Xmithie

Xmithie
Xmithie
Background Information
Name	Jake Kevin Puchero
Country of Birth	; Philippines
Nationality	; Philippines; ; United States
Birthday	May 10, 1991 (age 33)
Residency	AMEAmericas
Prev Residencies	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ;
Soloqueue IDs	V Xmithie, FeaR Xmithië, SheepsGoBah, Xminie, V AleXmithie, XDG Xmithie, CLG DandyLite, 늙은제이크 (KR), TL 강찬밥 (KR)
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Jake Kevin "Xmithie" (▶️ listen) Puchero is a League of Legends esports player, previously strategic coach for Immortals.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠APictureOfAGoose	≈Nov 2011≈2011-11-??	Feb 20122012-02-14^[1]	≈3mo 13d ejel
NA	⁠⁠mTw North America	Feb 20122012-02-14^[3]	Aug 20122012-08-22^[2]	6mo 8d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Monomaniac Ferus	Aug 20122012-08-22^[5]	Oct 20122012-10-31^[4]	2mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team FeaR	Nov 20122012-11-01^[7]	Feb 20132013-02-02^[6]	3mo 1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Vulcun	Feb 20132013-02-02^[9]	Oct 20132013-10-16^[8]	8mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠XDG Gaming	Oct 20132013-10-16^[11]	May 20142014-05-06^[10]	6mo 21d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Wazabi Gaming	≈Aug 2014≈2014-08-??	Aug 20142014-08-17^[12]	≈16d ejel
NA	⁠⁠XDG Gaming	Aug 20142014-08-17^[13]	≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-22	≈2mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠compLexity.Black	Nov 20142014-11-03^[15]	Dec 20142014-12-08^[14]	1mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Dec 20142014-12-08^[18]	May 20172017-05-12^[16]	2yr 5mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	May 20172017-05-12^[22]	Nov 20172017-11-20^[19]	6mo 8d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Nov 20172017-11-22^[25]	Nov 20192019-11-18^[24]	2yr 26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Nov 20192019-11-21^[29]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[28]	1yr 25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠IMT Academy	Jun 20202020-06-11^[31]	Jun 20202020-06-27^[30]	16d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM Academy	May 20222022-05-04^[33]	Nov 20222022-11-11^[32]	6mo 7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Dec 20222022-12-09^[36]	Jul 20232023-07-29^[34]	7mo 20d ejel

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠APictureOfAGoose	≈Nov 2011≈2011-11-??	Jan 20122012-01-19	≈2mo 18d ejel
NA	⁠⁠APictureOfAGoose	Jan 20122012-01-19	Feb 20122012-02-14^[1]	26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠mTw North America	Feb 20122012-02-14^[3]	Aug 20122012-08-22^[2]	6mo 8d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Monomaniac Ferus	Aug 20122012-08-22^[5]	Oct 20122012-10-31^[4]	2mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team FeaR	Nov 20122012-11-01^[7]	Feb 20132013-02-02^[6]	3mo 1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Vulcun	Feb 20132013-02-02^[9]	Oct 20132013-10-16^[8]	8mo 14d ejel
NA	⁠⁠XDG Gaming	Oct 20132013-10-16^[11]	Jan 20142014-01-14^[37]	2mo 29d ejel
NA	⁠⁠XDG Gaming	Jan 20142014-01-14^[37]	Feb 20142014-02-25^[38]	1mo 11d ejel
NA	⁠⁠XDG Gaming	Feb 20142014-02-25^[38]	May 20142014-05-06^[10]	2mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Wazabi Gaming	≈Aug 2014≈2014-08-??	Aug 20142014-08-17^[12]	≈16d ejel
NA	⁠⁠XDG Gaming	Aug 20142014-08-17^[13]	≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-22	≈2mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠compLexity.Black	Nov 20142014-11-03^[15]	Dec 20142014-12-08^[14]	1mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠CLG	Dec 20142014-12-08^[18]	May 20172017-05-12^[16]	2yr 5mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	May 20172017-05-12^[22]	Nov 20172017-11-20^[19]	6mo 8d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Nov 20172017-11-22^[25]	Nov 20192019-11-18^[24]	2yr 26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Nov 20192019-11-21^[29]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[28]	1yr 25d ejel
NA	⁠⁠IMT Academy	Jun 20202020-06-11^[31]	Jun 20202020-06-27^[30]	16d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TSM Academy	May 20222022-05-04^[33]	Nov 20222022-11-11^[32]	6mo 7d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Immortals	Dec 20222022-12-09^[36]	Jul 20232023-07-29^[34]	7mo 20d ejel

News

2011
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2019
2020
2022
2023
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NA

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⁠APG

November (approx.),
Xmithie joins as substitute.

