| Retired | ||
|---|---|---|
| Nien | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Zachary Malhas | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | July 1, 1994 (age 30) | |
| Residency | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Bot Laner | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Competitive IDs | Nientonsoh | |
| Soloqueue IDs | NA: Conditions, zoluffyro | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Zachary "Nien" Malhas is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously substitute bot laner for Team EnVyUs. He was previously known as Nientonsoh.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 nFear Gaming | ≈Apr 2012≈2012-04-?? | May 20122012-05-25 | ≈1mo 24d ejel | ||
 Orbit Gaming | May 20122012-05-25[2] | Nov 20122012-11-01[1] | 5mo 7d ejel | ||
 Quantic Gaming | Nov 20122012-11-11[6] | Dec 20122012-12-04[3] | 23d ejel | ||
| Team NomNom | Dec 20122012-12-04 | Jan 20132013-01-08 | 1mo 4d ejel | ||
 Azure Cats | Jan 20132013-01-02 | Feb 20132013-02-18[7] | 1mo 16d ejel | ||
 Cloud9 | Jan 20132013-01-08 | Jan 20132013-01-13[8] | 5d ejel | ||
 Team MRN | Jan 20132013-01-24[10] | May 20132013-05-11[9] | 3mo 18d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | Feb 20132013-02-11 | Feb 20132013-02-14 | 3d ejel | ||
 CLG | May 20132013-05-26[11] | ≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-?? | ≈1yr 4mo ejel | ||
 Frank Fang Gaming | ≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-30 | Jun 20142014-06-29[12] | ≈1mo 29d ejel | ||
 Team Fusion | Oct 20142014-10-23[13] | May 20152015-05-13 | 6mo 21d ejel | ||
 Team 8 | May 20152015-05-22[16] | Oct 20152015-10-07[15] | 4mo 16d ejel | ||
 Immortals | Oct 20152015-10-07[17] | Nov 20152015-11-16 | 1mo 9d ejel | ||
 Team EnVyUs | May 20162016-05-23[19] | Nov 20172017-11-20[18] | 1yr 5mo ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nFear Gaming | ≈Apr 2012≈2012-04-?? | May 20122012-05-25 | ≈1mo 24d ejel | ||
| Orbit Gaming | May 20122012-05-25[2] | Oct 20122012-10-20 | 4mo 26d ejel | ||
| Orbit Gaming | Oct 20122012-10-20 | Nov 20122012-11-01[1] | 12d ejel | ||
| Quantic Gaming | Nov 20122012-11-11[6] | Dec 20122012-12-04[3] | 23d ejel | ||
| Team NomNom | Dec 20122012-12-04 | Jan 20132013-01-08 | 1mo 4d ejel | ||
| Azure Cats | Jan 20132013-01-02 | Feb 20132013-02-18[7] | 1mo 16d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | Jan 20132013-01-08 | Jan 20132013-01-13[8] | 5d ejel | ||
| Team MRN | Jan 20132013-01-24[10] | Mar 20132013-03-19[20] | 1mo 26d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | Feb 20132013-02-11 | Feb 20132013-02-14 | 3d ejel | ||
| Team MRN | Mar 20132013-03-19[20] | May 20132013-05-11[9] | 1mo 23d ejel | ||
| CLG | May 20132013-05-26[11] | Apr 20142014-04-23[21] | 10mo 28d ejel | ||
| CLG | Apr 20142014-04-23[21] | ≈Oct 2014≈2014-10-?? | ≈5mo 8d ejel | ||
| Frank Fang Gaming | ≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-30 | Jun 20142014-06-29[12] | ≈1mo 29d ejel | ||
| Team Fusion | Oct 20142014-10-23[13] | May 20152015-05-13 | 6mo 21d ejel | ||
| Team 8 | May 20152015-05-22[16] | Oct 20152015-10-07[15] | 4mo 16d ejel | ||
| Immortals | Oct 20152015-10-07[17] | Nov 20152015-11-16 | 1mo 9d ejel | ||
| Team EnVyUs | May 20162016-05-23[19] | Nov 20172017-11-20[18] | 1yr 5mo ejel |
News
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
