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Background Information | ||
Name | Kim Hyuk-kyu (김혁규) | |
Country of Birth | South Korea | |
Birthday | October 23, 1996 (age 27) | |
Residency | Korea | |
Competitive | ||
Team | KT Rolster | |
Contract Expires | 2024-11-18 | |
Role | Bot Laner | |
Favorite Champs | ||
Soloqueue IDs | KR: Deft DK CN: EDG丶Alpaca Chastelove Deft12 NA: TP FROM S5 EUW: IcelandWalrus | |
Social Media & Links | ||
Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu (Hangul: 김혁규) is a League of Legends esports player, currently bot laner for KT Rolster.
Team History
Team | Start | End | |||
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MVP Blue | Feb 20132013-02-18[2] | Sep 20132013-09-06[1] | 6mo 16d ejel | ||
Samsung Blue | Sep 20132013-09-06[4] | Oct 20142014-10-31[3] | 1yr 1mo ejel | ||
EDward Gaming | Nov 20142014-11-11[7] | Nov 20162016-11-14[5] | 2yr 3d ejel | ||
KT Rolster | Nov 20162016-11-30[9] | Nov 20182018-11-19[8] | 2yr 19d ejel | ||
Kingzone DragonX | Nov 20182018-11-25[12] | Oct 20192019-10-09[10] | 10mo 14d ejel | ||
DRX | Oct 20192019-10-09[14] | Nov 20202020-11-16[13] | 1yr 1mo ejel | ||
Hanwha Life | Nov 20202020-11-23[17] | Nov 20212021-11-15[16] | 1yr 22d ejel | ||
DRX | Dec 20212021-12-04[20] | Nov 20222022-11-21[19] | 11mo 17d ejel | ||
Dplus KIA | Nov 20222022-11-22[28] | Nov 20232023-11-20[24] | 1yr 28d ejel | ||
KT Rolster | Nov 20232023-11-24[30] | Present | 4mo 22d ej |
Team | Start | End | |||
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MVP Blue | Feb 20132013-02-18[2] | Sep 20132013-09-06[1] | 6mo 16d ejel | ||
Samsung Blue | Sep 20132013-09-06[4] | Oct 20142014-10-31[3] | 1yr 1mo ejel | ||
EDward Gaming | Nov 20142014-11-11[7] | Nov 20162016-11-14[5] | 2yr 3d ejel | ||
KT Rolster | Nov 20162016-11-30[9] | Nov 20182018-11-19[8] | 2yr 19d ejel | ||
Kingzone DragonX | Nov 20182018-11-25[12] | Oct 20192019-10-09[10] | 10mo 14d ejel | ||
DragonX | Oct 20192019-10-09[14] | Jun 20202020-06-07[32] | 7mo 29d ejel | ||
DRX | Jun 20202020-06-07[32] | Nov 20202020-11-16[13] | 5mo 9d ejel | ||
Hanwha Life | Nov 20202020-11-23[17] | Nov 20212021-11-15[16] | 1yr 22d ejel | ||
DRX | Dec 20212021-12-04[20] | Nov 20222022-11-21[19] | 11mo 17d ejel | ||
DWG KIA | Nov 20222022-11-22[28] | Jan 20232023-01-09 | 1mo 17d ejel | ||
Dplus KIA | Jan 20232023-01-09 | Nov 20232023-11-20[24] | 10mo 11d ejel | ||
KT Rolster | Nov 20232023-11-24[30] | Present | 4mo 22d ej |
News
- 2013
- 2014
- 2016
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
MVP.B | February 18, Deft and FLahm join.[2] | |
MVP.B | September 6, Cheonju, Sense, easyhoon, Deft, FLahm, SuNo, Spirit, Dopani (Head Coach), BanBazi (Coach), and Choi (General Manager) leave.[1] | |
SSB | September 6, Acorn, Heart, Easyhoon, Deft, FLahm, Choi (Head Coach), BanBazi (Coach), and DoGGi (Coach) join. SuNo and Spirit join as substitutes.[4] |
EDG | October 31, PawN and Deft are set to leave after Demacia Cup 2016.[33][34] | |
EDG | November 14, PawN and Deft leave.[5][6] | |
KT | November 30, Deft joins.[9] |
KT | November 19, Deft leaves.[8] | |
KZ | November 25, PawN, Deft, and TusiN join. Rascal's contract is extended.[12] |
KZ | January 25, Rascal, Naehyun, PawN, Deft, Tusin, and Acorn (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[35] | |
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.[10][11] | |
DRX | October 9, Rascal, Cuzz, Naehyun, Deft, TusiN, Mental (Coach), and DOwner (CEO,General Manger) join.[14][15] | |
DRX | November 17, Deft's contract is extended.[36] | |
DRX | December 5, Doran, Chovy, Deft, and Keria's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.[37] |
DRX | June 7, DragonX renames to DRX.[32] | |
DRX | November 16, Doran, Chovy, Deft, and Keria leave.[13] | |
HLE | November 23, Mir and Deft join. CaD's contract is extended.[17][18] | |
HLE | November 24, Chovy and Deft's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[38] |
HLE | November 15, Chovy and Deft leave.[16] | |
DRX | December 4, Zeka, BeryL, Kim (Head Coach), Mowgli (Coach), and Shine (Coach) join. Deft rejoins.[20][21][22][23] | |
DRX | December 5, Zeka, Deft, BeryL, Mowgli (Coach), and Shine (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022. Kim (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[39] |
DRX | November 21, BeryL's contract expires but departure is not confirmed. Kingen, Pyosik, Zeka, and Deft's contracts expire.[19] | |
DK | November 22, Canna and Deft join.[28][29] Canna and Deft's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[40] |
DK | January 9, DWG KIA rebrands as Dplus KIA. | |
DK | November 20, Zefa (Head Coach) rejoins. Bible (Support to Streamer) changes position. Canna, Canyon, Deft, Acorn (Head Coach), GorillA (Coach), and Jay (Analyst) leave.[24][25][26][27] | |
KT | November 24, Pyosik joins. Deft rejoins.[30][31] | |
KT | November 27, Pyosik and Deft's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.[41] |
Biography[]
2013 Season - MVP Blue[]
Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu made his debut in the competitive scene when he joined MVP Blue as their new AD carry in February of 2013. His first professional tournament was OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 in which Blue failed to make it through their group. Blue was able to attend HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 but Blue failed to make it through groups again. Blue and their sister team, Ozone, were picked up by the Samsung organization to form Samsung Galaxy Blue and Samsung Galaxy Ozone, respectively.
