Flash Wolves
Short nameFW
Games
Founded10 December 2010 (2010-12-10)
Team historyXpec Ironmen (2010–2012)
yoe Ironmen (2012–2013)
yoe Flash Wolves (2013–2015)
Flash Wolves (2015–present)
Based inTaipei, Taiwan
Websitewww.flashwolves.com

The Flash Wolves (Chinese: 閃電狼; pinyin: Shǎndiàn Láng) are a Taiwanese esports organization with players competing in Arena of Valor, Hearthstone, and League of Legends: Wild Rift. They formerly had teams competing in League of Legends,[1][2] Overwatch, Special Force II, StarCraft II, and World of Tanks.[3]

The Flash Wolves' League of Legends team was created after the draft in the Taiwan eSports League Draft Season. It competed in the League of Legends Masters Series (LMS)—the top league in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau—and was one of the best teams in the region. The team reached the quarterfinals of the World Championship for the first time in 2015.

League of Legends

Flash Wolves
GameLeague of Legends
Founded15 April 2013 (2013-04-15)
LeagueLMS
Based inTaipei
ArenaGarena E-Sports Stadium
ColorsBlue and yellow
Championships7× LMS

History

2013

The Flash Wolves were originally established under the name yoe IRONMEN on 15 April 2013, after the draft season of the Taiwan e-Sports League (TeSL).[4][5] After finishing 6th in the TeSL, the team struggled in the Season 3 Taiwan Regional Finals group stage and received the last slot in group B, prompting four of the five players on the team to leave.[6] As a result, the team announced it would forfeit all its remaining matches and began reforming itself. On 22 August, the team rebranded as yoe Flash Wolves and signed nearly the entire roster of Gamania Bears on 21 October, automatically qualifying them for the 2014 LNL Winter and the 2014 GPL Winter splits. However, they gave up their spot in the latter due to Riot Games' player age limit rules.[7]

The Flash Wolves made an impressive return in the 2013 WCG Taiwan Qualifiers, defeating two established Taiwanese powerhouses, the Taipei Assassins and ahq e-Sports Club, and earning a spot in the 2013 World Cyber Games.[8][9]

2014

In 2014, the Flash Wolves saw several roster changes: Dee left the team on 13 January;[10] on 24 January, Mountain joined as the team's new starting jungler, REFRA1N moved to the mid lane, Maple became a substitute player, and HueiYun left; Maooo and Maple were moved to the academy team yoe Flash Wolves Junior on 21 February; and Mountain left on 30 April. The Flash Wolves finished 4th in the LNL Winter split.[7]

2015

Flash Wolves on stage at the 2015 League of Legends World Championship quarter-finals.

The Flash Wolves finished first at IEM Season IX – Taipei on 30 January by beating the Taipei Assassins 2–1.[7][11][12][13] In March, the Flash Wolves defeated SK Gaming in the second round of the group state at IEM Season IX Katowice,[14] qualifying for the semifinals, where they were defeated by Team SoloMid 2–1.[15][16]

The Flash Wolves finished 2nd in both the 2015 LMS Spring playoffs[17] and the 2015 LMS Summer regular season, and 3rd in the 2015 LMS Summer playoffs.[7]

In May, the Flash Wolves announced the formation of a female League of Legends team.[18]

The Flash Wolves were the 2nd seed representing the Taiwan/Hong Kong/Macau region in the 2015 League of Legends World Championship.[19] On 11 October, Kaohsiung Mayor Chen Chu made a surprise visit to Paris to meet with the Flash Wolves and ahq e-Sports Club, wishing them luck in the World Championship.[20][21] The team won their preliminary group,[22][23] but finished in 5th–8th overall after losing to Origen 1–3.[24][25]

2016

The Flash Wolves finished 2nd in the 2016 LMS Spring Split regular season with 9 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. Heading into the playoffs, the team was able to defeat both Machi and ahq in 3–0 sweeps, winning their first LMS title. This qualified them for the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational, where they managed to take games off SK Telecom T1, G2 Esports and SuperMassive eSports, advancing to the semifinals. However, the Flash Wolves ultimately lost their series 1–3 to Counter Logic Gaming, placing 3rd–4th.

