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Crown
BRO Crown 2022
Background Information
NameLee Min-ho (이민호)
Country of Birth
South Korea
BirthdayFebruary 28, 1995 (age 29)
Residency
KR
Korea
Competitive
TeamGen.G Academylogo stdGen.G Academy
Role
Coach
Favorite Champs



Competitive IDsShadow
Soloqueue IDsKR: 스으을스으을, 땅만안짚으면되지, Gen G Crown, 삼성갤럭시크라운
Crown1
NA: Eugene Leee, OpTic Crown
Social Media & Links
Infobox Instagramlogo std
Infobox Twitchlogo std
Infobox Twitterlogo std
Infobox Youtubelogo std

Lee "Crown" (▶️ listen) Min-ho (Hangul: 이민호) is a League of Legends esports player, currently coach for Gen.G Academy. He was previously known as Shadow.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
BR
Team 58erslogo stdTeam 58ers
Jun 20142014-06-16[2]Sep 20142014-09-04[1]2mo 18d
ejel
BR
KaBuM! Blacklogo stdKaBuM! Black
Sep 20142014-09-23[4]Dec 20142014-12-03[3]2mo 10d
ejel
KR
Hyper (Korean Team)logo stdHyper
Jan 20152015-01-05[5]Apr 20152015-04-163mo 11d
ejel
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSamsung Galaxy
May 20152015-05-18[7]Nov 20172017-11-30[6]2yr 6mo
ejel
KR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV eSports
Nov 20172017-11-30[9]May 20182018-05-03[8]5mo 3d
ejel
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
May 20182018-05-03[11]Nov 20182018-11-15[10]6mo 12d
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic Gaming
Nov 20182018-11-25[13]Oct 20192019-10-09[12]10mo 14d
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaming Academylogo stdOpTic Academy
May 20192019-05-31Jul 20192019-07-051mo 5d
ejel
NA
Immortalslogo stdImmortals
Oct 20192019-10-09[15]Nov 20192019-11-20[14]1mo 11d
ejel
NA
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
Nov 20192019-11-20[17]Mar 20202020-03-03[16]3mo 13d
ejel
KR
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ Gaming
Mar 20202020-03-20[18]Nov 20202020-11-167mo 27d
ejel
KR
Fredit BRIONlogo stdFredit BRION
Jan 20222022-01-10[21]Aug 20222022-08-13[20]7mo 3d
ejel
KR
Gen.G Academylogo stdGen.G Academy
Oct 20222022-10-13[22]Present1yr 5mo
ej
TeamStartEnd
BR
Team 58erslogo stdTeam 58ers
Jun 20142014-06-16[2]Sep 20142014-09-04[1]2mo 18d
ejel
BR
KaBuM! Blacklogo stdKaBuM! Black
Sep 20142014-09-23[4]Dec 20142014-12-03[3]2mo 10d
ejel
KR
Hyper (Korean Team)logo stdHyper
Jan 20152015-01-05[5]Apr 20152015-04-163mo 11d
ejel
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSamsung Galaxy
May 20152015-05-18[7]Nov 20172017-11-30[6]2yr 6mo
ejel
KR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV eSports
Nov 20172017-11-30[9]May 20182018-05-03[8]5mo 3d
ejel
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGen.G
May 20182018-05-03[11]Nov 20182018-11-15[10]6mo 12d
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOpTic Gaming
Nov 20182018-11-25[13]Oct 20192019-10-09[12]10mo 14d
ejel
NA
OpTic Gaming Academylogo stdOpTic Academy
May 20192019-05-31Jul 20192019-07-051mo 5d
ejel
NA
Immortalslogo stdImmortals
Oct 20192019-10-09[15]Nov 20192019-11-20[14]1mo 11d
ejel
NA
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
Nov 20192019-11-20[17]Mar 20202020-03-03[16]3mo 13d
ejel
KR
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ Gaming
Mar 20202020-03-20[18]Nov 20202020-11-167mo 27d
ejel
KR
Fredit BRIONlogo stdFredit BRION
Jan 20222022-01-10[21]Aug 20222022-08-13[20]7mo 3d
ejel
KR
Gen.G Academylogo stdGen.G Academy
Oct 20222022-10-13[22]Present1yr 5mo
ej

