Cabochard

Cabochard
Cabochard
Background Information
Name	Lucas Simon-Meslet
Country of Birth	; France
Birthday	April 15, 1997 (age 27)
Residency	EMEAEMEA
Prev Residencies	EUEurope
Competitive
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	KC Gaulois (EUW), otwoeur11 (KR)
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Lucas "Cabochard" (▶️ listen) Simon-Meslet is a League of Legends esports player, previously top laner for Karmine Corp.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
EU	⁠⁠Playing Ducks Europe	Jul 20132013-07-12^[1]	≈Jul 2013≈2013-07-??	≈9d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Escape the Ninja Pandas	≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-31	≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-03	≈3d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Heavy Botlane	Dec 20132013-12-01	May 20142014-05-17	5mo 16d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠CPLAY	Mar 20142014-03-24^[2]	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-??	≈8d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠GSI Gaming	Apr 20142014-04-02^[4]	May 20142014-05-11^[3]	1mo 9d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Gambit Gaming	Jun 20142014-06-18^[5]	Jun 20142014-06-22	4d	Temp Sub ejel
EU	⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas	Jul 20142014-07-08^[6]	≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-??	≈1mo 28d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Gambit Gaming	Nov 20142014-11-05^[8]	Oct 20152015-10-25^[7]	11mo 20d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team Vitality	Dec 20152015-12-14^[10]	Dec 20202020-12-09^[9]	5yr 26d	ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Karmine Corp	May 20212021-05-29^[12]	Nov 20242024-11-23^[11]	3yr 5mo	Inactive ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
EU	⁠⁠Playing Ducks Europe	Jul 20132013-07-12^[1]	≈Jul 2013≈2013-07-??	≈9d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Escape the Ninja Pandas	≈Oct 2013≈2013-10-31	≈Nov 2013≈2013-11-03	≈3d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Heavy Botlane	Dec 20132013-12-01	May 20142014-05-17	5mo 16d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠CPLAY	Mar 20142014-03-24^[2]	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-??	≈8d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠GSI Gaming	Apr 20142014-04-02^[4]	May 20142014-05-11^[3]	1mo 9d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Gambit Gaming	Jun 20142014-06-18^[5]	Jun 20142014-06-22	4d	Temp Sub ejel
EU	⁠⁠Ninjas in Pyjamas	Jul 20142014-07-08^[6]	≈Sep 2014≈2014-09-??	≈1mo 28d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Gambit Gaming	Nov 20142014-11-05^[8]	Oct 20152015-10-25^[7]	11mo 20d	ejel
EU	⁠⁠Team Vitality	Dec 20152015-12-14^[10]	Dec 20202020-12-09^[9]	5yr 26d	ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Karmine Corp	May 20212021-05-29^[12]	May 20242024-05-02^[13]	3yr 4d	ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Karmine Corp	May 20242024-05-02^[13]	Nov 20242024-11-23^[11]	6mo 21d	Inactive ejel

News

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EU	⁠⁠pD EU	July 12, Coffee is OP, JohnShaft, Bacon, cosmiQ, and Garox join.^[1] e
EU	⁠⁠pD EU	July (approx.), Coffee is OP, JohnShaft, Bacon, cosmiQ, and Garox leave. e
EU	⁠⁠ESCA	October 31 (approx.), Cabochard, Kenetaro, Istari, Nono, and Abýss join. e
EU	⁠⁠ESCA	November 3 (approx.), Cabochard, Kenetaro, Istari, Nono, and Abýss leave. e
EU	⁠⁠HB	December 1, Cabochard, Vimar, Istari, Nardeus, and Hiiva join. e

