Yuri Jew, better known as Keith, is an American professional ''

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'' player who is the support for the

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. He previously played for

Echo Fox Echo Fox was an American esports organization. It was founded on December 18, 2015, by retired basketball player Rick Fox, who created Echo Fox after he purchased the NA LCS spot of Gravity Gaming. The organization had expanded into various ...

Team Liquid Team Liquid is a multi-regional professional esports organization based in the Netherlands that was founded in 2000. They signed their first professional players with the release of '' StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty''. In 2012, Team Liquid acq ...

and

Team SoloMid TSM (initialism derived from the previous name Team SoloMid) is a professional esports organization based in the United States. It was founded in September 2009 by Andy Dinh, Andy "Reginald" Dinh. TSM currently fields players in ''Apex Legends' ...

of the ''League of Legends'' Championship Series (LCS). Keith was instrumental in one of the biggest comebacks in LCS history during a game against

Team Dignitas Dignitas is an American esports organization based in Newark, New Jersey. It was founded by Michael "ODEE" O'Dell in 2003 as a merger of two ''Battlefield 1942'' Clan (computer gaming), clans. Dignitas was acquired by the Philadelphia 76ers in 2 ...

in the 2016 Spring NA LCS.

Career

Keith began competing in ''League of Legends'' in 2014 with Team Gyrations, until its disbandment in July 2014. He joined Team LoLPro in November 2014 to play in the LoL Expansion Tournament. LoLPro qualified for the tournament via the Challenger ladder under the name Thomas and the Slotkins. They defeated Fission in the first round but then lost to Team Coast in the second round and were eliminated from the tournament. Although his primary role is AD carry, Keith played support while with LoLPro. Keith played his first LCS match on January 24, 2015, for

. His LCS debut was due to teammate Chae "Piglet" Gwang-jin's inability to play due to

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problems. Keith was originally a member of

Curse Academy Team Curse, also known as Curse eSports, was a North American esports organization sponsored by Curse, Inc. and based in Los Angeles. Formed as a ''League of Legends'' team in 2010 by Steve "LiQuiD112" Arhancet, it was acquired by Curse Inc. in ...

but stayed with the Team Liquid organization after Curse Academy rebranded to

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. After Week 1 of the 2015 NA LCS Spring regular season, Team Liquid was the only team with a 2–0 record, with Keith contributing 15 kills, 23 assists, and only 2 deaths amounting to a KDA of 19. For Week 5 of the 2015, NA LCS Spring Split Keith replaced Piglet as

's bot laner."Team SoloMid completes acquisition of KEITHMCBRIEF"
July 1, 2015. Soon after, he was sought out by

, which wanted him to play alongside

Wildturtle Jason Tran, better known as WildTurtle, is a Canadian professional ''League of Legends'' player who is the bot laner for Shopify Rebellion of the LCS. He previously played for Team SoloMid, Cloud9, CLG, Immortals, and FlyQuest. WildTurtle pla ...

. He played briefly for the team, but the coaching staff of Team SoloMid decided that Wildturtle's performance and skill was satisfactory enough on his own. He continued to stay on the bench, and after the season, joined Cloud9 Tempest. Keith was announced as a starter for the

roster upon the team's entry into the LCS in January 2016."KEITH on Froggen: 'It's good to know that a damn good mid laner is going to help me out'"
Echo Fox finished last in the 2016 Summer NA LCS, forcing them to play in the relegation tournament. They defeated

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3–0 in their last relegation match and qualified for the 2017 NA LCS Spring Split.

Tournament results

Echo Fox

* 7th — 2016 Spring NA LCS regular season * 10th — 2016 Summer NA LCS regular season

Hobe Hound Journey

* 4th — 2017 Summer Invitational

References

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