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Team Information | |||
Org Location | Netherlands | ||
Team Location | United States | ||
Region | Americas | ||
Owner | Victor "Nazgul" Goossens Steve "LiQuiD112" Arhancet | ||
Partner | Alienware Coinbase Honda Monster Energy SAP Sui IMC Twitch Thorne HyperX Secretlab | ||
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Team Liquid—competing under Team Liquid Honda for the League of Legends division for sponsorship reasons—is a multi-gaming team organization that was founded in the Netherlands in 2000 as a StarCraft: Brood War team. In January 2015, they merged with Team Curse (not the Curse Gaming organization). This page contains information about their primary League of Legends team, formerly known as Team Curse.
The organization also runs the most-visted StarCraft-related website in the world, tl.net, which has given to a rise League sub-site, Liquid Legends since Liquid acquired Curse and joined the LCS.
History[]
2015 Preseason[]
Team Liquid acquired their League of Legends roster in January 2015 upon merging with Team Curse (not to be confused with the team's former title sponsor Curse Gaming). They inherited Team Curse's spot in the LCS, and their starting roster going into the 2015 season included Quas, IWillDominate, FeniX, Piglet, and Xpecial. At the same time as this merger was announced, Team Liquid launched the site liquidlegends.net, a hub for all of their League of Legends content.[1]
2015 Season[]
At the start of the season, Piglet was unable to play in the NA LCS Spring Split due to visa issues, and so Team Liquid Academy AD carry KEITHMCBRIEF started in his place for the first week. The team went 2-0. Piglet then returned for weeks 2, 3, and 4, but after poor performances and a 1-5 record, KEITHMCBRIEF (now Keith) was returned to the starting lineup.[2] During this time, to accommodate Keith's high-school schedule, Liquid scrimmed with Piglet in the mornings and then with Keith in the afternoons. The team went 3-1 in weeks 5 and 6, and Piglet was returned for week 7; he stayed on the starting roster through the rest of the split.[3] The team qualified for playoffs with the sixth seed after defeating Team 8 in a tiebreaker game. There, they beat CLG 3-0 in the quarterfinals before falling to Cloud9 3-2 in the semifinals; in the third-place match, Liquid finally broke the "fourth-place curse" that stopped them from placing higher than fourth place in any event that had persisted since they were Team Curse and took down Team Impulse 3-2.
Team Liquid stuck with the same five-man roster for the entirety of the summer split, and they finished the round robin in first place after winning a tiebreaker match over Counter Logic Gaming - the first team other than TSM or Cloud9 to place first in an NA LCS round robin. However, in the playoffs, they lost immediately in the semifinals to TSM, making them also the first team to finish first in an NA LCS round robin but not make the playoff finals. A CLG victory over TSM in the playoff finals sent Team Liquid to the regional finals instead of giving them a direct seed to Worlds via Championship Points, and in the gauntlet they lost to underdogs Cloud9, ending their post-season abruptly.
2016 Preseason[]
Following a rumor that Piglet was to leave the team published in late September 2015, Team Liquid announced that they were actually extending his contract.[4][5] The next day, Xpecial revealed that it was he who was leaving the team, not Piglet, and in October the team announced Smoothie as their new starting support player.[6][7] Soon after, Xpecial's departure was officially announced as well.[8]
2016 Season[]
In late December, Team Liquid announced their plans for a 10-man-roster and heavily revamped their coaching staff with Locodoco as new head coach and new support staff. In January, Liquid announced the addition of Lourlo to fill the gap left by Quas and added zig, Dardoch, Youngbin, fabbbyyy and Matt as active subs from their Challenger team Team Liquid Academy. What "active subs" turned out to mean was a permanent roster shuffle, in which Dardoch and Matt joined the LCS team after the first game of the split. IWDominate retired, and Smoothie moved to the Academy team.
Liquid's spring split started out rocky, with an 0-2 first week and cumulative winrates of 50% or worse after each of the first eight weeks. Eventually, their new roster started to solidify, and they climbed into a fourth-place regular-season finish, behind the newly-formed and almost-undefeated Immortals, CLG, and Cloud9. A lot of their success was attributed to Dardoch's jungling, and he was named Rookie of the Split. Team Liquid's quarterfinal series was an easy 3-0 over NRG Esports, but in the semifinals, they lost a narrow five-game series to CLG (the eventual champions). In the fifth game, Piglet was caught out in mid lane by a double-teleport from both Darshan and Huhi at the same time to the same ward and died. While Liquid were already behind in that game, it was this play that sealed the win for their opponents. In the third-place series against the tournament-favorite Immortals who had been knocked down in an upset by TSM, Liquid lost once again, this time 0-3, to finish the playoffs in fourth place overall and continuing their "fourth-place curse."
Despite Dardoch's stellar spring split performance, on May 27, he was suspended by the team for "behavioral problems and team dynamics issues" ahead of the Summer Split.[9] Liquid Academy jungler Moon was used for the team's first series instead, which they lost, and by the end of the week Dardoch was starting again, where he remained through the end of the Playoffs. Soon after Dardoch's return, fabbbyyy was also traded to the main Team Liquid roster, this time in exchange for Piglet. This roster of Lourlo, Dardoch, FeniX, fabbbyyy, and Matt stabilized, and the team finished in fifth place with a 9-9 series record. In the playoffs, they shook up their roster once again, substituting in Jynthe for their third game against CLG after two losses. Jynthe won his first game, but Team Liquid ultimately lost the series 3-1 and then also lost in the first round of the Regional Finals to Team EnVyUs, this time with both Jynthe at AD carry and former substitute mid laner Arcsecond jungling.
