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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Jang Yong-jun (장용준) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | March 18, 1999 (age 25) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Team |  Dplus KIA | |
| Role | Streamer | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | KR: DWG Ghost 푸쉬앞무빙선턴맨 CN: GinGenBu EUW: KIA The new K3 CocaCola Monster | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Jang "Ghost" Yong-jun (Hangul: 장용준) is a retired League of Legends esports player, currently streamer for Dplus KIA.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 CJ Entus | ≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-?? | Nov 20162016-11-30[1] | ≈1yr 7mo ejel | ||
 ESC Ever | Dec 20162016-12-14[2] | Jan 20172017-01-10 | 27d ejel | ||
 bbq Olivers | Jan 20172017-01-10 | Nov 20182018-11-12[3] | 1yr 10mo ejel | ||
 Team BattleComics | Dec 20182018-12-13[6] | Dec 20182018-12-18[5] | 5d ejel | ||
 SANDBOX Gaming | Dec 20182018-12-18[8] | Nov 20192019-11-12[7] | 10mo 25d ejel | ||
 DWG KIA | Feb 20202020-02-24[10] | Nov 20212021-11-25[9] | 1yr 9mo ejel | ||
 NS RedForce | Nov 20212021-11-25[12] | Nov 20222022-11-21[11] | 1yr 26d ejel | ||
| Dplus KIA | Jan 20242024-01-16[13] | Present | 3mo 3d ej |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CJ Entus | ≈Apr 2015≈2015-04-?? | Dec 20152015-12-28[14] | ≈8mo 27d ejel | ||
| CJ Entus | Dec 20152015-12-28[14] | Nov 20162016-11-30[1] | 11mo 2d ejel | ||
| ESC Ever | Dec 20162016-12-14[2] | Jan 20172017-01-10 | 27d ejel | ||
| bbq Olivers | Jan 20172017-01-10 | Nov 20182018-11-12[3] | 1yr 10mo ejel | ||
| Team BattleComics | Dec 20182018-12-13[6] | Dec 20182018-12-18[5] | 5d ejel | ||
| SANDBOX Gaming | Dec 20182018-12-18[8] | Nov 20192019-11-12[7] | 10mo 25d ejel | ||
 DAMWON | Feb 20202020-02-24[10] | Jan 20212021-01-06[15] | 10mo 11d ejel | ||
| DWG KIA | Jan 20212021-01-06[15] | Jun 20212021-06-17 | 5mo 11d ejel | ||
| DWG KIA | Jun 20212021-06-17 | Jul 20212021-07-01 | 14d ejel | ||
| DWG KIA | Jul 20212021-07-01 | Nov 20212021-11-25[9] | 4mo 24d ejel | ||
| NS RedForce | Nov 20212021-11-25[12] | Feb 20222022-02-13[16] | 2mo 18d ejel | ||
| NS RedForce | Feb 20222022-02-13[16] | Feb 20222022-02-20[17] | 7d ejel | ||
| NS RedForce | Feb 20222022-02-20[17] | Nov 20222022-11-21[11] | 9mo 1d ejel | ||
| Dplus KIA | Jan 20242024-01-16[13] | Present | 3mo 3d ej |
News
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
 CJ | April (approx.), Bdd and Ghost join as trainees. | |
| CJ | December 28, Untara, Bubbling, Sky, and Kramer join. Shy, Bdd, and Ghost move to substitutes.[14] |
| CJ | November 30, Shy, Haru, Bdd, Sky, Kramer, MadLife, Untara, Bubbling, and Ghost leave.[1] | |
 ESC | December 14, Ghost joins.[2] |
 bbq | January 10, ESC Ever rebrands as bbq Olivers. |
| bbq | November 12, Tempt, Ghost, and Bono leave.[3][4] | |
 BtC | December 13, Ghost, Totoro, and Laden (Coach) join.[6] | |
| BtC | December 18, Wizer, Crush, OnFleek, Dove, Ghost, Hollow, Joker, Totoro, DoRaoN, Sally (Head Coach), Dragon (Coach), and Laden (Coach) leave.[5] | |
