Uzi (video game player)
Uzi | |
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Jian Zihao (简自豪) | |
Status | Active |
Born | April 5, 1997 |
Hometown | Yichang, Hubei |
Nationality | China |
Current team | Royal Never Give Up |
Role | AD Carry, Mid-laner |
League | Tencent League of Legends Pro League |
Games | League of Legends |
Professional career | |
Oct 2012 - May 2014 | Royal Club |
May 2014 - Dec 2014 | Star Horn Royal Club |
Dec 2014 - Dec 2015 | OMG |
Dec 2015 - May 2016 | Qiao Gu |
May 2016 - May 2016 | Newbee |
May 2016 - Present | Royal Never Give Up |
Medal record | ||
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eSports | ||
Representing | ||
Asian Games | ||
2018 Indonesia | League of Legends |
Jian Zihao (born April 5, 1997), better known by his in-game ID Uzi, is a Chinese League of Legends player who is currently the AD Carry for Royal Never Give Up. He has previously played for OMG, Royal Club, and Newbee. Widely regarded as the best AD Carry of all time, he is renowned for his plays with AD Carry champions, such as Vayne, Kai'Sa, Ezreal and Kog'Maw. Throughout his career, Uzi has been considered by many as one of the most mechanically skilled League of Legends players, if not the best overall. He is consistently ranked as the best AD Carry in the world, by both analysts and pro players, and at times, the best player in the world. He has often been credited as the second best League of Legends player in history, after Lee "Faker" Sang-Hyeok.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] Uzi has played in the League of Legends World Championship grand finals twice, both times with Royal Club. He won his first international title in the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational with his team Royal Never Give Up, after defeating the LCK Champion Kingzone Dragonx.[8]
Uzi was officially ranked as the top 1 of worlds top 20 players on 2018.
Career
Uzi began his professional career on Royal Club. Widely considered as one of the best AD carries of S3 and S4, Uzi demonstrated his great mechanic prowess and carried his team to two consecutive second place finishes at the League of Legends World Championship in both 2013 and 2014. Despite their success at Season 3 Worlds, the departure of Tabe prompted Uzi to switch to mid lane at the start of Season 4 before returning to the ADC role during the summer. Renamed to Star Horn Royal Club, Uzi with Korean imports inSec and Zero rose to the challenge and finished second at worlds with a 1:3 series against one of the best teams ever, Samsung White.[9] And he left Royal club for the communication problem with Korean imports.
Season 5 however, proved to be a slump in Uzi's career after moving to OMG.[10] Despite being touted as one of the biggest talent transfers of the off season, OMG incurred difficulties in integrating Uzi to the team. Coupled with the decline of Gogoing and Lovelin, Season 5 was a disappointing one for Uzi. Uzi was picked up by Qiao Gu Reapers and was their sub for Peco.[11] QG were invited to IEM Katowice in March 2016 where they beat Fnatic in their first best of one but were then subsequently eliminated in the group stages following a loss to SK Telecom T1 and then losing to Fnatic 1 - 2.[12]
In May 2016, Qiao Gu Reapers was acquired by Newbee. However five days later Uzi's contract was bought out by Royal Never Give Up.[13]
In Oct 2016, Uzi led Royal Never Give Up to the world championship Quarterfinals, but was defeated by SK Telecom T1 again.[14]
At the 2017 All-Star Event, Uzi displayed his talent once again. After repeating as the 1v1 tournament champion in a close match against Bjergsen, he helped propel the LPL All-Stars over the LMS All-Stars in the final. This was Uzi's first international 5v5 tournament win.[15]
At the 2018 Midseason Invitational, Uzi would lead his team to a 3-1 win over Kingzone DragonX in the final. Initially starting the event 2-3 in the group stage, they would proceed to go 12-1, including a 3-0 victory over EU representatives Fnatic.
Tournament results
Star Horn Royal Club/Royal Club
Royal Never Give Up
- 2nd — 2016 Summer LPL
- 5–8th — 2016 League of Legends World Championship
- 2nd — 2017 Spring LPL
- 2nd — 2017 Summer LPL
- 3-4th — 2017 League of Legends World Championship
- 1st - 2018 Spring LPL
- 1st - 2018 Mid-Season Invitational
- 1st - 2018 Demacia Cup
- 1st - 2018 Rift Rivals (Red Rift)
- 1st - 2018 Summer LPL
References
- ↑ "[Unfiltered Interview] Rekkles Ranks ADC Players Worldwide From Best To Worst".
- ↑ "TL Doublelift: "We don't have too much to lose now, so we were able to play like ourselves"".
- ↑ "Uzi finally lifts the LPL championship trophy". Dot Esports.
- ↑ "Uzi finally meets his destiny by claiming the MSI crown with RNG". Dot Esports.
- ↑ "RNG Head Coach Kezman: "Uzi would've been the best ADC player, regardless of which region he was born in"".
- ↑ "Five things we learned from the MSI 2018 final: Is Uzi the best now?". Mail Online.
- ↑ "Topic of Thorin: Uzi's Missing Pieces". 12 January 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ "Uzi finally met his destiny by claiming the MSI crown with RNG". Dot Esports.
- ↑ wucong_gz. "LOL高手进阶第二十期:皇族ADC Uzi好运姐教学". wangyou.pcgames.com.cn. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ "An ill-fated acquisition: Uzi and the downfall of OMG". Esports Heaven. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ http://euw.lolesports.com/articles/uzi-omg’s-game-changing-pickup
- ↑ "明星面对面第六期 天才ADC选手皇族UZI - LOL攻略 - 英雄联盟攻略 - 多玩英雄联盟". lol.duowan.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/uzi-joins-royal-never-give-up/
- ↑ "'Uzi' to 'Forg1ven': 'I want to meet you at the final'". Retrieved 20 May 2018.
- ↑ "LoL Esports". www.lolesports.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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