Roach

Roach
Retired as Player
Roach
Background Information
Name	Kim Kang-hee (김강희)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	January 31, 1999 (age 25)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠T1
Contract Expires	2024-11-18
Role	; Coach
Competitive IDs	ROACH
Soloqueue IDs	KR: T1 Roach; Roach
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kim "Roach" Kang-hee (Hangul: 김강희) is a League of Legends esports player, currently substitute top laner for T1.

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 Challengers	Nov 20202020-11-26^[14]	Dec 20212021-12-05^[13]	1yr 9d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1 Challengers	Dec 20212021-12-05^[13]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[15]	11mo 16d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Nov 20222022-11-28^[19]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[16]	1yr 22d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Nov 20232023-11-26^[24]	Feb 20242024-02-20^[23]	2mo 24d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Feb 20242024-02-20^[23]	Present	1mo 28d 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 Challengers	Nov 20202020-11-26^[14]	Dec 20212021-12-05^[13]	1yr 9d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1 Challengers	Dec 20212021-12-05^[13]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[15]	11mo 16d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Nov 20222022-11-28^[19]	Nov 20232023-11-20^[16]	1yr 22d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Nov 20232023-11-26^[24]	Feb 20242024-02-20^[23]	2mo 24d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Feb 20242024-02-20^[23]	Present	1mo 28d ej

News

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2016
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

KR

⁠

⁠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, Roach, LuBu, Edge, SSol, X, BroCColi, Ace, Umaru, Aggro, Moo, JOON (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.^[25] 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.^[26] 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), Joe Marsh (Chief Executive Officer), and Sayho (Academy Coach) leave.^[9] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	December 8, Canna, Cuzz, Faker, Teddy, Effort, Kim (Head Coach), Comet (Coach), Boxer (Streamer & Content Creator), and Joe Marsh (Chief Executive Officer) 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.^[27] e

KR	⁠⁠T1	November 17, Roach is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[28] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 26, Roach leaves for LCK CL roster.^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠T1.C	November 26, Roach joins from main roster.^[14] e

KR

⁠

⁠T1.C

December 5,
gyuvee,
Toland,
Trigger, and
Kabbie join.
Forest joins from academy roster. Roach (Top to Coach) changes position.^[13]
Photon's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.
Forest,
Toland,
Trigger,
Kabbie, and Roach (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[29]

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KR	⁠⁠T1.C	January 23, Roach (Coach) is suspended for four games for attempting to poach another player without consulting with the player's team in advance.^[30] e
KR	⁠⁠T1.C	November 21, Roach (Coach) leaves.^[15] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 28, Tom (Coach) joins. Roach (Coach) rejoins. Sky (Coach)'s contract is extended. Faker (Part-Owner)'s contract is extended through 2025.^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 29, Faker (Part-Owner)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025. Roach (Coach) and Sky (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[31] e

KR	⁠⁠T1	November 20, kkOma (Head Coach) rejoins. Tom (Interim Head Coach to Coach) changes position. Sky and Roach (Coach) leave.^[16]^[17]^[18] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 26, Roach (Coach) rejoins.^[24] Zeus, Gumayusi, Keria, Roach (Coach), and Tom (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. kkOma (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026.^[32] e

KR

⁠

⁠T1

February 20, Roach (Coach to Sub/Top) changes position.^[23]

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Biography[]

2016 Preseason[]

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[]

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[]

His ID Roach comes from the Roach unit from StarCraft II.^[33]
Went to the same middle school as Cuzz.^[34]
He did the dance cover of Wild Eyes along with his former Kongdoo Monster teammates.^[35]

Tournament Results[]

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

Roach Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-03-24	2	LCK 2024 Spring	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Guwon, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, KkOma, Roach, Tom
2023-11-19	1	Worlds 2023	3 : 0⁠⁠WBG	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, Tom, Roach
2023-08-20	2	LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, Tom, Roach
2023-08-06	5	LCK 2023 Summer	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Poby, Gumayusi, Keria, Tom, Roach
2022-09-23	3 - 4	Asia Star Challengers Invitational 2022	2 : 3⁠⁠MAX	⁠⁠T1.C	Photon, Forest, TolanD, Trigger, Kabbie, Roach
2022-08-22	3	LCK CL 2022 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠NS.C	⁠⁠T1.C	Photon, Forest, TolanD, Trigger, Kabbie, Roach
2022-08-12	1	LCK CL 2022 Summer	26 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1.C	Photon, Forest, TolanD, Trigger, Kabbie, Roach
2022-03-21	5	LCK CL 2022 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠NS.C	⁠⁠T1.C	Photon, Forest, TolanD, Trigger, Kabbie, Roach
2022-03-19	3	LCK CL 2022 Spring	21 - 15⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1.C	Photon, Forest, TolanD, Poby, Trigger, Kabbie, Roach
2021-08-10	10	LCK CL 2021 Summer	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1.C	Roach, Mowgli, Mireu, Berserker, Asper, Bengi, sayho, Moment

Media[]

2017
2019
2021

March 30, KDM Roach: "We gained confidence after defeating KT Rolster" with , and on Inven Global
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December 27, Professional Gamers Read Negative Comments From the Community with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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February 23, GEN Roach: "This won't be my last time playing as a mid laner... ultimately, I might end up switching positions." with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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August 4, [Dream Stage] EP.08 - 다시 정상으로 Roach 편 with LCK CL on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2023-11-19	Worlds 2023 Main Event	WBG vs T1	Link
2022-07-25	LCK CL 2022 Summer	NS.C vs T1.C	Link
2021-07-26	LCK CL 2021 Summer	T1.C vs DK.C	Link
2021-06-07	LCK CL 2021 Summer	AF.C vs T1.C	Link
2021-04-09	LCK CL 2021 Spring Playoffs	T1.C vs HLE.C	Link
2021-03-22	LCK CL 2021 Spring	T1.C vs KT.C	Link
2021-02-08	LCK CL 2021 Spring	T1.C vs HLE.C	Link
2021-02-02	LCK CL 2021 Spring	T1.C vs DK.C	Link
2019-02-23	LCK 2019 Spring	GEN vs JAG	Link