EU	⁠⁠CPL	March 24, Cabochard, Kenetaro, ZiViZ, cosmIQ, and feewl join. FinalTest, Koala with a Hat, Smitty J, Shantao, and Intox leave.^[2] e
EU	⁠⁠CPL	April (approx.), Cabochard, Kenetaro, Wickychi, ZiViZ, cosmIQ, and Feewl leave. e
EU	⁠⁠GSI	April 2, Cabochard, Kenetaro, Istari, CosmiQ, and Feewl join.^[4] e
EU	⁠⁠GSI	May 11, Cabochard, Kenetaro, Istari, CosmiQ, and Feewl leave.^[3] e
EU	⁠⁠HB	May 17, Cabochard, Taikki, Istari, P1noy, and Hiiva leave. e
EU	⁠⁠GMB	June 18, Cabochard, loulex, Fury III, and Hiiva join as temporary substitutes for Week 5 of EU LCS 2014 Summer, replacing Darien, Diamondprox, Genja, and Edward, respectively.^[5] e
EU	⁠⁠GMB	June 22, Cabochard, loulex, Fury III, and Hiiva (temporary substitutes) leave. e
EU	⁠⁠NIP	July 8, Cabochard joins. Alex Ich (Top to Mid) changes position.^[6] e
EU	⁠⁠NIP	September (approx.), Previous roster disbands. Cabochard, ImSoFresh, Alex Ich, Jebus, Dioud, and Clement Chu (Head Coach) leave. e
EU	⁠⁠GMB	November 5, Cabochard rejoins.^[8] e

EU	⁠⁠GMB	October 25, Cabochard leaves.^[7] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	December 14, Cabochard, Shook, nukeduck, Hjarnan, and Shaunz (Coach) join.^[10] e

EU	⁠⁠VIT	November 19, Cabochard, Kikis, Jactroll, Shemek, Dreams, and YamatoCannon (Head Coach)'s contracts expire but departure is not confirmed.^[16] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	November 21, Cabochard and Jactroll's contracts are extended through 2020.^[17] e

EU	⁠⁠VIT	January 7, Cabochard's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020. Jactroll and Mowgli's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2019.^[18] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	January 15, Cabochard, Mowgli, Jactroll, and YamatoCannon (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[19] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	December 7, Milica, Comp, Duke (Head Coach), Mephisto (Assistant Coach), and Boris (Team Director) join. Skeanz joins from academy roster. Cabochard and Jactroll will remain with the team for 2020. Mowgli becomes inactive.^[20] e

EU	⁠⁠VIT	May 19, Labrov joins. Nji and Shanky (Talent Development Manager) join from academy roster. The Minimalist (Chief Gaming Officer to Team Director) changes position. Cabochard, Milica, Comp, Jactroll, and Duke (Head Coach) will remain with the team for Summer. Boris (Team Director) leaves. Skeanz and Steeelback leave for academy roster.^[21]^[22]^[23] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	September 21, Cabochard is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[24] e
EU	⁠⁠VIT	December 9, Cabochard leaves.^[9] e

EU	⁠⁠KC	May 29, Cabochard joins.^[12] e
EU	⁠⁠KC	May 31, Cabochard's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[25] e
EU	⁠⁠KC	November 18, Cabochard's contract is extended through 2023.^[26] e
EU	⁠⁠KC	December 17, Cabochard, 113, Rekkles, Hantera, and Wao's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023. Saken's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[27] e

EMEA

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⁠KC

November 18, Cabochard changes residency from

EU

Europe to

EMEA

EMEA.

e

EMEA	⁠⁠KC	January 3, Bo, Upset, YamatoCannon (Head Coach), Shaves (Assistant Coach), Steak (Assistant Coach), Clément (Performance Coach), and Xenesis (Head of Data) join. Reha (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position. Cabochard, Saken, and Targamas' contracts are extended.^[28]^[29] e
EMEA	⁠⁠KC	January 8, Cabochard, Bo, SAKEN, Upset, and Shaves (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. Yamato (Head Coach) and Reha (Assistant Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.^[30] e
EMEA	⁠⁠KC	May 2, Canna joins. Vladi and Apples (Assistant Coach) join from academy roster. Cabochard and SAKEN become inactive. Steak (Assistant Coach) leaves.^[13]^[14]^[15] e
EMEA	⁠⁠KC	November 23, Cabochard, Bo, Saken, Upset, and Shaves (Assistant Coach) leave.^[11] e

Biography[]

Season 3[]

Cabochard's first notable tournament was at Paris Games Week 2013, where he competed with Escape the Ninja Pandas. The team ended up finishing in 3rd place at the tournament. Soon after this, Cabochard joined Heavy Botlane.

