Huni (gamer)
| Huni | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | ||||||||||||||||||
| Team | Evil Geniuses | |||||||||||||||||
| Role | Top Laner | |||||||||||||||||
| Games | League of Legends | |||||||||||||||||
| Status | Active | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
| Name | 허승훈 (Heo Seung-hoon) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 25, 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Korean | |||||||||||||||||
| Team history | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Fnatic | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | Immortals | |||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | SK Telecom T1 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Echo Fox | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Clutch Gaming | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | Dignitas | |||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Evil Geniuses | |||||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||
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Heo Seung-hoon (Template:Lang-ko), better known as Huni (/ˈhuːni/ HOO-nee), is a South Korean professional League of Legends player who is currently the top laner for Evil Geniuses of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS). He has also played for Fnatic, Immortals,[1] Echo Fox,[2] SK Telecom T1,[1] Clutch Gaming and Dignitas.
Career
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Huni started his career in League of Legends as a part of the Samsung organization. He was one of the practice partners for the team, though he was never announced as an official substitute for the team. Just before the start of the 2015 EU LCS Spring/Regular Season, Huni joined Fnatic, his first official team, as part of the new roster alongside Reignover, Febiven, Steelback, and YellOwStaR — the only player from the previous line-up. In spite of low expectations for the team consisting of relatively unknown players, they placed second in the regular season with a 13-5 game record, and Huni himself won the Rookie of the Split award for the EU LCS. In the playoffs, Huni and Fnatic took first place for the 2015 Spring EU LCS after edging out Unicorns of Love in a 3-2 series. From there, Huni went to MSI, where he and the rest of Fnatic showed the world that EU wasn't anything to be trifled with. After making it out of the group stages (and pulling out some unique picks like Cassiopeia top), Huni and Fnatic finally lost in the semi-finals to Korea's SKT T1 in a close 2-3 series.[3]
Returning with Fnatic for the 2015 Summer Split of the EU LCS, Huni and the rest of Fnatic became the first team in LCS history to have an entirely undefeated regular season split, going a full 18-0 and making history. Fnatic proceeded to the finals of the EU LCS where their win streak was finally ended by Origen, although they did still win the finals, ending with a 3-2 series over Origen. Huni then traveled with Fnatic to the 2015 World Championship, where they battled against Taiwan's ahq e-Sports Club, North America's Cloud9, and China's Invictus Gaming in group B of the world championship. Fnatic emerged triumphant and left the group stage in first place. Advancing to the quarter-finals, Huni and Fnatic fought against China's Edward Gaming, whom Huni states he was 'eager to crush' after losing a game to them at 2015 Mid-Season Invitational. Huni and Fnatic did just that, tearing down EDG in a swift 3-0 series without dropping a game. Advancing to the semi-finals, Huni and Fnatic finally were stopped against Korea's KOO Tigers, ending in a 0-3 series and ending their run at worlds.[4][5]
In the following season, Huni and his teammate Reignover both asked for a raise, which Fnatic declined, so the two of them decided to join the Immortals roster that was being put together in North America, joining NA LCS veterans WildTurtle, Pobelter, and Adrian.[6][7] Immortals finished 3rd in the 2015 Spring NA LCS.[8]
On December 1, 2016 defending World champion SK Telecom T1 announced Huni had become a member of the team.[9]
In late 2019 it was reported that Huni had agreed to a two-year extension of his contract with Dignitas, which guaranteed him $2.3 million in salary over two years.[10][11] This made Huni one of the highest paid players in LCS history.[12]
Tournament results
- 1st — 2015 Spring EU LCS (Fnatic)
- 1st — 2015 Summer EU LCS (Fnatic)
- 3rd–4th — 2015 League of Legends World Championship (Fnatic)
- 3rd — 2016 Spring NA LCS (Immortals)
- 2nd — 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season (Immortals)
- 3rd — 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs (Immortals)
- 1st — 2017 LCK Spring Split (SKT T1)
- 1st — 2017 LCK Spring Playoff (SKT T1)
- 1st — 2017 Mid-Season Invitational (SKT T1)
- 4st — 2017 LCK Summer Split (SKT T1)
- 2nd — 2017 LCK Summer Playoff (SKT T1)
- 2nd — 2017 League of Legends World Championship (SKT T1)
- 3rd — 2018 NA LCS Spring Split (Echo Fox)
- 2nd — 2018 Rift Rivals 2018: NA vs EU (Echo Fox)
- 5th–6th — 2018 NA LCS Summer (Echo Fox)
- 3rd — NA LCS Regional Finals 2018 (Echo Fox)
- 9th — 2019 LCS Spring (Clutch Gaming)
- 4th — 2019 LCS Summer (Clutch Gaming)
- 1st — LCS Regional Finals 2019 (Clutch Gaming)
References
- ^ a b Wolf, Jacob (December 1, 2016). "Huni to sign with SK Telecom T1". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ Goslin, Austen (November 27, 2018). "Clutch Gaming sign former Echo Fox top laner Huni". The Rift Herald. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
- ^ "프나틱 '후니' 허승훈, "장경환에게 밀렸다고 생각하지 않는다" - 인벤 커뮤니케이션즈". May 10, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/huni-yasuo-immortals-iem/
- ^ "The Brains and the Brawn - Reignover and Huni". Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/hun-fnatic-na-lcs-ad-carry/
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "'League of Legends' TSM Topples the 'Unbeatable' Immortals". April 10, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ "SKT signs Huni, completing 2017 roster". Retrieved April 12, 2017.
- ^ Esguerra, Tyler (November 11, 2019). "Huni reportedly agrees to a 2-year, $2.3 million extension with Dignitas". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ Steiner, Dustin (November 11, 2019). "Huni set to sign multi-million dollar Dignitas contract extension". Dexerto. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
- ^ Wolf, Jacob (November 11, 2019). "Sources: Huni agrees to two-year, $2.3 million extension with Dignitas". ESPN. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
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