| Retired as Player | ||
|---|---|---|
| Expession | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Koo Bon-taek (구본택) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | September 16, 1992 (age 31) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Coach | |
| Favorite Champs | ||
| Soloqueue IDs | vwvwvwwwvvvvwwvw (NA), 나진 엑스페션 | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Koo "Expession" Bon-taek (Hangul: 구본택) is a League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for DRX Challengers.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Team Hunters | ≈Feb 2012≈2012-02-?? | ≈May 2012≈2012-05-?? | ≈3mo ejel | ||
 NaJin Shield | May 20122012-05-29[2] | Jun 20132013-06-05[1] | 1yr 7d ejel | ||
 NaJin Black Sword | Jun 20132013-06-05[4] | Feb 20142014-02-04[3] | 7mo 29d ejel | ||
 Incredible Miracle | Jun 20152015-06-30[6] | Jan 20162016-01-03[5] | 6mo 3d ejel | ||
 Longzhu Gaming | Jan 20162016-01-03[8] | Nov 20162016-11-30[7] | 10mo 27d ejel | ||
| Longzhu Gaming | Dec 20162016-12-07[10] | May 20172017-05-23[9] | 5mo 16d ejel | ||
 Kingzone DragonX | Mar 20192019-03-24[13] | Oct 20192019-10-09[11] | 6mo 16d ejel | ||
 DRX Academy | Oct 20192019-10-09[15] | Feb 20212021-02-08[14] | 1yr 3mo ejel | ||
| DRX Challengers | Feb 20212021-02-08[18] | Nov 20222022-11-21[17] | 1yr 9mo ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Hunters | ≈Feb 2012≈2012-02-?? | ≈May 2012≈2012-05-?? | ≈3mo ejel | ||
| NaJin Shield | May 20122012-05-29[2] | Jun 20132013-06-05[1] | 1yr 7d ejel | ||
 NaJin Sword | Jun 20132013-06-05[4] | Jun 20132013-06-21[19] | 16d ejel | ||
| NaJin Black Sword | Jun 20132013-06-21[19] | Feb 20142014-02-04[3] | 7mo 13d ejel | ||
| Incredible Miracle | Jun 20152015-06-30[6] | Jan 20162016-01-03[5] | 6mo 3d ejel | ||
| Longzhu Gaming | Jan 20162016-01-03[8] | Nov 20162016-11-30[7] | 10mo 27d ejel | ||
| Longzhu Gaming | Dec 20162016-12-07[10] | May 20172017-05-23[9] | 5mo 16d ejel | ||
| Kingzone DragonX | Mar 20192019-03-24[13] | Oct 20192019-10-09[11] | 6mo 16d ejel | ||
 DragonX Academy | Oct 20192019-10-09[15] | Jun 20202020-06-07[20] | 7mo 29d ejel | ||
| DRX Academy | Jun 20202020-06-07[20] | Feb 20212021-02-08[14] | 8mo 1d ejel | ||
| DRX Challengers | Feb 20212021-02-08[18] | Nov 20222022-11-21[17] | 1yr 9mo ejel |
News
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
 TH | February (approx.), Team Hunters is formed. Expession, MulrOc, FDT, Rewrite, and Nymp join. | |
| TH | May (approx.), Team Hunters is disbanded. Expession, MulrOc, FDT, Rewrite, and Nymp leave. | |
 NJ SHD | May 29, NaJin Shield is formed. Expession, MOKUZA, HooN, Hiro, and viNylCat join.[2] |
| NJ SHD | June 5, Expession leaves.[1] | |
 NJ SWD | June 5, Expession joins.[4] | |
 NJBS | June 21, NaJin Sword renames to NaJin Black Sword.[19] |
| NJBS | February 4, TopLulu and Helios join. ActScene joins as substitute. Expession, Watch, Winged, and Peng leave.[3] |
 IM | January 3, Expession, Flame, Lilac, Chaser, CoCo, Frozen, Cpt Jack, Fury, SONSTAR, Pure, Hirai (Head Coach), Spark (Coach), Supreme (Coach), and Lustboy (Strategic Coach) leave.[5] | |
 LZ | January 3, Expession, Flame, Chaser, CoCo, Frozen, Cpt Jack, Fury, Pure, Hirai (Head Coach), Spark (Coach), Supreme (Coach), and Lustboy (Strategic Coach) join.[8] | |
| LZ | November 30, Cuzz joins. Expession, Flame, Chaser, Coco, Frozen, Emperor, Fury, Pure, July (Coach), Supreme (Coach), and Lustboy (Strategic Coach) leave.[7] | |
| LZ | December 7, Expession rejoins.[10] |
| LZ | May 23, Khan joins. Taki and Jin join as substitutes. Cuzz (Streamer to Jungle) changes position. Justice and Zzus move to substitutes. Expession leaves.[9] |
 KZ | March 24, Expession (Trainee Coach) joins.[13] | |
| KZ | October 9, Rascal, Cuzz, Naehyun, Deft, TusiN, HERO, Blade, IlllIma, DantaliaN, Quad, Viole, BAO, Hades, Keria, Pleata, Seonbi, Mental (Coach), Bubbling (Trainee Coach), Expession (Trainee Coach), and Valentine (Trainee Coach) leave.[11][12] | |
 DRX.A | October 9, Blade, IlllIma, DantaliaN, Quad, BAO, Hades, Keria, Pleata, Seonbi, Ace (Coach), Bubbling (Coach), and Expession (Coach) join.[15][16] |
 DRX.A | June 7, DragonX Academy renames to DRX Academy.[20] |
Biography[]
Season 2[]
Koo "Expession" Bon-taek originally played on Team Hunters as their top laner during Azubu The Champions Spring 2012. The team lost both of the games they played and were knocked out in last place. Expession left the team in May of 2012 to join NaJin Shield as their new top laner. His first tournament with the team was Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 where they placed 3rd in their group and failed to make to to playoffs.
