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Assault
Liquid Assault 2016
Background Information
NameClete LoRusso
Country of Birth
United States
BirthdayMarch 18
Residency
NA
North America
Competitive
RolePlayer
Social Media & Links
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Clete "Assault" LoRusso is a Halo esports player, previously a player for Status Quo. He is most well known for his time with OpTic Gaming and Status Quo.

Team History

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TeamStartEnd
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Dynastylogo stdDynasty≈Mar 2009≈2009-03-??≈Sep 2009≈2009-09-??≈6mo
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Swagger Like Uslogo stdSwagger Like Us≈Nov 2009≈2009-11-??≈Jan 2010≈2010-01-??≈2mo 2d
ejel
NA
Status Quologo stdStatus Quo≈Jan 2010≈2010-01-??≈Mar 2012≈2012-03-??≈2yr 1mo
ejel
NA
Carbonlogo stdCarbon≈Mar 2012≈2012-03-??≈Sep 2012≈2012-09-??≈6mo
ejel
NA
Believe the Hypelogo stdBelieve the Hype≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-??≈Apr 2013≈2013-04-??≈5mo
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NA
Believe the Hypelogo stdBelieve the Hype≈Jul 2013≈2013-07-??≈Aug 2013≈2013-08-??≈1mo
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NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic GamingNov 20142014-11-23Jan 20162016-01-241yr 2mo
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NA
Logo stdTriggers PoundJan 20162016-01-24Mar 20162016-03-031mo 10d
ejel
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9Mar 20162016-03-03≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-??≈29d
ejel
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam LiquidMay 20162016-05-13Jun 20162016-06-151mo 2d
ejel
NA
Str8 Rippinlogo stdStr8 Rippin≈Oct 2017≈2017-10-??≈Oct 2017≈2017-10-??≈22d
ejel
NA
Anaheim Pirateslogo stdAnaheim Pirates≈Nov 2018≈2018-11-??≈Dec 2019≈2019-12-??≈10d
ejel
NA
Status Quologo stdStatus Quo≈Dec 2018≈2018-12-08≈Apr 2019≈2019-04-??≈3mo 24d
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TeamStartEnd
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Dynastylogo stdDynasty≈Mar 2009≈2009-03-??≈Sep 2009≈2009-09-??≈6mo
ejel
NA
Swagger Like Uslogo stdSwagger Like Us≈Nov 2009≈2009-11-??≈Jan 2010≈2010-01-??≈2mo 2d
ejel
NA
Status Quologo stdStatus Quo≈Jan 2010≈2010-01-??≈Mar 2012≈2012-03-??≈2yr 1mo
ejel
NA
Carbonlogo stdCarbon≈Mar 2012≈2012-03-??≈Sep 2012≈2012-09-??≈6mo
ejel
NA
Believe the Hypelogo stdBelieve the Hype≈Nov 2012≈2012-11-??≈Apr 2013≈2013-04-??≈5mo
ejel
NA
Believe the Hypelogo stdBelieve the Hype≈Jul 2013≈2013-07-??≈Aug 2013≈2013-08-??≈1mo
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic GamingNov 20142014-11-23Jan 20162016-01-241yr 2mo
ejel
NA
Logo stdTriggers PoundJan 20162016-01-24Mar 20162016-03-031mo 10d
ejel
NA
Cloud9logo stdCloud9Mar 20162016-03-03≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-??≈29d
ejel
NA
Team Liquidlogo stdTeam LiquidMay 20162016-05-13Jun 20162016-06-151mo 2d
ejel
NA
Str8 Rippinlogo stdStr8 Rippin≈Oct 2017≈2017-10-??≈Oct 2017≈2017-10-??≈22d
ejel
NA
Anaheim Pirateslogo stdAnaheim Pirates≈Nov 2018≈2018-11-??≈Dec 2019≈2019-12-??≈10d
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NA
Status Quologo stdStatus Quo≈Dec 2018≈2018-12-08≈Apr 2019≈2019-04-??≈3mo 24d
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News

