Sneaky

Sneaky
Sneaky
Background Information
Name	Zachary Scuderi
Country of Birth	United States
Birthday	March 19, 1994 (age 25)
Residency	NA North America
Competitive
Team	Cloud9
Role	Owner
Previous Role(s)	Bot Laner; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs
Soloqueue IDs	NA: C9 Sneaky, C9 Gun, bleede; KR: C9 Sneak, C9 Snakey; EUW: Uzi mode420
Social Media & Links
Team History
Apr 2012 - Jun 2012	Ordinance Gaming
Jun 2012 - Sep 2012	Absolute Legends NA
Sep 2012 - Feb 2013	Pulse Esports
Feb 2013 - Apr 2013	S Dignitas
Apr 2013 - May 2013	Quantic Gaming
May 2013 - Jan 2020	Cloud9
Jun 2018 - Jul 2018	C9 Academy
Jan 2020 - Present	Cloud9

Biography[edit]

A native of Winter Springs, Florida, just north of Orlando, Sneaky played World of WarCraft competitively achieving highest rated Mage Rogue in 2v2's sometime in Season 6. He also played a lot of HoN, along with playing DOTA on the side. Prior to LoL, He was studying Computer Science for a year at Florida Atlantic University before entering the NA LCS.

He began playing League of Legends back in Beta after he received a Beta invite. However, his initial reaction was that the game sucked. This was because in his first game he had no map at all and could only see the champions, towers, and minions. He didn't get into LoL until a few months later when he became bored of Heroes of Newearth. Gangplank was his first played champion, but he believes Veigar was his first main. Sneaky's competitive LoL career was kicked started when he was first asked to join a team with jpak after being noticed in Solo Queue. He joined Absolute Legends North America along with jpak in hopes of gaining some competitive experience as well as having fun playing in tournaments. After the team broke up, he created a new team with Kenikth, Onionbagel, Kevîn, and Support Daddy under Pulse eSports. But after losing qualifiers at MLG and IPL and several roster changes, he began to lose confidence in his teams ability to qualify for the summer promotion tournament. Sneaky joined Quantic Gaming on April 6, 2013 and proceeded to qualify for the 2013 NA LCS Summer Split and subsequently joined Cloud 9 when C9 re-acquired the Quantic roster ahead of their LCS debut.

Outside of League of Legends, Sneaky enjoys playing video games, along with watching good T.V. shows, such as Dexter, The Walking Dead and Breaking Bad. He has spoken about coaching or returning to school at the end of his career as a League pro gamer.

2015 Preseason[edit]

Cloud 9 was the North American team fan-voted to IEM San Jose.^[12] They defeated paiN Gaming 2-0, Alliance 2-1, and then Unicorns of Love 3-0 to win the tournament. Sneaky capped off the finals against UOL with a game-winning pentakill on Corki.

2015 Season[edit]

Due to their IEM San Jose victory, Cloud9 qualified for IEM Katowice in March. They lost their only two games, first to GE Tigers and then to yoe Flash Wolves, and finished in 7th/8th place. Domestically, they underperformed at the start of the season, and were in 8th place at the end of the second week of the spring LCS split. However, they improved over the course of the season, ending with a second-place finish behind Team SoloMid and a playoff bye; after beating Team Liquid 3-2, Cloud9 lost to TSM 1-3 in the finals and finished the split overall in second place.

Cloud9 replaced mid laner Hai with Incarnati0n at the start of the Summer Split due to Hai's retirement. They performed poorly for the first five weeks of the split and replaced Meteos with Hai going into the sixth week. With Hai back on the team, Cloud9's record improved from 3-7 to 6-12 by the end of the split, and they finished in 7th place after a tie-breaker victory against Team 8, narrowly avoiding relegations and retaining their Championship Points, though they did not qualify for playoffs. In the Regional Finals Gauntlet, Cloud9 reverse-swept both Gravity Gaming and Team Impulse before beating Team Liquid 3-1 in the finals. Their fourteen games played over the course of three days gave them North America's third seed to the 2015 Season World Championship, Cloud9's third-consecutive Worlds. Notably, Sneaky played Vayne in four games (3-1) and Draven twice (2-0), and had a 10.09 KDA across Cloud9's victories; he also received the MVP title for the final series of the gauntlet.

Considered an underdog at Worlds, Cloud9 were placed into Group B along with Fnatic, ahq, and Invictus Gaming and expected to place last. Instead, they surprised with an undefeated 3-0 first week. In the second week, Cloud9 needed only one win to advance to the quarterfinals but were unable to find it, losing four games in a row including a tiebreaker loss to ahq. They placed third in their group, ahead of only Invictus Gaming.

2016 Season[edit]

For the 2016 season, Cloud9 added two new players - Rush and Bunny FuFuu - and moved Hai to support, with the intention of splitting time with Bunny. However, after two losses with Bunny and two wins with Hai in the spring split, they committed to starting Hai fulltime and rose to a 67% winrate, with a third-place seed in the playoffs. However, despite a seeding advantage, the team lost to TSM in the first round and were eliminated. After the end of the split, Cloud9 recreated its Challenger team and shuffled rosters between the two teams, initially setting up for the summer split with Impact, Meteos, Jensen, Sneaky, and Bunny FuFuu as its LCS roster; former Team Dragon Knights support Smoothie later also joined the team.^[13]^[14]

For the first seven weeks of the split, Bunny FuFuu and Smoothie shared the support role, but after that point Bunny stepped down to a substitute and streaming role, and Smoothie became the full-time starter.^[15] The team equaled its spring record with a 12-6 finish, again securing the third seed into the playoffs. There, Cloud9 defeated Team EnVyUs and Immortals before falling to TSM 3-1 in the finals; their second-place result was their best placement since Spring 2015. In the Regional Finals, or the gauntlet, Cloud9 faced and defeated both EnVyUs and Immortals to qualify for the World Championship for the fourth consecutive year.

At Worlds, C9 was put in Group along with SK Telecom T1, I May and Flash Wolves. Despite not being expected by many to make it out of the group, C9 finished 2nd in the group. Their Worlds run was cut short though after they lost 0-3 to Samsung Galaxy in the Quarterfinals.

2017 Season[edit]

The 2017 Spring Season of the NA LCS started off hot for C9. The team was dominant and in 1st place throughout most of the split. However their performance took a dip later on and they finished 2nd with a 14-4 record right behind TSM. In the playoffs it was a similar story as Cloud9 made it to the finals but lost 2-3 to Team SoloMid in a very close series. In the Summer Season with increased competition, Cloud9 struggled more than before and finished the regular split in 4th place. Their performance in the playoffs was very lackluster and their run was cut short with a 1-3 loss to Team Dignitas in the Quarterfinals. Going into the Regional Qualifiers, the team managed to qualify for the 2017 Season World Championship with a 3-1 win over CLG.

At Worlds C9 finished first in their Play-In group with a 4-0 record and then defeated Lyon Gaming 3-0 to advance to the Main Event. Put in Group A along with SK Telecom T1, EDward Gaming and ahq e-Sports Club, C9 managed a 3-3 record and made it out of the group in second place. Their Worlds run was put to a halt however after they lost 2-3 to Team WE in a very close match.

2018 Season[edit]

For the 2018 Season, Cloud9 added Licorice and Svenskeren to their LCS Roster. Things went well in the beginning of 2018 Spring Season for C9. They were in second place for most of the season, however, on the final day of LCS, C9 fell to fifth place. They played Team Liquid in the Spring Quarterfinals and lost 0-3.

C9 started 2018 Summer Season by promoting Goldenglue, Keith, and Zeyzal to the LCS roster. By Week 5 C9 were in tenth place. After bringing back Jensen and Sneaky to the main roster as well as subbing in Blaber for the rest of the summer season, Cloud9 surged and made it to second place and secured a playoff bye by the end of the regular season. In the playoffs, Cloud9 defeated Team SoloMid 3-2 in the Semifinals and lost 0-3 to Team Liquid in the Finals. They moved onto the Regional Qualifier and won 3-0 over TSM to make worlds.

At the 2018 World Championship, Cloud9 once again had to make it through the Play-In stage. They went 4-0 in the Play-In group stage, and beat Gambit Esports 3-2 to advance to the Main Event. Cloud 9 were seeded into Group B, dubbed the "Group of Death", with Team Vitality, Royal Never Give Up, and Gen.G. Cloud9 defied expectations and made it out of the group in second place with a 4-3 record after losing the first place tiebreaker to RNG.

In the Quarterfinals, C9 made history and defeated Afreeca Freecs 3-0, making it the first time since the Season One World Championship that a North American team had made semifinals. In the Semifinals, C9 lost 0-3 to Fnatic.

