Zaqueri Black (born September 8, 1992), better known by his in-game name Aphromoo, is an American professional ''

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'' player who is the support for

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. Aphromoo won the 2018 Spring Split MVP award, the first time it had gone to a support player.100 Thieves Aphromoo receives the 2018 Spring Regular Season MVP title.
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Career

Aphromoo played for a number of teams in the early years of professional ''League'' from 2011 to 2012. During this period, he also played the AD Carry bottom lane position.Aphromoo's Career: From AD Carry to Carrying Doublelift
/ref> He still rarely subs over to this role, but switched to Support in 2013 when he joined

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(CLG), the team he would be closely identified with for a long time. Aphromoo played for CLG in the spring split of 2013 as well as from 2014 to 2017, during which he supported AD Carries

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and later Stixxay. CLG would go on to win the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split. CLG also attended the

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in 2015 and 2016, albeit with mixed results. After a weaker performance for CLG in 2017, where CLG lost out the 3rd and final North American invitation to Worlds to

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in a tiebreaker match, Aphromoo left CLG in November 2017. He joined

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, a new team made after the NALCS adopted a new franchising system. Aphromoo's veteran leadership and strong individual performance was credited as major reasons behind 100 Thieves' success; they placed 1st in the NALCS in regular season, and took 2nd place overall after the playoffs. This helped Aphromoo win the MVP award, despite the position of Support usually being neglected in this vote since the MVP award started in 2014.League of Legends Player Count
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Tournament results

Counter Logic Gaming

* 5th–6th —

2015 Spring NA LCS Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak album ...

playoffs (3rd in regular season) * 1st —

2015 Summer NA LCS Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of the years 15 BC, AD 15, 1915, 2015 Music *Fifteen (band), a punk rock band Albums * ''15'' (Buckcherry album), 2005 * ''15'' (Ani Lorak album ...

playoffs (2nd in regular season) * 12th–13th —

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* 1st —

2016 Spring NA LCS The 2016 NA LCS season was the fourth year of the North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. Regular season games were played in ...

playoffs (2nd in regular season) * 2nd —

2016 Mid-Season Invitational The 2016 Mid-Season Invitational was the second event of the Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a ''League of Legends'' tournament by Riot Games. It took place from March 4 to March 15, 2016, in Shanghai Oriental Sports Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China ...

* 4th —

2016 NA LCS Summer The 2016 NA LCS season was the fourth year of the North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series. It was divided into spring and summer splits, each consisting of a regular season and playoff stage. Regular season games were played in ...

playoffs + regular season * 9th–12th — 2016 World Championship * 5th–6th — 2017 NA LCS Spring playoffs (4th in regular season) * 3rd — 2017 NA LCS Summer playoffs + regular season

100 Thieves

* 2nd — 2018 NA LCS Spring playoffs (1st in regular season) * 4th —

2018 NA LCS Summer The 2018 NA LCS season was the first year under partnership and sixth overall of the North American ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (NA LCS), a professional esports league for the MOBA PC game ''League of Legends''. It was divided i ...

playoffs (3rd in regular season) * 9th–12th — 2018 World Championship

References

{{Reflist, 30em Living people American esports players Counter Logic Gaming players Dignitas (esports) players 1992 births People from Whittier, California Team Curse players League of Legends support players MTw players Epik Gamer players Twitch (service) streamers 100 Thieves players