Meruem

Meruem
Retired
Meruem
Background Information
Name	Wooseong "Will" Kim (김우성)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	February 6
Residency	NANorth America
Competitive
Role	; Bot Laner
Favorite Champs	; ;
Soloqueue IDs	Meruem, cat8, Fearsky, Karu8, 스타z, BLAST700, Killu

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Wooseong "Will" "Meruem" Kim (Hangul: 김우성) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously bot laner for University of British Columbia. He was previously known as cat8.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠University of B.C.	Sep 20122012-09-06	Nov 20132013-11-03	1yr 1mo	Inactive ejel
NA	⁠⁠Epik Gamer	Dec 20122012-12-20^[1]	Jan 20132013-01-30	1mo 10d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠New World Eclipse	≈Jul 2013≈2013-07-??	≈Sep 2013≈2013-09-??	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠University of B.C.	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-??	≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-??	≈3mo	ejel

	Team	Start	End		Notes
NA	⁠⁠University of B.C.	Sep 20122012-09-06	Mar 20132013-03-23	6mo 17d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Epik Gamer	Dec 20122012-12-20^[1]	≈Jan 2013≈2013-01-??	≈12d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠Epik Gamer	≈Jan 2013≈2013-01-??	Jan 20132013-01-30	≈29d	ejel
NA	⁠⁠University of B.C.	Mar 20132013-03-23	Nov 20132013-11-03	7mo 11d	Inactive ejel
NA	⁠⁠New World Eclipse	≈Jul 2013≈2013-07-??	≈Sep 2013≈2013-09-??	≈2mo	ejel
NA	⁠⁠University of B.C.	≈Apr 2014≈2014-04-??	≈Jul 2014≈2014-07-??	≈3mo	ejel

News

2012

NA	⁠⁠UBC	September 6, BigPlaysaurusRex, Scrub My Toilet, vincesocoo, cat8, Proxinity, and BenchshotGG join. lmpossible and Presidency join as substitutes. Xlcontiqu changes position. ACM14 and haranix move to substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠EPIK	December 20, Epik Gamer is reformed. cat8 joins. Westrice, Dan Dinh, Salce, and PureGoldenBoy rejoin.^[1] e

2013

NA	⁠⁠EPIK	January (approx.), Westrice (Top to Bot) and cat8 (Bot to Support) change positions. Dan Dinh and puregoldenboy leave. e
NA	⁠⁠EPIK	January 30, ⁠⁠Epik Gamer is disbanded. Salce, Westrice, and cat8 leave. e
NA	⁠⁠UBC	March 23, cat8 becomes inactive. BenchshotGG, Yugi, Scrub My Toilet, and lmpossible leave. e
NA	⁠⁠NWE	July (approx.), npromsiri and cat8 join. miwi (Jungle to Support) changes position. Virus and Huang leave. cat8 renames to Meruem. e
NA	⁠⁠NWE	September (approx.), ⁠⁠New World Eclipse is disbanded. Quas, npromsiri, Shao, Meruem, and miwi leave. e
NA	⁠⁠UBC	November 3, TehBChoi joins. cat8 leaves. e

2014

NA	⁠⁠UBC	April (approx.), cat8 rejoins. TehBChoi moves to substitute. CNLight (Analyst) leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠UBC	July (approx.), bobqinXD and Heat Waves join. Gate (Mid to Assistant Coach) changes position. cat8 and Npromsiri leave. e

Biography[]

Will "Meruem" Kim first joined Epik Gamer as the ADC and then moved to Support after a roster change failing to qualify for the 2013 Spring Split of the North American League Championship Series. In July 2013, he joined New World Eclipse under the name "Meruem" and competed in the MOBAFire Challenger Series. He also plays on UBC eSports.

Trivia[]

Achieved the number one spot for Twitch on Elobuff in December 2012 with a score of 3725 points, beating ClakeyD at 3604 points.
Was once hacked mid-game while duo-queuing with chu8. The event was caught on stream.

Tournament Results[]

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

Meruem Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2013-09-09	6	MOBAFire Challenger Series	FF : W⁠⁠COG	⁠⁠NWE	Quas, npromsiri, Shao, Meruem, miwi
2013-09-01	3 - 4	NA LCS 2014 Spring Prequalifier PAX	0 : 2⁠⁠COG	⁠⁠NWE	Quas, npromsiri, Shao, Meruem, miwi
2013-08-18	5 - 6	NESL Pro Series Season 7	0 : 2⁠⁠TBD	⁠⁠NWE	Quas, npromsiri, Shao, Meruem, miwi
2013-08-11	4	ggLA Challenger Arena #2	1 : 2⁠⁠COG	⁠⁠NWE	Quas, npromsiri, Shao, Meruem, miwi
2013-01-13	NQ	NA LCS 2013 Spring Qualifiers	0 - 2⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠EPIK	Westrice, Dan Dinh, Salce, cat8, PgB
2013-01-05	Q	S3 NA Online Qualifier	2 : 0⁠⁠TSB	⁠⁠EPIK	Wingsofdeathx, Dan Dinh, Salce, cat8, PureGoldenBoy