 SB | December 18, Wizer, Crush, OnFleek, Dove, Ghost, Hollow, Joker, Totoro, Sally (Head Coach), Dragon (Coach), and Laden (Coach) join. DoRaoN joins as substitute.[8] |
| SB | January 25, Summit, Dove, Ghost, Joker, Crush, Hollow, Totoro, Dragon (Coach), and Laden (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. OnFleek's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 31 December 1899. Sally (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[18] | |
| SB | May 7, Summit, OnFleek, Dove, Ghost, Joker, Dragon (Coach), and Laden (Coach)'s contracts are extended through 2020.[19] | |
| SB | July 10, Summit, OnFleek, Dove, Ghost, Joker, and Laden (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[20] | |
| SB | November 12, Ghost leaves.[7] |
 DWG | February 24, Ghost joins.[10] | |
| DWG | March 12, Ghost's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[21] | |
| DWG | December 31, Ghost's contract is extended through 2022.[22] |
 DK | January 6, DAMWON rebrands as DWG KIA following sponsorship by KIA.[15] | |
| DK | January 14, Ghost's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[23] | |
| DK | June 17, Canyon (Jungle to Mid) and ShowMaker (Mid to Bot) change positions. Malrang moves to starting roster. Ghost moves to substitute. | |
| DK | July 1, Canyon (Mid to Jungle) and ShowMaker (Bot to Mid) change positions. Ghost moves to starting roster. Malrang moves to substitute. | |
| DK | November 25, Ghost leaves.[9] | |
 NS | November 25, Ghost joins.[12] Canna and Ghost's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[24] |
| NS | February 13, Ghost (Bot to Support) changes position. Blessing leaves for academy roster.[16] | |
| NS | February 20, Ghost (Support to Bot) changes position.[17] | |
| NS | November 21, Canna, Dread, Bdd, Ghost, Effort, SnowFlower, and Comet (Coach) leave.[11] |
 F/A | December 22, Ghost retires.[25] |
Biography[]
2016 Season[]
Jang "Ghost" Yong-jun joined CJ Entus as a sub AD carry in April of 2015 but he never played a game for them due to being underage. He turned seventeen during the second round robin of the 2016 LCK Spring Season but did not debut until week five of 2016 LCK Summer Season in a 2-0 loss to MVP. This ended up being the only series Ghost played the entire season, with Kramer remaining the team's starting AD carry.
CJ Entus had a very poor showing in the 2016 LCK Summer Season, going 3-15 total in set score. Locked into tenth place in the LCK season, CJ Entus participated in the 2017 LCK Spring Promotion. In the first round they were swept 2-0 by Kongdoo Monster, bringing them down to the loser's bracket. There, they beat SBENU Korea 2-0 before falling to ESC Ever in a 3-0 sweep relegating them from the LCK, this marking the first time an original KeSPA team had been relegated from the LCK.
2017 Season[]
For 2017, Ghost moved to the newly renamed bbq Olivers, formerly named ESC Ever as their starting AD carry. He would go on to play every game for bbq Olivers in the 2017 season but results were hard to come by, with a set score of 5-13 and 3-15 in 2017 LCK Spring Season and 2017 LCK Summer Season respectively.
