Seraph (gamer)

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Seraph
Seraph, NA LCS 2015 Summer Split.jpg
Seraph in 2015
Current team
Team Zero Tencacity
RoleCoach
Game League of Legends
League Ultraliga
Personal information
Name신우영
(Shin Woo-yeong)
NationalitySouth Korean
Career information
Playing career2013–2022
RoleTop
Coaching career2023–present
Team history
As player:
2014 NaJin White Shield
2014 Counter Logic Gaming
2015 Team Dragon Knights
2016 Team Impulse
2016 Renegades
2016–2017 Team Envy
2019 RunAway
2022 SANDBOX Academy
As coach:
2023 Zero Tenacity

Shin Woo-yeong, better known by his in-game name Seraph, is a South Korean former professional League of Legends player. He has also played for NaJin White Shield, Counter Logic Gaming, Team Dragon Knights and Team Envy.

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Career

Seraph began his League Legends career as a top lane substitute for NaJin White Shield, though he only played one game with the team in OGN. When Counter Logic Gaming announced that they were searching globally for a new top laner, Seraph approached MonteCristo at an event and requested a tryout.

On May 1, 2014, it was announced that CLG was flying Seraph to North America to try him out as their new top laner. [1] On May 19, 2014, he officially joined the team. [2]

The community had high expectations for CLG Seraph, and at first the team did well, a contender for first place in the region for the first eight weeks of the summer split, but ultimately they were unable to qualify for Worlds and Seraph's performance was called into question.

2015 Preseason

On November 7, CLG announced that they were opting not to resign Seraph for the 2015 season. He was replaced on the starting roster by ZionSpartan. [3]

Seraph changed his name to kina and joined Team Dragon Knights in January. They played in the NACS Spring Qualifier, where they defeated Team Frostbite and Storm to qualify for the spring season; he then started playing under the name Seraph again.

2015 season

Team Dragon Knights qualified for the spring season of NACS, beating Team Frostbite and Storm in the qualifier. They placed second in the season with a 7–3 record, behind Enemy eSports. In the playoffs, they beat Team Fusion 2-1 before losing to Enemy 1–3, sending them to the summer promotion tournament. Despite the fact that they had placed higher than Fusion, Winterfox chose to play against them. TDK used substitute mid laner Alex Ich in their promotional matches and won 3–1, successfully qualifying for the NA LCS Summer Split.

Due to visa issues, Team Dragon Knights were unable to use their full roster for the first four weeks of the summer split, as Emperor and Ninja were unable to travel to the United States to play with the team. They instead substituted in LattmaN for Emperor and Bischu and mancloud for Ninja; Baby also substituted for Smoothie for their first three games. The substitute rosters went a combined 0–9, but when Emperor and Ninja finally joined the team for the second day of the fifth week, the team defeated first-place Team Dignitas. Despite that initial success, Team Dragon Knights were only able to secure two more victories over the next four weeks, and they finished in last place with a 3–15 record, one game behind Enemy. As a result, they were automatically relegated to the 2016 NA Challenger Series Spring Season.

2016 Preseason

From September to December 2015, Team Dragon Knights briefly renamed to Team Arena Online; however, they changed their name back due to concerns from Riot about the title sponsor Arena Online fulfilling their promises to the community regarding a million-dollar tournament circuit. [4] [5] Seraph, Ninja, and Kez stayed with the team through both renamings; however, Ninja was suspended for two months for his role in an attempt to recruit Samsung AD carry Fury while he was under contract. [6]

Tournament results

Team Envy

Renegades

Team Impulse

Counter Logic Gaming

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References

  1. ↑ "League of Legends: CLG confirms Seraph as leading candidate for top lane, will try out at the CLG team house". ongamers.com. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  2. ↑ "Counter Logic Gaming - Seraph joins CLG". clgaming.net. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Zionspartan joins CLG!". iBUYPOWER Gaming News. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. ↑ "TDK becomes Team Arena Online, retains Seraph, Kez, and Ninja". dailydot.com. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  5. ↑ "Team Arena Online renames—back to Team Dragon Knights". 18 December 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Competitive Ruling: Chris Shim, Geon-Woo "Ninja" Noh, & Jin-Yong "Fury" Lee lolesports.com

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