Trick

Trick
Trick
Background Information
Name	Kim Gang-yun (김강윤)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	July 11, 1995 (age 28)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Jungler
Favorite Champs	; ;
Competitive IDs	Snowfall, Snow
Soloqueue IDs	눈설빼빼, CJ Entus 트릭, Jungler is Slave, Half Dardoch, MakeEuGreatAgain (KR), G2 Gimozzi (BR)
Social Media & Links
Team History
Mar 2014 - May 2014	; ⁠⁠VTG 2
May 2014 - Jun 2014	; ⁠⁠VTG 2
Dec 2014 - Nov 2015	; ⁠⁠CJ Entus
Dec 2015 - Nov 2017	; ⁠⁠G2 Esports
Nov 2017 - Nov 2018	; ⁠⁠bbq Olivers
Dec 2018 - Feb 2019	; ⁠⁠Galakticos
Apr 2019 - Sep 2019	; ⁠⁠Schalke 04

A checked version of this page, approved on 16 October 2019, was based on this revision.

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

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Biography[]

2015 Season[]

Kim "Trick" Gang-yun joined CJ Entus as a jungle substitute in December of 2014. He played his first game in July of 2015 against SBENU Sonicboom during SBENU Champions Summer 2015. He was a substitute for Ambition. CJ Entus placed third in the regular season but lost 3-0 to the KOO Tigers in the second round of playoffs. CJ had enough circuit points to qualify for the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals but they lost 3-2 to the Jin Air Green Wings. Trick did not play in playoffs or the regionals. Trick left the team in November.

2016 Season[]

In late December, Trick moved to Europe to join G2 Esports as their new starting jungler.^[27] The team quickly rose to prominence and recognition in the LCS, consistently tied for first place after each week, sometimes with H2k and sometimes also with Vitality, until the end of the split when they held first place with sole possession. With a quarterfinal bye, the playoffs also saw them strong, as they defeated both Fnatic and Origen 3-1 to win the season and secure an invitation to the Mid-Season Invitational.

Going into MSI, G2 Esports were seen as a favorite not to win, but to come in second place to the Korean representatives SK Telecom T1.^[28]^[29] However, the team lost their first four games of the round robin and ultimately finished in fifth place, ahead of only SuperMassive eSports, and out of playoff contention - importantly, this placement meant that Europe would forfeit their Pool 1 seed at Worlds. In a statement published partway through the second day of play, G2 stated that their players had taken vacation time after a "rigorous Spring Split."^[30] AD carry Emperor later stated that there had been an internal conflict within the team one day prior to the start of the event.^[31]

Trivia[]

Tournament Results[]

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

Trick Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-04-02	8	LEC 2024 Spring Playoffs	1 : 2⁠⁠MDK	⁠⁠GX	Odoamne, Peach, Jackies, Patrik, IgNar, Kaas, Trick
2024-03-25	6	LEC 2024 Spring	4 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GX	Odoamne, Peach, Jackies, Patrik, IgNar, Kaas, Trick
2023-08-06	8	CBLOL 2023 Split 2	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LOS	Boal, Hidan, Trick, enel1, Lava, Netuno, Ranger, Stardust, Riyev
2020-08-21	6	LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠S04	⁠⁠SK	Jenax, Trick, ZaZee, Crownshot, LIMIT, Jesiz, Kanani
2020-08-09	5	LEC 2020 Summer	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SK	Jenax, Trick, ZaZee, Crownshot, LIMIT, Jesiz, Kanani
2020-03-28	9	LEC 2020 Spring	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SK	Sacre, Ventair, Trick, Jenax, Crownshot, LIMIT, Unlimited, Kanani
2019-09-14	3	LEC 2019 Regional Finals	0 : 3⁠⁠SPY	⁠⁠S04	Odoamne, Trick, Abbedagge, Upset, IgNar, Dylan Falco
2019-09-07	3	LEC 2019 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠FNC	⁠⁠S04	Odoamne, Trick, Abbedagge, Upset, IgNar, Dylan Falco
2019-08-17	4	LEC 2019 Summer	11 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠S04	Odoamne, Trick, Abbedagge, Upset, IgNar, Dylan Falco
2019-03-17	9	TCL 2019 Winter	2 - 16⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GAL	Doxy, Flaxxish, Shakuras, Thane Krios, Trick, Trix, Neji, Soren, Naru, T1SO, Husky Rider, Luger, Ruvelius, Zergsting, Sugarfree, FearlessS, Ozgur, Voivod

Media[]

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023

February 26, Trick and Kikis on G2's growth, Nidalee and playing in different regions with , and on The Score
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May 6, G2 Trick, MSI, interview S6 with , and on Millenium
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July 25, eSports - G2 Esports Trick Interview with , and on Sport1
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August 27, theScore esports votes for EU LCS Summer Split MVP by , and on The Score
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August 29, G2 trick sees Mithy as MVP with , and on Sport1
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September 27, Past to Present: The Story of Trick with , and on The Score
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April 4, Trick chats about his pro League of Legends career and his proudest moment so far with , and on Blitz Esports
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May 20, [MSI2017] G2 Trick on the finals against SKT T1: "Our goal is to not go down without a fight." with , and on LoLEsports, transcription by Inven Global
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July 25, G2 Trick: “I heard no one has four straight (championships) in LCS or LCK, so I wanted to make the record.” with , and on Kelsey Moser for Slingshot Esports
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October 7, Trick on why he enjoys practicing in Chinese solo queue even though the rest of G2 doesn't with , and on Travis Gafford
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January 18, bbq Trick: "We were able to overcome our enemy with the power of chicken" with Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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January 18, bbq Trick: "My ultimate goal was to always return to Korea" with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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February 22, BBQ Trick: "Lee Sin will be affected the most by the removal of Tracker's Knife" with Ki-Baek "Juneau" Nam, Woo "Ready" Hyun, , and Changsik "Alle" Son on Inven Global
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May 25, Trick on Schalke: “They take esports very seriously and are very ambitious about what they want to achieve” by Adam Newell on Dot Esports
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June 23, Trick on why he joined Schalke, his relationship with Perkz, hopes for Summer Split with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
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August 28, This Is Home by Trick and Adel Chouadria on The Player's Lobby
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June 15, Trick shares his thoughts on SK Gaming's revamped roster for the LEC Summer Split with Tom Matthiesen on YouTube
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June 26, Trick on SK vs G2 "We had 70% won the game by drafts" [Korean] with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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June 8, Vision Control GOD IgNar; G2 FLAMING Each Other - Reflections with Trick - League of Legends with Thorin on YouTube
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December 6, Trick - 4 Vezes Campeão da Europa with RED Naldo Rossi on Twitter
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-03-22	LEC 2024 Spring	GX vs RGE	Link
2023-06-11	CBLOL 2023 Split 2	LOS vs LBR	Link
2018-07-20	LCK 2018 Summer	bbq vs AF	Link
2018-07-18	LCK 2018 Summer	JAG vs bbq	Link
2018-01-18	LCK 2018 Spring	KDM vs bbq	Link