Lava

Lava
Lava
Background Information
Name	Kim Tae-hoon (김태훈)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	July 14, 1999 (age 25)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Mid Laner
Soloqueue IDs	KR: lavazz#KR1, 2887163898725728#KR1, 라바99#KR1, 무리쿵#태 훈 ; BR: LeagueOfStatikk#BR1
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kim "Lava" Tae-hoon (Hangul: 김태훈) is a League of Legends esports player, previously mid laner for Movistar R7. He was previously known as TaeHoon.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	≈Oct 2016≈2016-10-??	≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-??	≈2mo 21d ejel
KR	⁠⁠ROX Tigers	Jun 20172017-06-27^[3]	Apr 20182018-04-15^[1]	9mo 18d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Apr 20182018-04-15^[5]	Sep 20202020-09-29^[4]	2yr 5mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Fredit BRION	Dec 20202020-12-04^[8]	Nov 20222022-11-20^[7]	1yr 11mo ejel
BR	⁠⁠Los Grandes	Dec 20222022-12-14^[10]	Oct 20232023-10-16^[9]	10mo 2d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Movistar R7	Dec 20232023-12-18^[12]	May 20242024-05-17^[11]	4mo 30d ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	≈Oct 2016≈2016-10-??	Nov 20162016-11-01^[13]	≈22d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1	Nov 20162016-11-01^[13]	≈Dec 2016≈2016-12-??	≈1mo 30d ejel
KR	⁠⁠ROX Tigers	Jun 20172017-06-27^[3]	Apr 20182018-04-15^[1]	9mo 18d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Apr 20182018-04-15^[5]	Dec 20192019-12-23^[14]	1yr 8mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Dec 20192019-12-23^[14]	Jan 20202020-01-20^[15]	28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	Jan 20202020-01-20^[15]	May 20202020-05-08	3mo 19d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Hanwha Life	May 20202020-05-08	Sep 20202020-09-29^[4]	4mo 21d ejel
KR	⁠⁠hyFresh Blade	Dec 20202020-12-04^[8]	Dec 20202020-12-15^[16]	11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Fredit BRION	Dec 20202020-12-15^[16]	Nov 20222022-11-20^[7]	1yr 11mo ejel
BR	⁠⁠Los Grandes	Dec 20222022-12-14^[10]	Oct 20232023-10-16^[9]	10mo 2d ejel
LAT	⁠⁠Movistar R7	Dec 20232023-12-18^[12]	May 20242024-05-17^[11]	4mo 30d ejel

News

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

KR	⁠⁠SKT	October (approx.), Aiming and TaeHoon join as trainees. e
KR	⁠⁠SKT	November 1, Profit joins. TaeHoon moves to starting roster.^[13] e
KR	⁠⁠SKT	December (approx.), TaeHoon and Aiming leave. e

KR

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⁠ROX

June 27,
Lava joins.
Crow joins as substitute.
Mickey leaves.^[3]

e

KR	⁠⁠ROX	April 15, Lindarang, SeongHwan, Lava, Sangyoon, Key, Mightybear, Kuzan, OnAir (Head Coach), and Emperor (Coach) leave.^[1]^[2] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	April 15, Lindarang, SeongHwan, Lava, Sangyoon, Key, OnAir (Head Coach), and Emperor (Coach) join. Mightybear and Kuzan join as substitutes.^[5]^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	June 5, Lindarang, SeongHwan, Sangyoon, Brook, Kuzan, Onair (Head Coach), Emperor (Coach), and LinLan (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018. Lava, Key, MightyBear, Clever, and Asper's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[17] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	November 22, SoHwan and Thal join. Lava, Sangyoon, and Key's contracts are extended.^[18] e

KR	⁠⁠HLE	January 10, SoHwan, Thal, Bono, Tempt, Sangyoon, LinLan (Coach), and Woong (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Moojin and Onair (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Lava's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[19] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	December 23, Lava (Mid to Bot) changes position.^[14] e

