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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Jonathan Nguyen | |
| Country of Birth | United States | |
| Birthday | July 13, 1992 (age 32) | |
| Residency | Americas | |
| Prev Residencies | North America | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  DarkZero Dragonsteel | |
| Role | Coach | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | Ecirtsew, Crs Westrice, Crs Strice, Vertical Taco, Minsoo, coL Westrice, CLG Westrice | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Jonathan "Westrice" Nguyen is a League of Legends esports player, currently coach for DarkZero Dragonsteel.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 TSM | ≈Feb 2011≈2011-02-?? | ≈Mar 2011≈2011-03-?? | ≈1mo 5d ejel | ||
 Epik Gamer | May 20112011-05-01 | Apr 20122012-04-24[1] | 11mo 23d ejel | ||
 Team Curse | Jun 20122012-06-08[3] | Dec 20122012-12-15[2] | 6mo 7d ejel | ||
| Epik Gamer | Dec 20122012-12-20[4] | Jan 20132013-01-30 | 1mo 10d ejel | ||
 FXOpen e-Sports | Jan 20132013-01-30[5] | Jul 20132013-07-16 | 5mo 17d ejel | ||
 Determined Gaming | Jul 20132013-07-16 | Feb 20142014-02-07[6] | 6mo 22d ejel | ||
 compLexity.Black | Feb 20142014-02-07[8] | Apr 20142014-04-29[7] | 2mo 22d ejel | ||
 compLexity Gaming | Apr 20142014-04-29[10] | Nov 20142014-11-03[9] | 6mo 4d ejel | ||
| compLexity.White | Nov 20142014-11-03[12] | Dec 20142014-12-09[11] | 1mo 6d ejel | ||
| compLexity Gaming | Dec 20142014-12-09 | Dec 20142014-12-23[13] | 14d ejel | ||
 CLG Black | Jan 20152015-01-27[15] | Feb 20152015-02-26[14] | 30d ejel | ||
 Cloud9 | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-?? | Jan 20162016-01-07 | ≈11mo 6d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 Tempest | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-?? | ≈Oct 2015≈2015-10-?? | ≈8mo ejel | ||
 Ember | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Mar 20162016-03-21[16] | 1mo 30d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | Feb 20172017-02-23 | Nov 20172017-11-20 | 8mo 25d ejel | ||
| C9 Academy | Dec 20172017-12-18 | Nov 20212021-11-30[17] | 3yr 11mo ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | Dec 20192019-12-02[18] | Nov 20212021-11-30[17] | 1yr 11mo ejel | ||
 GG Academy | May 20222022-05-18[22] | Oct 20222022-10-22[20] | 5mo 4d ejel | ||
| DarkZero Dragonsteel | Apr 20252025-04-20[23] | Present | 5d ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TSM | ≈Feb 2011≈2011-02-?? | ≈Mar 2011≈2011-03-?? | ≈1mo 5d ejel | ||
| Epik Gamer | May 20112011-05-01 | ≈Mar 2012≈2012-03-?? | ≈10mo ejel | ||
| Epik Gamer | ≈Mar 2012≈2012-03-?? | Apr 20122012-04-24[1] | ≈1mo 23d ejel | ||
| Team Curse | Jun 20122012-06-08[3] | Dec 20122012-12-15[2] | 6mo 7d ejel | ||
| Epik Gamer | Dec 20122012-12-20[4] | ≈Jan 2013≈2013-01-?? | ≈12d ejel | ||
| Epik Gamer | ≈Jan 2013≈2013-01-?? | Jan 20132013-01-30 | ≈29d ejel | ||
| FXOpen e-Sports | Jan 20132013-01-30[5] | Jul 20132013-07-16 | 5mo 17d ejel | ||
 To Be Determined | Jul 20132013-07-16 | Dec 20132013-12-13[24] | 4mo 28d ejel | ||
| Determined Gaming | Dec 20132013-12-13[24] | Feb 20142014-02-07[6] | 1mo 25d ejel | ||
| compLexity.Black | Feb 20142014-02-07[8] | Apr 20142014-04-29[7] | 2mo 22d ejel | ||
| compLexity Gaming | Apr 20142014-04-29[10] | Nov 20142014-11-03[9] | 6mo 4d ejel | ||
| compLexity.White | Nov 20142014-11-03[12] | Dec 20142014-12-09[11] | 1mo 6d ejel | ||
| compLexity Gaming | Dec 20142014-12-09 | Dec 20142014-12-23[13] | 14d ejel | ||
| CLG Black | Jan 20152015-01-27[15] | Feb 20152015-02-26[14] | 30d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-?? | Jan 20162016-01-07 | ≈11mo 6d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 Tempest | ≈Feb 2015≈2015-02-?? | ≈Oct 2015≈2015-10-?? | ≈8mo ejel | ||
| Ember | Jan 20162016-01-22 | Mar 20162016-03-21[16] | 1mo 30d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | Feb 20172017-02-23 | Nov 20172017-11-20 | 8mo 25d ejel | ||
