split, but ultimately they were unable to qualify for Worlds and Seraph's performance was called into question.
2015 Preseason[]
On November 7, CLG announced that they were opting not to resign Seraph for the 2015 season. He was replaced on the starting roster by ZionSpartan.[29]
Seraph namechanged to kina and joined Team Dragon Knights in January. They played in the NACS Spring Qualifier, where they defeated Team Frostbite and Storm to qualify for the spring season; he then started playing under the name Seraph again.
2015 Season[]
Team Dragon Knights qualified for the spring season of NACS, beating Team Frostbite and Storm in the qualifier. They placed second in the season with a 7-3 record, behind Enemy eSports. In the playoffs, they beat Team Fusion 2-1 before losing to Enemy 1-3, sending them to the Summer Promotion Tournament. Despite the fact that they had placed higher than Fusion, Winterfox chose to play against them. TDK used substitute mid laner Alex Ich in their promotional matches and won 3-1, successfully qualifying for the NA LCS Summer Split.
Due to visa issues, Team Dragon Knights were unable to use their full roster for the first four weeks of the summer split, as Emperor and Ninja were unable to travel to the United States to play with the team. They instead substituted in LattmaN for Emperor and Bischu and mancloud for Ninja; Baby also substituted for Smoothie for their first three games. The substitute rosters went a combined 0-9, but when Emperor and Ninja finally joined the team for the second day of the fifth week, the team defeated first-place Team Dignitas. Despite that initial success, Team Dragon Knights were only able to secure two more victories over the next four weeks, and they finished in last place with a 3-15 record, one game behind Enemy. As a result, they were automatically relegated to the 2016 NA Challenger Series Spring Season.
2016 Preseason[]
From September to December 2015, Team Dragon Knights briefly renamed to Team Arena Online; however, they changed their name back due to concerns from Riot about the title sponsor Arena Online fulfilling their promises to the community regarding a million-dollar tournament circuit.[30][31] Seraph, Ninja, and Kez stayed with the team through both renamings; however, Ninja was suspended for two months for his role in an attempt to recruit Samsung AD carry Fury while he was under contract.[32]
2016 Season[]
Seraph played with TDK for the entirety of the NACS spring split, and the team finished in third place with a 1-3-1 W-T-L record and 6 points. However, after substituting for LCS team Renegades for two games in week 7 on loan, Seraph was traded permanently along with Ninja in exchange for RF Legendary, Flaresz, and Alex Ich, and he did not compete in the NACS playoffs. At the time of his first game with the team, Renegades had a cumulative 1-11 record. Seraph's first week substituting improved them to 2-12, and the new roster including Ninja brought them up to 5-13. It wasn't enough to avoid relegations, but it was enough that a 3-0 victory over TDK was enough to requalify them for the summer split.
However, on May 8, Riot released a competitive ruling stating that Renegades would be forced to sell their LCS seed due to multiple rule violations, and Chris Badawi would be permanently banned from "association or affiliation with any team or organization participating in a Riot-sanctioned league".[33] On May 18, Team EnVyUs was announced as the new brand.[34] Seraph stayed with EnVyUs along with Ninja and support Hakuho.
Fueled by strong practice going into the season, EnVyUs started out 4-0 in series records after two weeks, sharing first place with Team SoloMid. However, in the weeks that followed, they slipped down the standings all the way to sixth place, where they sat from week 6 through the end of week 9. With the bottom seed into the playoffs, EnVyUs faced Cloud9 in the quarterfinals where they pulled out a game 1 comeback win before losing the next three to be eliminated. They ended the season with 20 championship points. In the Regional Finals, EnVyUs defeated Team Liquid's new roster with Arcsecond jungling but then lost to Cloud9, who went on to win the gauntlet.
2017 Season[]
Seraph remained with EnVy for the 2017 season. Visa issues prevented intended starting jungler LirA from appearing until week 2 of the spring season, forcing the team to switch mid laner Ninja to jungle and play substitute Alex Ich in mid lane. LirA's arrival did not improve things, as EnVyUs finished 3-15 and never ended a week anywhere other than tied for last place, meaning they would have to play in the promotion tournament.
EnVyUs began the promotion tournament inauspiciously, dropping a 3-1 set to the veteran Gold Coin United lineup, sending them into the losers bracket. There, they defeated EUnited 3-1, setting up a rematch with GCU where they outlasted them 3-2 on the strength of LirA's play, keeping their LCS spot.
In the midseason, Seraph's longtime teammate Ninja was replaced by Pirean and Nisqy. EnVyUs looked better in the summer split, starting the split 3-1. They declined to 8-10 by the end of the season but still made the playoffs as the sixth seed. In the playoffs, EnVy took a 2-1 lead against CLG and came close to upsetting the third seed, but was unable to prevail. This ended their season, as EnVyUs didn't have enough championship points to play in the Regional Finals.
EnVy was not accepted into the newly franchised LCS, and Seraph left the team. He eventually returned to Korea to serve his mandatory military service. Seraph was discharged from the army in September 2019 and joined RunAway to play in the Challengers Korea 2020 Promotion Qualifiers, but his team failed to advance beyond the bracket finals and disbanded after the tournament ended.
Trivia[]
- Was regarded as one of the best
Nidalee top players early in his career. - His parents own a restaurant in South Korea.
- Would occasionally watch building and crafting videos on YouTube during soloqueue downtime on stream because it "relaxed him."
