Piglet

Piglet
Retired as Player
Piglet
Background Information
Name	Chae Gwang-jin (채광진)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	February 4, 1994 (age 30)
Residency	NANorth America
Prev Residencies	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	SKT T1 Piglet, Creative Self, Maniaque, Crs Piglet (NA), 1k2o1ko12ko12ko1 (NA), Liquid Piglet (NA), Icarrynp (NA)
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Chae "Piglet" Gwang-jin (Hangul: 채광진) is a League of Legends esports player, previously coach for T1 Rookies. He's best known for winning the Season 3 World Championship as a member of SK Telecom T1. After leaving SKT following the 2014 season, he also played in North America from 2015-2019, mostly for Team Liquid.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1 K	Feb 20132013-02-27^[3]	Sep 20142014-09-16^[1]	1yr 6mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Curse	Oct 20142014-10-22^[5]	Jan 20152015-01-06^[4]	2mo 15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jan 20152015-01-06^[6]	Jul 20162016-07-13	1yr 6mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jan 20162016-01-22	Mar 20162016-03-01	1mo 10d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jun 20162016-06-03	≈Nov 2016≈2016-11-??	≈4mo 28d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Dec 20162016-12-12^[8]	Nov 20172017-11-21^[7]	11mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Clutch Academy	Jan 20182018-01-02^[11]	Nov 20182018-11-30^[10]	10mo 28d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Clutch Gaming	Nov 20182018-11-30^[13]	Jun 20192019-06-14^[12]	6mo 14d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1 Rookies	Dec 20212021-12-13^[15]	Feb 20232023-02-09^[14]	1yr 1mo ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1 2	Feb 20132013-02-27^[3]	Nov 20132013-11-12^[16]	8mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SK Telecom T1 K	Nov 20132013-11-12^[16]	Sep 20142014-09-16^[1]	10mo 4d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Curse	Oct 20142014-10-22^[5]	Jan 20152015-01-06^[4]	2mo 15d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jan 20152015-01-06^[6]	Jun 20162016-06-17	1yr 5mo ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jan 20162016-01-22	Mar 20162016-03-01	1mo 10d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jun 20162016-06-03	Jun 20162016-06-22	19d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Jun 20162016-06-17	Jul 20162016-07-13	26d ejel
NA	⁠⁠TL Academy	Jun 20162016-06-22	≈Nov 2016≈2016-11-??	≈4mo 9d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Dec 20162016-12-12^[8]	Feb 20172017-02-28^[17]	2mo 16d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	Feb 20172017-02-28^[17]	May 20172017-05-23^[18]	2mo 23d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Team Liquid	May 20172017-05-23^[18]	Nov 20172017-11-21^[7]	5mo 29d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Clutch Academy	Jan 20182018-01-02^[11]	Nov 20182018-11-30^[10]	10mo 28d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Clutch Gaming	Nov 20182018-11-30^[13]	Mar 20192019-03-22^[20]	3mo 22d ejel
NA	⁠⁠Clutch Gaming	Mar 20192019-03-22^[20]	Jun 20192019-06-14^[12]	2mo 23d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1 Rookies	Dec 20212021-12-13^[15]	Feb 20232023-02-09^[14]	1yr 1mo ejel

News

2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2021
2023

KR	⁠⁠SKT 2	February 27, Impact, bengi, Piglet, and PoohManDu join.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠SKT K	November 12, ⁠⁠SK Telecom T1 2 renames to ⁠⁠SK Telecom T1 K.^[16] e

KR	⁠⁠SKT K	September 16, Piglet and PoohManDu leave.^[1]^[2] e
NA	⁠⁠CRS	October 22, Piglet joins.^[5] e

NA	⁠⁠CRS	January 6, ⁠⁠Team Curse transfers its roster and NA LCS spot to ⁠⁠Team Liquid. Quas, IWillDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Keane, zignature, Bunny FuFuu, Peter (Head Coach), MarkZ (Head Analyst), jokasteve (General Manager), Saintvicious (Coach), and LiQuiD112 (CEO) leave.^[4] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	January 6, ⁠⁠Team Liquid acquires the roster and NA LCS spot of ⁠⁠Team Curse. Quas, IWillDominate, FeniX, Piglet, Xpecial, Peter (Head Coach), jokasteve (General Manager), LiQuiD112 (Owner), and MarkZ (Content Creator) join.^[6] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	September 28, Piglet's contract is extended through 2016.^[21] e

