IgNar

IgNar
IgNar
Background Information
Name	Lee Dong-geun (이동근)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	November 20, 1996 (age 24)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses
Contract Expires	2022-11-15
Role	; Support
Favorite Champs	; ;
Soloqueue IDs	KR: FLY IgNar, Schalke 04 IgNar; EUW: Fantastic Duo2, ANSN
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠Winterfox	Jan 20152015-01-07^[1]	≈May 2015≈2015-05-08	≈4mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Incredible Miracle	May 20152015-05-13^[3]	Dec 20152015-12-02^[2]	6mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster	Dec 20152015-12-02^[6]	Mar 20162016-03-23^[5]	3mo 21d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Misfits Gaming	Jun 20162016-06-03^[8]	Nov 20172017-11-20^[7]	1yr 5mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠bbq Olivers	Nov 20172017-11-27^[11]	Nov 20182018-11-19^[9]	1yr 22d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Schalke 04	Dec 20182018-12-11^[13]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[12]	11mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Nov 20192019-11-20^[15]	Nov 20202020-11-21^[14]	1yr 1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Nov 20202020-11-21^[17]	Present	11mo 3d ej

	Team	Start	End
NA	⁠⁠Winterfox	Jan 20152015-01-07^[1]	≈May 2015≈2015-05-08	≈4mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Incredible Miracle	May 20152015-05-13^[3]	Dec 20152015-12-02^[2]	6mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster	Dec 20152015-12-02^[6]	Mar 20162016-03-23^[5]	3mo 21d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Misfits Gaming	Jun 20162016-06-03^[8]	Nov 20172017-11-20^[7]	1yr 5mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠bbq Olivers	Nov 20172017-11-27^[11]	Nov 20182018-11-19^[9]	1yr 22d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Schalke 04	Dec 20182018-12-11^[13]	Nov 20192019-11-20^[12]	11mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠FlyQuest	Nov 20192019-11-20^[15]	Nov 20202020-11-21^[14]	1yr 1d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Evil Geniuses	Nov 20202020-11-21^[17]	Present	11mo 3d ej

News

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

NA	⁠⁠WFX	January 7, Avalon, Helios, Pobelter, Altec, Imagine, and Paragon (Head Coach) join. Flaresz, ShorterACE, ExecutionerKen, Gleeb, and IgNar join as substitutes.^[1] e
NA	⁠⁠WFX	May 8 (approx.), IgNar leaves. e
KR	⁠⁠IM	May 13, Apple, Roar, and IgNar join. TusiN (Support to Jungle) changes position. Ares leaves.^[3]^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠IM	December 2, IgNar leaves.^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠KT	December 2, Fly and IgNar join.^[6] e

KR	⁠⁠KT	March 23, IgNar leaves.^[5] e
EU	⁠⁠MSF	June 3, IgNar joins. Dreams moves to substitute.^[8] e

EU	⁠⁠MSF	November 20, IgNar leaves.^[7] e
KR	⁠⁠bbq	November 27, Trick and IgNar join.^[11] e

KR	⁠⁠bbq	November 19, Trick and IgNar leave.^[9]^[10] e
EU	⁠⁠S04	December 11, IgNar joins.^[13] e

EU	⁠⁠S04	January 7, Odoamne and IgNar's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019.^[18] e
EU	⁠⁠S04	January 15, Odoamne and IgNar's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[19] e
EU	⁠⁠S04	November 20, IgNar leaves.^[12] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	November 20, IgNar joins.^[15]^[16] e
NA	⁠⁠FLY	December 11, PowerOfEvil and IgNar's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.^[20] e

NA	⁠⁠FLY	November 21, IgNar leaves.^[14] e
NA	⁠⁠EG	November 21, IgNar joins.^[17] IgNar's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2022.^[21] e

Biography[]

2015 Season[]

Lee "IgNar" Dong-geun joined Winterfox in January 2015, as a substitute for the support role. He left in May, without ever starting in a competitive match for them. A week after leaving Winterfox, he joined Incredible Miracle to replace TusiN, who was moved to jungle. The team had to play in the Champions Summer Promotion Tournament and they ended up qualifying for SBENU Champions Summer 2015 after going 2-0 against Winners and Anarchy. IM placed ninth in the regular season of Champions Summer and were forced to play in the LCK 2016 Season Spring Promotion. Incredible Miracle played the Dark Wolves in the promotion tournament and beat them 3-1 to requalify for the LCK.