- Received a Hatsune Miku figurine as a birthday gift from Hakuho.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- May 20, LCS 본선에 오른 최초 한국 선수, CLG '세라프' 신우영 인터뷰 (Korean) [http://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/25zwqm/clg_seraphs_interview_with_inven_today/chmery6 (English)] with , and on Inven Global
- May 21, Seraph talks about being in the US and playing with CLG (video) with , and on onGamers
- June 1, Seraph talks about his first weeks in NA LCS (video) with , and on onGamers
- June 14, Seraph talks about CLG vs Complexity and overcoming his nerves (video) with , and on onGamers
- May 15, Interview with TDK Seraph: “After leaving CLG I just desired to win and improve my skills.” with , and on News of Legends
- June 5, Seraph returns to the NA LCS by , and on LoL Esports
- February 2, Seraph on TiP's future: 'If they keep practicing hard...they definitely can make the playoffs' with , and on The Score
- February 6, Seraph on Playing with TIP: Says Mash is Smarter than Doublelift with , and on G|League] with Dignitas
- March 14, Seraph: Renegades is now the second-best team in North America with , and on Yahoo
- June 3, NV Seraph Broadcast Interview (NV vs. NRG) with , and on LoL Esports
- June 6, Seraph says he chose NV because of the org, owner, and to stay with Ninja with , and on Yahoo!
- June 6, The Angel and his shadow: Seraph and Ninja by Ryan Tang on GAMURS
- June 7, EnVyUs' Seraph on his team's 2-0 start to the season and his expectations moving forward with , and on The Score
- June 14, Seraph on being at the top of the rankings and the strength of nV’s Korean trio with , and on The Score
- July 27, Past to Present: The Story of Seraph with , and on The Score
- September 3, Seraph on what's at stake in today's Gauntlet matchup and why he believes in C9 over IMT with , and on Yahoo!
- September 7, Seraph on why C9’s Impact is the perfect top laner and going to boot camp in Korea in the offseason with , and on The Score
- January 23, Seraph: 'LirA will come around Friday, so we probably can’t scrim with him the entire week again' with , and on The Score
- January 24, Seraph: ‘I think LirA is the best jungler and he’s going to crush everybody - I’m sure of it’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
- February 13, Seraph on Korean v. NA training: "NA solo queue is garbage and it helps 0% for improving my skills." with , and on Blitz Esports
- February 24, Seraph: ’I heard... that NA’s ranked population is lower than Brazil’s, so the quality is not good’ with , and on Yahoo Esports
- June 23, Seraph: “Honestly, nowadays I don’t have the guts I used to have…my anger of losing has gotten duller.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-05 | Ultraliga Season 10 |  Z10 vs  EXD | Link |
| 2023-06-27 | Ultraliga Season 10 |  WOLF vs Z10 | Link |
Images[]
CLG Seraph, NA LCS 2014 Summer
TDK Seraph, NACS 2015 Spring
TDK Seraph, NA LCS 2015 Summer
TDK Seraph, NACS 2016 Spring
REN Seraph, NA LCS 2016 Spring
NV Seraph, NA LCS 2016 Summer
NV Seraph, NA LCS 2017 Spring
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 [나진 리빌딩 ①] 전통의 명가 나진, 새 시즌 맞이 리빌딩 완료! (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 판도라TV LOL 챔피언스 윈터 13-14시즌 본선 로스터 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 ZionSpartan Joins CLG clgaming.net
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Seraph joins CLG clgaming.net
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Team Dragon Knights is now Team Arena Online, retains Seraph, Kez, and Ninja dailydot.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Team Dragon Knights' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Say goodbye to Team Arena Online and hello (again) to Team Dragon Knights dailydot.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 In trade with TDK, Renegades swap Flaresz, Alex Ich, and Trance for Ninja and Seraph dailydot.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Team Dragon Knights' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 In trade with TDK, Renegades swap Flaresz, Alex Ich, and Trance for Ninja and Seraph dailydot.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Seraph to play top lane for Week 7 renegades.gg
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 EnVyUs to join N.A. LCS, picks up Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho espn.go.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 EnVyUs to join North American LCS, picks up Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho espn.go.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 RunAway's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Runner's Twitch Clip twitch.tv
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Runner's Twitch Clip twitch.tv
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 2022 서머, 1주차 로스터 (Korean) lckcl.co.kr
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Liiv SANDBOX`s Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 2022 서머, 1주차 로스터 (Korean) lckcl.co.kr
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Zero Tenacity's Tweet (Polish) twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 Zero Tenacity's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Team Dragon Knights' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Seraph to play top lane for Week 7 renegades.gg
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2022-06-08; after change - KR - 2022-06-09
- ↑ CLG confirms Seraph as leading candidate for top lane, will tryout at the CLG team house ongamers.com
- ↑ Seraph joins CLG clgaming.net
- ↑ Zionspartan joins CLG! blog.ibuypower.com
- ↑ Team Dragon Knights is now Team Arena Online, retains Seraph, Kez, and Ninja dailydot.com
- ↑ Say goodbye to Team Arena Online and hello (again) to Team Dragon Knights dailydot.com
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Chris Shim, Geon-Woo “Ninja” Noh, & Jin-Yong “Fury” Lee lolesports.com
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Renegades and TDK lolesports.com
- ↑ EnVyUs to join N.A. LCS, picks up Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho espn.go.com