Shad0w

Shad0w
Shad0w
Background Information
Name	Zhao Zhi-Qiang (赵志强)
Country of Birth	; Italy
Nationality	; China
Birthday	February 25, 2001 (age 23)
Residency	CNChina
Prev Residencies	EUEurope
Competitive
Role	; Jungler
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Shadow
Soloqueue IDs	EUW: The Qiaang; CN: 在线中翻 ; KR: JZADfans
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Zhao "Shad0w" Zhi-Qiang (Hanzi: 赵志强) is a League of Legends esports player, previously substitute jungler for LNG Esports. His name was previously stylized Shadow.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
EU	⁠⁠Element Team 1	≈Oct 2016≈2016-10-??	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-??	≈6mo 23d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Outplayed	Feb 20172017-02-17^[2]	May 20182018-05-10^[1]	1yr 2mo ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team Atlantis	Sep 20182018-09-14^[3]	≈Oct 2018≈2018-10-??	≈1mo 3d ejel
EU	⁠⁠mousesports	≈May 2019≈2019-05-??	Oct 20192019-10-01^[4]	≈5mo ejel
EU	⁠⁠MAD Lions	Nov 20192019-11-29^[6]	Dec 20202020-12-18^[5]	1yr 19d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LGD Gaming	Jun 20212021-06-05^[11]	Dec 20222022-12-12^[8]	1yr 6mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas	Mar 20232023-03-08^[19]	Dec 20232023-12-13^[13]	9mo 5d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	May 20242024-05-25^[21]	Dec 20242024-12-04^[20]	6mo 10d ejel

	Team	Start	End
EU	⁠⁠Element Team 1	≈Oct 2016≈2016-10-??	≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-??	≈6mo 23d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Outplayed Black	Feb 20172017-02-17^[2]	Jun 20172017-06-25^[23]	4mo 8d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Outplayed WAR	Jun 20172017-06-25^[23]	Dec 20172017-12-20	5mo 25d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Outplayed	Dec 20172017-12-20	May 20182018-05-10^[1]	4mo 21d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team Atlantis	Sep 20182018-09-14^[3]	≈Oct 2018≈2018-10-??	≈1mo 3d ejel
EU	⁠⁠mousesports	≈May 2019≈2019-05-??	Oct 20192019-10-01^[4]	≈5mo ejel
EU	⁠⁠MAD Lions	Nov 20192019-11-29^[6]	Dec 20202020-12-18^[5]	1yr 19d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LGD Gaming	Jun 20212021-06-05^[11]	Dec 20222022-12-12^[8]	1yr 6mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas	Mar 20232023-03-08^[19]	Dec 20232023-12-13^[13]	9mo 5d ejel
CN	⁠⁠LNG Esports	May 20242024-05-25^[21]	Dec 20242024-12-04^[20]	6mo 10d ejel

News

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

EU

⁠

⁠EMT1

October (approx.),
SaberMaster,
Shadow,
Gjjid,
Rharesh, and
7 Prodigy 7 join.

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EU	⁠⁠OP.B	February 17, Shadow joins.^[2] e
EU	⁠⁠EMT1	April (approx.), Forsaken, SaberMaster, Shadow, Phantom, Rharesh, and Lilyane leave. e
EU	⁠⁠OP WAR	June 25, ⁠⁠Outplayed Black partners with ⁠⁠Wind and Rain and renames to ⁠⁠Outplayed WAR^[23] e
EU	⁠⁠OP	December 20, ⁠⁠Outplayed WAR renames to ⁠⁠Outplayed. e

EU	⁠⁠OP	May 10, Shadow leaves.^[1] e
EU	⁠⁠ATL	September 14, Shadow joins.^[3] e
EU	⁠⁠ATL	October (approx.), Shadow leaves. e

CN	⁠⁠F/A	February 25, Shadow changes residency from EU Europe to CN China. e
EU	⁠⁠MOUZ	May (approx.), Shadow joins. Reeker leaves. e
EU	⁠⁠MOUZ	October 1, Shadow leaves.^[4] e
EU	⁠⁠MAD	November 29, Orome, Shadow, Humanoid, Carzzy, and Gistick join.^[6]^[7] e
EU	⁠⁠MAD	December 6, Shadow and Carzzy's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[24] e