2018 Season[]
2018 saw bbq Olivers retain Ghost for the 2018 LCK Spring Season and Trick joining as starting jungler with Ignar as Ghost's new support. Results only marginally improved however with a set score of 6-12 in the 2018 LCK Spring Season with Ghost and Ignar struggling more than the prior Ghost and Totoro bot lane had in 2017. For the 2018 LCK Summer Season, bbq Olivers signed Aries as their new bot laner and initially start him over Ghost at the beginning of the season. Aries however struggled to pilot both AD and AP carries, the latter of which had become meta in the 2018 summer season across the world as a bot laner and after two sets Aries was benched for Ghost for the rest of the LCK season. Ghost only struggled marginally less, PapaSmithy remarking in 2019 how bad Ghost's Vladimir had been in particular in the 2018 LCK Summer Season.[26] bbq Olivers would end 2018 LCK Summer Season with a set score of 2-16, putting them in the 2019 LCK Spring Promotion. Ghost was initially benched in the tournament for Aries once again, but returned in the loser's bracket to face MVP. There they lost 3-1 and were eliminated, the second time Ghost's team had been eliminated from LCK in 3 years. Soon after bbq Olivers' relegation from LCK, Ghost joined Team BattleComics, one of the teams which had relegated his former team, renaming soon after to SANDBOX Gaming. At the 2018 LoL KESPA Cup with the team's original starting AD carry Hollow being benched, Ghost was drafted in to play a single game against Gen.G in game two, a position he would not lose for the rest of his time on SANDBOX Gaming. Ghost had a relatively strong performance, but SANDBOX Gaming lost and was eliminated from the tournament, ending Ghost's 2018 season.
2019 Season[]
2019 saw a drastic turn of form for Ghost, immediately playing at a higher level than he had in any prior season. This was noted by both fans and casters alike, quickly earning him the nickname of 'Holy Ghost' or 'Holy Spirit'.[27] Ghost started every game for SANDBOX Gaming in the 2019 season, with the 2019 LCK Spring Season yielding a set score of 13-5 and a fifth place finish in the 2019 LCK Spring Playoffs. They became the only team to take a game off of Griffin in the first round robin, with Ghost himself earning 700 MVP points and seventh place in the overall MVP standings which he at one point lead. Fifth place was considered relatively disappointing for a team which had held second for the majority of 2019 LCK Spring Season, but it was still a major turnaround for Ghost as a player who had been regarded as the worst starting player in LCK the previous year. Through the 2019 LCK Spring Season, Ghost became known for his high level of play on his pocket picks of Draven and Viktor and this continued on to the 2019 LCK Summer Season, with SANDBOX Gaming reaching first in the standings in week five and retaining it in week six. That would be the high point however as SANDBOX Gaming began to fall off towards the latter quarter of the split, although still achieving theirs and Ghost's best ever result in the regular season with a third place finish. Playoffs saw them eliminated 3-0 by SK Telecom T1 but they qualified for 2019 LCK Regional Finals, losing 3-1 to Kingzone DragonX. This was to be the final game Ghost would play for SANDBOX Gaming as he reached a mutual agreement with the team to terminate his contract which had previously been extended to cover the 2020 season. It was still a year of firsts for Ghost however, with his reputation being greatly enhanced by his solid performance throughout.
2020 Season[]
Ghost remained unsigned in the 2020 pre-season, eventually joining DAMWON Gaming in late February, becoming eligible to play from the second round robin of the LCK 2020 Spring Season. The team saw an improvement in form after Ghost became the starter late in the split, with four 2-0 victories in a row, and they would ultimately place fifth in the standings. After beating KT Rolster in the Playoffs wildcard round, DAMWON Gaming lost 3-2 to DragonX in the quarterfinals. This fourth place finish earned them a spot in the 2020 Mid Season Cup, however they were quickly eliminated in the group stage, ending their spring split.
Trivia[]
- Nicknamed 'Holy Ghost' or 'Holy Spirit' after his vastly improved performance in 2019, with a large portion of fans considering him to be the most improved player.
- Well known for his pocket pick of
Draven which he has shown high performance on regardless of its priority in the meta, sharing this attribute with Gango. - Was hyped before his debut along with his CJ Entus teammate Bdd as a potential star player of the future despite then being ineligible for play on stage due to not meeting the seventeen years of age requirement.
- Former CJ Entus teammate Madlife regards him highly earning Ghost the title of scrim-god, largely because prior to 2019 he was unable to show the performance on stage that he had been hyped up to deliver.
- Remains close friends with many of his former CJ Entus teammates and they are often seen together in pictures on their social media accounts.
- First player to score a pentakill in MSI Finals.
