| Retired as Player | ||
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| Ares | ||
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| Background Information | ||
| Name | Kim Min-kwon (김민권) | |
| Country of Birth | South Korea | |
| Birthday | December 11, 1995 (age 28) | |
| Residency | Korea | |
| Competitive | ||
| Role | Coach | |
| Soloqueue IDs | KR: DWG Aress EUW: KIA MOHAVE | |
| Social Media & Links | ||
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Kim "Ares" Min-kwon (Hangul: 김민권) is a League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for KaBuM! Esports.
Team History
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Incredible Miracle | Feb 20152015-02-25[3] | May 20152015-05-13[1] | 2mo 16d ejel | ||
 KT Rolster | Jun 20152015-06-23 | Nov 20152015-11-04[4] | 4mo 11d ejel | ||
 ESC Ever | Nov 20152015-11-04[6] | Dec 20162016-12-14[5] | 1yr 1mo ejel | ||
| ESC Ever | Dec 20162016-12-14[5] | Jan 20172017-01-10 | 27d ejel | ||
 bbq Olivers | Jan 20172017-01-10 | Nov 20182018-11-19[7] | 1yr 10mo ejel | ||
 DGA | Sep 20202020-09-06 | Dec 20202020-12-03[8] | 2mo 27d ejel | ||
 DWG KIA | Dec 20202020-12-03[8] | Nov 20212021-11-16[9] | 11mo 13d ejel | ||
 SoftBank HAWKS | Feb 20222022-02-08[12] | Nov 20232023-11-21[11] | 1yr 9mo ejel | ||
 KaBuM! Esports | Dec 20232023-12-12[14] | Sep 20242024-09-30[13] | 9mo 18d ejel |
| Team | Start | End | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Incredible Miracle | Feb 20152015-02-25[3] | May 20152015-05-13[1] | 2mo 16d ejel | ||
| KT Rolster | Jun 20152015-06-23 | Nov 20152015-11-04[4] | 4mo 11d ejel | ||
| ESC Ever | Nov 20152015-11-04[6] | Dec 20162016-12-14[5] | 1yr 1mo ejel | ||
| ESC Ever | Dec 20162016-12-14[5] | Jan 20172017-01-10 | 27d ejel | ||
| bbq Olivers | Jan 20172017-01-10 | Nov 20182018-11-19[7] | 1yr 10mo ejel | ||
| DGA | Sep 20202020-09-06 | Dec 20202020-12-03[8] | 2mo 27d ejel | ||
 DAMWON | Dec 20202020-12-03[8] | Jan 20212021-01-06[15] | 1mo 3d ejel | ||
| DWG KIA | Jan 20212021-01-06[15] | Nov 20212021-11-16[9] | 10mo 10d ejel | ||
| SoftBank HAWKS | Feb 20222022-02-08[12] | Nov 20232023-11-21[11] | 1yr 9mo ejel | ||
| KaBuM! Esports | Dec 20232023-12-12[14] | Sep 20242024-09-30[13] | 9mo 18d ejel |
News
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
 IM | February 25, Ares joins. Wisdom leaves.[3] | |
| IM | May 13, Apple, Roar, and IgNar join. TusiN (Support to Jungle) changes position. Ares leaves.[1][2] | |
 KT | June 23, Mimic, Ares, Mach, and Sage join as trainees. | |
| KT | November 4, Ares, Prime, and Sage leave.[4] | |
 ESC | November 4, Ares and Cho Gye-hyeon (Coach) join. HamBurgeR, MorninG, and Heeseong leave.[6] |
 bbq | January 10, ESC Ever rebrands as bbq Olivers. |
| bbq | November 19, Crazy, Kim Ga-ram (Head Coach), Xero (Coach), and Ares (Strategic Coach)'s contracts expire but departure is not confirmed.[7] | |
| bbq | November 23, Kim Ga-ram (Head Coach), Xero (Coach), and Ares (Strategic Coach)'s departures are confirmed.[16] |
 DGA | September 6, Ares (Coach) joins. Hammer leaves. | |
| DGA | December 3, Ares (Coach) leaves for main roster.[8] | |
 DWG | December 3, PoohManDu (Coach) joins. Ares (Coach) joins from academy roster.[8] | |
| DWG | December 6, Ares (Coach) and PoohManDu (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[17] |
 DK | January 6, DAMWON rebrands as DWG KIA following sponsorship by KIA.[15] | |
| DK | November 16, Ares (Coach) leaves.[9][10] |
 SHG | February 8, Kinatu, Blank, Marble, Raina, and Ares (Head Coach) join. HowLa joins as substitute. Tussle (Jungle to Manager/Coach) changes position. Dasher's contract is extended. Zenit, Ibuki, Squirtle (Head Coach), and Sweet (Coach) leave.[12] | |
