Diamondprox

Danil Reshetnikov (born December 24, 1992) known as Diamondprox, is a Russian League of Legends player was most recently the jungler for Team Apex of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). He has also played for Team Empire, Moscow Five, Gambit Gaming, and Unicorns of Love. Diamondprox hails from Saint Petersburg, Russia. Diamond is one of the world's most known junglers, known for his play on such champions as Lee Sin in Season 2, and innovating the popular Season 3 jungle play of Nasus and Xin Zhao. Danil became known in the high elo ladders of League of Legends end of Season 1 and pre-Season 2.

Career

Pre Season 2

He started making headway though in the scene when joining Team Empire as their jungler in October 2011 after being invited by friend Edward, who made a large splash at IEM Season VI Qualifiers, winning it to be invited to play at IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev but also due to making a now famed highlight vs SK Gaming, which gave birth to the meme and saying of players shouting "EMPIRE!". [1]

Season 2

Diamond with the rest of Team Empire were recruited by organization Moscow Five in December 2011. Their first major appearance would be at the IEM Season VI - Global Challenge Kiev on January 19, 2012. It would be here that Moscow 5 would make a name for themselves internationally, as they had little fame prior to IEM Kiev. At the event, Moscow 5 would show a dominant performance, going undefeated in group stage against Dignitas, against All authority, and Sypher. [2] Taking first by going 3-0 in the group stage, Diamond and team would advance to the playoffs where they would take the series 2-0 against SK Gaming. Moving to the finals, Moscow 5 would defeat North American powerhouse Team SoloMid 2-1, dropping their only game of the tournament against Team SoloMid. [3]

On January 31, 2012, Diamond with company would compete in the online Kings of Europe tournament. Once again showing their strength, they would go undefeated in the group stage, defeating SK Gaming, exGBT, and Team Mistral. [4] Advancing to the playoffs, they would go on to defeat French team Sypher 2-1 in the semifinals. In doing so, Moscow 5 would face off against European favorite Counter Logic Gaming EU in the finals, where they would fall 1-2. [5]

On March 10, 2012, Danil with his teammates would attend the IEM Season VI - World Championship in Hanover. Reproducing their results from Kiev, Moscow 5 once again went undefeated in group stage 5-0, defeating SK Gaming, Curse Gaming, Team SoloMid, Sypher, and EHome. [6] Diamond would play a crucial role in the jungle to assist his team and continue their win streak in the playoff bracket, beating Counter Logic Gaming Prime 2-0 in the semifinals and defeating Dignitas 2-0 in the finals to take home first place. [7] This tournament would mark a high point in Moscow 5's history, as they were able to come out of the tournament not only victorious, but were able to do so while not dropping a single game throughout the entire competition.

His team's next high placing at a major tournament would be at the online Corsair Vengeance Cup. Coming out of the group stage of the tournament 2-1, Moscow 5 had a strong run in the playoffs, defeating Hauteur 8, Intent Gaming, TeamRedbyteItalia, and Meet Your Makers in the first four rounds of the playoff bracket, before falling to against aAa 0-2 in the second phase of the winner's bracket, knocking the Russian team down to the loser's bracket. Moscow 5 would face off against Team SoloMid in their first match of the loser's bracket, in which the Russian team would come out victorious 2-1. Danil then faced and defeated SK Gaming 2-0 in the next round of the loser's bracket, which put them up to face against aAa once again. This time the team would come out victorious, defeating aAa 2-0, which put the team up against Counter Logic Gaming EU in the grand finals of the Corsair Vengeance Cup. Unfortunately, Moscow 5 would fall short to CLG.EU 0-2, losing to the team once again in a finals setting, taking home second place. [8]

On June 16, Diamondprox and comrades would attend DreamHack Summer 2012 after taking second at the online qualifiers. Moscow 5 would take second in group stage going 2-1, defeating Absolute Legends and Mebdi's Minions, but losing to Counter Logic Gaming EU. Advancing to the semifinals, Moscow 5 would face off against Curse Gaming EU, where the Russian team was able to come out ahead 2-0, advancing them to the grand finals of DreamHack Summer 2012. At the finals, Moscow 5 would play against familiar opponent, Counter Logic Gaming EU, where they would fall 0-2. [9]

