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VULCAN
FLY Vulcan 2023 Split 2
Background Information
NamePhilippe Laflamme
Country of Birth
Canada
BirthdayApril 20, 1999 (age 24)
Residency
NA
North America
Competitive
TeamCloud9logo stdCloud9
Contract Expires2026-11-17
Role
Support
Favorite Champs
Soloqueue IDsNA: C9 VULCANNN
C9 Vulcan
EUW: LAFLAMME 01
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euw tourist
KR: C9 VULCAN
Social Media & Links
Infobox LOLProslogo std
Infobox Instagramlogo std
Infobox Twitchlogo std
Infobox Twitterlogo std

Philippe "VULCAN" (▶️ listen) Laflamme is a League of Legends esports player, currently support for Cloud9.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name VULCAN. One team shares this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
Notes
NA
DatZit Gaming Firelogo stdDatZit Gaming Fire
≈Sep 2015≈2015-09-??≈May 2016≈2016-05-01≈8mo
ejel
NA
CLG Blacklogo stdCLG Black
Dec 20162016-12-04≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-??≈5mo 28d
ejel
NA
CLG Academylogo stdCLG Academy
≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-??≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-??≈5mo 26d
ejel
NA
Clutch Gaming Academylogo stdClutch Academy
Jan 20182018-01-03[2]Nov 20182018-11-28[1]10mo 25d
ejel
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdClutch Gaming
Nov 20182018-11-28[5]Oct 20192019-10-28[4]11mo
ejel
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
Oct 20192019-10-28[7]Nov 20192019-11-19[6]22d
ejel
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Nov 20192019-11-19[9]Nov 20212021-11-16[8]2yr 27d
ejel
NA
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEvil Geniuses
Nov 20212021-11-16[8]May 20232023-05-19[10]1yr 6moInactive
ejel
NA
FlyQuestlogo stdFlyQuest
May 20232023-05-19[10]Nov 20232023-11-22[11]6mo 3d
ejel
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Nov 20232023-11-23[13]Present3mo 25d
ej
TeamStartEnd
Notes
NA
DatZit Gaming Firelogo stdDatZit Gaming Fire
≈Sep 2015≈2015-09-??≈May 2016≈2016-05-01≈8mo
ejel
NA
CLG Blacklogo stdCLG Black
Dec 20162016-12-04≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-??≈5mo 28d
ejel
NA
CLG Academylogo stdCLG Academy
≈Jun 2017≈2017-06-??≈Nov 2017≈2017-11-??≈5mo 26d
ejel
NA
Clutch Gaming Academylogo stdClutch Academy
Jan 20182018-01-03[2]Nov 20182018-11-28[1]10mo 25d
ejel
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdClutch Gaming
Nov 20182018-11-28[5]Oct 20192019-10-28[4]11mo
ejel
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDignitas
Oct 20192019-10-28[7]Nov 20192019-11-19[6]22d
ejel
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Nov 20192019-11-19[9]Nov 20212021-11-16[8]2yr 27d
ejel
NA
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEvil Geniuses
Nov 20212021-11-16[8]Apr 20232023-04-29[14]1yr 5mo
ejel
NA
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEvil Geniuses
Apr 20232023-04-29[14]May 20232023-05-19[10]20dInactive
ejel
NA
FlyQuestlogo stdFlyQuest
May 20232023-05-19[10]Nov 20232023-11-22[11]6mo 3d
ejel
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9
Nov 20232023-11-23[13]Present3mo 25d
ej

News

  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2023
NA
DatZit Gaming Firelogo stdDZG.FSeptember (approx.),
Vulcan joins.
NA
DatZit Gaming Firelogo stdDZG.FMay 1 (approx.),
Maxtrobo,
Doomtrobo,
Cobra,
6ulb3tier, and
Vulcan leave.
NA
CLG Blacklogo stdCLBDecember 4,
Vulcan joins as substitute.
NA
CLG Blacklogo stdCLBJune (approx.),
fallenbandit,
OmarGod,
Tuesday,
Zag,
Fill,
Vulcan, and Rico (Head Coach) leave.
NA
CLG Academylogo stdCLG.AJune (approx.),
fallenbandit,
OmarGod,
Tuesday,
Zag,
Fill, and Rico (Head Coach) join.

