Lira

Lira
Lira
Background Information
Name	Nam Tae-yoo (남태유)
Country of Birth	South Korea
Birthday	January 15, 1995 (age 25)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.
Role	; Broadcast Talent
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Competitive IDs	LirA
Soloqueue IDs	CTU Lila, 리라, 태유유 태무무, KT Lira, CJ Entus 리라, Lir4, o lira o, iLra, AFreeca Lira (EUW)
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Chunnam Tech U.	Apr 20132013-04-02	May 20132013-05-31^[1]	1mo 29d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster Arrows	May 20132013-05-31^[2]	Feb 20142014-02-04	8mo 4d ejel
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus Frost	Feb 20142014-02-05^[4]	Mar 20142014-03-03^[3]	26d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Oh My God 2	Jun 20142014-06-14	??? 2014≈2014-??-??	≈1mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Rebels Anarchy	May 20152015-05-15	Dec 20152015-12-29^[5]	7mo 14d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	Dec 20152015-12-29^[7]	Nov 20162016-11-02^[6]	10mo 4d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team EnVyUs	Dec 20162016-12-25^[9]	Nov 20172017-11-20^[8]	10mo 26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Clutch Gaming	Dec 20172017-12-02^[11]	Oct 20192019-10-28^[10]	1yr 10mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Oct 20192019-10-28^[13]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[12]	23d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Seorabeol Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-02^[15]	Jan 20202020-01-27^[14]	1mo 25d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Feb 20202020-02-05	Present	6mo 6d ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Chunnam Tech U.	Apr 20132013-04-02	May 20132013-05-31^[1]	1mo 29d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster A	May 20132013-05-31^[2]	Jun 20132013-06-20^[16]	20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster Arrows	Jun 20132013-06-20^[16]	Feb 20142014-02-04	7mo 14d ejel
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus Frost	Feb 20142014-02-05^[4]	Mar 20142014-03-03^[3]	26d ejel
CN	⁠⁠Oh My God 2	Jun 20142014-06-14	??? 2014≈2014-??-??	≈1mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Anarchy	May 20152015-05-15	Jul 20152015-07-03^[17]	1mo 19d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Rebels Anarchy	Jul 20152015-07-03^[17]	Dec 20152015-12-29^[5]	5mo 26d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	Dec 20152015-12-29^[7]	Nov 20162016-11-02^[6]	10mo 4d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team EnVyUs	Dec 20162016-12-25^[9]	Nov 20172017-11-20^[8]	10mo 26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Clutch Gaming	Dec 20172017-12-02^[11]	Oct 20192019-10-28^[10]	1yr 10mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Dignitas	Oct 20192019-10-28^[13]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[12]	23d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Seorabeol Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-02^[15]	Jan 20202020-01-27^[14]	1mo 25d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Riot Games Inc.	Feb 20202020-02-05	Present	6mo 6d ej

News

2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

KR	⁠⁠CTU	April 2, Team is formed. Longpanda, Lila, Mima, Riris, and Hachani join. Piccaboo and Joy join as substitutes. e
KR	⁠⁠CTU	May 31, Lira leaves.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠KT A	May 31, MakNooN, Lira, Sonstar, and Olleh join. Vitamin, KaKAO, Hiro, and Me5 leave.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠KT.A	June 20, ⁠⁠KT Rolster A renames to ⁠⁠KT Rolster Arrows.^[16] e

KR	⁠⁠KT.A	February 4, Lira leaves. e
KR	⁠⁠CJF	February 5, Lira and CoCo join.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠CJF	March 3, Swift joins. Lira leaves.^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠OMG 2	June 14, Oh My God 2 is formed. InrA, Lira, and PLX join. Kuroko joins from main roster. e
CN	⁠⁠OMG 2	2014 (approx.), InrA, Lira, PLX, and Kuroko leave. e

KR	⁠⁠ANC	May 15, Lira joins. Vitamin and Bubbling leave. e
KR	⁠⁠RANC	July 3, ⁠⁠Anarchy renames to ⁠⁠Rebels Anarchy.^[17] e
KR	⁠⁠RANC	December 29, ikssu, lira, Mickey, Sangyoon, SnowFlower, and BBO leave.^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	December 29, ikssu, LirA, Mickey, Sangyoon, SnowFlower, OnAir (Head Coach), and AnimalDAX (Coach) join.^[7] e

KR	⁠⁠AF	November 2, Lindarang and SeongHwan move to starting roster. ikssu and LirA leave.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠nV	December 25, LirA and Apollo join. Procxin leaves.^[9] e

NA	⁠⁠nV	November 20, Team EnVyUs is disbanded. Seraph, LirA, Nisqy, Apollo, Hakuho, and Nientonsoh leave.^[8] e
NA	⁠⁠CG	December 2, Solo, LirA, Febiven, Apollo, Hakuho, and DLim (Head Coach) join.^[11] e

