Huni (League of Legends player)

Huni
Heo Seung-hoon
Status Active
Born (1997-12-25) December 25, 1997
Nationality South Korean
Current team SKT
Role Top laner
League LCK
Games League of Legends
Championships 2015 EU LCS Summer
Professional career
Jan 2015 - Nov 2015 Fnatic
Dec 2015 - Present Immortals
SKT

Heo Seung-hoon, (Hangul: 허승훈) better known as Huni, is a South Korean professional League of Legends player who is the top laner for SK Telecom T1 of the LCK. He has also played for Fnatic of the EU LCS and Immortals of the NA LCS.

Career

Huni started his career in League of Legends as 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.[1]

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.[2][3]

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 building over in North America, joining NA LCS veterans WildTurtle, Pobelter, and Adrian.[4][5] Immortals finished 3rd in the 2015 Spring NA LCS.[6]

Tournament results

References

  1. ↑ http://www.inven.co.kr/webzine/news/?news=132088&site=lol
  2. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/huni-yasuo-immortals-iem/
  3. ↑ http://espn.go.com/esports/story/_/id/15009530/the-brains-brawn-reignover-huni
  4. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/hun-fnatic-na-lcs-ad-carry/
  5. ↑ http://www.dailydot.com/esports/immortals-huhi-pobelter-roster/
  6. ↑ http://www.idigitaltimes.com/league-legends-tsm-topples-unbeatable-immortals-525780

External links

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