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NA	⁠⁠APG	January 19, cuRtoKy joins. Xmithie (Sub/Bot to Jungle) and Atlanta (Jungle to Bot) change positions. e
NA	⁠⁠APG	February 14, Balls, Xmithie, mandatorycloud, Atlanta, and cuRtoKy leave.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠MTW	February 14, Balls, Xmithie, mandatorycloud, Atlanta, and cuRtoKy join.^[3] e
NA	⁠⁠MTW	August 22, Balls, Xmithie, mandatorycloud, Aphromoo, Muffinqt, and Gnomesayin (Manager) leave.^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠MMF	August 22, Balls, Xmithie, mandatorycloud, Aphromoo, and Muffinqt join.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠MMF	October 31, ⁠⁠Monomaniac Ferus is disbanded. Xmithie, mandatorycloud, Aphromoo, and Muffinqt leave.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠FR	November 1, ⁠⁠Team FeaR is formed. Xmithie, mandatorycloud, Aphromoo, and Muffinqt join.^[7] e

NA	⁠⁠FR	February 2, Sycho Sid, Xmithie, mancloud, Zuna, Muffinqt, and ScubaChris leave.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠VUL	February 2, Sycho Sid, Xmithie, mancloud, Zuna, and Muffinqt join. MasteR of LoL and ScubaChris join as substitutes.^[9] e
NA	⁠⁠VUL	October 16, Sycho Sid, Xmithie, mandatorycloud, Zuna, BloodWater, Nickwu, MasteR of LoL, ScubaChris, and ROBERTxLEE leave.^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠XDG	October 16, Benny, Xmithie, mandatorycloud, Zuna, and BloodWater join. Nickwu, MasteR of LoL, ScubaChris, and ROBERTxLEE join as substitutes.^[11] e

NA	⁠⁠XDG	January 14, Zuna (Bot to Jungle) and Xmithie (Jungle to Bot) change positions.^[37] e
NA	⁠⁠XDG	February 25, Sheep joins. Xmithie (Bot to Jungle) and Zuna (Jungle to Bot) change positions.^[38] e
NA	⁠⁠XDG	May 6, ⁠⁠XDG Gaming is disbanded. Xmithie, mancloud, Zuna, Sheep, MasteR of LoL, Nickwu, and ScubaChris leave.^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠WZG	August (approx.), NintendudeX and Xmithie join. Cpt Ziploc and H4xDefender leave. e
NA	⁠⁠WZG	August 17, i KeNNy u, NintendudeX, Xmithie, BabyZeus, LattmaN, and 10q leave.^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠XDG	August 17, i KeNNy u, BabyZeus, LattmaN, and 10q join. Xmithie rejoins.^[13] e
NA	⁠⁠XDG	October 22 (approx.), XDG Gaming is disbanded. i KeNNy u, Xmithie, BabyZeus, LattmaN, 10q, and Daydreamin leave. e
NA	⁠⁠CLB	November 3, ⁠⁠compLexity.Black is reformed. i KeNNy u and Xmithie join. PR0LLY, ROBERTxLEE, Bubbadub, and Kubz (Coach) rejoin.^[15] e
NA	⁠⁠CLB	December 8, Xmithie leaves.^[14] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	December 8, Xmithie joins. Thinkcard joins as temporary substitute for IEM Season 9 Cologne, replacing Xmithie.^[18] e

NA	⁠⁠IMT	May 12, Xmithie joins. Dardoch leaves.^[22]^[23] e
NA	⁠⁠CLG	May 12, Dardoch joins. Xmithie leaves.^[16]^[17] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	November 20, ⁠⁠Immortals confirms exclusion from upcoming NA LCS permanent partnership system. Flame, Xmithie, Pobelter, Cody Sun, AnDa, and Stunt leave.^[19]^[20]^[21] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	November 22, Xmithie and Pobelter join. Goldenglue and Mickey move to substitutes.^[25]^[26]^[27] e

NA	⁠⁠TL	January 5, 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.^[39] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	November 18, Xmithie leaves.^[24] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	November 21, Xmithie rejoins.^[29] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	November 22, Xmithie's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[40] e

NA	⁠⁠IMT.A	June 11, Xmithie and Hakuho join from main roster.^[31] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT.A	June 27, sOAZ and Eika join from main roster. Allorim, Xmithie, Insanity, Apollo, and Hakuho leave for main roster.^[30] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	November 16, Xmithie leaves.^[28] e

NA	⁠⁠TSM.A	May 4, Xmithie (Head Coach) joins. Gunaso (Head Coach) leaves for main roster.^[33] e
NA	⁠⁠TSM.A	November 11, S0ul, AnDa, Takeover, Mia, and Xmithie (Head Coach) leave.^[32] e
NA	⁠⁠IMT	December 9, Mabrey (Head Coach), Xmithie (Strategic Coach), Dayos (Systems Coach), and Draxyr (Positional Coach) join.^[36] e

NA

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⁠IMT

July 29,
Kenvi, Xmithie (Strategic Coach), Dayos (Systems Coach), and Draxyr (Positional Coach) leave.^[34]^[35]

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AME

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⁠F/A

October 31, Xmithie changes residency from

NA

North America to

AME

Americas.

