| Pollo | |
|---|---|
| Current team | |
| Team | Gentle Mates |
| Game | Fortnite |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Miguel Moreno |
| Born | (2008-05-08)May 8, 2008 (age 17) |
| Nationality | Mexican-American |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2020–present |
| Team history | |
| 2021–2022 | Assault |
| 2022–2023 | Xen |
| 2023 | Ignite Beyond |
| 2023 | FUSION |
| 2024 | Exceed |
| 2025–present | Gentle Mates |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Miguel Moreno (born May 8, 2008), better known asPollo is a Mexican-American professionalFortnite Battle Royale player.[1] Having won four FNCS titles, one of which being the 2024 FNCS Global Championship, he is widely regarded as one of the bestFortnite Battle Royale players of recent years.[2]
Playing on the North America West server, Moreno qualified for his firstFNCS grand finals in Chapter 2 Season 3. He wouldn't qualify for another until the 2021 FNCS Grand Royale, subsequently qualifying for the next three FNCS grand finals, albeit never placing higher than 15th.[3]
Moreno achieved his highest NA West FNCS placement in Chapter 4 Season 1, placing 2nd alongside Defiable, four points below Thorik and Alexander 'Boltz' Feyzjou.[4]
After the merger of servers NA East and West into NA Central for competitiveFortnite Battle Royale,[5] Moreno playedFNCS with Sphinx, placing 3rd in Chapter 4 Season 2 and qualifying for the 2023 FNCS Global Championship, earning $34,000 each.[6] The duo then placed 5th in Season 3's FNCS, earning $20,000 each;[1] in the Global Championship grand finals, they won the first match, but ended up placing 16th, splitting $30,000.
In 2024, playing withPeter 'Peterbot' Kata, Moreno placed second in Chapter 5 Season 1'sFNCS, earning them $45,000 each.[7] Then, in Chapter 5 Season 2, Moreno and Kata won all weekly Cash Cups leading up to the FNCS grand finals, which they won with a record-breaking point tally, qualifying them for the 2024 Global Championship. Moreno and Kata also won Chapter 5 Season 3's FNCS. Their two consecutive FNCS wins earned them $140,000 each.[8][9] In September 2024, winning five out of twelve games, Kata and Moreno also won the FNCS Global Championship, earning $200,000 each.[10] Kata and Moreno's performances in 2024 made them widely regarded as the two best players of the year.[11][12]
Following the competitive game mode switching to trios in late 2024, Moreno won his fourth FNCS in a row in Chapter 6 Season 1 withAbdullah 'Acorn' Akhras andAidan 'Ajerss' Bernero, splitting $180,000 and qualifying for the 2025 FNCS Global Championship.[13] In the beginning of Chapter 6 Season 2, Moreno played with Peter 'Peterbot' Kata andJoshua 'Cold' Butler, despite having already qualified to the Global Championship with Akhras and Bernero. Following a new rule forcing players qualified to the Global Championship to play FNCS with the trios they had qualified with, Moreno returned to his original trio.[14] Moreno, Akhras and Bernero went on to place 5th and 2nd in FNCS Seasons 2–3 respectively, losing the latter to Kata's trio by 3 points.[15][16] Despite being widely considered favorites to win the 2025 FCNS Global Championship,[17] Moreno's and Kata's trios placed 16th and 15th respectively.[18]
Moreno has been considered both a support player and a fragger.[14][19]