Tactical
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Edward Ra | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | August 18, 2000 (age 20) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  Team Liquid | |
| Contract Expires | 2022-11-22 | |
| Role | Bot Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | NA: TL Tactical, Tactical, T4ctical CN: avatar1 | |
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Edward "Tactical" (▶️ listen) Ra is a League of Legends esports player, currently bot laner for Team Liquid.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Team Exile Surge | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-10 | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-12 | ≈2d ejel | ||
 Relentless Gaming | Mar 20172017-03-22[1] | ≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-23 | ≈1mo 1d ejel | ||
 Supernova | Aug 20172017-08-11 | ≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-18 | ≈3mo 7d ejel | ||
| Supernova | ≈May 2018≈2018-05-?? | Dec 20182018-12-14[2] | ≈7mo 13d ejel | ||
 TSM Academy | Dec 20182018-12-14[5] | Dec 20192019-12-11[4] | 1yr 28d ejel | ||
| TL Academy | Dec 20192019-12-13[8] | Apr 20202020-04-28[7] | 4mo 15d ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Feb 20202020-02-28[9] | Present | 1yr 4mo ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Exile Surge | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-10 | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-12 | ≈2d ejel | ||
| Relentless Gaming | Mar 20172017-03-22[1] | ≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-23 | ≈1mo 1d ejel | ||
| Supernova | Aug 20172017-08-11 | ≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-18 | ≈3mo 7d ejel | ||
| Supernova | ≈May 2018≈2018-05-?? | Dec 20182018-12-14[2] | ≈7mo 13d ejel | ||
| TSM Academy | Dec 20182018-12-14[5] | Dec 20192019-12-11[4] | 1yr 28d ejel | ||
| TL Academy | Dec 20192019-12-13[8] | Apr 20202020-04-28[7] | 4mo 15d ejel | ||
| Team Liquid | Feb 20202020-02-28[9] | Present | 1yr 4mo ej |
News
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
 EX.S | December 10 (approx.), League, You all boosted, Zatsmod, Tactical, and TeeSum join. Serilium, Zyko, and Uzis join as substitutes. | |
| EX.S | December 12 (approx.), League, You all boosted, Zatsmod, Tactical, TeeSum, Serilium, Zyko, and Uzis leave. |
 RLT | March 22, Tactical, Pyrrfect, and Gremmy (Strategic Coach) join. cokes leaves.[1] | |
| RLT | April 23 (approx.), League, veng, Zatsmod, Tactical, Pyrrfect, Japanese Import, Dan (Head Coach), and TheMadK1ng (General Manager) leave. | |
 SN | August 11, Tactical joins. yeniaR leaves for academy roster. | |
| SN | November 18 (approx.), PieCakeLord, H4xDefender, Soligo, Tactical, and Artemis leave. |
| SN | May (approx.), Ic0nic, Sudzzi, and Clyde join. Cavele and Tactical rejoin. | |
| SN | December 14, Tactical leaves.[2][3] | |
 TSM.A | December 14, Akaadian, Tactical, and Treatz join. Brandini rejoins. PieCakeLord leaves. MrRallez and Shady's departures are confirmed.[5][6] |
| TSM.A | January 5, Brandini, Akaadian, Tactical, and Treatz's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[10] | |
| TSM.A | December 11, Tactical is removed from the GCD.[4] | |
| TSM.A | December 13, Tactical's departure is confirmed.[11] | |
 TL.A | December 13, Yusui, Tactical, and Cao join.[8] Yusui, Tactical, and Cao's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[12] |
Biography[edit]
2018 Season[edit]
Tactical began his competitive career by competing for various amateur organizations between 2016 and 2017, including Team Exile Surge, Relentless Gaming, and Super Nova. In 2018, Tactical rejoined Super Nova and helped lead it to several 1st- and 2nd-place finishes in amateur tournaments such as the Upsurge Premier League and Alienware Game Arena. During this time, he also performed well in solo queue and received an invitation to the 2018 NA Scouting Grounds, where he was drafted onto Team Infernal Drake. His team placed 2nd at the tournament and Tactical was awarded a trophy for being one of the Top 5 Prospects.
2019 Season[edit]
At the beginning of the 2019 season, Tactical joined TSM Academy. Although the team had not performed well in the 2018 season, with Tactical and new support Treatz, the team finished 2nd in the regular season and 1st in playoffs. In Summer, the team's jungler Grig was moved to the main roster and Spica was brought on to replace him. Additionally, Tactical split play time with trainee bot laner Johnsun, who replaced Tactical in four regular season games. The team struggled to replicate its Spring success and finished the regular season in 4th place. In playoffs, the team underwent more roster changes as top laner Brandini was benched for disciplinary reasons and Grig swapped roles to replace him. Additionally, in the middle of playoffs Spica was moved to the main roster and Akaadian was moved to academy due to jungler problems on the main team. The team was eliminated in the semifinals.
