Lachlan Ross Power (born 25 August 1995), also known

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ously as Lachlan, is an Australian

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, professional gamer and

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, known primarily for his video game commentaries of ''

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''. He is the founder of

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brand and

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organization PWR. In 2013, Power registered his YouTube account under the name CraftBattleDuty and primarily posted video game commentaries of ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. His channel experienced substantial growth in popularity when he began posting videos of ''Fortnite'' in 2017. In January 2019, his channel reached 10 million subscribers, becoming the first Australian

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to hit that milestone. As of March 2024, the channel had reached over 15 million subscribers and 5 billion video views, ranking as the seventh most-subscribed and fifth most-viewed channel on the platform from Australia.

Early life

Lachlan "Lachy" Power was born on the 25 August 1995, in

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, and grew up in Shailer Park, Queensland. His mother, Lynne, is a bank manager and his father Darren Power is a local politician, who served as the mayor of

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from 2020 to 2024. Power has three siblings.

Career

Power registered the "CraftBattleDuty"

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channel on 19 March 2013. His early content primarily featured video game commentaries of ''

'', ''

'' and ''

''; his channel name comes from a concatenation of these three games. He was a member of the ''Minecraft'' group the Pack along with JeromeASF, Preston,

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, Woofless, and Bajan Canadian. His channel experienced substantial growth in popularity when he began playing ''

'' in 2017. In January 2019, his channel reached 10 million subscribers, becoming the first Australian gaming

to hit that milestone. In October 2019, during Fortnite's season-ending live event "The End", Power's

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on YouTube peaked at 198,976 concurrent viewers. On 29 October 2019, it was announced that Power had signed a deal with YouTube to stream exclusively on that platform; he had previously also streamed on

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. In June 2020, Power launched a professional

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''Fortnite'' team based in

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, called PWR, which later expanded to being a gaming, entertainment, and apparel brand. He had previously launched a merchandise brand, Power by Lachlan, in 2018. In October 2020, Power received his own ''Fortnite'' outfit as part of the Fortnite Icon Series.

Charitable work

In January 2019, Power participated in the charity

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event at the

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Fortnite Summer Smash. He partnered with actor

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at the

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Pro-Am in July 2019 and finished in 18th place; $20,000 donated to charity. In October 2019, Power donated $15,000 to

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, a fundraising drive taking action against

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by pledging to plant one tree for every dollar donated. In January 2020, Power did a charity live stream to raise money for the ongoing Australian bushfire relief effort and raised $34,849, which included a donation of $30,000 from streamer

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. That month, he partnered with

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to raise awareness for the

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(ICRC) by being one of the first to play the new ''Fortnite'' game mode "Liferun", where players take part in life-saving missions similar to those of the ICRC. In February 2020, Power won the second edition of the Fortnite Summer Smash Pro-Am, along with fellow Australian

Fresh and musician Enschway, with $30,000 being donated to charities of their choice.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Power, Lachlan 1995 births Australian Twitch (service) streamers Australian gaming YouTubers Let's Players Living people Minecraft YouTubers Mass media people from Brisbane Sidemen Charity Match players Australian male bloggers Australian video bloggers Video game commentators YouTube channels launched in 2013 YouTube vloggers YouTubers from Brisbane