| C9 Academy | Dec 20172017-12-18 | Dec 20192019-12-02[25] | 2yr 15d ejel | ||
| C9 Academy | Dec 20192019-12-02[25] | Dec 20202020-12-03[27] | 1yr 1d ejel | ||
| Cloud9 | Dec 20192019-12-02[18] | Nov 20212021-11-30[17] | 1yr 11mo ejel | ||
| C9 Academy | Dec 20202020-12-03[27] | Nov 20212021-11-30[17] | 11mo 27d ejel | ||
| GG Academy | May 20222022-05-18[22] | Oct 20222022-10-22[20] | 5mo 4d ejel | ||
| DarkZero Dragonsteel | Apr 20252025-04-20[23] | Present | 5d ej |
News
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2024
- 2025
 TSM | February (approx.), Westrice joins. | |
| TSM | March (approx.), Chaox (Support to Bot) changes position. Westrice leaves. | |
 EPIK | May 1, Epik Gamer is reformed. Westrice and Doublelift join. Dyrus, Dan Dinh, and Salce rejoin. bobbyhankhill joins as substitute. |
| EPIK | March (approx.), Westrice (Bot to Top) changes position. | |
| EPIK | April 24, wingsofdeathx joins. Westrice leaves.[1] | |
 CRS | June 8, Westrice joins. Pobelter leaves.[3] | |
| CRS | December 15, Westrice leaves.[2] | |
| EPIK | December 20, Epik Gamer is reformed. cat8 joins. Westrice, Dan Dinh, Salce, and PureGoldenBoy rejoin.[4] |
| EPIK | January (approx.), Westrice (Top to Bot) and cat8 (Bot to Support) change positions. Dan Dinh and puregoldenboy leave. | |
| EPIK | January 30, Epik Gamer is disbanded. Salce, Westrice, and cat8 leave. | |
 FXO | January 30, Westrice and Salce join.[5] | |
| FXO | July 16, Westrice, heavenTime, Arthelon, ROBERTxLEE, NydusHerMain, TrickZ, and Zekent (Coach) leave. | |
 TBD | July 16, Westrice, heavenTime, Arthelon, ROBERTxLEE, and NydusHerMain join. Nickwu, TrickZ, and Zekent join as substitutes. | |
 DTG | December 13, To Be Determined renames to Determined Gaming.[24] |
| DTG | February 7, Determined Gaming transfers its roster to compLexity.Black. Westrice, Brokenshard, PR0LLY, ROBERTxLEE, and Bubbadub leave.[6] | |
 CLB | February 7, compLexity.Black acquires the roster of Determined Gaming. Westrice, Brokenshard, PR0LLY, ROBERTxLEE, and Bubbadub join.[8] | |
| CLB | April 29, Westrice, Brokenshard, PR0LLY, ROBERTxLEE, Bubbadub, Kubz (Coach), and Leviathan (Coach,Analyst) leave.[7] | |
 COL | April 29, Westrice, Brokenshard, ROBERTxLEE, and Kubz (Coach) join. PR0LLY and Bubbadub rejoin.[10] | |
| COL | November 3, compLexity Gaming splits into two rosters, compLexity.Black and compLexity.White. Westrice, Kez, goldenglue, Bubbadub, PR0LLY, ROBERTxLEE, and Kubz (Coach) leave.[9] | |
| COW | November 3, compLexity.White is formed. Westrice, Kez, Goldenglue, Impactful, Lohpally, and Kubz (Coach) join.[12] | |
| COW | December 9, Westrice, Kez, goldenglue, Impactful, and Lohpally leave.[11] | |
| COL | December 9, Westrice rejoins as substitute. | |
| COL | December 23, Westrice leaves.[13] |
 CLB | January 27,  CLG Black is reformed. Westrice, Thinkcard, Easy, Stixxay, and KeNNy join.[15] | |
 C9 | February (approx.), Westrice joins as substitute. | |
| C9T | February (approx.), Westrice joins as substitute. | |
| CLB | February 26, Westrice retires.[14] | |
| C9T | October (approx.), Cloud9 Tempest is disbanded. Solo, Hard, LOD, Sheep, Westrice, Jintae, and Charlie (Head Coach) leave. |
| C9 | January 7, Westrice, Yusui, and Sheep leave. | |
 MBR | January 22, BillyBoss and Westrice join as substitutes. | |
| MBR | March 21, Harteg Singh (Interim General Manager) joins. Solo, Santorin, Goldenglue, LOD, Stunt, Westrice, Gleeb, and CurryshotGG (Strategic Head Coach) leave.[16] |
| C9 | February 23, Westrice and Winter join as substitutes. | |
| C9 | November 20, Bunny FuFuu (Streamer)'s contract expires but departure is not confirmed. Westrice and Winter's contracts expire. | |
| C9.A | December 18, Westrice (Head Coach) joins. blaberfish2 joins as substitute. |
| C9.A | December 2, Westrice (Head Coach to Coach) changes position.[25][26] | |
| C9 | December 2, Westrice (Assistant Coach) joins from academy roster.[18][19] |
