Xerxe

Xerxe
Xerxe
Background Information
Name	Andrei Dragomir
Country of Birth	; Romania
Birthday	November 5, 1999 (age 25)
Residency	EMEAEMEA
Prev Residencies	EUEurope
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Galions
Contract Expires	2025-11-17
Role	; Jungler
Favorite Champs	;
Soloqueue IDs	EUW: absconsus, Holy Rabies; KR: Stumpy
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Andrei "Xerxe" (▶️ listen) Dragomir is a League of Legends esports player, currently jungler for Galions.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
TR	⁠⁠Crew e-Sports Club	Feb 20162016-02-22^[2]	Apr 20162016-04-01^[1]	1mo 8d ejel
TR	⁠⁠Dark Passage	Jun 20162016-06-02^[4]	Aug 20162016-08-29^[3]	2mo 27d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Unicorns of Love	Dec 20162016-12-15^[7]	Nov 20172017-11-24^[5]	11mo 9d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Splyce	Nov 20172017-11-28^[9]	Nov 20192019-11-19^[8]	2yr 21d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Origen	Nov 20192019-11-19^[13]	Sep 20202020-09-15^[10]	9mo 26d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Astralis	Sep 20202020-09-15^[10]	Nov 20202020-11-17^[16]	2mo 2d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Nov 20202020-11-20^[18]	May 20222022-05-02^[17]	1yr 5mo ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Astralis	May 20222022-05-03^[21]	Nov 20222022-11-22^[19]	6mo 19d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Excel	Dec 20222022-12-12^[23]	May 20232023-05-16^[22]	5mo 4d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Giants	May 20232023-05-16^[22]	Nov 20232023-11-22^[25]	6mo 6d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Los Heretics	Dec 20232023-12-15^[27]	Nov 20242024-11-21^[26]	11mo 6d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Galions	Dec 20242024-12-09^[29]	Present	5mo 30d ej

	Team	Start	End
TR	⁠⁠Crew e-Sports Club	Feb 20162016-02-22^[2]	Apr 20162016-04-01^[1]	1mo 8d ejel
TR	⁠⁠Dark Passage	Jun 20162016-06-02^[4]	Aug 20162016-08-29^[3]	2mo 27d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Unicorns of Love	Dec 20162016-12-15^[7]	Nov 20172017-11-24^[5]	11mo 9d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Splyce	Nov 20172017-11-28^[9]	Nov 20192019-11-19^[8]	2yr 21d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Origen	Nov 20192019-11-19^[13]	Sep 20202020-09-15^[10]	9mo 26d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Astralis	Sep 20202020-09-15^[10]	Nov 20202020-11-17^[16]	2mo 2d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Nov 20202020-11-20^[18]	May 20222022-05-02^[17]	1yr 5mo ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Astralis	May 20222022-05-03^[21]	Nov 20222022-11-22^[19]	6mo 19d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Excel	Dec 20222022-12-12^[23]	May 20232023-05-16^[22]	5mo 4d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Giants	May 20232023-05-16^[22]	Nov 20232023-11-22^[25]	6mo 6d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Los Heretics	Dec 20232023-12-15^[27]	Nov 20242024-11-21^[26]	11mo 6d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Galions	Dec 20242024-12-09^[29]	Present	5mo 30d ej

News

2016
2017
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

TR	⁠⁠CEC	February 22, ⁠⁠Crew e-Sports Club is reformed. Rare, Xerxe, React, Emtest, Corpse, and Hansan (Head Coach) join.^[2] e
TR	⁠⁠CEC	April 1, Clongwen joins. Darlik and j1mmy join as substitutes. Komodo rejoins as substitute. HolyPhoenix is loaned from Huma. Satorius is loaned from Inspire eSports. masterwork is loaned from Millenium. Rare, Xerxe, Emtest, and Corpse leave.^[1] e
TR	⁠⁠DP	June 2, Xerxe and un1tback join.^[4] e
TR	⁠⁠DP	August 29, Xerxe leaves.^[3] e
EU	⁠⁠UOL	December 15, Xerxe joins.^[7] e

EU	⁠⁠UOL	November 24, Xerxe leaves.^[5]^[6] e
EU	⁠⁠SPY	November 28, Xerxe joins.^[9] e

EU	⁠⁠SPY	November 1, Xerxe is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[30] e
EU	⁠⁠SPY	November 19, Xerxe leaves.^[8] e
EU	⁠⁠OG	November 19, Xerxe, Upset, and Destiny join.^[13]^[14]^[15] e
EU	⁠⁠OG	December 19, Xerxe's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Upset's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[31] e

