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Photon
VIT Photon 2024 Split 1
Background Information
NameKyeong Gyu-tae (경규태)
Country of Birth
South Korea
BirthdayNovember 30, 2001 (age 22)
Residency
KR
Korea
Competitive
TeamTeam Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality
Contract Expires2024-11-18
Role
Top Laner
Favorite Champs
Competitive IDsgyuvee
Soloqueue IDsKR: FA gyuvee, 1 cent top
Social Media & Links
Infobox LOLProslogo std
Infobox DEEPLOLlogo std
Infobox Instagramlogo std
Infobox Twitchlogo std
Infobox Twitterlogo std

Kyeong "Photon" Gyu-tae (Hangul: 경규태) is a League of Legends esports player, currently top laner for Team Vitality. He was previously known as gyuvee.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
KR
Gen.G Academylogo stdGen.G Academy
Sep 20192019-09-01Nov 20202020-11-17[1]1yr 2mo
ejel
KR
Liiv SANDBOX Challengerslogo stdLSB Challengers
Feb 20212021-02-17[3]Nov 20212021-11-15[2]8mo 26d
ejel
KR
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1 Challengers
Dec 20212021-12-05[5]Dec 20222022-12-08[4]1yr 3d
ejel
EMEA
Team Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality
Dec 20222022-12-23[6]Present1yr 10mo
ej
TeamStartEnd
KR
Gen.G Academylogo stdGen.G Academy
Sep 20192019-09-01Nov 20202020-11-17[1]1yr 2mo
ejel
KR
Liiv SANDBOX Challengerslogo stdLSB Challengers
Feb 20212021-02-17[3]Nov 20212021-11-15[2]8mo 26d
ejel
KR
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1 Challengers
Dec 20212021-12-05[5]Dec 20222022-12-08[4]1yr 3d
ejel
EMEA
Team Vitalitylogo stdTeam Vitality
Dec 20222022-12-23[6]Present1yr 10mo
ej

News

  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
KR
Gen.G Academylogo stdGEN.ASeptember 1,
gyuvee and
Swamp join.
KR
Gen.G Academylogo stdGEN.ANovember 17,
gyuvee leaves. Lyn (Head Coach) leaves for main roster.[1]
KR
Liiv SANDBOX Challengerslogo stdLSB.CFebruary 17,
gyuvee joins.
[3]
KR
Liiv SANDBOX Challengerslogo stdLSB.CMarch 7,
gyuvee's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.[8]
KR
Liiv SANDBOX Challengerslogo stdLSB.CNovember 15,
gyuvee,
Seize,
TolanD, and
Kabbie leave.[2]
KR
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1.CDecember 5,
gyuvee,
Toland,
Trigger, and
Kabbie join.

Forest joins from academy roster.
Roach (Top to Coach) changes position.[5] gyuvee renames to Photon.[9]
Photon's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.
Forest,
Toland,
Trigger,
Kabbie, and Roach (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.[10]
KR
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1.CDecember 8,
Photon leaves.[4]
EMEA
Team Vitalitylogo stdVITDecember 23,
Photon,
Neon,
Kaiser, Carter (Head Coach), and Kayys (Analyst) join.
Mephisto (Head Coach to Coach) changes position.
Bo moves to starting roster.
Perkz and
Hjarnan (Assistant Coach) will remain with the team for 2023. Saku (Strategic Coach) and Noodlez (Head Analyst) leave.[6][7]
EMEA
Team Vitalitylogo stdVITJanuary 3,
Photon,
Kaiser, and Carter (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.
Neon's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.[11]
EMEA
Team Vitalitylogo stdVITDecember 19,
Vetheo,
Hylissang, Pad (Strategic Coach), and Mac (LEC Head Manager) join.

Carzzy rejoins.

