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PraY
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Background Information
NameKim Jong-in (김종인)
Country of Birth
South Korea
BirthdayJanuary 6, 1994 (age 30)
Residency
KR
Korea
Competitive
Role
Bot Laner
Favorite Champs


Competitive IDsTroll Kim
Soloqueue IDs학식먹을나이
Social Media & Links
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Kim "PraY" Jong-in (Hangul: 김종인) is a League of Legends esports player, previously analyst for Riot Games Inc..

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes
Dates:Approx|Exact
TeamStartEnd
KR
NaJin Black Swordlogo stdNaJin Black Sword
Jun 20122012-06-10[2]May 20142014-05-16[1]1yr 11mo
ejel
KR
ROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigers
Nov 20142014-11-14[4]Nov 20162016-11-25[3]2yr 11d
ejel
KR
Longzhu Gaminglogo stdLongzhu Gaming
Dec 20162016-12-04[7]Jan 20182018-01-07[6]1yr 1mo
ejel
KR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKingzone DragonX
Jan 20182018-01-07[9]Nov 20182018-11-19[8]10mo 12d
ejel
KR
KT Rolsterlogo stdKT Rolster
May 20192019-05-20[11]Nov 20192019-11-18[10]5mo 29d
ejel
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiot Games Inc.
Jun 20242024-06-14[13]Aug 20242024-08-24[12]2mo 10d
ejel
TeamStartEnd
KR
NaJin Swordlogo stdNaJin Sword
Jun 20122012-06-10[2]Jun 20132013-06-21[14]1yr 11d
ejel
KR
NaJin Black Swordlogo stdNaJin Black Sword
Jun 20132013-06-21[14]May 20142014-05-16[1]10mo 25d
ejel
KR
HUYA Tigerslogo stdHUYA Tigers
Nov 20142014-11-14[4]Jan 20152015-01-02[15]1mo 18d
ejel
KR
GE Tigerslogo stdGE Tigers
Jan 20152015-01-02[15]May 20152015-05-17[16]4mo 15d
ejel
KR
KOO Tigerslogo stdKOO Tigers
May 20152015-05-17[16]Nov 20152015-11-04[17]5mo 18d
ejel
KR
Tigerslogo stdTigers
Nov 20152015-11-04[17]Jan 20162016-01-05[18]2mo 1d
ejel
KR
ROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigers
Jan 20162016-01-05[18]Nov 20162016-11-25[3]10mo 20d
ejel
KR
Longzhu Gaminglogo stdLongzhu Gaming
Dec 20162016-12-04[7]Jan 20182018-01-07[6]1yr 1mo
ejel
KR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKingzone DragonX
Jan 20182018-01-07[9]Nov 20182018-11-19[8]10mo 12d
ejel
KR
KT Rolsterlogo stdKT Rolster
May 20192019-05-20[11]Nov 20192019-11-18[10]5mo 29d
ejel
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiot Games Inc.
Jun 20242024-06-14[13]Aug 20242024-08-24[12]2mo 10d
ejel

News

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  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2024
KR
NaJin Swordlogo stdNJ SWDJune 10,
watch and
Troll Kim join.
Cain (Bot to Support) changes position.
MulrOc and
Fimir leave.[2] Troll Kim renames to PraY.
KR
NaJin Black Swordlogo stdNJBSJune 21, NaJin Swordlogo stdNaJin Sword renames to NaJin Black Swordlogo stdNaJin Black Sword.[14]
KR
NaJin Black Swordlogo stdNJBSMay 16,
Leopard,
Lee,
kurO, and
Ohq join.

Limit,
Helios,
Nagne,
PraY, and Sim Sung-soo (Coach) leave.[1]
KR
HUYA Tigerslogo stdHUYANovember 14, HUYA Tigerslogo stdHUYA Tigers is formed.
Smeb,
Lee,
Kuro,
PraY,
GorillA, and NoFe (Head Coach) join.
[4][5]
KR
GE Tigerslogo stdGETJanuary 2, HUYA Tigerslogo stdHUYA Tigers renames to GE Tigerslogo stdGE Tigers.[15]
KR
KOO Tigerslogo stdKOOMay 17, GE Tigerslogo stdGE Tigers renames to KOO Tigerslogo stdKOO Tigers.[16]
KR
Tigerslogo stdTGNovember 4, KOO Tigerslogo stdKOO Tigers renames to Tigerslogo stdTigers.[17]
KR
ROX Tigerslogo stdROXJanuary 5, Tigerslogo stdTigers renames to ROX Tigerslogo stdROX Tigers.[18]
KR
ROX Tigerslogo stdROXNovember 25,
PraY leaves.[3]
KR
Longzhu Gaminglogo stdLZDecember 4,
PraY and
GorillA join.
[7]
KR
Longzhu Gaminglogo stdLZJanuary 7,
Khan,
Cuzz,
Peanut,
Bdd,
PraY,
GorillA,
Rascal, Hirai (Head Coach), Sin (Coach), Supreme (Coach), and Spark (Manager) leave.[6]
KR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZJanuary 7,
Khan,
Rascal,
Cuzz,
Peanut,
Bdd,
PraY,
GorillA, Hirai (Head Coach), Sin (Coach), Supreme (Coach), and Spark (Manager) join.
[9]
KR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZMarch 2,
Khan,
Rascal,
Peanut,
Bdd,
Pray,
Gorilla, ActScene (Coach), and supreme (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2018.
Cuzz's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019. Hirai (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2020.[19]
KR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZNovember 19,
Peanut,
PraY, and
GorillA leave.[8]
KR
KT Rolsterlogo stdKTMay 20,
PraY joins.