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Biography[]

Xmithie was born and raised in the Philippines. When Jake was 16, his family decided to move to the United States. Jake began playing video games at an early age, as his father owned a computer shop that also contained PlayStation consoles and games. Xmithie's gaming history began at the age of 6, originally playing on the famicom before moving on to the Gameboy and then PlayStation 1. By the age of 10, Jake began to play games on the computer, mainly focusing on shooters such as Counter Strike and Quake, as well as occasionally playing Dragon Ball. Jake's computer gaming career would eventually transition from shooting games to playing RTS, RPG, and MOBA games such as Starcraft, Ragnarok, and eventually DotA. Xmithie would compete part time in DotA in the Philippines during his four years of playing DotA, winning a local tournaments. However, despite showing promise, Xmithie would eventually drop DotA after deciding not to purchase Warcraft 3. Xmithie first began his journey into League of Legends in January of 2011.

League of Legends Career[]

Season 1[]

Xmithie first entered the League of Legends on January of 2011, quickly hitting level 30 and jumping into ranked duo queue, playing with his now ex-girlfriend. For a time during Season 1, Xmithie would get stuck and hover around the 1700 ELO range. However, once he began play solo in ranked, he would spring up to 2200 ELO where he met other 2000 ELO players to form a team called Soldier Front. Team Soldier Front would compete in small tournaments, eventually meeting APictureOfAGoose during a Go4LoL cup on October of 2011. After playing against Team Soldier Front, A PictureOfAGoose would invite Xmithie to join as their AD Carry substitute player, a position which he accepted.

Season 2[]

As being a part of one of the teams that qualified through the North American Pre-Qualifier #1 for the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev, Xmithie planned to go with APictureOfAGoose to the event. Unfortunately due to family problems, LemonGoD would be unable to attend the event. As a replacement, team captain Atlanta would invite his friend cuRtoKy to join as the support player for APictureOfAGoose. Atlanta decided to change to the AD Carry position in order to play with cuRtoKy, since they were close friends and Atlanta believed he would synergize better with cuRtoKy more than Xmithie would. Xmithie would take Atlanta's old position of jungler for the team. Despite the roster changes, APictureOfAGoose would end up not attending IEM Kiev.

Around one month after the departure of LemonGoD and the addition of Xmithie into the main lineup, APictureOfAGoose would be acquired by mTw and become mTw.NA. This occurred while APictureOfAGoose was competing in the Alienware Arena North America: Winter, where they ended up placing third.

In the next few months, Xmithie would find success with mTw.NA in various minor tournaments, taking first place in Go4LoL Cup #61, CSN playLEGENDS Points Cup 1, CSN playLEGENDS Points Cup 2, CSN playLEGENDS Points Cup 4, and the In2LOL Kickoff NA Tournament.

The first major tournament that Xmithie would compete in under the mTw.NA banner would be the 2012 MLG Pro Circuit - Spring Championship. At the event, Xmithie would face off in their first match against European powerhouse Counter Logic Gaming EU, who proved to be a tough opponent as CLG EU pulled out a 2-0 victory over mTw.NA. Dropping down to the loser's bracket, Xmithie and his team would be able to take out vVv Gaming 2-1 to advance to the next round of the loser's bracket. Unfortunately, here mTw.NA would fall to Team Dynamic 2-0, ending the tournament with 9th-12th place finish.

Despite a disappointing showing at the MLG Spring Championship, Xmithie and mTw.NA would continue to dominate the online tournament scene, taking first at the Solomid NA Invitational 3. Here, Xmithie and his team would fall to Team Dynamic 0-2 in their first match of the tournament, dropping down to the loser's bracket of the third SoloMid Invitational. However, here Xmithie and mTw would go on a hot streak, sweeping Lzuruha Gaming, Ordinance Gaming, and Team SoloMid 2-0 to advance to the loser's bracket final. There, mTw.NA would continue forward with their momentum in tow, taking out Counter Logic Gaming Black 2-1, qualifying straight to the grand finals as Curse Gaming would forfeit their remaining matches. Coming back up from the loser's bracket to face off against the team that put them there, Xmithie and mTw.NA would come out on top in a close 2-1 victory in the first set and sweep Team Dynamic 2-0 in the second set to take home first place from the tournament.

Continuing their success in online tournaments, Xmithie would take first place on July 6, 2012, at the National ESL Pro Series Season 3 with his team mTw.NA. During the three month long online group stage, mTw.NA would place third going 4-3 winning 9 games out of 16 by defeating 4Nothing 2-0, Epik Gamer 2-0, Counter Logic Gaming Prime 2-0, and Team Legion 2-0, while falling to Team Dignitas 1-2, Curse Gaming 0-2, and Team SoloMid 0-2. As Team SoloMid would be forced to forfeit, mTw would move on up to the grand finals. There, Xmithie would carry on the momentum and defeat Team Dignitas 2-0, taking home first place with his team mTw.NA.