| C9 | January 5, Westrice (Assistant Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.[28] | |
| C9.A | December 3, Darshan joins. Shernfire, Copy, and Isles' joining is confirmed. Westrice (Coach to Head Coach) changes position. K1ng becomes active.[27] |
| C9 | February 10, Blaber, Zven, and Vulcan's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Westrice (Assistant Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 1 November 2023.[29] | |
| C9 | November 30, Westrice (Assistant Coach) leaves.[17] | |
| C9.A | November 30, Westrice (Head Coach) leaves.[17] |
 GG.A | May 18, Concept, Array, and Westrice (Head Coach) join. Jido (Strategic Coordinator to Assistant Coach) changes position. Akaadian (Head Coach to Jungle) changes position. Tony Top and ry0ma move to substitutes.[22] | |
| GG.A | October 22, Akaadian and Westrice (Head Coach) leave.[20][21] |
 F/A | October 31, Westrice changes residency from North America to Americas. |
Biography
Westrice was born in San Diego, California where he spent his childhood, before moving to Missouri in his teen years. He currently lives in California. The first game he played was Halo 1 on the Xbox after his cousins introduced it to him when he was around 10 years old. His cousins also introduced him to MOBAs through Heroes of Newerth. In 2010, he was invited again by his relatives to play League of Legends and it became his favorite game. He joined around the time the 
Akali patch was released and became an instant fan of hers, playing the champion to the high elo ladders.
After playing for awhile and making a noteworthy name for himself in NA solo queue, in 2011 Westrice started looking to become competitive in the scene. A solo queue friend, Locodoco, introduced him to Team SoloMid, and was recruited by Reginald to play for them as a sub top laner when Saintvicious left Team SoloMid. Soon after, Westrice joined Epik Gamer to become a starter for the Riot Season 1 Qualifiers, where he became well known for his aggressive Akali play. Westrice showed solid play for Epik during Riot Season 1 Championship, MLG Raleigh, MLG Providence, and IPL3 in both the top lane and AD carry roles. He switched to top lane permanently after the departure of Dyrus. The AD position was then filled by DontMashMe. However, as Dyrus was the longtime bruiser player in top lane, he had trouble adapting to new champions and as a result, Epik had a poor showing at IPL4. After the arrival of Aphromoo and wingsofdeathx post-IPL4, he was benched. In the summer of 2012, Westrice joined Curse, replacing Pobelter, who was too young to move into a gaming house. In November 2012, after the MLG Fall 2012 Championship, Voyboy replaced Westrice in the top lane for Team Curse, moving Westrice to a sub position. In December 2012, Westrice left Curse to play top lane for a reformed Epik Gamer but later switched to AD Carry. In January 2013, after Epik Gamer failed to qualify for the Season 3 Championship Series, Westrice along with Salce left EPIK and joined FXOpen e-Sports. In a relatively short period and with roster changes, the team gained a formidable name for themselves as a Challenger team, winning MLG Anaheim Spring Championship 2013. He and his teammates left FXOpen e-Sports and became To Be Determined. On the 20th and 21st of August Westrice competed in the ebay 1v1 tournament representing Operating Champs and managed to beat Aphromoo in the semifinals but ended up losing to fabbbyyy in the finals.
2015 Preseason
On November 3, 2014 it was announced that CompLexity was forming two rosters, coL.White and coL.Black. Westrice joined coL.White along with Kez, Goldenglue, Impactful, and Lohpally, qualifying for the Spring Expansion Tournament via the ranked 5s ladder.[30] After beating Monstar Kittenz 2-1 in the first round, the team lost to Curse Academy 0-2 in the second round of the online portion of the tournament and were eliminated.