NA	⁠⁠TL.A	January 22, Smoothie joins. Lourlo, FeniX, and Piglet join as substitutes. IWDominate joins as temporary substitute for Week 1 of NACS 2016 Spring. Dardoch and Matt move to substitutes. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	March 1, Lourlo, Dardoch, FeniX, Piglet, and Matt leave. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	June 3, Dardoch rejoins. Lourlo, FeniX, Piglet, and Matt rejoin as substitutes. Moon moves to substitute. chocopie leaves. e
NA	⁠⁠TL	June 17, fabbbyyy moves to starting roster. Piglet moves to substitute. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	June 22, Piglet moves to starting roster. fabbbyyy moves to substitute. e
NA	⁠⁠TL	July 13, Viper, vvian, Yusan, Arcsecond, and Jynthe join as substitutes. Solo, Moon, Goldenglue, Piglet, and Stunt leave for academy roster. e
NA	⁠⁠TL.A	November (approx.), Solo, Moon, Goldenglue, Piglet, and bobqinXD leave. e
NA	⁠⁠TL	December 12, Reignover joins. Piglet rejoins. Arcsecond and Jynthe move to substitutes. FeniX leaves.^[8]^[9] e

NA	⁠⁠TL	February 28, Youngbin rejoins. Piglet (Bot to Mid) changes position. Goldenglue moves to substitute.^[17] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	May 23, Slooshi joins. Piglet (Mid to Bot) changes position. Goldenglue moves to starting roster.^[18]^[19] e
NA	⁠⁠TL	November 21, Inori, Slooshi, and Piglet leave.^[7] e

NA	⁠⁠CG.A	January 2, Piglet joins.^[11] e
NA	⁠⁠CG.A	November 7, Piglet changes residency from KR Korea to NA North America.^[22] e
NA	⁠⁠CG.A	November 30, Piglet leaves for main roster.^[10] e
NA	⁠⁠CG	November 30, Piglet joins from academy roster.^[13] e

NA	⁠⁠CG	January 5, Piglet and Vulcan's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.^[23] e
NA	⁠⁠CG	March 22, Cody Sun joins from academy roster. Piglet (Bot to Mid) changes position.^[20] e
NA	⁠⁠CG	June 14, Piglet leaves.^[12] e

KR

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⁠T1.R

December 13, Piglet (Coach) joins.^[15]

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KR

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⁠T1.R

February 9, Piglet (Coach) leaves.^[14]

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Biography[]

Season 3[]

Chae "Piglet" Gwang-jin first joined SK Telecom T1 #2 in February 2013 as a rookie player from soloqueue. He was part of a team built around Faker, with Impact, bengi, and PoohManDu rounding out the roster. The team's first tournament together was OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 where the team found immediate success. They placed third after losing 3-1 to MVP Ozone but they beat CJ Entus Frost 3-0 in the third place match. SKT1 2's sister team, SK Telecom T1 1 was dropped from the organization so Impact's team was renamed to just SK Telecom T1. Next, they attended HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013, this time managing to qualify for the finals. They were pitted against the KT Rolster Bullets and even went down 2-0 initially in the set but they managed to bring it back and win the tournament with a 3-2 victory. This win earned them enough circuit points to qualify for the Season 3 Korea Regional Finals. They were automatically seeded into the finals where they faced the Bullets once again, this time taking them down 3-1 to qualify for the Season 3 World Championship as the third seed from Korea. SKT went 7-1 in their group, only dropping a game to OMG and was put against the Gamania Bears in the quarterfinals. They quickly dispatched the bears 2-0 and then went onto play a close set against NaJin Black Sword that they eventually won 3-2. The finals saw SKT playing against the Chinese Royal Club. Royal was no match for SKT and the set ended with a quick 3-0 and the crowning of SK Telecom as the Season 3 World Champions. A month later, the team was renamed to SK Telecom T1 K. Piglet also received the Best AD Carry title at the 2013 Korea e-Sports Awards.^[24] Piglet became known for being a very proud player, and rivalries formed between himself and both imp and Deft, the AD carries from the Samsung teams.

2014 Season[]

SK Telecom continued their streak of domination at PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014. In an unprecedented show of strength, SKT managed to sweep the entirety of the tournament, culminating in a 3-0 victory over Samsung Galaxy Ozone. This is widely considered to be the most impressive feat achieved by any team as OGN is thought to have the highest level of competition in League of Legends. However, HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 began the steady decline of SKT K as a team. They were upset in the group stages by the KT Rolster Arrows and barely scraped through to playoffs. They then met Samsung Ozone in the quarterfinals and were swiftly beaten 3-1. Due to having the most circuit points in Korea, they were invited to participate in All-Star Paris 2014. After winning 6 games in a row, they 3-0'd OMG to take the tournament without dropping a game. They came back to Korea for HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 but fell in the quarterfinals again with a 3-1 loss to Samsung White. SKT was forced to play a tiebreaker against Samsung White to determine who would go to the 2014 Season World Championship as the second seed from Korea. White was too strong for SKT, quickly sweeping them 3-0. SKT was knocked into the finals of the gauntlet where they faced a red hot NaJin White Shield that took out the former World Champions 3-1.

