Golden Guardians locked Playoffs after their win over Cloud9 in Week 8 of the LCS Summer Split. We spoke with Damonte about his playstyle and how Golden Guardians leveled up to get to this point and what it might mean for them in the Playoff format. Read that here:
Friday June 3rd, Goldenglue and Golden Guardians mutually parted ways, nullifying the remainder of their contract. Goldenglue started the entire LCS Spring Split for the org, making Playoffs with the team.
"I don't think I'll be destroying everyone individually, but I do know how to make my team better." Damonte says, acknowledging his role in the team, and his desire to become a stronger player and play maker in the Mid Lane. Check out the full interview here:
Golden Guardians have signed Damonte to start as their LCS Mid Laner, with Goldenglue and Ablazeolive competing for the Academy slot. Olleh also joins the org as positional coach. Read more on their roster moves here:
Tonight on Tuesday, April 14 at 5:00pm PT, Dignitas Academy Mid Laner Tanner "Damonte" Damonte will teach Major League Baseball star and San Francisco Giants outfielder Hunter Pence how to play League of Legends. The pair will be streaming as part of Verizon's 'Pay It Forward LIVE' to help small businesses.
With the end of Week 8 for LCS Academy, the Dignitas and Evil Geniuses Academy rosters have qualified for the playoffs, each with a 10-6 record. They join Cloud9, who has locked in first seed, with three slots left to be claimed. Read more here:
Last week, Evil Geniuses announced that their original Academy mid laner's visa had been approved, and Giyuu would finally be joining the team. But what about 5fire? What comes next for the young, budding NA Academy mid laner?
After an incredible start followed by a harsh recoil, Dignitas has swapped their League of Legends Championship Series starting jungler, Grig, for Academy jungler, Akaadian. Dignitas Academy team looked nearly invincible early in the split, but have also faltered recently. Read more on the change here:
Dignitas fills in their final Academy spot, signing former IMT, TL, and GG support, Olleh. This completes the DIG Academy squad with 5 former LCS veterans, giving them a stacked roster and a lot of places for substitutions and swap-outs for the LCS.
After visa issues with their previous Academy top lane signing, Rodov, Dignitas has signed former LCS top laner, Lourlo. Dignitas is now only lacking a support player for their Academy roster, boasting four veterans on the Academy so far.
Dignitas announced that Matthew "Akaadian" Higginbotham will be joining the Academy team in the jungle position.
Team Dignitas announced earlier this afternoon that the mid laner Tanner "Damonte" Damonte re-signed with the team, being part of the Academy roster.
It doesn't need to be said, everyone knows that NA has a serious crush on imports. The franchising and Scouting Grounds were supposed to help, but they haven't done enough. NA needs some changes to help keep its domestic talent relevant.
It's been exactly two weeks since "Huni" re-signed with DIG, and he still has no teammates. Every other player left the team. Huni's salary is impacting the team's overall ability to afford players.
The young and talented Connor "Artemis" Doyle is praised for his ability to lead and inspire. From Scouting Grounds, to talent development, to Worlds and his coaching duo, Artemis has a lot to say about NA, his career, and the future.
As reported by Jacob Wolf and ESPN on November 11th, Heo "Huni" Seung-hoon has reached a verbal agreement with Team Dignitas for a two year contract extension totaling $2.3 million guaranteed.
After a near hour of game-play (and a lot of Infinity Edges), Clutch's Nexus fell. While it was an incredibly difficult road they needed to travel to make it to Madrid, it would've been a beautiful one if they did. Alas, they join their fellow NA reps, Cloud9, on the trip back to LA instead.
On the 12th, RNG defeated Clutch Gaming on the first day of the 2019 LoL World Championship. Li “Xiaohu” Yuan-hao pulled out mid lane Kayle against Tanner “Damonte” Damonte's
Clutch Gaming proves their worth silencing the doubters and dissenters, qualifying to the Worlds 2019 Group Stage after a quick and easy 3-0 victory over their Turkish opponents, Royal Youth. But it wasn't just the Huni show, Clutch brought something more.
On the 4th, despite Clutch Gaming's rough start in the play-in stages, they defeated Unicorns of Love in the tiebreaker match and became the 1st seed in their group to move onto the knockout stage.