News

  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2022
BR
Team 58erslogo std58ersJune 16,
ReSEt and
Shadow join.
Snowlz (Mid to Top) changes position.
Venon and
CloudPrince leave.[2]
BR
Team 58erslogo std58ersSeptember 4, Team disbands.
SkyBart,
ReSEt,
Shadow,
Rafes, and
MiT leave.[1]
BR
KaBuM! Blacklogo stdKBBSeptember 23,
Rafes,
ReSEt, and
Shadow join.
[4]
BR
KaBuM! Blacklogo stdKBBDecember 3,
Shadow leaves.[3]
KR
Hyper (Korean Team)logo stdHyperJanuary 5, Hyper (Korean Team)logo stdHyper is formed.
Mimic,
Jungle Kn1ght,
Mid Modesty,
SIgNore All, and
룰루남친 부케 join.
[5]
KR
Hyper (Korean Team)logo stdHyperApril 16,
Mimic,
qrqrqrq,
Mid Modesty,
sayonara bye, and
룰루남친 부케 leave.
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSGMay 18,
Crown and
Luna join.
[7]
KR
Samsung Galaxylogo stdSSGNovember 30,
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and January (Director) leave.[6]
KR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSVNovember 30,
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), and TrAce (Coach) join.
[9]
KR
KSV eSportslogo stdKSVMay 3,
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ,
Life, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) leave.[8]
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGENMay 3,
CuVee,
Ambition,
Haru,
Crown,
Ruler,
CoreJJ, Edgar (Head Coach), oDin (Coach), TrAce (Coach), and Lee Ji-hoon (General Manager) join.

Life joins as trainee.
[11]
KR
Gen.Glogo stdGENNovember 15,
Ambition and
Crown leave.[10]
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPTNovember 25,
Crown joins.
[13]
Crown's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.[23]
NA
OpTic Gaming Academylogo stdOPT.AMay 31,
Crown joins from main roster.

Meteos leaves for main roster.
NA
OpTic Gaming Academylogo stdOPT.AJuly 5,
Crown leaves for main roster.
NA
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPTOctober 9,
Dhokla,
Dardoch,
Meteos,
Crown,
Scarlet,
Arrow, and
Big are removed from the GCD.[12]
NA
Immortalslogo stdIMTOctober 9,
Dhokla,
Dardoch,
Meteos,
Crown,
Scarlet,
Arrow,
Big, and Zaboutine (Head Coach) are added to the GCD.
[15]
NA
Immortalslogo stdIMTNovember 20,
Crown leaves.[14]
NA
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLGNovember 20,
Crown joins.
[17]
NA
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLGDecember 11,
Crown and SSONG (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.[24]
NA
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLGMarch 3,
Crown leaves.[16]
KR
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZMarch 20,
Crown joins.
[18][19]
KR
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZNovember 16,
SoaR,
BroCColi,
Juhan,
Crown,
Pilot,
Motive,
Bluff, Hell (Head Coach), and MaHa (Coach)'s contracts expire.
KR
Free Agentlogo stdF/ADecember 1,
Crown retires.[25]
KR
Fredit BRIONlogo stdBROJanuary 10, Crown (Streamer) joins.[21]
KR
Fredit BRIONlogo stdBROAugust 13, Crown (Streamer) leaves.[20]
KR
Gen.G Academylogo stdGEN.AOctober 13, Crown (Coach) joins.[22]

Biography[]

Lee "Crown" Min-ho is from Korea.

2014 Season[]

In June 2014, Shadow moved to Brazil to play for Team 58ers along with fellow Korean jungler ReSEt. They both stayed with the team until it disbanded in September and then moved to KaBuM! Black along with Brazilian teammate Rafes. Feeling homesick, Shadow left KaBuM! in December and returned to Korea.[26]

2015 Season[]

Shadow joined Samsung in May as a mid lane substitute prior to the start of Champions Summer 2015, renaming to Crown. He shared the mid lane position with Ace and BlisS. Samsung placed seventh during the regular season and missed playoffs but they qualified for the next season of LCK.

2016 Preseason[]

Samsung competed in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they were placed against Ever in the first round. To the surprise of many, Samsung was quickly dispatched 2-0.