Two days later, Xmithie would take second place at the fourth SoloMid NA Invitational with team mTw.NA. Xmithie would have a powerful start in the first two rounds, eliminating both Curse Gaming and Team Legion 2-1 to advance to the winners bracket final. Unfortunately, there Xmithie's team mTw.NA were unable to pull out a win, falling just short to Orbit Gaming 1-2. Not letting the loss get to them, Xmithie and mTw.NA were able to sweep heavy favorite Team SoloMid 2-0 to get another shot at first place. However, once again Orbit Gaming was able to pull out on top, taking mTw out in a close 2-1.

Xmithie would particpate in the Leaguecraft ggClassic Presented by Arqade with his team mTw.NA. In the group stages, his team would pull out an impressive 4-1 finish, taking second place defeating 4Nothing, Orbit Gaming, Taipei Assassins, and Counter Logic Gaming Prime while taking their only loss to Counter Logic Gaming Black. Unfortunately in the playoffs mTw.NA would fall to Team Dynamic 1-2, dropping down the to loser's bracket. There, mTw.NA would take out Curse Gaming 2-0 to move forward to the second round of the loser's bracket. Once again, CLG Black would take out mTw.NA 2-0, leaving Xmithie with a third place finish.

A week after the top three performance at the Leaguecraft ggClassic, Xmithie would compete in the SoloMid NA Invitational 5 alongside mTw.NA. Xmithie's team mTw.NA would take out CLG Black 2-1 in the first round, but would fall to Team SoloMid 0-2 in the second round, falling to the loser's bracket. There, mTw.NA would go on a hot streak taking out Team Dynamic, Ordinance Gaming, and Team SoloMid to reach the grand finals of the event. Unfortunately, mTw.NA would fall to Team Dignitas 1-2 in the finals, taking home second place.

At the sixth Solomid NA Invitational, Xmithie would take second place with his team mTw.NA. In the tournament, mTw.NA would have a dominant first two rounds, taking out Meat Playground and Ordinance Gaming 2-0 to advance to the winner's bracket final. Unfortunately here they would fall to Team SoloMid 1-2, dropping down to face Ordinance Gaming once again for a shot at the grand finals. Repeating their success, mTw.NA would once again sweep Ordinance Gaming 2-0, advancing to the grand finals to get a rematch with Team SoloMid. Xmithie and mTw.NA would have a strong first set, taking out the North American powerhouse 2-0. However, in the second set Team SoloMid would rebound and take out mTw.NA 2-0, leaving Xmithie with a second place finish.

2015 Preseason[]

On November 3, 2014 it was announced that Xmithie had joined coL.Black along with I KeNNy u, Pr0lly, ROBERTxLEE, and Bubbadub, qualifying for the Spring Expansion Tournament via compLexity's promotion tournament participation.^[41] However, Xmithie was unable to participate in the tournament and so CloudNguyen substituted in his place. The team lost to Final Five in the second round after a first-round bye.

On December 8, Counter Logic Gaming announced that Xmithie was joining the team as their new jungler, filling the empty spot left by dexter. However, Thinkcard would be substituting for him at IEM Cologne due to visa issues.^[42]

2015 Season[]

For the first eight weeks of the spring split, CLG were never lower in the standings than tied for second place, and the only reason they didn't receive a playoff bye was that they lost a second-place tie breaker to Cloud9 and so ended up in third place. CLG fans called the split CLG's "golden age," but the question still remained whether CLG could perform in the playoffs, especially after a dramatic comeback loss to Team SoloMid the first time the two teams met in the round robin. Ultimately, CLG were unable to perform in playoffs, as they lost to Team Liquid in the quarterfinals and ended the split tied for fifth place with Gravity.

Echoing their spring split performance, CLG started the summer split strong, in first place at the end of each of the first four weeks and then lost four games in a row to finish tied for fifth after week six. This time, however, they rebounded and ended the season in second, behind Team Liquid and with a 13-5 record. They received a bye in the first round of the playoffs and then swept both Team Impulse and Team SoloMid 3-0, to win their first LAN event since MLG Raleigh in 2011 nearly four years prior and receive North America's top seed to Worlds. Shortly after their qualification, the team announced that HuHi would be substituting for them in the jungle, due to "unresolvable VISA issues" with Xmithie; however, two weeks later the situation was resolved with some help from members of the community who reached out to the team on reddit.^[43]^[44]^[45] Despite Xmithie's getting to play and the team's having a relatively easy group draw with KOO Tigers, Flash Wolves, and paiN Gaming, CLG didn't advance from their Worlds group, ending with a 2-4 record including a loss to paiN.

