Professional career
2020 season
After spending two months at the Movistar Riders Academy, Elyoya was promoted to the first team in October 2019, making his debut in the Iberian Cup at the end of the month. [1]
He made his debut in Superliga Orange on January 23, 2020 against G2 Arctic. The team placed third in the spring split qualifying for the playoffs. In the playoffs, after comfortably beating Team Queso and MAD Lions Madrid in the quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, lost to Vodafone Giants in the final 2–3. [2] Despite the defeat, Elyoya managed to take the Rookie of the Split. [3]
For the summer split the team was in first place, losing only 4 games. Elyoya's performance earned him seven MVP's of the game, the one with the most in the split. In the playoffs Riders beat Cream Real Betis 3–0 in the semifinal and another 3–0 against G2 Arctic in the final. [4] Elyoya won the MVP of the split with 70% of the votes. [5]
2022 season
The 2022 LEC season it was not as successful as the previous one. In the spring split they failed to qualify for the playoffs. [10] For the summer they were in second place with a 12–6, equaling G2's record. During the playoffs lost to Rogue 2–3 in the upper round and 1–3 to Fnatic in the lower round. Despite this, MAD Lions managed to have four of its players named to the 1st All-Pro Team. [11]
Internationally, despite not qualifying for the 2022 Mid-Season Invitational, they entered the 2022 World Championship as fourth seed. [12] They managed to enter the knockout play-in where they beat Saigon Buffalo 3–1. [13] However, they fell 0–3 against Evil Geniuses in their attempt to reach the group stage. [14]
2023 season
For the 2023 LEC season had a renewed team in top and bot lane. [15] Reached the final of the winter split, losing 0–3 against G2 Esports. His performance earned him a spot on the best team in the split. [16]
In spring, despite finishing 8th with a 3–6, he ended up winning the split against Team BDS 3–2. [17] As in the previous split, Elyoya once again occupied the position on the 1st All-Pro Team, this time along with three of his teammates. [18]
During 2023 Mid-Season Invitational they suffered the second fastest defeat in international an MSI (the fastest was T1 against Invictus Gaming in MSI 2019 with a time of 15:57), losing to T1 on the third map in a time of 16:47. [19]
The summer split they qualified for the groups but were quickly eliminated. [20]
For the season finals they qualified in second position but losing to Fnatic 2–3 to qualify for the final, finally finishing in 3rd place and earning a pass to 2023 World Championship. In Worlds the team only achieved one victory against Team BDS, being eliminated against Weibo Gaming. [21]
2024 season
For the 2024 LEC season MAD Lions and KOI merged to form MAD Lions KOI. [22] The new team made up of four rookies with Elyoya as captain, reached the final of the winter split. [23] Despite winning the first map, the team ended up losing 1–3. [24]
In the spring split the team had ups and downs, and were eliminated by Team Vitality in the playoffs, thus losing their chance to qualify for the 2024 Mid-Season Invitational. [25]
On summer split the team qualified for the playoffs on the last day after winning their last game and two tiebreakers. [26] In playoffs, they lost 1–2 in first round against Team BDS after dominating the series. [27] They were eventually eliminated by Karmine Corp after a disappointing series. [28]
For the season finals they lost to G2 Esports 1–3 in their pass to the final, finishing in third position and qualifying for 2024 World Championship. [29] [30] Despite winning their two games in the play-in, [31] they ended up being eliminated in the swiss stage after losing their three games. [32]
2025 season
For the 2025 LEC season the team acquired a new midlaner: Joseph "Jojopyun" Joon-pyun, the first NA import to play in the EU. [33]
In winter split the team qualify for playoffs with a 6–3 record. In playoffs, after a few up and down matches, they finally ended up losing to Fnatic on their way to the final, finishing in fourth position and thus losing the opportunity to qualify for the 2025 First Stand. [34]
The spring split the team qualify for playoffs in the third position with another 6–3. In playoffs, they defeated the current champion Karmine Corp twice, the last time being to advance to the split final against G2 Esports and qualifying for the 2025 Mid-Season Invitational and the 2025 Esports World Cup. [35] In the final, the team looked superior throughout and won 3–1. [36] After the final, Elyoya was named Finals MVP.
At MSI they were quickly eliminated after falling to Bilibili Gaming and CTBC Flying Oyster. [37] In the EWC, the team qualified for the playoffs by defeating GAM Esports and their recent MSI executioner, CTBC Flying Oyster. In playoffs the team was eliminated by reigning world champion T1 1–2. [38]
On summer split the team qualify for playoffs in first position in Group 1.
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