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Ambition
GEN Ambition 2022
Background Information
NameKang Chan-yong (강찬용)
Country of Birth
South Korea
BirthdayOctober 27, 1992 (age 31)
Residency
KR
Korea
Competitive
TeamRiot Games Inc.logo stdRiot Games Inc.
Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
Role
Streamer
Favorite Champs


Soloqueue IDsKR: CJ Entus 엠비션
Azubu B Ambition
MiG Ambition
midkingking
Arnbition
CJ Ambition
I am not magnet
강찬밥
maengsdog
꿈꾸지오오
강찬밥
Social Media & Links
Infobox Facebook Fanpagelogo std
Infobox Instagramlogo std
Infobox Livestreamlogo std
Infobox Twitterlogo std
Infobox Youtubelogo std

Kang "Ambition" Chan-yong (Hangul: 강찬용) is a League of Legends esports player, currently analyst for Riot Games Inc. and streamer for Gen.G.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
KR
Azubu Blazelogo stdAzubu Blaze
≈Nov 2011≈2011-11-??Feb 20132013-02-04[1]≈1yr 3mo
ejel
KR
CJ Entus Blazelogo stdCJ Entus Blaze
Feb 20132013-02-04[4]Dec 20142014-12-02[3]1yr 9mo
ejel
KR
CJ Entuslogo stdCJ Entus
Dec 20142014-12-02[7]Nov 20152015-11-30[6]11mo 28d
ejel
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSamsung Galaxy
Nov 20152015-11-30[9]Nov 20172017-11-30[8]2yr
ejel
KR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV eSports
Nov 20172017-11-30[11]May 20182018-05-03[10]5mo 3d
ejel
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
May 20182018-05-03[13]Nov 20182018-11-15[12]6mo 12d
ejel
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
Dec 20192019-12-02[14]Present4yr 3mo
ej
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiot Games Inc.
Jan 20242024-01-13[15]Present2mo 2d
ej
TeamStartEnd
KR
MiG Blazelogo stdMiG Blaze
≈Nov 2011≈2011-11-??Jun 20122012-06-22[16]≈7mo 21d
ejel
KR
Azubu Blazelogo stdAzubu Blaze
Jun 20122012-06-22[16]Feb 20132013-02-04[1]7mo 12d
ejel
KR
CJ Entus Blazelogo stdCJ Entus Blaze
Feb 20132013-02-04[4]Dec 20142014-12-02[3]1yr 9mo
ejel
KR
CJ Entuslogo stdCJ Entus
Dec 20142014-12-02[7]Nov 20152015-11-30[6]11mo 28d
ejel
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSamsung Galaxy
Nov 20152015-11-30[9]Nov 20172017-11-30[8]2yr
ejel
KR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV eSports
Nov 20172017-11-30[11]May 20182018-05-03[10]5mo 3d
ejel
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
May 20182018-05-03[13]Nov 20182018-11-15[12]6mo 12d
ejel
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
Dec 20192019-12-02[14]Present4yr 3mo
ej
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiot Games Inc.
Jan 20242024-01-13[15]Present2mo 2d
ej

News

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  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2024
KR
MiG Blazelogo stdMiG.BNovember (approx.), MiG Blazelogo stdMiG Blaze is formed.
FantasyStar,
Helios,
Ambition,
CaptainJack,
Lustboy, Onair (Head Coach), and Kezman (Coach) join.
KR
Azubu Blazelogo stdAZBJune 22, German media group Azubu sponsors both MiG teams, changing this teams name from MiG Blazelogo stdMiG Blaze to Azubu Blazelogo stdAzubu Blaze.[16][17]
KR
Azubu Blazelogo stdAZBFebruary 4,
Flame,
Helios,
Ambition,
Cpt Jack,
Lustboy, Onair (Head Coach), and Kezman (Coach) leave.[1][2]
KR
CJ Entus Blazelogo stdCJBFebruary 4,
Flame,
Helios,
Ambition,
Cpt Jack,
Lustboy, Onair (Head Coach), fOru (Coach), and Kezman (Coach) join.
[4][5]
KR
CJ Entus Blazelogo stdCJBDecember 2, Team disbands.
Flame,
Ambition, Onair (Head Coach), fOru (Coach), and Kezman (Coach) leave.[3]
KR
CJ Entuslogo stdCJDecember 2, Team is reformed as a single team.
Shy,
Ambition,
Trick,
CoCo,
Roar,
MadLife,
Max, Onair (Head Coach), and Kezman (Coach) join.

Space and fOru (Coach) rejoin.
[7]
KR
CJ Entuslogo stdCJNovember 30, Reach (Head Coach) and Cain (Coach) join.
Ambition and
CoCo leave.[6]
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSGNovember 30,
Ambition joins.
[9]
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSGNovember 30,
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and January (Director) leave.[8]
KR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSVNovember 30,
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), and TrAce (Coach) join.
[11]
KR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSVMay 3,
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ,
Life, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) leave.[10]
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGENMay 3,
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) join.

Life joins as trainee.
[13]
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGENNovember 15,
Ambition and
Crown leave.[12]
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGENDecember 2, Ambition (Streamer) rejoins.[14]
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiotJanuary 13, Ambition (Analyst) and CuVee (Analyst) join. MadLife (Analyst) rejoins. KaKAO (Analyst) and MaRin (Analyst) leave.[15]

Biography[]

Kang "Ambition" Chan-yong was born in Seoul and currently lives in Ilsan. He was 9 years old when he started gaming, and he played StarCraft for a decade. When he started to hear that League of Legends might overtake Starcraft in popularity, he switched over and started playing seriously around the time of Nocturne's release. At first he played primarily AD Carry, focusing on VayneSquareVayne, but he switched to mid lane when he joined his first competitive team.

Season 2[]

Ambition's professional career began when he joined MiG Blaze in November of 2011. In the first season of Champions, Blaze upset their sister team, Frost, in a clean 3-0 sweep. In June 2012, both teams were sponsored by Azubu and were renamed to Azubu Blaze and Azubu Frost. Blaze then attended their first international tournament, MLG Summer Arena, where they dominated the competition, sweeping fan favorites Team SoloMid 3-0 in the finals. Blaze would soon attend Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 where they were beaten in the semifinals by Frost 3-2 and would subsequently lose the third-place match to NaJin Sword 2-0. Blaze qualified for the Season 2 Korea Regional Finals but they lost to Sword again in the finals 3-2. A month later they would attend the 2012 MLG Fall Championship with Shy as their top lane sub. They dropped 2-0 to Sword in the 4th round but came back in the loser's bracket to beat Sword in two straight sets, taking it 4-1. Their next tournament was IPL 5 where they came in as favorites. Blaze was seeded into the loser's bracket after a poor group stage and then they lost in the 3rd round 2-1 to Moscow 5. At the start of 2013, Blaze went to IEM Katowice where they would drop to Gambit Gaming 2-0 in the finals.

Season 3[]

At the start of the season, Blaze played in OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 where they placed 4th again after losing two 3-2 sets to Frost and then being swept 3-0 by KT Rolster B. A week later both Blaze and Frost would depart Azubu to join CJ Entus and rename themselves CJ Entus Blaze and CJ Entus Frost respectively. Blaze was invited to IEM Season VII - World Championship where they took the whole tournament 3-1 against Frost. Ambition was voted in as the mid laner for Korea at All-Star Shanghai 2013 and they beat the Chinese team 2-0 to win Korea another spot at the Season 3 World Championship. Blaze went back to Korea to finish the OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 playoffs where they lost 3-0 to MVP Ozone in one of the biggest upsets in League of Legends history. Blaze's next tournament was HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 where they had their worst result yet, dropping out in the quarterfinals 3-2 to the KT Rolster Bullets. They still qualified for the Season 3 Korea Regional Finals but they were swept 3-0 in the first round by the Bullets. Before the next season started, they qualified for WCG 2013 where they beat OMG 2-0 in the finals, winning the tournament and not dropping a single game.

2014 Season[]

At the beginning of the 2014 season, Blaze attended PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 where they once again dropped out of the quarters, losing 3-1 to the Bullets. They performed better at HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014, where they placed fourth after losing 3-2 to NaJin White Shield and then 3-2 to Samsung Ozone. In the final OGN of the season, HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014, Blaze didn't even make it to the group stage, their worst result yet.

2015 Season[]

Due to changes to the OGN rules, Blaze and Frost were forced to merge, creating CJ Entus. Ambition was replaced in the mid lane by CoCo but he roleswapped to the jungle and became the starting jungler for the team. They were invited to IEM Katowice in March 2015. They finished in 5th/6th place, after defeating Gambit Gaming but then losing to Team SoloMid and Team WE. CJ participated in SBENU Champions Spring 2015 where they lost in the semifinals 3-2 to SK Telecom T1. Trick was called up to the starting roster prior to the start of SBENU Champions Summer 2015 to share the starting jungle position with Ambition. CJ placed third in the regular season of Champions Summer but lost 3-0 to the KOO Tigers in the second round of the 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.

2016 Preseason[]

CJ played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 3-0 in the finals to Ever. Ambition left CJ Entus in November to join Samsung Galaxy as their new jungler.

2016 Season[]

During the 2016 LCK Spring Season, Samsung Galaxy went 10-8 in sets overall. After looking like they could clinch the fifth and final seed for the Spring Playoffs, Samsung Galaxy were unfortunately denied by the surging Afreeca Freecs, who beat them by the game score tiebreaker, giving Samsung sixth place for the split.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, Samsung stayed a top four team throughout the split, notably taking a 2-0 series win against the ROX Tigers, one of two teams to do so. However consistent they were against the teams below them, Samsung rarely won against the three teams above them - ROX Tigers, SK Telecom T1, and KT Rolster. They managed to take fourth place with a 12-6 series record, seeding them into the first round of the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs. Though they summarily defeated the Afreeca Freecs in the first round, they were matched against KT Rolster, a team who they had never managed to beat post-S4 in the LCK era, and they were swept 3-0, giving them fourth place in the season. Their accumulated points gave them enough to qualify as the second seed in the 2016 Season Korea Regional Finals. In a rematch against the Afreeca Freecs, Samsung managed to beat the Freecs 3-1, moving up to the finals in a rematch against KT Rolster. Samsung upset the heavy favorites 3-2, breaking a 19 game losing streak and giving them the third seed to worlds.

At the 2016 Season World Championship, Samsung were drawn into Group D along with NA's Team SoloMid, China's Royal Never Give Up, and Europe's Splyce.They made it into the play off and by defeating Albus NoX and H2K they managed to make it finals, where they faced there biggest enemy yet SK Telecom T1 and lost 3-2, giving SKT there third Worlds win and second consecutive win (2015-2016) at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

Trivia[]

  • As a result of his consistent performance, he was selected as the mid-laner for the Korean team at All-Star Shanghai 2013 which his team won.
  • Considered the most consistent Mid-laner in all of Korea.
  • In March 2012, his favorite champions were SorakaSquareSoraka and CassiopeiaSquareCassiopeia.[18]
  • Famous for his brusque face and scary-looking smile, which made him a distorted character of "swinging the bat toward his team mates when he feels anger." This is also due to his resemblance to Korean murderer Lee Ho-sung (이호성), who was once a famous baseball player.
  • He thinks the performance of Mid-laners in Korea are still underestimated, compared to that of other regions.[19]
  • Was once ranked second on NA solo queue.
  • After the finals of OGN Spring 2013 he fell into a slump during the Summer season but the recent Winter season in 2013 - 2014 is regarded as his break through season.
  • Was a part of MiG Blaze when they won the first ever OGN season.
  • Reached 1000 Kills in the LCK on July 26, 2018.[20]
  • In his SSG skin, Jarvan IV, he dedicated his return to base first to his favorite sport (baseball) and second to wife by first taking out a baseball bat and then turning it into a bouquet of flowers delivered between wedding bells.
  • He was featured in "RISE" - Worlds 2018 promotional music video as a main character.
  • He is married to Maeng Sol-ji since 2017.[21]

Pentakills

DateRegionTournamentTeamVsChampionPosW/LKDASBVOD
2013-04-13
KR
Korea
Champions 2013 SpringCJ Entus Blazelogo stdKT Rolster Alogo std
Kha'Zix
MidW14/3/12LinkLink
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Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Minimum place

Ambition Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2020-09-262 Ambition League
1 : 3Gen.G Academylogo stdGEN.A
Logo stdLEGE Thal,  Ambition,  Crown,  Sangyoon,  MadLife
2018-10-1413 - 16 Worlds 2018
1 - 5Blanklogo stdRR
Gen.Glogo stdGEN CuVee,  Haru,  Ambition,  Crown,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar
2018-09-161 Korea Regional Finals 2018
3 : 0Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
Gen.Glogo stdGEN CuVee,  Ambition,  Haru,  Fly,  Crown,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar,  TrAce
2018-08-125 LCK 2018 Summer Playoffs
0 : 2Afreeca Freecslogo stdAF
Gen.Glogo stdGEN CuVee,  Ambition,  Fly,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar,  TrAce
2018-08-094 LCK 2018 Summer
13 - 5Blanklogo stdRR
Gen.Glogo stdGEN CuVee,  Mong,  Ambition,  Haru,  Fly,  Crown,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar,  TrAce
2018-03-315 LCK 2018 Spring Playoffs
1 : 2SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV CuVee,  Ambition,  Crown,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar,  TrAce
2018-03-255 LCK 2018 Spring
9 - 9Blanklogo stdRR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV CuVee,  Ambition,  Haru,  Crown,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar,  TrAce
2017-12-093 - 4 All-Star 2017 Los Angeles
1 : 2LPL Allstarslogo stdLPL
LCK Allstarslogo stdLCK CuVee,  Ambition,  Faker,  PraY,  GorillA,  H-Dragon
2017-12-023 - 4 KeSPA Cup 2017
1 : 2KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG CuVee,  Haru,  Ambition,  Crown,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar,  TrAce
2017-11-041 Worlds 2017
3 : 0SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSG CuVee,  Ambition,  Haru,  Crown,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar
Ambition 1v1 Tournament Results
DatePlEventPrizeTeamLast Result
2015-03-084The Solo King Korean 1v1 Tournament¥5,000CJ Entuslogo stdCJ0 : 2 ⁠KT Rolsterlogo stdssumday

Media[]

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  • 2020

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2018-08-01LCK 2018 Summer
Bbq Oliverslogo stdbbq
vs
Gen.Glogo stdGEN
Link
2018-07-26LCK 2018 Summer
Gen.Glogo stdGEN
vs
Griffin (Korean Team)logo stdGRF
Link
2018-07-18LCK 2018 Summer
Gen.Glogo stdGEN
vs
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
Link
2018-03-07LCK 2018 Spring
Bbq Oliverslogo stdbbq
vs
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV
Link
2018-01-30LCK 2018 Spring
MVPlogo stdMVP
vs
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV
Link
2018-01-18LCK 2018 Spring
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJAG
vs
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV
Link
2018-01-16LCK 2018 Spring
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
vs
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV
Link

Images[]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 아주부 코리아, 소속 LOL팀 프로스트, 블레이즈 계약 만료 “다음을 기약하며” (Korean) inven.co.kr
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 프로스트-블레이즈 CJ 입단, ‘인섹’ 등 기존 선수들 거취는? (Korean) naver.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 아주부 코리아, 소속 LOL팀 프로스트, 블레이즈 계약 만료 “다음을 기약하며” (Korean) inven.co.kr
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 CJ엔투스, LOL 최강팀 프로스트-블레이즈 품에 안다! (Korean) naver.com
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 CJ Entus' Facebook Post facebook.com
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 별들의 전쟁 시작! LoL 챔피언스 코리아 프리시즌 로스터 공개 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 KSV acquires Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team espn.com
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Samsung Galaxy's Facebook Post facebook.com
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Gen.G's Facebook Post facebook.com
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 KSV acquires Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team espn.com
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Gen.G's Tweet twitter.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 Gen.G's Facebook Post facebook.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Gen.G's Tweet twitter.com
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 리플레이2 Ep.0 롤판 최강야구..? 무한도전..? 런닝맨..? 암튼 렛츠고! (Korean) youtube.com
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 "Azubu’s next move after sponsoring a League is to officially endorse a professional LoL team" azubu.com
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 [이스포츠] MiG 스폰 잡다, 아주부 프로팀 창단하며 MiG 인수 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  18. "MiG Blaze Team Interview"
  19. http://www.thisisgame.com/board/view.php?id=1519266&board=0&category=13737&subcategory=&page=1&best=&searchmode=title&search=%EA%B0%95%EC%B0%AC%EC%9A%A9&orderby=&token=
  20. "Korizon article"
  21. "SSG Ambition to be married on May 13th"
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