Linsanity and
Vulcan join as substitutes.
NA
CLG Academylogo stdCLG.ANovember (approx.),
Vulcan leaves.
NA
Clutch Gaming Academylogo stdCG.AJanuary 3,
Maxtrobo and
Vulcan join.
[2][3]
NA
Clutch Gaming Academylogo stdCG.ANovember 28,
Vulcan leaves for main roster.[1]
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCGNovember 28,
Vulcan joins from academy roster.
[5]
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCGJanuary 5,
Piglet and
Vulcan's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[15]
NA
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCGOctober 28,
Huni,
Lira,
Damonte,
Cody Sun,
Vulcan,
Rodov, Thinkcard (Head Coach), and Artemis (Assistant Coach) are removed from the GCD.[4]
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDIGOctober 28,
Huni,
Lira,
Damonte,
Cody Sun,
Vulcan, Thinkcard (Head Coach), and Artemis (Assistant Coach) are added to the GCD.
[7]
NA
Dignitaslogo stdDIGNovember 19,
Vulcan leaves.[6]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9November 19,
Vulcan joins.
[9]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9November 22,
Vulcan's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.[16]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9September 4,
Licorice,
Blaber,
Nisqy,
Zven, and
Vulcan will remain with the team for 2021.[17]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9February 10,
Blaber,
Zven, and
Vulcan's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Westrice (Assistant Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2023.[18]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9November 16,
Vulcan leaves.[8]
NA
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEGNovember 16,
Vulcan joins.
[8]
Vulcan's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[19]
NA
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEGApril 29,
Ssumday,
Inspired,
FBI, and
Vulcan become inactive.[14]
NA
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEGMay 19,
Vulcan leaves.[10]
NA
FlyQuestlogo stdFLYMay 19,
Vulcan joins.

Eyla leaves.
Winsome leaves for sister team FlyQuest Challengerslogo stdFLY Challengers.[10][12]
Vulcan's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[20]
NA
FlyQuestlogo stdFLYNovember 22,
Impact,
Vulcan, and Sharkz (Head of Coaching) leave.[11]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9November 23,
Vulcan rejoins.
[13]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9November 27,
jojopyun's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2025.
Vulcan's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2026.[21]
NA
Cloud9logo stdC9November 28, Vulcan renames to VULCAN.[22]

Biography[]

Vulcan was born in Laval, Quebec.[23] He first played professionally in the HTC Ascension tournament with DatZit Gaming Fire. He stuck with the team for much of the next year, competing in qualifier tournaments for the North American Challenger Series. After failing to reach the challenger scene, Vulcan joined CLG Black as a substitute and remained with the team after they renamed to CLG Academy. Eventually, without having played a professional game with them, he left the team. In the 2017 NA Scouting Grounds, he competed on Team Ocean Drake and was later drafted by Clutch Gaming to play on Clutch Gaming Academy, where Vulcan played support alongside former world champion Piglet. While the team had middling performances in the academy scene, Vulcan and Piglet were briefly called up to play for the LCS team in Summer. They lost both games.

2019 Season[]

At the beginning of the 2019 season, Vulcan was promoted to become Clutch Gaming's starting support. Despite middling-to-poor performances throughout the regular season and playoffs, Clutch went on a miracle run in the LCS 2019 Regional Finals and managed to qualify for Worlds 2019 as North America's third seed. Although Clutch went 2-2 in the Play-In group stage, they won their tiebreaker and defeated Royal Youth 3-0 to qualify for the main event. Their miracle run ended there as they were drafted into a difficult group and finished the group stage without a single win. During the run, however, Vulcan established himself as a top North American player in his role.

2020 Season[]

When Clutch rebranded to Dignitas, Vulcan remained on contract. However, Cloud9 had grown interested in the support and offered an unprecedented $1.5 million to buy him out, a transfer that would have significant ramifications for the rest of the offseason.[24] With Vulcan as starting support, Cloud9 had a dominant spring, dropping only two games across the entire split (including playoffs). Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, though, MSI was cancelled and the team was unable to compete internationally. Cloud9 continued strong at the beginning of the summer split, but floundered in the back half, relying on ineffective champion picks like Ezreal that led to them being eliminated in playoffs without qualifying for Worlds.

2021 Season[]

With the new additions of Fudge and Perkz, Cloud9 was revitalized, and again won the spring split. LS believed the team was the strongest team North America had ever sent to an international competition, but the team struggled during MSI 2021, dropping multiple games to wildcard teams including Pentanet.GG and being eliminated in the rumble stage of the event. In summer, Cloud9 did not perform as well, but did manage to qualify for Worlds 2021 as North America's third seed. In the Play-In stage, Cloud9 would once again drop games to wildcard teams, but managed to qualify for the main event. Cloud9 was not expected to perform well, but due to an underperformance by FunPlus Phoenix, the team was able to scrape out of groups with a 2-4 record before being eliminated in the first round of playoffs.

2022 Season[]

Seeking a change, Vulcan left Cloud9 and joined Evil Geniuses to play alongside touted rookie prospects like jojopyun and Danny. After a mediocre regular season, Evil Geniuses went on a run in spring playoffs and wound up winning, marking Vulcan's third consecutive spring split championship. The team performed to expectations at MSI 2022, beating wildcard teams consistently while losing to major region teams consistently. Ultimately, the team was eliminated in the top 4, one of North America's best international showings in years. Although Evil Geniuses dominated the summer split regular season, they struggled in playoffs. Danny benched himself due to mental health reasons and Vulcan would finish the year playing alongside academy substitution Kaori. The team managed to qualify for Worlds 2022 as North America's third seed. A strong Play-In showing ended with the team defeating MAD Lions 3-0, North America's first ever best of five win over a European team at a major international tournament. The team was seeded into a difficult group and won only one game in group stages.

Trivia[]

  • His ID Vulcan is named after the Roman god of fire. He chose this name because his surname, Laflamme, means "The Flame" in French.
  • First Québécois (French Canadian) player in the LCS and the first Québécois to win an LCS Title.
  • Known as "The King of Spring" after winning the spring split three times in a row (2020 through 2022).
  • His hobbies include reading books, taking walks, and soccer.
  • Was famous streamer and ex-pro Overwatch player xQc's duo back in early seasons. Vulcan mentioned specifically Ashe/Thresh.

Individual Awards[]

  • LCS 1st All-Pro Team (2020 Spring, 2022 Summer)
  • LCS 2nd All-Pro Team (2020 Summer, 2021 Spring)
  • LCS 3rd All-Pro Team (2021 Summer, 2022 Spring)

Tournament Results[]

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

Minimum place

VULCAN (Philippe Laflamme) Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2024-03-103 LCS 2024 Spring
8 - 6Blanklogo stdRR
Cloud9logo stdC9 Fudge,  Blaber,  Jojopyun,  Berserker,  VULCAN,  Mithy,  Hai
2023-07-219 LCS 2023 Summer
6 - 12Blanklogo stdRR
FlyQuestlogo stdFLY Impact,  Spica,  VicLa,  Spirax,  Prince,  Vulcan,  Ssong,  Richard
2023-03-314 LCS 2023 Spring Playoffs
0 : 3Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG Ssumday,  Inspired,  jojopyun,  FBI,  Vulcan,  Freeze
2023-03-175 LCS 2023 Spring
10 - 8Blanklogo stdRR
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG Ssumday,  Inspired,  jojopyun,  ry0ma,  FBI,  Vulcan,  Freeze,  H4xDefender
2022-10-1411 - 14 Worlds 2022
1 - 5Blanklogo stdRR
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG Impact,  Inspired,  jojopyun,  Kaori,  Vulcan,  Rigby,  Turtle
2022-09-103 LCS 2022 Championship
2 : 3100 Thieveslogo std100
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG Impact,  Inspired,  jojopyun,  Danny,  Kaori,  Vulcan,  Rigby,  Turtle
2022-08-141 LCS 2022 Summer
15 - 3Blanklogo stdRR
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG Impact,  Inspired,  jojopyun,  Danny,  Vulcan,  Rigby,  Turtle
2022-05-273 - 4 MSI 2022
0 : 3Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG Impact,  Inspired,  jojopyun,  Danny,  Vulcan,  Turtle,  Rigby
2022-04-241 LCS 2022 Spring Playoffs
3 : 0100 Thieveslogo std100
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG Impact,  Inspired,  jojopyun,  Danny,  Vulcan,  Turtle,  Rigby
2022-03-274 LCS 2022 Spring
9 - 9Blanklogo stdRR
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG Impact,  Inspired,  jojopyun,  Danny,  Vulcan,  Turtle,  Peter Dun,  Rigby

