Shad0w
Shad0w | ||
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Background Information | ||
Name | Zhiqiang Zhao (赵志强) | |
Country of Birth | Italy | |
Nationality | Italy China | |
Birthday | February 25, 2001 (age 20) | |
Residency | China | |
Competitive | ||
Role | Jungler | |
Favorite Champs | ||
Competitive IDs | Shadow | |
Soloqueue IDs | EUW: The Qiaang CN: 在线中翻 | |
Social Media & Links | ||
Zhiqiang "Shad0w" Zhao (Hanzi: 赵志强) is a League of Legends esports player, previously jungler for MAD Lions. His name was previously stylized Shadow.
Team History
Team | Start | End | |||
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![]() | ≈Oct 2016≈2016-10-?? | ≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-?? | ≈6mo 23d ejel | ||
![]() | Feb 20172017-02-17[2] | May 20182018-05-10[1] | 1yr 2mo ejel | ||
![]() | Sep 20182018-09-14[3] | ≈Oct 2018≈2018-10-?? | ≈1mo 3d ejel | ||
![]() | ≈May 2019≈2019-05-?? | Oct 20192019-10-01[4] | ≈5mo ejel | ||
![]() | Nov 20192019-11-29[6] | Dec 20202020-12-18[5] | 1yr 19d ejel |
Team | Start | End | |||
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![]() | ≈Oct 2016≈2016-10-?? | ≈Apr 2017≈2017-04-?? | ≈6mo 23d ejel | ||
![]() | Feb 20172017-02-17[2] | Jun 20172017-06-25[8] | 4mo 8d ejel | ||
![]() | Jun 20172017-06-25[8] | Dec 20172017-12-20 | 5mo 25d ejel | ||
![]() | Dec 20172017-12-20 | May 20182018-05-10[1] | 4mo 21d ejel | ||
![]() | Sep 20182018-09-14[3] | ≈Oct 2018≈2018-10-?? | ≈1mo 3d ejel | ||
![]() | ≈May 2019≈2019-05-?? | Oct 20192019-10-01[4] | ≈5mo ejel | ||
![]() | Nov 20192019-11-29[6] | Dec 20202020-12-18[5] | 1yr 19d ejel |
News
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
![]() | October (approx.), Shadow joins. |
![]() | February 17, Shadow joins.[2] | |
![]() | April (approx.), Shadow leaves. | |
![]() | June 25, ![]() ![]() ![]() | |
![]() | December 20, ![]() ![]() |
![]() | May 10, Shadow leaves.[1] | |
![]() | September 14, Shadow joins.[3] | |
![]() | October (approx.), Shadow leaves. |
![]() | May (approx.), Shadow joins. Reeker leaves. | |
![]() | October 1, Shadow leaves.[4] | |
![]() | November 29, Orome, Shadow, Humanoid, Carzzy, and Gistick join.[6][7] | |
![]() | December 6, Shadow and Carzzy's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[9] |
![]() | March 20, Shadow renames to Shad0w.[10] | |
![]() | May 27, Roster for the EU Face-Off is announced to be Terenas, Shadow, KenRhen, Noodlez, Paolocannon, EddieNoise, and Moonboy.[11] | |
![]() | December 18, Shad0w leaves.[5] |
Biography[edit]
Trivia[edit]
- Was born in Milan, Italy to a family of Chinese origin.
- Started playing in Season 3.
- Reached Challenger in Season 7, hitting EU West rank 1 in April 2018.
- Dropped out of high school at age 16 to become a pro player.
- Plays mid and bot in addition to jungle.
- Was offered a spot on EDward Gaming in 2019, but declined due to disliking how hands-on the team was with their players.
Tournament Results[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Shad0w Tournament Results | |||||
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Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Roster | |
2020-09-29 | 19 - 20 | Worlds 2020 | ![]() | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
2020-08-30 | 4 | LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs | ![]() | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
2020-08-09 | 2 | LEC 2020 Summer | 12 - 6 ![]() | ![]() | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas |
2020-05-30 | 5 - 6 | EU Face-Off 2020 | 0 - 2 ![]() | ![]() | Terenas, Shad0w, KenRhen, Noodlez, Paulcannon |
2020-04-18 | 3 | LEC 2020 Spring Playoffs | ![]() | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas | |
2020-03-28 | 4 | LEC 2020 Spring | 11 - 7 ![]() | ![]() | Orome, Shad0w, Humanoid, Carzzy, Kaiser, Mac, Kaas |
2019-09-28 | 3 - 4 | EM 2019 Summer Main Event | ![]() | Tolkin, shadow, nite, Conjo, Gistick, Candyfloss | |
2019-08-23 | 1 | Premier Tour 2019 Summer | ![]() | Tolkin, shadow, nite, Conjo, Gistick, Candyfloss | |
2019-08-04 | 3 - 4 | ESLM 2019 Summer Playoffs | ![]() | Tolkin, Shadow, nite, Conjo, Gistick | |
2019-07-31 | 3 | ESLM 2019 Summer | 13 - 5 ![]() | ![]() | Tolkin, Shadow, SevenArmy, nite, Conjo, Gistick |
Media[edit]
- 2020
- March 28, Shad0w's road to the LEC: dropping out of school to pursue esports stardom by Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
- May 20, I’m Coming Up by Zhiqiang "Shad0w" Zhao & Adel Chouadria on The Players' Lobby
- June 12, Shad0w: “We Need to Develop and Become Comfortable with More Playstyles” with Tom Matthiesen on Hotspawn
- June 29, MAD Lions Shad0w "G2 and us both experiment a lot, and enjoy the game", NA trashtalk with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
- August 28, MAD Lions’ Shad0w: “I was happy and relieved to make [Worlds], because we messed up a lot of chances before” by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
- September 18, Rookies to watch at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship by Michael Kelly on Dot Esports
- September 26, [Worlds 2020] MAD Shad0w jokes about quarantine: "We played Among Us, and now nobody trusts each other." with Lara Lunardi on Inven Global
- September 27, MAD Lions’ Shad0w: “If we fix our issues and just start playing like ourselves again, we are for sure the best team in play-ins” by Megan Kay on Dot Esports
Post-Match Interviews
Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
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2020-08-28 | LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs | ![]() vs ![]() | Link |
2020-04-03 | LEC 2020 Spring Playoffs | ![]() vs ![]() | Link |
2020-03-28 | LEC 2020 Spring | ![]() vs ![]() | Link |
Images[edit]
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Outplayed's Facebook Post (Italian) facebook.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Gli Outplayed acquistano Zhi Qiang "Shadow" Zhao dagli Element Gaming (Italian) outplayed.it
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Team Atlantis' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Shadow's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 MAD LIONS ENTER LEAGUE OF LEGENDS EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS overactive-media-group.prezly.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Outplayed si porta a livello europeo con i Wind and Rain (Italian) esports.thegamesmachine.it
- ↑ GCD Archive Pages: before change - EU - 2019-12-05; after change - EU - 2019-12-06
- ↑ MAD Lions' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ LEC's Tweet twitter.com