2016 Season[]

After two major roster changes - Stixxay replacing long-time AD carry Doublelift and HuHi replacing Pobelter - CLG attended IEM San Jose in November 2015, where they defeated Unicorns of Love and Jin Air Green Wings before losing to Origen. Their performance earned them a seed into IEM Katowice, which they attended after the seventh week of the LCS. However, despite being in a strong position domestically, in second place behind only the almost-undefeated Immortals (to whom CLG had handed their only loss of the season the week before), CLG were eliminated immediately from Katowice, losing first to SK Telecom T1 and then to Fnatic.

CLG entered the LCS playoffs in second place, still behind Immortals, and still the only team to have beaten Immortals in the regular season. They won their semifinal series against Team Liquid in five games, winning the last game with a double teleport play to catch out Piglet and close out a win. Despite seeding expectations, their finals match was against TSM, who had 3-0'd Immortals the week before. This series also went to five games, and CLG once again won, qualifying for the Mid-Season Invitational.

Returning to North America for the Summer Split, CLG were expected to be at the top of the league after their MSI performance. However, not only did they fail to achieve that, but they weren't even in the top half of the standings until week 6. From there, they climbed to a fourth place regular season finish. In the playoffs, CLG first faced off against Team Liquid, whom they beat 3-1, before falling to TSM 3-0 in the semifinals. Crucially, one of Huhi's signature mid lane champions Aurelion Sol was found to have a bug partway through their first game, and the game was remade with Aurelion Sol disabled for the rest of the playoffs (though it was generally accepted that TSM would have won regardless).^[46] CLG lost the third-place to Immortals but automatically qualified for the World Championship based on Championship Points due to TSM's finals win over Cloud9.

CLG were seeded into Group A at Worlds, alongside the ROX Tigers, G2 Esports, and wildcard Albus NoX Luna. Going into the group, CLG and G2 were seen as contenders for the second seed, while Tigers and Albus NoX were expected to finish first and last, respectively. Instead, CLG dropped both of their games to the wildcard team, and ANX skyrocketed to a second-place group stage finish while G2 collapsed into last place; CLG ended their Worlds run in third with a 3-3 record.

2017 Season[]

Transitioning into the spring split of the 2017 LCS season, CLG was the only North American team to not make any changes to its roster. They were inconsistent to begin the split, fluctuating between 5th and 7th place over the first half of the season before stabilizing with a 2-0 week 5. CLG remained in the playoffs after that, and a 3-1 record down the stretch put them in fourth behind TSM, Cloud9 and a much improved Phoenix1. In the playoffs, CLG faced off against 5th seed FlyQuest. Although they started off strong with 2 wins, they were ultimately reverse swept and lost 2-3 which knocked them out of playoffs.

In May of 2017, Xmithie ended his long tenure on CLG and left the team to join Immortals. The Summer Split was a turning point in Immortals' performance as they stayed in the Top 3 throughout the whole regular split. Xmithie was praised for his leadership and ability to shotcall for the team. Immortals finished the regular season in 2nd place with a 14-4 record. Xmithie was also awarded the NA LCS All-Pro Jungler award. Immortals' performance in the Summer Playoffs was also excellent as they took down Counter Logic Gaming 3-0 in the semifinals and became the first team in NA LCS history since 2013 outside of CLG, TSM and C9 to reach the finals. Despite their accomplishment however, they were defeated 1-3 by TSM in the finals and finished 2nd place. Despite the loss they still managed to qualify for the 2017 Season World Championship via championship points. At Worlds Immortals was seeded in Group B along with Longzhu Gaming, Fnatic and GIGABYTE Marines. Despite a good 2-1 start in Week 1 they couldn't follow up on it in Week 2 and went 0-3. Having to play a tiebreaker in order to advance forward, Immortals faced Fnatic and lost the game which knocked them out of Worlds. Xmithie left Immortals in November of 2017 after the team wasn't accepted in the newly franchised NA LCS for 2018. He would join Team Liquid within that same month.

Career Highlights and Awards[]

6x LCS Champion (Summer 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019)
LCS Finals MVP (2018 Summer)
3x LCS All-Pro 1st-Team (2017 Summer, 2018 Summer, 2019 Spring)
LCS All-Pro 2nd-Team (2019 Summer)

Trivia[]

