Invictus Gaming

Invictus Gaming is the result of Wanda Enterprise director Wang Sicong acquiring Catastrophic Cruel Memory. The team was founded in August 2011 and has divisions for Dota 2, Starcraft 2, League of Legends, Hearthstone, Overwatch and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

The team is managed by former Catastrophic Cruel Memory SC2 players xiaOt and GoMax.

Their teamhouse was located in Beijing, before they moved to Shanghai. Created by the son of the 10th richest man in China, iG is envisioned as a fresh force to dominate the scene with both raw skill as well as an unprecedented level of professionalism and player compensation.

History

 * -|2019=
 * April 7th - JT- is loaned from Mineski while black.z moves to iG Vitality.
 * June 1st - doodle steps down from the active roster.
 * June 14th - zhizhizhi joins on loan from Team Serenity.
 * September 18th - Kaka joins the team. dogf1ghts's contract expires, he joins Royal Never Give Up. flyfly (zhizhizhi) becomes a full member.
 * -|2018=
 * January 2nd - BurNIng leaves to join Big God.
 * January 19th - Op is exchanged for Super from LGD.Forever Young. Super will play in upcoming qualifiers for Invictus Gaming.
 * February 3rd - Agressif and Srf join the team.
 * February 5th - GazEoD registers with Sun Gaming. Super returns to LGD.Forever Young.
 * July 27th - BurNIng says he is now coaching the team together with Lpc preparing for The International 2018.
 * September 10th - Xxs and BoBoKa leave to join Team Aster.
 * September 12th - A new roster is announced; Agressif decides to take a break. Srf and Q leave the team. ghost, Emo, InJuly, dogf1ghts, Oli and RedPanda join the team.
 * September 22nd - ghost and InJuly turns inactive, they are replaced by doodle and Last while RedPanda leaves.
 * November 9th - The new roster is officially confirmed.
 * -|2017=
 * July 4th - rOtK joins as a coach for The International 2017.
 * September 6th - BurNIng becomes inactive, GazEoD joins the team while coach rOtK leaves to join VGJ.Thunder.
 * November - Lpc is coaching iG.
 * -|2016=
 * 2016-01-20: Yuno from and XuaN begin playing with the team. Ferrari_430 and Luo become inactive, but do not leave the team.


 * 2016-03-19: The former players of (except for yCyK) become the new Invictus Gaming team.


 * 2016-08-28: Ferrari_430 leaves the team.


 * 2016-08-30: The team is temporarily disbanded.


 * 2016-09-17: The team reformed with BurNIng, Op, Xxs, Q and BoBoKa.


 * -|2015=
 * 2015-02-10: BurNIng joins the team.


 * 2015-03-05: June announces that he is leaving the team.


 * 2015-03-06: It is revealed that Faith will be rejoining the team.


 * 2015-09-01: Rabbit joins the team.


 * 2015-09-02: super joins the team while Faith leaves for TongFu.


 * 2015-09-03: BurNIng leaves to join Vici Gaming.


 * 2015-12-02: ChuaN leaves to join Newbee.


 * 2015-12-07: XDD joins the team and XuaN registers as a substitute.


 * -|2014=
 * 2014-02-20: iG announces a six-man roster. Hao leaves the team for NewBee, while Luo and ChuaN join.


 * 2014-03-09: Banana is transferred to NewBee.


 * 2014-07-24: After The International 2014, YYF announces his retirement from Dota 2.


 * 2014-08-26: Faith leaves the squad to join LGD and is replaced with June and chisbug.


 * 2014-12-24: chisbug leaves the team.


 * -|2013=
 * 2013-09-04: Zhou is traded to TongFu in exchange for Hao. Later that month, Banana also joined the team, and ChuaN was removed.


 * -|2012=
 * 2012-09-02: iG wins The International 2012, defeating reigning champions Natus Vincere 3-1 in the Grand Final.


 * -|2011=
 * 2011-08: Invictus Gaming is formed by Wang Sicong, the son of the 11th richest Chinese man, Wang Jianlin, aiming to reassemble electronic sports in China. In the next few days, CCM is purchased by iG for a fee of $6,000,000. iG.Z participate in The International 2011. xiao8 and ddc leave iG.Z after The International 2011 and are replaced by Awoke and Faith, in the first ever official transfer in Chinese e-sports. iG acquires their second DotA team in a controversial manner, in which they sign 4 players from LGD. Sharingan transfers from PanDa after a controversial blocking of Lanm's transfer by EHOME.


 * 2011-11-23: iG decides to merge 2 teams into 1 and drop 5 players.

iG.Z

 * Silver medal icon.svg WCG China (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg CPL Offline (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg E-Sports Champions League Season 3 (2011)

iG.Y

 * Gold medal icon.svg G-League 2011 Season 2 Shijiazhuang LAN Qualifier (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg Wuxi International eSports Champions Cup (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg Hold Cup (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg E-Sports Champions League Season 3 (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg GK99 Yougang Invitational Cup (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg World DotA Championship (2011)

iG

 * Gold medal icon.svg SMM Grand National DotA Tournament (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg E-Sports Champions League Season 4 (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg GIGABYTE RTS Xmas Fight (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg Hao Fang Golden League (2011)
 * Bronze medal icon.svg China Joy National Esports Championship (2011)
 * Gold medal icon.svg E-Sports Champions League Finals (2011)
 * Silver medal icon.svg Nvidia Gaming Festival 2012 (2012)