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{{short description|American League of Legends player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2019}}
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{{Infobox video game player
{{Infobox video game player
| ID = Aphromoo
| ID = Aphromoo
| name = Zaqueri Black
| name = Zaqueri Black
| image =
| image = Aphromoo at NA LCS Spring 2016 Finals.jpg
| caption =
| caption = Aphromoo at the 2016 NA LCS Spring Finals
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|09|08}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|09|08}}
| birth_place =
| hometown = [[Whittier, California]]
| nationality = American
| nationality = American
| team = [[Dignitas (esports)|Dignitas]]
| team =
| role = Support
| role = Support
| league = [[League of Legends Championship Series|LCS]]
| league = [[League Championship Series (esports)|LCS]]
| coach =
| game = ''[[League of Legends]]''
| games = ''[[League of Legends]]''
| earnings =
| nickname =
| nickname =
| career_start = 2011
| career_end = 2022
| years1 = 2011
| years1 = 2011
| team1 = Team OG Sout Rez
| team1 = Team OG Sout Rez
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| years11 = 2017–2019
| years11 = 2017–2019
| team11 = [[100 Thieves]]
| team11 = [[100 Thieves]]
| years12 = 2019–present
| years12 = 2019–2021
| team12 = [[Dignitas (esports)|Dignitas]]
| team12 = [[Dignitas (esports)|Dignitas]]
| years13 =
| years13 = 2021–2022
| team13 =
| team13 = [[FlyQuest]]
| years14 =
| years14 =
| team14 =
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| team15 =
| highlights =
| highlights =
* 2× [[NA LCS]] champion ([[2015 NA LCS Summer|2015 Summer]], [[2016 NA LCS Spring|2016 Summer]])
* 2× [[League Championship Series (esports)|LCS]] champion ([[2015 NA LCS season#Playoffs 2|2015 Summer]], [[2016 NA LCS season#Playoffs|2016 Spring]])
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* 1× LCS MVP ([[2018 NA LCS season#Spring|2018 Spring]])
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{{MedalSport|''League of Legends''}}
{{Medal|RU|[[2016 Mid-Season Invitational|2016 China]]|}}
| title = Honors
| titlestyle = background:#ddddff
}}
}}
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'''Zaqueri Black''', better known by his in-game name '''Aphromoo''', is an American professional ''[[League of Legends]]'' player who is the support for [[Dignitas (esports)|Dignitas]] of the [[League of Legends Championship Series|''League of Legends'' Championship Series]] (LCS).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Esguerra |first1=Tyler |title=Aphromoo joins Dignitas as the team's starting support |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/aphromoo-joins-dignitas-as-the-teams-starting-support |accessdate=December 14, 2019 |work=Dot Esports |date=December 5, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ousley |first1=Parkes |title=League of Legends: [Official] Dignitas announces aphromoo as starting LCS support |url=https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/9878/official-dignitas-announces-aphromoo-as-starting-lcs-support |accessdate=December 14, 2019 |work=Inven Global |date=December 5, 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Aphromoo won the 2018 Spring Split MVP award, the first time it had gone to a support player.<ref>[https://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2018-na-lcs-spring-split-award-winners 2018 NA LCS Spring Split Award Winners]</ref><ref name="invenglobal">[https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/4776/100-thieves-aphromoo-receives-the-2018-spring-regular-season-mvp-title 100 Thieves Aphromoo receives the 2018 Spring Regular Season MVP title.]</ref><ref>[https://www.riftherald.com/2018/4/7/17210390/aphromoo-na-lcs-2018-spring-split-mvp Aphromoo named NA LCS 2018 Spring Split MVP: A support has won MVP for the first time ever!]</ref>
'''Zaqueri Black''' (born September 8, 1992),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kim |first1=Kyeongbeom |last2=Woo |first2=Hyun |last3=Hong |first3=James |last4=Jang |first4=David |title=From Doublelift to LemonNation, the oldest players of the NA LCS |url=https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/3902/from-doublelift-to-lemonnation-the-oldest-players-of-the-na-lcs |access-date=May 3, 2021 |work=InvenGlobal |date=January 3, 2018}}</ref> better known by his in-game name '''Aphromoo''', is an American retired professional ''[[League of Legends]]'' player. Aphromoo won the 2018 Spring Split MVP award, the first time a support player had received the title.<ref>[https://www.lolesports.com/en_US/articles/2018-na-lcs-spring-split-award-winners 2018 NA LCS Spring Split Award Winners]</ref><ref name="invenglobal">[https://www.invenglobal.com/articles/4776/100-thieves-aphromoo-receives-the-2018-spring-regular-season-mvp-title 100 Thieves Aphromoo receives the 2018 Spring Regular Season MVP title.]</ref><ref>[https://www.riftherald.com/2018/4/7/17210390/aphromoo-na-lcs-2018-spring-split-mvp Aphromoo named NA LCS 2018 Spring Split MVP: A support has won MVP for the first time ever!]</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Aphromoo played for a number of teams in the early years of professional ''League'' from 2011 to 2012. During this period, he also played the AD Carry bottom lane position.<ref name="dotcareer">[https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/aphromoos-career-from-ad-carry-to-carrying-doublelift-7220 Aphromoo's Career: From AD Carry to Carrying Doublelift]</ref> He still rarely subs over to this role,<ref>[https://www.riftherald.com/na-lcs/2017/3/25/15060706/aphromoo-adc-stixxay-clg-lol-na-lcs Aphromoo will play ADC for CLG this week after Stixxay hospitalized]</ref> but switched to Support in 2013 when he joined [[Counter Logic Gaming]] (CLG), the team he would be closely identified with for a long time.<ref name="dotcareer" /> Aphromoo played for CLG in the spring split of 2013 as well as from 2014 to 2017, during which he supported AD Carries [[Doublelift]] and later Stixxay.<ref name="dotcareer" /> CLG would go on to win the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esports.yahoo.com/g2-counter-logic-gaming-are-the-eu-and-na-lcs-010005472.html|title=G2 Esports, Counter Logic Gaming are the EU and NA LCS champions|work=yahoo.com|accessdate=April 19, 2016}}</ref> CLG also attended the [[League of Legends World Championship]] in 2015 and 2016, albeit with mixed results.
Aphromoo played for a number of teams in the early years of professional ''League'' from 2011 to 2012. During this period, he also played the AD Carry bottom lane position.<ref name="dotcareer">[https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/aphromoos-career-from-ad-carry-to-carrying-doublelift-7220 Aphromoo's Career: From AD Carry to Carrying Doublelift]</ref> He still rarely subs over to this role,<ref>[https://www.riftherald.com/na-lcs/2017/3/25/15060706/aphromoo-adc-stixxay-clg-lol-na-lcs Aphromoo will play ADC for CLG this week after Stixxay hospitalized]</ref> but switched to Support in 2013 when he joined [[Counter Logic Gaming]] (CLG), the team he would be closely identified with for a long time.<ref name="dotcareer" /> Aphromoo played for CLG in the spring split of 2013 as well as from 2014 to 2017, during which he supported AD Carries [[Doublelift]] and later Stixxay.<ref name="dotcareer" /> CLG would go on to win the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esports.yahoo.com/g2-counter-logic-gaming-are-the-eu-and-na-lcs-010005472.html|title=G2 Esports, Counter Logic Gaming are the EU and NA LCS champions|work=yahoo.com|date=April 18, 2016 |accessdate=April 19, 2016}}</ref> CLG also attended the [[League of Legends World Championship]] in 2015 and 2016, albeit with mixed results.

