Shiphtur

Shiphtur
Retired
Shiphtur
Background Information
Name	Danny Le
Country of Birth	; Canada
Birthday	January 27, 1993 (age 32)
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	Chapanya, Waker, TransIogic, dunamis
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Danny "Shiphtur" Le is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously mid laner for Meme Stream Dream Team.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Dirt Nap.Panda	≈Jul 2012≈2012-07-??	Aug 20122012-08-23	≈1mo 22d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Monomaniac Evito	Aug 20122012-08-23	Oct 20122012-10-27	2mo 4d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dynamic	Dec 20122012-12-23^[2]	Jan 20132013-01-04^[1]	12d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Coast	Jan 20132013-01-04^[4]	May 20142014-05-02^[3]	1yr 3mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	May 20142014-05-02^[7]	May 20162016-05-17^[6]	2yr 15d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Gaming	May 20162016-05-19^[9]	Sep 20162016-09-26^[8]	4mo 7d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Pride	Jun 20162016-06-03	Oct 20162016-10-05^[11]	4mo 2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Delta Fox	Jun 20172017-06-02^[12]	Aug 20172017-08-31	2mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Meme Stream Team	Nov 20172017-11-18	Nov 20172017-11-24	6d	Pickup Team ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠Dirt Nap.Panda	≈Jul 2012≈2012-07-??	Aug 20122012-08-23	≈1mo 22d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Monomaniac Evito	Aug 20122012-08-23	Oct 20122012-10-27	2mo 4d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Dynamic	Dec 20122012-12-23^[2]	Jan 20132013-01-04^[1]	12d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Good Game University	Jan 20132013-01-04^[4]	Jun 20132013-06-01^[14]	4mo 28d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Coast	Jun 20132013-06-01^[14]	May 20142014-05-02^[3]	11mo 1d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	May 20142014-05-02^[7]	May 20162016-05-17^[6]	2yr 15d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Gaming	May 20162016-05-19^[9]	Sep 20162016-09-26^[8]	4mo 7d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Apex Pride	Jun 20162016-06-03	Oct 20162016-10-05^[11]	4mo 2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Delta Fox	Jun 20172017-06-02^[12]	Aug 20172017-08-31	2mo 29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Meme Stream Team	Nov 20172017-11-18	Nov 20172017-11-24	6d	Pickup Team ejel

News

2012
2013
2014
2016
2017

NA	⁠⁠DNG.P	July (approx.), InnoX, Deathmonger, TrickZ, Shiphtur, and Reduron join. e
NA	⁠⁠DNG.P	August 23, InnoX, Deathmonger, TrickZ, Shiphtur, and Reduron leave. e
NA	⁠⁠MME	August 23, InnoX, Deathmonger, TrickZ, Shiphtur, and Reduron join. e
NA	⁠⁠MME	October 27, ⁠⁠Monomaniac Evito is disbanded. InnoX, Deathmonger, TrickZ, Shiphtur, and Reduron leave. e
NA	⁠⁠DYN	December 23, Shiphtur and I am Anjo join.^[2] e

NA	⁠⁠DYN	January 4, ⁠⁠Team Dynamic is disbanded. ZionSpartan, NintendudeX, Shiphtur, DontMashMe, I am Anjo, and Pixel leave.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠GGU	January 4, ⁠⁠Good Game University is formed by the roster of ⁠⁠Team Dynamic. ZionSpartan, NintendudeX, Shiphtur, DontMashMe, and I am Anjo join. Pixel joins as substitute.^[4]^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠CST	June 1, ⁠⁠Good Game University renames to ⁠⁠Team Coast.^[14] e

NA	⁠⁠CST	May 2, ZionSpartan and Shiphtur leave.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	May 2, ZionSpartan and Shiphtur join. Cruzerthebruzer and Goldenglue move to substitutes.^[7] e

NA	⁠⁠DIG	May 17, ⁠⁠Dignitas transfers its NACS spot to ⁠⁠Apex Pride. Shiphtur and Apollo leave.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠APX	May 19, Apollo joins. Shiphtur joins as substitute.^[9]^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠APP	June 3, Cris, Diamondprox, Shiphtur, Roar, and KonKwon join. Thal, ShrimP, Apollo, and Xpecial join as substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠APX	September 26, ⁠⁠Apex Gaming is acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers and merges with ⁠⁠Dignitas under the Dignitas brand. Ray, ShrimP, Keane, Apollo, Xpecial, Cris, Diamondprox, Shiphtur, Roar, Saintvicious (Head Coach), Cop (Coach), BlisS (Assistant Coach), and Crumbz (Assistant Coach) leave.^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠APP	October 5, Shiphtur leaves.^[11] e