In September 2014, both Piglet and PoohManDu were released from the SK Telecom organization. Shortly after, Piglet received an offer to join Team Curse, which he accepted. He remained with the team through their transition to Team Liquid.

2015 Season[]

Due to visa issues, Piglet was unable to play in the first week of the NA LCS 2015 Spring Split, and so Keith was used as a substitute. However, the team went 2-0 with Keith and then a combined 2-4 in weeks 2, 3, and 4, and going into the fifth week Piglet was moved to be the substitute AD carry, while Keith became the team's starter. Piglet returned to the starting roster for week 7 and stayed with the team for the rest of the split.^[25] The team ended with a 9-9 record and qualified for the NA LCS Spring Playoffs with the sixth seed after defeating Team 8 in a tiebreaker game. In the playoffs, Liquid beat Counter Logic Gaming 3-0 in the quarterfinals before falling to Cloud9 3-2 in the semifinals; in the third-place match, Liquid finally broke the "fourth-place curse" that stopped them from placing higher than fourth place in any event that had persisted since they were Team Curse and took down Team Impulse 3-2.

Team Liquid stuck with the same five-man roster with Piglet as the starting AD carry for the entirety of the NA LCS 2015 Summer Split, and they finished the round robin in first place after winning a tiebreaker match over Counter Logic Gaming - the first team other than Team SoloMid or Cloud9 to place first in an NA LCS round robin. However, in the NA LCS Summer Playoffs, they lost immediately in the semifinals to TSM, making them also the first team to finish first in an NA LCS round robin but not make the playoff finals. A CLG victory over TSM in the playoff finals sent Team Liquid to the 2015 Season North America Regional Finals instead of giving them a direct seed to Worlds via Championship Points, and in the gauntlet they lost to underdogs Cloud9, ending their post-season abruptly.

2016 Season[]

Despite a rumor that Piglet was to leave Team Liquid in the preseason, he remained with the organization, and it was his support Xpecial who departed instead.^[26]^[27] Xpecial was replaced first by Smoothie and later by Matt partway through the LCS spring split.

Team Liquid finished fourth in the regular season, going on to defeat NRG Esports in the quarterfinals before losing a narrow five-game series to CLG (the eventual champions). In the fifth game, Piglet was caught out in mid lane by a double-teleport from both Darshan and Huhi at the same time to the same ward and died. While Liquid were already behind in that game, it was this play that sealed the win for their opponents. In the third-place series against the tournament-favorite Immortals who had been knocked down in an upset by TSM, Liquid lost once again, this time 0-3, to finish the playoffs in fourth place overall, continuing the team's "fourth-place curse."

Piglet started the summer season with Team Liquid, but after a 1-3 start to the split, he was demoted to Team Liquid Academy and played the rest of the year for the challenger series team. TLA had a strong summer split, finishing second, a single game behind Cloud9 Challenger. In the playoffs, they swept Nova eSports in the semifinals, but lost in the finals to Cloud9 Challenger in five games, after controversially being denied a remake when Piglet mistakenly locked in Rammus in game five. They still qualified for the promotion tournament, but lost another five-game series to Echo Fox in the elimination round, sending the team back to challenger.

2017 Season[]

With the disbanding of Team Liquid Academy, Piglet returned to Team Liquid's starting roster for 2017. Although there was a lot of hype surrounding the team due to their acquisition of Reignover, the spring split started slow for Liquid and didn't pick up afterward, and they ended Week 5 in a tie for last place. In response, the team announced that mid laner Goldenglue would take a leave of absence from the team and would be replaced by none other than Piglet himself, who would role swap to mid. Liquid did play a little bit better after this unorthodox move was made but still ended up finishing ninth, sending them to the promotion tournament. Although neither series was clean, Liquid defeated challenger teams EUnited and Gold Coin United in the promotion tournament and retained their LCS spot.

Piglet swapped back to bot lane to start the summer season, but Liquid's spring slide only continued in summer, as they immediately fell into last and only finished a single week above ninth place. Piglet played every game as Liquid tinkered with the rest of their roster, but no combination found success, forcing them once again to play in the promotion tournament. However, they requalified for the LCS with relative ease, sweeping EUnited and beating LCS team Phoenix1 3-2.