KR	⁠⁠HLE	January 20, Lava (Bot to Sub/Mid) changes position.^[15] e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	May 8, Lava moves to starting roster. e
KR	⁠⁠HLE	September 29, YeongJae and Lava leave.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠BRB	December 4, Lava joins.^[8] UmTi, Lava, and Crescent's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[20] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO	December 15, ⁠⁠hyFresh Blade rebrands as ⁠⁠Fredit BRION.^[16] e

KR	⁠⁠BRO	November 14, UmTi, Lava, Hena, and Delight's contracts are extended through 2022. Hoya, Chieftain, and Yaharong leave.^[21]^[22] e
KR	⁠⁠BRO	November 17, UmTi, Lava, Hena, Delight, Sword, Drinker (Coach), and Edgar (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[23] e

KR	⁠⁠BRO	November 20, Morgan, Lava, Delight, and Sw0rd leave.^[7] e
BR	⁠⁠LOS	December 14, HiRit, Lava, Netuno, Zay, and Stardust (Head Coach) join.^[10] HiRit, Lava, Stardust (Head Coach), and Riyev (Positional Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023. Netuno and zay's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025.^[24] e

BR	⁠⁠LOS	October 16, enel1 and Lava are removed from the GCD.^[9] e
BR	⁠⁠LOS	November 21, Ranger and Stardust (Head Coach) leave. Lava's departure is confirmed.^[25] e
LAT	⁠⁠R7	December 18, Summit, Lava, and Revehaza (Coach) join. Khynm (Head Coach) and Pointless (Strategic Coach)'s contracts are extended.^[12] e

LAT	⁠⁠R7	January 9, Summit, Lava, and Daiky's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2024. Oddie and Khynm (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2024. Ceo and Lyonz's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2025.^[26] e
LAT	⁠⁠R7	May 17, Lava leaves.^[11] e

Biography

Trivia

His former ID TaeHoon is based on his given name (Tae-hoon).
His personality type is ENFP.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2021-06-09	KR Korea	LCK 2021 Summer			Akali	Mid	W	9/1/4	Link	Link
2018-01-25	KR Korea	LCK 2018 Spring			Corki	Mid	W	9/0/4	Link	Link

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.

Lava Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-04-06	2	LLA 2024 Opening Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠EST	⁠⁠R7	Summit, Oddie, Lava, Ceo, Lyonz, Khynm, Revehaza
2024-02-29	2	LLA 2024 Opening	10 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠R7	Summit, Oddie, Daiky, Lava, Ceo, Lyonz, Khynm, Revehaza
2023-08-06	8	CBLOL 2023 Split 2	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LOS	Boal, Hidan, Trick, enel1, Lava, Netuno, Ranger, Stardust, Riyev
2023-06-04	2	CBOLÃO Season 5	1 : 2⁠⁠PRIMOS	⁠⁠HB20	Wizer, Croc, Lava, Route, Bvoy, Nia
2023-04-09	3	CBLOL 2023 Split 1 Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠PNG	⁠⁠LOS	HiRit, Ranger, Lava, Netuno, Zay, Stardust, Riyev
2023-03-19	3	CBLOL 2023 Split 1	12 - 6⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LOS	HiRit, Ranger, Lava, Netuno, Zay, Stardust, Riyev
2022-11-20	2	G-Star Cup 2022 League of Legends Invitational	0 : 1⁠⁠MZ세대	⁠⁠LOL킹	Kael, Lava, Hena, Kiin, Croco
2022-08-14	9	LCK 2022 Summer	3 - 15⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, Sw0rd, UmTi, Raptor, Lava, Hena, Gamin, Delight, Edgar, Drinker
2022-03-23	6	LCK 2022 Spring Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠DK	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, UmTi, Lava, Hena, Delight, Edgar, Drinker
2022-03-20	6	LCK 2022 Spring	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠BRO	Morgan, Sw0rd, Soboro, UmTi, Raptor, Listo, Lava, Feisty, Hena, Gamin, Delight, Loopy, Edgar, Drinker, Kite, MintTea