Media[]

  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2023-06-28LCS 2023 Summer
FlyQuestlogo stdFLY
vs
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
Link
2023-03-26LCS 2023 Spring Playoffs
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2023-03-04LCS 2023 Spring
FlyQuestlogo stdFLY
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2023-03-02LCS 2023 Spring
TSMlogo stdTSM
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2022-10-02Worlds 2022 Play-In
DetonatioN FocusMelogo stdDFM
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2022-09-04LCS 2022 Championship
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
vs
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
Link
2022-07-23LCS 2022 Summer
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
vs
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
Link
2022-07-16LCS 2022 Summer
Dignitaslogo stdDIG
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2022-06-18LCS 2022 Summer
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
vs
100 Thieveslogo std100
Link
2022-05-24MSI 2022
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
vs
PSG Talonlogo stdPSG
Link
2022-05-20MSI 2022
Saigon Buffalologo stdSGB
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2022-04-24LCS 2022 Spring Playoffs
100 Thieveslogo std100
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2022-04-10LCS 2022 Spring Playoffs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
vs
FlyQuestlogo stdFLY
Link
2022-03-05LCS 2022 Spring
Immortalslogo stdIMT
vs
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
Link
2022-01-29LCS 2022 Lock In
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
vs
Cloud9logo stdC9
Link
2022-01-16LCS 2022 Lock In
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
vs
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
Link
2021-08-13LCS 2021 Championship
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
vs
Cloud9logo stdC9
Link
2021-07-19LCS 2021 Summer
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
vs
Cloud9logo stdC9
Link
2021-06-26LCS 2021 Summer
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
Link
2021-06-13LCS 2021 Summer
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
Link
2021-05-17MSI 2021
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
Link
2021-05-16MSI 2021
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
Pentanet.GGlogo stdPGG
Link
2021-04-11LCS 2021 Mid-Season Showdown
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
Link
2021-04-03LCS 2021 Mid-Season Showdown
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
Team Liquidlogo stdTL
Link
2021-03-15LCS 2021 Spring
Immortalslogo stdIMT
vs
Cloud9logo stdC9
Link
2021-02-20LCS 2021 Spring
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
Dignitaslogo stdDIG
Link
2021-02-07LCS 2021 Spring
Cloud9logo stdC9
vs
TSMlogo stdTSM
Link
2020-07-25LCS 2020 Summer
Immortalslogo stdIMT
vs
Cloud9logo stdC9
Link
2020-07-04LCS 2020 Summer
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
vs
Cloud9logo stdC9
Link
2020-03-10LCS 2020 Spring
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
vs
Cloud9logo stdC9
Link
2020-02-18LCS 2020 Spring
Evil Geniuses.NAlogo stdEG
vs
Cloud9logo stdC9
Link
2019-09-06LCS 2019 Regional Finals
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCG
vs
FlyQuestlogo stdFLY
Link
2019-08-04LCS 2019 Summer
Golden Guardianslogo stdGG
vs
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCG
Link
2019-06-23LCS 2019 Summer
Echo Foxlogo stdFOX
vs
Clutch Gaminglogo stdCG
Link

Images[]

Name Pronunciation

Vulcan
AccuracyRiot
Voiced ByRaafaa

Redirects

The following pages redirect here:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Clutch Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Clutch Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Clutch Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-27; after change - NA - 2019-10-28
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Clutch Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Dignitas' Tweet twitter.com
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-27; after change - NA - 2019-10-28
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Evil Geniuses' Tweet twitter.com
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Evil Geniuses' Tweet twitter.com
  15. Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-01-05
  16. Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-11-22
  17. Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
  18. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-02-09; after change - NA - 2021-02-10
  19. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-11-15; after change - NA - 2021-11-16
  20. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-05-18; after change - NA - 2023-05-19
  21. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-11-26; after change - NA - 2023-11-27
  22. Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2023-11-27; after change - NA - 2023-11-28
  23. LCS' Tweet twitter.com
  24. Vulcan to Cloud9 -- Inside the trade that defined the 2019 LCS offseason espn.com
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