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| Org Location | South Korea | ||
| Region | Korea | ||
| Sponsor | Kongdoo Razer GIGABYTE Pocari Sweat | ||
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Kongdoo Monster is a Korean team. They were formerly known as e-mFire.
History[]
Kongdoo Monster was announced as the new name of e-mFire in February 2016, partway through the spring season of the LCK.
2016 Season[]
At the time of Kongdoo's sponsorship, the team was in ninth place in the league, with a 1-7 series record, and after the rename, the team still failed to win any more sets during the season, ending 1-17 in last place. This forced them to play a relegation match against challenger team MVP, who defeated them 3-1 and relegated them to Challengers Korea 2016 Summer. Afterwards, the team picked up jungler PuNch.
After a mediocre 2-2 start to the Summer Split they picked up the pace towards the end with new coach Zefa and finished 2nd after winning their 3 remaining series. In playoffs they faced Ever8 Winners in semifinals and swept past them to face undefeated first place SBENU Korea in finals and qualify for the promotion tournament. They dominated the first two games, got dominated themselves in game 3 but came back from that and won game 4 and the series convincingly.
In round 1 of the Spring Promotion they faced CJ Entus. They managed to come back from a 8k gold deficit in a 68 minute game 1 and destroyed their opponents in game 2 to qualify for the final. There their opponents were LCK team ESC Ever after 3 slow games they went into game 4 with a 2-1 lead and dominated it to qualify back to LCK.
Before the 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup Hipo and Crush left the team as well as most of the coaching staff so they went into the tournament with brand new coach MC. They won round 1 against amateur team Seoul in two bloody games and were drawn to play against KT Rolster in quarterfinals. Following two one-sided games Kongdoo were on the back foot despite maintaining a small gold lead before winning the deciding teamfight at nearly 50 minutes to go on to sweep semifinals against ESC Ever who came off a win against the world champions. In finals they played ROX Tigers and after winning a close game 1 ROX woke up and dominated the next 3 games as it was to be expected.
2017 Season[]
They could not carry these good performance over into Spring Split though and were after 8 weeks already nearly confirmed to drop back into the promotion tournament with a 1-13 record. Despite two upset victories in the last 2 weeks they did not managed to avoid these because they lost the supposedly easier matches against their direct competition. In Summer promotion they beat CJ Entus in round 1 with 2 convincing victories after being down 0-1 which meant two chances to secure their place in LCK. They missed their first chance when they once again were beaten clearly by Jin Air 1-3 and faced E8W for their second chance. The series went like the previous one though with 2 losses before recovering with a good performance in game 3 only to lose game 4 clearly.
Kongdoo kept their roster going into Summer Split and showed the expected good performances with a 6-1 record after the first half of the split. Following defeats to all 3 other playoff participants during the second half they moved Secret up to become the starting support. This change seemed to have a positive impact as they won the semifinals against APK Prince 3-1 with good performances to qualify for another promotion tournament and were in prime position to win game 5 of the finals against CJ but were aced 49 minutes into the game and lost the game.
In the Spring Promotion Kongdoo took revenge in round 1 with a 2-1 victory against E8W to have once again two chances for a place in LCK. This time they managed to convert their first chance against bbq Olivers already but having to come back from big deficits in all 3 wins was a big sign for this roster for the upcoming LCK season.
Before the 2017 LoL KeSPA Cup jungler Punch and sub support GuGer left the team so they had to play with the new unexperienced jungle signing U Jun and were beaten in round 1 already by the new roster of challenger team DAMWON Gaming.
2018 Season[]
Going into the 2018 Season they signed a more experienced jungler in Raise because U Jun had almost none and did not perform well enough to warrant putting trust in him as the starting jungler. They had an unexpectedly good start to the Spring Split winning and losing 2 series each in the first weeks before quickly dropping down the standings to finish the split in the anticipated last place after only winning 3 more games and dropped down to Summer Promotion for the third year in a row. There they were clearly beaten by Griffin in round 1 and faced once again E8W in elimination round. Their superior macro won them the series 2-1 to fight MVP in a battle for which team requalifies for LCK. They equalized twice in hard fought games after being dominated before and were also not given any chances in game 5 so they not only played in Summer Promotion tournaments three times in a row but also were sent to Challenger every time.
During midseason Raise became inactive and MC left the coaching role. With U Jun who renamed to LuBu as starting jungle they had a consistenly good Summer Split in which they finished with a 10-4 record in 3rd place. In semifinals of playoffs against second place Team BattleComics they were after one close and one convincing win 2-0 up but after almost coming back from a deficit in game 3 BtC used the momentum to reverse sweep the series and deny Kongdoo participating in a 6th promotion tournament in a row.
