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Ambition

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Ambition
GEN Ambition 2018 Summer.png
RETIRED
Background Information
NameKang Chan-yong (강찬용)
Country of BirthSouth Korea
Birthday10/27/1992
Competitive
RoleJungler
Team History
TeamStart DateEnd DateRole
MiG Blazelogo std.png MiG Blaze11/20116/2012
MidLanePick.png
AZBlogo std.png AZB6/20122/2013
MidLanePick.png
CJ Blazelogo std.png CJB2/201311/2014
MidLanePick.png
CJlogo std.png CJ11/201411/2015
JungleLanePick.png
Samsunglogo std.png SSG11/201511/2017
JungleLanePick.png
KSVlogo std.png KSV11/20175/2018
JungleLanePick.png
GENlogo std.png GEN5/201811/2018
JungleLanePick.png

"Ambition" (Real Name: Kang Chan-yong (강찬용)) is a retired Korean League of Legends player, formerly the Jungler for Gen.G and Samsung, among others. He announced his retirement on December 24th, 2018, after a long and respected competitive career that traced back to Season 1.

Biography

Ambition's family got their first computer when he was 9 starting his gaming life. He played Starcraft for 10 years. He could only play 1-2 hours a day because of his strict parents, but he always tried to get better when he could play. He quit Starcraft to start playing League of Legends. [1]

Career History

Ambition has a long history of competitive career starting back in 2011. He first joined MiG Blaze, which eventually became Azubu Blaze then CJ Entus Blaze. In 2014, in compliance with the new rules set by LCK, CJ Blaze and CJ Frost merged to form CJ Entus. Ambition continued to play for the team for the entirety of 2014 Season before parting ways with the organization to join Samsung Galaxy in 2015.

2016

Ambition became the starting Jungler for Samsung Galaxy in 2016. They finished 6th in Spring regular split but in Summer, the team managed to make it to 4th place. They proceeded to the playoffs but lost to KT Rolster in the 2nd round of the gauntlet. But since the team has earned enough Championship Points over Spring and Summer, they made it to the Korea Regional Finals 2016 where they beat Afreeca Freecs in 2nd round and KT Rolster in the Finals, thus qualifying for the World Championship.

At Worlds, Ambition and team made it to the knockout stage after coming out as #1 seed from their group. They ended their Worlds run at 2nd place, beating Cloud9 in the Quarterfinals and H2k-Gaming in the Semifinals, but losing to SK Telecom T1 in the Finals. He also finished 5th-8th in the KeSPA Cup alongside his team, and 1st in IEM 11 Gyeonggi, which qualified them for IEM 11 World Championship.

For LCK Spring, Ambition will continue to play with Samsung together with his teammates from the 2016 Season, with the addition of Haru as his Sub.

Trivia

  • As a result of his consistent performance, he was selected as the mid-laner for the Korean team at All-Star Shanghai 2013 which his team won.
  • Considered the most consistent Mid-laner in all of Korea.
  • In March 2012, his favorite champions were Soraka and Cassiopeia.[2]
  • Famous for his brusque face and scary-looking smile, which made him a distorted character of "swinging the bat toward his team mates when he feels anger". This is also due to his resemblance to Korean murderer Ho Sung Lee (이호성), who was once a famous baseball player.
  • He thinks the performance of Mid-laners in Korea are still underestimated, compared to that of other regions. [3]
  • Was once ranked second on NA solo queue.
  • After the finals of OGN Spring 2013 he fell into a slump during the Summer season but the recent Winter season in 2013 - 2014 is regarded as his break through season.
  • Was a part of MiG Blaze when they won the first ever OGN season.

Achievements

2015
Date Event Result
2015-11-14 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup Silver.png CJ Entus 0 : 3 Everlogo std.png ESC Ever
2015-09-04 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals Bronze.png CJ Entus 2 : 3 Jin Airlogo std.png Jin Air GreenWings
2015-08-19 SBENU Champions Summer 2015 Copper.png CJ Entus 0 : 3 KOOlogo std.png KOO Tigers
2015-04-24 SBENU Champions Spring 2015 Bronze.png CJ Entus 2 : 3 SKT T1logo std.png SK Telecom T1
2015-03-08 The Solo King Korean 1v1 Tournament Copper.png Ambition CJlogo std.png 0 : 2 KT Alogo std.png ssumday
2014
Date Event Result
2014-05-29 SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 Bronze.png cj cm 0 : 4 Samsunglogo std.png Samsung Galaxy
2014-05-16 HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 Copper.png cjb 2 : 3 Samsunglogo std.png Samsung Ozone
2014-01-18 ZOTAC NLB Winter 2013-2014 Gold.png cjb 3 : 1 NJBSlogo std.png NaJin Black Sword
2013
Date Event Result
2013-12-01 2013 WCG Grand Finals Gold.png cjb 2 : 0 OMGlogo std.png Oh My God
2013-06-15 OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 Silver.png CJ Entus Blaze CJ Blazelogo std.png 0 : 3 MVP Bluelogo std.png MVP Ozone
2013-05-26 All-Star Shanghai 2013 Gold.png kr champions 2 : 0 Blanklogo std.png Not found
2013-05-25 Mid Lane Skill Competition - All-Star Shanghai 2013 SF.png Ambition KR Championslogo std.png 0 : 1 Garenalogo std.png Toyz
2013-03-09 IEM Season VII - World Championship Gold.png cjb 3 : 1 CJ Frostlogo std.png CJ Entus Frost
2013-02-22 OGN Club Masters Copper.png CJ Entus (Club Masters) CJlogo std.png 0 : 3 KT Alogo std.png KT Rolster
2013-01-25 OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 Copper.png azb 0 : 3 KT Blogo std.png KT Rolster B
2013-01-20 IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice Silver.png azb 0 : 2 Gambitlogo std.png Gambit Gaming
2012
Date Event Result
2012-11-04 2012 MLG Fall Championship Gold.png azb 4 : 1 NJ SWDlogo std.png NaJin Sword
2012-09-21 Season Two Regional Finals - Seoul Silver.png azubu blaze 2 : 3 NJ SWDlogo std.png NaJin Sword
2012-08-31 Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 Copper.png azubu blaze 0 : 2 NJ SWDlogo std.png NaJin Sword
2012-08-05 MLG Summer Arena Gold.png Azubu Blaze 2 : 0 TSMlogo std.png Team SoloMid
2012-05-19 Azubu The Champions Spring 2012 Gold.png MiGBlaze 3 : 0 MiG Frostlogo std.png MiG Frost

Media

Interviews

2012

2013

2015

2016

2017

Articles & Videos

2015

2016

2017

Gallery

  • KSV eSports
    Spring 2018

  • Samsung Galaxy
    Spring 2016

  • CJ Entus

  • MiG Blaze

  • Azubu Blaze

  • CJ Entus Blaze

  • CJ Entus Blaze
    2015

References

  1. ↑ Azubu Player Site teamazubu.com
  2. ↑ "MiG Blaze Team Interview" thisisgame.com
  3. ↑ [LOL 챔스]이호종-강찬용 “힘든 경기 승리해 기쁘다” thisisgame.com


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