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Team Information
Org Location
South Korea
Team Location
South Korea
Region
KR
Korea
SponsorHanhwa
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게임이너스
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History
Created2014-11-14
Disbanded2018-04-15
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Current Roster
ROX Tigers Roster 2018 Spring

ROX Tigers (Korean: 락스 타이거즈) (formerly HUYA Tigers and later GE Tigers, KOO Tigers, and Tigers) is a Korean League of Legends team.

History[]

2015 Season[]

KOO Tigers is a Korean League of Legends team that was founded in November 2014, sponsored by Chinese streaming company YY.[1] The initial roster, announced under the name HUYA Tigers, included former members of NaJin Sword, NaJin Shield, and Incredible Miracle 1: Smeb, Lee, Kuro, PraY, and GorillA comprised the initial lineup, with NoFe as a coach. Shortly after its formation, the team qualified for the Champions Spring Qualifiers, placing first in the group stage over Team Avalanche. They went 2-1 in the final stage and successfully qualified for SBENU Champions Spring 2015. In the Champions Spring Preseason, HUYA Tigers finished tied for third place with KT Rolster, each with 7 points. They renamed to GE Tigers at the start of the Spring Season.

GE Tigers started out as unquestionably the top team in Korea in their first season in the LCK, in first place with a 7-0 match record and a 14-2 game record at the end of week 6 of the spring season. This placement earned them an invitation to the IEM Season IX World Championship in March. However, after defeating Cloud 9 and SK Gaming to win their group, they lost in the semifinals 2-1 to Team WE - who entered the competition as the 12th-place team in the LPL. This led many casters and analysts to label it the biggest upset to date in the entire history of competitive League of Legends. After their return to Korea, the GE Tigers' record worsened, and they dropped sets to both KT Rolster and to SK Telecom T1. They still finished first in the round robin with a 12-2 record, but in the Playoffs they lost to SKT and missed out on the Mid-Season Invitational.

Prior to the start of the SBENU Champions Summer 2015, the GE Tigers were sponsored by streaming company KOOtv and changed their name to the KOO Tigers. KOO ended the regular season of Champions Summer in 4th place.They beat NaJin e-mFire 2-1 and CJ Entus 3-0 to advance to the semifinals where they played a close series with KT Rolster but lost 3-2, ultimately ending in third place. Because SKT won the finals, KOO automatically qualified for the 2015 Season World Championship as the second seed from Korea with the most circuit points.

At Worlds, KOO was placed into a group with Counter Logic Gaming, Flash Wolves, and paiN Gaming. They placed second, ending with a 4-2 record with both losses to Flash Wolves. They beat KT Rolster 3-1 and Fnatic 3-0 to make it to the finals against SKT. However, they finally fell in the finals with a 3-1 loss.

2016 Preseason[]

After Worlds, Tigers dropped their title sponsor from their team name, and they played in the KeSPA Cup as Tigers. The Tigers played in the KeSPA Cup but they were upset in the first round 2-0 by SBENU Sonicboom. On January 5 they renamed to the ROX Tigers.

2016 Season[]

During the 2016 LCK Spring Split, the ROX Tigers dominated domestically in similar fashion to 2015. They finished the regular season with a 16-2 match record, losing only to KT Rolster and Samsung Galaxy. Earning first place in the regular season gave them a bye to the finals of the Spring Playoffs, where they faced SK Telecom T1. ROX entered as the favorites this time, but still lost 3-1, earning themselves second place for the spring split.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, the Tigers once again placed first in the regular season with an impressive 15-3 scoreline in Bo3s, with two losses to SK Telecom T1 and one loss to Samsung Galaxy. This seeded them in the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs directly into their third domestic finals, where they eventually met KT Rolster. In an epic series, the ROX Tigers won the set 3-2, claiming 1st place in the Summer Split and giving them Korea's first seed into the 2016 Season World Championship.

At the 2016 Season World Championship, the ROX Tigers were placed into Group A, along with EULCS first seed G2 Esports, NALCS second seed Counter Logic Gaming, and wildcard Albus NoX Luna. Despite becoming the first Korean team in history to lose a professional game to a wildcard, ROX finished the group stage in first place with a 4-2 record. After dispatching EDward Gaming in a 3-0 sweep in the Quarterfinals, the Tigers met their historic kryptonite SK Telecom T1 in the Semifinals match. What followed was one of the most intense and well played series in the history of League of Legends, with an incredible display of performance from both teams. In the end SKT, led by the veteran duo of Faker and Bengi, managed to edge out the series 2-3; even though the Tigers were the second team to bring SKT to a Game 5 in a Worlds series, even being ahead 2-1 after Game 3, their efforts weren't enough to bring down SKT and deny them their second consecutive Worlds Finals.

