Invictus Gaming

Invictus Gaming
Location China
Founded 2011
Manager(s) Liu "Efeng" Yuan
Zhang "CuoJue" Guoqing
Divisions Dota 2
League of Legends
StarCraft II
CrossFire

Invictus Gaming (iG) is a multi-game electronic sports organization founded in 2011, primarily known for their Dota 2, League of Legends, and StarCraft II teams.

History

Invictus Gaming was founded in 2011 in order to promote and ameliorate professional E-Sports in China. Now Invictus Gaming consist of Dota 2 squad, League of Legends squad, Crossfire squad and StarCraft II squad.

League of Legends

In 2011, iG bought the line-up of CCM. Sun "XiaoXiao" Yalong, Zong "Luffy" Yuan, Wong "Tabe" Pak Kan, Lo "Wh1t3zZ" Pun Wai and Siu "ChrIs" Keung formed the Invictus Gaming's LoL squad. In November of this year, Chen "illuSioN" Xin-Lin and Yang "BlackWeapon" Ao joined the team while Zong "Luffy" Yuan left.

In January 2012, they got the silver medal at the World GameMaster Tournament 2012. Wong "Tabe" Pak Kan, Lo "Wh1t3zZ" Pun Wai and Siu "ChrIs" Keung left the team while [1] Liu "PDD" Mou, Liu "Zzitai" Zhi-Hao and Ge "Kid" Yan joined the team to replace them.[2]

Invictus Gaming's LoL squad were the runner-up of World e-Sports Masters and became champions of CPL from September to December of this year. Then Yang "BlackWeapon" Ao left.
In 2013, they were the third place of 2013 LPL Spring, the runner-up of G-League 2012 Season 2 and IEM Season VIII - Shanghai. In December, Liu "Kitties" Hong-Jun joined team. They beat the Korean team CJ Entus Frost and became the champions of Intel Extreme Masters Singapore.[3] In 2014, Sun "XiaoXiao" Yalong retired and on December 2014, Lee "KaKAO" Byung-kwon and Song "RooKie" Eui-jin joined as new players of Invictus Gaming. Won "MaFa" Sang-yeon and Lee "PoohManDu" Jeong-hyeon joined as Coaches.[4]

Cross Fire and Starcraft 2

Invictus Gaming's Dota 2 crossfire squad became the World Cyber Games world champions in 2012. The Crossfire portion of the World Cyber Games 2012 was composed of 13 teams and the $25,000 cash prize. Invictus Gaming's crossfire squad won the grand finals of WCG.[5][6] Hu "MacSed Xiang got the bronze medal in the Starcraft 2 portion of WCG 2012. Wang "XiGua" Le was the silver medalist of WCG 2011.

Dota/Dota2

Defense of the Ancients

The creation of iG.Y after poaching YYF, Chuan, 830 and CH of LGD,[7] historically one of the strongest teams in China, came days after the purchase of CCM.[8] The team is now also known as iG.Z (Zhou, SanSheng, Ferrari 430, Xiao8, DDC). iG.Y got the 3rd place in World DotA Championship 2011.[9] iG.Z was the champion of CPL 2011.[10] Having moved into the DotA scene with the new players, the two iG teams represented what appeared to be the two strongest teams in the scene.

In November 2011, iG decided to combine the two teams and have the team with the best Chinese DotA players. The team was composed of Chen "Zhou" Yao, Jiang "YYF" Cen, Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi, Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan and Zeng "Faith" Hongda,[11] in which Chen "Zhou" Yao was the captain.

After re-shuffling the rooster of the combined IG, they have won the SMM Grand National DotA Tournament world championship.[12] In 2012, Ig won the ACE Dota Pro-league 2012[13] and G-League 2012 Season 1[14]

Dota2

In late 2012,Invictus Gaming's Dota (Defense of the Ancients) squad started to transfer to Dota2 and became Dota2 squad. The team kept the players from Dota(Chen "Zhou" Yao, Jiang "YYF" Cen, Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi, Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan and Zeng "Faith" Hongda). They became the champions and won the $1,000,000 prize at The International 2012 defeating Natus Vincere in four games in a best of three series of the finals.[15][16][17] The Grand Finals of The International 2 tournament took place in the Seattle, US.

