Flash Wolves: League of Legends Team Profile & Roster
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Flash Wolves
This team was formed on April 15th, 2013, after the Taiwan eSports League (TeSL) 2012-2013 draft, the sixth year of the event. The team’s original name was “IRONMEN” as decided by its founders: AsSen, WuYan, Chopper, Beat, REAL1RON, bonbon, and Clurnus.
Flash Wolves is a Taiwan-based League of Legends eSports team.
Standing
Flash Wolves is currently #14 in the League of Legends Master Series (LMS).
Total Matches This Year: 27
Total Wins This Year: 15 (55.6%)
Current MVP: Rather
Team Roster
Top Laner – Hanabi (Chia-Hsiang Su)
This player has some standard rankings in 2019’s Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), beginning with a Kill Death Assist (KDA) Ratio of 3.9 which puts him at the #20 spot. His Kill Participation is currently valued at 59%, and his Creep Score (CS) per minute is 8.6, leaving him one place short of the Top 15.
His most-played champion is Akali, with whom he’s won 3/5 matches (5.1 KDA). His secondary champion, Kennen, has the highest KDA at 6.7 but—like his third choice, Ryze—Hanabi has won half or less of his matches played with this champion. Hanabi isn’t an outstanding player, but he is certainly not the weak-link of the team.
Jungler – Bugi (Seong-Yeop Lee)
Although his KDA (3.7) and CS per minute (4.9) aren’t very high for MSI 2019, his redeeming statistic is his Kill Participation: 74%. This places Bugi at the #7 spot and reflects how involved a Jungler should be at the competitive level.
His main champion is Xin Zhao; out of the 5 matches he’s played with this champion, only 3 were wins, which isn’t too surprising given his 3.5 KDA. With his secondary, Rek’Sai, he’s won 2/4 matches with a 6.0 KDA. Bugi’s third champion is his worst: 3 matches played, 0 of them won, a KDA of 2.8. Strategically, he should refrain from using his third champion, Jarvan IV, in the games to come, but it’ll be interesting to see if the coaches think he is still worth picking and it’ll be even more interesting to see if Bugi can turn things around with that champion.
Mid Laner – Rather (Hyeongseop Shin)
Rather has some decent statistics, each earning him a spot in the top 20. His KDA Ratio is 3.9, he’s pulling a CS per minute of 8.6, and his Kill Participation is 70%, #13 in MSI 2019.
Out of the 5 games played using Sylas, his main champion, Rather has won 3 and currently stands with a 5.4 KDA. His secondary, Orianna, he’s played 4 matches with—poorly: Flash Wolves lost 3/4 matches when Rather picked his secondary, with only a 2.3 KDA to boot. With his third champion, Rumble, Rather has played a single match and lost. The poor versatility of this player may be a limiting factor in the matches to come, but he is the current MVP.
AD Carry – Betty (Yu-Hung Lu)
Betty holds the #9 spot for both KDA Ratio (4.8) and CS per minute (9.3), which shows how much he brings to Flash Wolves. His Kill Participation is 69%. With two spots in different Top 10s, and in a Top 20, this player has reliable skill that very likely will be worth watching in the matches to come.
Flash Wolves’ ADC plays mainly as the champion Kai’Sa, with whom he’s sported a KDA of 4.2 despite only 1/5 matches ending in victory. Ezreal, Betty’s secondary champion, has won the second least amount of matches (1/3) but kept a high 9.0 KDA. His third champion, Varus, he has picked for 3 matches, 2 of which were won, with a 3.7 KDA.
Support – ShiauC (Jia-Hao Liu)
This player has a KDA Ratio of 3.0, but a low 2.0 CS per minute, which could potentially mean danger for the Flash Wolves in the upcoming matches. That said, ShiauC does sit in the Top 20 for Kill Participation at 70%.
ShiauC has mainly picked Nautilus for his champion (3.0 KDA), but his performance has been better with his secondary, Tahm Kench, with whom he’s won 3/4 matches with a 3.4 KDA. However, his third champion, Galio, has done ShiauC no favors: 0/3 matches won, 1.8 KDA. It’ll be interesting to see if this player picks his solid secondary more than his main in the future; that could be what he needs to improve his and the team’s performance.
Jungler – Enso (En-Shuo Liang)
A new member of the team, Enso joined on February 20 and first played in March. He has played for the Flash Wolves in both LMS 2019 Spring and LMS 2019 Spring Playoffs as a second Jungler with Bugi.
Organization
Leader – Crystal (Pi Ling-Li)
Manager– 4Leaf (Zhang Yu)
Head Coach– Sweet (Chun Jung-hee)
Coaches– Morning (Chen Kuan-Ting) & MadWolf (Chung Yen-Chen)
Streamers MMD (Yu Li-Hung) & NL (Hsiung Wen-An)
History
Last year, Flash Wolves played a total of 53 matches, 34 of which were won (64%).
The Highest Winnings of the Flash Wolves have been their victories at the LMS Spring and Summer Playoffs, consecutively winning the 1.5million prize for 1st place.
Net Winnings (See Chart Below) = $20,345,337
Results
| Event | Place | Result | Opponent | Winnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LMS Spring Split | 2015 = 1st 2016 = 2nd 2017 = 1st 2018 = 1st 2019 = 2nd | 2015 = 19-2 2016 = 9-2-3 2017 = 14-0 2018 = 13-1 2019 = 9-5 | Round Robin | N/A |
| LMS Spring Playoffs | 2015 = 2nd 2016 = 1st 2017 = 1st 2018 = 1st 2019 = 1st | 2015 = 1:3 2016 = 3:0 2017 = 3:1 2018 = 3:0 2019 = 3:0 | 2015 = ahq 2016 = ahq 2017 = ahq 2018 = GRX 2019 = MAD | 2015 = $9,000,000 2016 = $1,500,00 2017 = $1,500,000 2018 = $1,500,000 2019 = $1,500,000 |
| LMS Summer Split | 2015 = 2nd 2016 = 2nd 2017 = 3rd 2018 = 1st 2019 = | 2015 = 9-3-2 2016 = 10-3-1 2017 = 4-2 2018 = 14-0 2019 = | Round Robin | N/A |
| LMS Summer Playoffs | 2015 = 3rd 2016 = 2nd 2017 = 1st 2018 = 1st 2019 = | 2015 = 1:3 2016 = 3:0 2017 = 3:0 2018 = 3:0 2019 = | 2015 = HKES 2016 = JT 2017 = ahq 2018 = MAD 2019 = | 2015 = NT$500,000 2016 = $1,500,000 2017 = $1,500,00 2018 = $1,500,00 2019 = |
| World Championship | 2015 = 5-8th 2016 = 13-16th 2017 = 14-16th 2018 = 9-12th 2019 = | 2015 = 1:3 2016 = 2- 4 2017 = 1-5 2018 = 3-4 2019 = | 2015 = Origen 2016-2018 = Round Robin 2019 = | 2015 = $75,000 2016 = $63,375 2017 = $61,837 2018 = $145,125 2019 = |
Past Players
SwordArt, Support, Oct 2015 – Oct 2018
Maple, Mid Laner, Oct 2015 – Oct 2018
MooJin, Jungler, Jan 2018 – Oct 2018
MMD, Top Laner, Jan 2016 – Sep 2018
Morning, Top Laner, Mar 2018 – Jul 2018
Karsa, Jungler, Oct 2015 – Oct 2017
REFRA1N, Jungler, Jun 2017
Madness, AD Carry, Jun 2017
Moonblack, Mid Laner, Jun 2017
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