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| Region | North America | ||||
| Sponsor | Azubu | ||||
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Team Impulse was previously a North American team. They were created as a rebranding of 2014 NA LCS team LMQ. They disbanded after a competitive ruling banned the organization from LCS participation in May 2016.
History[]
2015 Preseason[]
On December 26, LMQ announced that they were rebranding as Team Impulse. The initial roster included Rush, XiaoWeiXiao, and Adrian, with Fly as their head coach; later, WizFujiiN (now Apollo) and Impact joined the team.[1][2][3][4][5] The team inherited LMQ's seed in the 2015 NA LCS Spring Season.
2015 Season[]
After using Rhux as a substitute for Impact in the first week, Team Impulse finished the round robin with an 11-7 record, in fourth place. In the playoffs, they defeated Gravity before losing to Team SoloMid and then Team Liquid, placing fourth overall. In the summer season, Team Impulse started shakily, placing no higher than sixth through the end of the fifth week. Starting in the sixth week, the team went on a massive winning streak, which was almost able to continue through two roster changes: first, Adrian sat out one game and was replaced by Gate; and second, XiaoWeiXiao was suspended pending an investigation into Elo boosting prior to the ninth week, prompting Adrian to return and Gate to move back to his primary role of mid lane to replace XiaoWeiXiao. This temporary suspension was eventually lengthened to a competitive ban until February 2016. Regardless, Team Impulse finished the last week tied for third place with Gravity and then won their tiebreaker game.
In the summer playoffs, the team beat Dignitas 3-0 before losing to both Counter Logic Gaming and Team Liquid to finish fourth, leaving them with the second-place spot in the Regional Final due to Championship Points. There, they became the second team in a row to fall to underdogs Cloud9 in a reverse sweep and so fell short of the World Championship.
2016 Season[]
Team Impulse rebuilt their roster completely for the 2016 season, moving from Impact, Rush, Gate, Apollo, and Adrian to Feng, Procxin, Pirean, Mash, and Gate, with Gate moving from mid lane to support. Facing visa problems for the first few weeks of play, their roster was unstable until week 4 of the Spring Season. After some early success with their substitute rosters, especially with Seraph in top lane, TIP ended the season in 9th place, losing a 5-13 record tiebreaker to Renegades based on their head-to-head matchup.
In the Promotion Tournament, Team Impulse requalified for the Summer Season with a 3-1 win over the Challenger team Apex Gaming; however, on May 8 they were faced with a competitive ruling banning them from continued participation in the LCS due to not paying their players on time and also not having proper contracts in place with players. The team was also fined $20,000 by Riot.[6] Despite a deadline of May 18 by which they were forced to sell their spot, it wasn't until May 23 that the new team's name -- Phoenix1 -- was revealed.[7]
Timeline[]
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- January (approx.),
Rhux,
Syaka,
For Our Past, and
heavenTime join as substitutes. - January 5, Azubu becomes a partner.[9]
- January 7,
Impact joins.[10] - March 20, Team Impulse is sponsored by KOIOS.[11]
- July 16,
Gate joins.[12] - July 18,
Adrian moves to substitute.[13] - July 23,
XiaoWeiXiao is suspended due to elo-boosting allegations. Gate (Support to Mid) changes position.
Adrian moves to starting roster. - October 22, Team Impulse's LCS seed and brand are put on sale.[14]
- November 16,
Impact,
Rush,
XiaoWeiXiao,
Apollo, and
Adrian's contracts expire. - December 11, Fly (Head Coach) leaves.[15]
- January 7,
Feng,
Procxin,
Pirean,
Mash, and Jason Pan (Head Coach) join.
beibei and
Ken join as substitutes. Gate (Mid to Support) changes position.
Rhux,
Syaka,
For Our Past, and
heavenTime leave. - January 23,
Seraph is loaned from Team Dragon Knights.[16] - January 31,
Seraph's loan from Team Dragon Knights ends. - May 8, Team Impulse is fined $20,000 and forced by competitive ruling to sell its LCS spot due to not paying players on time and not having proper contracts with its players.[17]
- May 23,
Phoenix1 acquires the NA LCS 2016 Summer slot of 
Team Impulse.