In the same year, Invictus Gaming's Dota 2 squad became the World Cyber Games 2012 world champions. Since Chuan is from Malaysia, the rules of World Cyber Games 2012 restricted him from playing alongside his team in the event. Therefore, Invictus Gaming's dota 2 team has found Li "chisbug(CH)" Chen to replace him.[18] It was another impressive performance by iG and DK where they finished the group stages with an undefeated record. They finally met each other in the finals where Invictus Gaming would end the winning streak of DK and later on ending their run with a 2-0 record and take the tournament without dropping a single game.

Invictus Gaming's Dota 2 squad won multiple tournaments in 2012, including ACE Dota Pro-league 2012, G League 2012 Season 1, G League 2012 Season 2, The International 2012 and WCG 2012. They didn't miss the chance to get mentioned when they were nominated in the GosuAwards for the categories of best players and teams in 2012. All 5 members of their team were nominated. Moreover, they won the top places with three players (Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan, Jiang "YYF" Cen, Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi) from their squad in the top five and also the prize for best team in 2012.[19] Except GosuAwards, Invictus Gaming's Dota 2 squad was also the team of the year in Liquid's Dota 2 Awards 2012. For Liquid's Dota 2 Awards, Chen "Zhou" Yao got the best Carry, Zeng "Faith" Hongda got the best support and Luo "Ferrari 430" Feichi got the best ganker.[20]

On 2 September 2013, Zhou got removed from the iG roster after two years of playing for them. On 4 September 2013, TongFu and Invictus Gaming made a swap. Hao was sent to Invictus Gaming's direction, while Zhou is introduced as a new TongFu player.[21] On 9 September, Banana was introduced as a new player of Invictus Gaming.The captain position was taken up by Zeng "Faith" Hongda. They won the ECL 2013[22] and became the runner-up of G-League 2013 Season 1[23] and 2013 WPC ACE Dota 2 League.[24] In 2014, Chen "Hao" Zhihao and Wang "Banana" Jiao left IG. Wong "Chuan" Hock Chuan returned to ig and Luo "Luo" Yinqi joined as new carry player. After that, ig won WPC 2014 and the champion of ESL One Frankfurt.[25][26] In August, YYF retired and Faith left IG. The replacements were Lin "June" Shiyang and old time veteran Li "CHisbug" Chen after two years of inactivity.

Rosters

Dota 2

Nationality Player Pseudonym Position Birth Date Hometown Join Date
 China Xu Zhilei Burning 1 1988-02-16 Shanghai 2015-03-06
 China Luo Feichi Ferrari 430 2 1990-02-14 Wuhan, Hubei 2011-08-02
 China Luo Yinqi Luo 3 2014-02-20
 Malaysia Wong Hock Chuan Chuan 4 1990-07-28 Kuala Lumpur 2011-08-02
 China Zeng Hongda Faith 5 1992-02-06 Jieyang, Guangdong 2015-03-06

Previous Dota/Dota 2 members (Alumni)

Nationality Player Pseudonym Position Birth Date Hometown Join Date Leave Date
 China Chen Yao Zhou 1 1990-06-14 Yueyang, Hunan 2011-08-02 2013-09-04
 China Chen Zhihao Hao 1 1991-07-28 2013-09-04 2014-02-13
 Macau Leong Fat-meng DDC 4 1990-07-03 Macau 2011-08-022011-08-09
 China Wang Zhaohui SanSheng 3 1989-06-13 Huaihua, Hunan 2011-08-02 2011-11-23
 China Jiang Cen YYF 3 1987-02-03 Shanghai 2011-08-02 2014-07-24
 China Zeng Hongda Faith 5 1992-02-06 Jieyang, Guangdong 2011-08-24 2014-08-26
 China Li Chen CHisbug 5 2014-08-24 2014-12-24
 China Lin Shiyang June 3 2014-08-24 2015-03-05

