VortiX

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Player Information

Name:

Juan Moreno Durán

Birth:

September 10, 1993 (age 24)

Country:

Spain

Approx. Total Earnings:

$14,699

Common Team Role(s):

Carry

Links

History

2014-08-15 - 2015-03-24

El NeXo

2015-03-24 - 2016-01-13

Team Liquid

2017-06-18 - 2018-04-15

Bushido eSports

Juan "VortiX" Moreno Durán is a competitive Heroes of the Storm player from Spain. He was active in Warcraft III and Starcraft II before switching to Heroes, and he is the younger brother of LucifroN, another Spanish progamer. Lastly he played on Bushido eSports, a team created by his brother "Ryo" in 2017.

Overview[edit]

Playing WarCraft III as Undead and despite being very young, VortiX managed to qualify for ESWC 2010 world finals and Blizzcon European Regional Finals 2009. In StarCraft II, he was considered one of the best non-Korean Zerg players. He won offline tournaments such as Thor Open 2012 in Sweden and made very good performances in the WCS Europe Premier League, reaching consistently the final stages in every season. He also won several online tournaments.

He switched from StarCraft II to Heroes of the Storm on August 2014, during the Alpha phase of the game and went on to form team El NeXo, which would later be acquired by Team Liquid, team for which he competed for almost a year. In this period, Team Liquid obtained several podiums, most notably they won three Dreamhack championships and finished second in another one, and they won the WCA europe.

In 13th January 2016, Despite being one of the most notable players in the European scene and being an important part of one of the best teams he decided to quit Heroes of the Storm citing lack of interest for the game and went back to play Starcraft II for Team Liquid.^[1]

Trivia[edit]

He played Undead in WarCraft III.
He played Zerg in StarCraft II for mousesports and Millenium.
Had the most consecutive top 16 finishes in the WCS Europe or WCS America Premier Leagues before the WCS unification in 2015.
He is the brother of the progamer LucifroN.
He studies computer science.
Can solve a Rubik's Cube in under 30 seconds.
Is a Real Madrid fan despite the Duran family living in Barcelona.

Achievements[edit]

Date	Placement	Tier		Result	Prize
2015
2015-11-27	A22nd	A2Major	DreamHack All-Stars - Winter Clash 2015	1 : 3	$ 7,500
2015-11-19	A11st	A3Minor	Fragbite Masters Heroes of the Storm Tournament	3 : 2	$ 4,700
2015-10-03	A55 - 6th	A1Premier	2015 HWC - Europe Championship	1 : 2	$ 3,000
2015-08-23	A11st	A2Major	2015 HWC - August Europe Open	2 : 1	$ 8,500
2015-08-09	A11st	A2Major	WCA 2015 - Europe Pro Qualifier	2 : 0	$ 10,838
2015-07-16	A11st	A2Major	Turtle Beach DreamHack All-Stars - Valencia 2015	3 : 0	$ 7,500
2015-06-14	A11st	A2Major	Turtle Beach DreamHack All-Stars - Summer 2015	3 : 0	$ 5,000
2015-06-07	A11st	A3Minor	Enter The Storm - Europe Cup #2	3 : 0	$ 3,000
2015-04-26	A11st	A2Major	PGL Spring Champions of the Storm 2015	3 : 1	$ 5,500
2015-04-12	A11st	A3Minor	Enter The Storm - Europe Cup #1	3 : 0	$ 2,000
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