After his team lost in the Expansion Tournament, Westrice announced that he was going to teak a break from the competitive scene and stream instead.[31] He did, however, remain with the compLexity organization to act as a sub in the NACL New Year's Kick-off Tournament.[32]
On December 23, 2014, Westrice announced his departure from compLexity Gaming,[33] and would soon be picked up by Counter Logic Gaming for their challenger team, Counter Logic Gaming Black.
On February 26, 2015, Westrice announced his retirement of competitive League of Legends.[34]
Trivia
- His name comes from the combination of residing on the West coast and his Asian background.
- Pro gaming is the only job he had.
- Became more known in the community by being seen playing
Akali on HotshotGG's stream. - Known for his Akali and Vayne early in his career.
- Also known for playing assassin-type champions such as Zed, Kha'Zix, Rengar, Akali, and Lee Sin.
- Has played every role except jungle in a competitive manner but his favorite role by far is top, feeling that is the only role that he doesn't get bored with.
- Achieved rank 1 in both Season 1 and 2, and was also the first to reach 2200 elo in both seasons.
- Wants to work with computers, studying computer science while in college before he took a break from school to focus on his gaming career.
- Builds Ravenous Hydra on almost every melee champion he plays.
- Owns a Patrick the starfish plush, which often appears in the background of his webcam.
Tournament Results
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Westrice Showmatch Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2019-11-29 | 4 | Esports Shanghai Masters 2019 | 0 - 3  RR |  EAGL | Westrice, TheOddOne, Voyboy, Cop, BunnyFuFuu, LemonNation |
| 2019-06-27 | 1 | Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU - Showmatches |  LCS | Dyrus, Kobe, Reginald, Westrice, Liquid112 | |
| Westrice 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
| 2013-05-05 | 9 - 12 | Best Riven NA Tournament | 0 : 2 MegaZero | ||
Media
- 2011
- 2012
- 2014
- 2019
- September 1, Epik Gaming at MLG Raleigh with Seltzer on YouTube
- October 20, IPL 3 - League of Legends - Epik Gamer Post-Game Interview #1 Day 2 with IPL on YouTube
- August 25, Pluto interviewing Cop and Westrice in Bed with Pluto on YouTube
- October 4, S2 finals - Westrice and Cop interviewed with Sjokz on YouTube
- October 15, Shift: The League of Legends Phenomenon [Reupload] by GameTrailers on YouTube
- April 4, 'Reflections' with Westrice with Thorin on onGamers
- June 28, Westrice on G2 at Rift Rivals: "I just really hope we can stand a chance against them" with Amanda Stevens on Upcomer
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-21 | NA Academy 2021 Summer |  GG.A vs  C9.A | Link |
| 2021-07-15 | NA Academy 2021 Summer |  CLG.A vs C9.A | Link |
| 2019-06-27 | Rift Rivals 2019 NA-EU - Showmatches | LCS vs  LEC | Link |
| 2014-07-12 | NA LCS 2014 Summer |  COL vs  CRS | Link |
| 2014-05-25 | NA LCS 2014 Summer | C9 vs COL | Link |
Images
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COL Westrice, NA LCS 2014 Summer -
C9 Westrice, NA LCS 2017 Summer -
C9.A Westrice, NA Academy 2019 Spring -
C9.A Westrice, NA Academy 2019 Summer
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Wingsofdeathx Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Westrice Reddit post reddit.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Westrice replaces Pobelter for Curse after Anaheim! D-eSports.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 EPIK GAMER (EG) is streaming rank 5s right now. reddit.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Leaguepedia's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 compLexity is back in Black; Adds Determined Gaming compLexityGaming.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 coL.Red Released; coL.Black now compLexity.LoL complexitygaming.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 compLexity is back in Black; Adds Determined Gaming compLexityGaming.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 compLexity In The Expansion Tournament compLexityGaming.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 coL.Red Released; coL.Black now compLexity.LoL complexitygaming.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 compLexity League of Legends Year End Update complexitygaming.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 compLexity In The Expansion Tournament compLexityGaming.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Westrice's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Westrice's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 CLG Black is Back clgaming.net
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Ember Roster and Staff Changes — March 2016 medium.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Westrice's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 Golden Guardians' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 2025 NACL Active Rosters docs.google.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 TBD name change to DTG twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Westrice's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Cloud9's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2020-01-05
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2021-02-09; after change - NA - 2021-02-10
- ↑ compLexity In The Expansion Tournament complexitygaming.com
- ↑ Westrice's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ compLexity League of Legends Year End Update complexitygaming.com
- ↑ Westrice's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Westrice's Facebook Post facebook.com