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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Tony Ng | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | July 14, 2004 (age 20) | |
| Residency | Americas | |
| Prev Residencies | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  Citadel Gaming | |
| Role | Bot Laner | |
| Competitive IDs | Acilion | |
| Soloqueue IDs | NA: Instinct#0714 BR: Instinct#FXS | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Tony "Instinct" Ng is a League of Legends esports player, currently bot laner for Citadel Gaming. He was previously known as Acilion.
There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Instinct. One other player and one team share this ID.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Horizon Esports | Jan 20202020-01-13[1] | May 20202020-05-17 | 4mo 4d ejel | ||
 Mirage Esports | Jun 20202020-06-05[3] | Sep 20202020-09-27[2] | 3mo 22d ejel | ||
 100 Next | Dec 20202020-12-09[5] | Nov 20212021-11-05[4] | 10mo 27d ejel | ||
 TSM Academy | Nov 20212021-11-24[7] | Jul 20222022-07-12[6] | 7mo 18d ejel | ||
| TSM | Jul 20222022-07-12[6] | Nov 20222022-11-11[8] | 3mo 30d ejel | ||
 FLY FAM | Jan 20232023-01-13[10] | Apr 20232023-04-28[9] | 3mo 15d ejel | ||
 CCG Esports | Feb 20242024-02-22[12] | Jun 20242024-06-04[11] | 3mo 11d ejel | ||
 Fear x Starforge | Jun 20242024-06-04[11] | Oct 20242024-10-04[13] | 4mo ejel | ||
| Citadel Gaming | Feb 20252025-02-24[14] | Present | 2mo 1d ej | ||
 SDM Tigres | Apr 20252025-04-11[16] | Apr 20252025-04-19[15] | 8d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horizon Esports | Jan 20202020-01-13[1] | May 20202020-05-17 | 4mo 4d ejel | ||
| Mirage Esports | Jun 20202020-06-05[3] | Sep 20202020-09-27[2] | 3mo 22d ejel | ||
| 100 Next | Dec 20202020-12-09[5] | Nov 20212021-11-05[4] | 10mo 27d ejel | ||
| TSM Academy | Nov 20212021-11-24[7] | Jul 20222022-07-12[6] | 7mo 18d ejel | ||
| TSM | Jul 20222022-07-12[6] | Nov 20222022-11-11[8] | 3mo 30d ejel | ||
| FLY FAM | Jan 20232023-01-13[10] | Apr 20232023-04-28[9] | 3mo 15d ejel | ||
| CCG Esports | Feb 20242024-02-22[12] | Jun 20242024-06-04[11] | 3mo 11d ejel | ||
| Fear x Starforge | Jun 20242024-06-04[11] | Oct 20242024-10-04[13] | 4mo ejel | ||
| Citadel Gaming | Feb 20252025-02-24[14] | Present | 2mo 1d ej | ||
| SDM Tigres | Apr 20252025-04-11[16] | Apr 20252025-04-19[15] | 8d ejel |
News
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
 HZ | January 13, Regedice, Stonewippen, iStupid, AcilioN, TSMxPLUX, Glutez (Head Coach), and Every (Founder,Manager) join.[1] | |
| HZ | May 17, UndefeatedOne, stonewippen, iStupid, AcilioN, TSMxPLUX, Glutez (Head Coach), and Every (Founder,Manager) leave. | |
 MIR | June 5, Acilion joins.[3] | |
| MIR | September 27, Dragoon, KingGeorgie, and JohnathanForLong join. Tony Top, Acilion, and Plux leave.[2] | |
 100X | December 9, Cozy, Goo, Young, Instinct, and Busio join.[5] | |
| 100X | December 29, Cozy, Goo, Young, Instinct, and Busio's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 5 November 2021.[17] |
| 100X | November 5, Young and Instinct are removed from the GCD.[4] | |
 TSM.A | November 24, V1per and Instinct join.[7] V1per's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Instinct's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024.[18] |
| TSM.A | July 12, S0ul and Instinct leave for main roster.[6] | |
| TSM | July 12, Chime joins. S0ul and Instinct join from academy roster. Tactical and Mia leave for academy roster.[6] | |
| TSM | November 11, Instinct leaves.[8] |
 FLYF | January 13, lunacia, Goo, Blazze, Instinct, and Sword join. Mgutis and Lunar join as substitutes.[10] | |