League of Legends

Current Rosters
  •  China Liu "Zzitai" Zhihao (刘志豪)(since 2012, Mid)
  •  China Ge "Kid" Yan (葛炎)(since 2012, AD)
  •  China Liu "Kitties" Hongjun (刘洪均)(since 2013, Support)
  •  China Zeng "Pokemon" Tao (曾韬)(since October 30, 2014, Jungle)
  •  China Fan "Do" Mo-Chen (范默尘)(Sub/Top)
  •  South Korea Gwon "YongSoo" Yong-Su (권용수)(since 2014, Top)
  •  South Korea Baek "Save" Young-jin (백영진)(since December 1st, 2014, Top)
  •  South Korea Song "Fly" Young-jun (송용준) (since December 1st, 2014, Mid)
  •  South Korea Lee "KaKAO" Byung-kwon (이병권)(since December 18, 2014, Jungle)
  •  South Korea Song "RooKie" Eui-jin (송의진)(since December 18, 2014, Mid)
Previous lol members (Alumni)
  •  China Liu "PDD" Mou (刘谋)(2012–2014, Top)
  •  Hong Kong Lo "Wh1t3zZ" Pun Wai (盧本偉)(2011–2012, Mid)
  •  China Sun "XiaoXiao" Yalong (孙亚龙)(2011–2014, AD)
  •  Hong Kong Wong "Table" Pak Kan (王柏勤)(2011–2012, Support)
  •  China Zong "Luffy" Yuan (宗原)(2011–2011, Support)
  •  China Chen "illuSioN" Xinlin (陈新霖)(2011-2014, Jungle)

StarCraft II

  1. Cao "Jim" Jin Hui
  2. Hu "MacSed" Xiang
  3. Wang "XiGua" Lei
  4. Song "XluoS" Ying
  5. Xiang "XY" Yao

CrossFire

World Cyber Games 2012 Rosters
  1. Ma "MZIN" Zhe
  2. Xu "4ME" Depeng
  3. Feng "Nice" Yongqiang
  4. Dai "18Lin" Yueqiang
  5. Shen "Best" Zhong

FIFA

  1. Wei "Satan" Chen

References

  1. ↑ "专访前IG队长Wh1t3zZ：将加入CLC战队" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  2. ↑ "iG戰隊陣容再度調整 強力新秀小孩遊神正式入隊" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  3. ↑ "Invictus Gaming victorious at IEM Singapore". Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  4. ↑ "iG终签公布" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-12-18.
  5. ↑ "ig become the CF champion of wcg2012". Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  6. ↑ "WCG 2012 CF / FINAL | IG.China vs Freedom.". Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  7. ↑ "Only ZSMJ remains behind for LGD". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  8. ↑ "Invictus Gaming's CCM acquisition said a 6-million-dollar deal". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  9. ↑ "WDC2011世界Dota冠军联赛线下总决赛专题报道" (in Chinese). pcgames.com.cn. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  10. ↑ "沈阳CPL2011国际电子竞技明星邀请赛圆满落幕" (in Chinese). replays.net. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  11. ↑ "Invictus Gaming". Valve Corporation. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  12. ↑ "IG WIN GOLD AND $18,000 AT SMM 2011". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  13. ↑ "Ace Dota pro". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
  14. ↑ Nordmark, Sam (June 14, 2012). "G联赛2012第一赛季线下总决赛DOTA项目直播专题" (in Chinese). Retrieved December 22, 2014.
  15. ↑ "iG wins the million dollars at The International". Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  16. ↑ "Na`Vi vs iG- Grand Finals, Game 4 - The International - English Commentary". Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  17. ↑ "iG 3:1 beat NAVI". Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  18. ↑ "WCG 2012: iG.Chuan to be replaced by ChisBug". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  19. ↑ "Dota GosuAwards 2012: The Winners". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-12-27.
  20. ↑ "Liquid's Dota 2 Awards 2012". Team Liquid. Retrieved 2013-11-17.
  21. ↑ "Dota GosuAwards 2012: The Winners". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
  22. ↑ "iG pulls off sweet revenge against DK, wins ECL". GosuGamers. January 1, 2014. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  23. ↑ "G联赛总决赛dota2" (in Chinese). Retrieved 2014-03-18.
  24. ↑ Nordmark, Sam (January 1, 2014). "DK win WPC-ACE League!". onGamers. Retrieved January 27, 2014.
  25. ↑ Tausende Fans bei Profi-Zocker-Schlacht im Stadion "G"Invictus Gaming" gewinnt die ESL One in Frankfurt!" (in German). Retrieved 2014-09-12.
  26. ↑ "Invictus Gaming" gewinnt die ESL One in Frankfurt! kicker.de

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