- Reached 1000 kills in the LCK on February 20, 2021
- Reached 500 games in the LCK on July 31st 2022, becoming the 8th player to do so, after Score, Faker, Ruler, Deft, Bdd, Teddy, and Peanut.
Awards[]
- LCK 2nd All-Pro Team x1 (Summer 2020)
- LCK 3rd All-Pro Team x1 (Spring 2021)
Pentakills
| Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-27 | Korea | LCK 2022 Spring |  |  | Jinx | Bot | W | 7/0/5 | Link | Link |
| 2021-05-23 | International | MSI 2021 |  |  | Tristana | Bot | W | 10/1/4 | Link | Link |
| 2021-02-25 | Korea | LCK 2021 Spring | | | Tristana | Bot | W | 8/2/7 | Link | Link |
| 2021-02-07 | Korea | LCK 2021 Spring | |  | Kalista | Bot | W | 8/3/6 | Link | Link |
| 2017-09-16 | Korea | LCK 2018 Spring Promotion |  |  | Tristana | Bot | W | 7/1/3 | Link | Link |
- Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- February 15, bbq Ghost: "I really needed to win today." with , and on Inven Global
- February 16, bbq Olivers Ghost: “I kept saying from the car ride to the arena that I have to beat (Kramer).” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- July 15, bbq Ghost 'finds' a link between winning and Tempt wishing to go to bathroom with , and on Inven Global
- December 27, Professional Gamers Read Negative Comments From the Community with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- February 28, BBQ Ghost: "My performance was bad in all ways." with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Beom "Nswer" Park, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 14, bbq Ghost: "IgNar likes to play champions that can make super plays and we trust him." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- January 18, SB Ghost on the team’s surprise picks: “We are not biased against rotating champions to different lanes.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- January 20, SANDBOX Gaming Ghost on SKT T1: "I am curious to see how we will fair against Mata and Teddy. If we win, we will definitely be on an incredible high." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- January 24, SANDBOX Gaming Ghost on Defeating SKT: "To be honest, it is like a dream to me. I can’t believe this actually happened. It is surreal." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- January 26, SANDBOX Gaming Ghost: "To me, I see Griffin as the final boss...If we do beat Griffin, I can confidently say that we will be the best team in the LCK." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- January 30, SANDBOX Ghost & Summit, after Getting Picked as MVP: "Today was the hardest match I’ve played this season... However, it feels great because it seems we won with great willpower." with Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek on Inven Global
- February 14, SB Ghost's Goals for Spring: "This split is such a great chance for us...I really want to make it to the finals." with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- March 7, SB Ghost: "Let's praise the winning team instead of criticizing the losing team" with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- March 16, SB Ghost: "Due to the patch, support champions who work well with ranged carries became a lot stronger." with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- July 26, Sandbox Gaming's Ghost: It feels good to keep stealing away first place in LCK with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- April 2, Ghost on joining DWG, how to unleash "scrim Damwon" on stage with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- April 2, DWG Ghost: "We just need 11 consecutive wins to go straight to the finals. That number is now at 2, so I'll make sure to add 9 more to go straight to the LCK finals." with Arra and Quest on Inven Global
- July 1, DWG Ghost: "Gen.G, T1, DRX are the teams that I’m the most cautious of." with Viion on Inven Global
- August 20, DWG Ghost: "All of our top half players are monsters, they win for us if we just give them the picks." with Viion on Inven Global