Gango and
Zenit move to substitutes.[11]
KR
KT Rolsterlogo stdKTJuly 10,
Pray's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.[20]
KR
KT Rolsterlogo stdKTNovember 18,
Kingen,
Smeb,
Score,
Bdd,
PraY,
SnowFlower, and
Zenit leave.[10]
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiotJune 14, PraY (Analyst), Rich (Analyst), Score (Analyst), and Wraith (Analyst) join. Kuro (Analyst) rejoins. Ambition (Analyst), CuVee (Analyst), Easyhoon (Analyst), and MadLife (Analyst) leave.[13]
KR
Riot Games Inc.logo stdRiotAugust 24, Kuro (Analyst), PraY (Analyst), Rich (Analyst), Score (Analyst), and Wraith (Analyst) leave.[12]

Biography[]

Season 2[]

Kim "PraY" Jong-in was picked up by NaJin Sword in June of 2012. He played in his first OGN at Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 when he went by the name Troll Kim. They lost 3-1 to Counter Logic Gaming Europe in the semifinals but beat Azubu Blaze 2-0 in the third-place match. The team earned enough circuit points to qualify for the Season 2 Korea Regional Finals where they made it through the whole gauntlet and beat Blaze in the finals 3-2 to qualify for the Season 2 World Championship. They made it to the quarterfinals of Worlds but lost 2-0 to the Taipei Assassins. A month later, Sword attended the 2012 MLG Fall Championship where they made it to the finals but lost 2-1 and 2-0 in two sets to Blaze.

Season 3[]

The new season started off with OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013 where Sword smashed Azubu Frost 3-0 in the finals to win the whole tournament. Next, they flew to China to participate in the GIGABYTE StarsWar League Season 2 where they placed 3rd after losing to Invictus Gaming in the loser's finals. They came back to Korea for OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013 where they made it to the quarterfinals but lost 3-1 to Azubu Frost. After the tournament, Sword and their sister team, NaJin Shield were renamed to Black Sword and White Shield, respectively. The final OGN of the season was HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 and unfortunately Sword failed to make it past the group stage. Despite their poor showing at the last OGN, Sword still accrued enough circuit points to automatically qualify for the Season 3 World Championship. Sword played exceptionally well and took eventual champions SK Telecom T1 to a game 5 in the semifinals but ultimately lost the series 3-2.

2014 Season[]

Sword's first tournament of the season was PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 where a poor showing saw them getting knocked out in the group stage. Their streak of poor OGN performances continued at HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 and they dropped out of the group stages for a 3rd straight time. PraY left the team on May 16, 2014.

2015 Season[]

On November 14, 2014, PraY joined the newly formed HUYA Tigers together with Smeb, Lee, kurO, and GorillA.[21][22] The team played in the Champions Spring 2015 Qualifiers along with Incredible Miracle, Prime Clan, and Xenics, where they finished 2-1 and qualified for Champions Spring 2015. The team then renamed to GE Tigers. GE started out unarguably the top team in Korea at SBENU Champions Spring 2015 and earned themselves an invitation to the IEM Season IX World Championship in March. However, after defeating Cloud9 and SK Gaming to win their group, they lost 2-1 to Team WE in the semifinals. This defeat was considered by many casters and analysts to be the biggest upset to date in the entire history of League of Legends competition. They qualified for the finals of the OGN playoffs because of their first place finish in the regular season. Unfortunately, they lost 3-0 to SK Telecom T1 in the finals and placed second. The team renamed to the KOO Tigers prior to the start of SBENU Champions Summer 2015. KOO placed fourth in the regular season and qualified for the playoffs but lost 3-2 in the semifinals to KT Rolster. Because SKT won the finals, KOO still qualified for the 2015 Season World Championship as the second seed due to circuit points. KOO was placed into a group at worlds with Counter Logic Gaming, Flash Wolves, and paiN Gaming. They placed second, ending with a 4-2 record. They beat KT Rolster 3-1 and Fnatic 3-0 to make it to the finals against SKT. However, they finally fell in the finals with a 3-1 loss.