Season 3[]
The first OGN of the season for Shield was OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 and they placed fifth in their group, missing playoffs once again. Shield participated in the GIGABYTE StarsWar League Season 2 but couldn't make it through the group stage to the bracket stage. They came back to Korea for OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013, this time making it to playoffs but losing 3-0 to SK Telecom T1 2. Expession left the team in June of 2013 to join the newly named NaJin Black Sword. Expession's first tournament with the team was HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 where they only placed 3rd in their group and could not make it to the bracket stage. Regardless, the team had garnered enough circuit points to qualify directly to the Season 3 World Championship as the top seed from Korea due to circuit points. They played Gambit Gaming in the quarterfinals and beat them but they lost in the semifinals 3-2 to the eventual champions SK Telecom T1.
2014 Season[]
The new season began for Sword at PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014, where they placed last in their group and did not make it to the bracket stage. Expession left shortly afterwards due to health reasons.
2015 Season[]
Expession joined Incredible Miracle in June of 2015 as one of their top laners alongside Apple and Lilac. IM placed ninth in the regular season of SBENU Champions Summer 2015 and were forced to play in the LCK 2016 Season Spring Promotion. Incredible Miracle played the Dark Wolves in the promotion tournament and managed to beat them 3-1 to requalify for the LCK.
2016 Preseason[]
IM competed in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 2-1 against the Jin Air Green Wings in the first round. Incredible Miracle rebranded to Longzhu on January 3, 2016.
2016 Season[]
During the 2016 LCK Spring Season, Longzhu played with a 10-man roster, liberally using substitute players. Expession shared play time with fellow top laner Flame. Longzhu finished the spring split in seventh place with an 8-10 set record, missing out on a spot in the playoffs. Longzhu fared poorly in the 2016 LCK Summer Season, going 7-11 in sets and netting them eighth place, letting them escape relegations.
2017 Season[]
On September 17 2017, Expession announced his retirement from pro play on his Facebook page [22]. In his post, Expression stated that, despite a lack of big highlights in his career, he still enjoyed being a pro gamer and had a fantastic time. He thanked everyone on his team that helped him along the when he was still playing. Although he experienced some difficulties when he refused to play League for months, he still appreciated everything that his fans gave to him.
Trivia[]
- His favorite champion is
Irelia.[23] - Originally wanted his name to be Expression but left off the r and kept it[24].
- Hyped by Maknoon as being one of the best Top Laners in the world.
- One of the best
Jax player in the world and got 3 banned by Gambit Gaming in quarterfinals of S3 World Championship
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
Media[]
- 2012
- 2016
- 2017
- 2022
- March 20, [와드]#11. 우리를 주목하라, Team Hunters [Lost] with Unknown Interviewer on This Is Game
- January 15, “With this victory, trust was established” - Interview with Longzhu’s CoCo and Expession by , and on Baron Timer
- June 15, Longzhu’s Expession: “My play style is ‘You hit me, I hit you back.’” by , and on Slingshot
- January 8, Expession: “I think the (jungle) itself need to be nerfed.” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- January 10, Expession says he lived on $65/month food budget during League of Legends hiatus by , and on Andrew Kimon Slingshot
- January 11, Expession expands on reasons for Longzhu’s failed 10-person roster by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- February 8, LZ Expession: "I think we have what it takes to make it to the playoffs" with , and on Inven Global
- April 22, 2022 LCK CL Spring 새로운 역사를 쓴 DRX Challengers의 이야기 with DRX on YouTube
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-22 | LCK CL 2022 Spring |  DRX.C vs  HLE.C | Link |
Images[]
TH Expession, Champions 2012 Spring
NJ SHD Expession, Champions 2012 Summer
NJBS Expession, Worlds Season 3
IM Expession, LCK 2015 Summer
LZ Expession, LCK 2016 Spring
LZ Expession, LCK 2016 Summer
LZ Expession, LCK 2017 Spring
DRX.C Expession, LCK CL 2021 Spring
DRX.C Expression, LCK CL 2021 Summer
DRX.C Expession, LCK CL 2022 Spring
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 나진 e엠파이어 LOL팀, 7인 로스터 체제 도입한다 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 나진 e엠파이어, 쉴드-소드 2팀 체제 구축 (Korean) thisisgame.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 [나진 리빌딩 ①] 전통의 명가 나진, 새 시즌 맞이 리빌딩 완료! (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 나진 e엠파이어 LOL팀, 7인 로스터 체제 도입한다 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 롱주-IM, LCK 스프링 앞두고 팀명 및 앰블럼 변경 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Incredible Miracle's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 롱주 게이밍, 크래시-커즈 제외한 선수-코치진 계약 종료 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 롱주-IM, LCK 스프링 앞두고 팀명 및 앰블럼 변경 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 KeSPA's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 '엑스페션' 구본택, 롱주 게이밍과 재계약…리빌딩 마무리 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 킹존 드래곤X, '드래곤X'로 새 출발…'FEG'로부터 독립 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 DragonX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 [KeSPA 대학생 리더스] 아마추어를 찾아서(Feat.킹존 아카데미,게임코치 아카데미) (Korean) youtube.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 킹존 드래곤X, '드래곤X'로 새 출발…'FEG'로부터 독립 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 DragonX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 “e-mFire” 프로게임단 7인 로스터 체제 확정 및 팀명 변경 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 KeSPA's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-03-06; after change - KR - 2021-03-07
- ↑ [1] www.facebook.com
- ↑ "Team Hunters Interview"
- ↑ Closer Look: How they got their names www.youtube.com