2016 Season[]

IM competed in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup where they lost 2-1 against the Jin Air Green Wings in the first round. IgNar left IM to join KT Rolster on December 2. However, he only started for the team in three games of the LCK before departing the team in March.

Ignar then was reported to have tried out for TSM's open support position but was rejected due to insufficient English skills. He would later announce that he was joining Misfits Gaming to compete in the EUCS Summer Season. The team finished first in both the regular season and the playoffs and qualified for the EU LCS 2017 Spring.

2017 Season[]

Misfits ended the spring season at 3rd place in Group A with a 8-5 score and 4th place in playoffs. In EU LCS 2017 Summer, Misfits had a 6-7 score in Group A and placed 3rd in the regular split. The team then defeated Unicorns Of Love and Fnatic with two 3-0 in the playoffs, losing to G2 Esports.

In Worlds 2017, Misfits was placed in Group D, alongside Team WE, Team SoloMid, and Flash Wolves. The team surpassed everybody's expectations and made it out of groups stage with a 3-3 score and a tiebreaker win against TSM. In the quarterfinals, Misfits was placed against tournament favorite SK Telecom T1. The team ultimately lost with a 2-3 score but won the heart of many fans for their unconventional picks. Shortly after Worlds, Ignar announced that he would be leaving the team after the All-Stars event.

2018 Season[]

Ignar join LCK team bbq Olivers with G2's previous jungler Trick. bbq Olivers placed 8th in the LCK 2018 Spring and last in the LCK 2018 Summer, with a disappointing 6-12 and 2-16 score. The team then lost both games in the LCK 2019 Spring Promotion against DAMWON Gaming and MVP, resulting in bbq Olivers demoting into CK 2019 Spring.

On November 19 2018, Ignar announced that Trick and him would be leaving the team.

2019 Season[]

Ignar returned to Europe for 2019 and joined FC Schalke 04 Esports for the first year of the newly formed LEC, along with Odoamne, Memento, and Abbedagge. Schalke started out the spring split strong and looked like a top contender, but collapsed in the second half of the split and finished with a 9-9 record. This forced them to play a tiebreaker with SK Gaming for the final playoff spot, which they lost, ending their season.

Ignar remained with the team for the summer split, and was reunited with his former bbq Olivers teammate Trick, who joined to replace Memento. This time, Schalke had a consistent split, settling into fourth place by the third week and remaining there for the remainder of the season, finishing with an 11-7 record. In the playoffs, they defeated first Team Vitality, then the surprising Rogue, both by 3-1 scores, to earn a chance at playing in the finals, but were immediately swept by Fnatic, leaving them in third place. Their regular-season performance did give Schalke the second seed in the LEC 2019 Regional Finals, but they were swept by Splyce, leaving Ignar short of worlds again. He then left the team in November.

Trivia[]

Owns a Pomeranian named Holiday.
Enjoys reading manga and watching anime.
Enjoys playing Warcraft III, Dark Souls 3 and TEKKEN 7.
Became world famous after he beat SK Telecom T1 in the 2017 World Championship Quarterfinals on
Blitzcrank and
Leona with Fervor of Battle, although Misfits eventually lost the series.

Tournament Results[]

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

IgNar Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-08-19	5 - 6	LCS 2021 Championship	0 : 3⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠EG	Impact, Contractz, Svenskeren, Jiizuke, Danny, IgNar, Peter Dun, Artemis
2021-08-01	3	LCS 2021 Summer	28 - 17⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EG	Impact, Svenskeren, Contractz, Jiizuke, Danny, IgNar, Peter Dun, Artemis
2021-03-27	5 - 6	LCS 2021 Mid-Season Showdown	1 : 3⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠EG	Impact, Svenskeren, Jiizuke, Deftly, IgNar, Peter Dun, Artemis
2021-03-14	6	LCS 2021 Spring	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EG	Impact, Svenskeren, Jiizuke, Deftly, IgNar, Artemis, Mash, Peter Dun
2021-01-30	3 - 4	LCS 2021 Lock In	0 : 3⁠⁠TL	⁠⁠EG	Impact, Svenskeren, Jiizuke, Deftly, IgNar, Artemis, Mash
2020-10-11	9 - 12	Worlds 2020	3 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Solo, Santorin, PowerOfEvil, WildTurtle, IgNar, Curry, MasH
2020-09-06	2	LCS 2020 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠TSM	⁠⁠FLY	Solo, Santorin, PowerOfEvil, WildTurtle, IgNar, DLim, Curry
2020-08-09	3	LCS 2020 Summer	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	Solo, Santorin, PowerOfEvil, WildTurtle, MasH, IgNar, Curry, DLim
2020-04-19	2	LCS 2020 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠C9	⁠⁠FLY	V1per, Solo, Santorin, PowerOfEvil, WildTurtle, IgNar, Curry, DLim
2020-03-29	4	LCS 2020 Spring	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FLY	V1per, Solo, Santorin, PowerOfEvil, WildTurtle, IgNar, Curry, DLim

