| Retired | ||
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| Shiphtur | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Danny Le | |
| Country of Birth | Canada | |
| Birthday | January 27, 1993 (age 31) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Mid Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | Chapanya, Waker, TransIogic, dunamis | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Danny "Shiphtur" Le is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously support for Delta Fox.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Dirt Nap.Panda | ≈Jul 2012≈2012-07-?? | Aug 20122012-08-23 | ≈1mo 22d ejel | ||
 Monomaniac Evito | Aug 20122012-08-23 | Oct 20122012-10-27 | 2mo 4d ejel | ||
 Team Dynamic | Dec 20122012-12-23[2] | Jan 20132013-01-04[1] | 12d ejel | ||
 Team Coast | Jan 20132013-01-04[4] | May 20142014-05-02[3] | 1yr 3mo ejel | ||
 Dignitas | May 20142014-05-02[7] | May 20162016-05-17[6] | 2yr 15d ejel | ||
 Apex Gaming | May 20162016-05-19[9] | Sep 20162016-09-26[8] | 4mo 7d ejel | ||
| Apex Pride | Jun 20162016-06-03 | Oct 20162016-10-05[11] | 4mo 2d ejel | ||
 Delta Fox | Jun 20172017-06-02[12] | Aug 20172017-08-31 | 2mo 29d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dirt Nap.Panda | ≈Jul 2012≈2012-07-?? | Aug 20122012-08-23 | ≈1mo 22d ejel | ||
| Monomaniac Evito | Aug 20122012-08-23 | Oct 20122012-10-27 | 2mo 4d ejel | ||
| Team Dynamic | Dec 20122012-12-23[2] | Jan 20132013-01-04[1] | 12d ejel | ||
 Good Game University | Jan 20132013-01-04[4] | Jun 20132013-06-01[14] | 4mo 28d ejel | ||
| Team Coast | Jun 20132013-06-01[14] | May 20142014-05-02[3] | 11mo 1d ejel | ||
| Dignitas | May 20142014-05-02[7] | May 20162016-05-17[6] | 2yr 15d ejel | ||
| Apex Gaming | May 20162016-05-19[9] | Sep 20162016-09-26[8] | 4mo 7d ejel | ||
| Apex Pride | Jun 20162016-06-03 | Oct 20162016-10-05[11] | 4mo 2d ejel | ||
| Delta Fox | Jun 20172017-06-02[12] | Aug 20172017-08-31 | 2mo 29d ejel |
News
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2016
- 2017
 DNG.P | July (approx.), InnoX, Deathmonger, TrickZ, Shiphtur, and Reduron join. | |
| DNG.P | August 23, InnoX, Deathmonger, TrickZ, Shiphtur, and Reduron leave. | |
 MME | August 23, InnoX, Deathmonger, TrickZ, Shiphtur, and Reduron join. | |
| MME | October 27, Monomaniac Evito is disbanded. InnoX, Deathmonger, TrickZ, Shiphtur, and Reduron leave. | |
 DYN | December 23, Shiphtur and I am Anjo join.[2] |
| DYN | January 4, Team Dynamic is disbanded. ZionSpartan, NintendudeX, Shiphtur, DontMashMe, I am Anjo, and Pixel leave.[1] | |
 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] | |
 CST | June 1, Good Game University renames to Team Coast.[14] |
| CST | May 2, ZionSpartan and Shiphtur leave.[3] | |
 DIG | May 2, ZionSpartan and Shiphtur join. Cruzerthebruzer and Goldenglue move to substitutes.[7] |
| DIG | May 17,  Dignitas transfers its NACS spot to  Apex Pride. Shiphtur and Apollo leave.[6] | |
 APX | May 19, Apollo joins. Shiphtur joins as substitute.[9][10] | |
| APP | June 3, Cris, Diamondprox, Shiphtur, Roar, and KonKwon join. Thal, ShrimP, Apollo, and Xpecial join as substitutes. | |
| 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] | |
| APP | October 5, Shiphtur leaves.[11] |
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 | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-07-18 | North America | NA LCS 2015 Summer | |  | Ahri | Mid | W | 12/1/12 | Link | Link |
| 2014-05-23 | North America | NA LCS 2014 Summer | |  | LeBlanc | Mid | W | 15/0/4 | Link | Link |
| 2013-01-12 | 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 : 1  THE | THE | Revenge, Xmithie, Shiphtur, Scarra, Breezy, Diamond |
| 2020-09-23 | 7 - 8 | Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft IV | 0 : 1 BOXB | SHIP | 1adrianaries1, Hyami, Shiphtur, Seanic, Starsmitten |
| 2020-04-01 | 5 - 8 | Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft III | 0 - 6  RR | SHIP | Dragoon, ShorterACE, Shiphtur, Yvonnie, Saintvicious |
| 2020-02-20 | 1 | Twitch Rivals Streamer Showdown | 2 - 0 FOLL | SILV | foggedftw2, Metaphor, LilyPichu, Shiphtur, Starsmitten |
| 2020-01-23 | 3 - 4 | Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft II | 1 : 2 LIMI | SHIP | Dragoonsmash, ShorterACE, Shiphtur, Saskio, Shady |
| 2019-11-25 | 5 - 8 | Twitch Rivals NA Team Draft I | 1 - 5 RR | SHIP | Darshan, Panda, Shiphtur, Benji, Lohpally |
| 2019-09-28 | 2 | Twitch Rivals: Rumble on the Rift | 1 : 2 YASS | TYLE | voyboy, nightblue3, shiphtur, Tyler1, LilyPichu |
| 2019-01-23 | 4 | Twitch Rivals NA 2019 January | 0 : 2 SAT | FOR | Joshnodrake, Ijustrengar, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, Kimiekimchi |