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After a weaker performance for CLG in 2017, where CLG lost out the 3rd and final North American invitation to Worlds to [[Cloud9 League of Legends|Cloud9]] in a tiebreaker match, Aphromoo left CLG in November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/aphromoo-leaves-clg-18998|title=Aphromoo leaves CLG|work=Dot Esports|date=November 26, 2017 |accessdate=November 26, 2017}}</ref> He joined [[100 Thieves]], a new team made after the NALCS adopted a new franchising system. Aphromoo's veteran leadership and strong individual performance was credited as major reasons behind 100 Thieves' success; they placed 1st in the NALCS in regular season, and took 2nd place overall after the playoffs. This helped Aphromoo win the MVP award, despite the position of Support usually being neglected in this vote since the MVP award started in 2014.<ref>[https://www.riftherald.com/na-lcs/2017/4/25/15422376/na-lcs-mvp-lol-winners-list-history NA LCS MVP: Updated winners list]</ref><ref>[https://leaguefeed.net/did-you-know-total-league-of-legends-player-count-updated/ League of Legends Player Count]</ref>


Aphromoo announced his retirement from professional League in January 2023. He held the record for most number of LCS games played from August 2022&ndash;March 2023; he had slightly nudged ahead of [[WildTurtle]] and finished the 2022 season with 597 games played. [[Bjergsen]] took the title from him during the 2023 season, and WildTurtle also returned to edge ahead of him on the all-time leaderboard.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.esports.net/news/lol/end-of-an-era-lcs-support-legend-aphromoo-retires-from-competitive-play/ |title=END OF AN ERA: LCS SUPPORT LEGEND APHROMOO RETIRES FROM COMPETITIVE PLAY |date=January 26, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/bjergsen-surpasses-aphromoo-to-claim-another-lcs-milestone |title=Bjergsen surpasses Aphromoo to claim another LCS milestone |last=Garcia |first=Ethan|date=March 11, 2023 }}</ref>
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After a weaker performance for CLG in 2017, where CLG lost out the 3rd and final North American invitation to Worlds to [[Cloud9]] in a tiebreaker match, Aphromoo left CLG in November 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/aphromoo-leaves-clg-18998|title=Aphromoo leaves CLG|work=Dot Esports|accessdate=November 26, 2017}}</ref> He joined [[100 Thieves]], a new team made after the NALCS adopted a new franchising system. Aphromoo's veteran leadership and strong individual performance was credited as major reasons behind 100 Thieves' success; they placed 1st in the NALCS in regular season, and took 2nd place overall after the playoffs. This helped Aphromoo win the MVP award, despite the position of Support usually being neglected in this vote since the MVP award started in 2014.<ref>[https://www.riftherald.com/na-lcs/2017/4/25/15422376/na-lcs-mvp-lol-winners-list-history NA LCS MVP: Updated winners list]</ref>