2016 Season[]

During the 2016 LCK Spring Season, Samsung Galaxy went 10-8 in sets overall. After looking like they could clinch the fifth and final seed for the Spring Playoffs, Samsung Galaxy were unfortunately denied by the surging Afreeca Freecs, who beat them by the game score tiebreaker, giving Samsung sixth place for the split.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, Samsung stayed a top four team throughout the split, notably taking a 2-0 series win against the ROX Tigers, one of two teams to do so. However consistent they were against the teams below them, Samsung rarely won against the three teams above them - ROX Tigers, SK Telecom T1, and KT Rolster. They managed to take fourth place with a 12-6 series record, seeding them into the first round of the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs. Though they summarily defeated the Afreeca Freecs in the first round, they were matched against KT Rolster, a team who they had never managed to beat post-S4 in the LCK era, and they were swept 3-0, giving them fourth place in the season. Their accumulated points gave them enough to qualify as the second seed in the 2016 Season Korea Regional Finals. In a rematch against the Afreeca Freecs, Samsung managed to beat the Freecs 3-1, moving up to the finals in a rematch against KT Rolster. Samsung upset the heavy favorites 3-2, breaking a 19 game losing streak and giving them the third seed to worlds.

At the 2016 Season World Championship, Samsung were drawn into Group D along with NA's Team SoloMid, China's Royal Never Give Up, and Europe's Splyce.

2019 Season[]

After a difficult 2018 in the LCK, Crown joined OpTic Gaming of the LCS for the 2019 season, replacing PowerOfEvil. The change of scenery seemed to help him, as Crown played well throughout the spring split and was widely praised by fans and analysts. However, Crown's teammates were unable to match his level of play, and although OpTic remained in the playoff picture until the final day of Week 9, they never seriously challenged the top of the league and ended up in eighth with a 7-11 record.

Crown stayed with OpTic for the summer split, and they came out of the gate hot, posting a 4-0 record over the first two weeks, albeit against weak opponents. However, the team cooled off significantly after that, and only managed four additional wins over the rest of the split. OpTic's 8-10 record was still good enough to force a three-way tiebreaker for the final playoff spot with Golden Guardians and 100 Thieves, where they rose to the challenge and beat both teams, sending them to the playoffs. There, they were swept by CLG, ending Crown's season and breaking his 3-year streak of playing at the World Championship.

2020 Season[]

OpTic overhauled their roster and rebranded to Immortals in the off-season, and Crown left. After reportedly attracting attention from multiple LCS teams, Crown elected to sign with CLG, due to a desire to play under Korean coach SSONG. The 2020 season started horribly for both Crown and his new team, as CLG immediately fell to the bottom of the standings, with Crown and his teammates looking uncoordinated onstage. With the team 1-7 over the first four weeks, Crown was benched in favor of veteran mid laner Pobelter and left the team a few weeks later. Back in Korea, he joined Challengers Korea team OZ Gaming for the end of the 2020 Spring Season, but only played in four games, going 2-2 as OZ finished in sixth place, outside of playoffs.

Crown stayed with OZ for the 2020 Summer Season, splitting time with Ian. OZ finished with an 8-6 series record, good enough for third place. Crown did not play in a 3-1 defeat of RunAway in the first round of the playoffs. He returned for the second round against Awesome Spear with his team already down 1-0 in the series, but they lost the next two games and were eliminated, ending his season. In December, Crown announced his retirement.

Trivia[]

  • Was originally a Zerg Starcraft player under the name MinHo and was drafted by STX SouL in 2011.
    • However, he resigned from the team around 2012 and was eventually permanently banned from Starcraft for playing an R-rated map on stream, leading him to take up League of Legends.
  • Supposedly played over 4,000 solo queue games in 2015.
  • Awarded Regular season MVP in LCK 2017 Spring Season with 1300 points.
  • Known to be a sensitive and easily stressed player.
  • Known as "Macho Man" by fans for sometimes watching 'inappropriate clips' during his live streams.
  • He chose his SSG Taliyah skin because according to him, she was his best champion at the 2017 Season World Championship.
  • Best known for his time as a player for Samsung Galaxy, he finished runner-up in Worlds 2016 and won the subsequent 2017 Season World Championship.
  • Often sings during his streams.

Pentakills

DateRegionTournamentTeamVsChampionPosW/LKDASBVOD
2017-07-27
KR
Korea
LCK 2017 SummerSamsung Galaxylogo stdAfreeca Freecslogo std
Cassiopeia
MidW9/1/1LinkLink
2016-03-25
KR
Korea
LCK 2016 SpringSamsung Galaxylogo stdJin Air Green Wingslogo std
Varus
MidW6/1/5LinkLink
Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results[]