2017 Season[]
In the offseason, Liquid made a big splash by signing former Immortals star jungler Reignover to replace Dardoch. The team also sold their Challenger Series slot to eUnited, and added former Liquid Academy players Goldenglue and Piglet to the starting roster, joining Reignover and Summer holdovers Lourlo and Matt. After a middling 2-4 start to the Spring Split, Liquid nosedived in weeks 3 and 4, losing all four series to fall into a tie for last place. With the organization seeing Goldenglue as a weak point on the team, tryouts were announced for a new mid laner during the break week. However, the team eventually elected to move ADC Piglet to mid and to add former sub Youngbin as their new ADC. After a 1-1 week 5, the team made yet another move, acquiring former TSM star ADC Doublelift, who had been taking a split off, on loan from TSM, as well as veteran support Adrian. While Adrian would only play a few games, Doublelift would start the remainder of the season for Liquid. The team even added a new head coach for the final week, picking up former NaJin Black Sword player Cain. However, these moves failed to deliver the radical results hoped for and Liquid went 2-4 over the last three weeks to finish 9th, sending them to the promotion tournament.
In the promotion tournament, Liquid beat eUnited 3-1 after dropping the first game, moving them into the winner's bracket. There, they faced NACS champions Gold Coin United. Liquid went up 2-0 in the series, only to drop the next two games to GCU. However, Liquid defeated GCU in a dominant 5th game, retaining their LCS spot.
In the midseason, Doublelift returned to TSM. The team then announced that Piglet would swap back to ADC and that Goldenglue would return from bootcamping in Korea to start in mid lane. This meant that the team would start the same five that they had to begin the spring, despite the underwhelming results. However, this lineup would not last long, as after a losing to CLG to open the Summer Split, Goldenglue was subbed out for former Phoenix1 mid laner Slooshi. Liquid lost that series as well, and Goldenglue returned and held the starting position until week 4, in which he was once again subbed out for Slooshi and veteran support KonKwon was subbed in for Matt. The team also began to sub in Inori, acquired from Phoenix1, for Reignover. None of these changes led to any lasting sucess, and Liquid finished the first 7 weeks with a 4-10 record. Before week 8, the team announced that Dardoch, who had left CLG due to conflicts with his teammates, would return to the team he had started with, and that they had also acquired ROX Tigers mid laner Mickey. Despite the high profile acquisitions, Liquid proceeded to lose all four of their final games, sending them to the promotion tournament for the second time in 2017, the worst year in the history of the Liquid organization.
With both Mickey and Dardoch starting, Liquid requalified for the LCS with a 3-0 stomp of eUnited, followed by coming back after falling to a 2-0 deficit against Phoenix1 to take the series.
2018 Preseason[]
After they were accepted into the LCS's new franchising system in 2018, Team Liquid announced that they were releasing all of their players and coaching staff. The new starting roster consisted of former Immortals players Xmithie, Pobelter, and Olleh, shortly followed by Cloud9's Impact and the return of Doublelift. Cain remained as head coach for Liquid, and the team also acquired former Immortals coach Dodo as assistant coach. Expectations were high, as the new Team Liquid roster looked incredibly strong with five high-profile veterans joining forces.
2018 Season[]
Liquid had a strong start to the 2018 Spring Split, finishing Week 2 with a record of 4-0 including resounding victories over rivals TSM and 100 Thieves. However, the team started to falter after losses in Week 3 to the underperforming FlyQuest and last-place Golden Guardians. The team would continue to play inconsistently throughout most of the split, with criticism directed to the apparent lack of synergy between Doublelift and Olleh. The team finally displayed a resurgence of strength with a 2-0 record in Week 9. The victories entered Team Liquid into a tiebreaker between four teams to determine playoff seeding, in which Liquid acquired the fourth seed. The fourth-place curse was finally broken as the team looked completely dominant in playoffs. Liquid defeated Cloud9 in the quarterfinals, Echo Fox in the semifinals, and the first-place 100 Thieves in the grand final. This would give Liquid their first LCS title, and allow them to be North America's representative at the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational.
At MSI, Liquid was seeded directly into the Group Stage. They began the event in uninspiring fashion, losing their first four games, the only team to fail to record a win in the first two days. Olleh also removed himself in favor of substitute support Joey after day 1, citing a lack of confidence in his own play, though he would return for the second game on Day 2 and play out the rest of the event. However, Liquid finally managed to break their slump with a Day 3 win over eventual tournament winners Royal Never Give Up, then won three of their five final matches, which coupled with a slump by Europe's Fnatic, put the two Western teams in a tie for the final playoff spot at the conclusion of the group stage. Liquid's luck would fail them there though, as they lost, continuing North America's record of futility in international tournament tierbreakers.
Team Liquid was placed in Group C for the Worlds 2018 Main Event, along with Korea's KT Rolster, Taiwan's MAD Team, and China's EDward Gaming. In the tournament, Liquid performed poorly, winning only against MAD in the first round robin. Though Liquid displayed improvement in the second round robin, beating EDG, they finished with a 3-3 record, which was not enough to secure the team a place in the knockout stage.
2019 Preseason[]
Following their Worlds performance, the team looked to revamp some positions within the team in the hopes that they would achieve international success. The team replaced Pobelter with Cloud9's Jensen, and Olleh with former World Champion and former GenG support CoreJJ.
2019 Season[]
TL dominated the first half of the 2019 spring split with help from strong performances by the bot lane of Doublelift and CoreJJ and lost just one game, against TSM, in the first six weeks. TL struggled in the final three weeks and went 3-3 with losses to Flyquest, Echo Fox and Team SoloMid to finish 14-4. Cloud9 also finished the season with a 14-4 record but lost both regular-season games against Liquid to give TL the regular-season title.