2016 Preseason[]

Soon after Worlds, Koo dropped the team as a sponsor and they renamed to the Tigers. The Tigers played in the 2015 LoL KeSPA Cup but they were upset in the first round 2-0 by SBENU Sonicboom. The Tigers renamed to ROX Tigers in January.

2016 Season[]

During the 2016 LCK Spring Split, the ROX Tigers dominated domestically in similar fashion to 2015. They finished the regular season with a 16-2 match record, losing only to KT Rolster and Samsung Galaxy. Earning first place in the regular season gave them a bye to the finals of the Spring Playoffs, where they faced SK Telecom T1. ROX entered as the favorites this time, but still lost 3-1, earning themselves second place for the spring split.

During the 2016 LCK Summer Split, the Tigers once again placed first in the regular season with an impressive 15-3 scoreline in Bo3s, with two losses to SK Telecom T1 and one loss to Samsung Galaxy. This seeded them in the 2016 LCK Summer Playoffs directly into their third domestic finals, where they eventually met KT Rolster. In an epic series, the ROX Tigers won the set 3-2, claiming 1st place in the Summer Split and giving them Korea's first seed into the 2016 Season World Championship.

At the 2016 Season World Championship, the ROX Tigers were placed into Group A, along with G2 Esports, Counter Logic Gaming, and Albus NoX Luna.

2019 Season[]

On April 20, 2019, PraY announced his retirement from professional play.[23] However on the 20th of May, it was revealed that he had decided to join KT Rolster [24].

Trivia[]

  • Said to look like "Dodoria" from Dragon Ball Z.
  • Has an aggressive play style.
  • Jokingly named as "Prayven", because of his play with DravenSquareDraven. This came from his lackluster play with the champion during HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013. The fans in OGN studio often moan to convince him not to play DravenSquareDraven when he hovers over him in champion select.
  • Nicknamed by Chinese and Taiwanese fans as 鼠王 (King of Twitch)
  • Along with MadLife, participated in and won the S3 All-Star bot lane tournament for Korea.
  • Voted to represent Korea in All-Star Shanghai 2013, All-Star Los Angeles 2015 and All-Star Barcelona 2016 along with Madlife
  • Qualified for five World Championships and advanced to the knockout stage every time. However, he loses to the eventual champion each time. (S2 TPA, S3 SKT, S5 SKT, S6 SKT, S7 Samsung)
  • Reached 1000 Kills in the LCK on July 26, 2016.
  • Reached 1500 kills in the LCK on June 24th, 2018.
    • The 2nd player to reach 1500 kills in the LCK after Faker.
  • Reached 300 wins in LCK on August 17, 2019, becoming the 3rd player to do so after Score and Faker.

Pentakills

DateRegionTournamentTeamVsChampionPosW/LKDASBVOD
2017-11-29
KR
Korea
KeSPA Cup 2017Longzhu Gaminglogo stdJin Air Green Wingslogo std
Varus
BotW7/0/3LinkLink
2013-11-22
KR
Korea
Champions 2014 WinterNaJin Black Swordlogo stdSamsung Bluelogo std
Vayne
BotW13/0/2LinkLink
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.

Minimum place

PraY Tournament Results
DatePlEventLast ResultTeamRoster
2019-08-188 LCK 2019 Summer
6 - 12Blanklogo stdRR
KT Rolsterlogo stdKT Kingen,  Smeb,  UmTi,  Score,  Bdd,  PraY,  SnowFlower,  NoEX,  Sonstar,  ZanDarC
2018-09-162 Korea Regional Finals 2018
0 : 3Gen.Glogo stdGEN
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ Khan,  Rascal,  Peanut,  Cuzz,  Bdd,  PraY,  GorillA,  Hirai,  ActScene,  Supreme
2018-08-154 LCK 2018 Summer Playoffs
1 : 3Afreeca Freecslogo stdAF
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ Khan,  Peanut,  Bdd,  PraY,  GorillA,  Hirai,  ActScene,  Supreme
2018-08-093 LCK 2018 Summer
13 - 5Blanklogo stdRR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ Khan,  Rascal,  Cuzz,  Peanut,  Bdd,  PraY,  GorillA,  Hirai,  ActScene
2018-07-082 Rift Rivals 2018 LCK-LPL-LMS
2 : 3LoL Pro Leaguelogo stdLPL
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ Khan,  Peanut,  Bdd,  PraY,  GorillA,  ActScene
2018-05-202 MSI 2018
1 : 3Royal Never Give Uplogo stdRNG
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ Khan,  Peanut,  Cuzz,  Bdd,  PraY,  GorillA,  ActScene
2018-04-141 LCK 2018 Spring Playoffs
3 : 1Afreeca Freecslogo stdAF
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ Khan,  Peanut,  Bdd,  PraY,  GorillA,  Hirai,  ActScene
2018-03-251 LCK 2018 Spring
16 - 2Blanklogo stdRR
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ Rascal,  Khan,  Peanut,  Cuzz,  Bdd,  PraY,  GorillA,  Hirai,  ActScene
2017-12-093 - 4 All-Star 2017 Los Angeles
1 : 2LPL Allstarslogo stdLPL
LCK Allstarslogo stdLCK CuVee,  Ambition,  Faker,  PraY,  GorillA,  H-Dragon
2017-12-022 KeSPA Cup 2017
2 : 3KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
Longzhu Gaminglogo stdLZ Khan,  Peanut,  Bdd,  PraY,  GorillA,  Hirai,  ActScene
PraY 1v1 Tournament Results
DatePlEventPrizeTeamLast Result
2017-12-103 - 4All-Star 2017 Los AngelesLoL Champions Korealogo stdLCK1 : 2 ⁠LoL Pro Leaguelogo stdUzi
2016-12-119 - 16All-Star 2016 BarcelonaTeam Firelogo stdFire0 : 1 ⁠Team Icelogo stdMata
2015-12-133 - 4All-Star 2015 Los AngelesTeam Firelogo stdFire1 : 2 ⁠Team Firelogo stdBjergsen