| SHG | February 14, Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Raina, HowLa, Ares (Head Coach), and Tussle (Manager,Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022. Marble's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023.[18] | |
| SHG | December 5, Ares (Head Coach) and Tussle (Manager,Coach)'s contracts are extended. Marble will remain with the team.[19][20][21] |
| SHG | June 28, Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Vsta, YellowYoshi, Ankochan, Kaito, HowLa, Ares (Head Coach), and Tussle (Manager,Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2023. Marble's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2024. Charley's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 31 October 2023.[22] | |
| SHG | November 21, Ares (Head Coach) leaves.[11] | |
 KBM | December 12, Ares (Head Coach) and Von (Strategic Coach) join. ti0ben (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position.[14] |
| KBM | February 15, Lonely, Malrang, Ares (Head Coach), and ti0ben (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. Hauz, Ceos, and Von (Strategic Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025. Netuno's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026.[23] | |
| KBM | September 30, Ares (Head Coach) and Ti0ben (Assistant Coach) are removed from the GCD.[13] |
Biography[]
2015 Season[]
Kim "Ares" Min-kwon was on the roster for ShowTime from August 2014 to February 2015 but he never played any games for the team. He joined Incredible Miracle in February 2015, halfway through the spring season of Champions, replacing Wisdom. IM finished in seventh and were sent to relegations. However, he left the team prior to the start of the Champions Summer Promotion Tournament.[24] Ares joined KT Rolster as a sub in June but he didn't play any games for them before leaving.
2016 Preseason[]
Ares joined Ever after their LCK Spring Promotion Tournament loss to SBENU. His first tournament with the team was the November KeSPA Cup, where Ever shocked audiences by not only advancing to the semifinals with victories over Samsung and Anarchy but then upsetting SK Telecom and CJ Entus in back-to-back sweeps to win the entire tournament and secure Korea's only seed to IEM Season X - Cologne. However, after the tournament, mid laner Athena departed the team, and so their IEM Championship lineup was unable to play together again.
2016 Season[]
At the time of competing at IEM Katowice (which they had an invitation to due to winning IEM Cologne), Ever were in second place in Challengers, after losing a series 0-2 to MVP. Despite a round-one surprise upset win over Team SoloMid, Ever lost to Royal Never Give Up and then a rematch series against TSM to be eliminated before the playoff bracket.
After coming back to Korea, ESC Ever continued to perform well in the Challengers Korea 2016 Spring Season, finishing second place in the regular season with 27 pts. After beating Ever8 Winners 3-1, they beat MVP 3-2 to win the season and earn a spot in the 2016 LCK Summer Promotion. Then, they beat SBENU Sonicboom 3-0 to earn a spot in the 2016 LCK Summer Season.
During the 2016 LCK Summer Season, ESC Ever went 5-13 in total sets, with one notable upset victory over SK Telecom T1. Ares shared the jungle spot with Bless. However, they still finished the split in ninth place, leading them to participate in the 2017 LCK Spring Promotion tournament. In the first round, they beat SBENU Korea 2-1 before falling to Kongdoo Monster 3-1. In the deciding loser's match, ESC Ever swept CJ Entus to earn their spot back in the LCK.