Trivia[edit]

Originally named SnEaKyCaStRoO, He changed his name to "Sneaky" after learning its definition on Urban Dictionary.
Known for his Ezreal and Graves and is also one of the few pro players who pick Jayce as an AD Carry.
Played Graves, Corki, Brand and Ahri a lot in Solo Queue.
Plays League with his right hand but writes with his left. He is also red-green color blind (moderate protan).
Popularized the CC-heavy Ashe/ Zyra botlane together with LemonNation during the Season 3 LCS Summer Split.
Started the "same" meme during a duo queue stream with Meteos.
His immediate family includes his mother Beth and his sisters Hannah and Emma; his father passed away on the day of his LCS debut.
In 2019 he became the first player to qualify for Worlds seven years in a row.
Reached 1000 Kills in the LCS on June 18, 2017
- The 3rd player to reach 1000 Kills in the LCS, after Doublelift and WildTurtle.
- His 1000th kill was on Flyquest's Toplaner Balls in the NA LCS 2017 Summer Season with Varus.
Reached 2000 Assists in the LCS on August 04, 2019.
- The 3rd player to reach 2000 assists in the LCS after Xpecial and Aphromoo.
- His 2000th assist was for Licorice's kill on Optic top laner Dhokla in the LCS 2019 Summer Season with Ezreal.
Became the first player to reach both 1000 kills and 2000 assists in the LCS on August 04, 2019.
Often the subject of memes about "Sneaky in lane", due to the perception that he is weak in lane but always good in teamfights, regardless of his current laning performance.
Enjoys cosplaying female characters from various games or franchises.
- Which has earned him the nickname "女装ad" in China, which translates as "Crossdresser AD".^[16]

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2016-07-24	NA North America	NA LCS 2016 Summer	Jhin	Bot	W	10/1/9	Link	Link
2016-06-25	NA North America	NA LCS 2016 Summer	Ashe	Bot	W	9/1/6	Link	Link
2014-12-08	INT International	IEM Season 9 San Jose	Corki	Bot	W	13/1/11	Link	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Cosplays[edit]

Star Guardian Urgot - Link
Dark Elementalist Lux - Link
Pizza Delivery Sivir - Link
Star Guardian Soraka - Link
Kotori Minami from the Love Live! franchise - Link
Tamamo from the Fate franchise - Link
Rem from Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World - Link
Astolfo from the Fate franchise - Link
Dynasty Ahri - Link
Bowsette from the Mario franchise - Link
Princess Peach from the Mario franchise - Link
Xayah - Link
Slay Belle Katarina - Link
Pool Party Ahri - Link
K/DA Kai'Sa - Link

Tournament Results[edit]

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

Sneaky Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2019-10-18	0090129 - 12	Worlds 2019	2 - 4RR	C9	Licorice, Svenskeren, Blaber, Nisqy, Sneaky, Deftly, Zeyzal, Reapered
2019-08-25	0020002	LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3TL	C9	Licorice, Svenskeren, Nisqy, Sneaky, Zeyzal, Reapered, Reignover
2019-08-04	0020002	LCS 2019 Summer	12 - 6RR	C9	Licorice, Kumo, Svenskeren, Blaber, Nisqy, Sneaky, Deftly, Zeyzal, Reapered, RapidStar
2019-06-29	0020002	Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU	1 : 3LEC	C9	Licorice, Blaber, Svenskeren, Nisqy, Sneaky, Zeyzal, Reapered
2019-04-06	0030003	LCS 2019 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3TSM	C9	Licorice, Svenskeren, Nisqy, Sneaky, Zeyzal, Reapered, RapidStar
2019-03-24	0020002	LCS 2019 Spring	14 - 4RR	C9	Licorice, Kumo, Svenskeren, Blaber, Nisqy, Goldenglue, Sneaky, Keith, Zeyzal, Diamond, Reapered, RapidStar, Westrice
2018-10-28	0030043 - 4	Worlds 2018	0 : 3FNC	C9	Licorice, Svenskeren, Blaber, Jensen, Sneaky, Zeyzal, Reapered
2018-09-16	0010001	NA Regional Finals 2018	3 : 0TSM	C9	Licorice, Blaber, Jensen, Sneaky, Zeyzal, Reapered, RapidStar
2018-09-09	0020002	NA LCS 2018 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3TL	C9	Licorice, Blaber, Svenskeren, Jensen, Goldenglue, Sneaky, Zeyzal, Reapered, RapidStar
2018-08-20	0020002	NA LCS 2018 Summer	11 - 7RR	C9	Licorice, Svenskeren, Blaber, Jensen, Goldenglue, Keith, Sneaky, Zeyzal, Smoothie, Reapered, RapidStar

Sneaky 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2018-12-08	01703217 - 32	All-Star 2018 Las Vegas		LCS	0 : 1 Bang
2017-12-10	0090169 - 16	All-Star 2017 Los Angeles		NA LCS	0 : 1 brTT