Liquid avenged its loss to Flyquest by sweeping them in the spring playoff semifinals while SoloMid advanced in a close 3-2 series against Cloud9. Team SoloMid picked up where it left off in the regular season and won the first two games of the finals. TL fought back and reverse swept TSM to win its third straight LCS championship and a berth to the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational.
At the MSI Play-in round, TL swept the Phong Vũ Buffalo to advance to the main event where Liquid had a strong start to the tournament with a 2-0 record. Liquid then dropped five of its next six games to fall to 3-5 and sat in fourth place just one game ahead of the Flash Wolves. One win on the final day would secure TL at least a tiebreaker with the Wolves and two would have guaranteed a spot in the playoffs. Both teams lost their first games of the day, which put their fates in Team Liquid's hands. TL defeated G2 to secure the fourth spot in the playoffs and send the Wolves home.
Invictus Gaming won the group stage with a 9-1 record and elected to play Team Liquid in the first round of the playoffs. It was the first time that Doublelift had made it out of the group stage of an international tournament in the LCS era. TL won the first two games of the series despite falling behind in both matches before iG took the third game to prevent a sweep. In the fourth game of the series, Liquid took a commanding lead early and did not let go of control as the North American champions upset the LPL favorites 3-1 to advance to the finals. CoreJJ and Xmithie provided strong initiation and team fighting throughout the series and the former won series MVP. In the finals of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, Team Liquid was matched up against G2 Esports. Most people predicted a close final, but G2 had other ideas. Team Liquid fell to G2 Esports 3-0 in the fastest international best-of-five series in League of Legends history, finishing as runners up.
In the 2019 Summer Split, the team was burnt out from their run at MSI and started off at the end of Week 2 of the LCS with a tie for 4th Place at a 2-2 record. However, Team Liquid later picked up their game, becoming sole possessor of 1st place by the end of week 4.
At Rift Rivals, Liquid proved themselves to be the strongest NA team out of a pool of TL, TSM, and C9 against the LEC teams that comprised of Origen, G2 Esports and Fnatic. Although losing to Fnatic, they were able to beat Origen and take their revenge against G2 Esports, beating them in both encounters during the tournament and although Europe proved that they were the better overall region, Liquid proved themselves as the strongest NA team and showed themselves as a force to be reckoned with. With their return to the LCS Regular Season, they cemented themselves far and beyond any other NA team, making LCS Summer Playoffs by the end of Week 7 and receiving the first-place playoff bye with a 14-4 record, beating Cloud9's record of 12-6 which secured them the second-place bye.
The Playoffs proved tougher for Team Liquid, with Clutch Gaming presenting themselves as a contender in NA, however, it was not enough to take down the NA powerhouse of TL as Clutch Gaming suffered a loss of 3-2 in the semifinals, while Cloud9 had an easier series, winning 3-1 against Counter Logic Gaming. With these semifinal results, both Team Liquid and Cloud9 secured their spots at Worlds, with the final to determine which team receives the 1st and 2nd seed. The finals match was another very close series, with Liquid winning their 1st match, however, Cloud9 fought back valiantly and took the next 2 games against TL. With TL at risk of losing the 4-peat, they managed to pull it back and take games 4 and 5, ending the very close series 3-2, with Liquid taking over TSM as the greatest ever team that North America has ever seen, winning 4 LCS titles in a row and taking the 1st seed for North America at Worlds 2019.
2020 Preseason[]
After their short 3-3 group stage run at worlds in 2019, Team Liquid decided to part ways with long-time NA Jungler, Xmithie. They then signed the former Jungler from Fnatic, "Broxah" (Mads Brock-Pedersen). Alongside Broxah, they brought back Pobelter, this time as a topside positional coach.
Trivia[]
'4th' Meme[]
- The meme stems from the fact that Team Curse regularly placed 4th, and were unable to place any higher than this, in NA LCS playoffs.
- Despite this curse being broken in Team Liquid's first NA LCS split, finishing 3rd, the meme persists in a more general sense, and now applies to the team being fourth in almost any respect.
- Team Liquid were the fourth team to be crowned NA LCS champions in the NA LCS 2018 Spring Playoffs.
- Team Liquid were also the fourth team to win the NA LCS title back-to-back in the NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs.
- In 2018, Team Liquid became the fourth NA 1st seed in a row to be eliminated in the group stage of Worlds.
- In the MSI 2019 Main Event, Team Liquid beat Invictus Gaming in 4 games in the semifinals.
- In the 2019 LCS Summer Finals, Team Liquid won 4 trophies in a row, breaking TSM's former record of 3 in a row.
- In the 2021 LCS Championship, Team Liquid beat TSM in 4 games, securing their 4th appearance at the World Championship.
- Four times in a row finished 3rd at Worlds' Group Stage with the record of 3-3 (from 2018 to 2021)
- Failed to qualify for Worlds 2022 after winning 4 LCS titles and being to Worlds 4 times.
- Team Liquid have also finished fourth in a number of tournaments:
- NA LCS 2016 Spring - 4th Place
- NA LCS 2016 Spring Playoffs - 4th Place
- NA Regional Finals 2016 - 4th Place
- NA LCS 2018 Spring - 4th Place
- MSI 2019 Main Event - 4th Place Group Stage
- LCS 2022 Championship - 4th Place
Timeline[]
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- January 6, Team Liquid acquires the roster and NA LCS spot of Team Curse.
