Impaler

Impaler

Background Information

Name	Matthew Taylor
Country of Birth	United Kingdom
Birthday	March 25, 1996 (1996-03-25)

Competitive

Team	BeykentUni̇ YouthCREW
Role	Coach
Previous Role	Jungler, ADC
Peak League	Master I

Social Media

Team History

Team	Start Date	End Date	Role
Infused	11/2012	2/2013
BTT	4/2013	5/2013
d UK	5/2013	1/2014
SHC	1/2014	10/2014
CST	10/2014	3/2015
F5	3/2015	5/2015
TMH2D	5/2015	5/2015
EXN	5/2015	11/2015
E-corp	12/2015	12/2015
RNB	1/2016	4/2016
FNA	4/2016	6/2016
Huma	6/2016	-
SEA	5/2017	8/2017
MnM	2/2018	2/2018
YCE	7/2018	Current

"Impaler" (Real Name: Matthew Taylor) is a British League of Legends player, currently a Coach for BeykentUni̇ YouthCREW. Also known as JnT Taylor.

Biography

Matthew "Impaler" Taylor was born in Somerset, England. He started playing video games while young, and enjoyed Age of Empires as one of his favorites. He got into competitive gaming through World of Warcraft Arena and Heroes of Newerth, and he was also a Major League chess player in high school. Prior to playing League of Legends competitively, Taylor was in his first year of studying computer forensics and security at Bristol. He was introduced to the League competitive scene playing UK LANs with future SHC teammate kaSing.

Career History

• 2012
• 2013
• 2014
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018

• November 30th, joins Team Infused, then known as JnT Taylor

• with Team Infused
  • February 4th, leaves the team.
• April-May, plays for British Tea Time.
• May 18th, joins Team Dignitas UK, renames to Impaler.

• with Team Dignitas UK
  • January 11th, leaves the team.
• January 11th, joins SUPA HOT CREW XD.
  • October 2nd, leaves the team.
• October 27th, joins Team Coast in North America.

• with Team Coast
  • March 13th, leaves the team, replaced by WTHeaven.
• March 13th, joins Final Five.
  • June 16th, leaves the team.
• May 10th, joins Teach me How 2 Dugi.
• May 28th, transfers to Ex Nihilo as Team me How 2 Dugi renames.
  • November 6th, leaves the team.
• December 3rd, joins E-corp Gaming, replaces Shook.
  • December 22nd, leaves the team, roster is acquired.

• January 7th, joins Renegades:Banditos.
  • April 25th, leaves the team.
• April 25th, joins Fnatic Academy.
  • May~, leaves the team.
• June 3rd, joins Huma.
  • August 15th, roster disbands.

• May 22nd, joins SEA Serpents in Southeast Asia as the team's head coach.
  • August 13th, leaves the team.

• February-February, briefly plays for MnM Gaming.
• July 26th, joins BeykentUni̇ YouthCREW as head coach.

Trivia

• Renowned for his  Nautilus,  Volibear,  Elise, and  Twitch plays early in his career in Season 2.
• Chose the name "Impaler" because it rhymes with his last name.

Results

• 2013
• 2014
• 2015

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Date	Place	Event	R	Team	Result	Opponent
2014-01-11	Q	EU LCS 2014 Replacement Play-In		SHC	2 : 0	MYM
2013-12-14	NQ	EU LCS 2014 Spring Promotion		SHC	2 : 3	SK
2013-11-18	9-16th	WePlay LoL Invitational		d UK	0 : 2	RED
2013-11-15		EUWCS Week 15 Cup		d UK	1 : 2	SK
2013-10-27		International Invitational Tournament 2		d UK	0 : 3	CW
2013-09-29		Go4LoL 2013 September Cup 161 EUW		MM	1 : 0	PB
2013-09-29		ESL Go4LoL 2013 September		MM	2 : 0	enro
2013-08-25		Insomnia49 2013 Summer		d UK	0 : 2	RG
2013-08-11		EUWCS Week 11 Cup		d UK	0 : 3	CW
2013-07-29	5-8th	EUWCS Week 10 Cup		d UK	0 : 2	CW
2013-07-13	5-8th	Gfinity London 2013		d UK	1 - 2	Round Robin
2013-07-03	5-8th	EUWCS Week 8 Cup		d UK	0 : 2	aN
2013-06-01	5-8th	SCAN and NVIDIA EUW Invitational		d UK	0 : 2	HC
2013-05-15		EUWCS Week 4 Cup		BTT	1 : 2	aL

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Date	Place	Event	R	Team	Result	Opponent
2014-12-14	Q	NA LCS 2015 Spring Expansion		CST	3 : 2	Round Robin
2014-08-14	5th	EU LCS 2014 Summer Playoffs		SHC	3 : 0	M
2014-07-31		EU LCS 2014 Summer Split		SHC	16 - 12	Round Robin
2014-04-25	Q	EU LCS 2014 Summer Promotion		SHC	3 : 0	C9E
2014-04-03	7th	EU LCS 2014 Spring Split		SHC	10 - 18	Round Robin

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Date	Place	Event	R	Team	Result	Opponent
2015-10-10		PGL LotR Season 1 Group B		EXN	0 : 2	M
2015-07-22	6th	EUCS 2015 Summer Split		EXN	1 - 9	Round Robin
2015-05-23		ESL UK Premiership 2015 Spring		Infused	2 : 0	CHK
2015-04-07		NACS 2015 Spring Playoffs		F5	0 : 2	FSN
2015-03-29	10th	NA LCS 2015 Spring Split		CST	1 - 17	Round Robin

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Media

Interviews

• 2013
• 2014
• 2015

• July 14th - Gfinity: Team Dignitas Interview (video) with Cadred

• February 21st - EU LCS 2014 W6: Interview with SHC Impaler (video) with SK Gaming
• March 28th - Impaler on SHC's crazy game against Gambit (video) with onGamers
• May 9th - Impaler Video Interview (video) with Esports Heaven
• June 22nd - #LCS Wembley - Interview with SHC Impaler (video) with Copenhagen Wolves
• June 24th - Ten thousand League of Legends fans hit Wembley (video) with BBC
• November 13th - Impaler Interview with Team Coast
• December 14th - Impaler on making it into the NA LCS (video) with onGamers

• January 24th - Team Coast Impaler: "I showed a bit too much respect." (video) with AZUBU
• January 26th - Impaler on Supa Hot Crew's breakup and that surprise Baron throw with the Daily Dot

Articles & Videos

• 2014

• October 29th - Impaler outplays Bjergsen - Get Impaled

Vlogs

• 2013

• October 25th - Team Dignitas LoL UK Vlogs: Impaler #1 - Introduction & Upcoming UK Events

Gallery

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  Dignitas.UK Impaler

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  SHC Impaler

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  SHC Impaler in 2014

External Links

• LolKing profile