2014 Season - Samsung Blue[]
The new Samsung Blue team played in PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 and they finally made it to the quarterfinals but were stopped by the undefeated SK Telecom T1 K. The competitive experience Deft acquired in these seasons allowed him to develop into one of the sharpest AD carries Korea offers. His Blue teammates could not ask for a better player at the position, as they victoriously marched towards HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 where they overcame sister team Samsung White 3-1 in the semifinals on the way to the 2014 OGN Summer Finals. Blue ended up beating NaJin White Shield 3-1 in the finals to win their first OGN title. Blue also made the finals of HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 but they actually ended up losing 3-2 to the KT Rolster Arrows. Samsung Blue had enough circuit points to attend the 2014 Season World Championship as the top seed from Korea but they lost 3-0 in the semifinals to White. In his solo queue adventures, Deft favors Ezreal and Lucian, but he has shown to be able to play any role at the top of the Korean Challenger solo queue circuit. During his tenure on Samsung Blue, Deft favored skill shot based AD carries over auto attack based and was noted for his ability to react and dodge.[42] In particular, he had a strong reputation as a Corki and Kog'Maw player. At the 2014 World Championship, Deft was noted for doing an absurd amount of damage to champions per game.[43]
2015 Season - Edward Gaming[]
On October 31, 2014, Deft announced his departure from Samsung Blue.[44] Ten days later, he announced that he had joined EDward Gaming.[45] In his first games with EDG, the team won a convincing 3-0 over the team's biggest offseason rivals, Team King in the G-League 2014 finals. EDG played in the 2015 Demacia Cup Spring where they went undefeated from the round-of-sixteen until the finals which ended in a crushing 3-0 victory against Invictus Gaming. In 2015 LPL Spring, Deft played all 44 games with Edward Gaming. The team placed first in the regular season, losing only six games in total. He played 11 different champions, but primarily specialized in Corki, Sivir, and Jinx. He struggled the most on Kalista and Urgot. In the LPL Finals, Deft would notably end Game 5 against LGD Gaming with a pentakill, clinching EDG's spot to represent China at the Mid-Season Invitational.[46] At MSI, EDG pushed their way to the finals and upset the heavily favored SK Telecom T1 by baiting Faker into picking LeBlanc and picking a comp to counter it. EDG won the series 3-2 and took home the title of best team in the World. EDG participated in the 2015 Demacia Cup Summer Season where they won again by taking a 3-0 set against OMG. They ended in first place once again in the 2015 LPL Summer Regular Season but in the 2015 LPL Summer Playoffs they faltered, dropping a 3-0 set to LGD and a 3-1 set to IG to end in fourth place overall. They still qualified for the 2015 Season China Regional Finals and managed to take the second seed from China to the 2015 Season World Championship with a 3-1 victory over IG. EDG were placed in a group with SK Telecom, H2k Gaming, and the Bangkok Titans. They came out of the group in second place and were drawn to play Fnatic in the quarterfinals but lost to them 3-0.
2016 Season - Edward Gaming[]
EDG had a rough start to the 2016 LPL Spring Season and played several games without ClearLove. They were however able to bounce back and finished 2nd in Group B, slightly behind Royal Never Give Up. In the playoffs, EDG was able to sweep Snake Esports 3-0 and then won automatically against Qiao Gu Reapers due to QG forfeiting the match. In the finals, EDG faced off against Royal Never Give Up and despite EDG being the favorites going into the match, they lost 1-3 and finished in 2nd place, failing to qualify for the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational. Once summer came, EDG was placed in Group A of the 2016 LPL Summer Season. This split would be the start to EDG's resurgence as the team finished with an undefeated 16-0 regular season. In the 2016 LPL Summer Playoffs EDG would defeat Team WE 3-2 in the semifinals which set them up for a rematch against Royal Never Give Up. In clean fashion, EDG was able to defeat RNG in a 3-0 sweep and reclaim the LPL championship while also qualifying for the 2016 Season World Championship as China's #1 seed.