 NFEA | April (approx.), Yazuki, Hai L9, nubbypoohbear, Nientonsoh, and Arthelon join. | |
| NFEA | May 25, Yazuki, Hai L9, nubbypoohbear, Nientonsoh, and Arthelon leave. | |
 ORB | May 25, Yazuki, Hai L9, nubbypoohbear, and Nientonsoh join. Vech and YoDa leave.[2] | |
| ORB | October 20, WildTurtle joins. Nientonsoh (Bot to Mid) changes position. | |
| ORB | November 1, Orbit Gaming is disbanded. Yazuki, Hai L9, Nientonsoh, WildTurtle, and LemonNation leave.[1] | |
 QTC | November 11, Quantic Gaming acquires the former roster of Orbit Gaming. Yazuki, Hai, Nientonsoh, WildTurtle, and LemonNation join.[6] | |
| QTC | December 4, Quantic Gaming is disbanded. Yazuki, Hai, Nientonsoh, WildTurtle, and LemonNation leave.[3][4][5] | |
| NOMN | December 4,  Team NomNom is formed by the roster of  Quantic Gaming. Yazuki, Hai, Nientonsoh, WildTurtle, and LemonNation join. |
 AC | January 2, Yazuki, bigfatlp, Nientonsoh, and BloodWater join. | |
| NOMN | January 8, Yazuki, Hai, Nientonsoh, WildTurtle, and LemonNation leave. | |
 C9 | January 8, Yazuki, Hai, Nientonsoh, WildTurtle, and LemonNation join. | |
| C9 | January 13, Yazuki and Nientonsoh leave.[8] | |
 MRN | January 24, Nientonsoh joins as substitute.[10] | |
| C9 | February 11, Meteos joins. Cybolic joins as substitute. Nientonsoh rejoins as substitute. TrickZ leaves. Wingsofdeathx (temporary substitute) leaves. | |
| C9 | February 14, Cybolic and Nientonsoh leave. | |
| AC | February 18, Nientonsoh leaves.[7] | |
| MRN | March 19, Nientonsoh (Sub/Mid to Bot) and Heartbeat (Bot to Support) change positions. AtomicN moves to substitute.[20] | |
| MRN | May 11, Team MRN is disbanded. MegaZero, ClakeyD, ecco, Nientonsoh, Heartbeat, Cruzer, AtomicN, djWHEAT (Manager), and Marn (Owner) leave.[9] | |
 CLG | May 26, Nientonsoh joins. bigfatlp (Sub/Mid to Jungle), Chauster (Jungle to Support), and HotshotGG (Top to President/Co-Founder/Sub/Top) change positions. Aphromoo leaves.[11] |
| CLG | April 23, Nien moves to substitute.[21] | |
 FFG | April 30 (approx.), Nientonsoh, Cpt Ziploc, BabyZeus, Lattman, and babyeator join. | |
| FFG | June 29, Nientonsoh, Captain Ziploc, H4xDefender, BonQuish, LattmaN, and babyeator leave.[12] | |
| CLG | October (approx.), Nien leaves. | |
 FSN | October 23, Team Fusion is formed. MakNooN, NintendudeX, Huhi, Nien, and Gleebglarbu join. Bee Sin and Chunkyfresh join as substitutes.[13][14] |
| FSN | May 13,  Team Fusion is disbanded. Chunkyfresh, NintendudeX, HuHi, Nientonsoh, Trance, CurryshotGG (Head Coach), and Bubbadub (Analyst) leave. | |
 T8 | May 22, Nien and HISTORY TEACHER (Head Coach) join. Matt (Head Coach to Head Analyst) changes position. maplestreet moves to substitute.[16] | |
| T8 | October 7, Porpoise8, goldenglue, Nien8, Dodo8, BrandonFtw, CheeseBeluga, Alex Ich, Slooshi8, Maplestreet8, HISTORY TEACHER (Head Coach), and Matt (Head Analyst) leave.[15] | |
 IMT | October 7, Porpoise, goldenglue, Nien, Dodo8, and HISTORY TEACHER (Head Coach) join.[17] | |
| IMT | November 16, Porpoise and Nien leave. |
Biography
Prior to playing League of Legends, Zach "Nientonsoh" Malhas was ranked in the top ten of Heroes of Newerth, often playing with Scarra. He also played World of Warcraft, where he was a rank 1 Warlock in PvP. After seeing Scarra's success in LoL, he moved on to League of Legends.
