Talon Esports

Talon Esports is a professional esports organisation based in Hong Kong with teams competing across the Asia Pacific. Its League of Legends team is known as PSG Talon due to its partnership with PSG Esports, and competes in the Pacific Championship Series, the top-level league for the game in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, and Southeast Asia.[4][5][6] Its Overwatch team competes in Overwatch Contenders, a developmental league for the Overwatch League.[7]

Talon Esports
Short nameTLN
DivisionsArena of Valor
League of Legends
Overwatch
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds
StarCraft II
Street Fighter V
Founded2016 (2016)
Based inHong Kong
PartnersNew Wave Esports[1][2][3]
Websitetalon.gg

League of Legends

History

Riot Games announced on 19 December 2019 that Talon Esports would be one of ten teams participating in the newly created Pacific Championship Series.[4][5] Talon Esports' first player was announced on 1 January, with top laner Su "Hanabi" Chia-Hsiang joining from Flash Wolves.[8] During the next few days the rest of the roster was announced: South Korean players Kim "River" Dong-woo[9] and Kim "Candy" Seung-ju[10] joined as the team's jungler and mid laner respectively, whilst the bot lane duo of Wong "Unified" Chun Kit[9] and Ling "Kaiwing" Kai Wing was acquired from Hong Kong Attitude.[10]

Talon Esports finished third in the 2020 PCS Spring regular season, qualifying for the first round of playoffs in the winners' bracket.[11] After sweeping Nova Esports in the first round, Talon Esports went on to reverse sweep ahq eSports Club in the second.[12] This qualified them for the semifinals match in the winners' bracket, which they lost to Machi Esports in another close series. This forced Talon Esports to play in the semifinal match in the losers' bracket for another chance at qualifying for the finals, which they did after narrowly defeating ahq once again. Talon Esports managed to win their rematch with Machi in the finals, winning their first title in their inaugural split.[13][14]

On 18 June 2020, Talon Esports announced that its League of Legends team had partnered with PSG Esports and would henceforth compete as PSG Talon.[15][16]

Roster
PSG Talon roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Top Hanabi  Su Chia-hsiang  Taiwan  Flash Wolves 
Jungle River  Kim Dong-woo  South Korea  V3 Esports 
Mid Tank  Park Dan-won  South Korea  Spear Gaming 
Bot Unified  Wong Chun-kit  Hong Kong  Hong Kong Attitude 
Support Kaiwing  Ling Kai-wing  Hong Kong  Hong Kong Attitude 
Head coach

Seo "Bigfafa" Min-seok

Assistant coach(es)

Lee "Saroo" Jong-won

Legend
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: 9 July 2020.

Tournament results
Placement Event Final result (W–L)
3rd 2020 PCS Spring Split 13–5
1st 2020 PCS Spring Playoffs 3–2 (against Machi Esports)
3rd 2020 PCS Summer Split 14–4

Overwatch

History

Roster
Talon Esports roster
PlayersCoaches
RoleHandleNameNationalityPrevious team
Damage Arrow  Park Min-seok  South Korea  O2 Blast 
Damage FEATH5R  Lee Seung-woo  South Korea  BATTLICA 
Damage Stellar  Lee Do-hyung  South Korea  Boston Uprising 
Tank JJANGGU  Cho Myung-heum  South Korea  GC Busan WAVE 
Tank PIGGY  Shin Min-jun  South Korea  Nova Monster Shield 
Support CH0R0NG  Seong Yoo-min  South Korea  BATTLICA 
Support Swoon  Jang Sung-won  South Korea  BlossoM 
Head coach

Chris "spazzo" Infante

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (2W) Two-way player
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injury/Illness

Latest roster transaction: 30 June 2020.

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References
  1. "New Wave Esports Invests in Talon Esports". Canada NewsWire via Bloomberg. 18 November 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  2. Narayan, Niji (20 November 2019). "New Wave Esports Announces Strategic Investment in Talon Esports". European Gaming Industry News. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  3. "Full interview: New Wave Esports invests in Talon Esports as it looks to grow presence in Asia". Proactiveinvestors UK. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  4. "Talon Esports Secures League of Legends Spot in the Pacific Championship Series". New Wave Esports. 19 December 2019. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  5. Tuting, Kristine (19 December 2019). "Here are the teams for the League of Legends Pacific Championship Series (PCS) 2020". ONE Esports. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  6. Chen, Ethan (22 December 2019). "League of Legends Pacific Championship Series teams revealed for 2020". Daily Esports. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  7. Amos, Andrew (18 August 2019). "Who has qualified for the 2019 Overwatch Contenders Gauntlet?". Dot Esports. Retrieved 17 January 2020.
  8. Zijdenbos, Arend (2 January 2020). "Hanabi joins the Talon Esports League of Legends team". Daily Esports. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  9. Zijdenbos, Arend (6 January 2020). "Talon Esports complete 2020 League of Legends roster". Daily Esports. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  10. Zijdenbos, Arend (4 January 2020). "Talon Esports reveal two new players for 2020 roster". Daily Esports. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  11. Tan, Amanda (9 April 2020). "PCS 2020 Spring Playoffs: Everything You Need To Know". ONE Esports. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  12. Tan, Amanda (15 April 2020). "Talon reverse sweep ahq for a spot in the PCS Spring semifinals". ONE Esports via Yahoo! News Singapore. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  13. O'Dwyer, Samuel (3 May 2020). "Talon defeat Machi to claim PCS Spring Split title". Dot Esports. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  14. "Talon Esports Upsets Machi to Win Inaugural PCS Spring Split 2020". Esports by Inquirer.net. 3 May 2020. Retrieved 3 May 2020.
  15. Ashton, Graham (18 June 2020). "PSG Enters League of Legends Pacific Championship Series With Talon Esports". The Esports Observer. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  16. Esguerra, Tyler (18 June 2020). "Paris-Saint Germain re-enters League of Legends by partnering with PCS' Talon Esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 19 June 2020.


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