| 2018-11-24 | 5 - 8 | Tyler1 Championship Series 2018 | 1 : 2 GG | MSDT | Voyboy, Nightblue3, Shiphtur, Imaqtpie, scarra |
| 2018-09-08 | 1 | NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs - Showmatch | 1 : 0 THRO | 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
- November 27, Interview with Team Coast’s Shiphtur with domXtheXbomb on Cloth5
- February 22, Shiphtur discusses his big plays in the LCS in Week 6 [Lost] with Travis Gafford on onGamers
- March 30, Shiphtur talks about match against EG (video) with , and on onGamers
- May 6, Interview with Shiphtur on the upcoming LCS split and joining Team Dignitas (video/transcript) with , and on Team Dignitas
- June 1, Interview with Shiphtur about transitioning to Team Dignitas, team synergy, shotcalling and LCS with , and on Team Dignitas
- June 16, Shiphtur on discovering their new potential as Team Dignitas (video) with , and on onGamers
- June 24, How Shiphtur Won Xiaoweixiao's Jacket After Their Match - LCS Interview with , and on GameSpot
- August 2, Dignitas Shiphtur: “We should have won every one of our games" with Brittany Brown on YouTube
- February 12, Dignitas Diary: Shiphtur on What Every Pro Gamer Needs to Be Successful with , and on Ventito
- February 15, NA LCS 2015: Shiphtur "Gamsu is a complete beast." (video) with , and on SK Gaming
- April 30, dignitas/Shiphtur - Promotion, Summer Split & More with , and on Dignitas
- June 13, Team Dignitas' Shiphtur: "I feel like we can win every game" by , and on LoL Esports
- June 24, How Shiphtur Won XiaoWeiXiao's Jacket After Their Match - LCS Interview (video) with , and on Gamespot
- July 29, Shiphtur talks about the new AP Items and Runeglaive with , and on Dignitas
- November 24, Meet The New Team Dignitas LoL: Interview with our Mid, Shiphtur with , and on Dignitas
- January 11, Interview with DIG Shiphtur: "This is probably the smartest LoL roster dignitas has ever had." with , and on Dignitas
- January 24, Shiphtur on Korean imports: 'I think people kinda overrate the Koreans a little bit' with , and on The Score
- February 23, Dignitas' Shiphtur on facing Immortals: 'We could be a wild card against them' with , and on The Score
- November 20, Three standout players from Group A of Tyler1 Championship Series by Michael Lee on The Game Haus
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 |
Images[]
GGU Shiphtur, NA LCS 2013 Spring
CST Shiphtur, NA LCS 2013 Summer
CST Shiphtur, NA LCS 2014 Spring
DIG Shiphtur, NA LCS 2014 Summer
DIG Shiphtur, NA LCS 2015 Spring
DIG Shiphtur, NA LCS 2016 Spring
APP Shiphtur, NACS 2016 Summer
LCS Shiphtur, All-Star 2018 Las Vegas
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 TD.LoL parts ways with Team Dynamic - Going under the name "Good Game University." and actively looking for sponsors. reddit.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hexo's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Team Dignitas signs Shiphtur and ZionSpartan team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 TD.LoL parts ways with Team Dynamic - Going under the name "Good Game University." and actively looking for sponsors. reddit.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Team Dynamic Leaves Sponsor, Emerges as "Good Game University" ggChronicle
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Team Dignitas transfer NACS Spot To Apex Gaming team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Team Dignitas signs Shiphtur and ZionSpartan team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Philadelphia 76ers acquire, merge and manage leading esports teams Dignitas and Apex team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Team Dignitas transfer NACS Spot To Apex Gaming team-dignitas.net
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Apex's Team Page lolesports.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Shiphtur's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Streaming All Stars Assemble for Echo Fox League of Legends Challenger Dream Team echofox.gg
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Imaqtpie, Scarra, Dyrus, Voyboy, and Shiphtur are Echo Fox's new Challenger team dotesports.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Team Coast Reddit post reddit.com
- ↑ Shiphtur signs with Team Dignitas as Mid Laner team-dignitas.net
- ↑ BillyBoss Signs As Starting LCS Top Laner, SmittyJ Moved To Sub team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Team Dignitas transfer NACS Spot To Apex Gaming team-dignitas.net
- ↑ Shiphtur Anivia Pentakill - DNG vs GGU LoL S3 NA LCS Qualifier youtube.com
- ↑ Shiphtur LeBlanc Pentakill - 2014 NA LCS Summer Split youtube.com
- ↑ Shiphtur Mini-Backdoor vs. TSM youtube.com