Media[]

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Post-Match Interviews

DateTournamentMatchLink
2019-08-02LCK 2019 Summer
KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
vs
Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
Link
2019-06-05LCK 2019 Summer
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJAG
vs
KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
Link
2018-06-30LCK 2018 Summer
Hanwha Life Esportslogo stdHLE
vs
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
Link
2018-03-15LCK 2018 Spring
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
vs
KT Rolsterlogo stdKT
Link
2018-03-13LCK 2018 Spring
ROX Tigerslogo stdROX
vs
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
Link
2018-03-11LCK 2018 Spring
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
vs
Bbq Oliverslogo stdbbq
Link
2018-02-10LCK 2018 Spring
Jin Air Green Wingslogo stdJAG
vs
Kingzone DragonXlogo stdKZ
Link

Images[]

Redirects

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 [나진 리빌딩 ①] 대격변의 시작?! 나진 소드, 리빌딩 계획 발표 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 나진 e엠파이어, 스타 출신 게이머 조재걸 영입 (Korean) thisisgame.com
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 PraY's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 [취재] 롤챔스 선발전 '다크호스' 탄생, HUYA 타이거즈 창단 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 Chinese giant YY picks up a Korean team. ongamers.com
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 롱주 게이밍, 중국 e스포츠 업체 킹존에 인수... '킹존 드래곤X'로 팀명 변경 (Korean) fomos.kr
  7. 7.0 7.1 7.2 Longzhu Gaming's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Kingzone DragonX's Tweet (Korean) twitter.com
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 롱주 게이밍, 중국 e스포츠 업체 킹존에 인수... '킹존 드래곤X'로 팀명 변경 (Korean) fomos.kr
  10. 10.0 10.1 10.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  11. 11.0 11.1 11.2 KT Rolster's Facebook Post (Korean) facebook.com
  12. 12.0 12.1 12.2 은퇴양난 마지막 꽃을 피우기까지. 은퇴양난 vs DRX Challengers 리:플레이3 (Korean) youtube.com
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 첫 만남은 너무 어려워! (Korean) youtube.com
  14. 14.0 14.1 14.2 “e-mFire” 프로게임단 7인 로스터 체제 확정 및 팀명 변경 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  15. 15.0 15.1 15.2 스베누 롤챔스 코리아 스프링 2015 출전 구단 로스터 (Korean) tving.com
  16. 16.0 16.1 16.2 [취재] GE 타이거즈, KOO 타이거즈로 팀 명 변경과 '위즈덤' 김태완 영입! (Korean) inven.co.kr
  17. 17.0 17.1 17.2 [뉴스] 새 얼굴 대거 등장! 네이버 2015 LoL KeSPA컵 로스터 공개! (Korean) inven.co.kr
  18. 18.0 18.1 18.2 [뉴스] 리그오브레전드 게임단 '락스 타이거즈', 스프링 시즌 로스터 확정 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  19. Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2018-02-24; after change - KR - 2018-03-02
  20. Archive Pages: before change - KR - 2019-06-29; after change - KR - 2019-07-10
  21. 롤챔스 선발전 '다크호스' 탄생, HUYA 타이거즈 창단 (Korean) inven.co.kr
  22. Chinese giant YY picks up a Korean team. ongamers.com
  23. PraY Announces Retirement From His Pro Gaming Careerwww.invenglobal.com
  24. 은퇴 번복한 '프레이' 김종인, kt 원딜로 돌아온다 fomos.kr
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