At Worlds, Deft and EDG were grouped against H2k-Gaming, ahq e-Sports Club and INTZ e-Sports and finished as the 2nd seed after they lost the tiebreaker match against H2k. They were then seeded against ROX Tigers in the bracket stage and lost the series 1-3. After Worlds, EDG made an announcement that Deft will be leaving the team after the 2016 Demacia Cup, which they won after a win against I May in the Finals. On November 30, KT Rolster announced that Deft would be the team's new ADC in the upcoming season.
2017 Season - KT Rolster[]
In the 2017 LCK Spring Season performed well and finished at the top of the standings. However in the playoffs KT fell short and lost 0-3 to SK Telecom T1 in the finals. Although their regular season run in summer was a bit more successful, their playoff run was worse and they fell 2-3 to SKT again but in the semifinals this time. In the 2017 Season Korea Regional Finals KT was taken down 0-3 by Samsung Galaxy and failed to qualify for the 2017 Season World Championship.
2018 Season - KT Rolster[]
After a disappointing year, Deft chose to remain on KT Rolster. The team kept their core players and proceeded with a shake-up in the coaching staff along side the addition of two substitute players, Rush and Ucal. While the team failed to qualify for Worlds, KT Rolster was still painted out to be Korea's potential "Super Team". As the LCK Spring Season debuted, KT Rolster ended up in 3rd place, finishing split with a score of 13-5. Heading into playoffs, the team did not find much better success as they once again were defeated by the Afreeca Freecs 1-3 and were forced to stay at home while the eventual winners of the tournament Kingzone DragonX went on to represent Korea at the Mid-Season Invitational.
While the spring split turned out to be disappointing for Deft and the KT Rolster players, it was a reinvigorated KT Rolster that headed into Rift Rivals and, while Korea did not win the tournament, KT Rolster racked up an impressing score of 3-0 against the other Asian representatives, notably beating Invictus Gaming who would go on to win the 2018 World Championship the same year.
Returning to Korea, KT Rolster quickly picked up the pace and finished 1st place in the LCK Summer Season with the same score of 13-5, earning themselves the first seed going into the playoffs. Deft and his teammate seemed like a entirely new team with the transition of Ucal into the starting mid laner position. As the finals approached, it turned out that KT Rolster would be matched against Griffin, one of Korea's youngest bloods and most impressive teams at the time. Dominated in the first game of the finals, KT quickly bounced back and won themselves the second game of the match. Later on, Griffin would win the third game, going into match points and pushing KT Rolster at wit's end. While game 4 looked grim for Deft and his team, his teammates Smeb and Mata fiercely showed their impressive team play and skill as they turned the game around and sent the match into game 5, narrowly escaping the jaws of defeat and eventually winning KT Rolster their LCK Summer Playoffs title, earning Korea's first seed going into the 2018 World Championship.
Heading into the tournament, Deft and his team were placed into Group C with EDward Gaming, Team Liquid, and MAD Team. The Korean team quickly proved their dominance as they ended the Group Stage in first place with a score of 5-1, only dropping one game to EDward Gaming. Sadly for Deft, KT Rolster were faced with a tough opponent in Invictus Gaming in the very first round of the Knockout Stage, eventually getting defeated 2-3 by the Chinese team, being eliminated in their very own country. While they fought to the bitter end, their performance was not enough as Invictus Gaming would proceed to win the entire tournament, not dropping a single other game after their match against KT Rolster.
It was shortly after their loss at the World Championship that Deft would leave KT Rolster and join Kingzone DragonX.
The team then competed in the 2018 LoL KeSPA Cup during which they were defeated in their very first round 0-2 by Gen.G.
2019 Season - Kingzone DragonX[]
After the tragedy at the 2018 World Championship, Deft joined previous LCK winners in King-Zone DragonX, to play botlane along side TusiN. He was also reunited with his good friend PawN, who got benched at KT Rolster during the previous split due to medical issues. KZ started off the Spring Split wildly inconsistent but picked up the pace later on as they ended the regular season with a 6 match winstreak to finish in 3rd position, behind only SK Telecom T1 and Griffin. They came into the semi-finals slightly as underdogs, and lost 3-0 in an unfortunate BO5. SK Telecom T1 would move on to win the LCK Spring Cup in convincing fashion, with a 3-0 sweep against the tournament favorites in Griffin. Deft would end the Spring split in second place when it comes to individual MVP standings, being only 100 points (1MVP) down on Chovy.
Summer Split started of great for KZ, fluctuating between place 1 and 3 in the close standings, before dropping significantly after week 5. Deft couldn't repeat his carry performance, and along side internal problems, the team ended the split in a disappointing 7th position. They had one chance left to go to Worlds, the Regional Finals. KZ, despite coming in as heavy underdogs due to their lack of performance in the last couple of weeks of LCK Summer, beat both Afreeca Freecs and Sandbox Gaming. In the finals against Damwon Gaming however, they lost 3-2, despite an amazing Baron Nashor steal from Deft in game 2.
