Ares (Kim Min-kwon)

Ares
Retired as Player
Ares
Background Information
Name	Kim Min-kwon (김민권)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	December 11, 1995 (age 29)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Soloqueue IDs	KR: DWG Aress; EUW: KIA MOHAVE
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kim "Ares" Min-kwon (Hangul: 김민권) is a League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for DetonatioN FocusMe.

There is a disambiguation page associated with the name Ares. Six other players share this ID.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Incredible Miracle	Feb 20152015-02-25^[3]	May 20152015-05-13^[1]	2mo 16d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster	Jun 20152015-06-23	Nov 20152015-11-04^[4]	4mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠ESC Ever	Nov 20152015-11-04^[6]	Dec 20162016-12-14^[5]	1yr 1mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠ESC Ever	Dec 20162016-12-14^[5]	Jan 20172017-01-10	27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠bbq Olivers	Jan 20172017-01-10	Nov 20182018-11-19^[7]	1yr 10mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠DGA	Sep 20202020-09-06	Dec 20202020-12-03^[8]	2mo 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DWG KIA	Dec 20202020-12-03^[8]	Nov 20212021-11-16^[9]	11mo 13d ejel
JP	⁠⁠SoftBank HAWKS	Feb 20222022-02-08^[12]	Nov 20232023-11-21^[11]	1yr 9mo ejel
BR	⁠⁠KaBuM! Esports	Dec 20232023-12-12^[14]	Sep 20242024-09-30^[13]	9mo 18d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠DetonatioN FM	Jan 20252025-01-04^[16]	Jul 20252025-07-05^[15]	6mo 1d ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Incredible Miracle	Feb 20152015-02-25^[3]	May 20152015-05-13^[1]	2mo 16d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster	Jun 20152015-06-23	Nov 20152015-11-04^[4]	4mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠ESC Ever	Nov 20152015-11-04^[6]	Dec 20162016-12-14^[5]	1yr 1mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠ESC Ever	Dec 20162016-12-14^[5]	Jan 20172017-01-10	27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠bbq Olivers	Jan 20172017-01-10	Nov 20182018-11-19^[7]	1yr 10mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠DGA	Sep 20202020-09-06	Dec 20202020-12-03^[8]	2mo 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DAMWON	Dec 20202020-12-03^[8]	Jan 20212021-01-06^[18]	1mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DWG KIA	Jan 20212021-01-06^[18]	Nov 20212021-11-16^[9]	10mo 10d ejel
JP	⁠⁠SoftBank HAWKS	Feb 20222022-02-08^[12]	Nov 20232023-11-21^[11]	1yr 9mo ejel
BR	⁠⁠KaBuM! Esports	Dec 20232023-12-12^[14]	Sep 20242024-09-30^[13]	9mo 18d ejel
APAC	⁠⁠DetonatioN FM	Jan 20252025-01-04^[16]	Jul 20252025-07-05^[15]	6mo 1d ejel

News

2015
2016
2017
2018
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025

KR	⁠⁠IM	February 25, Ares joins. Wisdom leaves.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠IM	May 13, Apple, Roar, and IgNar join. TusiN (Support to Jungle) changes position. Ares leaves.^[1]^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠KT	June 23, Mimic, Ares, Mach, and Sage join as trainees. e
KR	⁠⁠KT	November 4, Ares, Prime, and Sage leave.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠ESC	November 4, Ares and Cho Gye-hyeon (Coach) join. HamBurgeR, MorninG, and Heeseong leave.^[6] e

KR

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⁠ESC

December 14, Ares (Jungle to Strategic Coach) changes position.^[5]

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KR

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⁠bbq

January 10, ⁠

⁠ESC Ever rebrands as ⁠

⁠bbq Olivers.

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KR	⁠⁠bbq	November 19, Crazy, Kim Ga-ram (Head Coach), Xero (Coach), and Ares (Strategic Coach)'s contracts expire but departure is not confirmed.^[7] e
KR	⁠⁠bbq	November 23, Kim Ga-ram (Head Coach), Xero (Coach), and Ares (Strategic Coach)'s departures are confirmed.^[19] e

KR	⁠⁠DGA	September 6, Ares (Coach) joins. Hammer leaves. e
KR	⁠⁠DGA	December 3, Ares (Coach) leaves for main roster.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠DWG	December 3, PoohManDu (Coach) joins. Ares (Coach) joins from academy roster.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠DWG	December 6, Ares (Coach) and PoohManDu (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[20] e

KR	⁠⁠DK	January 6, ⁠⁠DAMWON rebrands as ⁠⁠DWG KIA following sponsorship by KIA.^[18] e
KR	⁠⁠DK	November 16, Ares (Coach) leaves.^[9]^[10] e

JP	⁠⁠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] e
JP	⁠⁠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.^[21] e
JP	⁠⁠SHG	December 5, Ares (Head Coach) and Tussle (Manager,Coach)'s contracts are extended. Marble will remain with the team.^[22]^[23]^[24] e

JP	⁠⁠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.^[25] e
JP	⁠⁠SHG	November 21, Ares (Head Coach) leaves.^[11] e
BR	⁠⁠KBM	December 12, Ares (Head Coach) and Von (Strategic Coach) join. ti0ben (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position. Disave (Coach) leaves.^[14] e

BR	⁠⁠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.^[26] e
BR	⁠⁠KBM	September 30, Ares (Head Coach) and Ti0ben (Assistant Coach) are removed from the GCD.^[13] e

APAC	⁠⁠DFM	January 4, Guwon, Ares (Head Coach), and Paz (Assistant Coach) join. Yutapon (Bot to Streamer) changes position. Milan moves to starting roster. RayFarky, Aria, Harp, and Gismo (Analyst)'s contracts are extended. Momo and Deant leave for academy roster.^[16]^[17] e
APAC	⁠⁠DFM	January 6, RayFarky, Guwon, Aria, Milan, Harp, Ares (Head Coach), Paz (Assistant Coach), and Gismo (Analyst)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.^[27] e
APAC	⁠⁠DFM	July 5, Guwon and Ares (Head Coach) leave.^[15] e

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.^[28] 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

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Ares (Kim Min-kwon) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-05-25	7	LCP 2025 Mid Season	1 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DFM	RayFarky, Guwon, Aria, Kakkun, Harp, Ares, Paz
2025-02-16	7	LCP 2025 Season Kickoff	1 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DFM	RayFarky, Guwon, Aria, Kakkun, Milan, Harp, Ares, Paz
2024-07-29	7	CBLOL 2024 Split 2	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KBM	Betao, Lonely, Malrang, scary, Hauz, Netuno, Ceos, Ares, Ti0ben, Von
2024-04-06	5 - 6	CBLOL 2024 Split 1 Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠RED	⁠⁠KBM	Lonely, Malrang, Hauz, Netuno, Ceos, Ares, Ti0ben, Von
2024-03-17	5	CBLOL 2024 Split 1	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KBM	Lonely, Malrang, Hauz, Netuno, Ceos, Ares, Ti0ben, Von
2023-08-20	2	LJL 2023 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠DFM	⁠⁠SHG	Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, Ares
2023-07-16	2	LJL 2023 Summer	5 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SHG	Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Marble, Vsta, Ares
2023-04-09	3 - 4	LJL 2023 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠DFM	⁠⁠SHG	Kinatu, Blank, Dasher, Marble, Vsta, Ares
2023-03-26	3	LJL 2023 Spring	11 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SHG	Kinatu, Blank, Dasher, Marble, Vsta, Ares
2022-09-02	3	LJL 2022 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠SG	⁠⁠SHG	Kinatu, Blank, DasheR, Marble, Raina, Ares