Quick Facts
Biography
Darshan Upadhyaya, better known by his in-game name ZionSpartan and mononymously as Darshan, is a Canada-born American professional League of Legends player.He is most known for his four and a half year long tenure as Counter Logic Gaming's top laner from November 2014–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; and from 2020 to the present, he has resumed playing as ZionSpartan.
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 continues to hold that position as of 2020.As of 2020, ZionSpartan is currently the top laner for Golden Guardians Academy in the NA Academy League.
Early life
Darshan Upadhyaya resided in Poway, California before joining professional eSports.
While growing up, Upadhyaya was often called by his peers his in-game name, ZionSpartan.This was branded by the NALCS in a video titled "Even his teacher called him ZionSpartan."
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
