Xpecial
| Xpecial | |
|---|---|
| Alex Chu | |
| Status | Active |
| Hometown | Temple City, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Current team | Team Dignitas |
| Role | Support |
| League | League of Legends Championship Series North America |
| Games | League of Legends |
| ??? 2010 - ??? 2010 | Haters |
| 2011 | Defy All Odds |
| 2011 | Chicks Dig Elo |
| Apr 2011 - May 2014 | Team SoloMid |
| May 2014 - Jan 2015 | Team Curse |
| Jan 2015 - Oct 2015 | Team Liquid |
| Jan 2016 - Sep 2016 | Apex Gaming |
| Sep 2016 - Present | Team Dignitas |
Alex Chu (born August 12, 1992), better known as Xpecial, is an American League of Legends player who is the support for Team Dignitas of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS). He was most previously the support player for Team Liquid of the NA LCS. He has also played for various teams including Team Liquid and Team SoloMid. Xpecial is one of nine players who have qualified for 3 World Championships, along with XPeke, SOAZ, Nyph, Reginald, TheOddOne, CyanideFI, Candy Panda and Watch.
In May 2013, during Season 3, Xpecial was selected to join the North American All-Star team in Shanghai, along with scarra, Doublelift, Saintvicious, and teammate Dyrus. Along with Doublelift, Xpecial received second place in the Bottom Lane Skill Competition, losing in the finals to Pray and MadLife of Korea. In the main event, the North American team finished in the top four by winning against Europe 2–0 and losing to both China and Korea 0–2.
On March 23, 2014, Xpecial was awarded the Week 9 MVP for having the highest KDA of the week, 11.5, in two games against Dignitas and XDG Gaming. This was his first Week MVP award and the fifth for Team SoloMid.
On April 27, 2014, Xpecial announced on his stream that he was being benched from Team SoloMid's main roster.
On May 4, Xpecial announced that he had been released by Team SoloMid and was joining Team Curse. The details surrounding the quick benching and subsequent release were unknown for some time, with neither party divulging any details until Xpecial announced via his stream that the release had not been performance related but rather due to his "passive-aggressive attitude". Months later, Xpecial retracted his statement, saying that he did not consider himself to be passive-aggressive but instead trying to be critical without being rude.
Prior to the start of the spring LCS split, Team Curse merged with the Team Liquid organization and rebranded under the name Team Liquid. After a few swaps between Keith and Piglet as their AD carry, the team ended the season with a 9–9 record and qualified for playoffs with the sixth seed after defeating Team 8 in a tiebreaker game. In the playoffs, Liquid beat CLG 3-0 in the quarterfinals before falling to Cloud9 3-2 in the semifinals; in the third-place match, Liquid finally broke the "fourth-place curse" that stopped them from placing higher than fourth place in any event that had persisted since they were Team Curse and took down Team Impulse 3-2.
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