On 4th November 2018 the roster disbanded and two weeks later Brion Company bought Kongdoo Monster.
Trivia[]
- Over the organization's tenure, they were relegated from the LCK four times and requalified three times.
Timeline[]
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- February 18,
e-mFire rebrands as 
Kongdoo Monster.[1]
Hipo,
Crush,
Edge,
SSol,
GuGer, viNylCat (Head Coach), Micro (Coach), and Lee Seok-jin (Owner) join.
Roach joins as substitute.[2] - May 25,
PuNch joins.
Crush moves to substitute.[3] - June 6,
Roach moves to starting roster. - June 27, Zefa (Coach) joins.[4]
- July 5,
Hipo moves to substitute. - October 20,
Hipo and
Crush leave.[5] - October 24, viNylCat (Head Coach) leaves.[6]
- October 28, Micro (Coach) leaves.[7]
- November 2, Park Yong-woon (Head Coach) and MC (Coach) join. Zefa (Coach) leaves.[8]
- November 19, 2nd place in 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup.
- December 5, MC (Coach to Head Coach) and Park Yong-woon (Head Coach to Director) change positions.[9]
- January 2,
Secret joins as substitute.[10] - January 19, Shark (Owner) joins. Lee Seok-jin (Owner) leaves.[11]
- March 20, Zefa (Coach) rejoins.[12]
- May 26,
Wilder joins as substitute.[13] - June 11,
Wilder leaves.[14] - August 14,
Secret moves to starting roster. - November 19,
U Jun and
Han join.
Punch and
GuGer leave.[15][16] - December 1, Chunco (Coach) joins. Zefa (Coach) leaves.[17]
- December 19,
Raise joins.[18]
- January 9,
Han moves to trainee.[19] - January 27,
bullybully and
Aegis join as trainees.[20] - March 19,
Han leaves. - April 11,
Aegis leaves.[21] - April 14,
Aggro,
Ace,
Moo, and
Sangin join as trainees.
bullybully leaves.[22] - April 15, Rigby (Coach) joins.[23]
- May 1,
Ace moves to substitute.[24] - May 15, JOON (Head Coach) joins. MC (Head Coach) leaves.[25]
- May 31, U Jun renames to LuBu.[26] Secret renames to X.[27]
- June 3,
BroCColi and
Umaru join as substitutes.[28] - June 4, VicaL (Coach) joins. Chunco (Coach) leaves.[29]
- June 10,
Raise becomes inactive.[30] - June 29,
Raise leaves.[31] - July 9,
Sangin leaves.[32] - November 4,
Roach,
LuBu,
Edge,
SSol,
X,
BroCColi,
Ace,
Umaru,
Aggro,
Moo, JOON (Head Coach), Rigby (Coach), and VicaL (Coach) leave.[33] - November 19,
Brion Blade acquires Kongdoo Monster and their CK 2019 Spring slot. Shark (Owner) and Park Yong-woon (Director) leave.[34]
Player Roster[]
Former[]
Players are shown for the entire duration of their tenure on the team, with the role and substitute/trainee status they had upon their departure.
