Dyrus

Marcus Hill (born March 30, 1992), better known as Dyrus, is an American Twitch streamer and former professional player of the multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game League of Legends. Dyrus was the top laner for Team SoloMid (TSM) for most of his professional League of Legends career. With TSM, he won several LCS titles and appeared at several World Championships. He retired from professional play after the 2015 World Championship, although he briefly returned to play in 2017.

Career Dyrus began playing League of Legends in its beta phase. Dyrus' favorite champion is Singed, with which he acquired rank 1 in the beta phase. Dyrus' career started out as a support for one of the first competitive teams in the League of Legends professional scene, All or Nothing. Following the disbandment of All or Nothing, Dyrus joined Epik Gamer as their top laner. Dyrus gained exposure following his decision to start streaming on Twitch Prior to his signing, Dyrus had already been living in the TSM gaming house. With Dyrus' former team's blessing, Dyrus resigned from Epik Gamer and has been playing as the top laner for Team SoloMid.

Dyrus and teammate Xpecial were selected for North American team at the May 2013 all-star League of Legends tournament in Shanghai.

Dyrus and TSM won the 2014 Spring split and the 2014 Summer split. In the 2015 Spring NA LCS, Dyrus helped TSM win the regular season and the playoffs. Team SoloMid was the winner of the Intel Extreme Masters Season IX Katowice World Finals. They defeated Team WE 3 to 0 in the finals.

Winning the 2015 Spring LCS granted them one of six invitations to the 2015 Mid-Season Invitational in the inaugural year for the event. TSM finished in 5th place at the event. In the summer split, TSM finished in 2nd place being defeated by Counter Logic Gaming in the playoffs.

At the 2015 League of Legends World Championship, TSM was placed in Group D which consisted of Origen, LGD Gaming, and KT Rolster known as the "Group of Death". TSM finished fourth place in its group and was unable to progress further. After TSM faced their last game at the tournament against LGD, Dyrus retired and was given a standing ovation for his contribution to TSM.

Hill returned to professional play in June 2017, joining Echo Fox Challenger team Delta Fox to compete in the North America Challenger Series (NA CS). The team disbanded competitively after the NA CS league ended later in the year.

Personal life Marcus Hill was born on March 30, 1992, and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. His mother is Chinese-American while his father is of British-American descent. Dyrus went into professional League of Legends despite the wishes of his father, Mark Hill, who wanted him to work for the family plumbing business. On June 29, 2016, Dyrus announced his relationship with Emiru, a Twitch streamer. In November 2020 they officially broke up.

Notable tournament placements

2011 2011 Date Location Event Result Placement 2011-11-20 Busan, South Korea 2011 World Cyber Games Grand Finals Chicks Dig Elo 2 : 1 exGameburg Team 1st 2011-11-20 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S. 2011 MLG Providence Epik Gamer 2 : 4 Team SoloMid 2nd 2011-10-09 Atlantic City, New Jersey, U.S. IGN ProLeague Season 3 - Atlantic City Epik Gamer 1 : 2 Team Dignitas 2nd 2011-09-24 online Sound Blaster Nations Championship Team USA 0 : 2 Team Canada 2nd 2011-08-27 Raleigh, U.S. 2011 MLG Pro Circuit Epik Gamer 0 : 2 Counter Logic Gaming 2nd

2012 2012 Date Location Event Result Placement 2012-12-09 online SoloMid Series - Week 6 Team SoloMid 2 : 1 Team Curse 1st 2012-10-28 online SoloMid Series - Week 2 Team SoloMid 2 : 0 Orbit Gaming 1st 2012-10-21 online SoloMid Series - Week 1 Team SoloMid 2 : 1 Orbit Gaming 1st 2012-09-23 online Solomid NA Invitational 10 Team SoloMid 0 : 2 Monomaniac eSports 2nd 2012-09-10 online Solomid NA Invitational 8 Team SoloMid win : forfeit Team Curse 1st 2012-09-02 Los Angeles, U.S. Season 2 North American Regional Finals Team SoloMid 2 : 0 Team Dignitas 1st 2012-08-19 online Solomid NA Invitational 7 Team SoloMid 1 : 2 Team Curse 2nd 2012-08-12 San Francisco, California, U.S. IPL Face Off: San Francisco Showdown Team SoloMid 3 : 0 Team Curse 1st 2012-08-08 online Solomid NA Invitational 6 Team SoloMid 2 : 0 mTw North America 1st 2012-08-05 New York City, New York, U.S. 2012 MLG Pro Circuit/Summer/Arena Team SoloMid 0 : 2 Azubu Blaze 2nd 2012-06-17 Pomona, California, U.S. GIGABYTE Esports LAN Team SoloMid 2 : 0 CLG Black 1st 2012-06-10 Anaheim, California, U.S. 2012 MLG Pro Circuit/Spring Team SoloMid 2 : 1 Counter Logic Gaming 1st 2012-06-03 online/offline Reign of Gaming International Invitational Team SoloMid 2 : 1 Epik Gamer 1st 2012-05-28 online Solomid NA Tournament Circuit Team SoloMid 4 : 2 Team Dynamic 1st 2012-04-08 Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. IGN ProLeague Season 4 - Las Vegas Team SoloMid 2 : 0 Counter Logic Gaming 1st 2012-04-01 online Leaguecraft ggClassic Team SoloMid 2 : 0 4 Not Fire 1st 2012-03-16 online Fatal1ty Gaming Gear League of Legends Tournament Team SoloMid 2 : 1 Just Your Average Joes 1st

2013 2013 Date Location Event Result Placement 2013-09-02 Seattle, U.S. LCS North America Season 3 Summer Playoffs Team SoloMid 0 : 3 Cloud9 2nd 2013-04-28 Los Angeles, U.S. LCS North America Season 3 Spring Playoffs Team SoloMid 3 : 2 Team Coast 1st

2014 2014 Date Location Event Result Placement 2014 Los Angeles, California, U.S. LCS North America Season 4 Spring Season 2nd 2014-04-20 Los Angeles, California, U.S. LCS North America Season 4 Spring Playoffs Team SoloMid 0 : 3 Cloud9 2nd 2014-09-01 Seattle, Washington, U.S. LCS North America Season 4 Summer Playoffs Team SoloMid 3 : 2 Cloud9 1st

2015 2015 Date Location Event Result Placement 2015-04-20 Los Angeles, U.S. NA LCS 2015 Spring Season 1st 2015-04-20 Los Angeles, U.S. NA LCS 2015 Spring Playoffs Team SoloMid 3 : 0 Cloud9 1st