It was shortly after 2019 Season World Championship that KZ announced the renaming of their team to DragonX, DRX. Deft immediately announced that he would stay, eventhough the entire team left. In the following weeks, DRX announced that Spring Split MVP Chovy would join in the midlane, aswell as Doran in the toplane. Jungle and support positions would be filled by rookies Pyosik and Keria.
2020 Season - DragonX/DRX[]
LCK Spring Split 2020 started very well for DragonX, by winning their first 4 games, before dropping games against T1 and Gen.G in week 3. DragonX would continue to fight in this way, and ended Spring tied for first with earlier named teams. Due to worse win/loss record, DragonX finished the Split in third position, which would match them against Damwon Gaming in round 2 of the playoffs. Deft and his teammates defeated DWG in a grueling 5 game series. In round 3 of playoffs, with the finals in their eyes, DragonX lost against T1 with a 3-1 record. T1 would eventuelly go on to beat Gen.G 3-0 in the finals. In comparison to LCK Spring 2019, Deft only secured 200 points in the MVP Standings.
DragonX was matched with 2018 World Champions in Invictus Gaming, LPL Champions JDG and Gen.G in the Midseason Cup. After a flamboyant 2-0 start, with victories over IG and Gen.G, DRX would end up in a triple tiebreaker after losing against JDG. DragonX would lose both tiebreaker games and ended third in its group with a 2-1 record.
LCK Summer split started of very well for the renamed DRX, being at the top of the standings for the entire split. However, due to better win/loss record, DWG got the first place heading straight to the finals. DRX played semi finals against Gen.G and won a tiring 5 games series after a 3hour pause. The finals was done quite fast, after a 3-0 sweep. DRX however, was already qualified for Worlds due to having the highest amount of Championship Points in LCK 2020 season. Deft would have a "better" personal split, and acquired 500 MVP points. With Deft qualifying for Worlds, he could once again pursue his dream, which is winning the World Championship.
2021 Season - Hanwha Life[]
On 24th of November 2020, Hanwa Life Esports confirmed Deft as their new AD Carry player for the 2021 LCK Season. Over the next few weeks the roster would get filled with the likes of Chovy, Morgan and a few other players.
Season 11 started of really well for the team of Hanwha Life eSports, with collecting wins over Gen.G and a very close 2-1 loss against World Champions DWG KIA. The team slowed down however, and their performance started to drop down towards the end of the split, losing series against all top teams including T1. Deft's individual performance wasn't the best, only securing 4 MVP's in the entire split, and not making it into any of the 3 LCK All Pro Teams. Hanwha Life eSports eventually ended their split in 3th place, after winning 3-2 against Nongshim RedForce, before dropping 3-0 against DWG KIA in the semi finals. Hanwha Life ended the LCK 2021 Spring Split in third place. The LCK 2021 Summer Season didn't bring much joy to Hanwha Life nor Deft. The team started the split with a single win in their first three weeks. The next few weeks didn't bring anything better, the team ended the split in eight place, a disaster for the organization, given the players' quality. The players and coaching staff didn't find a way to play competitive, resulting in a 7-11 record at the end of summer, thus not granting them access to the playoffs. The regional finals were a bright light in the darkness from the 2021 season for Deft. Hanwha Life eSports was able to beat both Liiv SANDBOX and Nongshim RedForce in the regional best of 5, in respectively 3-1 and 3-0. Deft's individual performance was much better, and fans finally saw the "vintage Deft". Winning these 2 crucial BO5's granted HLE access to the 2021 Season World Championship. This way Deft became the first player to attend Worlds with 5 different teams.
Trivia[]
- Deft's favorite champion is Jinx.
- He holds a phenomenal win rate with this champion.
- Even though he has a staggering 91.3% win rate on the champion, he doesn't see himself as the best Jinx in the world, instead, he says he has a good eye for when she's viable in a game.
- Is well known for being an exquisite Sivir, Ezreal and Varus player.
- Deft is referred to as an Alpaca in Western, Korean, and Chinese fandoms because of his appearance.
- Deft is known for making friendships with foreign pros like Rekkles, Cloud, and Clearlove.
- His first duo stream with Clearlove achieved 1.5 million views on Douyu.
- Received the highest number of MVP points for his debut split of LPL.
- Attended the same high school as Faker, Mapo High School in Seoul.
- Used to be considered one of the greatest players of all time to have never won a World Championship title, along with the likes of his former KT teammates Smeb and Score.
- Often referred to as the quadra kill ADC, since he's famous for collecting a lot of quadras, but rarely getting the actual penta kill. He finally got the 1st pentakill in LCK in Spring Split, winning against Nongshim RedForce after 11 years ceaselessly playing. He also got three pentakills when playing in LPL before.
