Los Angeles Valiant

Los Angeles Valiant
The logo for the Los Angeles Valiant features a golden-winged helmet that forms a 'V' using negative space.
Founded July 12, 2017[1]
League Overwatch League
Division Pacific
Team history Immortals
2016–2017
Los Angeles Valiant
2017–present[2][3][4]
Location Los Angeles, California
Colors Green, gold, black[5][6]
              
Owner Immortals
Head coach Moon Byung-chul
Championships 0
League titles 0
Division titles 1 (2018)
Stage titles 1
Stage 1: —
Stage 2: —
Stage 3: —
Stage 4: 2018
Main sponsor Lionsgate[7][8]
Website Official website

The Los Angeles Valiant (stylized as VΛLIΛNT) are an American professional Overwatch esports team based in Los Angeles, California. The Valiant compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's Pacific Division. The team are one of twelve founding members of the Overwatch League.

Franchise history

2016-2017:Immortals

Under the Immortals brand the team placed 1st at NGE Winter Premier[9], Overwatch Carbon Series[10], and Overwatch Contenders 2017 Season 0 North America[11].

2017-present Los Angeles Valient

On July 12, 2017, Overwatch developer Activision Blizzard officially announced that esports organization Immortals had acquired a Los Angeles-based Overwatch League franchise spot.[12] Shortly afterwards in August, the unnamed franchise learnt they would have to share L.A. after KSE Esports purchased a second franchise spot in the region.[13] On October 23, they revealed their franchise name as the Los Angeles Valiant.[4]

Seasons

Table key

W Champions RU Runners-up SF Semi-finalist QF Quarter-finalist ↑ Postseason berth

Record: Matches won – Matches lost
Finish: Final position in league or division standings
Prize money: Total performance bonuses earned in United States dollars

Overview

As of 21 July 2018
Summary of Los Angeles Valiant Seasons
Season Division Record Win% Finish Postseason Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Prize money Awards
League Division Rank Finals Rank Finals Rank Finals Rank Finals
2018 Pacific 27–13 .675 2nd 1st ↑ SF 4th — 8th — 3rd SF 2nd W $400,000 —

Players

As of 3 July 2018[14]

Current roster

No. Handle Name Hometown Role Transaction notes
3 Agilities Brady Girardi Blairmore, Canada Damage
  • Member of the team pre-OWL[15]
  • Announced as a Valiant player on October 31, 2017[16]
8 Bunny Chae Jun-hyeok Suwon, South Korea Damage
10 Custa Scott Kennedy Adelaide, Australia Support
1 Fate Koo Pan-seung Seoul, South Korea Tank
  • Member of the team pre-OWL[15]
  • Announced as a Valiant player on November 2, 2017[19][20]
11 Finnsi Finnbjorn Jonasson Reykjavík, Iceland Flex
  • Signed on April 4, 2018[21]
22 Izayaki Kim Min-chul Seoul, South Korea Flex
  • Signed on April 13, 2018[22]
7 Kariv Park Young-seo Seoul, South Korea Support
  • Member of the team pre-OWL[15]
  • Announced as a Valiant player on November 1, 2017[23]
27 KSF Kyle Frandanisa Puyallup, United States Damage
  • Signed on April 4, 2018[21]
6 numlocked Sebastian Barton Leamington Spa, England Tank
99 Soon Terence Tarlier Hangest-en-Santerre, France Damage
  • Signed on October 31, 2017[16]
16 Space Indy Halpern New York City, United States Flex
13 Verbo Stefano Disalvo Toronto, Canada Support
  • Member of the team pre-OWL[15]
  • Announced as a Valiant player on November 1, 2017[23]

Former players

No. Handle Name Hometown Role Transaction notes Span
24 uNKOE Benjamin Chevasson Nevers, France Support 152 days
10 Envy Lee Kang-jae Seoul, South Korea Flex
  • Member of the team pre-OWL[15]
  • Announced as a Valiant player on November 2, 2017[19][20]
  • Released on April 2, 2018[24]
 151 days
0 GrimReality Christopher Schaefer Chico, United States Offense
  • Member of the team pre-OWL[15]
  • Announced as a Valiant player on October 31, 2017[16]
  • Transitioned from player to assistant coach on April 2, 2018[24]
 153 days
9 silkthread Ted Wang Katy, United States Offense 154 days

OWL All-Star selections

The following Valiant players were selected to the Overwatch League All-Star Game.
Players selected as starters are denoted with an asterisk (*)

