Maple (Huang Yi-Tang)

Maple
Maple
Background Information
Name	Huang Yi-Tang (黃熠棠)
Country of Birth	; Taiwan
Birthday	October 10, 1997 (age 26)
Residency	PCSPCS
Prev Residencies	LMSLMS
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠LNG Esports
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	yoeFW Maple (TW)(KR), 楓棠歲月
Social Media & Links
Team History
Jun 2013 - Oct 2013	; ⁠⁠Gamania Bears
Oct 2013 - Feb 2014	; ⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves
Feb 2014 - Mar 2014	; ⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves Junior
Mar 2014 - Mar 2015	; ⁠⁠yoe Flash Wolves
Mar 2015 - Dec 2018	; ⁠⁠Flash Wolves
Dec 2018 - Nov 2019	; ⁠⁠Suning
Dec 2019 - Present	; ⁠⁠LNG Esports

A checked version of this page, approved on 3 February 2020, was based on this revision.

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Huang "Maple" (▶️ listen) Yi-Tang (Hanzi: 黃熠棠) is a League of Legends esports player, currently mid laner for LNG Esports.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Maple. One other player shares this ID.

Biography[]

2015 Season[]

Due to their 1st place finish at IEM Taipei, yoe Flash Wolves were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 loss against SK Gaming, Maple and the team went on to beat Cloud9 in Round 1 of the losers bracket. Round 2 of the losers bracket saw the team's 2nd meeting of the tournament with SK Gaming. A win against the European team secured the yoe Flash Wolves a place in the bracket stage. They were eventually knocked out of the tournament in the semifinals after losing to Team SoloMid.

With a second and third place LMS finish under their belt, the Flash Wolves had obtained a tie for the most LMS Championship Points behind AHQ, and were invited to the 2015 Taiwan Regional Finals. There, FW avenged their playoff loss by defeating Hong Kong Esports 3-2 and acquiring a spot in the 2015 Season World Championship.

At the World Championship, the FW were expected by many analysts to have one of the weakest showings of any team in attendance. However, after a 4-2 group stage with wins over favorites KOO Tigers and Counter Logic Gaming, the Flash Wolves emerged first from groups, becoming the first team in two years to finish ahead of a Korean team in groups at Worlds. In the tournament quarterfinals, FW lost 1-3 to Origen, earning a top eight finish.

Trivia[]

Favorite anime are Steins;Gate, Future Diary, and オナニーマスター黒沢.
Is a huge fan of Hatsune Miku - fans would often gift him Miku figurines and plushies.
Went to the same school as SwordArt and Karsa.
Highly praised by Toyz as one of the best players in LMS.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2023-08-04	PCS PCS	PCS 2023 Summer	Jayce	Mid	W	13/1/5	Link	Link
2018-03-25	LMS LMS	LMS 2018 Spring	Kassadin	Mid	W	9/1/1	Link	Link
2016-06-26	LMS LMS	LMS 2016 Summer	Anivia	Mid	W	8/0/7	Link	Link
2015-08-16	LMS LMS	Taiwan Regional Finals 2015	Viktor	Mid	W	10/0/5	Link	Link

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

Awards[]

LMS MVP x1 (Spring 2017)
LMS Playoff MVP x1 (Spring 2016)
LMS All-Pro 1st Team x4 (Spring 2016, Summer 2017, Spring 2018, Summer 2018)

Tournament Results[]

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

Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-04-07	1	PCS 2024 Spring Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠SHG	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody, CorGi, Zero
2024-03-03	2	PCS 2024 Spring	7 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Betty, Woody, CorGi, Zero
2023-10-15	17 - 18	Worlds 2023	2 : 3⁠⁠BDS	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Wako, Woody, CorGi, Zero
2023-09-09	1	PCS 2023 Summer Playoffs	3 : 2⁠⁠CFO	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Wako, Woody, CorGi, Zero, Maru
2023-08-07	1	PCS 2023 Summer	16 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PSG	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Wako, Woody, CorGi, Zero, Maru
2023-06-17	2	RDAG 2022 East Asia	2 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TPE	Azhi, JunJia, Maple, Wako, Woody, CorGi
2023-03-17	7	LCS 2023 Spring	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TSM	Solo, Hauntzer, Bugi, Maple, Neo, WildTurtle, Chime, Chawy
2022-09-02	5 - 6	LCS 2022 Championship	2 : 3⁠⁠EG	⁠⁠TSM	Solo, Spica, Maple, Instinct, Tactical, Chime, Chawy
2022-08-14	7	LCS 2022 Summer	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TSM	Huni, S0ul, Solo, Spica, Maple, Tactical, Instinct, Mia, Chime, Chawy, Kayys
2022-03-25	13	LPL 2022 Spring	5 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AL	Zdz, Xiaohao, Forge, Maple, Betty, QiuQiu, Rui, Water

