Talon Esports

Talon Esports is a professional esports organisation based in Hong Kong with teams competing across the Asia Pacific. Its League of Legends team is known as PSG Talon due to its partnership with PSG Esports, and competes in the Pacific Championship Series, the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia.[5][6][7] Its Overwatch team competes in Overwatch Contenders, a developmental league for the Overwatch League.[8]

Talon Esports
Short nameTLN
DivisionsArena of Valor
League of Legends
Overwatch
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
StarCraft II
Street Fighter V
Founded2016 (2016)
Based inHong Kong
CEOSean Zhang[1]
PartnersNew Wave Esports Co.[2][3][4]
Websitetalon.gg

League of Legends

Founding

Riot Games announced on 19 December 2019 that Talon Esports would be one of ten teams participating in the newly created Pacific Championship Series.[5][6] Talon Esports' first player was announced on 1 January, with top laner Su "Hanabi" Chia-hsiang joining from Flash Wolves.[9] During the next few days the rest of the roster was announced: South Korean players Kim "River" Dong-woo[10] and Kim "Candy" Seung-ju[11] joined as the team's jungler and mid laner respectively, whilst the bot lane duo of Wong "Unified" Chun-kit[10] and Ling "Kaiwing" Kai-wing was acquired from Hong Kong Attitude.[11]

2020 season
Further information: 2020 PCS season

Talon Esports finished third in the spring regular season, qualifying for the first round of playoffs in the winners' bracket.[12] After sweeping Nova Esports in the first round, Talon Esports went on to reverse sweep ahq eSports Club in the second.[13] This qualified them for the semifinals match in the winners' bracket, which they lost to Machi Esports in another close series. This forced Talon Esports to play in the semifinal match in the losers' bracket for another chance at qualifying for the finals, which they did after narrowly defeating ahq once again. Talon Esports managed to win their rematch with Machi Esports in the finals, winning their first title in their inaugural split.[14][15]

On 18 June 2020, Talon Esports announced that its League of Legends team had partnered with PSG Esports and would henceforth compete as PSG Talon.[16][17] Mid laner Park "Tank" Dan-won was brought in as a substitute for the summer split, but was later promoted to the starting position after the departure of Candy on 9 July 2020.[18]

In a repeat of the spring split, PSG Talon finished third in the summer regular season, swept Nova Esports in the first round of the winners' bracket, and defeated ahq eSports Club in the second. PSG Talon managed to defeat Machi Esports in a close semifinals rematch, qualifying the team for the summer finals and the 2020 World Championship.[19] PSG Talon later faced Machi Esports once again in a rematch of the spring finals; however, this time Machi Esports swept PSG Talon, forcing them to start in the play-in stage of Worlds as the PCS' second seed.[20]

During the 2020 Worlds Group Draw Show, it was revealed that River and Tank would be unable to attend the play-in stage due to delayed visas, and that Hsiao "Kongyue" Jen-tso and Chen "Uniboy" Chang-chu would be loaned from ahq eSports Club to replace them. The organisation confirmed this in an official announcement the next day, and further stated that Unified would also be unable to participate in the first half of the play-in stage for the same reason. Chen "Dee" Chun-dee was loaned from Machi Esports to replace Unified.[21]

Despite starting the play-in stage with three emergency substitutes, PSG Talon won both their games on the first day of competition, including an upset victory over group favourites LGD Gaming.[22] PSG Talon later topped their group after winning a tiebreaker match against the Unicorns of Love, qualifying the team for the tournament's main event.[23] PSG Talon was placed in Group B for the main event, along with South Korea's DAMWON Gaming, China's JD Gaming, and Europe's Rogue. PSG Talon finished third in their group with a 2–4 win-loss record, ending their Worlds run.[24]

PSG Talon announced the departure of Tank on 31 October[25] and the signing of Huang "Maple" Yi-tang as his replacement on 10 December.[26]

Roster
PSG Talon roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
Top Hanabi  Su Chia-hsiang  Taiwan 
Jungle River  Kim Dong-woo  South Korea 
Mid Maple  Huang Yi-tang  Taiwan 
Bot Unified  Wong Chun-kit  Hong Kong 
Support Kaiwing  Ling Kai-wing  Hong Kong 
Head coach

Kwon "Helper" Yeong-jae

Assistant coach(es)

Park "Winged" Tae-jin

Legend
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: 12 December 2020.

Tournament results
Placement Event Final result (W–L)
3rd 2020 PCS Spring Split 13–5
1st 2020 PCS Spring Playoffs 3–2 (against Machi Esports)
3rd 2020 PCS Summer Split 14–4
2nd 2020 PCS Summer Playoffs 0–3 (against Machi Esports)
9th–12th 2020 World Championship 2–4 (main event group stage)

Overwatch

History

Talon Esports accepted an offer for a spot in the Korean Contenders Trials after the Pacific Contenders was discontinued.[27]

Roster
Talon Esports roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationality
Damage Arrow  Park Min-seok  South Korea 
Damage FEATH5R  Lee Seung-woo  South Korea 
Damage Stellar  Lee Do-hyung  South Korea 
Tank JJANGGU  Cho Myung-heum  South Korea 
Tank PIGGY  Shin Min-jun  South Korea 
Support CH0R0NG  Seong Yoo-min  South Korea 
Support Swoon  Jang Sung-won  South Korea 
Head coach

Chris "spazzo" Infante

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: 30 June 2020.

Arena of Valor

Roster
Nat. ID Name Role Joined
Happy Aum Chatchanapong Jungle 30 July 2019
IpodPro Pakkapon Saethong Mid 17 August 2020
Erez Pasu Yensabai Abyssal Dragon Lane 17 August 2020
Tony Eikapong Korhonen Support 17 August 2020
Coupe Piyalap Ungprasert Abyssal Dragon Lane 26 May 2020
NTNz Thana Somboonprom Dark Slayer Lane 14 January 2021
MOOP Peerawat Piachart Jungle 18 January 2021

Funding

Sean Zhang, CEO and co-founder of Talon Esports, announced on 12 October 2020 that his organisation had secured US$2 million in seed funding from investors.[1]

References
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