Blaber (gamer)

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Blaber
Current team
TeamCloud9
GamesLeague of Legends
RoleJungler
LeagueLCS
Personal information
NameRobert Huang
Born (2000-01-04) January 4, 2000 (age 22)
NationalityAmerican
Team history
2018–presentCloud9
Career highlights and awards
  • LCS Rookie of the Split (Summer 2018)
  • 2× LCS MVP of the Split
  • 2× LCS champion
  • 3× LCS First-Team All Pro
  • 1× LCS Third-Team All Pro

Robert Huang[1] (born January 4, 2000),[2] better known as Blaber, is an American professional League of Legends player for Cloud9.

Career[]

Huang, then competing under the name "blaberfish2," was drafted by Cloud9 at the 2017 Scouting Grounds draft.[3] A high school student at the time, Huang told the team that he wanted to finish school before pursuing a career in League of Legends. After graduating in 2018, Huang competed with Cloud9's academy team.[4]

Cloud9[]

After performing well with Cloud9's academy team, Huang was substituted into Cloud9's North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) roster in the 2018 NA LCS Summer Split over starting jungler Dennis "Svenskeren" Johnsen. After being regularly substituted into the NA LCS Cloud9 roster, the team lost only one match, going from last place in the league's standings to potentially receiving a first-round bye into the season playoffs.[4] Throughout the season, Huang took on a sometimes-too-aggressive playstyle that "seemed to galvanize the team ... even when Svenskeren was brought back as the starter."[5] After going 8–1 in the matches he played in the Summer Split,[6] he received the league's Rookie of the Split award.[7] In the playoffs, Cloud9 fell to a 1–2 deficit against Team SoloMid in the semifinals; after substituting Huang into the lineup, the team won the final two matches to advance to the finals.[8] In their finals match against Team Liquid, Cloud9 fell to Team Liquid 0–3, with neither of the team's junglers making much of an impact.[9]

Throughout the 2019 LCS season, Huang continued his role as the team's secondary jungler behind Svenskeren. After struggling in their match against Hong Kong Attitude at the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, Cloud9 opted to start Huang in their match against G2 Esports the following day.[10]

In the offseason preceding the 2020 LCS season, Svenskeren left the team, citing that he did not want to split playing time with Huang.[11] Throughout the 2020 Spring Split, Huang led the league amongst all junglers multiple statistical categories, including experience differential, which was higher than all other junglers combined. For his performance throughout the split, Huang received the league's Most Valuable Player of the Split award.[12] Cloud9 also went on to defeat FlyQuest in the Spring Split finals, marking Huang's first championship win.[13]

For the Summer split, Blaber still preformed well, taking 1st Team All Pro honors, again proving to be the best jungler in the league. However in the playoffs, C9 was upset by FlyQuest, and then by TSM in the losers bracket, surprisingly missing Worlds 2020, the first time the Cloud 9 organization had ever missed a Worlds. [14]

In the Spring Split of the 2021 LCS season, Huang led the league in kills, assists, total team kill share, and damage, eventually winning his second MVP award.[15][16] Cloud9 would also defeat Team Liquid in the Mid-Season Showdown, marking Huang's second championship win.[17]

At MSI, Huang struggled against tougher international competition, and with the changes in the meta, not preforming up to the high expectations that were placed on him.[18] C9 was eliminated in the "Rumble Stage" of the tournament, placing lower then expected. [19]


References[]

  1. ^ Ousley, Parkes (June 21, 2020). "Cloud9 Blaber: "I don't take my time with Svenskeren for granted... That's when I learned the most."". InvenGlobal.
  2. ^ Cloud9 [@Cloud9] (January 4, 2020). "Join us in wishing a happy birthday to @blaber as he turns 20 today" (Tweet). Retrieved May 14, 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Rand, Emily (June 9, 2020). "Spica is ready to prove himself after a chaotic offseason". ESPN. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  4. ^ a b Erzberger, Tyler (August 17, 2018). "Cloud9's Blaber: "Right now I'm not nearly good enough, I say"". ESPN. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  5. ^ Li, Xing (March 2, 2019). "Cloud9 will sub in Blaber for Saturday's LCS match against Golden Guardians". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  6. ^ Stupienski, Matthew (September 7, 2018). "ESPN Stats & Info: How Liquid and Cloud9 match up". ESPN. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  7. ^ Rand, Emily (September 6, 2018). "C9's Licorice calls Reapered "by far the best coach I've ever had"". ESPN. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  8. ^ Waltzer, Noah (September 1, 2018). "Cloud9 continues turnaround, advances to NA LCS finals". ESPN. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  9. ^ Waltzer, Noah (September 9, 2018). "Team Liquid beats Cloud9 for second straight NA LCS title". ESPN. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  10. ^ Endes, Elena (October 14, 2019). "Cloud9 will play Blaber in their Worlds 2019 match against G2 Esports today". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  11. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (January 23, 2020). "Svenskeren: "I wanted to be the main jungler on a team [and] I didn't want to share a spot anymore"". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
  12. ^ Ocal, Arda (April 17, 2020). "Cloud9's Blaber named LCS spring split MVP". ESPN.
  13. ^ Ray, Nick (June 11, 2020). "Blaber: "[MSI] Would've Been a Huge Learning Point for Us"". Hotspawn.
  14. ^ "Here are the results for the 2020 LCS Summer Playoffs". Dot Esports. September 5, 2020.
  15. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (April 9, 2021). "Blaber wins 2021 LCS Spring Split MVP award". Dot Esports.
  16. ^ Popko, john (May 1, 2021). "Ranking the top 5 junglers at MSI 2021". InvenGlobal.
  17. ^ Garcia, Ethan (April 12, 2021). "Cloud9 win 2021 LCS Mid-Season Showdown over Team Liquid, secure ticket to Mid-Season Invitational". Dot Esports.
  18. ^ "[MSI] C9 Zven: "Getting Blaber scuttle crabs was the key...we needed to make sure that our early game was stable."". Inven Global. May 11, 2021.
  19. ^ "Mid-Season Invitational 2021: Complete results and standing". One Esports. May 11, 2021.
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