The Flash Wolves finished 2nd in the 2016 LMS Summer Split regular season, but were able to win their 2nd LMS title after defeating ahq in a close five-game series and J Team in a convincing 3–0 sweep. Qualifying for the 2016 World Championship as the #1 seed from the LMS, the Flash Wolves were drawn into Group B against South Korea's SK Telecom T1, China's IMay and North America's Cloud9. They finished last in their group with a record of 2 wins to 4 losses.

2019

The Flash Wolves announced on 13 December 2019 that it was disbanding its League of Legends team and would not participate in the upcoming Pacific Championship Series (PCS), the successor to the LMS.[1][2]

Final roster

Flash Wolves League of Legends roster
PlayersCoaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Top Hanabi Su Chia-hsiang Taiwan
Jungle Enso Liang En-shuo Taiwan
Mid Bush Yu Ping-kun Taiwan
Bot Betty Lu Yu-hung Taiwan
Support ShiauC Liu Chia-hao Taiwan
Head coach

Chou "AFei" Cheng-ting

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Tournament results

Premier tournaments

2014

  • 5th–8th — 2014 GPL Spring
  • 4th — 2014 LNL Winter

2015

  • 1st — 2015 LMS Regional Qualifiers
  • 3rd — 2015 LMS Summer Playoffs
  • 2nd — 2015 LMS Spring Playoffs
  • 1st — 2015 LMS Spring Round Robin
  • 3rd–4th — IEM Season IX World Championship Katowice
  • 1st — IEM Season IX – Taipei
  • 5th–8th — 2015 League of Legends World Championship

2017

  • 1st — IEM Season XI – Katowice[26]

Arena of Valor

Roster

Nat. ID Name Role Date of birth Joined
Taiwan Kato Chun Tseng-yung (曾勇峻) Jungle 28 June 1997 1 January 2020
Taiwan Gua Chen En-hao (陳恩豪) Support 6 May 2002 25 July 2018
Taiwan GaDuo Su Yu-yan (蘇育彥) Side Lane 8 June 1996 1 January 2020

Tournament results

2020

  • 1st — Arena of Valor Premier League 2020
  • 2nd — GCS Summer 2020

Special Force II

The Taichung Flash Wolves were one of the top Special Force II teams in Taiwan and began competing in the inaugural Special Force II Pro League that began in October 2015.[27][28][29]

StarCraft II

The Flash Wolves' former StarCraft II roster consisted of PartinG, Leenock, San, Has and Ian.[30]

References

  1. 1 2 Newell, Adam (13 December 2019). "Flash Wolves won't have a League of Legends team next year". Dot Esports. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Flash Wolves will not participate in the new PCS". ESPN. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  3. ↑ "[台灣] yoe 閃電狼（Flash Wolves）投身Wargaming.net League". World of Tanks. 27 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "台灣電競協會 施文彬一手促成". Taiwan Times. 2 January 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  5. ↑ 《聯盟》LOL第二輪選秀選秀會將於5/29舉行，各戰隊釋出名單公布 Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine esports.com.tw
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  9. ↑ "【專訪】「yoeFlash Wolves閃電狼」英雄聯盟戰隊重生的推手！教練「Assen」專訪！". Garena. 17 November 2013. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
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  16. ↑ "yoe閃電狼接受Garena懲處並向粉絲致歉：不會解散". ETtoday. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  17. ↑ ERSO (25 July 2015). "【隊伍分析】堅定不移的狼群 ─ Flash Wolves". Hong Kong Esports Limited. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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  27. ↑ "《yoe FlashWolves》史上最堅強陣容，《Special Force 2》閃電狼戰隊！". Taiwan eSports League. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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