Daglas rejoins from academy roster.
Stuii (Head Manager to League of Legends Head Manager) changes position.
Photon and Carter (Head Coach) will remain with the team for 2024.[12][13]
EMEA
Team Vitalitylogo stdVITSeptember 11,
Photon is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.[14]

Biography[]

Trivia[]

Individual Awards[]

  • 1x EU 1st All Pro Team (Winter 2023)
  • 1x LCK CL Best Top (Summer 2022)
  • 1x LCK CL Regular Season MVP (Summer 2022)

Tournament Results[]

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

Minimum place

Photon Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2024-06-309 LEC 2024 Summer
2 - 7Blanklogo stdRR
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Lyncas,  Vetheo,  Carzzy,  Hylissang,  Mac,  Carter
2024-04-084 LEC 2024 Spring Playoffs
1 : 3Fnaticlogo stdFNC
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Daglas,  Vetheo,  Carzzy,  Hylissang,  Mac,  Pad
2024-03-252 LEC 2024 Spring
6 - 3Blanklogo stdRR
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Daglas,  Vetheo,  Carzzy,  Hylissang,  Mac,  Pad
2024-02-126 LEC 2024 Winter Playoffs
0 : 2MAD Lions KOIlogo stdMDK
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Daglas,  Vetheo,  Carzzy,  Hylissang,  Carter,  Pad,  Mac
2024-01-296 LEC 2024 Winter
4 - 5Blanklogo stdRR
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Daglas,  Vetheo,  Carzzy,  Hylissang,  Carter,  Pad
2023-07-0310 LEC 2023 Summer Season
1 - 8Blanklogo stdRR
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Bo,  Daglas,  Perkz,  Upset,  Kaiser,  Carter,  Hjarnan
2023-04-223 LEC 2023 Spring Playoffs
1 : 3MAD Lionslogo stdMAD
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Bo,  Perkz,  Upset,  Kaiser,  Carter,  Hjarnan
2023-03-274 LEC 2023 Spring Season
6 - 3Blanklogo stdRR
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Bo,  Perkz,  Upset,  Kaiser,  Carter,  Hjarnan
2023-02-195 LEC 2023 Winter Groups
0 : 2SK Gaminglogo stdSK
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Bo,  Perkz,  Neon,  Kaiser,  Carter,  Hjarnan
2023-02-061 LEC 2023 Winter Season
7 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT Photon,  Bo,  Perkz,  Neon,  Kaiser,  Carter,  Hjarnan

Media[]

Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2024-03-17LEC 2024 Spring
Rogue (European Team)logo stdRGE
vs
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT
Link
2023-02-06LEC 2023 Winter Season
Team Vitalitylogo stdVIT
vs
Excel Esportslogo stdXL
Link
2022-08-01LCK CL 2022 Summer
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1.C
vs
DRX Challengerslogo stdDRX.C
Link
2022-07-25LCK CL 2022 Summer
Nongshim RedForce Challengerslogo stdNS.C
vs
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1.C
Link
2022-06-27LCK CL 2022 Summer
Fredit BRION Challengerslogo stdBRO.C
vs
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1.C
Link
2022-02-21LCK CL 2022 Spring
Nongshim RedForce Challengerslogo stdNS.C
vs
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1.C
Link
2022-01-24LCK CL 2022 Spring
Kwangdong Freecs Challengerslogo stdKDF.C
vs
T1 Challengerslogo stdT1.C
Link
2021-07-27LCK CL 2021 Summer
DWG KIA Challengerslogo stdDK.C
vs
Liiv SANDBOX Challengerslogo stdLSB.C
Link

Redirects

The following pages redirect here:

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gen.G's Tweet twitter.com
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Liiv SANDBOX's Tweet twitter.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 LCK CL's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 T1's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 T1's Tweet twitter.com
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Team Vitality's Tweet twitter.com
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Team Vitality's Tweet twitter.com
  8. Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-03-06; after change - KR - 2021-03-07
  9. T1's Tweet twitter.com
  10. Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2021-12-04; after change - KR - 2021-12-05
  11. Archive Pages: before change - EMEA - 2023-01-02; after change - EMEA - 2023-01-03
  12. Team Vitality's Tweet twitter.com
  13. Team Vitality's Tweet twitter.com
  14. Photon’s X Post x.com
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