TES Knight: Growth of the best Chinese mid laner
Many audiences may feel impressive with Knight’s mechanic in the mid-season cup. In order to let you guys know more about Knight, I will summarize the background information of Knight, the motivation of his career, and the origin of his nickname.
Origin of his ID
Zhuoding(卓定) is Knight’s Chinese name, his ID is named by YM’s manager Stan. He first wanted to use “Night” as his ID, but someone has used it. Then Stan helps him to get his ID “Knight”. Actually, Knight didn’t know the English meaning of his ID at first, he thought that his ID is the combination of letter “K” and “Night” so he loved to call himself K-night(K夜)。
He was born on May 22th, 2000 and he comes from Pingxiang, Jiangxi. it’s worth noting that Yagao (JDG Mid laner) is also from Pingxiang and they met in cybercafé. They grouped a team to participate in the matches of cybercafé while Yagao played mid-laner and Knight was the jungler.
Motivation of his career
However, few people know his past. He was a little known as a streamer called Wushuang(無雙) when he was streaming in Douyu (a famous CN stream platform). And Little Horse recommended him to PDD (YM’s CEO, previously played as a top laner in IG), Knight started his career in League of Legend in Season 7.
He led the team to a 20-game winning streak in the LSPL regular season when he played in Young Miracles (YM). At that time, many audiences felt that he was a strong mid laner. However, in the playoffs (YM vs LGD), his signature Ekko was beaten by Godv’s Viktor and his appreciations gradually became less.
And he transferred to Suning gaming (SNG) in season 8, but due to contract issues, he could not play the game in LPL for half a year. In that time, he had two Korean serve accounts to get the first and the fourth place respectively.
Luckily, he joined Top esport (Top) at the end of Season 8 and the story of Knight in Tes is a turning point of his career.
*For further information, you can watch this “Face 2 Face Interview with Knight” by Clement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIiEBJk9Ds4
Nickname of Golden “Left hand”
In addition to his outstanding performance, his posture for playing games is also striking. People play the game with the right-handed mouse and left-handed keyboard, while Knight’s operation is the opposite of ours. He is playing with his hands crossed while the mouse is on the left.
In the past, if you are a left-hander, you need to have a specific mouse and keyboard to play. This is why he is called Golden “Left Hand”.
