Darien

Darien

RETIRED

Background Information

Name	Evgeny Mazaev
Country of Birth	Russia
Birthday	March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22)

Competitive

Role	Top Laner

Team History

Team	Start Date	End Date	Role
40px MTX	10/2010	1/2011
Empire	10/2011	12/2011
M5	12/2011	1/2013
GMB	1/2013	7/2015

"Darien" (Real Name: Evgeny Mazaev) is a retired Russian League of Legends player, formerly a Top Laner for Gambit Gaming.

Biography

Darien hails from Voronezh, Russia. He started in the competitive scene after brief stints playing with MTG, where he met future teammates Alex Ich and Genja.

Career History

• 2010
• 2011
• 2013
• 2014

• October~, joins Matrix Esport Gaming.

• with Matrix Esport Gaming
  • January~, leaves the team.
• October~, joins Team Empire.
  • December 16th, leaves the team, roster is acquired.
• December 16th, joins Moscow Five.

• with Moscow Five
  • January 10th, roster is released.
• January 14th, joins Gambit Gaming.
  • April 28th, 2nd in EU LCS S3 Spring Playoffs.
  • August 25th, 3rd in EU LCS S3 Summer Playoffs.

• with Gambit Gaming
  • July 8th, switches from starting top laner to sub.
  • July~, leaves the team.

Trivia

• Known for his  Gangplank and  Shyvana play in Top Lane.
• Known for pioneering new champions in Top Lane such as  Fiora and  Shyvana.
• His favorite champion was  Kayle before her remake.
• Considers  Xin Zhao to be his best champion.
• Popularized  Renekton into competitive play after IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice, and now is his favourite champion.

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• One of the first players introducing  Malphite in the competitive scene back in season 2.
• Used to have a Tier list in a blog.
• Is good friends with everyone in his team, especially Alex and Genja.
• Has popularized  Lissandra top.
• Has been nicknamed "The Snakeman" by his team due to his facial expressions in-game.
• He is also known for strange builds that work very well in competitive matches.
• Brought  Warwick back into the competitive scene when the champion was considered bad, ending with a great results.

Results

• 2013
• 2014

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Date	Place	Event	R	Team	Result	Opponent
2013-11-24		IEM Season 8 Cologne - Pro		GMB	2 : 0	FNC
2013-09-23	5-8th	World Championship Season 3		GMB	1 : 2	NJBS
2013-08-25		EU LCS S3 Summer Playoffs		GMB	2 : 1	EG
2013-08-17		EU LCS S3 Summer Split		GMB	15 - 13	Round Robin
2013-04-28		EU LCS S3 Spring Playoffs		GMB	2 : 3	FNC
2013-04-21		EU LCS S3 Spring Split		GMB	21 - 7	Round Robin
2013-03-17		MLG 2013 Winter - Intl. Exhibition		GMB	1 : 2	KTB
2013-03-08		IEM Season 7 World Championship		GMB	1 : 2	CJF
2013-01-19		IEM Season 7 Global Challenge Katowice		GMB	2 : 0	AZB

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Date	Place	Event	R	Team	Result	Opponent
2014-07-31	7th	EU LCS 2014 Summer Split		GMB	8 - 20	Round Robin
2014-04-16	5th	EU LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs		GMB	2 : 1	CW
2014-04-03	5th	EU LCS 2014 Spring Split		GMB	14 - 14	Round Robin
2014-03-15		IEM 8 World Championship		GMB	0 : 2	KTB

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Media

Interviews

• 2012
• 2013
• 2014

• January 20th - IEM Kiev 2012: Интервью с M5-Darien (Russian Video) with place2play.ru
• July 23rd - "Я люблю войну" (Russian) (English Translation)with place2play.ru
• August 19th - Gamescom 2012: Darien after the final (en subs 20.-21.08) (Russian Video) (English Translation) with Moscow Five

• March 7th - Gambit.Darien: "It's your personal play and team play which makes the difference" (@IEM CeBIT 2013) (video) with GosuGamers
• August 30th - Interview with Gambit Darien @ Gamescom 2013 (EN subs) (video) with Gambit Gaming

• February 5th - Darien - The forecasting top laner with LoL eSports

Gallery

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  Gambit Gaming

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  Gambit Gaming

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  Moscow Five