2017 Season[]

After the 2016 season the previous roster disbanded due to not managing to win the world championship. Thus they had to build a new roster and decided to sign veterans Shy and Lindarang in the toplane, SeongHwan and Mightybear as junglers, Mickey and Sangyoon from Afreeca and Key as support. This experienced roster struggled at the start of Spring Split but fought back and had a chance to reach playoffs until the last week where they lost both matches to finish in 6th place.

For the Summer Split they picked up Lava as midlane substitute. They had another bad 1-5 start to the split but only looked good for the two weeks 5 and 6 before disappointing again. ROX Tigers finished their split and season early with a 7th place far from playoff positions and unable to participate in Regional Finals.

At the 2017 LoL KeSPA Cup ROX swept amateur team Gyeonggi but lost in round 2 against relegated Ever8 Winners.

2018 Season[]

Going into the 2018 Season ROX Tigers decided stick with Lava and Lindarang as their solo laners and released Mickey and Shy. This resulted in better results but was not quite enough to reach playoffs in Spring Split as they lost out in the 3-way-tie for 4th due to their game score.

After the Spring Split roster and LCK slot were acquired by Hanwha Life Esports.

Timeline[]

  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018

Player Roster[]

Former[]

Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.

Dates:Approx|Exact
PlayerNameRoleJoinedLeftNext Team
KR

LindarangHeo Man-heung (허만흥)
Top Laner
Dec 20162016-12-21Apr 20182018-04-15Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
KR

SeongHwanYoon Seong-hwan (윤성환)
Jungler
Dec 20162016-12-21Apr 20182018-04-15Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
KR

LavaKim Tae-hoon (김태훈)
Mid Laner
Jun 20172017-06-27Apr 20182018-04-15Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
KR

SangyoonGwon Sang-yun (권상윤)
Bot Laner
Dec 20162016-12-21Apr 20182018-04-15Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
KR

KeyKim Han-gi (김한기)
Support
Dec 20162016-12-21Apr 20182018-04-15Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
KR

MightybearKim Min-su (김민수)
Sub/Jun
Feb 20172017-02-20Apr 20182018-04-15Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
KR

KuzanLee Seong-hyeok (이성혁)
Sub/Mid
Dec 20172017-12-27Apr 20182018-04-15Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
KR

ShyPark Sang-myeon (박상면)
Top Laner
Dec 20162016-12-21Dec 20172017-12-05Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
KR

CrowKim Seon-gyu (김선규)
Sub/Mid
Jun 20172017-06-27Nov 20172017-11-19MVPlogo stdMVP
KR

MickeySon Young-min (손영민)
Mid Laner
Dec 20162016-12-21Jun 20172017-06-27Team Liquidlogo stdTL
KR

PeanutHan Wang-ho (한왕호)
Jungler
Jan 20162016-01-05Nov 20162016-11-30SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
KR

CryHae Sung-min (해성민)
Mid Laner
Mar 20162016-03-08Nov 20162016-11-28EDward Gaminglogo stdEDG
KR

SmebSong Kyung-ho (송경호)
Top Laner
Nov 20142014-11-14Nov 20162016-11-25KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
KR

KuroLee Seo-haeng (이서행)
Mid Laner
Nov 20142014-11-14Nov 20162016-11-25Afreeca Freecslogo stdAF
KR

PraYKim Jong-in (김종인)
Bot Laner
Nov 20142014-11-14Nov 20162016-11-25Longzhu Gaminglogo stdLZ
KR

GorillAKang Beom-hyun (강범현)
Support
Nov 20142014-11-14Nov 20162016-11-25Longzhu Gaminglogo stdLZ
KR

SylphLee Jae-ha (이재하)
Sub/Mid
Jan 20162016-01-05Mar 20162016-03-09Game Talentslogo stdGT
KR

HojinLee Ho-jin (이호진)
Jungler
Nov 20142014-11-14Dec 20152015-12-07Retiredlogo stdRetired
KR

WisdomKim Tae-wan (김태완)
Jungler
May 20152015-05-17Dec 20152015-12-07Giants Gaminglogo stdGIA

Player League Participation[]

Playoff games are NOT included, but regular-season tiebreaker games ARE.