Diamond and Moscow 5 attended European Challenger Circuit: Poland after qualifying online with a 2-0 victory over CLG.EU sending them to the loser's bracket. This would mean that the teams shall meet again in the group stage, where Moscow 5 took second place going 2-1, defeating EloHell.net and Ocelote World while losing a game to CLG.EU. In the semifinals, Moscow 5 had a strong showing defeating Curse EU 2-0, going with a perfect 15-0 score in the second game. At the finals, Moscow 5 would meet their rivals CLG.EU once again. After having a 0-4 record against them in lan events, Diamondprox with his team were able to claim their revenge with a commanding 2-0 victory making them the ECC Poland champions. [10]

As one of the eight European invitees for the Season Two Regional Finals - Cologne, Moscow Five would fly out to Germany for a chance to qualify for the Season 2 World Championship. Matched up against the recently formed Polish team EloHell, Moscow Five would take a 2-0 victory to advance to the second round of the playoffs. There, Moscow Five was able to come out victorious against Fnatic in a close 2-1, qualifying for the Season 2 World Championship in Los Angeles and advancing to the grand finals of the tournament. Continuing their dominant performance, Diamond would help win the finals 2-0 against SK Gaming. [11]

At the Season 2 World Championship in October, Diamondprox with his teammates were considered by many analysts and professionals to be the favorites coming into the event. [12] They were was given a bye through the group stage and were selected to face Invictus Gaming in their quarterfinal match. Although iG consistently pressured M5's early game and won the laning phase, the Russian squad was able to overcome their deficits in the midgame and take the series 2-0. Advancing to face the Taipei Assassins in the semifinals, M5 continued their dominant form in the first game of the match and quickly secured game one. However, TPA matched M5's aggression in the next two games and successfully turned the series around. The Taiwanese team took the set 2-1, and Moscow Five was forced to settle for 3rd-4th place and $150,000.

Pre-Season 3

After the Season 2 Championships, Danil's team would attend the European tournament Tales of the Lane from October 27 through November 11, 2012. They would emerge as first in their group stage 3-1, with wins against Curse EU, Eclypsia and MYM, but losing to the hungry IWantCookie. They were granted seeding directly into the semi-finals due to their placing in the group stages. On November 11 M5 would travel to Paris to compete in the offline portions of the tournament. There they would face an upset from Curse EU, knocking them into the 3rd place match losing 0-2. They would finish the tournament with a sweep of SK Gaming, taking 3rd and €5,000 in winnings.

On November 22, 2012, Moscow 5 had the great opportunity to fly to Shanghai to attend the TGA Winter 2012 event. While not contestants of the tournament itself, the team would look to boost their popularity with the Chinese tour, doing photo ops, fan signings and Mandarin greeting videos[13][14]. M5 also played two show matches against WE and iG, winning against both. They would leave China on November 27, flying directly to Las Vegas to attend IPL 5.

On Day 1 of the IPL event, Diamond and M5 would advance through the group stages by defeating Curse Gaming twice and dropping a game to world champions, Taipei Assassins. They would then face World Elite which they scrimmed against heavily in Shanghai. However, WE would rout the Russian team 2-0, dropping them to the losers bracket. M5 would then defeat the tournament favorites, Korean powerhouse Azubu Blaze in a close 3 game series. M5 would get a chance to revenge their loss in the Season 2 World Championship against in TPA in round 5. Despite Alex Ich amassing an amazing 538 creep score and leading in gold to the very end of the game, M5 would still fall to the Taiwanese team in game 1, and lose again to Stanley on Nidalee in game 2, making it five consecutive loses to TPA. M5 would finish the tournament at 4th place and earn $3,000 in winnings.

On January 10, 2013, resultant of the arrest of Moscow Five's CEO in July of the previous year leaving the organization with a lack of funding, the League of Legends roster was released from the eSports organization as it went defunct.

Formation of Gambit Gaming

Four days later, on January 14, it was announced that Gambit Gaming had acquired Diamondprox and the rest of the former M5 roster.

Marking their first appearance in an offline event as Gambit Gaming, in late January 2013, the Russian team would compete in IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice as one of the eight qualified teams. Gambit Gaming would go 1-2 in the group stage, winning against MYM, while losing to Curse Gaming EU as well as Azubu Blaze. Because of this, the round robin had a tie of MYM, Gambit, and Curse Gaming EU, who all went 1-2. A time coefficient was used to break the tie though, giving Gambit Gaming a spot in the semi-finals. Diamond would help to defeat Azubu Frost as the underdogs 2-0, then go on to take first place by knocking out Frost's brother team, Azubu Blaze who they had lost to in the group stage. Gambit Gaming takes home $15,000 USD (~11,609 Euros) as well as a direct seed into IEM World Championship.