| FLYF | April 28, FLY FAM is disbanded. lunacia, Hyper, Blazze, Instinct, Sword, Maniac, Lunar, Brandini (Head Coach), and Julius (Assistant Coach) leave.[9] |
 CCG | February 22, Yukino, Bradley, and Instinct join. Flocon and EU Red move to substitutes. Vakin, Rain1, and Sushee leave.[12] | |
| CCG | June 4, Instinct leaves.[11] | |
 FXS | June 4, eXyu, Ablazeolive, Instinct, ido (Assistant Coach), TauPiPhi (Analyst), and Torok (Positional Coach) join.[11] | |
| FXS | October 4, Instinct leaves.[13] | |
 F/A | October 31, Instinct changes residency from North America to Americas. |
 CTG | February 24, Philip, Armao, Bradley, Instinct, Trevor, and Nova (Head Coach) join.[14] | |
 SDM | April 11, Jauny, Mataz, Bradley, Instinct, Baula, Dye (Coach), and Lstitch (Analyst) join. RedCells (Head Coach to Coach) changes position. Betatwins, Keptt, and Reus (Analyst) will remain with the team. Steellar, Lio, and Sully move to substitutes. Nannini, Starhide, Kanra, Shooke, CHIME10 (Coach), and Swet (Assistant Coach) leave.[16] | |
| SDM | April 19, Vares and Zeypher join. Bradley and Instinct leave.[15] |
Biography
Trivia
- Began playing in the North American amateur circuit at age 15.
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-12 | North America | NACL 2024 Summer |  |  | Zeri | Bot | W | 7/1/3 | Link | |
| 2022-07-17 | North America | LCS 2022 Summer |  | | Zeri | Bot | W | 8/0/6 | Link | Link |
| 2020-06-11 | North America | Challengers Uprising Season 1 |  |  | Ezreal | Bot | W | 13/0/9 | Link |
- Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media
- 2020
- 2022
- July 9, League of Legends North American Amateur Spotlight: Acilion by Prussian on YouTube
- July 18, TSM Instinct following dominating victory: “There were a lot of doubters and haters against us, we proved them wrong” with Jordan Marney on esports.gg
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-07-17 | LCS 2022 Summer |  FLY vs  TSM | Link |
| 2022-03-18 | LCS Proving Grounds 2022 Spring |  MU vs TSM.A | Link |
| 2022-03-10 | NA Academy 2022 Spring | TSM.A vs  EG.A | Link |
| 2022-03-04 | NA Academy 2022 Spring |  GG.A vs TSM.A | Link |
| 2022-02-05 | NA Academy 2022 Spring | TSM.A vs  DIG.A | Link |
| 2021-06-21 | RCL 2021 Summer |  100X vs  WCB | Link |
Images
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TSM.A Instinct, NA Academy 2022 Spring -
TSM.A Instinct, NA Academy 2022 Summer -
FXS Instinct, Americas Challengers 2024
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Horizon Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Upsurge Premier League 2020 Fall Official Spreadsheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Big League Season 3 Official Roster Sheet docs.google.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-11-04; after change - NA - 2021-11-05
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 100 Thieves' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 TSM's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 FlyQuest's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 Fear x Starforge's X Post x.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 NACL Spring Qualifier #2 Public Rosters docs.google.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Instinct's X Post x.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Citadel Gaming's X Post x.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 SDM Tigres' X Post (Spanish) x.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 SDM Tigres' X Post (Spanish) x.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2020-12-28; after change - NA - 2020-12-29
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-11-23; after change - NA - 2021-11-24