Nientonsoh's first team was nFear Gaming, where he played with Hai, Yazuki, Arthelon, and nubbypoohbear. When nubbypoohbear departed the team in September 2013, Nien switched roles from AD carry to midlane, and he stayed as the team's midlaner through their sponsorship by Quantic Gaming and then renaming to Cloud 9. In January 2013, Nientonsoh left left Cloud 9 to play for Azure Cats and attempt qualification into the first NA LCS split.
Season 3
After failing to qualify with Azure Cats, Nientonosh was picked up by a team that had qualified for the LCS: Team MRN, originally as a substitute. He became the starting AD carry on March 19, moving Heartbeat to support and replacing AtomicN on the roster. Nientonsoh became recognized as a top AD carry player, particularly known for his 
Tristana play. However, Team MRN was relegated at the end of the split, losing to Velocity eSports in the relegation tournament.
On May 26, 2013 Counter Logic Gaming announced that Nientonsoh would start as their toplaner for the summer split of the LCS, replacing HotshotGG. At this time, Nientonsoh shortened his ID to Nien.[22]
Nien was part of the Season 3 World Championship Analyst desk in September 2013.[23]
2014 Season
On April 23, 2014 Nien stepped down from his starting position, citing that "the community’s intense criticism of his play and general attacks towards him had become increasingly taxing mentally, and damaging to his confidence as a player over time."[24] He was replaced by Seraph.
After stepping down from CLG's starting roster, Nien remained a sub for the team and also joined Frank Fang Gaming as their starting toplaner. The team placed fourth in the NACS Summer Series #1. Nien departed the team in June 2014.
In the final week of the 2014 summer split, Nien played four games for CLG while the starting roster was training in Korea in preparation for the playoffs.[25]
2015 Preseason
On October 23, 2014 it was officially announced that Nien would be the AD carry for Team Fusion, a team formed to play in the North American Expansion tournament.[26] The team qualified for the Expansion Tournament via the Challenger ladder. They won their first-round match against Team Confusion due to a forfeit from Confusion, and then defeated Enemy eSports 2-0 in the second round. In the offline tournament, Team Fusion narrowly beat Final Five 3-2 after losing the first two games. They then lost to Curse Academy 3-1 and were knocked down to the loser's bracket to face Team Coast. This time, Fusion got ahead 2-0 but then ultimately lost the series and did not qualify for the LCS; however, their placement did qualify them for the NACS Spring Season.
2015 Season
After a pattern of losing almost every off-stream game and winning every on-stream game, Fusion finished the NACS season in third place, with a 6-4 record, splitting 1-1 against every team except for CLG Black. In the playoffs, Fusion lost to Team Dragon Knights and then beat Final Five, finishing in third place. Despite Fusion's defeat by TDK, Winterfox chose to play against TDK in the Promotion Tournament, leaving Fusion to face Dignitas for a spot in the summer LCS season. Fusion lost the series 2-3 but retained an automatic qualification into the NACS Summer Season; however, the team disbanded.[27] Nien joined Team 8, replacing maplestreet, though he was unable to start playing with the team before the second week of the summer split.
Team 8 finished the regular season tied for seventh but then lost to Cloud9 in a tiebreaker game and were sent to the 2016 Spring Promotion Tournament. They chose Team Imagine as their Challenger opponent and beat them 3-1 to stay in the LCS for the spring season. In a post-game interview, Nien stated that he would be bootcamping in China in the off-season to improve his individual AD carry play.
2016 Season
In October 2015, Immortals was announced as the new brand of Team 8.[28] Nien left the new organization with the rest of the team when their contracts expired in November.