2020 Season[edit]
Tactical moved to Team Liquid Academy at the beginning of the 2020 season. However, the main team's jungler problems again caused instability in the academy roster, as Team Liquid jungler Broxah could not play for the first three weeks of the season due to visa issues and academy jungler Shernfire was moved to the main roster to replace him. The academy roster played with last-minute substitution MikeYeung and started with a 5-game losing streak. Once Shernfire returned to the team in the fourth week, the team went on to win six of their next seven games. In Week 6, the main roster's bot laner Doublelift was unable to play due to sickness and Tactical was moved to the main roster to replace him. In his LCS debut, Tactical won both of his games and even put up an exceptional performance against 100 Thieves where he went 5/0/1, gained 72 more CS than his lane opponent Cody Sun, and won player of the game. After the impressive debut, and due to Doublelift's previous poor performance and motivation issues, Tactical was permanently moved to the main roster to split time with Doublelift on a week-by-week basis.
Trivia[edit]
- Has reached Rank 1 on NA.
Tournament Results[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[edit]
- 2020
- 2021
- April 28, Doublelift’s heir apparent: Breaking down Tactical as Liquid’s starting ADC by Jeremy Culver on Dot Esports
- May 16, Team Liquid Tactical: "Just go 9th place, replace your ADC, and go to Worlds. That's how it works." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
- June 14, Liquid Tactical: "Jatt helps align our vision and brings the team together more." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
- June 18, Tactical tells the story of his path to the big stage - finding success with Liquid with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- July 8, TL Tactical talks W4 game against FLY, mages bot, and being the rookie on TL with Izento on Esports Heaven
- July 17, A letter from Tactical to Treatz, welcoming him to the LCS: "I'm happy that you have this opportunity, and I know you will do well!" by Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
- August 28, Liquid Tactical on attending Worlds: "Ruler was CoreJJ's previous duo. It would be cool to beat them." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
- September 4, From Academy to Worlds: How Tactical became one of NA’s budding stars by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
- September 11, TL Tactical talks receiving Rookie of the Year, wanting to face Ruler at Worlds with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- September 18, Rookies to watch at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship by Michael Kelly on Dot Esports
- September 26, Tactical and Team Liquid are already bringing the heat to League’s Worlds stage with Michael Kelly on Dot Esports
- October 4, Tactical on TL vs Machi, lessons from Team Liquid's first Group Stage game with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- October 6, Tactical: “We came [into the group stage] with the wrong mindset, because in play-ins, we were able to do whatever we want” by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
- February 15, Tactical talks feeling BURNED OUT and why it's lead to some poor performances, how TL is helping with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- July 11, TL Tactical on his split improvement "The Secret Ingredient is... just stop INTING 4head" with dGon (VENN Esports) on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
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| 2021-06-20 | LCS 2021 Summer |  GG vs  TL | Link |
| 2021-06-11 | LCS 2021 Summer | TL vs  DIG | Link |
| 2021-02-12 | LCS 2021 Spring |  CLG vs TL | Link |
| 2021-01-30 | LCS 2021 Lock In |  EG vs TL | Link |
| 2020-09-26 | Worlds 2020 Play-In | TL vs  LGC | Link |
| 2020-08-08 | LCS 2020 Summer | TL vs  IMT | Link |
| 2020-07-18 | LCS 2020 Summer | TL vs EG | Link |
| 2020-06-20 | LCS 2020 Summer |  100 vs TL | Link |
| 2020-02-29 | LCS 2020 Spring | TL vs  TSM | Link |
| 2019-04-05 | NA Academy 2019 Spring Playoffs |  C9.A vs TSM.A | Link |
Images[edit]
INF Tactical, NASG 2018
TSM.A Tactical, NA Academy 2019 Spring
TSM.A Tactical, NA Academy 2019 Summer
TL Tactical, LCS 2020 Spring
TL Tactical, LCS 2021 Spring
TL Tactical, LCS 2021 Summer
Name Pronunciation
| Tactical | |
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| Accuracy | Riot |
| Voiced By | Raafaa |
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Relentless Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 TSM's Official 2019 NA LCS Rosters and Staff tsm.gg
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 GCD Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-12-10; after change - NA - 2019-12-11
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 TSM's Official 2019 NA LCS Rosters and Staff tsm.gg
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Team SoloMid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Coaching and Summer Split - Team Liquid LoL Roster Update | lolesports youtube.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Doublelift's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-05
- ↑ Team Liquid's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - - ; after change - NA - 2019-12-13
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-11-03; after change - NA - 2020-11-04
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-06-30; after change - NA - 2021-07-01
