Marcus Hill (born March 30, 1992), better known as Dyrus, is an American

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and former

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player of the

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(MOBA) game ''

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''. Dyrus was the top laner for

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(TSM) for most of his professional ''League of Legends'' career. With TSM, he won several

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titles and appeared at several

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. He retired from professional play after the 2015 World Championship, although he briefly returned to play in 2017.

Career

Dyrus has been playing ''League of Legends'' since its beta phase. Dyrus' favorite champion is Singed, through which he acquired rank 1 with in the beta phase. Dyrus' career started out as a support for one of the first competitive teams in the ''League of Legends'' professional scene, All or Nothing. Following the disbandment of All or Nothing, Dyrus joined Epik Gamer as their top laner. Dyrus gained exposure following his decision to start

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because of his unique play, interesting personality, and success of Epik Gamer at LAN tournaments. Dyrus later moved in into the gaming house of

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(TSM) to pursue a full-time gaming career while still playing for Epik Gamer. Following the resignation of TheRainMan from TSM, Dyrus offered himself as RainMan's replacement. Prior to his signing, Dyrus had already been living in the TSM gaming house. With Dyrus' former team's blessing, Dyrus resigned from Epik Gamer and has been playing as the top laner for Team SoloMid. Dyrus and teammate

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were selected for North American team at the May 2013 all-star League of Legends tournament in

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. Dyrus and TSM won the 2014 Spring split and the 2014 Summer split. In the 2015 Spring NA LCS, Dyrus helped TSM win the regular season and the playoffs. Team SoloMid was the winner of the

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Katowice World Finals. They defeated

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3 to 0 in the finals. Winning the 2015 Spring LCS granted them one of six invitations to the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational in the inaugural year for the event. TSM finished in 5th place at the event. In the summer split, TSM finished in 2nd place being defeated by

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in the playoffs. At the 2015 ''League of Legends'' World Championship, TSM was placed in Group D which consisted of

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, and

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known as the "Group of Death". TSM finished fourth place in its group and was unable to progress further. After TSM faced their last game at the tournament against LGD, Dyrus retired and was given a standing ovation for his contribution to TSM. Hill returned to professional play in June 2017, joining

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Challenger team Delta Fox to compete in the North America Challenger Series (NA CS). The team disbanded competitively after the NA CS league ended later in the year.

Personal life

Marcus Hill was born on March 30, 1992, and grew up in

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. Dyrus went into professional ''League of Legends'' despite the wishes of his father, Mark Hill, who wanted him to work for the family

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business. On June 29, 2016, Dyrus announced his relationship with

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, a Twitch streamer. In November 2020 they officially broke up.

Notable tournament placements

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

References

External links

Video archive

Team SoloMid websiteDyrus Twitch channel
{{Professional League of Legends competition 1992 births Living people People from Honolulu American esports players Team SoloMid players League of Legends top lane players Epik Gamer players Twitch (service) streamers