Trick (League of Legends player)

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Trick
Kim Gang-yun
Status Active
Nationality Republic of Korea
Current team G2 Esports
Role Jungler
League EU LCS
Games League of Legends
Professional career
Dec 2014 - Nov 2015 CJ Entus
Dec 2015 - present G2 Esports

Kim Gang-yun, (김강윤) better known as Aquaman, is a South Korean League of Legends player who is the jungler for G2 Esports of the European League of Legends Championship Series (EU LCS). He won the 2016 Spring EU LCS and 2016 Summer EU LCS with G2. In the latter he earned the split MVP award.

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G2 Esports European esports organisation

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Career

Kim "Trick" Gang-yun joined CJ Entus as a jungle substitute in December 2014. He played his first game in July 2015 against SBENU Sonicboom during SBENU Champions Summer 2015. He is currently a substitute for Ambition. CJ Entus placed third in the regular season but lost 3-0 to the KOO Tigers in the second round of playoffs. CJ had enough circuit points to qualify for the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals but they lost 3-2 to the Jin Air Green Wings. Trick did not play in playoffs or the regionals. Trick left the team in November. [1] [2]

CJ Entus

CJ Entus is a South Korean StarCraft II and League of Legends eSports team which is the works team of the CJ Group chaebol. Warcraft 3 and Special Force 2 teams have been discontinued. CJ Entus began as a StarCraft: Brood War team in 2001 as ProSuma. In April 2006, CJ Group obtained the team's naming rights and it began competing in the StarCraft Proleague. On May 24, 2012, CJ Entus began sponsoring a League of Legends team to compete in the Ongamenet The Champions (LCK) league.

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In late December, Trick moved to Europe to and joined G2 Esports of the EU LCS, as their new starting jungler, G2 also signed Emperor and YoungBuck as coach. [3] [4] The team quickly rose to prominence and recognition in the LCS, consistently tied for first place after each week, sometimes with H2k and sometimes also with Team Vitality, until the end of the split when they held first place with sole possession. With a quarterfinal bye, the playoffs also saw them strong, as they defeated both Fnatic and Origen 3-1 to win the season and secure an invitation to the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational. [5]

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Tournament results

G2 Esports

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References

  1. ↑ "CJ 엔투스 '트릭' 김강윤, 대리게임 스스로 진술... e스포츠 제재 받아 - 인벤 커뮤니케이션즈". 30 June 2015.
  2. ↑ "CJ 엔투스, 막내 삼총사와 결별". 5 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "G2 Trick, MSI, interview S6 - League of Legends".
  4. ↑ "G2 Esports signs Emperor, Trick, add YoungBuck as coach". 30 December 2015.
  5. ↑ Sport1.de,. "League of Legends MSI 2016: G2 Esports im Portrait".
  6. ↑ "The Mid-Season Invitational Power Rankings".

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