Darshan Upadhyaya

Darshan Upadhyaya, better known mononymously as Darshan and as ZionSpartan, is a Canadian-born American League of Legends player who played professionally from 20122023. He is most known for his four and a half year long tenure as Counter Logic Gaming's top laner from November 2014May 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 20152019, he played under the screenname Darshan; in 2020 he resumed playing as ZionSpartan; and in 2021 he has returned to Darshan.

Darshan
Upadhyaya in 2016
Personal information
NameDarshan Upadhyaya
Born (1994-11-12) November 12, 1994
NationalityCanadian–American
Career information
GameLeague of Legends
Playing career2012–2023
RoleTop laner
Team history
2012Monomaniac eSports
2012–2013Team Dynamic
2013Good Game University
20132014Team Coast
2014Team Dignitas
20152019Counter Logic Gaming
2019–2020GGS Academy
2021–2022Cloud9 Academy
2023100 Thieves Challengers
Career highlights and awards

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 held that that position until 2022 or 2023.

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