Media

2018
2019

January 25, ROX Lava: "The Stopwatch should be usable at 10 minutes." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
February 6, ROX Lava on the Glitch: "I've never seen such thing happen." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Beom "Nswer" Park, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
February 21, ROX Lava: "I’m preparing some champions that other players don’t play." with Minyoung "Irro" Jang, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
February 21, ROX Lava: "The coaches thought Ekko was good and suggested to me to play him." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
February 27, ROX Lava: "I learned a lot from watching Faker and Bdd play Zoe" with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
e
March 3, ROX Lava: "Since Stopwatch is nerfed and there will be less wards, more assassins might appear." with Changsik "Alle" Son and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
March 3, ROX Key: "Zoe's nerf doesn't matter much because Lava is good at Ekko and Fizz." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
March 21, ROX Sangyoon: "As if our head coach had taken drugs, when we're feeling down, he acts crazy and brightens the mood" with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
e
June 14, Sangyoon on His Victory Against bbq Olivers: "(singing) I feel happy~ I feel happy" with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
e
June 23, Lindarang: "Even with the current chaotic state of the meta, you can make traditional compositions work. It depends on how you play with what you have." with Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
e
July 13, HLE Key: "We were especially weak against Afreeca, Kingzone, and SKT. Well, after winning them, it feels like the team has improved compared to the past. " with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
e

March 3, HLE Lava on the trust that the coaching staff put in him: "I strongly communicated that I wanted to keep playing." with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
e
March 3, HLE bonO: "We still have a shot at playoffs. We’ll make sure that we win all remaining matches to get there." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
December 25, [KeSPA Cup] HLE Lava: "I believe that 2020 is the year where I’ll finally be able to go to playoffs and aim higher from there" with Arra, Laff, and Quest on Inven Global
e
December 28, Lava "Korean Perkz" says HLE wants to break the LCK status quo (Korean) with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e

Post-Match Interviews

2018
2019
2021
2022
2023
2024

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2018-01-25	LCK 2018 Spring	ROX vs KDM	Link
2018-02-08	LCK 2018 Spring	JAG vs ROX	Link
2018-02-21	LCK 2018 Spring	MVP vs ROX	Link
2018-02-27	LCK 2018 Spring	KT vs ROX	Link
2018-03-03	LCK 2018 Spring	ROX vs bbq	Link
2018-03-21	LCK 2018 Spring	KSV vs ROX	Link
2018-06-14	LCK 2018 Summer	HLE vs bbq	Link
2018-06-17	LCK 2018 Summer	JAG vs HLE	Link
2018-06-23	LCK 2018 Summer	HLE vs AF	Link
2018-07-13	LCK 2018 Summer	HLE vs SKT	Link
2018-07-25	LCK 2018 Summer	HLE vs JAG	Link
2018-07-27	LCK 2018 Summer	bbq vs HLE	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-01-20	LCK 2019 Spring	AF vs HLE	Link
2019-03-03	LCK 2019 Spring	GEN vs HLE	Link
2019-06-08	LCK 2019 Summer	HLE vs KT	Link
2019-06-22	LCK 2019 Summer	HLE vs JAG	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-01-21	LCK 2021 Spring	DK vs BRO	Link
2021-02-04	LCK 2021 Spring	BRO vs KT	Link
2021-02-17	LCK 2021 Spring	BRO vs LSB	Link
2021-06-09	LCK 2021 Summer	BRO vs LSB	Link
2021-06-23	LCK 2021 Summer	DK vs BRO	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2022-01-16	LCK 2022 Spring	HLE vs BRO	Link
2022-01-28	LCK 2022 Spring	BRO vs KDF	Link
2022-02-11	LCK 2022 Spring	NS vs BRO	Link
2022-02-26	LCK 2022 Spring	KT vs BRO	Link
2022-03-02	LCK 2022 Spring	BRO vs HLE	Link
2022-03-05	LCK 2022 Spring	BRO vs NS	Link
2022-03-10	LCK 2022 Spring	BRO vs LSB	Link
2022-07-15	LCK 2022 Summer	BRO vs NS	Link
2022-07-31	LCK 2022 Summer	NS vs BRO	Link
2022-08-06	LCK 2022 Summer	HLE vs BRO	Link