Jake's in game name came from the movie Mr and Mrs Smith. As the name "Smith" was always taken, Jake would use "Mr Xmith". Whenever Jake would make an alternate account, he would name it Xmithie, which eventually became his main name.
Studied Computer Animations at Cerritos College
Lists Lee Sin and Xerath as his favorite champions
Was temporarily banned for Elo boosting in March 2013 along with several other pro players including Rhux, Nyjacky, Meteos, DontMashMe, Aphromoo, and Chuuper.^[47]
Winner of Leaguepedia's Best Lee Sin NA Tournament.
On February 6, 2016, became the 5th player in NALCS history to reach 1,000 career assists, and was the first jungler to do it.
Became a United States citizen on May 18, 2016.^[48]
Reached 2000 Assists in the LCS on January 20, 2018
- The 3rd player to reach 2000 Assists in the LCS after Xpecial and Aphromoo.
- His 2000th assist was for TL's Toplaner Impact's kill on TSM's Toplaner Hauntzer in the NA LCS 2018 Spring Season with Gragas.
Currently the winningest player in LCS history with 5 championships in 6 appearances.
- After the NA LCS Spring Playoffs, became one of three players to play in LCS Finals with three different teams (CLG, Immortals and Team Liquid), along with his teammates Pobelter (CLG, Immortals, and Liquid) and Doublelift (CLG, TSM, and Liquid).
Known for playing tank junglers, especially Gragas, and for a jungling style that revolves more around tracking the enemy jungler than raw aggression.
His father attends many of his games wearing his jersey, and stands in the front row to hug his son and his teammates if they win.
- Also sometimes does the same thing for Xmithie's former teammates like Pobelter who now play for other teams, if they are not playing against his son.
As of 2021, he is the oldest known player to compete in the LCS, having played in his last competitive game at age 29.

Tournament Results[]

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

Xmithie Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-09-17	3 - 4	NA Legends Invitational	0 : 1⁠⁠THE	⁠⁠THE	Revenge, Xmithie, Shiphtur, Scarra, Breezy, Diamond
2023-07-21	10	LCS 2023 Summer	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT	Solo, Kenvi, Bolulu, Tactical, Treatz, Mabrey, Xmithie
2023-03-17	9	LCS 2023 Spring	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT	Revenge, Kenvi, Ablazeolive, Bolulu, Tactical, Fleshy, Mabrey, Xmithie
2022-08-17	9 - 12	LCS Proving Grounds 2022 Summer	0 : 2⁠⁠FLY.A	⁠⁠TSM.A	S0ul, AnDa, Takeover, Tactical, Mia, Xmithie
2022-07-29	9	NA Academy 2022 Summer	2-7-9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TSM.A	S0ul, Solo, Hyper, AnDa, Takeover, Instinct, Tactical, Mia, Shenyi, Xmithie
2020-08-09	10	LCS 2020 Summer	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT	sOAZ, Allorim, Potluck, Xmithie, Eika, Insanity, Altec, Apollo, Gate, Hakuho, Zaboutine, GotoOne, Malaclypse
2020-08-07	7	NA Academy 2020 Summer	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT.A	Allorim, sOAZ, Xmithie, Potluck, Insanity, Eika, Apollo, Altec, Hakuho, Gate, Malaclypse, GotoOne
2020-03-29	8	LCS 2020 Spring	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠IMT	sOAZ, Xmithie, Eika, Altec, Apollo, Hakuho, Zaboutine, GotoOne
2019-10-20	9 - 12	Worlds 2019	3 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Impact, Xmithie, Jensen, Doublelift, CoreJJ, Cain
2019-08-25	1	LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	3 : 2⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠TL	Impact, Xmithie, Jensen, Doublelift, CoreJJ, Cain, Dodo

Xmithie 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2013-10-13	1	Best Lee Sin NA Tournament			3 : 0 ZionSpartan