In May 2016, Nien joined Team EnVyUs, who had acquired Renegades' spot in the NA LCS.
Trivia
- Known for an
Elise play during MLG Anaheim where he took three inhibitors and got a triple kill against TSM, winning the game for CLG.
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Nien 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
| 2013-10-13 | 9 - 12 | Best Lee Sin NA Tournament | 0 : 2 FeedOn | ||
| 2013-05-05 | 48 - 64 | Best Riven NA Tournament | 1 : 2 Pobelter | ||
Media
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- August 26, Pluto Interviews Orbit Nientonsoh at MLG Raleigh with Pluto on YouTube
- April 1, MegaZero and Nientonsoh talk about their LCS Week 7 Performance with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- April 20, Megazero and Nientonsoh talk about their intense match with CLG with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- May 1, Marn takes Travis Gafford on a tour of the Team MRN Gaming House by Travis Gafford on YouTube
- June 21, Nientonsoh talks about CLG's strong performance against TSM with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- July 1, Nientonsoh talks crazy match against TSM at MLG Anaheim with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- July 16, Interview with Nien & Doublelift - League Out Loud [Lost] with Machinima on YouTube
- July 17, Pro tips on trying new roles by Riot Games on YouTube
- July 26, Doublelift and Nientonsoh talk Swinging Back and New Team House with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- September 2, CLG Q and A at Pax Prime 2013 with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- March 2, Doublelift and Nien talk about Week 7 performance with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- August 2, CLG HotShotGG & Nien: "I want C9 to win for the sake of NA" with Brittany Brown on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-20 | NA LCS 2014 Spring Playoffs |  CLG vs  CRS | Link |
| 2014-03-30 | NA LCS 2014 Spring | CLG vs  XDG | Link |
| 2014-03-09 | NA LCS 2014 Spring | CLG vs  CST | Link |
| 2014-03-07 | NA LCS 2014 Spring | CLG vs  DIG | Link |
| 2013-08-31 | NA LCS 2013 Summer Playoffs | CLG vs CRS | Link |
| 2013-07-27 | NA LCS 2013 Summer |  VUL vs CLG | Link |
| 2013-07-05 | NA LCS 2013 Summer |  VES vs CLG | Link |
| 2013-07-01 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | CLG vs  TSM | Link |
| 2013-06-21 | NA LCS 2013 Summer | TSM vs CLG | Link |
| 2013-04-19 | NA LCS 2013 Spring |  MRN vs CLG | Link |
| 2013-04-12 | NA LCS 2013 Spring | CLG vs MRN | Link |
| 2013-04-04 | NA LCS 2013 Spring | MRN vs  COL | Link |
Images
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MRN Nientonsoh, NA LCS 2013 Spring -
CLG Nien, NA LCS 2013 Summer -
CLG Nien, NA LCS 2014 Spring -
T8 Nien8, NA LCS 2015 Summer
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NV Nien, NA LCS 2016 Summer
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Orbit Gaming LoL - No Longer Part of Orbit + Lonestar Clash 2 Attendance reddit.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Orbit Gaming Announces New League of Legends Team na.leagueoflegends.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Slasher's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Quantic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Quantic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Introducing Quantic's LoL Division quanticgaming.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Azure Cats is Looking For AD/Support Players reddit.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Nientonsoh's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Marn's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Marn's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 CLG Roster Changes clgaming.net
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Wazabi Gaming's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Team Fusion's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Bee Sin's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Immortals' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Team 8 Welcomes History Teacher and Nien team-8.net
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Immortals' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Team EnVyUs' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Marn's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Nien steps down from starting role clgaming.net
- ↑ HotshotGG steps down as Top Laner for CLG clgaming.net
- ↑ Casters and analysts announced for Worlds na.lolesports.com
- ↑ [1] CLG Roster Changes: Nien Steps Down
- ↑ CLG LCS Week 11 Announcementclgaming.net
- ↑ Team Fusion's Twitter Post twitter.com
- ↑ Team Fusion's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Gaming, Tech, Media & Sports Executives Launch eSports Franchise “Immortals” twitlonger.com