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Dynastylogo stdDynMarch (approx.), Assault, Enable, ThuggishKilla, and TrIcKsDaSaMuRiE join.
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Dynastylogo stdDynSeptember (approx.), APG and TiZoXiC join. Assault and MaxPro leave.
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Swagger Like Uslogo stdSLUNovember (approx.), Assault joins.
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Swagger Like Uslogo stdSLUJanuary (approx.), Assault leaves.
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Status Quologo stdsQJanuary (approx.), Assault and eNabLe join. Legend and Totz leave.
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Carbonlogo stdCbNMarch (approx.), Assault, Blaze, RyaNoob, Snip3down, and GH057ayame (Coach) join.
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Status Quologo stdsQMarch (approx.), Royal2 and SnakeBite join. AcE and Assault leave.
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Carbonlogo stdCbNSeptember (approx.), Assault, Blaze, RyaNoob, and Snip3down leave.
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Believe the Hypelogo stdBtHNovember (approx.), Assault and LethuL join. Clutch and Dersky leave.
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Believe the Hypelogo stdBtHApril (approx.), Dersky and eNabLe join. Assault and LethuL leave.
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Believe the Hypelogo stdBtHJuly (approx.), Assault and SnakeBite join. Blaze and LethuL leave.
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Believe the Hypelogo stdBtHAugust (approx.), AcE and Regicide join. Assault and SnakeBite leave.
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OpTic Gaminglogo stdOGNovember 23, Assault joins.
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Logo stdTRIGJanuary 24, Assault, Cloud, Danoxide, and Hysteria join.
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OpTic Gaminglogo stdOGJanuary 24, FearItSelf and Posey join. Assault leaves.
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Logo stdTRIGMarch 3, Assault, Cloud, Danoxide, and Hysteria leave.
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Cloud9logo stdC9March 3, Assault, Cloud, Danoxide, and Hysteria join.
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Cloud9logo stdC9April (approx.), Assault, Cloud, Danoxide, and Hysteria leave.
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Team Liquidlogo stdTLMay 13, Assault joins. aPG leaves.
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Team Liquidlogo stdTLJune 15, Danoxide joins. Assault leaves.
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Str8 Rippinlogo stdStr8October (approx.), Assault joins.
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Str8 Rippinlogo stdStr8October (approx.), Assault leaves.
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Anaheim Pirateslogo stdAPNovember (approx.), Assault joins. Druk leaves.
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Status Quologo stdsQDecember 8 (approx.), Ace, Assault, Flamesword, and Neighbor join.
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Anaheim Pirateslogo stdAPDecember (approx.), eL TowN joins. Assault leaves.
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Status Quologo stdsQApril (approx.), Ace, Assault, Flamesword, and Neighbor leave.

Biography

Clete LoRusso was born on March 18.

Halo 3

Clete "Assault" LoRusso begun his career as a member of Phobia at MLG Meadowlands 2008 with teammates Anthraax, Snuff Said and Squirrel, where they finished 16th. Snuff and Squirrel were subbed for Bradfox2 and Gilkey for San Diego where the group got 21st. He rejoined Snuff for Orlando now with Acid and Goodwill as a member of the Dirty Ghetto Kids, again securing 16th. He and Acid would attend Toronto and Dallas as members of Renegade, finishing 19th with Pilez and Woooly, before breaking into the top 8 with ThuggishKILLA and TricksDaSamurie.

Assault joined Dynasty with ThuggishKilla, TricksDaSamurie and Enable for MLG Meadowlands 2009 getting 17th. Thuggishkilla and TricksDaSamurie would then be swapped for Destin and Max/Pro for both Columbus and Dallas finishing 9th and 8th respectively. He would finish the year on Team Swagger Like Us with Thrust, Dersky and ZooWuu, getting top 8 in Anaheim and 11th in Orlando.

2010 saw Assault join Status Quo with Enable, Ace and Flamesword, to create a team that would last two full years. They came 4th in Orlando, Columbus and Raleigh before placing 7th in D.C.. They would end the year with a 2nd place performance in Dallas.

