Sword (Rico Chen)

Sword
Sword
Background Information
Name	Rico Chen
Country of Birth	; Taiwan
Nationality	; Taiwan; ; United States
Birthday	September 18, 2002 (age 23)
Residency	NANorth America
Prev Residencies	AMEAmericas; NANorth America
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Winthrop University
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Swordd
Soloqueue IDs	NA: Sword#Heize
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Rico "Sword" Chen is a League of Legends esports player, currently mid laner for Winthrop University.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Sword. One other player shares this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠TSM Academy	Jan 20192019-01-30^[2]	Sep 20212021-09-30^[1]	2yr 8mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Next	Dec 20212021-12-19^[4]	Nov 20222022-11-07^[3]	10mo 19d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Academy	Jan 20222022-01-08^[5]	Feb 20222022-02-03	26d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠St. Thomas	Feb 20222022-02-19	Feb 20222022-02-20	1d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Academy	Jun 20222022-06-07^[7]	Jun 20222022-06-10^[6]	3d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠FLY FAM	Jan 20232023-01-13^[9]	Apr 20232023-04-28^[8]	3mo 15d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Winthrop University	Jun 20232023-06-10	Present	2yr 7mo	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠TSM Academy	Jan 20192019-01-30^[2]	Nov 20202020-11-28^[10]	1yr 9mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM Academy	Nov 20202020-11-28^[10]	Sep 20212021-09-30^[1]	10mo 2d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Next	Dec 20212021-12-19^[4]	Jan 20222022-01-08^[5]	20d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Next	Jan 20222022-01-08^[5]	Feb 20222022-02-03	26d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Academy	Jan 20222022-01-08^[5]	Feb 20222022-02-03	26d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Next	Feb 20222022-02-03	Nov 20222022-11-07^[3]	9mo 4d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠St. Thomas	Feb 20222022-02-19	Feb 20222022-02-20	1d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Academy	Jun 20222022-06-07^[7]	Jun 20222022-06-10^[6]	3d	Temp Sub ejel
NA	⁠⁠FLY FAM	Jan 20232023-01-13^[9]	Apr 20232023-04-28^[8]	3mo 15d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Winthrop University	Jun 20232023-06-10	Present	2yr 7mo	ej

News

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

NA

⁠

⁠TSM.A

January 30,
Sarcasm,
Sword, and
Johnsun join as trainees.^[2]

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NA	⁠⁠TSM.A	November 28, Babip joins. Sword moves to starting roster.^[10] Sword renames to Swordd.^[11] e
NA	⁠⁠TSM.A	November 29, Babip's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022. Swordd's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.^[12] e

NA	⁠⁠TSM.A	May 18, Swordd renames to Sword.^[13] e
NA	⁠⁠TSM.A	September 30, Hauntzer, Sword, and Cody Sun leave.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠100X	December 19, Fanatiik, Insanity, Array, Sword, and Mist (Head Coach) join.^[4] e

NA	⁠⁠100X	January 3, Fanatiik, Insanity, Array, and Sword's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 5 November 2022.^[14] e
NA	⁠⁠100X	January 8, donbray joins. Sword moves to substitute.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠100.A	January 8, Sword joins from sister team ⁠⁠100 Next. Busio moves to substitute.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠100.A	February 3, Busio moves to starting roster. Sword leaves for sister team ⁠⁠100 Next. e
NA	⁠⁠100X	February 3, Sword moves to starting roster. donbray leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠UST	February 19, Array and Sword join as temporary substitutes for Nerd Street Winter Champs 2022 Finals. e
NA	⁠⁠UST	February 20, Array and Sword (temporary substitutes) leave. e
NA	⁠⁠100.A	June 7, Sword is readded to the GCD as temporary substitute for Week 1 of NA Academy 2022 Summer, replacing Busio.^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠100.A	June 10, Sword (temporary substitute) leaves.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠100X	November 7, Sniper, Fanatiik, and Sword are removed from the GCD.^[3] e

NA	⁠⁠FLYF	January 13, lunacia, Goo, Blazze, Instinct, and Sword join. Mgutis and Lunar join as substitutes.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠FLYF	April 28, ⁠⁠FLY FAM is disbanded. lunacia, Hyper, Blazze, Instinct, Sword, Maniac, Lunar, Brandini (Head Coach), and Julius (Assistant Coach) leave.^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠WU	June 10, Trixter and Sword join. e

AME

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⁠WU

October 31, Sword changes residency from

NA

North America to

AME

Americas.

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NA

⁠

⁠WU

November 17, Sword changes residency from

AME

Americas to

NA

North America.

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Biography

Sword was born in Taiwan, but moved to the United States when he was 9 years old.

Trivia

His ID Sword is named after the "two sword style" technique in The Prince of Tennis.

Tournament Results

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

Sword (Rico Chen) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-08-21	7 - 8	NACL 2025 Split 2 Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠DZ	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wilson, Sword, Mobility, Only35, Tails, Artemis
2025-08-08	7	NACL 2025 Split 2	3 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wilson, Sword, Mobility, Only35, Artemis, Tails
2025-05-23	5	NACL 2025 Split 1 Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠NA	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wilson, Sword, Mobility, Only35, Artemis, Tails
2025-05-11	3	CLOL 2025 Championship	1 : 3⁠⁠MISS	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wilson, Sword, Mobility, Artemis, Only35
2025-05-09	6	NACL 2025 Split 1	4 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wilson, Sword, Mobility, Only35, Artemis, Tails
2024-09-22	1	HUE Invitational 2024	2 : 0⁠⁠MISS	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wilson, Sword, Mobility, Chookies, Artemis
2024-05-18	5 - 6	CLOL 2024 Championship	1 : 3⁠⁠SLU	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wocao, Sword, Mobility, Chookies, Artemis
2024-04-13	2	NECC 2024 Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠MISS	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wocao, Sword, Mobility, Chookies, Artemis
2024-04-06	NQ	NACL 2024 Summer Promotion	1 : 3⁠⁠BLUE	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wocao, Sword, Mobility, Chookies, Artemis
2024-03-23	3 - 4	NACL 2024 Spring Qualifier 2 Playoffs	0 : 2⁠⁠CCG	⁠⁠WU	Denathor, Wocao, Sword, Mobility, Chookies, Artemis

Sword (Rico Chen) 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2022-03-07	47 - 48	CQ 2022 Spring Split 1		⁠⁠100X

Media

2023

October 18, ACADEMY MID LANER JOINS COLLEGIATE ESPORTS - SWORD with Trixter on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

2021
2022
2024

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-01-21	NA Academy 2021 Spring	TSM.A vs EG.A	Link
2021-02-11	NA Academy 2021 Spring	GG.A vs TSM.A
2021-04-16	LCS Proving Grounds 2021 Spring	TSM.A vs FLY.A	Link
2021-07-22	NA Academy 2021 Summer	TSM.A vs CLG.A	Link