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Background Information | ||
Name | Zhiqiang Zhao (赵志强) | |
Country of Birth | Italy | |
Nationality | Italy China | |
Birthday | February 25, 2001 (age 21) | |
Residency | China | |
Competitive | ||
Team | ![]() | |
Contract Expires | 2022-11-22 | |
Role | Jungler | |
Favorite Champs | ||
Competitive IDs | Shadow | |
Soloqueue IDs | EUW: The Qiaang CN: 在线中翻 | |
Social Media & Links | ||
Zhiqiang "shad0w" Zhao (Hanzi: 赵志强) is a League of Legends esports player, currently jungler for LGD Gaming. His name was previously stylized Shadow.
Team History
Team | Start | End | |||
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![]() | ≈Oct 2016≈2016-10-?? | ≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-?? | ≈6mo 23d ejel | ||
![]() | Feb 20172017-02-17[2] | May 20182018-05-10[1] | 1yr 2mo ejel | ||
![]() | Sep 20182018-09-14[3] | ≈Oct 2018≈2018-10-?? | ≈1mo 3d ejel | ||
![]() | ≈May 2019≈2019-05-?? | Oct 20192019-10-01[4] | ≈5mo ejel | ||
![]() | Nov 20192019-11-29[6] | Dec 20202020-12-18[5] | 1yr 19d ejel | ||
![]() | Jun 20212021-06-05[8] | Present | 1yr 1mo ej |
Team | Start | End | |||
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![]() | ≈Oct 2016≈2016-10-?? | ≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-?? | ≈6mo 23d ejel | ||
![]() | Feb 20172017-02-17[2] | Jun 20172017-06-25[10] | 4mo 8d ejel | ||
![]() | Jun 20172017-06-25[10] | Dec 20172017-12-20 | 5mo 25d ejel | ||
![]() | Dec 20172017-12-20 | May 20182018-05-10[1] | 4mo 21d ejel | ||
![]() | Sep 20182018-09-14[3] | ≈Oct 2018≈2018-10-?? | ≈1mo 3d ejel | ||
![]() | ≈May 2019≈2019-05-?? | Oct 20192019-10-01[4] | ≈5mo ejel | ||
![]() | Nov 20192019-11-29[6] | Dec 20202020-12-18[5] | 1yr 19d ejel | ||
![]() | Jun 20212021-06-05[8] | Present | 1yr 1mo ej |
News
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
![]() | February 17, Shadow joins.[2] | |
![]() | April (approx.), Shadow leaves. | |
![]() | June 25, ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
![]() | December 20, ![]() ![]() |
![]() | May 10, Shadow leaves.[1] | |
![]() | September 14, Shadow joins.[3] | |
![]() | October (approx.), Shadow leaves. |
![]() | May (approx.), Shadow joins. Reeker leaves. | |
![]() | October 1, Shadow leaves.[4] | |
![]() | November 29, Orome, Shadow, Humanoid, Carzzy, and Gistick join.[6][7] | |
![]() | December 6, Shadow and Carzzy's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[11] |
![]() | March 20, Shadow renames to Shad0w.[12] | |
![]() | May 27, Roster for the EU Face-Off is announced to be Terenas, Shadow, KenRhen, Noodlez, Paolocannon, EddieNoise, and Moonboy.[13] | |
![]() | December 18, Shad0w leaves.[5] |
![]() | June 5, shad0w joins. Kui moves to substitute. Gossamer (Analyst) and Phoenix (Analyst) leave.[8][9] | |
![]() | June 22, fearness and shad0w's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022. xiye, Kramer, Mark, Garvey, and Kui's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[14] |
Biography[]
Trivia[]
- Was born in Milan, Italy to a family of Chinese origin.
- Started playing in Season 3.
- Reached Challenger in Season 7, hitting EU West rank 1 in April 2018.
- Dropped out of high school at age 16 to become a pro player.
- Plays mid and bot in addition to jungle.
- Was offered a spot on EDward Gaming in 2019, but declined due to disliking how hands-on the team was with their players.
- He's the brother of Chinese streamer pigff.
Individual Awards[]
- 1x EU 1st All Pro Team (Summer 2020)
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2020
- March 28, Shad0w's road to the LEC: dropping out of school to pursue esports stardom by Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
- May 20, I’m Coming Up by Zhiqiang "Shad0w" Zhao & Adel Chouadria on The Players' Lobby
- June 12, Shad0w: “We Need to Develop and Become Comfortable with More Playstyles” with Tom Matthiesen on Hotspawn
- June 29, MAD Lions Shad0w "G2 and us both experiment a lot, and enjoy the game", NA trashtalk with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
- August 28, MAD Lions’ Shad0w: “I was happy and relieved to make [Worlds], because we messed up a lot of chances before” by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
- September 18, Rookies to watch at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship by Michael Kelly on Dot Esports
- September 26, [Worlds 2020] MAD Shad0w jokes about quarantine: "We played Among Us, and now nobody trusts each other." with Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
- September 27, MAD Lions’ Shad0w: “If we fix our issues and just start playing like ourselves again, we are for sure the best team in play-ins” by Megan Kay on Dot Esports
Post-Match Interviews
Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
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2021-12-19 | Demacia Cup 2021 | ![]() vs ![]() | |
2020-08-28 | LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs | ![]() vs ![]() | Link |
2020-04-03 | LEC 2020 Spring Playoffs | ![]() vs ![]() | Link |
2020-03-28 | LEC 2020 Spring | ![]() vs ![]() | Link |
Images[]
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Outplayed's Facebook Post (Italian) facebook.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gli Outplayed acquistano Zhi Qiang "Shadow" Zhao dagli Element Gaming (Italian) outplayed.it
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Team Atlantis' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Shadow's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 MAD LIONS ENTER LEAGUE OF LEGENDS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS overactive-media-group.prezly.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 LGD Gaming's Weibo post weibo.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 LGD Gaming's Weibo post weibo.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Outplayed si porta a livello europeo con i Wind and Rain (Italian) esports.thegamesmachine.it
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-12-05; after change - EU - 2019-12-06
- ↑ MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ LEC's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - CN - 2021-06-21; after change - CN - 2021-06-22