Halo: Reach

The same roster played at MLG Dallas 2011 and won, netting Assault his first tournament victory and only one to date. The roster then came in 7th at MLG Columbus 2011 before securing 2nd place in Anaheim. The group managed a 5th place showing in Raleigh and 4th in Orlando before ending the year with a 7th place finish in Providence.

Assault finally left Status Quo and joined Carbon for MLG Columbus 2012 with Blaze, Snip3down and Ryanoob, where they finished 7th/8th.

Halo 4

Assault attended the MLG Fall Championship 2012 as a member of Believe the Hype, placing top 8. This BtH roster returned at AGL 8 Knoxville and repeated their top 8 placing.

Halo 2: Anniversary

Assault was signed by OpTic Gaming in 2014. He attended Iron Games Columbus 2014 with the team and placed 3rd. The same roster attended UGC St. Louis 2015 and placed 4th. After replacing Aries with ContrA, OpTic Gaming placed 2nd in HCS Cups #6 and #7, before getting 3rd at Gamers For Giving 2015. OpTic then attended the season finals at PAX East 2015 where they finished a disappointing top 8.

OpTic underwent a roster change in the offseason, swapping out ContrA for Maniac. The new roster's first event together was Iron Games Atlanta 2015, where they finished 6th. They improved slightly on their placing at HCS Indianapolis, finishing 5th, but closed out the season with another 6th place finish at the HCS Season 2 Finals.

Halo 5: Guardians

Assault and OpTic were the only North American team invited to compete at the Gamescom Invitational 2015 four-team event. They were defeated in the first round by Supremacy, finishing in the bottom two. Ace then left the team and was replaced by StelluR. After 4 NA Qualifying cups for the Halo World Championship 2016, Assault left OpTic to form Triggers Pound alongside Cloud, Hysteria and Danoxide. Triggers Pound was eventually signed by Cloud9 and qualified for Worlds with a top 8 finish at the Halo World Championship NA Regional Finals 2016. At Worlds, Cloud9 were upset by the European Epsilon eSports, finishing top 16, the only North American team to not make it out of the group stage. The organization dropped the team shortly after. Assault then joined Team Liquid as coach of a roster including APG, StelluR, Eco and Spartan. Assault soon found himself on the active roster when APG was injured with a concussion, and the team qualified for the Summer 2016 Pro League with him. After a rocky start to the season, Assault was dropped from Liquid.

Trivia

Achievements

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Minimum place
Tournament tier
Assault Tournament Results
DatePlPrizeEventRoster
2019-03-174$10,000$ 10,000$10,000 HCS Invitational 2019Status Quologo stdsQ Flamesword •  Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault
2019-02-175 - 8 Beyond Classic $2000 4v4 Variant 2019-02-17Status Quologo stdsQ Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault •  BesT MaN
2019-02-084 UGC Winter Series 2019 Week 1Status Quologo stdsQ Flamesword •  Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault
2019-01-135 - 6$1,200$ 1,200$1,200 UGC Halo Classic 2019Status Quologo stdsQ Flamesword •  Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault
2018-12-293 UGC Halo Classic 2019 Qualifier 6Status Quologo stdsQ Flamesword •  Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault
2018-12-285 - 8 UMG Gaming Prime $500 4v4 Variant 2018-12-28Status Quologo stdsQ Flamesword •  Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault
2018-12-222 UGC Halo Classic 2019 Qualifier 5Status Quologo stdsQ Flamesword •  Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault
2018-12-155 - 8 UGC Halo Classic 2019 Qualifier 3Status Quologo stdsQ Flamesword •  Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault
2018-12-142 UGC Halo Classic 2019 Qualifier 2Status Quologo stdsQ Flamesword •  Ace •  Neighbor •  Assault
2018-12-083 - 4$125$ 125$125 UGC Halo Classic 2019 Qualifier 1Anaheim Pirateslogo stdAP Str8 SicK •  Aries •  Commonly •  Assault Callous
Total Prize:USD 11,325

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