NA

⁠

⁠CG

December 14,
Huni and
Lira's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.^[18]

e

NA	⁠⁠CG	October 28, Clutch Gaming roster is moved to the Dignitas brand. Huni, Lira, Damonte, Cody Sun, Vulcan, Rodov, Thinkcard (Head Coach), and Artemis (Assistant Coach) are removed from the GCD.^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	October 28, Clutch Gaming roster is moved to the Dignitas brand. Huni, Lira, Damonte, Cody Sun, Vulcan, Thinkcard (Head Coach), and Artemis (Assistant Coach) are added to the GCD.^[13] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	November 10, Lira is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[19] e
NA	⁠⁠DIG	November 20, Lira leaves.^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠F/A	November 25, Lira will not be participating in the LCS 2020 Spring Season.^[20] e
KR	⁠⁠SRB	December 2, Thal, Lira, Sangyoon, and Sangho (Founder,Head Coach) join.^[15] e

KR	⁠⁠SRB	January 27, KaKAO joins. Lira leaves.^[14] e
KR	⁠⁠Riot	February 5, Lira (Analyst) and Wadid (Analyst) join. MadLife (Analyst) leaves. e

Biography[edit]

Season 3[edit]

Nam "LirA" Tae-yoo joined his first professional team in 2013 when he joined Chunnam Techno University as a jungler. However, he did not play any games with the team and left to join the KT Rolster Arrows in May.

2014 Season[edit]

LirA couldn't qualify for OGN with the Arrows so he left the team in February of 2014 to join CJ Entus Frost. He only played 2 matches with them in the SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 before leaving a month later. In June of that year, he went to China to play for OMG 2 but they never played any competitive games together before the team disbanded later that year.

2015 Season[edit]

LirA joined Rebels Anarchy in May of 2015 as their new jungler. They played in the Champions Summer 2015 Promotion where they qualified for SBENU Champions Summer 2015 after going 1-1 against Incredible Miracle and Winners. Anarchy placed eighth during the regular season and missed playoffs but they qualified for the next season of LCK.

2016 Preseason[edit]

Rebels Anarchy played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 2-1 in the quarterfinals to Ever. On December 29, Rebels Anarchy renamed to the Afreeca Freecs.

2016 Season[edit]

The Afreeca Freecs started the 2016 LCK Spring Split as a bottom three team, losing many of their sets during the first round robin. This changed after their 2-1 upset over SK Telecom T1 in Week 6, which marked the start of a streak of wins that resulted in an exceptional second round robin where they went 7-2 in sets and cliched the final, fifth playoff spot in what many labeled as a "Cinderella Story." Unfortunately, during the first round of the 2016 LCK Spring Playoffs, they lost 2-0 to the Jin Air Green Wings, giving them fifth place overall for the spring split.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, the Afreeca Freecs went 8-10 in series. LirA shared starting time with fellow jungler SeongHwan. They earned fifth place in the regular season and a spot in the first round of the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs. In the first round, the Freecs met Samsung Galaxy, who beat them 2-0, earning the Freecs fifth place overall for the split. Their accumulated points earned them a spot in the first round of the 2016 Season Korea Regional Finals, where they beat the Jin Air Green Wings 3-2 before losing to Samsung Galaxy 3-1 in a rematch.

2017 Season[edit]

During the 2016-2017 offseason, LirA sought to move abroad, initially joining EU LCS' Team Vitality.[1] However, he parted with Vitality less than a month later, stating — among other reasons — difficulty due to lack of a designated interpreter and feeling uncomfortable in Europe.[2][3] He moved to the NA LCS, joining Team EnVyUs. Visa issues prevented LirA from appearing onstage until week 2 of the Spring Season, forcing the team to put midlaner Ninja in the jungle, and play substitute Alex Ich in mid. This inauspicious beginning was unfortunately a preview for the season: Team EnVyUs finished 3-15, never ending a week above tied for last place. Despite the team's weak result, LirA's play was so outstanding that he was voted as the jungler for the first-tier NA LCS All-Pro Team in the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split Award Winners, the first time a player on a last place team had received that honor. [4]

As NA LCS had not yet switched to a franchise model, Team EnVyUs was required to play in the promotion tournament. EnVyUs began poorly, dropping a 3-1 set to the veteran Gold Coin United (GCU) lineup and being sent to the losers bracket along with eUnited. EnVyUs rallied, defeating eUnited 3-1 and setting up a rematch with GCU; in that rematch, EnVyUs outlasted GCU on the strength of LirA's play, winning 3-2 and keeping their LCS spot.