Quas,
IWillDominate,
FeniX,
Piglet,
Xpecial, Peter (Head Coach), jokasteve (General Manager), LiQuiD112 (Owner), and MarkZ (Content Creator) join.[10] - January 16,
Nyjacky joins as substitute.[11]
Saeca and
KEITHMCBRIEF join as substitutes. - January 24, HTC becomes a sponsor.[12]
- January 30, Namecheap sponsors the team.[13]
- February 16,
Keith moves to starting roster.[14] - March 4,
Keith moves to substitute.[15] - May (approx.), jokasteve (General Manager to CS:GO Manager) changes position.
- June (approx.),
Nyjacky leaves. - June 28,
ChumpJohn joins as substitute.[16] - July (approx.), Exorant (Analyst) joins.
- July 1,
KEITHMCBRIEF leaves.[17][18] - September (approx.), Exorant (Analyst) leaves.
- September 7, Peter (Head Coach) leaves for academy roster.[19]
- September 28,
Piglet's contract is extended through 2016.[20] - September 29,
Xpecial is set to leave.[21] - October 16,
Smoothie joins.[22] - October 29,
Xpecial leaves.[23] - November 13, Locodoco (Content Producer/Creator) joins.[24]
- November 29, Quas is suspended by Team Liquid.
Quas becomes inactive.[25] - December 3,
Quas leaves.[26] - December 30, DLim (Assistant Coach), SnowSpots (Analyst), Caelan (Jungle Coach), and TeeKay (Remote Analyst) join. Locodoco (Content Producer/Creator to Head Coach) changes position.[27]
- January (approx.),
Painless joins as substitute.
ChumpJohn and
Saeca leave. - January 4,
Lourlo joins.[28]
zig,
Dardoch,
Youngbin,
fabbbyyy, and
Matt join as substitutes from academy roster.[29] - January 17,
Dardoch and
Matt move to starting roster.
IWDominate and
Smoothie move to substitutes. - January 20, IWDominate (Sub/Jungle to Coach/Sub/Jungle) changes position.[30]
- March 8,
SirhcEz joins as substitute.
zig,
Youngbin,
fabbbyyy, and
Smoothie leave for academy roster. - May (approx.),
Solo,
Moon,
Goldenglue, and
Stunt join as substitutes from academy roster.
fabbbyyy rejoins as substitute from academy roster. SirhcEz (Sub/Top to Streamer) changes position.
IWDominate (Coach) and Caelan (Jungle Coach) leave. - May 27, Dardoch is suspended for behavioral problems and team dynamics issues.[31]
- June 1,
Moon moves to starting roster.
Dardoch moves to substitute.[32][33] - June 5,
Dardoch moves to starting roster.
Moon moves to substitute. - June 17,
fabbbyyy moves to starting roster.
Piglet moves to substitute. - July 13, IWDominate (Streamer) joins.
Viper,
vvian,
Yusan,
Arcsecond, and
Jynthe join as substitutes.
Solo,
Moon,
Goldenglue,
Piglet, and
Stunt leave for academy roster. - August 15,
Jynthe moves to starting roster.
fabbbyyy moves to substitute.[34] - August 30, Arcsecond (Sub/Mid to Jungle) changes position.
Dardoch moves to substitute.
fabbbyyy leaves.[35][36] - September 27, aXiomatic obtains a controlling interest in the team.[37][38]
- September 28, DLim (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) changes position.[39]
- October (approx.), MarkZ (Content Creator) becomes inactive.
- November 23,
Dardoch leaves.[40] - December (approx.),
Painless leaves. - December 3, Moon (Analyst) rejoins.[41]
- December 7, Moon (Analyst) leaves.[42]
- December 9,
Goldenglue rejoins.[43] - December 12,
Reignover joins.
Piglet rejoins.
Arcsecond and
Jynthe move to substitutes.
FeniX leaves.[44][45] - December 13, Locodoco (Head Coach) leaves.[46]
- January (approx.), Caleb (VP Operations to Director of Global Partnerships) changes position.
- January 5,
Link joins as substitute.
vvian,
Yusan, and
Jynthe leave.[47] - January 13, Saintvicious (Strategic Coach) joins.[48]
- January 14, Jarge (Head Analyst) joins.[49]
- February (approx.), MarkZ (Content Creator) leaves.
- February 16,
KonKwon joins as substitute.[50] - February 28,
Youngbin rejoins. Piglet (Bot to Mid) changes position.
Goldenglue moves to substitute.[51] - March 6,
Goldenglue becomes inactive.[52] - March 7,
Doublelift is loaned from TSM.
Youngbin moves to substitute.[53][54] - March 8,
Adrian joins.[55] - March 15, Swaguhsaurus (General Manager) leaves.[56]
- March 24, Cain (Head Coach) joins.[57]
- April 3,
Adrian leaves.[58] - April 28,
Doublelift's loan from TSM ends.[59] - May 19, Saintvicious (Strategic Coach) leaves.[60]
- May 23,
Slooshi joins. Piglet (Mid to Bot) changes position.
Goldenglue moves to starting roster.[61][62] - June 22,
Inori joins.
Link leaves.[63][64] - June 24,
KonKwon moves to starting roster. - July (approx.), Real (Position Coach) joins.
- July 7, Yaltz (Position Coach) joins.
- July 24,
Mickey joins.[65] - July 25,
Dardoch rejoins.[66] - August 15, DLim (Head Coach) leaves.[67][68]
- September 6, LL Stylish (Streamer) joins.[69]
- October (approx.), Real (Position Coach) leaves.
- October 8, Yaltz (Position Coach) leaves.[70]
- November (approx.), InternetHulk (Head Coach) joins.