| Player | Name | Role | Joined | Left | Next Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roach | Kim Kang-hee (김강희) | Top Laner | Feb 20162016-02-18 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  GEN | ||
| LuBu | Na Yoo-joon (나유준) | Jungler | Nov 20172017-11-19 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  VSG | ||
| Edge | Lee Ho-sung (이호성) | Mid Laner | Feb 20162016-02-18 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  MVP | ||
| SSol | Seo Jin-sol (서진솔) | Bot Laner | Feb 20162016-02-18 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  AF | ||
| X | Park Ki-sun (박기선) | Support | Jan 20172017-01-02 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  APK | ||
| BroCColi | Kim Yoon-jae (김윤재) | Sub/Jun | Jun 20182018-06-03 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  BRB | ||
| Ace | Kim Ji-hoon (김지훈) | Sub/Mid | Apr 20182018-04-14 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  DRX.A | ||
| Umaru | Yang Hyeon-min (양현민) | Sub/Sup | Jun 20182018-06-03 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  GCB | ||
| Aggro | Kang Min-seok (강민석) | Trn/Top | Apr 20182018-04-14 | Nov 20182018-11-04 |  Retired | ||
| Moo | Lim Mu-heon (임무헌) | Trn/Bot | Apr 20182018-04-14 | Nov 20182018-11-04 | GCB | ||
| Sangin | Choi Sang-in (최상인) | Trn/Sup | Apr 20182018-04-14 | Jul 20182018-07-09 |  KT | ||
| Raise | Oh Ji-hwan (오지환) | Jungler (+) (–) Inactive | Dec 20172017-12-19 | Jun 20182018-06-29 |  GRX | ||
| bullybully | Jeong San (정산) | Trn/Top | Jan 20182018-01-27 | Apr 20182018-04-14 |  ICN | ||
| Aegis | Kim Geun-mo (김근모) | Trn/Sup | Jan 20182018-01-27 | Apr 20182018-04-11 |  EEW | ||
| Han | Choi Hyeon-woo (최현우) | Trn/Mid | Nov 20172017-11-19 | Mar 20182018-03-19 |  JAG | ||
| Punch | Son Min-hyuk (손민혁) | Jungler | May 20162016-05-25 | Nov 20172017-11-19 |  DWG | ||
| GuGer | Kim Do-yeop (김도엽) | Support | Feb 20162016-02-18 | Nov 20172017-11-19 |  V3 | ||
| Wilder | Jeong Jin-woo (정진우) | Sub/Jun | May 20172017-05-26 | Jun 20172017-06-11 |  BC | ||
| Hipo | Suk Hyun-jun (석현준) | Sub/Top | Feb 20162016-02-18 | Oct 20162016-10-20 |  BtC | ||
| Crush | Kim Jun-seo (김준서) | Sub/Jun | Feb 20162016-02-18 | Oct 20162016-10-20 |  MiraGe |
Player League Participation[]
LCK
| Player | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Games | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring | Summer | Winter | Spring | Summer | Winter | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Split 1 | ||
| Ssol | | | |  | | 142 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edge |  | | | | 139 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| GuGer | | |  | 128 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roach | | | |  | |  | 126 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Crush | |  | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Secret |  | | | |  |  | 187 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Raise |  | | | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiz | | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CK
| Player | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | Games | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | Spring | Summer | ||
| GuGer | | |  | | | 148 | ||||||||
| Edge | | | |  | |  | 141 | |||||||
| Ssol | | | | 84 | ||||||||||
| Roach | | | | 80 | ||||||||||
| Secret | | | | | 102 | |||||||||
| Wiz |  | | 59 | |||||||||||
| Ace |  | | 19 | |||||||||||
Organization[]
Former[]
| C | ID | Name | Position | Next Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shark | Seo Kyung-jong (서경종) | Owner |  Griffin
| |
| Park Yong-woon (박용운) | Director | None | ||
| JOON | Park Seong-joon (박성준) | Head Coach | Brion Blade
| |
| Rigby | Han Earl (한얼) | Coach |  Clutch Gaming
| |
| VicaL | Kim Sun-mook (김선묵) | Coach |  SuperMassive Esports
| |
| Chunco | Chun Jung-hee (천정희) | Coach |  Flash Wolves
| |
| MC | Jang Min-chul (장민철) | Head Coach |  Caster
| |
| Zefa | Lee Jae-min (이재민) | Coach | Afreeca Freecs
| |
| Lee Seok-jin (이석진) | Owner | None | ||
| Park Yong-woon (박용운) | Head Coach | Director
| ||
| Zefa | Lee Jae-min (이재민) | Coach | Kongdoo Monster
| |
| Micro | Kim Mok-kyoung (김목경) | Coach |  MiraGe Gaming
| |
| viNylCat | Chae Woo-cheol (채우철) | Head Coach |  CJ Entus
|
Tournaments[]
This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.
