Nono

Nono, known off the Rift as Rim-Raimon Amanieu, is a French bot laner who has since retired from professional play. At 36 years of age, he stands among the elder statesmen of the French League of Legends community, a figure whose career spans back toward the earlier eras of the competitive scene when the game and its surrounding ecosystem were still finding their shape.

The Marksman Craft

As a bot laner, Nono occupied the role most commonly associated with the AD carry, the ranged damage dealer who scales into the primary damage source of the late game. It is a position defined by positioning discipline, patient farming, and the nerve to output damage while dancing at the edge of danger during teamfights. His champion pool captures that identity in full, featuring Ezreal, Vayne, Caitlyn, and Varus. Each represents a distinct flavor of the marksman archetype, from Ezreal’s poke-and-skirmish safety to Vayne’s late-game duelist ceiling, Caitlyn’s lane-dominant range, and Varus’s flexible mix of poke and burst.

Career and the French Scene

Nono’s identity is tied closely to O’Gaming, a name synonymous with the French-language League of Legends landscape. The French scene has long punched above its weight in shaping European esports culture, and players who came up through it were part of a community with its own broadcasters, personalities, and traditions. A marksman with a pool as varied as Nono’s would have offered his teams considerable draft flexibility, able to answer whatever the meta demanded, whether the game called for safe scaling or aggressive lane pressure.

A Veteran’s Legacy

Retirement is the natural conclusion for a player of Nono’s tenure, and at 36 he embodies the longevity that only a handful of competitors achieve in a discipline that skews so heavily toward youth. His breadth of signature champions, spanning the full spectrum of the bot lane role, speaks to a player who adapted across metas rather than clinging to a single comfort pick.

Veterans like Nono form an important part of any region’s history, the players whose careers connect the present scene to its formative years. For the French community in particular, his name carries the weight of that continuity, a reminder of the personalities and competitors who helped build the foundation on which newer generations now compete.