- November 8, InternetHulk (Head Coach) passes away.[71]
- November 18,
KonKwon leaves.[72] - November 20,
Viper,
Arcsecond, and
Youngbin's contracts expire. - November 21,
Inori,
Slooshi, and
Piglet leave.[73] - November 22,
Xmithie and
Pobelter join.
Goldenglue and
Mickey move to substitutes.[74][75][76]
AnDa and
Cody Sun join as substitutes.[77] - November 24,
Doublelift joins.[78] - November 26,
Reignover leaves.[79][80] - November 27,
Olleh joins.
AnDa leaves.[81][82] - November 28,
Impact joins.[83] - December 1,
Lourlo leaves.[84] - December 3,
Matt leaves.[85] - December 5, Midbeast (Streamer/Content Creator) joins.[86]
- December 6,
Dardoch leaves.[87] - December 8, Dodo (Assistant Coach) joins.[88]
- December 15,
Cody Sun leaves.[89] - December 18,
Goldenglue leaves.[90]
- 2018 (approx.), LL Stylish (Streamer) leaves.
- January 3,
Mickey leaves for academy roster.[91] - January (approx.), Malaclypse (Top Lane Positional Coach) joins.
- April (approx.), Malaclypse (Top Lane Positional Coach) leaves.
- April 23, Jarge (Head Analyst) leaves.[92]
- June 11, TF Blade (Streamer) joins.[93]
- October 22, Olleh's contract is extended through 2019.[94]
Olleh's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[95] - October 31, Impact changes residency from Korea to North America.[96]
- November (approx.), Kayys (Head of Scouting and Analytics) joins.
- November 9, JunoTheCat (Senior Esports Manager) leaves.[97]
- November 19, Cain (Head Coach)'s contract expires but departure is not confirmed.[98]
Pobelter leaves.[99][100]
Jensen joins.[101][102]
Jensen's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[103] - November 20,
CoreJJ joins.[104]
Olleh is set to leave with assistance finding a new team.[105]
CoreJJ's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[106] - November 27,
Olleh leaves.[107] - December 12, Rakin (Streamer) joins.[108]
- January 5, Cain (Head Coach) is readded to the GCD.[109]
Xmithie's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019. Cain (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[110] - January 17, TF Blade (Streamer to Streamer/Sub/Top) changes position.[111]
- May 29, Jensen changes residency from Europe to North America.[112]
- July 2, Kayys (Head of Scouting and Analytics) leaves.[113]
- September 18, John Patterson (Chief Financial Officer) joins.[114]
- November 16,
Wolfe is drafted at NA 2019 Scouting Grounds with exclusivity window ending on 26 November 2019.[115] - November 18,
Xmithie leaves.[116] - November 19,
Broxah joins.[117] - November 22,
Broxah's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2022.[118] - November 27,
Wolfe's draft window expires.[119] - December 12, Pobelter (Positional Coach) rejoins.[120]
- January (approx.), Whanderlust (Digital Content Manager to Influencer Manager) changes position.
- January 8,
Pobelter will start as jungler if Broxah's visa is not processed on time for LCS 2020 Spring.[121]
Pobelter and Dodo (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[122] - January 24, Fasffy (Assistant Team Manager) joins. Dodo (Assistant Coach to Assistant Coach/Team Manager) changes position.[123] Michael Artress steps down as Team Manager.[123]
- January 25,
Shernfire joins from academy roster. - January 27, Michael Artress (Team Manager to Marvel and Apparel Licensing Partnerships Manager) changes position.[124]
- January 31,
CoreJJ's contract is extended through 2022.[125]
CoreJJ's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.[126] - February 6, Broxah's visa is approved.[127]
- February 15,
Shernfire leaves for academy roster.[128] - February 19,
Pobelter (temporary substitute) leaves.[129] - February 23, Tyler (Head Analyst) joins.[130]
- February 28,
Tactical joins from academy roster.[131] - April 26,
Doublelift leaves.[132] - April 28, Croissant (Assistant Coach) joins. Cain (Head Coach to Strategic Coach) changes position.[133]
- May 4, Jatt (Head Coach) joins.[134]
- May 6, Jatt (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.[135]
- May 9, KappaEquiscu (Athletics Back-End Developer) leaves.[136]
- May 12, Xaafira (Senior Copywriter) joins.[137]
- May 14, Hendrik (Graphic Designer) joins.[138]
- July 17, IWDominate (Streamer) leaves.[139]
- October 21, Tyler (Head Analyst) leaves.[140]
- October 23, Croissant (Assistant Coach) leaves.[141]
- November 1,
TF Blade (Streamer) leaves.[142] - November 4,
Tactical's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.[143] - November 5,
Jensen's contract is extended through 2023.[144]
Jensen's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[145] - November 12, Cain (Strategic Coach) leaves.[146]
- November 13, Kold (Strategic Coach) joins. Yaltz (Head Analyst) joins from academy roster.[147] Kold (Strategic Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[148]
- November 14, Dodo (Assistant Coach/Team Manager to General Manager) and Fasffy (Assistant Team Manager to Team Manager) change positions.[149]
Spawn is drafted at LCS Scouting Grounds 2020 with exclusivity window ending on 24 November 2020.[150] - November 16, ThixNation (COO to Chief Business Development Officer) changes position.[151]
- November 17,
Broxah leaves.[152] - November 18,
Impact leaves.[153] - November 20,
Alphari and
Santorin join.[154]
Alphari's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.
Santorin's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[155] - November 24,
Spawn's draft window expires.[156] - November 30, Kold (Strategic Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2021.[157]
- December 15, H4xDefender (Two-Way Coach) joins.[158]
- February (approx.), Nata (Analyst) joins.
