Apex Gaming was a ''
League of Legends
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'' team that competed in the
North American League of Legends Championship Series
The League Championship Series (LCS) is the top level of professional ''League of Legends'' in the United States and Canada. The esports Sports league, league is run by Riot Games and has ten franchise teams. Each annual season of competition ...
(NA LCS). The team was coached primarily by Brandon "Saintvicious" DiMarco and David "Cop" Roberson. Apex Gaming also had a
League of Legends Challenger Series
The ''League of Legends'' Challenger Series (CS) were two professional ''League of Legends
''League of Legends'' (''LoL''), commonly referred to as ''League'', is a 2009 multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published ...
team called Apex Pride, which entered the league after
Team Dignitas
Dignitas, formerly known as Team Dignitas, is a professional esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest c ...
transferred their spot.
History
Apex Gaming was formed on January 20, 2016, after it acquired Team Imagine's spot in the 2016
NACS Spring Split. After placing 1st in the regular season and in playoffs, Apex qualified for the
2016 NA LCS Summer Split promotion tournament. There, Apex beat
Team Dragon Knights
Team Dragon Knights, briefly known as Team Arena Online, was an American professional ''League of Legends'' team. For most of its history the team competed in the North American ''League of Legends'' Challenger Series, but was briefly in the No ...
in the qualifying round to earn a spot in the NA LCS. On July 8, 2016, support Kevin "KonKwon" Kwon retired from professional gaming. The team finished with a record of 8-10, which earned them a seventh place finish. On September 26, 2016, the
Philadelphia 76ers
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announced their purchase of Apex and
Team Dignitas
Dignitas, formerly known as Team Dignitas, is a professional esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey
Newark ( , ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey and the seat of Essex County and the second largest c ...
, another esports organization. The Apex Gaming roster was announced to now be playing under the Team Dignitas banner.
Final roster
Tournament results
* 1st — 2016 Summer NA CS
* 7th —
References
See also
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Team Coast
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, a defunct team also owned by David Slan
Former North American League of Legends Championship Series teams
Esports teams based in the United States
Philadelphia 76ers
Esports teams established in 2016
Esports teams disestablished in 2016
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