Cain

Cain
Retired as Player
Cain
Background Information
Name	Jang Nu-ri (장누리)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	February 6, 1987 (age 37)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	;
Soloqueue IDs	wvwvvwvwwvwvvvwv (NA), 나진 카인, Nurinim, 나진 카인, TL Cain (NA)
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Jang "Cain" Nu-ri (Hangul: 장누리) is a League of Legends esports player, previously head coach for 100 Thieves.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠NaJin Black Sword	May 20122012-05-29^[2]	Dec 20142014-12-02^[1]	2yr 6mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠NaJin e-mFire	Dec 20142014-12-02^[4]	Nov 20152015-11-30^[3]	11mo 28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus	Nov 20152015-11-30^[6]	Nov 20162016-11-01^[5]	1yr 1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Dec 20162016-12-19^[8]	Mar 20172017-03-24^[7]	3mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Mar 20172017-03-24^[10]	Nov 20202020-11-12^[9]	3yr 7mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs	May 20212021-05-03^[13]	Sep 20222022-09-21^[11]	1yr 4mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Thieves	May 20232023-05-09^[16]	Nov 20232023-11-27^[14]	6mo 18d ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠NaJin Sword	May 20122012-05-29^[2]	Jun 20122012-06-10^[18]	12d ejel
KR	⁠⁠NaJin Sword	Jun 20122012-06-10^[18]	Jun 20132013-06-21^[19]	1yr 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠NaJin Black Sword	Jun 20132013-06-21^[19]	Dec 20142014-12-02^[1]	1yr 5mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠NaJin e-mFire	Dec 20142014-12-02^[4]	Nov 20152015-11-30^[3]	11mo 28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus	Nov 20152015-11-30^[6]	Nov 20162016-11-01^[5]	1yr 1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Cloud9	Dec 20162016-12-19^[8]	Mar 20172017-03-24^[7]	3mo 5d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Mar 20172017-03-24^[10]	Apr 20202020-04-28^[20]	3yr 1mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Apr 20202020-04-28^[20]	Nov 20202020-11-12^[9]	6mo 14d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	May 20212021-05-03^[13]	Dec 20212021-12-20^[21]	7mo 17d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs	Dec 20212021-12-20^[21]	Sep 20222022-09-21^[11]	9mo 1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠100 Thieves	May 20232023-05-09^[16]	Nov 20232023-11-27^[14]	6mo 18d ejel

News

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2022
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KR	⁠⁠NJ SWD	May 29, ⁠⁠NaJin Sword is formed. MakNooN, MulrOc, SSONG, Cain, and Fimir join.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠NJ SWD	June 10, watch and Troll Kim join. Cain (Bot to Support) changes position. MulrOc and Fimir leave.^[18] e

KR

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⁠NJBS

June 21, ⁠

⁠NaJin Sword renames to ⁠

⁠NaJin Black Sword.^[19]

e

KR	⁠⁠NJBS	December 2, Team disbands. Duke, Ohq, Cain, Reach (Head Coach), MOKUZA (Coach), and SSONG (Coach) leave.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠NJF	December 2, Team is reformed as a single team. Duke, watch, Ggoong, Ohq, Zefa, Cain, Pure, Reach (Head Coach), MOKUZA (Coach), SSONG (Coach), and viNylCat (Coach) join.^[4] e

KR	⁠⁠NJF	November 30, Watch, Ggoong, TANK, Ohq, Cain, Pure, FIFA, SoL, and Reach (Head Coach) leave.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠CJ	November 30, Reach (Head Coach) and Cain (Coach) join. Ambition and CoCo leave.^[6] e

KR	⁠⁠CJ	November 1, Cain (Coach) leaves.^[5] e
NA	⁠⁠C9	December 19, Ray, Contractz, and Cain (Assistant Coach) join. Meteos moves to substitute.^[8] e

NA	⁠⁠C9	March 24, Cain (Assistant Coach) leaves.^[7] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	March 24, Cain (Head Coach) joins.^[10] e

NA

⁠

⁠TL

November 19, Cain (Head Coach)'s contract expires but departure is not confirmed.^[22]

e

NA

⁠

⁠TL

January 5, Cain (Head Coach) is readded to the GCD.^[23]
Xmithie's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019. Cain (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[24]

e

NA	⁠⁠TL	April 28, Croissant (Assistant Coach) joins. Cain (Head Coach to Strategic Coach) changes position.^[20] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	November 12, Cain (Strategic Coach) leaves.^[9] e

KR	⁠⁠AF	May 3, Cain (Head Coach) joins.^[13] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	May 31, Leo's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 14 November 2022. Cain (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[25] e
KR	⁠⁠KDF	December 20, ⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs renames to ⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs following the partnership with Kwangdong Pharmaceutical.^[21] e

