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| Org Location | United States | ||||
| Region | North America | ||||
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Team EnVyUs is a North American multi-gaming organization. Their League of Legends team was founded in May 2016 upon acquiring the roster and LCS seed of Renegades. They disbanded in November 2017 due to their exclusion from the newly-franchised 2018 Spring Season of the NA LCS.
History[edit]
2016 Season[edit]
Team EnVyUs was announced on May 18, 2016, as the new organization of Renegades, inheriting three signed players in Seraph, Ninja, and Hakuho, as well as the team's NA LCS Summer Season seed.[1] The acquisition took place after Renegades was banned from LCS ownership, but reportedly the two organizations were in talks prior to the ruling.[2] Their final roster for the LCS added Procxin, Nientonsoh, and LOD.[3]
Despite having multiple substitutes on their roster, EnVyUs started Seraph, Procxin, Ninja, LOD, and Hakuho for the entirety of the split. Fueled by strong practice going into the season, EnVyUs started out 4-0 in series records after two weeks, sharing first place with Team SoloMid. However, in the weeks that followed, they slipped down the standings all the way to sixth place, where they sat from week 6 through the end of week 9. With the bottom seed into the playoffs, EnVyUs faced Cloud9 in the quarterfinals where they pulled out a game 1 comeback win before losing the next three to be eliminated. They ended the season with 20 championship points. In the Regional Finals, EnVyUs defeated Team Liquid's new roster with Arcsecond jungling but then lost to Cloud9, who went on to win the gauntlet.
2017 Season[edit]
In the offseason, EnVyUs signed former Afreeca Freecs jungler LirA. They also swapped ADCs with the newly rebranded Team Dignitas, acquiring veteran ADC Apollo while sending LOD to Dignitas. However, visa issues prevented LirA from appearing until week 2 of the Spring Season, forcing the team to switch Ninja to jungle and play substitute Alex Ich in mid lane. His arrival did not improve things, as EnVyUs finished 3-15 and never ended a week anywhere other than tied for last place, meaning they would have to play in the promotion tournament. Despite their weak result, LirA's play was so outstanding that he was voted the first team NALCS jungler, the first time a player on a last place team had received that honor.
EnVyUs began the promotion tournament inauspiciously, dropping a 3-1 set to the veteran Gold Coin United lineup, sending them into the losers bracket. There, they managed to defeat EUnited 3-1, setting up a rematch with GCU where they would manage to outlast them 3-2 on the strength of LirA's play, keeping their LCS spot.
In the offseason, EnVyUs parted ways with Ninja and brought in former Phoenix1 mid laner Pirean and former Fnatic Academy mid laner Nisqy to replace him. Neither was considered a particularly high profile pickup, Pirean had last played in the LCS when Phoenix1 was in the promotion tournament, and Nisqy had been one of the weakest mid laners statistically in the EUCS, despite his team promoting into the LCS. The team also made a coaching change, bringing in viOlet to replace Dylan Falco who moved to Europe to coach Fnatic.
With Nisqy unable to play for the first few weeks due to visa issues, Pirean got the start and the team finished 3-1 and in a three way tie for 1st after the first two weeks, partly off of his strong Taliyah play. After that, however, the team played inconsistently, alternating the two mid laners until Pirean returned to Phoenix1 in week 7 to replace Ryu, leaving Nisqy as the sole starter. EnVyUs managed to finish week 7 with an 8-6 record, but faced with playing all of the top 4 teams in the final two weeks, they lost all four games to finish 8-10, though they still easily secured the 6th playoff seed due to the weakness of the teams below them.
In the playoffs, EnVyUs faced off against the heavily favored 3rd seed CLG, who had spend most of the season neck-in-neck with TSM and Immortals for first place. However, after getting crushed in the first game, the EnVyUs botlane managed to exploit rookie jungler OmarGod, as well as a suddenly floundering Stixxay and Aphromoo to take a 2-1 lead in the series. On the brink of defeat in game 4, CLG's increased playoff experience won out, and they managed to take that game and the next, ending EnVyUs's season. EnVyUs would also not get to play in the Regional Finals, as they only had 20 championship points compared to FlyQuest's 30.