EU	⁠⁠OG	August 21, Alphari, Xerxe, Nukeduck, Upset, Destiny, Jactroll, AoD (Assistant Coach), and Guilhoto (Head Coach) are allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[32] e
EU	⁠⁠AST	September 15, ⁠⁠Origen rebrands as ⁠⁠Astralis.^[10]^[11]^[12] e
EU	⁠⁠AST	November 17, WhiteKnight, Zanzarah, Jeskla, and promisq join. Nukeduck will remain with the team for 2021. Alphari, Xerxe, Upset, and Jactroll leave.^[16] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	November 20, Xerxe joins.^[18] Xerxe's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.^[33] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	December 29, Revenge, Xerxe, Insanity, Raes, and Destiny's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[34] e

NA

⁠

⁠IMT

November 17,
Xerxe will remain with the team for 2022.^[35]
Xerxe and
Wildturtle's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.^[36]

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NA	⁠⁠IMT	May 2, Xerxe leaves.^[17] e
EU	⁠⁠AST	May 3, Xerxe rejoins.^[21] e
EU	⁠⁠AST	May 4, Xerxe's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[37] e
EMEA	⁠⁠AST	November 18, Xerxe changes residency from EU Europe to EMEA EMEA. e
EMEA	⁠⁠AST	November 22, Vizicsacsi, Xerxe, Hansen (Assistant Coach), and Arailla (Analyst) leave.^[19]^[20] e
EMEA	⁠⁠XL	December 12, Odoamne, Xerxe, Vetheo, and Targamas join. Patrik, YoungBuck (Head Coach), and Nelson (Assistant Coach) will remain with the team for 2023.^[23]^[24] e

EMEA	⁠⁠XL	January 3, Odoamne, Xerxe, Vetheo, and Targamas' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[38] e
EMEA	⁠⁠XL	April 6, Xerxe is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[39] e
EMEA	⁠⁠XL	May 16, Xerxe leaves.^[22] e
EMEA	⁠⁠GIA	May 16, Xerxe and whiteinn join. Th3Antonio rejoins.^[22] e
EMEA	⁠⁠GIA	May 23, Th3Antonio, Xerxe, and Whiteinn's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[40] e
EMEA	⁠⁠GIA	November 22, Xerxe, Decay, Attila, whiteinn, and Guilhoto (Head Coach) leave.^[25] e
EMEA	⁠⁠HRTS	December 15, Carlsen, Xerxe, whiteinn, and Machuki (Head Coach) join. Zwyroo's contract is extended. Jackspektra will remain with the team for 2024. aceum (Analyst) leaves.^[27]^[28] e

EMEA	⁠⁠HRTS	January 5, Xerxe, Zwyroo, whiteinn, and Machuki (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[41] e
EMEA	⁠⁠HRTS	November 21, Xerxe, Sertuss, and whiteinn leave.^[26] e
EMEA	⁠⁠GL	December 9, Ragner, Xerxe, Serin, Zoelys, Hairost (Head Coach), Horéüs (Assistant Coach), Mascode (Analyst), Ayden (Team Manager), and Sixen (Chief Executive Officer) join.^[29] e

EMEA

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⁠GL

January 6,
Ragner,
Xerxe,
Serin,
Jezu, and
Zoelys' contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025. Hairost (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026.^[42]

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Biography

2017 Season

On December 15, Xerxe took the step up to join EU LCS team Unicorns of Love. Despite replacing the jungler and a late change of the bot laner the team synergized quickly and managed to dominate their group B against Splyce, H2k Gaming, Team Vitality, and Origen in the Regular Season going into playoffs as 1st seed with a semifinal bye. In semifinals they beat Misfits 3-1 before failing to stop G2 from their third consecutive EU LCS title losing the final 1-3. Managing to keep their successful roster for Summer Split they could not quite replicate their performance in a nearly identical group where promoted Mysterious Monkeys replaced Origen.

During the split UOL participated at the newly created Rift Rivals against NA LCS teams TSM, Cloud 9 and Phoenix1. As the best european team in the group stage they faced TSM in the grand final but were 0-3 swept by them. They ended the Regular Season in second place behind H2k and were swept in quarterfinals by Misfits. Their performance from Spring Split earned them 2nd seed going into Regional Finals as last chance to finally participate at a World Championship but their dream quickly came to an end as H2k managed to beat them 3-2 in Round 2.