- April 9,
Armao joins as temporary substitute from academy roster for Round 3 of LCS 2021 Mid-Season Showdown, replacing Santorin.[159] - April 12,
Armao leaves for academy roster. - April 18, Damian Estrada (Creative Director - Strategy and Apparel) leaves.[160]
- April 21, Ruben de Ronde (Brand Ambassador) joins.[161][162]
- May 4, Fasffy (Team Manager) leaves.[163]
- June 4,
Jenkins joins from academy roster.[164] - June 24,
Armao joins from academy roster. Kold (Strategic Coach to Interim Head Coach) and H4xDefender (Two-Way Coach to Assistant Coach) change positions.
Santorin becomes inactive. Jatt (Head Coach) leaves.[165] H4xDefender (Assistant Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2022.[166] - July 1,
Tactical and
CoreJJ's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.[167] - July 28,
Armao leaves for academy roster. - July 30,
Santorin becomes active. - September 1, Annibal (Business Analyst) joins.[168]
- November 18,
Alphari and
Tactical leave.[169] - November 19,
Jenkins leaves.[170] Guilhoto (Head Coach) joins.[171] Kold (Interim Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position.[172] - November 20,
Santorin's contract is extended.[173]
Santorin's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[174] - November 21,
CoreJJ will remain with the team for 2022.[175] - November 22,
Bwipo joins.[176]
Bwipo's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[177] - November 23,
Hans sama joins.[178]
Hans sama's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[179] - November 24,
Bjergsen joins.[180]
Bjergsen's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[181] - December 8,
Jensen leaves.[182] - December 10, Yaltz (Head Analyst)'s contract is extended through 2023.[183][184]
- December 18, Bobqin (Content Creator) joins.[185]
- January 11, Broxah (Streamer) rejoins.[186]
- February 16, CoreJJ changes residency from Korea to North America.[187]
- May 2, Yaltz (Head Analyst) leaves.[188]
- May 12, Haitham (Head Analyst) joins.[189]
- June 6, Lourlo (Content Creator) rejoins.[190]
- September 19,
Hans sama leaves.[191] - September 26, Guilhoto (Head Coach) leaves.[192]
- November 7, H4xDefender (Assistant Coach) and Kold (Assistant Coach) are removed from the GCD.[193]
- November 11,
Bjergsen leaves.[194] - November 15, H4xDefender (Assistant Coach) and Kold (Assistant Coach)'s departures are confirmed.[195][196]
- November 18, MaRin (Head Coach) joins.[197] Broxah changes residency from Europe to EMEA. Bwipo changes residency from Europe to EMEA.
- November 21,
CoreJJ's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[198] - November 24,
Santorin leaves.[199] - December 1, Bwipo (Top to Content Creator) changes position.[200]
- December 2,
Summit and
Pyosik join. Reignover (Assistant Coach) rejoins.
Haeri and
Yeon join from academy roster.[201]
Summit and
Pyosik's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[202] - December 21, Nata (Analyst) leaves for sister team TL First.
- January 1, Haeri changes residency from Oceania to North America. Midbeast changes residency from Oceania to Asia Pacific.
- April 7, MaRin (Head Coach) leaves.[203]
- April 28, Reignover (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) and Dodo (General Manager to General Manager/Assistant Coach) change positions.[204] Mayumi (Streamer) joins.[205]
- July 5,
APA joins from academy roster.
Haeri becomes inactive.[206][207] - July 8,
Haeri leaves for academy roster.[208] - November 22,
Summit and
Pyosik leave.[209] - November 23, Spawn (Head Coach) joins from sister team TL Challengers. Reignover (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position. Haitham (Head Analyst) will remain with the team for 2024.[210]
- November 27,
Impact rejoins.[211]
Impact's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025.
CoreJJ's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[212] - November 29, Bwipo (Content Creator) leaves.[213]
UmTi joins.[214]
UmTi's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025.[215] - November 30,
APA,
Yeon, and
CoreJJ will remain with the team for 2024.[216]
- January 16, RapidStar (Positional Coach) joins.[217]
- June 14,
APA and
Yeon's contracts are extended through 2026.[218] - June 15,
APA and
Yeon's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2026.[219] - October 31, Rakin changes residency from Brazil to Americas. Impact changes residency from North America to Americas. Team is selected as a partner team for the LTA North 2025 season.[220] LiQuiD112 changes residency from North America to Americas. Lourlo changes residency from North America to Americas. APA changes residency from North America to Americas. CoreJJ changes residency from North America to Americas. Mayumi changes residency from Brazil to Americas. SirhcEz changes residency from North America to Americas. Team changes region from North America to Americas due to Riot reorganizing the regions. Spawn changes residency from North America to Americas. Bobqin changes residency from North America to Americas. Dodo changes residency from North America to Americas. Yeon changes residency from North America to Americas.
- November 4, Reignover (Assistant Coach)'s contract expires but departure is not confirmed.[221]
Player Roster[]
Active[]
- Contract Expiration Notice: To prevent over-reporting of changes, we are keeping players with expired contracts listed here until either (a) an announcement is made from the player or the team about their departure; (b) the player joins another team; or (c) the 2025 season begins & the player is not re-added to the GCD, whichever happens first.