- His quote: "중요한 것은 꺾이지 않는 마음" which translated to English is "The important thing is the unbreakable spirit" summarized by a journalist after DRX's loss against Rogue in Worlds 2022 Main Event went viral after DRX historic World Championship triumph.
Notable achievements[]
- Reached 1000 Kills in the LPL in August 2016.
- The first and only player to reach 1000 Kills in two different regions.
- Reached 1000 Kills in the LCK on March 21, 2019.[47]
- Reached 1500 kills in the LCK on July 23rd, 2020.
- Reached 2000 Kills in the LCK on February 24, 2022.
- The 2nd player to reach 2000 Kills in the LCK after Faker.
- His 2000th kill was on Fredit Brion's Support Delight in the LCK 2022 Spring Season with Jinx.
- Reached 2500 Kills in the LCK on July 7, 2023.
- The 2nd player to reach 2500 Kills in the LCK after Faker.
- His 2500th kill was on DRX's Bot laner Paduck in the LCK 2023 Summer Split with Ashe
- Reached 300 wins in LCK on February 4th, 2021, becoming the 5th player to do so after Score, Faker, PraY and GorillA.
- His 300th win was in the first game of the series against Afreeca Freecs in the LCK 2021 Spring.
- Reached 400 wins in LCK on February 24th, 2023, becoming the 2nd player to do so after Faker.
- His 400th win was in the first game of the series against Kwangdong Freecs in the LCK 2023 Spring.
- Reached 500 games played in the LCK on March 14th, 2021, becoming the 3rd player to do so after Faker and Score.
- His 500th game was a victory in the first game of the series against Liiv SANDBOX in the LCK 2021 Spring.
- Reached 600 games played in the LCK on March 24th, 2022, becoming the 2nd player to do so after Faker.
- Reached 700 games played in the LCK on June 11th, 2023, becoming the 2nd player to do so after Faker.
- Reached 3000 assists in the LCK on February 19th, 2022.
- Has attended the World Championship with a staggering 6 different teams: Samsung Blue, EDward Gaming, KT Rolster, DRX, Hanwha Life Esports and Dplus KIA.
- Has attended the World Championship 8 times in his career: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
- By winning Worlds 2022 with DRX, Deft became the first player to win Worlds, MSI (2015 with EDward Gaming), LCK (2014 Spring with Samsung Blue) and LPL (2015 Spring with EDward Gaming).
Titles[]
- Worlds x1 (2022)
- MSI x1 (2015)
- LCK x2 (Spring 2014, Summer 2018)
- LPL x2 (Spring 2015, Summer 2016)
- Demacia Cup x4 (Spring 2015, Summer 2015, Grand Finals 2015, 2016)
- KeSPA Cup x1 (2019)
- Rift Rivals x1 (2019)
Individual Awards[]
- LCK 2nd All-Pro Team x1 (Spring 2023)
- LCK 3rd All-Pro Team x3 (Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2022)
Pentakills
Date | Region | Tournament | Team | Vs | Champion | Pos | W/L | KDA | SB | VOD |
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2024-03-10 | Korea | LCK 2024 Spring | Zeri | Bot | W | 10/3/7 | Link | Link | ||
2016-02-18 | China | LPL 2016 Spring | Jinx | Bot | W | 7/0/0 | Link | Link | ||
2015-07-12 | China | Demacia Cup 2015 Summer | Vayne | Bot | W | 10/3/4 | Link | Link | ||
2015-04-26 | China | LPL 2015 Spring Playoffs | Sivir | Bot | W | 8/1/6 | 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.
Deft 1v1 Tournament Results | |||||
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Date | Pl | Event | Prize | Team | Last Result |
2022-12-29 | 2 | SKE 2023 Korea 1v1 Battle | TD | 0 : 1 Faker |
Media[]
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- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- September 22, 'Reflections' with Deft with Thorin on onGamers
- September 28, FNC Rekkles / SSB Deft Interivew (Video) with , and on OGN Global
- December 7, Interview with EDG Korean imports Deft and PawN with , and on Goldper10
- February 17, RED ENVELOPE BATTLE ft. Deft, Dandy, Acorn, Cool, Spirit and more! by Rach Subs on YouTube
- May 8, Deft: Easyhoon is more of a threat than Faker with , and on LoL Esports
- May 9, Deft on EDG's performance so far and having Faker as a schoolmate with , and on GameSpot
- May 10, MSI Spotlight: Deft by , and on LoL Esports
- October 1, EDG vs BKT - Deft Interview with , and on Twitch
- October 3, Deft: "I Think There's a 50/50 Chance That a Western Team Might Be Able to Take Worlds" with , and on Gamespot
- October 9, Deft: ‘...I think our individual plays are much better than European or other team players' with , and on The Score
- November 20, Deft AMA by , and on adeliepingu
- June 22, Traps in the Bang vs. Deft debate by Kelsey Moser on The Score
- August 11, The world's top 10 players in League of Legends by Tyler Erzberger on ESPN
- October 6, Deft on EDG’s stunning loss, moving from Korea to China and making worlds for a third time with , and on Slingshot Esports
- December 27, Deft on joining KT: “I chose Korea, where I would have less communication issues.” by , and on Slingshot
- January 4, Samsung's prodigal sons: Reviewing pawN, Deft, Mata, and Spirit's time abroad by Kelsey Moser on Yahoo!