Media[]

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

February 3, KT Rolster IgNar Postmatch Interview “Talking to people is hard. Need to communicate more” with , and on Inven, English translation by krbnu.
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February 4, Hans Sama & Ignar Interview with , and on Liquid Legends
e
March 24, Player Spotlight: Hans Sama and Ignar with Jeff Latham on LoL Esports
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April 7, IgNar discusses Misfits' communication issues and working on team synergy with , and on Blitz Esports
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April 9, IgNar: "Kennen is good, Fiddlesticks not" with , and on Sport1
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May 3, IgNar on playing for Misfits, English lessons and goals for the summer split with , and on Slingshot Esports
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October 14, Misfits Ignar: "When we saw Jayce, we all said 'we can easily win now'" with , and on Inven Global
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October 20, IgNar on MSF: "The best memory is constantly being updated" with , and on Inven Global
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November 8, Worlds 2017: Breakout and breakdown performances by Michael Lee on The Game Haus
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November 10, My picks for the 2017 EU LCS All-Star team by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
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December 4, IgNar: “All-Stars? I’ll play in the European style, in European colors.” with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
December 8, EU Ignar: "I have a lot of memories in EU. Especially, everyday at the Misfits gaming house" with Byungho "Haao" Kim and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
e
December 13, Why IgNar left Misfits: "I wanted to play at Misfits again. But Misfits never started the negotiation with me at the end of the season. I thought they didn’t want me." with Sharon Coone on Blitz Esports
e
December 22, The Top 10 League of Legends Player Storylines of 2017 by theScore Esports on theScore Esports
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January 18, bbq IgNar: "I didn't really like the food back in Europe...I still prefer foreign teams" with Beom "Nswer" Park and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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February 28, BBQ IgNar: "It felt like I saw what happens 30 seconds later, so I went in with confidence." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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November 9, LCK: Players to Keep an Eye On During the Off-Season by Rui Yang Xu on The Game Haus
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February 1, Cultural Differences by , and on The Player's Lobby
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February 9, IgNar on returning to Europe, Schalke 04 Esports and his synergy with Upset with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
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July 26, Ignar on 9.14 Tahm Kench & Support changes, Trick and GorillA leaving LEC with Darius Matuschak on The Shotcaller
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November 27, FLY confirms PowerOfEvil! POE and IgNar explain why they wanted to reunite by Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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January 26, FLY IgNar: "EU has a lot of aggressive supports, but NA supports seem less focused on proactivity." with Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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March 23, Ignar promised with POE they'll repeat the "2017 Misfits Miracle" at FlyQuest | Ashley Kang LCS with Korizon Esports on YouTube
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March 25, FLEXQUEST: IgNar's versatility is key to FlyQuest's success down the stretch by Nick Geracie on Inven Global
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May 14, "POE's the MVP for the season... It was POE who carried us in games we would have lost." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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August 25, FlyQuest IgNar: "I just want to shout out Wildturtle's mentality... He never gave up." with Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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October 12, [Worlds 2020] FLY IgNar on NA's flop: "There's a clear difference in the NA meta compared to other regions." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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February 16, Ignar chats EG's BIG WIN over Cloud9, his love for racing games, and his desire to go drift with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-07-11	LCS 2021 Summer	EG vs C9	Link
2021-02-27	LCS 2021 Spring	EG vs FLY	Link
2021-01-24	LCS 2021 Lock In	EG vs GG	Link
2020-07-25	LCS 2020 Summer	GG vs FLY	Link
2020-04-12	LCS 2020 Spring Playoffs	TSM vs FLY	Link
2020-02-18	LCS 2020 Spring	FLY vs 100	Link
2019-08-24	LEC 2019 Summer Playoffs	S04 vs VIT	Link
2018-02-28	LCK 2018 Spring	JAG vs bbq	Link