NA	⁠⁠DFX	June 2, Dyrus, scarra, Voyboy, imaqtpie, Shiphtur, and MarkZ (Head Analyst) join.^[12]^[13] e
NA	⁠⁠DFX	August 31, ⁠⁠Delta Fox is disbanded. Dyrus, scarra, Voyboy, imaqtpie, Shiphtur, Fragnat1c, and Based Yoona's contracts expire. MarkZ (Head Analyst) leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠MSDT	November 18, Voyboy, Dyrus, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, and scarra join as a pick-up team for Tyler1 Championship Series 2017. The team will be considered disbanded at the tournament's conclusion on November 24. e
NA	⁠⁠MSDT	November 24, Team is disbanded following the conclusion of Tyler1 Championship Series 2017. Voyboy, Dyrus, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, and scarra leave. e

Biography

Danny "Shiphtur" Le was born in the city of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada, but he moved and grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada where he also studied at Grant MacEwan University. He has been playing League of Legends for over 3 years and he started playing professionally in late season 2 (2012). He chose to be a mid laner because it's the role he enjoys the most in the game and he believes that mid laners have the most play-making potential.

Pre-Season 3

On December 23, 2012, Shiphtur officially began his professional League of Legends career as an unknown rookie when he joined Team Dynamic, a well-known professional North American League of Legends team at the time, along with I am Anjo to fill the empty roles of Mid and Support, respectively. However, two weeks later, the team roster announced they were parting ways with the parent multi-gaming organization of Team Dynamic.

On January 4, 2013, Good Game University (now known as Team Coast) was founded by the former roster of Team Dynamic. Shiphtur, along with ZionSpartan, NintendudeX, DontMashMe, I am Anjo, and Pixel joined the team.

Season 3

In January 2013, Shiphtur and his team, Good Game University, competed in the LoL Season 3 North American LCS Spring Qualifier. In the group stage, Good Game University beat Epik Gamer and Team TowerDiveTV, while dropping one game to Team FeaR. By winning those two games, GGU advanced to the bracket stage of the tournament where they defeated Dirtnap Gaming 2-1 in a best of 3 series and secured their spot in the Season 3 NA LCS Spring Split. Unfortunately, Shiphtur was unable to play in the LCS with his team due to visa issues and he was replaced by substitute player, Jintae, for the split. Shiphtur's team ended the spring split round robin with 11 wins and 17 losses and they managed to advance to the finals of the Season 3 NA LCS Spring playoffs where they were defeated by Team Solomid 3-2 in a best of 5 series. Despite their loss, they still finished the split at 2nd place and secured their spot in the Season 3 NA LCS Summer Split where they renamed their team to Team Coast as a result of their new sponsor. Additionally, ex-Curse Gaming support player Elementz became their coach and Shiphtur's visa issues were resolved. Shiphtur was able to play as the mid laner for Team Coast in the season 3 summer split of the NA LCS.

The Season 3 NA LCS Summer Split was rough for Team Coast. They began the split tied for second during Week One, but thanks to a seven-game losing streak at the end of the split, Coast had to settle for seventh with a record of 9-19 in the round robin. This meant that they would be sent to relegation matches in December in the 2014 Season NA LCS Spring Promotion Tournament to win back their spot into the NA LCS.

2014 Preseason

In the off-season, Shiphtur and Team Coast were invited to some amateur scene tournaments. They won ggLA Challenger Arena 4, ggLA Challenger Arena 5 and then earned a spot into a new competitive league, the North American Challenger League (NACL). During the first week of the NACL, on October 8, 2013, DontMashMe announced that he had stepped down from his starter AD Carry position. On November 26, WizFujiiN (now known as Apollo), joined as the new starting AD Carry. The team still won first place in the NACL.

In December, Team Coast chose to play against challenger team The Walking Zed for a spot in the 2014 North American LCS Spring Split at the 2014 spring promotion tournament, since ending in seventh place last split allowed them to choose their opponent in the tournament. There, Coast won 3-2 in a best of 5 series and qualified for their third LCS split, the 2014 Season NA LCS Spring Split.