- January 17, Deft on LCK opener: “I want to win the next match in perfect fashion.” by , and on Slingshot
- January 17, KT Deft: "I will not miss this opportunity to prove myself in the LCK" with , and on Inven Global
- January 25, Deft on facing PraY and GorillA: “The bottom duo’s we’ve faced so far been comparatively easy opponents, but PraY and GorillA have a reputation from last split” with , and on Slingshot
- March 9, kt Deft: "I will prove my worth with action." with , and on Inven Global
- April 11, KT Rolster Deft: “It feels great as we seem to have overcome our past weakness.” with , and on Inven Global
- April 14, KT Rolster Deft on current meta, being named the most handsome player, and alpacas with , and on Inven Global
- June 24, KT Deft: "We Will Have Our Revenge Against SKT" with , and on Inven Global
- June 26, Deft: “We will prepare well to have our revenge (on SKT).” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- July 9, KT Deft on Defeating OMG: "Ashe isn't necessarily countered by Xayah." with , and on Inven Global
- July 25, KT Deft-Smeb thanked PawN for playing exceptionally despite feeling sick with , and on Inven Global
- July 25, Deft on Smeb’s Jarvan play: “He likes to just dive into the enemy team.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- July 31, Deft on Longzhu’s bottom lane: “I think they also make very good situational calls so I think we need to be careful of that.” with , and on Andrew Kim for Slingshot Esports
- December 26, Smeb to Faker: "What do you think of me?" with Yeonjae "Arra" Shin and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- January 20, KT Deft on Varus: "He's a champion that will do at least average as long as you pick him" by Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- January 24, KT Deft: "I became emotional today because I felt that our team broke through the limits" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- January 26, KT Deft: "Our goal wasn't to defeat SKT once. We'll keep on winning and become the Spring Champions" with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- February 11, KT Deft: "In my opinion, Doran's and Targon's give about the same lane sustain... might as well give some gold to the support" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- February 20, Pawn on Bringing a Ruler on Stage: "When I set up my monitor, I tilt it towards the right by about 18 centimeters" with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- February 25, kt Deft: "I was furious because of Teddy's penta-kill." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 8, KT Deft on Kai'Sa: "I like those weird, dirty, cunning champions so I think she’ll go well with me." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 17, KT Deft on Kai'Sa: "With the range patch, I think she’ll become a very good champion." with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- May 28, KT Deft: "The criticism that, 'I had hit my limit and that I cannot win,' hurt me the most" with Woo "Ready" Hyun and Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global
- June 21, KT Deft: "In solo queue, there are 2 types of ADC players. One that never gives up the role, and another that can play other roles." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Woo "Ready" Hyun, , and Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global
- June 28, KT Deft: "Recently, there was not a day that went by in which we went to bed before the sun rose... Nowadays, every LCK team practices deep into the night" with Byungho "Haao" Kim, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, , and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- July 5, KT Deft: "We thought that it would be more convenient to win if we had two champions at mid lane." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- July 21, KT Deft: "For the first time in my career, I was demoted to the Master tier... My coach still had faith in me, and we were able to win today. I want to thank him." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- July 24, KT Score: "Some of the players on Gen.G are good friends of mine, so they made sure to provoke me before the match. That got me to focus, and I ended up carrying." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- July 29, KT Deft: "The team became more solid after the Rift Rivals. We became confident after experiencing an international tournament together." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, Takyun "Laff" Pack, , and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- September 8, KT Score: "Many years have passed, and I finally got my hands on an LCK title. I marched on without giving up, and I feel that I'm finally given my reward." with Byungho "Haao" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- October 10, Deft explains how Golden Guardian's Deftly inspired him to work harder with Travis Gafford on YouTube
- October 13, Worlds Group Stage 2018 top 30 players: 10-6 by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
- December 4, Deft and Kingzone DragonX: A New Beginning with Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek, James "Bick" Hong, and Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global
- January 23, Kingzone Deft: “From now, we will try to show a performance that is worthy of you supporting us.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
- January 23, KZ Deft: "Although I didn’t practice Jinx a single time, I was just confident I’d win if I picked her." with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- January 23, KZ Deft: “If we had lost this game, we would be in 10th place. So I played as if it’s all over if we do not win this match.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
- February 1, KZ Deft on their rough start to the season: "Once the playoffs begin, I promise that Kingzone will show a caliber of performance which is worthy of a champion team." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
- February 3, KZ Deft: “We were able to realize just how bad our current performance is and work even harder.” with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