LCK

Player2012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024Games
SpringSummerWinterSpringSummerWinterSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummerSpringSummer
PeanutNaJin e-mFirelogo stdNaJin e-mFirelogo stdROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigerslogo stdSK Telecom T1logo stdSK Telecom T1logo stdKingzone DragonXlogo stdKingzone DragonXlogo stdGen.Glogo stdGen.Glogo stdNongshim RedForcelogo stdNongshim RedForcelogo stdGen.Glogo stdGen.Glogo stdGen.Glogo stdGen.Glogo stdHanwha Life Esportslogo std578
ZetROX Tigerslogo std12
MightybearROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigerslogo stdHanwha Life Esportslogo std39

Organization[]

Former[]

C ID Name Position Next Team
OnAir Kang Hyun-jong (강현종) 80Head Coach Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHanwha Life Esports
Emperor Kim Jin-hyun (김진현) 80Coach Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHanwha Life Esports
Xero Sin Hyeok (신혁) 80Coach Bbq Oliverslogo stdbbq Olivers
Mental An Hyo-yeon (안효연) 80Manager Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKingzone DragonX
NoFe Jeong No-chul (정노철) 80Head Coach EDward Gaminglogo stdEDward Gaming
SSONG Kim Sang-soo (김상수) 80Coach Longzhu Gaminglogo stdLongzhu Gaming
Lee Jae-wook (이재욱) Coach None
KangQui Kang Sung-hyun (강승현) 80Coach Energy Pacemakerlogo stdEnergy Pacemaker

Tournaments[]

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

Minimum place

ROX Tigers Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2018-03-256₩10,000,000$ 9,339.72€ 7,571.28 LCK 2018 Spring
9 - 9Blanklogo stdRR
 Lindarang,  Mightybear,  SeongHwan,  Kuzan,  Lava,  Sangyoon,  Key,  OnAir,  Emperor
2017-12-029 - 12 KeSPA Cup 2017
1 : 2Ever8 Winnerslogo stdEEW
 Lindarang,  SeongHwan,  Mightybear,  Lava,  Sangyoon,  Key,  OnAir
2017-08-067₩10,000,000$ 8,800€ 7,500 LCK 2017 Summer
6 - 12Blanklogo stdRR
 Lindarang,  Shy,  SeongHwan,  Mightybear,  Mickey,  Lava,  Crow,  Sangyoon,  Key,  OnAir,  Xero
2017-04-026₩10,000,000$ 8,900€ 8,400 LCK 2017 Spring
8 - 10Blanklogo stdRR
 Lindarang,  Shy,  Seonghwan,  Mightybear,  Mickey,  Sangyoon,  Key,  OnAir,  gosu
2017-02-263 - 4$15,000$ 15,000€ 14,100 IEM Season 11 World Championship
1 : 2G2 Esportslogo stdG2
 Lindarang,  SeongHwan,  Mickey,  Sangyoon,  Key,  gosu
2016-11-191₩40,000,000$ 33,600€ 31,600 KeSPA Cup 2016
3 : 1Kongdoo Monsterlogo stdKDM
 Smeb,  Peanut,  Cry,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe,  SSONG
2016-10-293 - 4$380,250$ 380,250€ 346,027.5 Worlds 2016
2 : 3SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
 Smeb,  Peanut,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe
2016-08-201₩100,000,000$ 89,000€ 79,000 LCK 2016 Summer Playoffs
3 : 2KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
 Smeb,  Peanut,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe,  SSONG
2016-08-061 LCK 2016 Summer
15 - 3Blanklogo stdRR
 Smeb,  Peanut,  Kuro,  Cry,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe,  SSONG
2016-04-232₩60,000,000$ 51,600€ 46,200 LCK 2016 Spring Playoffs
1 : 3SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
 Smeb,  Peanut,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe,  SSONG
Total Prize: KRW 230,000,000USD 395,250

As Tigers[]

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

Minimum place

Tigers Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2015-11-149 - 14 KeSPA Cup 2015
0 : 2SBENU Sonicboomlogo stdSSB
 Smeb,  Wisdom,  Hojin,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA
Total Prize: KRW 0

As KOO Tigers[]

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

Minimum place

KOO Tigers Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2015-10-312$250,000$ 250,000€ 225,000 Worlds 2015
1 : 3SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
 Smeb,  Hojin,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe
2015-08-293₩30,000,000$ 25,200€ 22,500 Champions 2015 Summer Playoffs
2 : 3KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
 Smeb,  Hojin,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe,  SSONG
2015-08-134 Champions 2015 Summer
11 - 7Blanklogo stdRR
 Smeb,  Hojin,  Wisdom,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe,  SSONG
Total Prize: USD 250,000KRW 30,000,000

As GE Tigers[]

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

Minimum place

GE Tigers Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2015-05-022₩60,000,000$ 51,000€ 39,600 Champions 2015 Spring Playoffs
0 : 3SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
 Smeb,  LEE,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe
2015-04-111 Champions 2015 Spring
12 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
 Smeb,  Lee,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe
2015-03-153 - 4$15,000$ 15,000€ 14,250 IEM Season 9 World Championship
1 : 2Team WElogo stdWE
 Smeb,  Lee,  kurO,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe
Total Prize: KRW 60,000,000USD 15,000