Player | Name | Role | Contract Ends | Joined | ||
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Impact | Jeong Eon-young (정언영) | Top Laner | 2025-11-18 | Nov 20232023-11-27 | ||
UmTi | Um Sung-hyeon (엄성현) | Jungler | 2025-11-18 | Nov 20232023-11-29 | ||
APA | Eain Stearns | Mid Laner | 2026-11-17 | Jul 20232023-07-05 | ||
Yeon | Sean Sung (성연호) | Bot Laner | 2026-11-17 | Dec 20222022-12-02 | ||
CoreJJ | Jo Yong-in (조용인) | Support | 2024-11-19 | Nov 20182018-11-20 |
- Note: Teams are free to switch players between their LCS and Academy League rosters as long as their roster for each game complies with the rules outlined in this article. Therefore, more players are eligible to start than are listed on this page - we will only list those that do play.
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 | ||
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Summit | Park Woo-tae (박우태) | Top Laner | Dec 20222022-12-02 | Nov 20232023-11-22 | R7 | ||
Haeri | Harry Kang (강한별) | Mid Laner (+) (–) Inactive | Dec 20222022-12-02 | Jul 20232023-07-08 | TLC | ||
Bwipo | Gabriël Rau | Top Laner | Nov 20212021-11-22 | Dec 20222022-12-01 | TL | ||
Santorin | Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen | Jungler | Nov 20202020-11-20 | Nov 20222022-11-24 | DIG | ||
Bjergsen | Søren Bjerg | Mid Laner | Nov 20212021-11-24 | Nov 20222022-11-11 | 100 | ||
Hans sama | Steven Liv | Bot Laner | Nov 20212021-11-23 | Sep 20222022-09-19 | G2 | ||
Jensen | Nicolaj Jensen | Mid Laner | Nov 20182018-11-19 | Dec 20212021-12-08 | C9 | ||
Jenkins | Thomas Tran | Top Laner | Jun 20212021-06-04 | Nov 20212021-11-19 | CLG | ||
Alphari | Barney Morris | Top Laner | Nov 20202020-11-20 | Nov 20212021-11-18 | VIT | ||
Tactical | Edward Ra (나문용) | Bot Laner | Feb 20202020-02-28 | Nov 20212021-11-18 | TSM | ||
Armao | Jonathan Armao | Jungler | Jun 20212021-06-24 | Jul 20212021-07-28 | C9 | ||
Armao | Jonathan Armao | Jungler (+) (–) Temp Sub | Apr 20212021-04-09 | Apr 20212021-04-12 | TL | ||
Spawn | Trevor Kerr-Taylor | Bot Laner (+) (–) Draft Pick | Nov 20202020-11-14 | Nov 20202020-11-24 | DIG.A | ||
Impact | Jeong Eon-young (정언영) | Top Laner | Nov 20172017-11-28 | Nov 20202020-11-18 | EG | ||
Broxah | Mads Brock-Pedersen | Jungler | Nov 20192019-11-19 | Nov 20202020-11-17 | CLG | ||
TF Blade | Ashkan Homayouni | Sub/Top | Jan 20192019-01-17 | Nov 20202020-11-01 | Retired | ||
Doublelift | Yiliang "Peter" Peng (彭亦亮) | Bot Laner | Nov 20172017-11-24 | Apr 20202020-04-26 | TSM | ||
Pobelter | Eugene Park | Jungler (+) (–) Temp Sub | Jan 20202020-01-08 | Feb 20202020-02-19 | CLG | ||
Shernfire | Shern Cherng Tai | Jungler | Jan 20202020-01-25 | Feb 20202020-02-15 | DW | ||
Wolfe | Michael Taylor | Mid Laner (+) (–) Draft Pick | Nov 20192019-11-16 | Nov 20192019-11-27 | Retired | ||
Xmithie | Jake Kevin Puchero | Jungler | Nov 20172017-11-22 | Nov 20192019-11-18 | IMT | ||
Olleh | Kim Joo-sung (김주성) | Support | Nov 20172017-11-27 | Nov 20182018-11-27 | GG | ||
Pobelter | Eugene Park | Mid Laner | Nov 20172017-11-22 | Nov 20182018-11-19 | FLY | ||
Mickey | Son Young-min (손영민) | Sub/Mid | Jul 20172017-07-24 | Jan 20182018-01-03 | GG | ||
Goldenglue | Greyson Gregory Gilmer | Sub/Mid | Dec 20162016-12-09 | Dec 20172017-12-18 | C9 | ||
Cody Sun | Liyu "Cody" Sun | Sub/Bot (+) (–) Inactive | Nov 20172017-11-22 | Dec 20172017-12-15 | 100 | ||
Dardoch | Joshua Hartnett | Jungler | Jul 20172017-07-25 | Dec 20172017-12-06 | FOX | ||
Matt | Matthew Elento | Support | Jan 20162016-01-04 | Dec 20172017-12-03 | GG | ||
Lourlo | Samson Jackson | Top Laner | Jan 20162016-01-04 | Dec 20172017-12-01 | GG | ||
AnDa | Andy Hoang | Sub/Jun (+) (–) Inactive | Nov 20172017-11-22 | Nov 20172017-11-27 | FLY | ||
Reignover | Kim Yeu-jin (김의진) | Jungler | Dec 20162016-12-12 | Nov 20172017-11-26 | CLG | ||
Inori | Rami Charagh (رامی چاراغ) | Jungler | Jun 20172017-06-22 | Nov 20172017-11-21 | YC | ||
Slooshi | Andrew Pham | Mid Laner | May 20172017-05-23 | Nov 20172017-11-21 | 8.2 | ||
Piglet | Chae Gwang-jin (채광진) | Bot Laner | Dec 20162016-12-12 | Nov 20172017-11-21 | CG.A | ||
Viper | Omran Shoura | Sub/Top | Jul 20162016-07-13 | Nov 20172017-11-20 | TL.A | ||
Arcsecond | Lyonel Pfaender | Sub/Jun | Jul 20162016-07-13 | Nov 20172017-11-20 | TL.A | ||
Youngbin | Jung Young-bin (정영빈) | Sub/Bot | Feb 20172017-02-28 | Nov 20172017-11-20 | UCI | ||
KonKwon | Kevin Kwon (권구혁) | Support | Feb 20172017-02-16 | Nov 20172017-11-18 | TSM | ||
Link | Austin Shin | Sub/Mid | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Jun 20172017-06-22 | Retired | ||
Doublelift | Yiliang "Peter" Peng (彭亦亮) | Bot Laner (+) (–) On Loan | Mar 20172017-03-07 | Apr 20172017-04-28 | TSM | ||
Adrian | Adrian Ma | Support | Mar 20172017-03-08 | Apr 20172017-04-03 | DIG | ||