EnVyUs had a noticeably better summer season, finishing in 6th place with 8 wins and 10 losses, despite uncertainty in the midlane: both EULCS import midlaner Nisqy and former Phoenix1 mid Pirean were brought in to replace Ninja. Visa delays prevented Nisqy from playing for the first two weeks, and Pirean started the season; the two midlaners then alternated until Pirean returned to Phoenix1 in week 7. Despite the constant player rotation, EnVyUs secured the 6th playoff seed. Unfortunately, they were defeated 2-3 by Counter Logic Gaming in a close Quarterfinals series, ending their 2017 season: because of their poor Spring showing, EnVyUs didn't have enough championship points to attend Regional Qualifiers. The NA LCS 2017 Summer Playoff Quarterfinals was also the last time Team EnVyUs played on stage, as the team was not accepted into the franchised NA LCS. Following this, LirA left the team in November and a month later joined the newly formed Clutch Gaming.

2018 Season[edit]

In Clutch Gaming, LirA reunited with former EnVyUs teammates Apollo (AD carry) and Hakuho (support). Clutch quickly acquired a reputation for beating every team below them and losing to every team above them; this consistency led to Clutch completing Spring 2018 in 6th place with a 11-7 record, securing a spring playoff spot.

In the Spring 2018 playoff quarterfinals, Clutch faced third seed TSM. TSM was considered the overwhelming favorite to win due to their veteran lineup and their 5-1 record during the final three weeks of the spring split. LirA was focused heavily during game 1, leading to a quick TSM victory. In a historic upset, Clutch won the next three games, becoming the first team in NALCS history to defeat TSM in quarterfinals; this would be the first split without TSM in the finals. Clutch faced the 1st seed 100 Thieves in the semifinals, losing 2-3 after a tense 74-minute siege; in the subsequent third-place match against 2nd seed Echo Fox, Clutch rapidly lost 0-3.

2019 Season[edit]

During the offseason, LirA restylized his name to Lira.

In the 2019 post season, Clutch Gaming pulled off the "miracle run", playing 27 games across the summer playoffs and regional qualifiers to qualify for Worlds 2019; they were only 3 games short of the 30 maximum possible postseason games. After defeating TSM 3-1 in the summer playoffs, they fell to Team Liquid 2-3. With just enough championship points to be eligible for regional qualifiers, Clutch Gaming proceeded to beat FlyQuest and Counter Logic Gaming both 3-1, meeting TSM in the finals. Lira consistently pressured TSM across the map, empowering AD carry Cody Sun and top lane carry Huni, and helping Damonte negate Bjergsen's presence in the final 3 games, resulting in a 3-2 reverse sweep victory. [5]

In an interview during the summer playoffs, Lira stated that the communication between Clutch Gaming players had improved significantly since the spring split, and that the language barrier was not as significant as it once was. [6][7]

Trivia[edit]

Praised by many high ranked players for his unique jungle pathing and strategies.

Tournament Results[edit]

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

Lira Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result		Roster
2019-12-15	NQ	CK 2020 Spring Promotion Qualifiers	1 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SRB	Thal, Lira, Danchung, Sangyoon, Nova, Sangho
2019-10-19	13 - 16	Worlds 2019	0 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG	Huni, Lira, Damonte, Cody Sun, Vulcan, Thinkcard
2019-09-08	1	LCS 2019 Regional Finals	3 : 2TSM	⁠⁠CG	Huni, Lira, Damonte, Cody Sun, Vulcan, Thinkcard, Artemis
2019-08-24	4	LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3CLG	⁠⁠CG	Huni, Lira, Damonte, Cody Sun, Vulcan, Thinkcard, Artemis
2019-08-04	5	LCS 2019 Summer	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG	Huni, Lira, Damonte, Cody Sun, Vulcan, mcscrag, Thinkcard, Artemis
2019-03-24	9	LCS 2019 Spring	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG	Huni, Lira, Damonte, Piglet, Cody Sun, Vulcan, mcscrag, Artemis
2018-09-14	4	NA Regional Finals 2018	0 : 3FOX	⁠⁠CG	Solo, LirA, Febiven, Apollo, Hakuho, mcscrag, Baby Zeus
2018-08-20	9	NA LCS 2018 Summer	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG	Solo, LirA, Moon, Febiven, Apollo, Piglet, Hakuho, Vulcan, DLim, Curry, mcscrag, Baby Zeus
2018-08-10	4	NA Academy 2018 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG.A	Maxtrobo, Solo, Moon, LIRA, Sun, Piglet, Apollo, Vulcan, Hakuho, mcscrag
2018-04-08	4	NA LCS 2018 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3FOX	⁠⁠CG	Solo, LirA, Febiven, Apollo, Hakuho, DLim