2014 Season[]

After a short spell on Heavy Botlane, Cabochard joined COREPLAY towards the start of the season. During his time on the roster, the team managed to make it to the semifinals at the International Invitational Tournament 3, losing only to Cloud 9 Eclipse. After the tournament, the roster disbanded and Cabochard moved on to join GSI Gaming.

After only a month on the team, Cabochard left and rejoined Heavy Botlane. Another short stint on the team led to him being picked up by Ninjas in Pyjamas. His first tournament with NiP was Summer Series #2. The team ended up coming in 2nd in the tournament, losing to SK Gaming Prime in the final. He also competed with the team in the FACEIT Challenger Invitational 3, where the team came in 1st place.

NiP's performance in the last summer series meant that they had secured their spot in the Summer Playoffs. Cabochard and the team finished 4th, losing to Unicorns of Love in the third-place match. The team then played in the FACEIT Gamescom Challenge and finished 2nd, losing to H2k-Gaming in the final. The team also managed a 3rd place finish at 2014 Black Monster Cup Europe Fall.

Soon after this, Ninjas in Pyjamas disbanded and Cabochard joined Gambit Gaming.^[31]

2015 Season[]

After being fan-voted in, Cabochard and Gambit Gaming took their place at IEM Cologne. They managed to win the tournament after beating Counter Logic Gaming in the final.

Gambit Gaming had a successful Spring Split, finishing 4th in the regular season, partially thanks to Cabochard's impressive performances on Kennen and Morgana in particular. The team's regular season performance meant that they would be playing in the Spring Playoffs. They were beaten 3-1 by Unicorns Of Love in the playoff quarterfinals.

Due to their 1st place finish at IEM Cologne, the team were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 loss against the CJ Entus, Cabochard and Gambit Gaming were knocked out of the tournament, losing to Team WE in Round 1 of the losers bracket.

Cabochard and the team had an unsuccessful Summer Split, eventually finishing the regular season in 8th place. This meant that Gambit Gaming would be playing in the 2016 Spring Promotion. Cabochard and the team faced mousesports, winning the series and securing their place in the 2016 Spring Season.

2016 Season[]

Cabochard joined Vitality for the 2016 season. With himself, Shook, Nukeduck, Hjärnan, and kaSing comprising the roster, the team was considered one of the top lineups in the LCS, and they finished the split in third place, behind the surprise first-place G2 Esports and second-place H2k. In the playoffs, however, they were upset by the sixth-place Fnatic and eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Trivia[]

His ID Cabochard is named after the song "Cabochards" by 25G featuring Seth Gueko. "Cabochard" is French for "Stubborn" or "Pigheaded".
He is the younger brother of Istari.
- Also has a second older brother.
As of 2020, he has played in every game for Team Vitality since its formation.

Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Cabochard Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-03-25	10	LEC 2024 Spring	2 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, Bo, SAKEN, Upset, Targamas, Reha, Steak
2024-01-29	10	LEC 2024 Winter	2 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, Bo, SAKEN, Upset, Targamas, YamatoCannon, Reha
2023-09-08	1	EM 2023 Summer Main Event	3 : 2⁠⁠MRS	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, Cinkrof, SAKEN, Caliste, Targamas, Reha
2023-08-11	1	LFL 2023 Summer Playoffs	3 : 0⁠⁠BKR	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, Cinkrof, SAKEN, Caliste, Targamas, Reha
2023-07-27	1	LFL 2023 Summer	14 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, Cinkrof, SAKEN, Caliste, Targamas, Reha
2023-03-16	9	LFL 2023 Spring	7 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, Skeanz, SAKEN, Kaori, whiteinn, Nerroh
2022-11-05	3 - 4	Coupe de France 2022	1 : 3⁠⁠LDLC	⁠⁠KC	Wao, Cabochard, Kameto, 113, SAKEN, Hantera, Reha, Nalkya
2022-08-04	6	LFL 2022 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠GW	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, 113, SAKEN, Rekkles, Hantera, Striker, Reha
2022-07-28	6	LFL 2022 Summer	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, 113, SAKEN, Rekkles, Hantera, Striker, Reha
2022-05-07	1	EM 2022 Spring Main Event	3 : 1⁠⁠LDLC	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, 113, SAKEN, Rekkles, Hantera, Striker