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September 26, Entrevistamos a Xmithie! [Archived] with Sevg on MasWards
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September 28, Hi I'm Xmithie jungler for mMe Ferus and I just lost $20 from curse king of the hill. AMAA with Xmithie on Reddit
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November 30, IPL 5 - Panky interviews Xmithie and MuffinQT with Panky on YouTube
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April 19, Xmithie discusses Vulcuns recent Success at the LCS Super Week with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 14, Xmithie talks about Vulcun's match against Velocity eSports with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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July 11, An Interview with Vulcun's Jungler Xmithie [Archived] with RoscoeThorncage on Dignitas
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August 1, Xmithie talks Vulcuns position and being the best Vayne NA with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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September 17, Xmithie on his Performance versus Gambit and Playing Mineski with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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December 12, Link + Xmithie iBUYPOWER Vlog: Link makes the cut and the return of Xmithie to LCS by , and on Link
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December 12, Thorin's Thoughts: Remembering Xmithie (LoL) by , and on Thorin
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January 23, Xmithie and Benny iBUYPOWER Vlog: Subbing for Zion, Old teammates and LCS week 1 [Lost] by Xmithie on YouTube
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September 20, EITHER/OR with CLG's Xmithie with , and on theScore Esports
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October 3, Xmithie on facing the KOO Tigers: 'I feel pretty confident against pretty much any team in Group A' with , and on The Score
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February 3, Xmithie Discusses His Current Place Among the Other NA LCS Junglers - Thoughts on Dardoch with , and on G|League
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March 16, Xmithie on his nerves in playoffs: 'I'm worried more about...Huhi and Stixxay' with , and on theScore Esports
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April 8, [LoL] Head-to-Head: Dardoch vs. Xmithie with , and on The Score
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April 26, Xmithie's Fascinating Resurgence by Bo "SoulDra" Shim on Splyce
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May 2, Raw and Uncut: CLG Xmithie's 2016 Spring Split Profile by theScore on YouTube
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May 8, LoL Mid-Season Invitational: Post game with CLG's Xmithie and Stixxay with , and on ESPN
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May 14, eSports - MSI: Xmithie über den spontanen Sona-Pick, SKT und Patch 6.9 with , and on Sport1
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June 4, Xmithie on CLG experimenting with the new meta: 'We're still trying to find our identity again' with , and on The Score
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June 29, CLG Xmithie fights to stay on top of the NA LCS by Taylor Cocke on Yahoo!
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July 6, CLG's Xmithie and Huhi break down their loss to TSM, community criticism, and their drafting woes with , and on The Score
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October 13, Xmithie reflects on CLG’s season, ponders if he’s cursed at worlds with , and on Slingshot Esports
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January 24, Xmithie: “I think we’re much better than last year.” with , and on Slingshot
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February 15, Xmithie: A pro gaming career, streaming, and relationships. You can pick 2 but you can't have all 3. with , and on Blitz Esports
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February 21, Xmithie on rookie junglers getting the spotlight, why his girlfriend isn’t ruining the LCS with , and on Yahoo Esports
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May 17, Exclusive: Xmithie on leaving CLG, life at Immortals, and hopefully starting a band with Darshan with , and on Blitz Esports
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May 20, Xmithie: 'I just want to do really, really well at Worlds' with , and on theScore Esports
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May 20, Xmithie on taking on a leadership role for IMT, reuniting with Pobelter and what he learned on CLG with , and on theScore Esports
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June 3, IMT Xmithie on teamwork: "I may not be the best shotcaller in NA LCS, but we are getting better." with , and on Inven Global
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June 6, Xmithie on Immortals' hot start and the Players' Association with , and on theScore Esports
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June 7, Why Dardoch and Xmithie are perfect fits for their teams by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
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June 19, Xmithie on IMT: 'The atmosphere is just different, it reminds me of Vulcun' with , and on Travis Gafford
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June 28, A jungler for a jungler: Emily Rand’s look at the Dardoch/Xmithie trade by , and on Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
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July 12, Xmithie: “What’s great about this team is that everyone is willing to sacrifice for each other and the good of the team.” with , and on Emily Rand for Slingshot Esports
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July 13, Xmithie on Immortals' focus and interacting with recently traded players with , and on Travis Gafford
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July 22, IMT Xmithie: "My goal every year is to do well in Worlds and I hope it's this year" with , and on Inven Global
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August 16, Who should be NALCS MVP? by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
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August 29, Xmithie: 'At the beginning with IMT, I told them my goal was to get to Worlds and do really well' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 6, IMT Xmithie on Their Game Against FNC: "No one in the team expected that ending either..." with , and on Inven Global
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October 6, Xmithie finds GAM scarier than Fnatic: 'You never know what they're gonna do next' with , and on Travis Gafford
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October 11, The X Factor: IMT Xmithie with Kien Lam on LoL Esports
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December 22, The Top 10 League of Legends Player Storylines of 2017 by theScore Esports on theScore Esports
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January 24, Xmithie: 'Doublelift is kind of nice now, before he was the opposite' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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January 29, Xmithie on the new TSM: "They haven’t been practicing for a long time, like 2 weeks." with , and on Blitz Esports
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February 6, Team Liquid League of Legends Xmithie 20 Questions with , and on HyperX
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February 9, Xmithie: Doublelift is just as demanding as before, but now he’s willing to sacrifice something so we can get ahead in another lane with Izento on The Shotcaller
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February 10, Xmithie Xpeaks Mid/Jungle Xynergy with Parkes Ousley on The Game Haus
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February 14, Xmithie on playing with Doublelift & Pobelter again, the Stopwatch meta and TSM as the NA underdog with , and on theScore esports
