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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Marco Benvenuto | |
| Nationality | Italy | |
| Residency | EMEA | |
| Prev Residencies | Europe | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  Colossal Gaming | |
| Role | Top Laner | |
| Competitive IDs | Its Really Hard | |
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Marco "The Mountain" Benvenuto is a League of Legends esports player, currently top laner for Colossal Gaming. He was previously known as Its Really Hard.
There is a disambiguation page associated with the name The Mountain. One other player shares this ID.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 ESC Gaming | Jan 20192019-01-13 | ≈Mar 2019≈2019-03-?? | ≈1mo 19d ejel | ||
 Outplayed Juniores | May 20192019-05-31[1] | ≈Jul 2019≈2019-07-02 | ≈1mo 2d ejel | ||
 Yutoru | Sep 20222022-09-15[2] | ≈Oct 2022≈2022-10-21 | ≈1mo 6d ejel | ||
 Apocalypse e-Sports | Jun 20232023-06-13[3] | ≈Aug 2023≈2023-08-?? | ≈1mo 18d ejel | ||
 SEE Esports | Jan 20242024-01-16[4] | ≈Mar 2024≈2024-03-?? | ≈2mo 4d ejel | ||
 Axolotl | Jan 20252025-01-16[6] | Mar 20252025-03-21[5] | 2mo 5d ejel | ||
| Axolotl | Jul 20252025-07-09[8] | Jan 20262026-01-06[7] | 5mo 28d ejel | ||
| Colossal Gaming | Jan 20262026-01-06[7] | Present | 8d ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESC Gaming | Jan 20192019-01-13 | ≈Mar 2019≈2019-03-?? | ≈1mo 19d ejel | ||
| Outplayed Juniores | May 20192019-05-31[1] | ≈Jul 2019≈2019-07-02 | ≈1mo 2d ejel | ||
| Yutoru | Sep 20222022-09-15[2] | ≈Oct 2022≈2022-10-21 | ≈1mo 6d ejel | ||
| Apocalypse e-Sports | Jun 20232023-06-13[3] | ≈Aug 2023≈2023-08-?? | ≈1mo 18d ejel | ||
| SEE Esports | Jan 20242024-01-16[4] | ≈Mar 2024≈2024-03-?? | ≈2mo 4d ejel | ||
| Axolotl | Jan 20252025-01-16[6] | Mar 20252025-03-21[5] | 2mo 5d ejel | ||
| AVE Axolotl | Jul 20252025-07-09[8] | ≈Nov 2025≈2025-11-?? | ≈4mo 21d ejel | ||
| Axolotl | ≈Nov 2025≈2025-11-?? | Jan 20262026-01-06[7] | ≈1mo 6d ejel | ||
| Colossal Gaming | Jan 20262026-01-06[7] | Present | 8d ej |
News
- 2019
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
- 2026
 ESC | January 13, Its Really Hard, MVS Eagle, and APESCARRORAMARRO join. MezzoSangue and Nick leave. | |
| ESC | March (approx.), Its Really Hard and kaitur leave. | |
 OP.J | May 31, Its Really Hard, Crazy Pazzo, Shiziy, DejaVu, Execshecs, Morokei, Mattia, Shredder, and Rox (Coach) join.[1] | |
| OP.J | July 2 (approx.), Its Really Hard leaves. |
 YTR | September 15, It's Really Hard, Sheshwa, Piccione, Zewih, Corriragazzo, Feed (Coach), and Patatina Fritta (Coach) join.[2] | |
| YTR | October 21 (approx.), Its Really Hard leaves. | |
 F/A | November 18, Its Really Hard changes residency from Europe to EMEA. |
 APO | June 13, Its Really Hard, YoOlek, Kamyk, and Fede join. Joos leaves.[3] | |
| APO | August (approx.), Its Really Hard, Taytsuke, YoOlek, Kamyk, and smifi leave. |
 SEE | January 16, IRH, Zeiss, Thraex, Pjames, Lotus, and Crs (Head Coach) join.[4] | |
| SEE | March (approx.), IRH, Zeiss, Thraex, Pjames, Lotus, and Crs (Head Coach) leave. |
 AXL | January 16, The Mountain, Balyy, Camana, Crem, justcan, Hades1 (Coach), Retiveo (Coach), and DrPeolo (Assistant Coach) join. Blood (Head Coach to Team Manager) changes position.[6] | |
| AXL | March 21, Kaylem, Kikis, and FSZ join. The Mountain, Balyy, Mezze, and Nykeus leave.[5] | |
| AAXL | July 9, TheMountain, Mario, Shack, Padawii, and Tigrot join. Davyyy joins as substitute.[8] | |
| AXL | November (approx.), AVE Axolotl renames to Axolotl. |
Biography
Trivia
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| The Mountain (Marco Benvenuto) Tournament Results | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2025-08-08 | 5 | LIT 2025 Summer Playoffs |  AAXL | TheMountain, Mario, Shack, Padawii, Tigrot, tomoRRR | |
| 2025-07-25 | 4 | LIT 2025 Summer | 2 - 3  RR | AAXL | TheMountain, Davyyy, Mario, Shack, Padawii, Tigrot, tomoRRR |
| 2025-02-14 | 4 | LIT 2025 Winter | AXL | TheMountain, Mezze, Balyy, Camana, Crem, justcan, Hades1, Retiveo | |
| 2024-03-19 | 5 - 6 | Blooming Talents League 2024 Spring Playoffs |  SEE | IRH, Zeiss, Thraex, Pjames, Lotus, Crs | |
| 2024-02-27 | 3 | Blooming Talents League 2024 Spring - Group A | 3 - 2 RR | SEE | IRH, Zeiss, Thraex, Pjames, Lotus, Crs |
| 2023-11-25 | 3 - 4 | T1 Milan Games Week | 1 : 2  SPS | AXOL | IRH, Zeiss, Thraex, Pjames, Lotus, Crs9797 |
| 2023-11-02 | 3 - 4 | T1 Lucca Comics and Games | 1 : 2 AXOL |  DLT | IRH, Zeiss, Thraex, Pjames, Lotus, Crs9797 |
| 2023-07-25 | 6 | PG Proving Grounds 2023 Summer | 4 - 10 RR |  APO | IRH, Sheshwa, Taytsuke, YoOlek, Kamyk1, Fede, smifi, Hiro42, Conor |
| 2022-10-20 | 3 - 4 | ATE Cup 2022 Playoffs |  YTR | It's Really Hard, Sheshwa, Piccione, Zewih, Corriragazzo, Aann | |
| 2022-10-14 | 3 | ATE Cup 2022 | 6 - 4 RR | YTR | It's Really Hard, Sheshwa, Piccione, Zewih, Corriragazzo, Aann, Feed |
Media
Post-Match Interviews
- 2022
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
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| 2022-10-14 | ATE Cup 2022 |  WBD vs YTR |
Images
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Outplayed Juniores Project Announcement (Italian) outplayed.it
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Yutoru's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Apocalypse e-Sports' Tweet (Italian) twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 SEE Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 LIT's X Post x.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Axolotl's X Post x.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 7.5 Colossal Gaming's X Post x.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 LIT's Instagram Post x.com