Hey YOU, yeah YOU! Esportspedia is recruiting more contributors! Join our Discord server and apply to become part of our team, and gain valuable experience within esports and earn some awesome rewards! Apply now! We know you won't regret it!
Ambition
Name | Kang Chan-yong (강찬용) |
---|---|
Country of Birth | South Korea |
Birthday | 10/27/1992 |
Role | Jungler |
---|
Team | Start Date | End Date | Role |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | 11/2011 | 6/2012 |
![]() |
![]() | 6/2012 | 2/2013 |
![]() |
![]() | 2/2013 | 11/2014 |
![]() |
![]() | 11/2014 | 11/2015 |
![]() |
![]() | 11/2015 | 11/2017 |
![]() |
![]() | 11/2017 | 5/2018 |
![]() |
![]() | 5/2018 | 11/2018 |
![]() |
"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
Date | Event | Result |
---|---|---|
2015-11-14 | 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup | ![]() ![]() |
2015-09-04 | 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals | ![]() ![]() |
2015-08-19 | SBENU Champions Summer 2015 | ![]() ![]() |
2015-04-24 | SBENU Champions Spring 2015 | ![]() ![]() |
2015-03-08 | The Solo King Korean 1v1 Tournament | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Date | Event | Result |
---|---|---|
2014-05-29 | SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014 | ![]() ![]() |
2014-05-16 | HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 | ![]() ![]() |
2014-01-18 | ZOTAC NLB Winter 2013-2014 | ![]() ![]() |
Date | Event | Result |
---|---|---|
2013-12-01 | 2013 WCG Grand Finals | ![]() ![]() |
2013-06-15 | OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2013-05-26 | All-Star Shanghai 2013 | ![]() ![]() |
2013-05-25 | Mid Lane Skill Competition - All-Star Shanghai 2013 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2013-03-09 | IEM Season VII - World Championship | ![]() ![]() |
2013-02-22 | OGN Club Masters | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
2013-01-25 | OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 | ![]() ![]() |
2013-01-20 | IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice | ![]() ![]() |
Date | Event | Result |
---|---|---|
2012-11-04 | 2012 MLG Fall Championship | ![]() ![]() |
2012-09-21 | Season Two Regional Finals - Seoul | ![]() ![]() |
2012-08-31 | Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 | ![]() ![]() |
2012-08-05 | MLG Summer Arena | ![]() ![]() |
2012-05-19 | Azubu The Champions Spring 2012 | ![]() ![]() |
Media
Interviews
2012
- March 14th, [와드]#4. 우리의 저력을 보여줄 차례다, MiG Blaze with This Is Game
- July 6th, [아주부] 아주부 블레이즈 복한규-강찬용 "8강 진출해 홀가분하다" with Daily e-Sports
- August 8th, Ambition, Mid for MiG/Azubu Blaze (video) with Cyber Sports Network
- November 6th, Interview with Azubu Ambition and Helios after Championship Game (Translation by Locodoco) (video) with Gamespot
- December 3rd, Ambition talks about Azubu Blaze's run at IPL 5 (video) with GameSpot
2013
- March 9th, Ambition 'Grilled': 9 minute subtitled interview (Episode #35) with Team Acer
2015
- March 13th, Interview with CJ Entus Ambition at IEM Katowice 2015 (video) with Viagame
2016
- January 15th, Samsung Ambition, “I Want to Finish the First Round with Only Two Losses” with OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
- January 20th, Samsung vs Longzhu MVP Interview with CuVee & Ambition with OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
- February 5th, Samsung vs Jin Air MVP Interview with CuVee & Ambition with OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
- February 18th, Samsung Ambition, “I Won’t Underestimate SBENU Sonicboom” with Inven, English translation by krbnu.
- March 12th, Samsung Ambition & Wraith Postmatch Interview with Inven, English translation by krbnu.
- March 12th, Samsung vs ROX Tigers MVP Interview with Ambition with OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
- March 23rd, Samsung vs SBENU Sonicboom MVP Interview with Crown & Ambition with OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
- March 25th, Samsung vs Jin Air MVP Interview with Ambition & CoreJJ with OnGameNet, English translation by krbnu.
- May 26th, LCK Summer Samsung Ambition & Crown OGN Interview English translation by krbnu.
- May 30th, LCK Summer Samsung ‘Ambition’ Kang Chan-yong Postmach Interview English translation by krbnu.
- June 3rd, LCK Summer Samsung Ambition, “Our winning streak comes from better teamwork” with Inven, English translation by krbnu. (Original Interview (Korean))
2017
- January 24th -
- [롤챔스] '앰비션' 강찬용 "못하는 내가 싫어서 열심히 연습했다" with FOMOS
- SSG Ambition: "We will prove ourselves with the results" with Inven Global
- February 19th - SSG Ambition: "My goal is to make the Spring Split finals" with Inven Global
- April 1st - SSG Ambition on his 5th year: "Being able to focus only on the game was a treasure of its own." with Inven Global
- May 25th - '앰비션' 강찬용 "결혼하고 안정감 더 생겼다" with FOMOS
- October 17th - Ambition discusses his long career, thoughts on other veterans, chances in quarters with Travis Gafford
Articles & Videos
2015
- June 19th, Welcome to the jungle: Ambition and Score from LoL Esports
2016
- September 15th - WORLDS 2016 TEAM PROFILE: SAMSUNG GALAXY by HeckMaister (esportsheaven.com)
- September 29th - Worlds Feature: Samsung's Journey by LoL Esports
- October 1st - Worlds Feature: Ambition by LoL Esports
- October 4th - Ambition: 'We overcame our anger by practicing' by Emily Rand (thescoreesports.com)
- October 22nd - Ambition ahead of Grand Finals: 'I think we’re a good enough team to exploit [SKT's] mistakes' by Olivia da Silva (thescoreesports.com)
- December 6th - 2017 시즌 런칭 영상: It's Time To Carry by League of Legends KR
2017
- January 24th - Ambition: “I practice more when I feel like I’m falling behind.” by Andrew Kim (slingshotesports.com)
- May 25th - Ambition on married life: “I think you can think of us as a ‘weekend couple.'” by Andrew Kim (slingshotesports.com)
- June 19th - 'Ambition', The Undying Veteran: From A Midlaner On ‘Blaze’, To A Jungler On ‘Samsung Galaxy’ by Kyeongbeom Kim & Woo Yong Hyun (invenglobal.com)
- July 14th - Ambition on picking Sejuani twice against SKT: “I thought we needed a pick like her, one or two picks that go against the usual meta picks and catch SKT off guard.” by Andrew Kim (slingshotesports.com)
- September 20th - WORLDS 2017 TOP 20 by LoL Esports
- October 4th - Inven's Top 15 Player Ranking for Worlds 2017: Khan Will Be the Most Impactful Player by Inven Global
- October 19th -
- Samsung Galaxy Ambition: "Losing to RNG forced us to improve" by Jaehoon Jeong & James Hong (invenglobal.com)
- The "Awakened" Ambition and SSG's Wise Drafting: How SSG Took Down LZ by Jaehoon Jeong & James Hong (invenglobal.com)
Gallery
References
- ↑ Azubu Player Site teamazubu.com
- ↑ "MiG Blaze Team Interview" thisisgame.com
- ↑ [LOL 챔스]이호종-강찬용 “힘든 경기 승리해 기쁘다” thisisgame.com