- December 24, Interview with DWG Ghost - From Challengers Korea to 2020 World Champion with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- January 27, Ghost goes HONEST about Damwon's performance & defeat against Fredit Brion with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- February 21, Ghost on Fasting Senna, Support Heim, meeting FPX Nuguri at MSI with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- May 15, Ghost on Damwon's Communication ISSUES at 2021 MSI with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- July 5, Ghost on WHY he subbed out from DWG KIA, playing with DWG Jhin skin with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- August 9, DK Ghost on: LEC vs LCK? G2 vs Damwon? Meeting FPX at worlds? with Ashley Kang on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-14 | LCK 2022 Summer |  NS vs  KDF | Link |
| 2022-08-12 | LCK 2022 Summer | NS vs  HLE | Link |
| 2022-02-27 | LCK 2022 Spring |  LSB vs NS | Link |
| 2021-08-28 | LCK 2021 Summer Playoffs |  DK vs  T1 | Link |
| 2021-08-14 | LCK 2021 Summer | DK vs LSB | Link |
| 2021-05-16 | MSI 2021 |  C9 vs DK | Link |
| 2021-04-10 | LCK 2021 Spring Playoffs | DK vs  GEN | Link |
| 2021-04-03 | LCK 2021 Spring Playoffs | DK vs HLE | Link |
| 2021-03-27 | LCK 2021 Spring | DK vs  KT | Link |
| 2021-02-27 | LCK 2021 Spring | T1 vs DK | Link |
| 2021-02-25 | LCK 2021 Spring | DK vs LSB | Link |
| 2021-02-20 | LCK 2021 Spring | HLE vs DK | Link |
| 2021-01-02 | KeSPA Cup 2020 |  DWG vs NS | Link |
| 2020-09-05 | LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs | DWG vs  DRX | Link |
| 2020-08-20 | LCK 2020 Summer | T1 vs DWG | Link |
| 2020-07-01 | LCK 2020 Summer | T1 vs DWG | Link |
| 2020-04-03 | LCK 2020 Spring |  AF vs DWG | Link |
| 2019-06-23 | LCK 2019 Summer |  SB vs KT | Link |
| 2019-02-17 | LCK 2019 Spring | SB vs KT | Link |
| 2019-01-30 | LCK 2019 Spring | DWG vs SB | Link |
| 2019-01-26 | LCK 2019 Spring | SB vs HLE | Link |
| 2019-01-18 | LCK 2019 Spring | GEN vs SB | Link |
| 2018-03-14 | LCK 2018 Spring |  SKT vs  bbq | Link |
Images[]
CJ Ghost, LCK 2016 Spring
CJ Ghost, LCK 2016 Summer
bbq Ghost, LCK 2017 Spring
bbq Ghost, LCK 2017 Summer
bbq Ghost, LCK 2018 Spring
bbq Ghost, LCK 2018 Summer
SB Ghost, LCK 2019 Summer
DWG Ghost, LCK 2020 Summer
DK Ghost, LCK 2021 Spring
DK Ghost, LCK 2021 Summer
DK Ghost, Worlds 2021 Main Event
NS Ghost, LCK 2022 Spring
NS Ghost, LCK 2022 Summer
Redirects
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 CJ Entus' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 ESC Ever's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ghost's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 한화생명 e스포츠, ‘템트’ 강명구, ‘보노’ 김기범 신규 영입 (Korean) ruliweb.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 샌드박스 게이밍, LCK 승격팀 배틀코믹스 전격 인수 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 2018 LoL KeSPA Cup 1라운드 로스터 공개 (Korean) e-sports.or.kr
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 SANDBOX Gaming's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 샌드박스 게이밍, LCK 승격팀 배틀코믹스 전격 인수 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 DWG KIA's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 DAMWON Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Nongshim RedForce's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Nongshim RedForce's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Dplus KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 CJ Entus' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 DWG KIA's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 LCK's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 LCK's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-01-18; after change - KR - 2019-01-25
- ↑ SANDBOX Gaming's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-06-29; after change - KR - 2019-07-10
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2020-03-11; after change - KR - 2020-03-12
- ↑ DAMWON Gaming's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-01-13; after change - KR - 2021-01-14
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-11-24; after change - KR - 2021-11-25
- ↑ 고스트 은퇴 인터뷰, 담원 '20 우승과 커리어를 돌아보며 "그래도 웃는게 낫더라 (Korean) Youtube.com
- ↑ GEN vs. SB - Week 1 Game 2 | LCK Spring Split (2019) youtube.com
- ↑ The MVP Leaders for the LCK: Who’s on First Place for Each Team? invenglobal.com