2014 Season

Coast placed sixth at the end of the 2014 spring split, qualifying them for the 2014 NA LCS Spring Playoffs. However, two losses - first to CLG 0-2 and then to Dignitas 1-2 - sent them to relegation, where they lost 1-3 to compLexity.Black in the 2014 NA LCS Summer Promotion Tournament.

After Coast's relegation, Shiphtur and ZionSpartan left the team and joined Team Dignitas, replacing scarra/goldenglue in the mid lane and Cruzerthebruzer in the top lane, respectively. In the 2014 NA LCS Summer Split, despite sitting at a 6-2 record at the end of the third week, Dignitas ended the round robin in sixth place, with a 13-15 record. However, in the playoffs of the 2014 summer split, they managed to avoid going to relegations by defeating CLG in the fifth-place match.

2015 Preseason

Shiphtur re-signed with Dignitas for the 2015 season^[15] and the team attended IEM Cologne, being the third most fan-voted team after Team Curse (now known as Team Liquid) who forfeited their spot due to visa issues. At IEM Cologne, Dignitas introduced new players Gamsu and Core JJ joining to replace ZionSpartan in the top lane and imaqtpie in the ADC role, respectively. They beat Aces High Esports Club 2-1 in the quarterfinals but were defeated by Gambit Gaming 2-0 in the semifinals which tied them for third with Team ROCCAT.

2015 Season

Dignitas ended the 2015 NA LCS Spring Split with a 6-12 record in 9th place after undergoing multiple changes of junglers during the split which sent them to relegations along with Winterfox. Winterfox, being the 8th-place team, chose to play against Team Dragon Knights in the 2015 NA LCS Summer Promotion Tournament, leaving Dignitas to play against Team Fusion. However, while Winterfox was relegated after falling 3-1 to TDK, Dignitas defeated Team Fusion 3-2 and stayed in the LCS for the summer split of the season. Despite being tied for first with a 7-2 record after 4.5 weeks of play in the summer season (halfway through), the team struggled throughout the last half and finished sixth at 10-8. In the quarterfinals of the summer playoffs, Dignitas was swept by Team Impulse and finished 2015 with only 20 Championship Points, not enough to qualify for the regional finals.

2016 Preseason

Dignitas were invited to IEM Cologne in December 2015, where they debuted their new roster, including Smittyj, Kirei, Shipthur, Apollo, and Jesiz, who substituted for KiWiKiD for the one event. Seeded against Qiao Gu Reapers, Dignitas lost 1-2 and were eliminated.

2016 Season

Following two 1-1 weeks in the season's spring split, Smittyj was removed from the team's starting roster and replaced by BillyBoss, due to "behavioural issues".^[16] The team's worst-ever split unfolded following this change, as they saw only two further wins and – after playing the longest game of the split – finished 10th place with a 4-14 record. The same roster played in the Summer Promotion tournament, where they lost 0-3 to Team Dragon Knights, resulting in their elimination from the LCS. This made Dignitas the first of the three original North American LCS invitee teams to be relegated from the competition.

In May, Dignitas transferred its NACS Summer Season seed to Apex Gaming, and Shiphtur left the team after over two years of playing for them.^[17]

Trivia

Scored a pentakill with Anivia at the Season 3 North American LCS Live Qualifiers and with LeBlanc at the 2014 NA LCS Spring Split in his first game with Team Dignitas.^[18]^[19]
One of the first to bring Ziggs into competitive play in the North American scene, drawing frequent bans in multiple tournaments.
Did a dance around the nexus similar to xpeke's popular backdoor to end the game with his team, Team Coast, and beat Team SoloMid who were on a winning streak during the 2014 NA LCS Spring Split.^[20]
First esports player to receive a special visa (P-1A visa) from U.S. immigration as a professional athlete.
He is Balls' cousin.
His ethnicity is Vietnamese.
Veteran player of Infantry Online.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2015-07-18	NA North America	NA LCS 2015 Summer	Ahri	Mid	W	12/1/12	Link	Link
2014-05-23	NA North America	NA LCS 2014 Summer	LeBlanc	Mid	W	15/0/4	Link	Link
2013-01-12	NA North America	2013 NA LCS Spring Qualifiers	Anivia	Mid	W	8/0/1		Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results