- February 3, Interview with Deft & TusiN: "Being inconsistent means that we have the potential to be a lot better once we fix our flaws; it means it's possible for us to win even against Griffin or SANDBOX." with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
- February 7, Kingzone Deft on synergy with TusiN: He supported me mentally when I faltered with Ashley Kang on ESPN Esports
- February 21, KZ Deft: "If I have to pick one team I want to beat no matter what in Round 2, I would say SKT because Mata is there." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 1, KZ Deft regarding his Jinx pick: “I was confident that I could pick any champion and win with it.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- March 17, KZ Deft on the team’s pocket pick Nami: “We had success with Nami in scrims; we would usually take the bottom turret and dominate the game.” with Minseong Kim on Korizon Esports
- March 21, KZ Deft: "I thought that I could get my 1,000th kill against my former team, KT, but it’s a bummer that I didn’t get it off Smeb." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- March 21, KZ Pawn regarding his former teammates: “If my health was better, they would have never played over me. I’ll drive the nail in that coffin this time.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
- March 21, Deft gets his 1,000th LCK kill in week 9 of the 2019 Spring Split by Tyler Esguerra on Dot Esports
- March 21, Deft Reaches 1,000 Kills in the LCK - 9th Player to Reach the Milestone by David "Viion" Jang on Inven Gobal
- April 4, 1-Second Interview With KZ Deft: Deft's short advice(?) to amateurs who wanted to become pros! with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- April 5, KZ Deft: "Our efforts were to be regarded as the best, not better than expectations, so we’ll reach the finals and hear that we’re the best." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
- May 23, KZ Deft: "I’ve been putting in my everything for the past 6-7 years… If I don’t have anything to do the next day, wouldn’t my life become so painful?" by Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
- May 29, KZ Deft: “I’ve never defeated SKT last split. If we can get a lot of wins against them, we’ll be able to fulfill our goals." with Roxyy and Akiin on Inven Global
- June 7, KZ Deft: "In the recent metas, bot laners need to know how to play non-ADCs." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
- June 9, KZ Deft on Sona: "She has buff skills and CC, with decent damage as well. I think she needs to be nerfed." with Nswer and Viion on Inven Global
- July 10, KZ Deft: "I've liked ADC-centric comps from when I was playing for Samsung Blue... I feel rather comfortable than pressured." with Irro, Youii, and Viion on Inven Global
- July 13, KZ Deft and His Relationship with Jinx: "I think I have a high win rate on Jinx because I know when it's a good time to play her, not necessarily because I'm good with her" with Nswer, Youii, and Ready on Inven Global
- July 13, KZ Deft: "Before the match, a lot of my teammates predicted that we'll lose today" with Haao and Ready on Inven Global
- July 15, Kingzone's Deft has high expectations for second half of LCK summer split with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- July 15, [Interview] Faker and Deft Are High School Friends?! with Lasso, Youii, and Ready on Inven Global
- September 5, KZ Deft: "The fact that Karma is viable wherever she goes is completely broken. I wish she’s nerfed so that she can’t be used as an ADC." with Viion on Inven Global
- December 26, [KeSPA Cup] DRX Deft: "Keria’s a player with surprisingly good mechanics, it’s almost a waste of his mechanics for him to play support." with Irro and Viion on Inven Global
- February 7, DRX Deft on being the oldest on the team: "I feel pressured in how my actions can unknowingly affect my teammates in a negative way." with Quest on Inven Global
- February 9, DRX Deft: "If we don't lose faith in each other, we may be able to get to the highest point at the end of the year." with Haao and Viion on Inven Global
- February 15, DRX Deft: "I think we keep winning because cvMax analyzes what we’re doing wrong when we lose the first game." with Viion on Inven Global
- March 29, DRX Deft talks about Chovy, Keria, why he simply MUST win worlds with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- April 1, DRX Deft: "When I heard that I was the POG, I changed into our uniform. I can’t play wearing nothing... I have sweat pants on." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
- April 1, DRX Deft makes important announcement on April 1st: "I'm an alpaca." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
- April 4, DRX Deft: "I don’t think Pentakills and I have a great relationship." with Haao and Quest on Inven Global
- April 16, DRX Deft: “In order to bring the trophy home, we have to be the best anyways. We’ll prove ourselves from the bottom up.” with Quest on Inven Global
- April 20, Deft on going from SSB's Alpaca to DRX's "big brother" ft. Smeb, PawN, Score with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- April 20, DRX Chovy: "It feels that I’ve lost to T1 a lot. It would be awesome to win this time." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
- May 25, [Interview] The seven years of Deft, from an eager boy to a mature man with Laff and Viion on Inven Global
- June 20, Deft says DRX has gotten more out of losing MSC, talks defeating T1 and Gen.G | Ashley Kang with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- June 25, DRX Deft: "When I look at my teammates, it’s like watching kids’ talent shows." with Viion on Inven Global
- June 28, DRX Keria: "Lifting the LCK championship trophy is the only way to become the best support player in Korea." with Quest on Inven Global
- July 5, DRX Deft: "I want to kill Smeb over and over again... I want to savor the moment when he becomes really sad after a loss." with Quest on Inven Global
- July 12, DRX Deft speaks of his guilt, sense of responsibility, and faith for his teammates [Korean] with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- July 16, DRX Deft on the life of the ADC: "The Ardent Censer meta was the most fun in solo queue and scrims." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