  • Agilities (Brady Girardi) – 2018
  • Custa (Scott Kennedy) – 2018*
  • Fate (Koo Pan-seung) – 2018
  • Kariv (Park Young-seo) – 2018
  • Soon (Terence Tarlier) – 2018
  • Space (Indy Halpern) – 2018

Head coaches

As of 3 July 2018
Handle Name From To Span Ref. Notes
Cuddles Henry Coxall — February 19, 2018 — [27]
  • Member of the team pre-OWL[28]
Moon Moon Byung-chul February 19, 2018 Present 243 days [27]
  • 1x OWL All-Star Game head coach (2018)

References

  1. ↑ "Overwatch: Bigger than the Premier League?". BBC News. BBC. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  2. ↑ Duwe, Scott (13 September 2016). "Immortals Signs Sodipop Roster for Overwatch". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "INTRODUCING THE IMMORTALS OVERWATCH LINEUP". Immortals.gg. Immortals. 12 September 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  4. 1 2 Carpenter, Nicole (23 October 2017). "Immortals' Overwatch team is now known as the Los Angeles Valiant". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  5. ↑ D'Orazio, Nick (23 October 2017). "Immortals introduces the Los Angeles Valiant and official team skin". Inven Global. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  6. ↑ Entertainment, Blizzard (23 October 2017). "PRESENTING THE LOS ANGELES VALIANT". Overwatch League. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  7. ↑ Workman, Robert (22 February 2018). "Ash vs. Evil Dead Getting Killer Promotion With Lionsgate and Overwatch League Team". ComicBook.com. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Shanley, Patrick (13 June 2018). "Overwatch League Team Partners With Lionsgate for Film Sponsorship Crossover". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "NGE Winter Premiere - over.gg". over.gg. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  10. ↑ "Carbon Series - over.gg". over.gg. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  11. ↑ "Contenders Season Zero North America - over.gg". over.gg. Retrieved 2018-09-25.
  12. ↑ Chouadria, Adel (12 July 2017). "Blizzard announces team owners and locations for Overwatch League". ESPN. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  13. ↑ Wolf, Jacob (10 August 2017). "Cloud9 buys London, Kroenkes grab L.A. Overwatch League spots". ESPN. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  14. ↑ "PLAYERS". Overwatch League. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Carpenter, Nicole (11 October 2017). "Immortals drops flex Overwatch player George "Hyped" Maganzini". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  16. 1 2 3 4 Kolev, Radoslav (31 October 2017). "Top western DPS players among the first to LA Valiant's OWL roster". Cybersport. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  17. ↑ Fitch, Adam (31 March 2018). "The rumours are true: Bunny leaves Seoul Dynasty, joins Los Angeles Valiant". Cybersport. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  18. 1 2 Hong, James (2 April 2018). "Dallas Fuel and Los Angeles Valiant Complete Trade Involving Support Players". Inven Global. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  19. 1 2 3 4 Vanese, Benjamin (3 November 2017). "Les Valiant sont au complet". Team aAa (in French). Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  20. 1 2 3 4 "INTRODUCING YOUR LOS ANGELES VALIANT TANX". Los Angeles Valiant. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  21. 1 2 Tahan, Chelsey (4 April 2018). "Los Angeles Valiant sign three more players to their roster". Overwatch Wire. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  22. ↑ Wenrich, Connor (13 April 2018). "Los Angeles Valiant acquire Izayaki to complete twelve man roster". Overwatch Wire. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  23. 1 2 3 Carpenter, Nicole (2 November 2017). "Los Angeles Valiant announces their Overwatch League support players". Dot Esports. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  24. 1 2 Tahan, Chelsey (2 April 2018). "Envy has been released from the Los Angeles Valiant, GrimReality to become Asst. Coach". Overwatch Wire. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  25. ↑ Tahan, Chelsey (3 April 2018). "Ted "silkthread" Wang joins the Los Angeles Gladiators". Overwatch Wire. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  26. ↑ "We wish @Silkthread all the best". Los Angeles Valiant. 3 April 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018 – via Twitter.
  27. 1 2 Tahan, Chelsey (19 February 2018). "Los Angeles Valiant announces a change in their coaching staff". Overwatch Wire. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  28. ↑ "HENRY "CUDDLES" COXALL JOINS IMT OVERWATCH AS ASSISTANT COACH". Immortals.gg. Immortals. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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