2020The arrival
Sin “Xero” Hyeok lands from the LCK on December 2, 2019 and rebuilds paiN around brTT and tinowns.
54.9%
28W 23L
#1Sett
11g · 54.5%
LeBlanc
10g · 80%
Renekton
10g · 80%
Thresh
9g · 44.4%
Aphelios
8g · 50%
paiN Gaming · 2019 — 2026
XERO
신혁 · Sin "Xero" Hyeok
He arrived from Korea on December 2, 2019. He left six and a half years later with two CBLOL titles, an MSI, a Worlds run, and every heartbeat of this line in between.
428games
240–188record
56.1%win rate
20splits
2CBLOL titles
10best streak
428 games as one pulse — rolling 20-game win rate. Gold marks: titles and international stages.
Seven seasons
Every year a chapter. Every chapter drafted around a champion.
December 2, 2019 — Xero lands in São Paulo
#12021Champions
CBLOL 2021 Split 1 champions. paiN carries Brazil to MSI 2021 in Reykjavík.
62.3%
38W 23L
#1Alistar
15g · 53.3%
Kai'Sa
13g · 69.2%
Syndra
12g · 50%
Leona
12g · 83.3%
Thresh
12g · 41.7%
2022Rebuild
A new five debuts — Wizer, Trigo, Damage and dyNquedo join CarioK.
59%
36W 25L
#1Nautilus
16g · 68.8%
Ahri
15g · 53.3%
Xin Zhao
14g · 71.4%
Jinx
14g · 57.1%
Aphelios
13g · 46.2%
2023The rivalry years
Season-long war with LOUD. 60% win rate, but the trophy slips away.
60.6%
40W 26L
#1Rakan
16g · 68.8%
Gnar
16g · 62.5%
Xayah
15g · 73.3%
Sejuani
14g · 64.3%
Ahri
14g · 64.3%
2024Champions again
CBLOL 2024 champions. paiN returns to Worlds and takes down Western giants on the big stage.
63%
51W 30L
#1Rell
19g · 52.6%
Maokai
15g · 80%
Jax
14g · 57.1%
Kalista
14g · 57.1%
K'Sante
13g · 84.6%
2025New league
The LTA Sul era begins. Three straight splits of playoff finals fights.
53.2%
33W 29L
#1Corki
12g · 25%
Alistar
11g · 54.5%
Rumble
9g · 66.7%
Miss Fortune
9g · 88.9%
Neeko
9g · 44.4%
2026The last dance
The hardest year. On August 13, 2026, after six and a half years, the era ends.
30.4%
14W 32L
#1Rumble
10g · 30%
Jarvan IV
9g · 22.2%
Corki
7g · 42.9%
Gnar
7g · 14.3%
Ahri
6g · 50%
August 13, 2026 — the era ends
The whole journey
Each point is the win rate of the 20 games just played — the team's form in that moment. Streaks spike, slumps dive. Drag to scrub through 428 games. Gold dashes mark the milestones.
10longest win streak · 2023-03
14hardest stretch · 2025-08
79.3%best split · 2024 Split 2
25%toughest split · 2026 Split 1
The draft room
Where Xero lived. What paiN took away — and what the league refused to leave up.
Banned by paiN
Senna
87x
Varus
80x
Nautilus
75x
Orianna
64x
Ashe
54x
Renekton
51x
Lucian
47x
Rumble
42x
Zeri
41x
Sejuani
40x
The respect bans — what opponents took from paiN
Kalista
79x
Maokai
77x
Lucian
76x
Jax
61x
Varus
57x
Jayce
57x
Gwen
47x
Caitlyn
46x
Azir
45x
Nautilus
45x
60.6%blue side · 188 games
52.5%red side · 240 games
57.6%win rate with first pick
54.7%win rate without it
The era in twelve champions
51.7%
Gnar
58 games
61.5%
Ahri
52 games
58.8%
Rell
51 games
56.9%
Alistar
51 games
50%
Azir
50 games
54.2%
Nautilus
48 games
66.7%
Rakan
48 games
58.5%
Ezreal
41 games
58.5%
Leona
41 games
56.1%
Jax
41 games
47.5%
Aphelios
40 games
57.5%
Lee Sin
40 games
Everyone who wore the jersey
24 players, one badge each: their most-played champion under Xero.
CarioK
2020–2026 · 403g · 57.1%
Maokai · 37g
Wizer
2022–2025 · 270g · 59.3%
Gnar · 39g
dyNquedo
2022–2025 · 220g · 60%
Ahri · 42g
Kuri
2024–2026 · 180g · 52.8%
Alistar · 24g
TitaN
2024–2025 · 143g · 58.7%
Kalista · 18g
tinowns
2020–2026 · 126g · 55.6%
Zoe · 18g
Robo
2020–2026 · 121g · 52.9%
Renekton · 15g
brTT
2020–2021 · 112g · 58.9%
Ezreal · 16g
Damage
2022–2023 · 94g · 58.5%
Nautilus · 17g
Bvoy
2023 · 66g · 60.6%
Xayah · 15g
Trigo
2022 · 61g · 59%
Jinx · 14g
Luci
2021 · 61g · 62.3%
Alistar · 15g
Roamer
2025 · 50g · 56%
Taliyah · 6g
ProDelta
2023 · 33g · 63.6%
Nautilus · 8g
Keine
2026 · 32g · 31.3%
Ahri · 5g
esA
2020 · 30g · 60%
Leona · 7g
Trigger
2026 · 25g · 32%
Corki · 6g
SeongHwan
2020 · 21g · 47.6%
Jarvan IV · 5g
Key
2020 · 21g · 47.6%
Alistar · 4g
Yang
2020 · 21g · 47.6%
Renekton · 6g
Boal
2026 · 16g · 37.5%
Rumble · 4g
Marvin
2026 · 12g · 25%
Ashe · 3g
Ceos
2026 · 9g · 33.3%
Bard · 2g
Hena
2026 · 9g · 33.3%
Ezreal · 2g
Rivalries
Head-to-head against the most-faced opponents of the era.
75.9%favorite prey · vs INTZ (29g)
44.3%nemesis · vs LOUD (70g)
Beyond Brazil
paiN under Xero on the international stage.
MSI 2021
international
2W 4L
WLDs 2024
international
5W 7L
EWC 2026
international
3W 4L
Games for the memory
fastest win
21.8 min vs KaBuM! Esports · 2021-08-01
longest battle
55.2 min vs LOUD — lost · 2023-04-02
bloodiest game
33–21 kills vs Vivo Keyd Stars — won · 2024-07-13
The era in absurd numbers
Six and a half years of paiN, totaled up and put next to the real world.
462,878
minions and monsters slain
5.9x a sold-out Maracanã (78,838 seats) — if every minion took a seat
132,690
CS by the bot laners alone
brTT, TitaN, Trigo, Bvoy and company farming a small city
52,031
wards placed
one ward every 16 seconds of stage time — 26,881 of them by the supports
235.8h
on the Rift
≈ 9 one-way flights São Paulo → Seoul, the route Xero flew in 2019
25,921,619
gold earned
enough to buy 7,513 Infinity Edges
6,262 / 15,236
kills / assists
765 double kills, 22 quadras — and 4 sacred pentakills
1,095 + 341
dragons + barons taken
2,749 towers and 437 inhibitors came down with them
54%
of games opened with first blood
231 times, paiN drew first — 23,237 enemy wards died along the way