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

Minimum place

Crown Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2020-09-262 Ambition League
1 : 3Gen.G Academylogo stdGEN.A
Logo stdLEGE Thal,  Ambition,  Crown,  Sangyoon,  MadLife
2020-08-273 CK 2020 Summer Playoffs
0 : 3Awesome Spearlogo stdASP
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ SoaR,  Juhan,  Ian,  Crown,  Pilot,  Motive,  MaHa
2020-08-203 CK 2020 Summer
8 - 6Blanklogo stdRR
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ SoaR,  BroCColi,  Juhan,  Crown,  Ian,  Pilot,  Motive,  Hell,  MaHa
2020-04-176 CK 2020 Spring
5 - 9Blanklogo stdRR
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ SoaR,  BroCColi,  Juhan,  Ian,  Crown,  Pilot,  Motive,  Hell,  MaHa
2020-03-2910 LCS 2020 Spring
3 - 15Blanklogo stdRR
Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG Ruin,  Wiggily,  Crown,  Pobelter,  Stixxay,  Wind,  Smoothie,  SSONG,  Weldon
2019-08-115 - 6 LCS 2019 Summer Playoffs
0 : 3Counter Logic Gaminglogo stdCLG
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPT Dhokla,  Meteos,  Crown,  Arrow,  Big,  Zaboutine,  Croissant
2019-08-046 LCS 2019 Summer
8 - 10Blanklogo stdRR
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPT Dhokla,  Meteos,  Crown,  Scarlet,  Arrow,  Big,  Zaboutine,  Croissant
2019-07-287 NA Academy 2019 Summer
7 - 11Blanklogo stdRR
OpTic Gaming Academylogo stdOPT.A Allorim,  Dardoch,  Crown,  Scarlet,  Asta,  Gate,  Kubz
2019-03-247 LCS 2019 Spring
7 - 11Blanklogo stdRR
OpTic Gaminglogo stdOPT Allorim,  Dhokla,  Dardoch,  Meteos,  Crown,  Asta,  Arrow,  Gate,  Big,  Zaboutine,  Croissant
2018-10-1413 - 16 Worlds 2018
1 - 5Blanklogo stdRR
Gen.Glogo stdGEN CuVee,  Haru,  Ambition,  Crown,  Ruler,  CoreJJ,  Edgar

Media[]

  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2020-08-06CK 2020 Summer
HyFresh Bladelogo stdBRB
vs
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ
2020-07-30CK 2020 Summer
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ
vs
RunAwaylogo stdRNW
2020-07-27CK 2020 Summer
Griffin (Korean Team)logo stdGRF
vs
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ
2020-06-22CK 2020 Summer
Element Mysticlogo stdEM
vs
OZ Gaminglogo stdOZ
2018-09-12Korea Regional Finals 2018
Gen.Glogo stdGEN
vs
SK Telecom T1logo stdSKT
Link
2018-03-13LCK 2018 Spring
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV
vs
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJAG
Link
2018-02-22LCK 2018 Spring
Kongdoo Monsterlogo stdKDM
vs
KSV eSportslogo stdKSV
Link

Images[]

External Links[]

Name Pronunciation

Crown
AccuracyRiot
Voiced ByRaafaa

Redirects

The following pages redirect here:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Team 58ers' Facebook Post (Portuguese) facebook.com
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Team 58ers' Facebook Post (Portuguese) facebook.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Shadow's Facebook Post facebook.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 KaBuM! e-Sports' Facebook Post (Portuguese) facebook.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 스프링 1차 토너먼트 전체 엔트리 (Korean) nicegame.tv
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 KSV acquires Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team espn.com
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Champions Korea Summer 2015 Rosters for Round 1 Announced thescoreesports.com
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Gen.G's Facebook Post facebook.com
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 KSV acquires Samsung Galaxy's League of Legends team espn.com
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 Gen.G's Tweet twitter.com
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 Gen.G's Facebook Post facebook.com
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-08; after change - NA - 2019-10-09
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 OpTic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 Archive Pages: before change - NA - 2019-10-08; after change - NA - 2019-10-09
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 Counter Logic Gaming's Tweet twitter.com
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 [단독] 한국 돌아온 '크라운' 이민호, 챌린저스 오즈 게이밍 입단 (Korean) fomos.kr
  19. 19.0 19.1 19.2 OZ Gaming's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
  20. 20.0 20.1 20.2 Fredit BRION's Tweet twitter.com
  21. 21.0 21.1 21.2 Fredit BRION's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  22. 22.0 22.1 22.2 Gen.G's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
  23. Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2018-11-25
  24. Archive Pages: before change - ; after change - NA - 2019-12-11
  25. Crown's Instagram Post (Korean) instagram.com
  26. Shadow's Facebook post facebook.com
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