| Kongdoo Monster Tournament Results - Show Prize as (Local • USD • Euros) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Pl | Prize | Event | Last Result | Roster |
| 2018-09-03 | 3 - 4 | CK 2018 Summer Playoffs | Roach, LuBu, Edge, SSol, X, JOON | ||
| 2018-08-27 | 3 | CK 2018 Summer | 10 - 4  RR | Roach, LuBu, Edge, Ace, SSol, X, VicaL, JOON | |
| 2018-04-22 | NQ | LCK 2018 Summer Promotion | Roach, Raise, U Jun, Edge, SSol, Secret, MC, Chunco, Rigby | ||
| 2018-03-25 | 10 | ₩10,000,000$ 9,339.72€ 7,571.28 | LCK 2018 Spring | 2 - 16 RR | Roach, Raise, U Jun, Edge, SSol, Secret, MC, Chunco, Rigby |
| 2017-12-02 | 13 - 19 | KeSPA Cup 2017 | Roach, U Jun, Edge, SSol, Secret, MC, Zefa | ||
| 2017-09-16 | Q | LCK 2018 Spring Promotion | Roach, Punch, Edge, SSol, Secret, MC, Zefa | ||
| 2017-08-25 | 2 | ₩12,000,000$ 10,680€ 9,000 | CK 2017 Summer Playoffs | Roach, Punch, Edge, SSol, Secret, Zefa | |
| 2017-08-14 | 2 | CK 2017 Summer | 10 - 4 RR | Roach, Punch, Edge, SSol, GuGer, Secret, Zefa | |
| 2017-04-29 | NQ | LCK 2017 Summer Promotion | Roach, Punch, Edge, SSol, GuGer, MC, Zefa | ||
| 2017-04-02 | 10 | ₩10,000,000$ 8,900€ 8,400 | LCK 2017 Spring | 3 - 15 RR | Roach, Punch, Edge, SSol, GuGer, Secret, MC |
| Total Prize: USD 0 • KRW 32,000,000 | |||||
Media[]
- 2017
- February 15, Kongdoo head coach: “I think I’ll be able to sleep peacefully tonight.” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- March 21, Kongdoo Monster coach, who battled cancer, returns to team after second health-related absence by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
- March 28, Kongdoo head coach MC on beating KT: “The players played very well, but I want to dedicate this victory to (Zefa).” with , and on Slingshot Esports
- March 30, Kongdoo’s Ssol: “Zefa really focused on me, and he’s been working with me on drafting and the laning phase.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
Images[]
Kongdoo Monster logo (Feb 2016 - Dec 2016)
Kongdoo Monster 2017 LCK Spring Roster
See Also[]
External Links[]
References[]
- ↑ e엠파이어, 콩두 몬스터로 재탄생 한다 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 e엠파이어, 콩두 몬스터로 재탄생 한다 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Kongdoo Monster's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ [뉴스] 콩두 몬스터, 겜잘알 '제파' 이재민 코치로 영입 inven.co.kr
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 '히포' 석현준-'크러시' 김준서, 콩두 몬스터와 결별 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 채우철, 콩두 몬스터 감독직 사임 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 [뉴스] LoL IM-콩두 활동했던 김목경 코치, 오버워치 팀으로 새로운 도전 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 2016 LoL KeSPA Cup 참가 팀 로스터 공개 (Korean) e-sports.or.kr
- ↑ 콩두 몬스터 장민철 코치, 감독으로 승격 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Kongdoo Monster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 콩두컴퍼니, ‘LCK 신성’ 콩두 몬스터 정식 인수 (Korean) thisisgame.com
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 '제파' 이재민 코치, 콩두 몬스터 재합류 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Kongdoo Monster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Kongdoo Monster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 15.4 2017 LoL 케스파 컵 로스터 공개, '쿠잔' 이성혁-'블레스' 최현웅 제외 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 16.4 Kongdoo Monster's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 [뉴스] 콩두 몬스터, 신임 코치로 천정희 영입! '제파' 이재민 계약 종료 (Korean) inven.co.kr
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Kongdoo Monster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ KeSPA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 [우리팀 탐구생활] 1화 - 콩두몬스터 편 - 2018 LCK SPRING (Korean) youtube.com
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Ever8 Winners' Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
- ↑ 22.0 22.1 22.2 22.3 22.4 22.5 [콩vs콩] 제3화, 콩두 몬스터 승강전 준비 5:5 내전!! (Korean) youtube.com
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 KeSPA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 콩두 몬스터, 前 삼성 미드 라이너 '에이스' 김지훈 영입 (Korean) fomos.kr
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 25.2 Kongdoo Monster's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ Kongdoo Monster's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ Kongdoo Monster's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 28.2 Kongdoo Monster's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 Kongdoo Monster's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ Kongdoo Monster's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
- ↑ 31.0 31.1 LPL's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 KeSPA's Tweet twitter.com
- ↑ 33.00 33.01 33.02 33.03 33.04 33.05 33.06 33.07 33.08 33.09 33.10 33.11 33.12 33.13 Kongdoo Monster's Facebook Post facebook.com
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 브리온컴퍼니, 콩두 몬스터 전격 인수 (Korean) dailyesports.com
- ↑ [뉴스] 콩두 몬스터, 겜잘알 '제파' 이재민 코치로 영입 inven.co.kr