With the NALCS moving to a franchised format for the 2018 season, EnVyUs was not one of the teams selected to receive a franchise, and the team disbanded soon afterward.[4]
Timeline[edit]
- 2016
- 2017
- May 18,
Team EnVyUs acquires the roster and LCS spot of 
Renegades.
Seraph,
Ninja,
Hakuho, and Hermes (Head Coach) join.[5] - May 23,
Procxin and
LOD join.
Nientonsoh joins as substitute.[6] - May 26,
Alex Ich joins as substitute. - June 3, Miracle (Head Coach) joins. Hermes (Head Coach) leaves.[7]
- July 31, Matt (General Manager) leaves.[8]
- December 6, Miracle (Head Coach) leaves.[9]
- December 16,
LOD leaves. - December 25,
LirA and
Apollo join.
Procxin leaves.[10]
- January 9, Dylan (Head Coach) joins.[11]
- February (approx.), Real (Analyst) joins.
- April 22,
Ninja leaves.[12] - May 15,
Nisqy and
Pirean join.[13] - May 23, Dylan Falco (Head Coach) leaves.[14]
- May 26, viOLet (Head Coach) joins.
- June (approx.), Real (Analyst) leaves.
- July 21,
Pirean leaves. - November 10,
Alex Ich leaves.[15] - November 20,
Team EnVyUs is disbanded.
Seraph,
LirA,
Nisqy,
Apollo,
Hakuho, and
Nientonsoh leave.[16]
Player Roster[edit]
Former[edit]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
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| Seraph | Shin Woo-yeong (신우영) | Top Laner | May 20162016-05-18 | Nov 20172017-11-20 |  RNW | ||
| LirA | Nam Tae-yoo (남태유) | Jungler | Dec 20162016-12-25 | Nov 20172017-11-20 |  CG | ||
| Nisqy | Yasin Dinçer | Mid Laner | May 20172017-05-15 | Nov 20172017-11-20 |  SPY | ||
| Apollo | Apollo Price | Bot Laner | Dec 20162016-12-25 | Nov 20172017-11-20 | CG | ||
| Hakuho | Nickolas Surgent | Support | May 20162016-05-18 | Nov 20172017-11-20 | CG | ||
| Nientonsoh | Zachary Malhas | Sub/Bot | May 20162016-05-23 | Nov 20172017-11-20 |  Retired | ||
| Alex Ich | Alexey Ichetovkin (Алексей Ичетовкин) | Sub/Mid | May 20162016-05-26 | Nov 20172017-11-10 |  WCGG | ||
| Pirean | Choi Jun-sik (최준식) | Mid Laner | May 20172017-05-15 | Jul 20172017-07-21 |  P1 | ||
| Ninja | Noh Geon-woo (노건우) | Mid Laner | May 20162016-05-18 | Apr 20172017-04-22 |  DP | ||
| Procxin | Kim Se-young (김세영) | Jungler | May 20162016-05-23 | Dec 20162016-12-25 | Retired | ||
| LOD | Benjamin deMunck | Bot Laner | May 20162016-05-23 | Dec 20162016-12-16 |  DIG |
Organization[edit]
Last Active[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position |
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| Skyler Johnson | Founder | ||
| Hastr0 | Mike Rufail | Owner & Managing Director | |
| i13nV | Tyler Thompson | Part-Owner & Co-General Manager | |
| Andrew | Andrew Tomlinson | Co-General Manager | |
| viOLet | Kim Dong-hwan (김동환) | Head Coach | |
| Cory | Cory Doggett | Media Director | |
| DrMixable | Logan Threlkeld | Video Editor |
Former[edit]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
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| Khymerra | Nathan McAdams | Head Analyst |  G2 Esports
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| Pyrex | Toby Kwon (권용현) | Player Manager |  Clutch Gaming
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| Real | Sam Joy | Analyst |  Team Liquid
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| Dylan | Dylan Falco | Head Coach |  Fnatic
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| Miracle | Lee Hyeon-beom (이현범) | Head Coach |  Giants Gaming
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| Matt | Matthew Akhavan-Kim | General Manager |  Florida Mayhem
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| Hermes | David Tu | Head Coach |  NRG Esports
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Player League Participation[edit]
LCS
| Player | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Games | ||||||||
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| Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | ||
