Adrian Ma, better known mononymously as Adrian, is a retired American professional League of Legends player who was most recently the support for Echo Fox of the LCS.[2] He graduated from high school early at age 17 to attend the first varsity college esports team in the world, the program at Robert Morris University Illinois.[3] Adrian has also played for XDG Gaming and Team Impulse.

Adrian
Ma in 2016
Personal information
NameAdrian Ma
Born1996 or 1997 (age 26–27)[1]
Houston, Texas[1]
NationalityAmerican
Career information
GameLeague of Legends
Playing career2014–2018
RoleSupport
Team history
2014XDG Gaming
2014–2015Team Impulse
2015–2016Immortals
2016–2017Phoenix1
2017Team Liquid
2017Team Dignitas
2017–2018Echo Fox

On July 18, 2015, he temporarily stepped down from his role on the starting roster of Team Impulse.[4] In December 2015, the newly formed NA LCS team Immortals announced they had acquired Adrian,[5] however, after a poor performance in both the Spring and Summer playoffs for the NA LCS, Immortals announced his release in late 2016. Furthermore, it was announced that he would be playing the 2017 spring campaign for the NA LCS team Phoenix1.[6] Later in 2017, he switched first to Team Liquid and then to Team Dignitas.[7][8] He played the 2018 season for Echo Fox, before retiring from professional League of Legends after being released from the team.[9]

Tournament results

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Team Impulse

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Immortals

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Phoenix1

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Echo Fox

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References

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  1. ^ a b Volk, Pete (November 22, 2016). "Adrian leaves Immortals for Phoenix1". Rift Herald. Retrieved May 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Lingle, Samuel (January 19, 2016). "Adrian: 'My signing bonus was my last year's salary'". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on January 26, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  3. ^ Lingle, Samuel (Aug 19, 2014). "The varsity gamer: Esports go to college". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on January 29, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Adrian to step back from TiP starting position". theScore eSports.
  5. ^ "Huni, Pobelter, WildTurtle headline star-studded Immortals roster". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on 2015-12-11. Retrieved 2016-03-08.
  6. ^ Erzberger, Tyler (2016-11-22). "Adrian leaves Immortals and signs with Phoenix1". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  7. ^ Wolf, Jacob (2017-03-08). "Adrian transfers to Team Liquid". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  8. ^ Torres, Xander (2017-08-18). "Dignitas Are 'Keane' on Changing Their Playoff Fortunes". Red Bull. Retrieved 2024-08-27.
  9. ^ Chang, Brian (2018-07-26). "Echo Fox releases FeniX, Adrian, and Altec, working on a buyout with Cloud9 for Smoothie". Dot Esports. Retrieved 2024-08-27.