2018 Season

On November 28, Xerxe joined Odoamne, Nisqy, Kobbe, and kaSing on the rebuilt roster of Splyce. The roster tied 2nd place in the 2018 EU LCS Spring Split with G2 Esports, both having a 11-7 score. Splyce lost the tiebreaker and was placed 3rd seed going into playoffs. The team played Team ROCCAT in the first round and quickly won 3-0, advancing to the second round where they would face G2 Esports once again. Splyce lost the series 1-3. The team later faced Team Vitality in the 3rd place match and won, earning them 3rd place in the Spring Split. Xerxe's performances earned him his first appearance in the 1st All Pro Team.

At Rift Rivals Splyce struggled the most out of the european teams during group stage against Team Liquid, 100 Thieves, and Echo Fox but they managed to win their game against 100 in finals to help Europe win the event. Splyce placed 6th in the EU LCS Summer Split with a 9-9 record, barely qualifying for playoffs. They would face FC Schalke 04 in the first round in playoffs and lost the series 2-3, forcing them to compete in the Regional Finals in order to go to Worlds. Splyce played Misfits in their first round and won the close match 3-2. They would then lose the following round to G2 Esports 2-3, failing to make it to Worlds.

2019 Season

Going into the next season Kobbe and Xerxe got new teammates at Splyce in Vizicsacsi, Norskeren, and Humanoid. Mixed performances throughout the Spring Split ended with them finishing in 4th place finish with a 11-7 record during Regular Season. In Round 1 of playoffs they faced off against SK Gaming and after losing game 1 they dominated the rest of the series to face Fnatic in Round 2 for a place at the offline finals in Rotterdam. They lost the series 1-3 despite having good early games in games 1 and 2 and almost coming back from the brink of defeat in game 3.

Going into Summer Split Splyce kept playstyle and roster similarly but Humanoid showed that he got more comfortable on stage and managed to take more of a carry role. After a pretty good split and securing top 3 Splyce had the chance to get a direct ticket to Athens but lost both the direct match against Fnatic as well as their last match against Misfits in the last week of regular season. They chose to play Rogue in quarterfinals but probably regret that decision shortly after when they got absolutely dominated over all 3 games in a clean sweep defeat. Xerxe got rewarded for this split with a vote into the 2nd All Pro Team behind only Jankos.

In Round 1 of gauntlet they faced Origen who struggled in summer but had a lot of time to prepare for this match. A strong showing by them in game 1 quickly turned around expectations though and was the opening for a competitive series. Splyce won games 2 and 3 before getting getting destroyed in game 4 again. Despite convincingly but slowly winning game 5 and the series many people gave Splyce barely a chance in Round 2 against Schalke 04 but they gained back their confidence from beating Origen and clean swept Schalke 04 to play Fnatic to determine whether they go to Worlds as 2nd or 3rd seed. Despite their devastating series against G2 Fnatic swept Splyce relatively easily which meant that Splyce started Worlds in Play-In-Stage where they were drawn into Group B with Japan’s DetonatioN FocusMe and LLA’s Isurus Gaming.

Xerxe's first appearance at Worlds started with clean 2-0 on Day 1 before they struggled a bit on Day 2 of the group but despite losing to DFM they secured 1st place in the group. In Round 2 they faced LCL's Unicorns of Love and barely managed to beat them in a very close 3-2 series which turned out to be the series with the most kills in Worlds history. For Group Stage they were drawn into group B, alongside LPL 1st seed FunPlus Phoenix, LMS 2nd seed J Team and VCS 1st seed GAM Esports. After a 1-2 start they especially in form of midlaner Humanoid stepped up on the deciding day of groups and went 3-0 including a upset vs FPX before losing the tiebreaker rematch against them for 1st seed. For quarterfinals they were drawn to play against LCK 1st seed SK Telecom T1 who lived up to their status of tournament favorite and ended Splyce's second Worlds appearance with a dominant 3-1.

2020 Season

On November 19, Xerxe joined another rebuilt roster at Origen. His new teammates were Alphari, nukeduck, Upset, and Destiny. With a win against Fnatic they had a good start into Spring Split and found themselves near the top of the league after week 2 only dropping their game against G2. After another loss the week after they kept a flawless record against the worse teams until last week but were not able to beat the top teams and therefore found themselves in 3rd place with a 13-5 record. In Round 1 of playoffs they faced Fnatic and did not find an answer to their comp in games 1 and 2 before struggling to close out game 3 and throwing an advantage in midgame of game 4 which meant that they dropped into Loser's Bracket. There they recovered from a tough game 1 loss against Rogue to win the series convincingly 3-1 and face G2 in Round 3. Following yet another game 1 they lost another game where they had a clear advantage in a lategame teamfight to come back with a great game 3 but stood no chance in game 4 which ended their split. Xerxe found himself yet again on the All Pro Team but this time he only made it to 3rd team far behind Jankos and Selfmade.