- August 8, DRX Doran: "I hope Nuguri saw me play from the waiting room and thought that I played well." with Viion on Inven Global
- August 14, DRX Deft: "Since we recently lost to DWG helplessly, I want to face them again in the playoffs and have revenge." with Viion on Inven Global
- August 16, DRX Deft: "If we were playing against T1 tonight, we would’ve definitely lost." with Nswer, Youii, and Quest on Inven Global
- August 30, DRX Deft explains the meaning behind his tears after qualifying to 2020 Worlds with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- September 18, Deft reviews his 7-year career, two most memorable moments as pro | LENS ON Ep.3 with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- September 24, DRX cvMax: "No Matter which teams we were grouped with, they all looked beatable." with Laff and Quest on Inven Global
- October 3, [Worlds 2020] DRX Deft: "TES is evaluated as a team without any weaknesses... I think my teammates are better." with Arra and Viion on Inven Global
- October 5, Deft interview after DRX vs TES, thoughts on Draven pick and Knight's Nocturne with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- October 11, [Worlds 2020] DRX Deft: "Everyone was saying that we just want to avoid DWG..." with Viion on Inven Global
- January 25, Deft on regaining confidence at HLE, responds to Pyosik missing 2020 DRX with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- March 31, HLE Deft: I grew up with the fans, I'll grow old with the fans with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- August 15, 2021 서머를 돌아보며 - 한화 쵸비, 데프트 기자회견 by Ashley Kang on YouTube
- September 19, [박상진의 e스토리] 데프트의 첫 목표이며 마지막 목표인 롤드컵 우승, 그 도전을 앞두고 by vallen on Fomos
- February 18, 데프트의 9년 DRX Deft 9th Anniversary with DRX on YouTube
- September 29, DRX Deft "I'll decide whether to retire or not based on 2022 Worlds" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- September 30, Deft on DRX defeating RNG on Worlds 2022 Play-In Stage with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- October 16, DRX Deft REACTS to the EDG fan crying in the audience with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- October 27, Deft's FINAL message to 2020 DRX "To Doran, Chovy and Keria.." with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- November 5, DRX Deft: " I felt like I’d fail at everything else in life if I couldn’t reach the top in LoL." with Viion and Quest on Inven Global
- November 6, DRX Deft: "How I feel right now is that if I can play next year, then I’m going to play." with Viion and Quest on Inven Global
- December 9, Deft: What winning 2022 Worlds REALLY meant for me with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- January 4, DK Deft: Ten years passed just like that. with PentaQ Esports on YouTube
- January 4, [SUB] 실버 꾸라도 하드캐리(?)한 세.체.원 ‘데프트 버스’ 출발! | [겁도 없꾸라] EP.07 by LE SSERAFIM Sakura on YouTube
- January 5, Ranking the 5 best League of Legends AD carries of 2022 by John Popko on Inven Global
- January 10, Faker and Deft on SKE2023, shares their thoughts on Worlds in Korea, and goals for 2023 with Viion on Inven Global
- January 11, [담았케치] 뎊뚜 왔슴미다 -ㅅ- 겁도 없꾸라 스케치 by Dplus KIA on YouTube
- January 21, DK Deft "Wants to become like Messi" and bring positive influence to the world with Ashley Kang on YouTube
- February 1, Deft "Losing makes it fun; now I see how DK should improve" | DK vs GEN press conference with KORIZON Esports on YouTube
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 삼성전자 MVP 인수하며 LOL 팀 창단, 팀명은 '삼성 갤럭시 프로게임팀' (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 김찬호 합류한 KT 롤스터 B, 배틀로얄 2연승? dailyesports.com
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Deft's Facebook Post (korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 삼성전자 MVP 인수하며 LOL 팀 창단, 팀명은 '삼성 갤럭시 프로게임팀' (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post weibo.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Deft's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Deft's Twitter Post twitter.com
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Deft's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 kt 롤스터, 전 EDG 원딜 '데프트' 김혁규 영입 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 킹존 드래곤X, '드래곤X'로 새 출발…'FEG'로부터 독립 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 DragonX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Kingzone DragonX Acquires Deft, PawN, and TusiN invenglobal.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 킹존 드래곤X, '드래곤X'로 새 출발…'FEG'로부터 독립 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 DragonX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Hanwha Life Esports' Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 HLE Announcement | Welcome HLE Deft youtube.com
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 23.2 DRX's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Dplus KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Dplus KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 Dplus KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 Dplus KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 DWG KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 DWG KIA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 31.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 KeSPA's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ EDward Gaming's Weibo Post weibo.com
- ↑ Deft's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-01-18; after change - KR - 2019-01-25
- ↑ DragonX's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-12-03; after change - KR - 2019-12-05
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2020-11-23; after change - KR - 2020-11-24
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-12-04; after change - KR - 2021-12-05
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2022-11-21; after change - KR - 2022-11-22
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2023-11-26; after change - KR - 2023-11-27
- ↑ 'Reflections' with Deft YouTube
- ↑ Full Dmg to Champions Data for Worlds Group Stage onGamers
- ↑ Deft's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ Deft's Twitter (English) twitter.com]
- ↑ EDG Deft Pentakill YouTube
- ↑ "Inven Global article"