KR

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⁠KDF

September 21, cvMax (Head Coach) joins. Cain (Head Coach) leaves.^[11]^[12]

e

NA	⁠⁠100	May 9, Cain (Head Coach) joins. Nukeduck (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) changes position.^[16]^[17] e
NA	⁠⁠100	November 27, River, Meech, Eyla, and Goldenglue (Head Coach) join. Spookz (Strategic Coach) joins as substitute. Sniper moves to starting roster. Cain (Head Coach) and Nukeduck (Assistant Coach) leave.^[14]^[15] e

Biography[]

Season 2[]

Jang "Cain" Nu-ri began his competitive career on May 30, 2012 when he joined the newly formed NaJin Sword roster as the starting support. The team played in their very first OGN together at Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 where they lost 3-1 to Counter Logic Gaming Europe in the semifinals but beat Azubu Blaze 2-0 to finish 3rd overall. They earned enough circuit points to qualify for the Season 2 Korea Regional Finals as the 4th seed. They fought through the whole gauntlet, beating Blaze 3-2 in the finals to qualify for the Season 2 World Championship as the second Korean seed. They made it out of their group at Worlds but lost 2-0 to the Taipei Assassins in the quarterfinals. At the end of the season, Sword attended the 2012 MLG Fall Championship in North America. Sword came in 2nd, losing 2-1 and 2-0 in two straight sets to Blaze in the finals.

Season 3[]

The new season started off for Cain and Sword at OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 where they beat Azubu Frost 3-0 in the finals to win their first ever OGN. They then flew to China to participate in GIGABYTE StarsWar League Season 2. Sword lost 3-0 to Invictus Gaming in the loser's finals to place 3rd. Sword returned to Korea for OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 where they made the quarterfinals but lost 3-1 to CJ Entus Frost. After the tournament was over, Sword and their sister team, NaJin Shield, renamed to NaJin Black Sword and NaJin White Shield, respectively. Their final OGN of the season was HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 where they posted their poorest performance yet, failing to make it past the group stages. However, their OGN victory coupled with victories at both NLB tournaments granted them the number 1 seed in Korea and an automatic berth in the quarterfinals of the Season 3 World Championships. Black Sword made it to the quarterfinals and took eventual champions, SK Telecom T1, to game 5 but they ultimately lost 3-2.

2014 Season[]

Sword's first tournament after Worlds was PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 where they couldn't make it out of groups again. This trend continued at HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 where they dropped out after the group stages for a third straight time. Change came when long time AD carry, PraY, was released, leaving Cain with his first new AD, Ohq. Sword performed much better at HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014, making it to the quarterfinals but losing 3-2 to SK Telecom T1 S.

2015 Season[]

Due to changes to the OGN rules, Sword and Shield were forced to merge to form NaJin e-mFire. During SBENU Champions Spring 2015, Cain shared the starting support position with Pure, a former sub of Shield. NaJin's poor performance during Champions ended when they placed 6th overall and missed the playoffs. NaJin placed fifth in the regular season of SBENU Champions Summer 2015 and qualified for the playoffs but they lost in the first round 2-1 to the KOO Tigers. They earned enough circuit points to make it to the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals but lost 3-0 in the first round to the Jin Air Green Wings. However, Cain did not play in the playoffs or the regionals.

2016 Preseason[]

Despite NaJin's participation in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup, Cain did not play, and he left NaJin in November 2015. He moved to CJ Entus, transitioning into coaching.^[26]

Trivia[]

Tournament Results[]

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

Cain Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2023-08-04	7 - 8	LCS 2023 Championship	1 : 3⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠100	Ssumday, Closer, Quid, Doublelift, Busio, Nukeduck, Cain
2023-07-21	8	LCS 2023 Summer	7 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠100	Ssumday, Closer, Nukeduck, Quid, Doublelift, Busio, Cain
2022-08-14	7	LCK 2022 Summer	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KDF	Kiin, Ellim, FATE, Teddy, Hoit, Moham, Cain, Alvingo
2022-03-26	4	LCK 2022 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠KDF	Kiin, Ellim, FATE, Teddy, Hoit, Cain, Alvingo
2022-03-20	5	LCK 2022 Spring	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KDF	Kiin, Ellim, FATE, Teddy, Hoit, Cain, Alvingo, Spirit
2021-08-18	6	LCK 2021 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠NS	⁠⁠AF	Kiin, Dread, Fly, Leo, Lehends, Cain, Spirit
2021-08-15	6	LCK 2021 Summer	11 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AF	Kiin, Dread, Fly, Leo, Lehends, Cain, Spirit
2020-10-08	9 - 12	Worlds 2020	3 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Impact, Broxah, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Cain
2020-09-05	3	LCS 2020 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠TL	Impact, Broxah, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Cain
2020-08-09	1	LCS 2020 Summer	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Impact, Broxah, Jensen, Tactical, CoreJJ, Jatt, Cain