Trivia

Represented Romania at the IeSF 7th e-Sports World Championship along with AoD.
Outstanding Rookie of the 2017 Season EU LCS Spring Split.
Considered one of the most innovative European junglers, known for inventing counterpicks, picking up new champions quickly, and playing off-meta picks such as Hecarim and Warwick.
- Popularized Ivern jungle in Europe and was one of the first players there to bring out Trundle jungle with Press the Attack as a counter to Sejuani.

Individual Awards

1x EU 1st All Pro Team (Spring 2018)
1x EU 2nd All Pro Team (Summer 2019)
1x EU 3rd All Pro Team (Spring 2020)
EU Rookie Of The Split (Spring 2017)

Tournament Results

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

Xerxe Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-05-20	5 - 6	LFL 2025 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠VITB	⁠⁠GL	Ragner, Xerxe, SeRiN, Jezu, Zoelys, Hairost, Karot
2025-04-26	6	LFL 2025 Spring	4 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GL	Ragner, Xerxe, SeRiN, Jezu, Zoelys, Hairost, Karot
2025-02-20	4	LFL 2025 Flash In Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠SLY	⁠⁠GL	Ragner, Xerxe, SeRiN, Jezu, Zoelys, Hairost, Horéüs
2025-01-31	2	LFL 2025 Flash In Groups - Group B	3 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GL	Ragner, Xerxe, SeRiN, Jezu, Zoelys, Hairost, Horéüs
2024-11-11	3 - 4	Iberian Cup 2024	0 : 3⁠⁠GXP	⁠⁠HRTS	Carlsen, Xerxe, Sertuss, Jackspektra, whiteinn, Guilhoto
2024-08-21	3 - 4	EM 2024 Summer Main Event	0 : 3⁠⁠BDSA	⁠⁠HRTS	Carlsen, Xerxe, Sertuss, Jackspektra, whiteinn, Guilhoto
2024-08-03	1	LVP SL 2024 Summer Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠BAR	⁠⁠HRTS	Carlsen, Xerxe, Sertuss, Jackspektra, whiteinn, Guilhoto
2024-07-18	2	LVP SL 2024 Summer	13 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HRTS	Carlsen, Xerxe, Sertuss, Jackspektra, whiteinn, Guilhoto
2024-04-20	9 - 12	EM 2024 Spring Main Event	4 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HRTS	Carlsen, Xerxe, Sertuss, Jackspektra, whiteinn, Machuki, Naruterador
2024-04-05	1	LVP SL 2024 Spring Playoffs	3 : 1⁠⁠GSNS	⁠⁠HRTS	Carlsen, Xerxe, Sertuss, Jackspektra, whiteinn, Machuki, Naruterador

Xerxe 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2022-04-11	43 - 45	CQ 2022 Spring Split 2		⁠⁠IMT