vvian | Bryan Kim | Sub/Top | Jul 20162016-07-13 | Jan 20172017-01-05 | Retired | ||
Yusan | Alec Chen | Sub/Jun | Jul 20162016-07-13 | Jan 20172017-01-05 | ASN | ||
Jynthe | Phil Vu | Sub/Bot | Jul 20162016-07-13 | Jan 20172017-01-05 | ILYS | ||
FeniX | Kim Jae-hun (김재훈) | Mid Laner | Jan 20152015-01-06 | Dec 20162016-12-12 | GCU | ||
Painless | Eric Fedder | Sub/Sup | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-?? | ≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-?? | WAR.NA | ||
Dardoch | Joshua Hartnett | Sub/Jun | Jan 20162016-01-04 | Nov 20162016-11-23 | IMT | ||
fabbbyyy | Jovani Guillen | Sub/Bot | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | Aug 20162016-08-30 | BGJ | ||
Solo | Colin Earnest | Sub/Top | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | Jul 20162016-07-13 | GCU | ||
Moon | Galen Holgate | Sub/Jun | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | Jul 20162016-07-13 | TL | ||
Goldenglue | Greyson Gregory Gilmer | Sub/Mid | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | Jul 20162016-07-13 | TL | ||
Piglet | Chae Gwang-jin (채광진) | Sub/Bot | Jan 20152015-01-06 | Jul 20162016-07-13 | TL | ||
Stunt | William Chen | Sub/Sup | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | Jul 20162016-07-13 | ILYS | ||
SirhcEz | Christopher Enteria | Sub/Top | Mar 20162016-03-08 | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | TL | ||
IWDominate | Christian Rivera | Sub/Jun | Jan 20152015-01-06 | ≈May 2016≈2016-05-?? | TL.A | ||
zig | Derek Shao | Sub/Top | Jan 20162016-01-04 | Mar 20162016-03-08 | P1 | ||
Youngbin | Jung Young-bin (정영빈) | Sub/Mid | Jan 20162016-01-04 | Mar 20162016-03-08 | UCI | ||
fabbbyyy | Jovani Guillen | Sub/Bot | Jan 20162016-01-04 | Mar 20162016-03-08 | TL | ||
Smoothie | Andy Ta | Sub/Sup | Oct 20152015-10-16 | Mar 20162016-03-08 | C9 | ||
ChumpJohn | Johnson Ranta | Sub/Top | Jun 20152015-06-28 | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-?? | ZEN | ||
Saeca | Andrew Smith | Sub/Mid | Jan 20152015-01-16 | ≈Jan 2016≈2016-01-?? | MARY | ||
Quas | Diego Ruiz | Top Laner (+) (–) Inactive | Jan 20152015-01-06 | Dec 20152015-12-03 | NRG | ||
Xpecial | Alex Chu (朱啓恩) | Support | Jan 20152015-01-06 | Oct 20152015-10-29 | C9C | ||
KEITHMCBRIEF | Yuri Jew | Sub/Bot | Jan 20152015-01-16 | Jul 20152015-07-01 | TSM | ||
Nyjacky | Chenglong "Jacky" Wang | Sub/Mid | Jan 20152015-01-16 | ≈Jun 2015≈2015-06-?? | WCB |
Player League Participation[]
LCS
Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Games | ||||||||||||
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Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
Xpecial | | | | | | | | | | 270 | |||||||||||||||
Piglet | | | | | | | | | 170 | ||||||||||||||||
Fenix | | | | | | | | | | 166 | |||||||||||||||
Keith | | | | | | | | | | 157 | |||||||||||||||
Quas | | | | | | 138 | |||||||||||||||||||
IWDominate | | | | | | 95 | |||||||||||||||||||
Smoothie | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 283 | |||||||||||
Dardoch | | | | | | | | | | | | 243 | |||||||||||||
Lourlo | | | | | | | | | 200 | ||||||||||||||||
Fabbbyyy | | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Doublelift | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 408 | ||||||
Reignover | | | | | | | 173 | ||||||||||||||||||
Adrian | | | | | | | | | 169 | ||||||||||||||||
Goldenglue | | | | | | | | | | 116 | |||||||||||||||
Youngbin | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inori | | | | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Kwon | | | | | 31 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mickey | | | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impact | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 420 | ||||
Xmithie | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 382 | |||||||||
Pobelter | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 372 | ||||||||
Olleh | | | | | | | | | | | 218 | ||||||||||||||
Jensen | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 407 | ||||||
CoreJJ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 249 | ||||||||||
Tactical | | | | | | | | | | | 156 | ||||||||||||||
Broxah | | | | | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shernfire | | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Santorin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 275 | ||||||||||
Alphari | | | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Armao | | | | | | | | | | | 109 | ||||||||||||||
Jenkins | | | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bwipo | | | | | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Eyla | | | | | | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hans Sama | | | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Yeon | | |