Maple (Huang Yi-Tang) 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2018-12-08	5 - 8	All-Star 2018 Las Vegas		⁠⁠LMS	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ Caps
2016-12-11	2	All-Star 2016 Barcelona		⁠⁠Ice	0 : 2 ⁠⁠ Uzi

Media[]

2015
2016
2017
2018
2021
2023
2024

October 1, Flash Wolves // Maple: I really want to play against LGD's mid laner. by , and on Gold Per 10
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October 8, Flash Wolves defeat KOO to win Group A with , and on LoL Esports
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October 9, Interview with FW's Maple & Karsa IG's mid-jungle synergy is the strongest; we're afraid of meeting EDG. by , and on Gold Per 10
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April 12, Players to Track in the LMS Spring Playoffs by James "Obscurica" Chen on PVPLive
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May 5, Maple on Flash Wolves in groups: 'We hope to get the number 2 spot' with Travis Gafford on Yahoo Esports
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May 6, Maple on getting over international nerves: 'This time I’m more mentally prepared' with Marcel Feldkamp on The Score
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October 3, FW Maple: ''I think the most important thing is to have a good mindset, and not be afraid to lose.'' with , and on Esports Heaven
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October 3, Maple: Fan support helped Flash Wolves overcome Worlds struggles and beat SKT with , and on The Rift Herald
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October 10, Maple: 'Even though Korea is still kind of miles ahead, everyone else is pretty even' with , and on The Score
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May 14, FW Maple: "Bjergsen played really well with Ahri in last match, so we banned her." with , and on Inven Global
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July 8, FW Maple: "I want to defeat all LPL teams that we face" with , and on Inven Global
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October 14, FW Maple: "We played pretty relaxed and everyone was like 'GO GO GO' for the kill" with , and on Inven Global
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May 13, FW Maple on why midlaners are keeping a low profile compared to AD's at MSI with , and on Travis Gafford
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May 14, Maple: "We're happy that Karsa joined RNG, but when we first heard the news, some teammates cried" with , and on The Shotcaller
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May 15, FW Maple on Their Losing Streak: "It was mostly about adjusting our mood and attitude." with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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September 28, The 6 players with the most on the line at Worlds by Xing Li on Dot Esports
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October 10, FW Maple thinks Team Liquid looked good in their match vs KT with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 11, FW Maple: "Although I do agree the gap between leagues are closing, I still strongly believe that Korean teams are slightly stronger than the rest as long as they draft better." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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October 11, Worlds Group Stage 2018 Top 30 Players: 25-21 by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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May 10, Why PSG Maple Is Watching Out For RNG Xiaohu - MSI 2021 Interview with dGon on YouTube
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May 17, Maple on how PSG and Doggo STEPPED UP throughout MSI with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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February 16, Reality Check | TSM Legends S9E2 by TSM on YouTube
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February 28, Maple Talks About New TSM Teammates, Personal Growth and Dream Teammates with Jay Silver on YouTube
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September 6, Inside PCS Ep17 With PSG Maple and CFO Gemini | 2023 PCS Podcast with Nash on YouTube
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October 13, PSG Maple's Collection of Hairstyles with dGon on YouTube
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October 13, PSG Maple EXPOSES North America and Shares Why NA Can't CATCH UP to the East with dGon on YouTube
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January 28, 2024 PCS 春季賽片頭與棚拍幕後花絮｜ 2024 PCS Spring Split The Opening and Behind-the-Scenes Footage with Pacific Championship Series on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-03-30	PCS 2024 Spring Playoffs	CFO vs PSG	Link
2024-03-03	PCS 2024 Spring	PSG vs CFO	Link
2024-02-24	PCS 2024 Spring	PSG vs FAK	Link
2024-01-20	PCS 2024 Spring	PSG vs HPS	Link
2023-10-10	Worlds 2023 Play-In	R7 vs PSG	Link
2023-09-09	PCS 2023 Summer Playoffs	PSG vs CFO
2023-08-25	PCS 2023 Summer Playoffs	PSG vs BYG
2023-08-04	PCS 2023 Summer	PSG vs WP	Link
2023-07-09	PCS 2023 Summer	HPS vs PSG	Link
2023-07-02	PCS 2023 Summer	PSG vs JT	Link
2021-08-14	PCS 2021 Summer Playoffs	PSG vs JT	Link
2021-05-18	MSI 2021	PSG vs C9	Link
2021-05-14	MSI 2021	PSG vs PGG	Link
2021-05-07	MSI 2021	PNG vs PSG	Link
2021-04-03	PCS 2021 Spring Playoffs	PSG vs JT	Link
2019-12-21	Demacia Cup 2019	LNG vs OMG	Link
2018-10-15	Worlds 2018 Main Event	FW vs G2	Link