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Cabochard Showmatch Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-12-09	1	Red Bull League of Its Own 2023	1 : 0⁠⁠NNO	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, Cinkrof, Saken, Caliste, Targamas
2023-12-09	2	Red Bull League of Its Own 2023	0 : 1⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, Cinkrof, Saken, Caliste, Targamas
2022-01-08	1 - 2	Karmine Corp vs KOI Showmatch 2021-22	3 : 3⁠⁠KOI	⁠⁠KC	Cabochard, 113, SAKEN, Rekkles, Hantera, Striker

Media[]

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April 21, Interview de Cabochard, TopLaner. (French/English) with , and on GSI Gaming
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August 14, Cabochard, top des NiP, au micro de Millenium à la Gamescom 2014 (French video) with , and on Millenium
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December 21, [IEM] Interview avec Cabochard (French) with , and on ESL France
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December 21, Gambit Cabochard: "I expected to do better actually in the laning phase in the second game" (video) with , and on Gambit Gaming
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February 21, Bonjour, I am Gambit Cabochard, AMA! with , and on Reddit
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March 21, Gambit Cabochard: "In the Current Meta You Can Carry from Top Lane" (video) with , and on Gambit Gaming
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April 14, Interview with Cabochard - "My name comes from a French rap song, I guess they made Cabochard perfume after they smellt me (;" with , and on Goldper10
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July 28, The Fallen: Reflecting on Cabochard by , and on The Score
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September 15, Interview with Cabochard of Gambit Gaming: “I actually feel like if we could have played the last weeks and then playoffs with Forg1ven we would have gone to worlds.” with , and on News of Legends
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January 24, "Ich glaube nicht, dass ich da sterben sollte" - Vitality Shook & Cabochard with , and on Summoner's Inn
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January 26, Cabochard on picking Graves and Vitality's strengths with , and on The Score
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February 13, Starting over: An Interview with Cabochard of Vitality with , and on News of Legends
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February 13, Cabochard: ‘We have the edge over UoL and H2K will be the hardest…but we can take them as well' with , and on The Score
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February 19, Cabochard: "Wir sind nicht in unserer finalen Form" with , and on SPORT1
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March 14, Cabochard on H2K and G2: 'We don't feel like they are better than us' with , and on The Score
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July 13, Cabochard on why it was important to beat Origen and Shook’s return to the jungle with , and on The Score
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December 17, Team Vitality LCS 2016 - Player Spotlight #5 - Cabochard by , and on Team Vitality
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March 16, Player Spotlight: Cabochard and Djoko with Jeff Latham on LoL Esports
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September 26, Team Vitality's Boot Camp in Korea: "They say that we're trapped in group B. But it's the other way around, RNG and Gen.G are trapped with us." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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October 11, Cabochard jokes about two Korean losses "the gap is closing I guess" with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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August 7, Elitists United Episode 22: Anti-League (feat. Cabochard) with Thorin and Veteran on YouTube
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October 21, Push To Talk Ep08S01 - Cabochard (French) with Krok on YouTube
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July 13, "Lee Sin MADE My Career!" - Reflections with Cabochard - League of Legends with Thorin on YouTube
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January 9, KARMINE CORP | REVEAL ROSTER LFL 2023 by Karmine Corp on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-03-17	LEC 2024 Spring	MDK vs KC	Link
2023-07-13	LFL 2023 Summer	GO vs KC	Link
2023-06-28	LFL 2023 Summer	BKR vs KC	Link
2022-06-15	LFL 2022 Summer	ME vs KC	Link
2022-02-03	LFL 2022 Spring	VITB vs KC	Link
2021-07-01	LFL 2021 Summer	KC vs VITB
2021-06-17	LFL 2021 Summer	KC vs LDLC
2020-06-14	LEC 2020 Summer	G2 vs VIT	Link
2019-08-03	LEC 2019 Summer	VIT vs XL	Link
2019-03-08	LEC 2019 Spring	VIT vs RGE	Link
2018-08-04	EU LCS 2018 Summer	VIT vs UOL	Link