EU	⁠⁠MAD	March 20, Shadow renames to Shad0w.^[25] e
EU	⁠⁠DCTI	May 27, Roster for the EU Face-Off is announced to be Terenas, Shadow, KenRhen, Noodlez, Paolocannon, EddieNoise, and Moonboy.^[26] e
EU	⁠⁠MAD	December 18, Shad0w leaves.^[5] e

CN	⁠⁠LGD	June 5, shad0w joins. Kui moves to substitute. Gossamer (Analyst) and Phoenix (Analyst) leave.^[11]^[12] e
CN	⁠⁠LGD	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.^[27] e

CN

⁠

⁠LGD

December 12,
shad0w,
Assum, and
Eric leave.^[8]^[9]^[10]

e

CN	⁠⁠NIP	March 8, Shad0w joins. XLB and Pout move to substitutes.^[19] e
CN	⁠⁠NIP	May 25, Angel, Maizijian (Head Coach), and byg97 (Assistant Coach) join. shad0w's contract is extended. Dream leaves.^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31] e
CN	⁠⁠NIP	December 13, Photic and Zhuo's contracts are extended. Invincible, Shadow, Angel, and XLB leave.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18] e

CN	⁠⁠LNG	May 25, Shad0w joins as substitute. xiaoyu joins as substitute from academy roster.^[21]^[22] e
CN	⁠⁠LNG	December 4, Shad0w leaves.^[20] e

Biography[]

Trivia[]

Was born in Milan, Italy to a family of Chinese origin.
- Previously held Italian citizenship, however, as Chinese law does not recognize dual nationality for any adult Chinese national, he chose Chinese citizenship when he turned 18.
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.

Shad0w Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-07-23	7 - 8	LPL 2023 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠WBG	⁠⁠NIP	Invincible, shad0w, Angel, Photic, Zhuo, Maizijian, byg97
2023-07-17	10	LPL 2023 Summer	7 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NIP	Invincible, shad0w, XLB, Angel, Photic, Zhuo, Maizijian, byg97
2023-03-26	13	LPL 2023 Spring	5 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NIP	Invincible, Rich, XLB, Shad0w, Dream, Pout, Photic, Zhuo, Duke, Zero, Cluo
2022-11-18	5 - 8	NEST 2022	1 : 2⁠⁠FPX	⁠⁠LGD	Chelizi, Shad0w, haichao, Assum, Jinjiao, guiyixiong
2022-08-14	14	LPL 2022 Summer	4 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LGD	fearness, Chelizi, shad0w, Kui, YeG, haichao, Assum, Eric, Jinjiao, Kabe, guiyixiong, X1ri
2022-03-25	16	LPL 2022 Spring	3 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LGD	fearness, Garvey, shad0w, Kui, YeG, Jay, Eric, Jinjiao, X1ri, Kabe
2021-12-19	9 - 12	Demacia Cup 2021	3 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LGD	Garvey, shad0w, YeG, Eric, Jinjiao, X1ri, Kabe
2021-08-08	11	LPL 2021 Summer	7 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LGD	Garvey, fearness, shad0w, xiye, Kramer, Mark, Maizijian, Eimy
2020-09-29	19 - 20	Worlds 2020	2 : 3⁠⁠SUP	⁠⁠MAD	Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas
2020-08-30	4	LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠RGE	⁠⁠MAD	Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas

Media[]

2020

March 28, Shad0w's road to the LEC: dropping out of school to pursue esports stardom by Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
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May 20, I’m Coming Up by Shad0w and Adel Chouadria on The Players' Lobby
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June 12, Shad0w: “We Need to Develop and Become Comfortable with More Playstyles” with Tom Matthiesen on Hotspawn
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June 29, MAD Lions Shad0w "G2 and us both experiment a lot, and enjoy the game", NA trashtalk with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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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
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September 18, Rookies to watch at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship by Michael Kelly on Dot Esports
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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
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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
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-08-14	LPL 2022 Summer	LGD vs RNG	Link
2021-12-19	Demacia Cup 2021	WHG vs LGD
2020-08-28	LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs	MAD vs S04	Link
2020-04-03	LEC 2020 Spring Playoffs	G2 vs MAD	Link
2020-03-28	LEC 2020 Spring	OG vs MAD	Link