2018 Season[]

For 2018, Piglet left Team Liquid after three seasons but remained in North America, joining the newly formed Clutch Gaming Academy. However, Piglet didn't appear in a game for the team until Week 5 of the spring academy season, and the team only went 4-6 with him in the lineup, falling short of the academy playoffs.

Piglet stayed with Clutch Gaming Academy for the summer split. The team started 0-4 but improved later on, ending up 10-8 and in fourth place. Piglet also played two games for the LCS team in Week 6 of the summer season but both were losses.

Clutch Gaming Academy also played in the academy playoffs, where they were matched up against FlyQuest Academy. CG.A took the series to all five games but eventually fell, ending their season.

On November 7th, 2018, Piglet became a North American resident.

2019 Season[]

For 2019, Piglet was promoted to the main Clutch Gaming roster, along with his academy support Vulcan. Clutch Gaming started the spring split hot, with a 2-0 first week, but collapsed after that and didn't win another game until Week 5. In Week 9, Piglet again changed positions and played mid lane for the final two games while Cody Sun played bot, but both games ended in losses, leaving Clutch with a 5-13 record and in ninth place. He left the team in June.

Trivia[]

Prior to the HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 finals he had a 26-2 record on female champions in professional play, while only a 4-7 record on male champions. He still maintains a higher winning record on female champions compared to male champions. ^[28]
Known for his micro while playing Vayne.
Almost left SKT T1 because his coach kkOma scolded him so much
Considered Pray as the best AD carry player as of September 2013 while he uses Cleanse because he was inspired by Cpt. Jack's incredible performances with it
Says his first happiest moment of his life is when he joined SKT T1, his second happiest moment of his life was when SKT T1 won OGN Summer 2013.
On SK Telecom T1 K, would wear Winnie the Pooh socks on game days because they help him win (due to his partnership with retired player PoohManDu)
Sleeps for 4 - 5 hours a day and practices 15 - 16 hours a day earning himself the nickname of "Practice Worm"
Clashed with his family a lot before/and the starting point of his pro gaming career and eventually lied to his parents that he quit and would sneak out and practice at PC bangs(rooms/ PC Cafe)
Known for his conservative playstyle and excellent positioning.
Didn't use masteries in his first game with Team Liquid in the NA LCS.^[29]
Acquired somewhat of a bad reputation during his time in North America, due to his relative lack of success compared to his high profile as a former World Champion.
At the start of his pro gaming career, he played StarCraft: Brood War as a semipro Zerg player under the ID of Technick as part of the NEO.G clan and still occasionally streams Brood War.
Has a twin sister who works as a hair stylist in South Korea.
Played bot lane Irelia in three of the five wins he got in the LCS 2019 Spring with Clutch Gaming, despite being the only player picking it for that position at the time.

Tournament Results[]

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

Piglet Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2019-03-24	9	LCS 2019 Spring	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG	Huni, Lira, Damonte, Piglet, Cody Sun, Vulcan, mcscrag, Artemis
2018-08-20	9	NA LCS 2018 Summer	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG	Solo, LirA, Moon, Febiven, Apollo, Piglet, Hakuho, Vulcan, DLim, Curry, mcscrag, Baby Zeus
2018-08-16	5 - 6	NA Academy 2018 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠FLY.A	⁠⁠CG.A	Maxtrobo, Moon, Sun, Piglet, Vulcan, mcscrag
2018-08-10	4	NA Academy 2018 Summer	10 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG.A	Maxtrobo, Solo, Moon, LIRA, Sun, Piglet, Apollo, Vulcan, Hakuho, mcscrag
2018-03-16	7	NA Academy 2018 Spring	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠CG.A	Maxtrobo, Moon, Sun, Eclipse, Piglet, Vulcan
2017-08-13	Q	NA LCS 2018 Spring Promotion	3 : 2⁠⁠P1	⁠⁠TL	Lourlo, Dardoch, Mickey, Piglet, Matt, Cain
2017-08-06	9	NA LCS 2017 Summer	4 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Lourlo, Reignover, Inori, Dardoch, Goldenglue, Slooshi, Mickey, Piglet, Matt, konkwon, David Lim, Cain
2017-04-02	Q	NA LCS 2017 Summer Promotion	3 : 1⁠⁠GCU	⁠⁠TL	Lourlo, Reignover, Piglet, Doublelift, Matt, Cain
2017-03-26	9	NA LCS 2017 Spring	5 - 13⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠TL	Lourlo, Reignover, Goldenglue, Piglet, Youngbin, Doublelift, Matt, Adrian, Varsix, Cain
2016-12-16	3 - 4	IEM Season 11 Gyeonggi	0 : 2⁠⁠SSG	⁠⁠TL	Lourlo, Reignover, GoldenGlue, Piglet, Matt