Roach

Roach
Roach
Background Information
Name	Kim Kang-hee (김강희)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	January 31, 1999 (age 21)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠T1 Academy
Contract Expires	2021-11-15
Role	; Top Laner
Competitive IDs	ROACH
Soloqueue IDs	KR: Roach, T1 Roach
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠NaJin e-mFire	Dec 20152015-12-24^[2]	Jan 20162016-01-05^[1]	12d ejel
KR	⁠⁠e-mFire	Jan 20162016-01-05^[4]	Feb 20162016-02-18^[3]	1mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kongdoo Monster	Feb 20162016-02-18^[6]	Nov 20182018-11-04^[5]	2yr 8mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	Dec 20182018-12-03^[8]	Nov 20192019-11-18^[7]	11mo 15d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	Nov 20192019-11-26^[10]	Dec 20192019-12-08^[9]	12d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Dec 20192019-12-08^[12]	Nov 20202020-11-26^[11]	11mo 18d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1 Academy	Nov 20202020-11-26^[13]	Present	ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠NaJin e-mFire	Dec 20152015-12-24^[2]	Jan 20162016-01-05^[1]	12d ejel
KR	⁠⁠e-mFire	Jan 20162016-01-05^[4]	Feb 20162016-02-05	1mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠e-mFire	Feb 20162016-02-05	Feb 20162016-02-18^[3]	13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kongdoo Monster	Feb 20162016-02-18^[6]	Jun 20162016-06-06	3mo 17d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kongdoo Monster	Jun 20162016-06-06	Nov 20182018-11-04^[5]	2yr 4mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Gen.G	Dec 20182018-12-03^[8]	Nov 20192019-11-18^[7]	11mo 15d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	Nov 20192019-11-26^[10]	Dec 20192019-12-08^[9]	12d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Dec 20192019-12-08^[12]	Nov 20202020-11-26^[11]	11mo 18d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1 Academy	Nov 20202020-11-26^[13]	Present	ej

News

2015
2016
2018
2019
2020

KR

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⁠NJF

December 24,
Edge and
Lupin join.
SSol and viNylCat (Coach) rejoin.
Roach joins as substitute.^[2]

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KR	⁠⁠NJF	January 5, Edge, SSol, Lupin, Roach, viNylCat (Coach), and Lee Seok-jin (Owner) leave.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠EMF	January 5, Hipo, Crush, Edge, SSol, Lupin, viNylCat (Head Coach), Micro (Coach), and Lee Seok-jin (Owner) join. Roach joins as substitute.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠EMF	February 5, Roach (Sub/Mid to Sub/Top) changes position. e
KR	⁠⁠EMF	February 18, Hipo, Crush, Edge, SSol, GuGer, Roach, viNylCat (Head Coach), Micro (Coach), and Lee Seok-jin (Owner) leave.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠KDM	February 18, Hipo, Crush, Edge, SSol, GuGer, viNylCat (Head Coach), Micro (Coach), and Lee Seok-jin (Owner) join. Roach joins as substitute.^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠KDM	June 6, Roach moves to starting roster. e

KR	⁠⁠KDM	November 4, ⁠⁠Kongdoo Monster is disbanded. Roach, LuBu, Edge, SSol, X, BroCColi, Ace, Umaru, Aggro, Moo, ZergMaN (Head Coach), Rigby (Coach), and VicaL (Coach) leave.^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	December 3, Roach joins.^[8] e

KR	⁠⁠GEN	January 10, CuVee, Roach, Peanut, Fly, Ruler, and Life's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Edgar (Head Coach), TrAce (Coach), and oDin (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[14] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN	November 18, CuVee, Roach, Peanut, SeongHwan, Fly, Kuzan, Rich, and Asper leave.^[7] e
KR	⁠⁠SKT	November 26, Roach joins as substitute. Canna moves to starting roster. Ellim, Gumayushi, and Kuri move to substitutes.^[10] Canna, Ellim, Gumayushi, Kuri, Roach, and Kim (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[15] e
KR	⁠⁠SKT	December 8, Canna, Cuzz, Faker, Teddy, Effort, Roach, Ellim, Gori, Gumayushi, Kuri, Burdol, Closer, Kim (Head Coach), Comet (Coach), Boxer (Streamer & Content Creator), and Sayho (Academy Coach) leave.^[9] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	December 8, Canna, Cuzz, Faker, Teddy, Effort, Kim (Head Coach), Comet (Coach), and Boxer (Streamer & Content Creator) join. Roach, Ellim, Gori, Gumayushi, and Kuri join.^[12] Canna, Cuzz, Ellim, Faker, Effort, Kuri, Roach, and Gumayusi's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[16] e

KR	⁠⁠T1	November 17, Roach is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[17] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 26, Roach leaves for academy roster.^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠T1.A	November 26, Roach joins from main roster.^[13] e

Biography[edit]

2016 Preseason[edit]

Kim "Roach" Kang-hee joined NaJin e-mFire as a sub on December 24, 2015. The team renamed to e-mFire while they searched for a new organization. In February, that organization was found, and they renamed once again to Kongdoo Monster.

2016 Season[edit]

During the 2016 LCK Spring Season, Kongdoo Monster went 1-17 in sets, ending in last place. This forced them to play a relegation match against challenger team MVP, who defeated them 3-1 and relegating them to Challengers Korea 2016 Summer.

Trivia[edit]

His ID Roach comes from the Roach unit from StarCraft II.^[18]

Tournament Results[edit]

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

Roach Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result		Roster
2020-04-16	2	LCK 2020 Spring	14 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1	Roach, Canna, Cuzz, Ellim, Faker, Teddy, Effort, Kim, Comet
2020-01-03	3 - 4	KeSPA Cup 2019	1 : 3⁠⁠SB	⁠⁠T1	Canna, Roach, Cuzz, Faker, Teddy, Effort, Kuri, Kim, Comet
2019-08-18	6	LCK 2019 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Roach, Peanut, SeongHwan, Kuzan, Fly, Rich, Ruler, Life, Edgar, TrAce
2019-03-31	7	LCK 2019 Spring	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Roach, Peanut, Fly, Ruler, Life, Edgar, TrAce
2018-12-31	2	KeSPA Cup 2018	0 : 3⁠⁠GRF	⁠⁠GEN	CuVee, Roach, Peanut, Fly, Ruler, Life, TrAce, Edgar
2018-09-03	3 - 4	CK 2018 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠BtC	⁠⁠KDM	Roach, LuBu, Edge, SSol, X, ZergMaN, Rigby, VicaL
2018-08-27	3	CK 2018 Summer	10 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KDM	Roach, LuBu, Edge, Ace, SSol, X, ZergMaN, Rigby, VicaL
2018-04-22	NQ	LCK 2018 Summer Promotion	2 : 3⁠⁠MVP	⁠⁠KDM	Roach, Raise, U Jun, Edge, SSol, Secret, MC, Chunco, Rigby
2018-03-25	10	LCK 2018 Spring	2 - 16⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KDM	Roach, Raise, U Jun, Edge, SSol, Secret, MC, Chunco, Rigby
2017-12-02	13 - 19	KeSPA Cup 2017	1 : 2DWG	⁠⁠KDM	Roach, U Jun, Edge, SSol, Secret, MC, Zefa