== Tournament results ==
== Tournament results ==
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* 2nd — [[2018 NA LCS Spring]] playoffs (1st in regular season)
* 2nd — [[2018 NA LCS Spring]] playoffs (1st in regular season)
* 4th — [[2018 NA LCS season#Summer|2018 NA LCS Summer]] playoffs (3rd in regular season)
* 4th — [[2018 NA LCS season#Summer|2018 NA LCS Summer]] playoffs (3rd in regular season)
* 9th–12th — [[2018 League of Legends World Championship|2018 World Championship]]
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* 10th — [[2019 LCS season#Spring|2019 LCS Spring]]


== References ==
== References ==
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[[Category:Counter Logic Gaming players]]
[[Category:Counter Logic Gaming players]]
[[Category:Dignitas players]]
[[Category:Dignitas (esports) players]]
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[[Category:1992 births]]
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[[Category:People from Whittier, California]]
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[[Category:100 Thieves players]]

Latest revision as of 23:03, 11 November 2023

Aphromoo
Aphromoo at the 2016 NA LCS Spring Finals
Personal information
NameZaqueri Black
Born (1992-09-08) September 8, 1992 (age 31)
NationalityAmerican
Career information
GameLeague of Legends
Playing career2011–2022
RoleSupport
Team history
2011Team OG Sout Rez
2011–2012v8 eSports
2012Epik Gamer
2012Team SoloMid Evo
2012mTw North America
2012Monomaniac Ferus
2012Team FeaR
2012–2013Counter Logic Gaming
2013Team Curse
2014–2017Counter Logic Gaming
2017–2019100 Thieves
2019–2021Dignitas
2021–2022FlyQuest
Career highlights and awards

Zaqueri Black (born September 8, 1992),[1] better known by his in-game name Aphromoo, is an American retired professional League of Legends player. Aphromoo won the 2018 Spring Split MVP award, the first time a support player had received the title.[2][3][4]

Career

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Aphromoo played for a number of teams in the early years of professional League from 2011 to 2012. During this period, he also played the AD Carry bottom lane position.[5] He still rarely subs over to this role,[6] but switched to Support in 2013 when he joined Counter Logic Gaming (CLG), the team he would be closely identified with for a long time.[5] Aphromoo played for CLG in the spring split of 2013 as well as from 2014 to 2017, during which he supported AD Carries Doublelift and later Stixxay.[5] CLG would go on to win the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split.[7] CLG also attended the League of Legends World Championship in 2015 and 2016, albeit with mixed results.

After a weaker performance for CLG in 2017, where CLG lost out the 3rd and final North American invitation to Worlds to Cloud9 in a tiebreaker match, Aphromoo left CLG in November 2017.[8] He joined 100 Thieves, a new team made after the NALCS adopted a new franchising system. Aphromoo's veteran leadership and strong individual performance was credited as major reasons behind 100 Thieves' success; they placed 1st in the NALCS in regular season, and took 2nd place overall after the playoffs. This helped Aphromoo win the MVP award, despite the position of Support usually being neglected in this vote since the MVP award started in 2014.[9][10]

Aphromoo announced his retirement from professional League in January 2023. He held the record for most number of LCS games played from August 2022–March 2023; he had slightly nudged ahead of WildTurtle and finished the 2022 season with 597 games played. Bjergsen took the title from him during the 2023 season, and WildTurtle also returned to edge ahead of him on the all-time leaderboard.[11][12]

Tournament results

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Counter Logic Gaming

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100 Thieves

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References

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  1. ^ Kim, Kyeongbeom; Woo, Hyun; Hong, James; Jang, David (January 3, 2018). "From Doublelift to LemonNation, the oldest players of the NA LCS". InvenGlobal. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  2. ^ 2018 NA LCS Spring Split Award Winners
  3. ^ 100 Thieves Aphromoo receives the 2018 Spring Regular Season MVP title.
  4. ^ Aphromoo named NA LCS 2018 Spring Split MVP: A support has won MVP for the first time ever!
  5. ^ a b c Aphromoo's Career: From AD Carry to Carrying Doublelift
  6. ^ Aphromoo will play ADC for CLG this week after Stixxay hospitalized
  7. ^ "G2 Esports, Counter Logic Gaming are the EU and NA LCS champions". yahoo.com. April 18, 2016. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  8. ^ "Aphromoo leaves CLG". Dot Esports. November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  9. ^ NA LCS MVP: Updated winners list
  10. ^ League of Legends Player Count
  11. ^ "END OF AN ERA: LCS SUPPORT LEGEND APHROMOO RETIRES FROM COMPETITIVE PLAY". January 26, 2023.
  12. ^ Garcia, Ethan (March 11, 2023). "Bjergsen surpasses Aphromoo to claim another LCS milestone".
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