As HUYA Tigers[]

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

Minimum place

HUYA Tigers Tournament Results - Show Prize as (LocalUSDEuros)
DatePlPrizeEventLast ResultRoster
2014-12-204 Champions 2015 Spring Preseason
2-1-1Blanklogo stdRR
 Smeb,  Lee,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA,  NoFe
2014-12-071 International e-Culture Festival 2014
2 - 0Blanklogo stdRR
 Smeb,  Lee,  kurO,  PraY,  GorillA
2014-11-22Q Champions Spring 2015 Qualifiers
2 - 1Blanklogo stdRR
 Smeb,  Lee,  Kuro,  PraY,  GorillA
Total Prize: USD 0

Media[]

  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020

Images[]

See Also[]

External Links[]

References[]

  1. Chinese giant YY picks up a Korean team. ongamers.com
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 [취재] 롤챔스 선발전 '다크호스' 탄생, HUYA 타이거즈 창단 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Chinese giant YY picks up a Korean team. ongamers.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 KangQui's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.cin
  5. 스베누 롤챔스 코리아 스프링 2015 출전 구단 로스터 (Korean) tving.com
  6. 6.0 6.1 KangQui's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  7. [취재] GE 타이거즈, KOO 타이거즈로 팀 명 변경과 '위즈덤' 김태완 영입! (Korean) inven.co.kr
  8. 8.0 8.1 [취재] GE 타이거즈, KOO 타이거즈로 팀 명 변경과 '위즈덤' 김태완 영입! (Korean) inven.co.kr
  9. 9.0 9.1 [뉴스] 코치에서 6쏭모드! '쏭' 김상수, 쿠 타이거즈 코치로 합류 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  10. [뉴스] 새 얼굴 대거 등장! 네이버 2015 LoL KeSPA컵 로스터 공개! (Korean) inven.co.kr
  11. [뉴스] 새 얼굴 대거 등장! 네이버 2015 LoL KeSPA컵 로스터 공개! (Korean) inven.co.kr
  12. 12.0 12.1 Tigers' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 Tigers' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  14. [뉴스] 리그오브레전드 게임단 '락스 타이거즈', 스프링 시즌 로스터 확정 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 [뉴스] 리그오브레전드 게임단 '락스 타이거즈', 스프링 시즌 로스터 확정 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  16. 16.0 16.1 ROX, ‘크라이’ 해성민 영입...”다양한 방향으로 발전” (Korean) fomos.kr
  17. 17.0 17.1 2016년 제 1차 e스포츠 제재 (Korean) leagueoflegends.co.kr
  18. 18.0 18.1 bnununu's Tweet twitter.com
  19. 19.0 19.1 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  20. 20.0 20.1 GorillA's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  21. 21.0 21.1 PraY's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  22. 22.0 22.1 facebook.com
  23. 23.0 23.1 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post facebook.com
  24. 24.0 24.1 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  25. 25.0 25.1 Peanut's Facebook Post facebook.com
  26. 26.0 26.1 롱주 게이밍, 전 ROX 출신 '쏭' 김상수 코치 영입 (Korean) fomos.kr
  27. 27.0 27.1 EDward Gaming's Weibo Post (Chinese) weibo.com
  28. 28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3 28.4 28.5 28.6 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post facebook.com
  29. 29.0 29.1 2017 롤챔스 코리아 스프링 1R 로스터 발표 (Korean) fomos.kr
  30. 30.0 30.1 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post facebook.com
  31. 31.0 31.1 31.2 31.3 KeSPA's Tweet twitter.com
  32. 32.0 32.1 2017 LoL 케스파 컵 로스터 공개, '쿠잔' 이성혁-'블레스' 최현웅 제외 (Korean) fomos.kr
  33. 33.0 33.1 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post facebook.com
  34. 34.0 34.1 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post facebook.com
  35. 35.0 35.1 ROX Tigers' Tweet twitter.com
  36. 36.0 36.1 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post facebook.com
  37. KeSPA's Tweet twitter.com
  38. ROX Tigers' Facebook Post facebook.com
  39. Hanwha Life Esports' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  40. 40.0 40.1 40.2 40.3 40.4 40.5 40.6 40.7 40.8 40.9 ROX Tigers' Facebook Post facebook.com
  41. 41.0 41.1 41.2 41.3 41.4 41.5 41.6 41.7 41.8 41.9 Hanwha Life Esports' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com


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