Maple (gamer)

Taiwanese professional League of Legends player

In this Chinese name, the family name is  Huang.

Maple

Huang in 2015

Current team
Team| PSG Talon
Role| Mid
Game| League of Legends
League| Pacific Championship Series
Personal information
Name| 黃熠棠
(Huang Yi-tang)
Born|  (1997-10-10) October 10, 1997 (age 26)
Taoyuan, Taiwan
Nationality| Taiwanese
Team history
2013| Gamania Bears
2013–2018| Flash Wolves
2018–2019| Suning
2019–2020| LNG Esports
2020–2021| PSG Talon
2021–2022| Anyone's Legend
2022–2023| Team SoloMid
2023–present| PSG Talon

Medal record

Esports
Representing  Chinese Taipei
Asian Games
| 2018 Indonesia |

Huang Yi-tang (Chinese: 黃熠棠; pinyin: Huáng Yìtáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: N̂g Ia̍h-tông), better known as Maple, is a Taiwanese professional League of Legends player for PSG Talon, of the Pacific Championship Series (PCS).

Huang found success domestically and internationally during his time as a member of the Flash Wolves, winning several LMS titles and topping many international events.[1][2] He has long been considered by many analysts and other professional players as one of the most mechanically skillful players from Taiwan.[3][4][5] Huang also played for LPL teams Suning[6] and LNG Esports.[7]

## Career

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Due to their first-place finish at IEM Taipei, yoe Flash Wolves were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 loss against SK Gaming, Maple and the team went on to beat Cloud9 in Round 1 of the losers bracket. Round 2 of the losers bracket saw the team's 2nd meeting of the tournament with SK Gaming. A win against the European team secured the yoe Flash Wolves a place in the bracket stage. They were eventually knocked out of the tournament in the semifinals after losing to Team SoloMid.[8]

With a second and third place LMS finish under their belt, the Flash Wolves had obtained a tie for the most LMS Championship Points behind AHQ, and were invited to the 2015 Taiwan Regional Finals. There, FW avenged their playoff loss by defeating Hong Kong Esports 3-2 and acquiring a spot in the 2015 Season World Championship.[9]

At the World Championship, the FW were expected by many analysts to have one of the weakest showings of any team in attendance. However, after a 4-2 group stage with wins over favorites KOO Tigers and Counter Logic Gaming, the Flash Wolves emerged first from groups, becoming the first team in two years to finish ahead of a Korean team in groups at Worlds. In the tournament quarterfinals, FW lost 1–3 to Origen, earning a top eight finish.[10]

Maple was one of the top players at the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational, in which Flash Wolves eventually finished third/fourth after losing to Counter Logic Gaming in the semi-finals.[11]

Following a one-year spell with PSG Talon and a single split on Anyone's Legend, Maple signed with Team SoloMid as their new mid laner.[12] The team finished 5-6th in playoffs following a chaotic split which saw the team make several changes during the season.[13]

## Tournament results

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### PSG Talon

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* 2021 PCS Summer Split — 1st
* 2021 Mid-Season Invitational — 3rd-4th
* 2021 PCS Spring Split — 1st

### Flash Wolves

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* 2015 Intel Extreme Masters Season 9 Taipei — 1st
* 2015 League of Legends World Championship — 5th–8th
* 2016 Spring LMS — 1st
* 2016 Mid-Season Invitational — 3rd–4th
* 2016 Summer LMS — 1st
* 2017 Intel Extreme Masters Season11 World Championship Katowice — 1st
* 2017 Spring LMS — 1st
* 2017 Summer LMS — 1st

## References

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1. ^ Abbas, Malcolm (November 11, 2018). "Flash Wolves' Moojin, Maple, and SwordArt revealed to be negotiating with other teams". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
2. ^ Lee, Julia (November 12, 2018). "SwordArt, Maple and MooJin leave Flash Wolves, MMD retires". The Rift Herald. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
3. ^ "Interview with FW's Maple & Karsa IG's mid-jungle synergy is the strongest; we're afraid of meeting EDG". dotesports. October 10, 2015.
4. ^ "台灣電競小子 殺進百億新產業". 天下雜誌.
5. ^ "Report: Maple and SwordArt to stay with Flash Wolves". thescoreesports.
6. ^ Kolev, Radoslav (November 18, 2019). "What's going on with the LPL roster shuffle? Who's going where?". VPEsports. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
7. ^ Newell, Adam (December 15, 2019). "LNG signs Maple and Xx ahead of 2020 LPL season". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
8. ^ "Flash Wolves // Maple: I really want to play against LGD's mid laner". dotesports. October 2, 2015.
9. ^ "Maple on Flash Wolves in groups: 'We hope to get the number 2 spot'". Yahoo Esports. May 6, 2016.
10. ^ "Flash Wolves defeat KOO to win Group A". LoL Esports. October 9, 2015.
11. ^ "Battle for Respect: North America vs. Taiwan". ESPN.com. May 13, 2016.
12. ^ Teh, Wil-Liam (May 5, 2022). "TSM raids the LPL to sign Maple to take over as the starting mid laner". Gosu Gamers. Retrieved October 11, 2022.
13. ^ Datuin, Sage (July 12, 2022). "TSM unveils new LCS lineup ahead of week 4 of 2022 Summer Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved October 11, 2022.

## External links

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* Maple on Facebook

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League of Legends

Riot Games, Tencent, Esports

World Championship|

* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019 (finals)
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022 (finals)
* 2023
* 2024

Mid-Season Invitational|

* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* ~~2020~~ 1
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

Regional leagues|

| Current|

* South Korea (LCK)
* China (LPL)
* EMEA (LEC)
* Americas
* Asia-Pacific
* PCS
* LJL
* LCO
* Vietnam (VCS)

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Former|

* Challenger Series
* CIS (LCL)
* North America (LCS)
* Brazil (CBLoL)
* Latin America (LLA)
* Asia-Pacific
* GPL
* LMS
* LST
* OPL

Other tournaments|

* All-Star
* Asian Games
* 2018
* 2022
* Esports World Cup
* 2024
* KeSPA Cup
* Rift Rivals
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* Southeast Asian Games
* 2021

Music|

* Pentakill
* "Warriors"
* "Legends Never Die"
* "Masterpiece"
* K/DA
* "Pop/Stars"
* All Out
* "The Baddest"
* "More"
* Arcane League of Legends
* "Enemy"
* "Everything Goes On"
* "Star Walkin'"

Characters|

* Jinx
* Vi

Other games|

| Riot Games|

* Teamfight Tactics
* League of Legends: Wild Rift
* Legends of Runeterra
* 2XKO

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Riot Forge|

* Ruined King
* Hextech Mayhem
* The Mageseeker
* Convergence
* Song of Nunu
* Bandle Tale

Tabletop games|

* Mechs vs. Minions
* Tellstones: King's Gambit

Other media|

| Television series|

* Arcane

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1 The 2020 Mid-Season Invitational was cancelled and replaced by the 2020 Mid-Season Streamathon due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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