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February 21, TL Xmithie: " Although we are looking weaker than we did before, we are all training really hard." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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March 15, Xmithie: the potential end of gaming houses and Olleh's hunt for a girlfriend with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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March 18, Xmithie Calls Impact One of the Best Top Laners He's Ever Played With - DBLTAP Exclusive Interview with DBLTAP on YouTube
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May 12, Team Liquid's press conference with Pobelter and Xmithie after day 2 of MSI 2018 by , and on Travis Gafford
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May 14, TL Xmithie: "We still didn't show our true potential in the stage. We're still figuring out why we couldn't do that." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 26, Xmithie on Team Liquid's wins, his INSANE LCS break, and more with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 1, Xmithie talks Team Liquid's CRAZY inconsistency with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 4, Xmithie: "My biggest goal is to win Worlds, or at least make Top 4." with Parkes Ousley on The Shotcaller
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August 15, Xmithie on Tony: I was surprised the management or players decided on benching him with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 25, TL Xmithie: "If we win playoffs, I think our team’s wealth of experience will be one of the main reasons." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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September 17, Xmithie and Pobelter talk Doublelift's MVP and Liquid vs Immortals at Worlds with Blitz Esports LoL on YouTube
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September 24, Team Liquid Boot Camps in Korea: "Our goal is to make the NA fans proud." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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November 4, Xmithie on Team Liquid's missteps at Worlds and his TwitchCon experience with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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February 7, TL Xmithie: "I usually listen to music an hour before the game. That's my only consistent routine before every LCS match." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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February 7, Xmithie thinks there's a good chance TL goes undefeated this split with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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February 18, Xmithie talks about the pressure of staying undefeated with Choi "Locodoco" Yoon-seop on YouTube
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March 16, Xmithie on Team Liquid's current standings and more with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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May 9, Xmithie on rowdy TL fans at MSI: "Jensen laughed so hard in draft because of those guys" with Parkes Ousley on Upcomer
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May 11, Undefeated Liquid face tough test on MSI Day 2 by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
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May 18, Xmithie’s turnaround at MSI was the key for Team Liquid by Andrew Amos on Dot Esports
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June 4, TL Xmithie about Pro-View: The feeling right now is it’s kind of broken[…] I guess [other teams] have more to learn than us since we’re the top team. with Izento on Esports Heaven
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June 11, Xmithie explains why Pro View is helping him so much with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 17, Xmithie says getting a FOUR PEAT is one of the primary concerns on his mind with Locodoco on YouTube
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June 24, Xmithie reveals what team could slip into the top 3 this split with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 27, Xmithie: “If we don’t get first place, it’s not because of our skill” by Elena Endres on Dot Esports
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June 28, Xmithie: "We’re pretty sure we can take pretty much any team from Europe" with Brian Chang on Upcomer
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July 3, Xmithie on RR: 'NA looks pretty weak this tournament, hopefully it's a wakeup call for everyone with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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July 26, Xmithie's thoughts on TL making playoffs and predicts the remaining playoff teams with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 16, TL Xmithie talks about his childhood and gaming origins with Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
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January 22, Why Xmithie re-joined Immortals, racing Doublelift in LCS titles, and being the oldest LCS pro with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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January 27, Xmithie on his return to Immortals and his goals before retirement with Tyler Erzberger on ESPN Esports
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February 18, Xmithie on Soaz and Eika criticism: 'It's really undeserved' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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March 20, Xmithie on defeating TL twice, muses what'll make him stop playing professionally with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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March 30, Immortals Xmithie on missing Playoffs: "I apologize to our fans, this won't happen again." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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April 9, Xmithie on TL's failure: 'it looks like they didn't trust each other' with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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June 8, IMT Xmithie: "We might have a lot of different roster changes this upcoming week." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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June 29, Xmithie says Immortals’ decision to promote Academy roster to LCS was “last minute” with Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
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June 29, Xmithie addresses the rumors surrounding his benching and what went on behind the scenes at IMT with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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July 8, Xmithie discusses Immortals lineup, their LCS performance and how they can reach Worlds with Emily Rand on YouTube
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July 13, IMT Xmithie: "I've won my last 3 games against Doublelift...I might be his curse." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-06-27	LCS 2020 Summer	GG vs IMT	Link
2020-02-15	LCS 2020 Spring	TL vs IMT	Link
2020-02-11	LCS 2020 Spring	CLG vs IMT	Link
2019-08-25	LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	TL vs C9	Link
2019-06-28	Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU	TL vs OG	Link
2019-06-15	LCS 2019 Summer	TL vs FLY	Link
2019-05-10	MSI 2019 Main Event	TL vs PVB	Link
2019-04-13	LCS 2019 Spring Playoffs	TL vs TSM	Link
2019-03-10	LCS 2019 Spring	TL vs GG	Link
2019-02-03	LCS 2019 Spring	TL vs CG	Link
2018-10-13	Worlds 2018 Main Event	TL vs MAD	Link
2018-09-02	NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs	100 vs TL	Link
2018-08-05	NA LCS 2018 Summer	TL vs FLY	Link
2018-03-31	NA LCS 2018 Spring Playoffs	FOX vs TL	Link
2018-03-31	NA LCS 2018 Spring Playoffs	FOX vs TL	Link
2018-02-25	NA LCS 2018 Spring	TL vs FLY	Link
2018-01-29	NA LCS 2018 Spring	TL vs CG	Link
2014-02-09	NA LCS 2014 Spring	XDG vs DIG	Link
2013-08-14	NA LCS 2013 Summer	VUL vs C9	Link
2013-08-01	NA LCS 2013 Summer	VUL vs VES	Link
2013-07-13	NA LCS 2013 Summer	VUL vs CST	Link
2013-04-28	NA LCS 2013 Spring Playoffs	CRS vs VUL	Link