Feng,
Pirean,
Mash,
Gate,
beibei,
Ken, and Jason Pan (Head Coach) leave.[18]
Procxin leaves.[19]
Player Roster[]
Former[]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feng | Wang Xiao-Feng (王晓峰) | Top Laner | Jan 20162016-01-07 | May 20162016-05-23 |  ASN | ||
| Procxin | Kim Se-young (김세영) | Jungler | Jan 20162016-01-07 | May 20162016-05-23 |  NV | ||
| Pirean | Choi Jun-sik (최준식) | Mid Laner | Jan 20162016-01-07 | May 20162016-05-23 |  P1 | ||
| Mash | Brandon Phan | Bot Laner | Jan 20162016-01-07 | May 20162016-05-23 | P1 | ||
| Gate | Jiajun "Austin" Yu | Support | Jul 20152015-07-16 | May 20162016-05-23 | P1 | ||
| beibei | Meng Zhang | Sub/Jun | Jan 20162016-01-07 | May 20162016-05-23 |  Retired | ||
| Ken | Kenneth Tang | Sub/Sup | Jan 20162016-01-07 | May 20162016-05-23 |  NVA | ||
| Seraph | Shin Woo-yeong (신우영) | Top Laner (+) (–) On Loan | Jan 20162016-01-23 | Jan 20162016-01-31 |  TDK | ||
| Rhux | Keenan Santos | Sub/Top | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | Jan 20162016-01-07 |  HORI | ||
| Syaka | Guan Xin-Chao (管昕超) | Sub/Top | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | Jan 20162016-01-07 | Retired | ||
| For Our Past | Wen Jun-Jie (文军杰) | Sub/Bot | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | Jan 20162016-01-07 | Retired | ||
| heavenTime | Simon Jeon | Sub/Sup | ≈Jan 2015≈2015-01-?? | Jan 20162016-01-07 |  FOX | ||
| Impact | Jeong Eon-young (정언영) | Top Laner | Jan 20152015-01-07 | Nov 20152015-11-16 |  NRG | ||
| Rush | Lee Yoon-jae (이윤재) | Jungler | Dec 20142014-12-26 | Nov 20152015-11-16 |  C9 | ||
| XiaoWeiXiao | Yu Xian (余显) | Mid Laner (+) (–) Inactive | Dec 20142014-12-26 | Nov 20152015-11-16 |  OMD | ||
| Apollo | Apollo Price | Bot Laner | Dec 20142014-12-31 | Nov 20152015-11-16 |  DIG | ||
| Adrian | Adrian Ma | Support | Dec 20142014-12-26 | Nov 20152015-11-16 |  IMT |
Player League Participation[]
LCS
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Games | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| Impact | | |  |  | | |  | | | | | |  | | | |  | | | | 420 | ||||
| Apollo |  | | |  |  |  | |  | |  | |  | | 312 | |||||||||||
| Adrian | | | | | | | | | 169 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rush | | | | | | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Xiaoweixiao |  | | | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Rhux | | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gate | | | | | |  | | | 165 | ||||||||||||||||
| Seraph |  |  |  | | | | 186 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mash |  | | | | | | | 153 | |||||||||||||||||
| Pirean | | | | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Procxin | | | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feng | | | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Organization[]
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas | Lucas Wen (문준걸) | General Manager | None | |
| Jason Pan | Jason Pan | Coach | None | |
| Superrrman | Xiang 'Alex' Gu | General Manager | None | |
| Fly | Kim Sang-cheol (김상철) | Head Coach |  Royal Never Give Up
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Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Team Impulse Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2016-04-08 | Q | NA LCS 2016 Summer Promotion | Feng, Procxin, Pirean, Mash, Gate, Jason Pan | ||
| 2016-03-20 | 9 | NA LCS 2016 Spring | 5 - 13  RR | Feng, Seraph, beibei, Procxin, Gate, Pirean, Mash, Ken, Jason Pan | |
| 2015-08-31 | 3 | NA Regional Finals 2015 | Impact, Rush, Gate, Apollo, Adrian, Fly | ||
| 2015-08-23 | 4 | $10,000$ 10,000€ 8,780 | NA LCS 2015 Summer Playoffs | Impact, Rush, Gate, Apollo, Adrian, Fly | |
| 2015-07-26 | 3 | NA LCS 2015 Summer | 12 - 6 RR | Impact, Rush, XiaoWeiXiao, Apollo, Adrian, Gate, Fly | |
| 2015-04-19 | 4 | $10,000$ 10,000€ 9,250 | NA LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs | Impact, Rush, XiaoWeiXiao, Apollo, Adrian, Fly | |
| 2015-03-29 | 4 | NA LCS 2015 Spring | 11 - 7 RR | Rhux, Impact, Rush, XiaoWeiXiao, Apollo, Adrian, Fly | |
| Total Prize: USD 20,000 | |||||
Highlight Videos[]
- August 13, Team Impulse House Tour with Travis with Gamespot
Media[]
- 2015
- 2016
- January 13, GP10 NA LCS Spring Split Rankings: #7 Team Impulse by , and on Gold Per 10
- January 18, TEAM HISTORY OF: TEAM IMPULSE by , and on Azubu
- June 7, The crazy, brash, and psychotic Team Impulse by , and on The Score
- June 29, Azubu Asks - Team Impulse with , and on Azubu
- February 11, The TiP-ing Point: An Exploration of Team Impulse by Emily Rand on The Score
Images[]
Team Impulse 2016 NA LCS Spring Season Roster with beibei and Ken
Team Impulse 2015 NA LCS Spring Season Roster
Left to Right: Impact, Adrian, Rush, Apollo, XiaoWeiXiao
See Also[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ LMQ's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Full Roster Announcement teamimpulse.gg
- ↑ Team Impulse's tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Team Impulse's tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Brace For Impact - Team Impulse Acquires Impact content.azubu.tv
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Team Impulse lolesports.com
- ↑ Phoenix1's Profile Page lolesports.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Team Impulse's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Team Impulse Comes to Azubu content.azubu.tv
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Brace For Impact - Team Impulse Acquires Impact content.azubu.tv
- ↑ Team Impulse's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Former Vortex Mid Laner Austin ‘Gate’ Yu Joins Team Impulse content.azubu.tv
- ↑ Adrian's Tweet twitlonger.com
- ↑ Team Impulse Officially Announces Team For Sale gamespot.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 皇族电子竞技俱乐部RNG战队人员变动公告 (Chinese) weibo.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Team Dragon Knights' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Competitive Ruling: Team Impulse lolesports.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7 Phoenix1's Profile Page lolesports.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com