Season 3

Spring EU LCS

Having qualified as Moscow Five, Diamond and company would compete in the Riot's new professional league for Season 3, the European Season 3 League of Legends Championship Series. Gambit would be a highly respected threat throughout the 10 week Spring league, being one of the most feared to play. Diamond played a pivotal role for the team in the jungle, with his constant pressuring to help snowball his team's lanes. They would complete the European Spring LCS Split 2nd place, with a record of 21-7. This ensured their LCS spot for the summer split portion of the league. They would then take second place in the Season 3 EU Spring Playoffs, losing 2-3 to Fnatic.

IEM World Championship & MLG Winter Championship

Gambit with Diamondprox attended the IEM Season VII - World Championship in Hannover, Germany held in March. The team dominated their group, going an undefeated 5-0, placing them in the semi-finals. They then faced CJ Entus Frost and lost the set 2-1, knocking Gambit out of the tournament and ending the team in 3rd.

The Russian players were then invited to play in an international exhibition at 2013 MLG Winter Championship, playing first against American Team Dignitas, and won 2-0, constantly pressuring the opponent. Gambit faced Korean top contender KT Rolster B in the exhibition finals but were unable to secure 1st place, losing 2-1.

LCS All Stars

In April, Diamondprox with teammates "Alex Ich","Genja" and "Edward" were publicly voted to represent their respective lane positions on the Europe LCS All Star team to compete at All-Star Shanghai 2013 to play against the world's best All Star teams chosen in the same fashion. However, a rule stating that only 3 members of a team may be inducted onto the team, Genja was replaced as AD Carry by Evil Geniuses' Yellowpete. The team's top lane was sOAZ from Fnatic. Diamond with the rest of the EU all stars first faced off against heavy favorites Korean OGN Champions, and although good early gameplay from Diamond, the Korean team overtook them in a 2-0 set. Their next opponent was their sibling rivalry team, the North America LCS. Both teams played an explosive two games of up and down fighting however, NA LCS ended up being the victor, knocking Diamond with his all stars out of the tournament. In the All Star Skills Competition, Diamond bested China's Troll to reach the finals to play against Korea's inSec. In a move that thrilled the crowd, two of the world's most popular junglers, agreed to play their 1 v 1 in a mirror match of Lee Sin who they were both known for. inSec bested Diamondprox in the match up to win the skills tournament for junglers.

Summer EU LCS

Diamondprox qualified to the Season 3 World Championship with his team Gambit Gaming, finishing 3rd in the Summer Playoffs. 2016 Season

On December 10, it was announced that Gambit has sold its LCS spot to Vitality, thus releasing the remaining players including Diamondprox. On December 6, it was announced that he has joined Unicorns of Love and is the starting jungler for the team. They ended Week 2 of the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split with a 3-1 standing, only dropping a game to h2k-Gaming and even beating Fnatic. However, on January 25, it was announced that Diamondprox will not be able to play for UOL anymore, for an undertermined amount of time, as he is having visa issues.

2016

On December 10, it was announced that Gambit had sold its LCS spot to Team Vitality, in the process releasing their remaining players including Diamondprox.^[1] On Dec 13, 2015, it was announced that he has joined Unicorns of Love and would be the starting jungler for the team.^[2] They ended Week 2 of the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split with a 3-1 standing, only dropping a game to h2k-Gaming and even beating Fnatic.^[3] However, on January 25, it was announced that Diamondprox would not be able to play for an undetermined amount of time, as he is having visa issues.^[4]

Before the 2016 Summer split, he was acquired by Team Apex of the North American League of Legends Championship Series.

Tournament results

Moscow Five

• 1st — IEM VII Katowice
• 1st — ESL Major Series Winter 2012
• 3rd — Season 2 World Championship
• 3–4th — IEM VII World Championship

Gambit Gaming

• 2nd — Season 3 EU LCS Spring Playoffs
• 3rd — Season 3 EU LCS Summer Playoffs
• 1st — IEM VIII Cologne

Team Apex

• 6th — 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season
• 5-6th — 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs

References

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