Watch out gamers, Cloud9’s Zach “Sneaky” Scuderi is at it again. This time, he’s cosplaying as Kai’Sa from Riot Games’ League of Legends idol group K/DA.
On Tuesday evening, Sneaky posted a photoshoot featuring him with fellow cosplayers Hana Bunny and his girlfriend Esther Lynn. The post features three photos taken by photographer and cosplayer Daniel Huang: two of which showing off Sneaky’s crossplay, and one featuring all three models together. Crossplay, for the uninitiated, is when a person cosplays as a character of another gender.
“I couldn’t fly with these jets 😡,” Sneaky teases in the post. Two days later, the tweet has gained over 4,500 retweets and 23,700 likes.
K/DA Kaisa cosplay 🎤
— Zach Scuderi (@Sneaky) January 29, 2019
Ahri: @estherlynnhhj
Eve: @squishubunny
Photos: @danielhoangCCG
I couldn’t fly with these jets 😡 pic.twitter.com/1HflvmUyTJ
Bunny and Lynn shared their own photosets too, both of which include shots with Sneaky. Collectively, their two tweets earned over 900 retweets and 6,900 likes. The Daily Dot reached out to Sneaky for comment and is awaiting his response.
✨K/DA Ahri ✨
— Lynn (@lynnliliaxiv) January 29, 2019
Super happy to work with the best people for this set💕
Ahri: Me
Kai’Sa: @Sneaky
Evelynn: @squishubunny
Photo: @danielhoangCCG Edit: @squishubunny Tail: @iammagicmatt Cosplay: Tokkitan pic.twitter.com/K9bE7ONtKX
https://twitter.com/squishubunny/status/1090359686543491073
Predictably, the gaming community fell in love with Sneaky’s cosplay. Over the past few years, Sneaky has become incredibly skilled at crossplay, to the point where he passes as a woman in his shoots. Without any prior knowledge that Sneaky is Kai’Sa, one would easily assume a woman was cosplaying as her.
That point doesn’t seem to be lost on Sneaky’s fans.
https://twitter.com/StarkyV94/status/1090392680469798912
— sylic (@Sylic_3) January 30, 2019
ty for the content sir pic.twitter.com/HhegZKdVqs
— 🇵🇸 Supersonic SZN (@SolitudeRain_) January 30, 2019
AAAAAAAAA pic.twitter.com/fsxEuuMJ58
— Potato Godzilla – 可愛い怪獣 🌻 (@potato2307) January 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/RDALIANln/status/1090413062748696577
Some straight men are having an identity crisis over Sneaky’s look.
— Braisépic (@BraisTurbo) January 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/sadghoulishboy/status/1090397505425002496
Other Twitter users are admiring his sheer cosplaying skills.
The arch tho 👀 sneaky is evolving pic.twitter.com/wtefPQkUa8
— 🦋 Kenzie 🦋 (@Kenziereelgril) January 30, 2019
https://twitter.com/leahroseFTW/status/1090914762064424962
Y’all becoming too powerful, Thanos is shaking.
— Neko / Nyko 🤙🍉 (@OhItsNeko) January 29, 2019
But most posters are just thirsty for Sneaky. Really, really thirsty.
— Yara (@TorreArtaxerxes) January 29, 2019
https://twitter.com/gaeretard/status/1090398409104666624
— 🦩ǝᴉsoɹ @ 🍔🎀🍀 (@hecticcafe_rec) January 29, 2019
— Bradley (@Memersticks) January 29, 2019
— hot fry man (@Fatjammin) January 29, 2019
For the record, Sneaky’s fellow Cloud9 team members and coaches approve of his cosplaying antics, with many joining in on a thread saying “you’re so hot brother.”
Nice one
— Reapered (@Reapered) January 30, 2019
You’re so hot brother
— Cloud9 (@Cloud9) January 29, 2019
You’re so hot brother
— Kumo (@KumoLoL) January 30, 2019
As for more photos from the K/DA cosplay session, Sneaky plans to upload an exclusive photoshoot to his Patreon in February. Paying $10 or more per month gives users access to his monthly exclusive shoots. Based on his current skills crossplaying, it’s clearly worth the price.
