Darshan

Darshan Upadhyaya, better known mononymously as Darshan and as ZionSpartan, is a Canadian-born American League of Legends player who played professionally from 2012–2023. He is most known for his four-and-a-half-year tenure as Counter Logic Gaming's top laner from November 2014 to May 2019, a time during which CLG and ZionSpartan made both the 2015 World Championship and the 2016 World Championship. ZionSpartan and CLG also won the 2015 NALCS Summer Split as well as the 2016 NALCS Spring Split. From the start of his career to November 2015, Upadhyaya played under the screenname ZionSpartan; from November 2015–2019, he played under the screenname Darshan; in 2020 he resumed playing as ZionSpartan; and in 2021 he has returned to Darshan.

Darshan was elected the inaugural president of the LCS Players Association in 2018, a loose union-like advocacy organization that represents the interests of contracted players in the LCS, and held that that position until 2022 or 2023.

Personal life Upadhyaya was born on November 12, 1994, and is of Indian origin. He resided in Poway, California, before joining professional esports.

Upadhyaya announced on Twitter in November 2023 that he was retiring from eSports.

Tournament results

Counter Logic Gaming 1st – 2015 Summer NA LCS 12–13th – 2015 League of Legends World Championship 2nd – IEM X San Jose 1st – 2016 Spring NA LCS 2nd – 2016 Mid-Season Invitational 4th – 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season 4th – 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs