Chovy

Chovy
Chovy
Background Information
Name	Jeong Ji-hoon (정지훈)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	March 3, 2001 (age 19)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠DRX
Contract Expires	2020-11-16
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ;
Competitive IDs	ji hun, Miulchi
Soloqueue IDs	KR: 요붕스1, 맞짱깔류민석, 매일 잘래요; EUW: J1HUIV
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Gwangju	Nov 20172017-11-19^[1]	Nov 20172017-11-21	2d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Griffin	Mar 20182018-03-07	Nov 20192019-11-25^[2]	1yr 8mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠DRX	Dec 20192019-12-04^[5]	Present	10mo 23d ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Gwangju	Nov 20172017-11-19^[1]	Nov 20172017-11-21	2d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Griffin	Mar 20182018-03-07	Nov 20192019-11-25^[2]	1yr 8mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠DragonX	Dec 20192019-12-04^[5]	Jun 20202020-06-07^[7]	6mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DRX	Jun 20202020-06-07^[7]	Present	4mo 20d ej

News

2017

KR	⁠⁠Gwangju	November 19, ji hun joins.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠Gwangju	November 21, Cheolmin, ji won, ji hun, young do, and seung min leave. e

2018

KR	⁠⁠GRF	March 7, Chovy joins. e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	May 30, Sword, Tarzan, Chovy, Rather, Viper, Lehends, and cvMax (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[8] e

2019

KR	⁠⁠GRF	January 25, Sword, Tarzan, Chovy, Rather, Viper, Lehends, and Kabbie's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[9] e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	November 25, STILL8 announce that they will revise existing player contracts to "remove unfair clauses" or allow players to become free agents. Doran, Chovy, and Lehends leave.^[2]^[3]^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	December 4, Chovy joins.^[5]^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	December 5, Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, and Keria's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[10] e

2020

KR

⁠

⁠DRX

June 7, ⁠

⁠DragonX renames to ⁠

⁠DRX.^[7]

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Biography[edit]

Trivia[edit]

His ID is based on his nickname Anchovy.
Became the first professional League of Legends player to achieve a 100 overall KDA in a professional league in January 2019, after a 2-0 victory against SK Telecom T1 in LCK 2019 Spring brought his overall KDA to 44/1/60.
Awarded Regular Season MVP for LCK 2019 Spring with 1300 MVP points.
Occasionally referred to as "Choky" by the English LCK casters when he plays poorly.

Tournament Results[edit]

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

Chovy Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result		Roster
2020-10-15	5 - 8	Worlds 2020	0 : 3⁠⁠DWG	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax, Museong
2020-09-05	2	LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠DWG	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax, Museong
2020-08-23	2	LCK 2020 Summer	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax, Museong
2020-05-29	5 - 6	Mid-Season Cup 2020	2 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax, Meosung
2020-04-22	3	LCK 2020 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax
2020-04-16	3	LCK 2020 Spring	14 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DRX	Chovy, Doran, Pyosik, Quad, Deft, Keria, cvMax
2020-01-04	3 - 4	KeSPA Cup 2019	0 : 3⁠⁠AF	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax
2019-10-26	5 - 8	Worlds 2019	1 : 3⁠⁠iG	⁠⁠GRF	Sword, Tarzan, Chovy, Viper, Lehends, Chaos
2019-08-31	2	LCK 2019 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠SKT	⁠⁠GRF	Doran, Tarzan, Chovy, Viper, Lehends, cvMax, Chaos
2019-08-18	1	LCK 2019 Summer	13 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GRF	Sword, Doran, Tarzan, Chovy, Viper, Lehends, cvMax, Chaos

Media[edit]

2018
2019
2020

June 12, Griffin Lehends on Ryze: "He seemed like a good champion whether used in mid lane or bottom." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 20, GRF Chovy: "Faker’s the player that has been at the top the longest, so I’m looking forward to playing against him." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Changsik "Alle" Son, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 20, GRF Chovy: (Very frankly) "I have four more picks that I’m confident in." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 26, GRF Sword on Khan's Previous Comment: "I’ll keep my neck clean so I hope anyone comes to chop it off, if they can." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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August 19, GRF Chovy on the LCK Summer Finals: "This time, I'll be the one to punish Ucal." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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January 1, GRF Chovy on His Goal for 2019: "My goal is to lift the trophy without losing a single set. I’m going to try my best to fulfill that." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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January 9, Griffin's mid laner Chovy looking forward to 2019 LCK season with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports
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January 17, GRF Sword: "SKT T1 will be so scary once they shape up more as a team. Afreeca has such a strong upper lane. Personally, I think they're tough since there's Kiin in the top lane." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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January 19, Griffin Chovy on His Goal: "Winning all matches. I’d like to get perfect wins, including Worlds. I think it’s not impossible." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek on Inven Global
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January 23, Griffin Viper on the first Pentakill in 2019 LCK: “Before I noticed, they were all dead.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
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January 31, GRF Chovy on the 100 KDA: “During the game, I try not to notice it. I’m worried it might influence my performance negatively.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
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February 2, GRF Viper on his next match against KT Rolster: “As long as I don’t bring back the memories of [2018 Summer finals], I should do fine.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
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February 17, GRF Chovy on his amateur days: “I wasn’t actually good at League…Yeah, I’ve learnt a lot from cvMax.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon
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February 20, Griffin’s Chovy striving for perfection: “If there are ways we can become even better, we will find them and do so.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon
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February 20, cvMax on the unreal performance of Griffin: “We are united, with five players as one.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon
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February 22, GRF Chovy on KT Bdd: "Other than Bdd, there weren’t any other players I found difficult to play against. Bdd always plays aggressively." with Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek on Inven Global
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March 10, GRF Chovy: "We pucked Galio first so that we can benefit from the picks and bans." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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March 10, Griffin’s Sword regarding Tarzan’s Baron steal against Sandbox Gaming: ” I did not imagine he would steal it, and I only have admiration for Tarzan’s talents right now.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon
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March 21, Griffin Chovy: "It was fortunate that we lost now because we were able to remind ourselves of what we were beginning to forget." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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March 21, Griffin Tarzan: "If our performance is perfect, we can win. I’ll do my best preparing to do so." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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March 21, Griffin’s Tarzan on losing to Gen.G and Afreeca Freecs: “We observed that our teamwork was off and made sure to work on that.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
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March 23, GRF Chovy on how he will prepare for his next series: “I think the answer is to play a lot of games.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
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March 28, Balance Game with GRF Chovy: Who would he rather save from drowning, Sword or Lehends? with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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April 1, Griffin Chovy reflects on the LCK split: 'I'm just glad that I haven't burnt out' with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports
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April 13, What's old is new again: Faker vs. Chovy by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
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June 6, GRF Chovy on Ucal: "I think today’s match wasn’t appropriate to decide who’s better between us." with Minyoung "Irro" Jang and David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 22, GRF Chovy: "It may look easy, but there’s no easy opponent to a pro player." with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim and David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 28, [Interview] GRF Chovy Shares How He Became a Professional Player and Gives Advice to the Would-Be's with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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August 2, GRF Viper: "We’ll beat Gen.G no matter what, and I would like to continue giving good performances up to the end of the season." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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August 9, GRF Chovy: "I was surprised that Rich's basic skills were at a very high level. He was a lot better than I thought he would be." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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October 14, [Worlds 2019] GRF Chovy on Mid Ezreal: "When I played against an Ezreal in solo queue, it was very oppressive. Once I’ve tried it, it was fun, so I’ve practiced Ezreal a lot." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok & Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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October 15, Chovy: Griffin’s early game has been an issue at worlds with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports
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December 26, [KeSPA Cup] DRX Chovy: "cvMax is a lot more relaxed now. He told me that he’s a lot happier than before." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok & David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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December 26, Chovy on playing top lane, why he chose to join DragonX for 2020 LCK (Korean) with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
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February 7, DRX Chovy: "I gave it a serious thought about switching to the top lane, and except for Kiin, CuVee and Summit, I think I can beat everyone else." with Byungho "Haao" Kim & Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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February 17, Chovy describes Deft and DRX team house, gives an English message to his fans | Ashley Kang LCK with Korizon Esports on YouTube
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March 28, DRX Chovy on their previous losing streak: "We knew well about the reason we lost so we weren’t worried." with Byungho "Haao" Kim & David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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April 4, DRX Chovy: "It wasn’t my penta, so I just quickly destroyed the Nexus." with Byungho "Haao" Kim & Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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April 8, Chovy reveals his favorite mid-lane champion, highlights DragonX's performance vs. KT with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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April 8, Chovy reveals his favorite mid-lane champion, highlights DragonX's performance vs. KT with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports
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April 12, DRX Chovy: "Our synergy, although it’s still being honed, is not on the same level as other teams, but I believe that we can only get better from here." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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April 20, DRX Chovy: "It feels that I’ve lost to T1 a lot. It would be awesome to win this time." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok & David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 17, DRX Chovy: "What other goals should a player have besides winning the championship? That’s my only goal." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok & David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 28, DRX Chovy on the Ezreal preference: "Our bot laner is Deft. We know that he’s going to land his skillshots." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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July 3, DRX Chovy: Off-meta picks are my own idea, cvMax has different thoughts [Korean] with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
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July 5, DRX Chovy on his insane CS: "The secret is to sneak into the enemy raptor camp to steal them. " with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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July 15, [TMI Interview] DRX Chovy: "These days, beating Doran in solo queue makes me very happy" with Takyun "Laff" Pack and Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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July 23, DRX Chovy: "I was confident that I wouldn’t fall behind too much against any champion, so we were able to pick Azir first." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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July 25, DRX Chovy on facing DWG: "I don’t think any special strategy will work against ShowMaker. I just need to do my best to win with my own ability." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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July 25, Chovy's 200IQ play-by-play on Galio 4-man taunt: DRX vs GEN post-match interview [Korean] with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
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August 8, DRX Chovy: "I’m a chameleon mid laner. I put on a different color suitable for every situation." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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August 30, DRX Chovy: "Pyosik hugged me as soon as we won. When I turned around, the bot duo was crying." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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September 21, Fiery showstoppers: The best mid laners at the 2020 League of Legends World Championship by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
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September 24, DRX cvMax: "No Matter which teams we were grouped with, they all looked beatable." with Takyun "Laff" Pack & Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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September 26, DRX Chovy: "Knight is considered the best mid laner in the world. I can’t guarantee that I’ll win or lose." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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October 4, Chovy on returning to Worlds 2020: “2019 was a great experience for me” by Andrew Amos on Snowball Esports
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October 6, [Worlds 2020] DRX Chovy on how to avoid getting executed by Baron: "Just get out of Baron's vision range." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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October 7, Chovy on claims he and Knight are the two best midlaners at Worlds and facing TOP Esports with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 13, DRX’s Chovy on DAMWON: “I want to take them down” with Joseph Asuncion on ONE Esports
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-10-03	Worlds 2020 Main Event	UOL vs DRX	Link
2020-08-30	LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-08-14	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs HLE	Link
2020-07-25	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-07-19	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs DYN	Link
2020-07-17	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs HLE	Link
2020-07-11	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs DWG	Link
2020-07-05	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs SP	Link
2020-06-19	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-05-29	Mid-Season Cup 2020	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-04-20	LCK 2020 Spring Playoffs	DRX vs DWG	Link
2020-04-12	LCK 2020 Spring	DRX vs AF	Link
2020-04-04	LCK 2020 Spring	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-03-28	LCK 2020 Spring	GRF vs DRX	Link
2020-02-15	LCK 2020 Spring	AF vs DRX	Link
2020-02-09	LCK 2020 Spring	SB vs DRX	Link
2019-12-29	KeSPA Cup 2019	DRX vs SPG	Link
2019-12-26	KeSPA Cup 2019	DRX vs KCN	Link
2019-10-18	Worlds 2019 Main Event	HKA vs GRF	Link
2019-08-09	LCK 2019 Summer	GEN vs GRF	Link
2019-08-02	LCK 2019 Summer	SB vs GRF	Link
2019-06-30	LCK 2019 Summer	KZ vs GRF	Link
2019-06-14	LCK 2019 Summer	GRF vs HLE	Link
2019-06-08	LCK 2019 Summer	DWG vs GRF	Link
2019-03-31	LCK 2019 Spring	JAG vs GRF	Link
2019-03-23	LCK 2019 Spring	GRF vs DWG	Link
2019-03-21	LCK 2019 Spring	GRF vs HLE	Link
2019-03-10	LCK 2019 Spring	SB vs GRF	Link
2019-02-20	LCK 2019 Spring	GEN vs GRF	Link
2019-02-17	LCK 2019 Spring	GRF vs AF	Link
2019-02-15	LCK 2019 Spring	GRF vs KT	Link
2019-02-02	LCK 2019 Spring	GRF vs SB	Link
2019-01-25	LCK 2019 Spring	DWG vs GRF	Link
2019-01-23	LCK 2019 Spring	HLE vs GRF	Link
2018-07-28	LCK 2018 Summer	GRF vs MVP	Link
2018-06-26	LCK 2018 Summer	KZ vs GRF	Link
2018-06-20	LCK 2018 Summer	GRF vs JAG	Link
2018-06-12	LCK 2018 Summer	GRF vs HLE	Link