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Background Information
Name	Kim Han-gi (김한기)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	June 20, 1997 (age 26)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Hanwha Life
Role	; Support
Favorite Champs	;
Competitive IDs	TML
Social Media & Links
Team History
Jan 2015 - May 2015	; ⁠⁠Xenics
May 2015 - Aug 2015	; ⁠⁠EP.Carries
Aug 2015 - Nov 2016	; ⁠⁠ESC Ever
Dec 2016 - Apr 2018	; ⁠⁠ROX Tigers
Apr 2018 - Present	; ⁠⁠Hanwha Life

A checked version of this page, approved on 14 June 2019, was based on this revision.

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

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Biography[]

2015 Season[]

Kim "TML" Han-gi competed with Xenics in the Champions Summer Promotion Tournament, but the team went 0-2 in their group, losing to both Samsung and Prime Clan and did not qualify. He then left to join Energy Pacemaker.Carries and played a few games in the LSPL Season and then the Spring Relegation Tournament, where the team successfully requalified for the 2016 LSPL.

2016 Preseason[]

After the LSPL Relegation tournament, TML returned to Korea and joined Ever for the 2016 LCK Promotion Tournament but was once again unsuccessful at qualifying for Champions. After the Promotion Tournament, TML renamed to Key, and Ever picked up two new players - former KT Rolster jungler Ares and AD carry LokeN. With this line-up, Ever played in the KeSPA Cup, where they shocked audiences not only advancing to the semifinals with victories over Samsung and Anarchy but then upsetting SK Telecom and CJ Entus in back-to-back sweeps to win the entire tournament and secure Korea's only seed to IEM Season X - Cologne. Key himself was recognized for his Bard play and earned the MVP award for the tournament.

At IEM Cologne, Ever once again showed a strong performance, first beating the European representative H2k in the semifinals and then winning the finals 3-2 against the Chinese Qiao Gu.

2016 Season[]

During the preseason, allegations had arisen that Key had engaged in Elo boosting activities.^[24] The allegations were never proven, and no official action was taken against him, but Ever took their own disciplinary action and sat him out for the first 12 games of Challengers Korea.^[25] Totoro started for the team in his place.

At the time of competing at IEM Katowice (which they had an invitation to due to winning IEM Cologne), Ever were in second place in Challengers, after losing a series 0-2 to MVP. Despite a round-one surprise upset win over Team SoloMid, Ever lost to Royal Never Give Up and then a rematch series against TSM to be eliminated before the playoff bracket.

After coming back to Korea, ESC Ever continued to perform well in the Challengers Korea 2016 Spring Season, finishing second place in the regular season with 27 pts. After beating Ever8 Winners 3-1, they beat MVP 3-2 to win the season and earn a spot in the 2016 LCK Summer Promotion. Then, they beat SBENU Sonicboom 3-0 to earn a spot in the 2016 LCK Summer Season.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Season, ESC Ever went 5-13 in total sets, with one notable upset victory over SK Telecom T1. Key shared the starting support position with Totoro. However, they still finished the split in ninth place, leading them to participate in the 2017 LCK Spring Promotion tournament. In the first round, they beat SBENU Korea 2-1 before falling to Kongdoo Monster 3-1. In the deciding loser's match, ESC Ever swept CJ Entus to earn their spot back in the LCK.

Trivia[]

Became famous for his Bard play during the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup

Tournament Results[]

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

Key Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-09-14	3 - 4	Asia Star Challengers Invitational 2023	0 : 3⁠⁠DRX.C	⁠⁠HLE.C	Rooster, Guwon, Loki, Lure, Duro, Nagne, Key, Max
2023-08-18	4	LCK CL 2023 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠DRX.C	⁠⁠HLE.C	Rooster, Guwon, Roamer, Lure, Duro, Nagne, Key, Max
2023-08-04	3	LCK CL 2023 Summer	13 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE.C	Rooster, Guwon, Grizzly, Roamer, Loki, Lure, Duro, Nagne, Key, Max
2023-03-21	5	LCK CL 2023 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠T1.C	⁠⁠HLE.C	Rooster, Guwon, Roamer, Lure, Duro, Nagne, Key
2023-03-17	4	LCK CL 2023 Spring	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE.C	Rooster, Guwon, Grizzly, Roamer, Loki, Lure, Duro, Nagne, Key
2020-04-26	6	CBLOL 2020 Split 1	10 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠PNG	Yang, SeongHwan, tinowns, brTT, Key, Xero, Dionrray
2019-09-11	Q	LCK 2020 Spring Promotion	3 : 0⁠⁠JAG	⁠⁠HLE	SoHwan, bonO, Tempt, Sangyoon, key, OnAir, LinLan
2019-08-18	9	LCK 2019 Summer	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	Thal, SoHwan, Moojin, bonO, Lava, Tempt, Sangyoon, key, OnAir, LinLan
2019-03-31	6	LCK 2019 Spring	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠HLE	Thal, SoHwan, bonO, Moojin, Lava, Tempt, Sangyoon, key, LinLan, OnAir, Woong
2018-12-18	13 - 19	KeSPA Cup 2018	1 : 2⁠⁠KSL	⁠⁠HLE	SoHwan, bonO, Tempt, Lava, Sangyoon, Key, OnAir, LinLan