Media

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

January 4, 5 Rookies to Watch This Split by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
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February 2, From EU to IWC and back: the story of UoL's Xerxe by Adel Chouadria on ESPN
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February 3, Xerxe: "If I play Warwick others will play it too" with , and on Liquid Legends
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February 9, Xerxe: "Ivern is the best late-game boy" with , and on Sport1
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February 16, Xerxe on his matchup against G2's Trick: 'I'm training a lot for this game because I know I can get on his level' with , and on The Score
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February 21, LoL - Xerxe Spotlight - IEM Katowice 2017 by , and on ESL
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March 28, LoL Chat: Xerxe from Unicorns of Love tells all with Mike Stubbs on Red Bull Esports
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July 6, Xerxe the UoL/TSM rivalry: “I don’t think it affects us that we lost to TSM, but more that we lost.” with , and on Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
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July 19, Xerxe: “People have been saying that I’m not this early game type of jungler…this is really motivating me to perform” with , and on Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
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July 26, Xerxe's Top 6 Jungle Tips by Phillip "Costy" Costigan on LoL Esports
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December 7, Xerxe about why he joined Splyce: "They came in last second, but I fell in love with the knowledge of their new coach. I thought to myself "I'd be so jealous if another player got to be coached by Peter." with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
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January 18, Xerxe on growing as a player with Splyce: "This is a marathon, not a sprint" with Xing Li on Dot Esports
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February 27, Splyce's Xerxe, on Bouncing Back after Losing to UoL: "We go 1-1 every week, so we have a 100 percent chance to win against Schalke 04!" with Adel Chouadria on Inven Global
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March 28, PLAY ZAC LIKE XERXE by Jovana "Jovy" Kostić on LoL Esports
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January 30, Xerxe talks about Karthus Jungle and Humanoid as a player with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
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March 28, Splyce's Xerxe, on reuniting with Vizicsacsi in 2019: "In a way, I wanted to show him how much I improved since then." with Adel Chouadria on Inven Global
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April 22, Splyce Xerxe: “I’m sure that I’ll find something even more spicy for next split” with Adam Newell on Dot Esports
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June 18, Elitists United Episode 16: Mid Game Mysteries (feat. Kobbe and Xerxe) with Thorin and Veteran on YouTube
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July 17, Breaking Xerxe's curse and reaching the World Championships with Isaac McIntyre on Upcomer
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July 27, Xerxe on the Vitality game and the role of a Jungler with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
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October 4, Xerxe: Splyce will be prepared for brackets with Emily Rand on YouTube
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October 10, Splyce makes it to Groups, Xerxe gives his prediction playing against FPX, GAM, JT with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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October 11, Professional Growth by Xerxe and Adel Chouadria on The Player's Lobby
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October 15, Splyce Xerxe says G2 will win Worlds: 'they're such an insane team... I don't see them losing' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 17, [Worlds 2019] Splyce Xerxe after making it to the Quarter Finals: "At the beginning of the day I felt: 'We're going to 3-0 today.'" with Tom Matthiesen on Inven Global
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October 18, Xerxe on Splyce coming together at Worlds 2019 and being internationally respected with Alexander Hugo on The Shotcaller
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February 17, Origen's jungler Xerxe: "I don't have to play the same game the other team is playing. (...) I make the meta for myself and then people have to react to it, or they will lose." with Tom Matthiesen on Inven Global
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June 20, Xerxe: “We Had to Re-find Our Synergy” with Tom Matthiesen on Hotspawn
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June 10, IMT Xerxe on Less Scrims Affecting Champ Pools, XP Changes in Jungle, and Ganking Losing Lanes with Izento on YouTube
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July 9, IMT Xerxe: “There are times I even consider myself a rookie, I do not feel like a veteran.” with Sage Datuin on esports.gg
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July 11, IMT Xerxe on NA issues "IMO I don't think ping is that big of an issue" with dGon on YouTube
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September 11, "[Odoamne] Would Flame the Sh*t Out of Me!" - Reflections with Xerxe 1/2 - League of Legends with Thorin on YouTube
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September 13, "Gonna be Playing This Game at 30" - Reflections with Xerxe 2/2 - League of Legends with Thorin on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2024

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2018-01-20	EU LCS 2018 Spring	SPY vs UOL	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-02-09	LEC 2019 Spring	MSF vs SPY	Link
2019-03-09	LEC 2019 Spring	SK vs SPY	Link
2019-06-15	LEC 2019 Summer	XL vs SPY	Link
2019-07-19	LEC 2019 Summer	MSF vs SPY	Link
2019-10-02	Worlds 2019 Play-In	DFM vs SPY	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-01-24	LEC 2020 Spring	FNC vs OG	Link
2020-02-14	LEC 2020 Spring	MAD vs OG	Link
2020-03-07	LEC 2020 Spring	MSF vs OG	Link
2020-04-10	LEC 2020 Spring Playoffs	OG vs RGE	Link
2020-06-13	LEC 2020 Summer	G2 vs OG	Link
2020-06-27	LEC 2020 Summer	OG vs S04	Link
2020-07-18	LEC 2020 Summer	MSF vs OG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-06-06	LCS 2021 Summer	IMT vs GG	Link
2021-06-27	LCS 2021 Summer	GG vs IMT	Link
2021-07-25	LCS 2021 Summer	IMT vs 100T	Link
2021-08-20	LCS 2021 Championship	IMT vs TSM	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-07-23	LEC 2022 Summer	BDS vs AST	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-01-25	LVP SL 2024 Spring	RBT vs HRTS	Link
2024-02-28	LVP SL 2024 Spring	HRTS vs RBT	Link
2024-07-11	LVP SL 2024 Summer	LUA vs HRTS	Link
2024-07-17	LVP SL 2024 Summer	HRTS vs UCAM	Link
2024-08-03	LVP SL 2024 Summer Playoffs	HRTS vs BAR	Link