Trivia[]
Tournament Results[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Ares (Kim Min-kwon) Tournament Results | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Event | Last Result | Team | Roster |
| 2024-07-29 | 7 | CBLOL 2024 Split 2 | 9 - 9  RR |  KBM | Betao, Lonely, Malrang, scary, Hauz, Netuno, Ceos, Ares, Ti0ben, Von |
| 2024-04-06 | 5 - 6 | CBLOL 2024 Split 1 Playoffs | KBM | Lonely, Malrang, Hauz, Netuno, Ceos, Ares, Ti0ben, Von | |
| 2024-03-17 | 5 | CBLOL 2024 Split 1 | 10 - 8 RR | KBM | Lonely, Malrang, Hauz, Netuno, Ceos, Ares, Ti0ben, Von |
| 2023-08-20 | 2 | LJL 2023 Summer Playoffs |  SHG | Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, Ares | |
| 2023-07-16 | 2 | LJL 2023 Summer | 5 - 2 RR | SHG | Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, Ares |
| 2023-04-09 | 3 - 4 | LJL 2023 Spring Playoffs | SHG | Kinatu, Blank, Dasher, Marble, Vsta, Ares | |
| 2023-03-26 | 3 | LJL 2023 Spring | 11 - 3 RR | SHG | Kinatu, Blank, Dasher, Marble, Vsta, Ares |
| 2022-09-02 | 3 | LJL 2022 Summer Playoffs | SHG | Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Marble, Raina, Ares | |
| 2022-08-17 | 3 | LJL 2022 Summer | 15 - 6 RR | SHG | Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Marble, Raina, Ares |
| 2022-04-01 | 5 - 6 | LJL 2022 Spring Playoffs | SHG | Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Marble, Raina, Ares | |
Media[]
- 2015
- 2016
- November 7, '아레스' 김민권, "SKT T1 빼고, 어떤 팀이든 상대할만하다" (Korean) by , and on Hye Sung Lim
- November 7, “Excluding SKT T1, any other team is fair game” - Interview with ESC Ever’s Ares by , and on xoprestige
- March 8, ESC Ever's Ares: 'I learned again that there are a lot of great teams in the world' with , and on The Score
Post-Match Interviews
| Date | Tournament | Match | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-13 | LJL 2023 Summer Playoffs | SHG vs  SG | Link |
| 2023-04-01 | LJL 2023 Spring Playoffs | SHG vs  AXZ | Link |
| 2021-08-28 | LCK 2021 Summer Playoffs |  DK vs  T1 | Link |
| 2021-04-10 | LCK 2021 Spring Playoffs | DK vs  GEN | Link |
Images[]
ESC Ares, LCK 2016 Summer
DK Ares, LCK 2021 Spring
SHG Ares, LJL 2022 Summer
Redirects
The following pages redirect here:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 정글로 간 '투신', 천상계 서포터 '이그나' 가세...롱주 IM, 전면 재정비 롤챔스 '정조준' (Korean) osen.mt.co.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 [취재] 이제는 7인 체제다! 롱주 IM 새로운 라인업 공개 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 2015 스베누 롤챔스 코리아 스프링 2라운드 로스터 발표 (Korean) naver.com
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 네이버 LOL KeSPA컵 로스터 발표 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 ESC Ever's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 네이버 LOL KeSPA컵 로스터 발표 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2018-11-18; after change - KR - 2018-11-19
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 DAMWON Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Ares' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 DWG KIA's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 Ares' Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks gaming's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Archive Pages: before change - BR - 2024-09-29; after change - BR - 2024-09-30
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 KaBuM! Esports' Tweet (Portuguese) twitter.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 DWG KIA's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ bbq Olivers' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2020-12-05; after change - KR - 2020-12-06
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - JPN - 2022-02-13; after change - JPN - 2022-02-14
- ↑ Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming's Tweet (Japanese) twitter.com
- ↑ Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming's Tweet (Japanese) twitter.com
- ↑ Fukuoka SoftBank HAWKS gaming's Tweet (Japanese) twitter.com
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - JPN - 2023-06-27; after change - JPN - 2023-06-28
- ↑ Archive Pages: before change - BR - 2024-02-14; after change - BR - 2024-02-15
- ↑ 정글로 간 '투신', 천상계 서포터 '이그나' 가세...롱주 IM, 전면 재정비 롤챔스 '정조준' sports.news.naver.com