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

Shiphtur Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-09-17	3 - 4	NA Legends Invitational	0 : 1⁠⁠THE	⁠⁠THE	Revenge, Xmithie, Shiphtur, Scarra, Breezy, Diamond
2020-09-23	7 - 8	Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft IV	0 : 1⁠⁠BOXB	⁠⁠SHIP	1adrianaries1, Hyami, Shiphtur, Seanic, Starsmitten
2020-04-01	5 - 8	Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft III	0 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SHIP	Dragoon, ShorterACE, Shiphtur, Yvonnie, Saintvicious
2020-02-20	1	Twitch Rivals Streamer Showdown	2 - 0⁠⁠FOLL	⁠⁠SILV	foggedftw2, Metaphor, LilyPichu, Shiphtur, Starsmitten
2020-01-23	3 - 4	Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft II	1 : 2⁠⁠LIMI	⁠⁠SHIP	Dragoonsmash, ShorterACE, Shiphtur, Saskio, Shady
2019-11-25	5 - 8	Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft I	1 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SHIP	Darshan, Panda, Shiphtur, Benji, Lohpally
2019-09-28	2	Twitch Rivals: Rumble on the Rift	1 : 2⁠⁠YASS	⁠⁠TYLE	voyboy, nightblue3, shiphtur, Tyler1, LilyPichu
2019-01-23	4	Twitch Rivals NA 2019 January	0 : 2⁠⁠SAT	⁠⁠FOR	Joshnodrake, Ijustrengar, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, Kimiekimchi
2018-11-24	5 - 8	Tyler1 Championship Series 2018	1 : 2⁠⁠GG	⁠⁠MSDT	Voyboy, Nightblue3, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, scarra
2017-11-24	2	Tyler1 Championship Series 2017	1 : 2⁠⁠MLGB	⁠⁠MSDT	Voyboy, Dyrus, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, scarra

Shiphtur Showmatch Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2018-09-08	1	NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs - Showmatch	1 : 0⁠⁠THRO	⁠⁠MSDT	Voyboy, Scarra, Yassuo, Imaqtpie, Shiphtur

Media

2013
2014
2015
2016
2017

June 22, League of Legends LCS [SS WK 2] Shiphtur - Coast vs. Velocity [Lost] with Machinima on YouTube
e
November 27, Interview with Team Coast’s Shiphtur with domXtheXbomb on Cloth5
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February 22, Shiphtur discusses his big plays in the LCS in Week 6 [Lost] with Travis Gafford on onGamers
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March 30, Shiphtur talks about match against EG (video) with , and on onGamers
e
May 6, Interview with Shiphtur on the upcoming LCS split and joining Team Dignitas (video/transcript) with , and on Team Dignitas
e
June 1, Interview with Shiphtur about transitioning to Team Dignitas, team synergy, shotcalling and LCS with , and on Team Dignitas
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June 16, Shiphtur on discovering their new potential as Team Dignitas (video) with , and on onGamers
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June 24, How Shiphtur Won Xiaoweixiao's Jacket After Their Match - LCS Interview with , and on GameSpot
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August 2, Dignitas Shiphtur: “We should have won every one of our games" with Brittany Brown on YouTube
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February 12, Dignitas Diary: Shiphtur on What Every Pro Gamer Needs to Be Successful with , and on Ventito
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February 15, NA LCS 2015: Shiphtur "Gamsu is a complete beast." (video) with , and on SK Gaming
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April 30, dignitas/Shiphtur - Promotion, Summer Split & More with , and on Dignitas
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June 13, Team Dignitas' Shiphtur: "I feel like we can win every game" by , and on LoL Esports
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June 24, How Shiphtur Won XiaoWeiXiao's Jacket After Their Match - LCS Interview (video) with , and on Gamespot
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July 29, Shiphtur talks about the new AP Items and Runeglaive with , and on Dignitas
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November 24, Meet The New Team Dignitas LoL: Interview with our Mid, Shiphtur with , and on Dignitas
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January 11, Interview with DIG Shiphtur: "This is probably the smartest LoL roster dignitas has ever had." with , and on Dignitas
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January 24, Shiphtur on Korean imports: 'I think people kinda overrate the Koreans a little bit' with , and on The Score
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February 23, Dignitas' Shiphtur on facing Immortals: 'We could be a wild card against them' with , and on The Score
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November 20, Three standout players from Group A of Tyler1 Championship Series by Michael Lee on The Game Haus
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2014-05-23	NA LCS 2014 Summer	COL vs DIG	Link
2014-03-02	NA LCS 2014 Spring	CRS vs CST	Link
2013-12-21	NA LCS 2014 Spring Promotion	CST vs TWZ	Link
2013-07-11	NA LCS 2013 Summer	CST vs CRS	Link