| Hakuho |  | | | | | |  | |  | | 252 | |||||||
| Seraph |  |  |  | | | | 186 | |||||||||||
| Benji | | |  | | 112 | |||||||||||||
| Ninja | | | | | 101 | |||||||||||||
| Procxin | | | 58 | |||||||||||||||
| Apollo |  | | | |  | | | | | | | | | 312 | ||||
| Lira | | | | | | | 160 | |||||||||||
| Alex Ich | | | 18 | |||||||||||||||
| Nisqy | |  | | | | 97 | ||||||||||||
| Pirean | |  | | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Tournaments[edit]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Team EnVyUs Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
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| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2017-09-03 | 5 - 6 | NA LCS 2017 Summer Playoffs | Seraph, LirA, Nisqy, Apollo, Hakuho, viOLet | ||
| 2017-08-06 | 6 | NA LCS 2017 Summer | 8 - 10  RR | Seraph, LirA, Pirean, Nisqy, Apollo, Hakuho, viOLet | |
| 2017-04-02 | Q | NA LCS 2017 Summer Promotion | Seraph, LirA, Ninja, Apollo, Hakuho, Dylan | ||
| 2017-03-26 | 10 | NA LCS 2017 Spring | 3 - 15 RR | Seraph, Ninja, LirA, AlexIch, Apollo, Hakuho, Dylan | |
| 2016-09-05 | 3 | NA Regional Finals 2016 | Seraph, Procxin, Ninja, LOD, Hakuho, Miracle | ||
| 2016-08-28 | 5 - 6 | NA LCS 2016 Summer Playoffs | Seraph, Procxin, Ninja, LOD, Hakuho, Miracle | ||
| 2016-07-31 | 6 | NA LCS 2016 Summer | 8 - 10 RR | Seraph, Procxin, Ninja, LOD, Hakuho, Miracle | |
| Total Prize:USD 0 | |||||
Media[edit]
- 2016
- 2017
- June 3, Team EnVyUs gets multi-million dollar investment, plans to staff up by Dylan Walker on Yahoo!
- June 3, Building a NA LCS franchise: EnVyUS and Phoenix1 by Neda Salamat on ESPN
- June 8, NV owner Hastro wants fans to give love to the players, not him or the organization with , and on Yahoo!
- June 9, The Envy of North America: Matt Akhavan with , and on Esports Heaven
- June 10, Team EnVyUs owner Hastr0: 'We're going to win with swagger' by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- June 24, Envy Us? A look at NA's rising star by Emily Rand on The Score
- June 27, GM Matt Akhavan expects Team EnVyUs to improve now that they've returned to scrimming top teams with , and on Yahoo!
- September 9, How can TL, NV, and IMT make it to Season 7 Worlds? by Ryan Tang on GAMURS
- January 2, Road to Season Seven: Team Envyus by Malcolm Abbas on GAMURS
- April 4, Hastro: "We're going to make this team a powerhouse in the next split." with , and on Yahoo! Esports
- April 5, Possible Roster Moves For EnVyUs and Team Liquid by Christian Marcale on The Game Haus
- June 9, The Moment: First impressions of Team EnVyUs by , and on Emily Rand for Yahoo Esports
- June 26, Apollo and EnVy Are Turning Things Around with Xander Torres on Red Bull Esports
- August 7, NA LCS Playoffs team breakdown by Zack Davis on The Game Haus
Images[edit]
EnVyUs 2016 LCS Summer Roster
EnVyUs 2017 LCS Spring Roster with Alex Ich
External Links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ EnVyUs to join North American LCS, picks up Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho espn.go.com
- ↑ EnVyUs agree to terms for Renegades, poised to enter the LCS dailydot.com
- ↑ Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Team EnVyUs's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 EnVyUs to join North American LCS, picks up Seraph, Ninja, Hakuho espn.go.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Hermes' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Matt's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Miracle's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Team Envyus picks up Nisqy and Pirean for mid lane espn.co.uk
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Fnatic LoL: Staff Updates fnatic.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Alex Ich's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 16.5 16.6 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
