Spirit

Spirit
Retired
Spirit
Background Information
Name	Lee Da-yoon (이다윤)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	July 1, 1996 (age 28)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	삼성갤럭시Spirit, Cy4nide, WE.GIGABYTE.Spirit, sWnYnzSa (EUW), Afreeca Spirit
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Lee "Spirit" Da-yoon (Hangul: 이다윤) is a retired League of Legends esports player, previously coach for Kwangdong Freecs.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠MVP Blue	May 20132013-05-09	Sep 20132013-09-06^[1]	3mo 28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Blue	Sep 20132013-09-06^[3]	Nov 20142014-11-17^[2]	1yr 2mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team WE	Dec 20142014-12-05^[5]	Sep 20152015-09-26^[4]	9mo 21d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Fnatic	Dec 20152015-12-17^[7]	Sep 20162016-09-28^[6]	9mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	Dec 20162016-12-15^[9]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[8]	3yr 11mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠AF Academy	Nov 20202020-11-16^[11]	Jan 20212021-01-11^[10]	1mo 25d ejel
KR	⁠⁠AF Challengers	Jan 20212021-01-11^[13]	May 20212021-05-31^[12]	4mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs	May 20212021-05-31^[19]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[14]	1yr 5mo ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠MVP Blue	May 20132013-05-09	May 20132013-05-11	2d ejel
KR	⁠⁠MVP Blue	May 20132013-05-11	Jun 20132013-06-22^[20]	1mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠MVP Blue	Jun 20132013-06-22^[20]	Sep 20132013-09-06^[1]	2mo 14d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Blue	Sep 20132013-09-06^[3]	Oct 20132013-10-04^[21]	28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Samsung Blue	Oct 20132013-10-04^[21]	Nov 20142014-11-17^[2]	1yr 1mo ejel
CN	⁠⁠Team WE	Dec 20142014-12-05^[5]	Sep 20152015-09-26^[4]	9mo 21d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Fnatic	Dec 20152015-12-17^[7]	Sep 20162016-09-28^[6]	9mo 11d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	Dec 20162016-12-15^[9]	May 20192019-05-30^[22]	2yr 5mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	May 20192019-05-30^[22]	Dec 20192019-12-19^[23]	6mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	Dec 20192019-12-19^[23]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[8]	10mo 28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠AF Academy	Nov 20202020-11-16^[11]	Jan 20212021-01-11^[10]	1mo 25d ejel
KR	⁠⁠AF Challengers	Jan 20212021-01-11^[13]	May 20212021-05-31^[12]	4mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs	May 20212021-05-31^[19]	Dec 20212021-12-20^[24]	6mo 20d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs	Dec 20212021-12-20^[24]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[14]	11mo 1d ejel

News

2013
2014
2015
2016
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022

KR	⁠⁠MVP.B	May 9, Spirit joins as substitute. e
KR	⁠⁠MVP.B	May 11, Spirit (Sub/Support to Sub/Mid) changes position. e
KR	⁠⁠MVP.B	June 22, SuNo joins as substitute. Spirit (Sub/Mid to Sub/Jungle) changes position.^[20] e
KR	⁠⁠MVP.B	September 6, Cheonju, Sense, easyhoon, Deft, FLahm, SuNo, Spirit, Dopani (Head Coach), BanBazi (Coach), and Choi (General Manager) leave.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠SSB	September 6, Acorn, Heart, Easyhoon, Deft, FLahm, Choi (Head Coach), BanBazi (Coach), and DoGGi (Coach) join. SuNo and Spirit join as substitutes.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠SSB	October 4, PawN joins. Heart (Jungle to Support) changes position. Spirit moves to starting roster.^[21] e

KR	⁠⁠SSB	November 17, Acorn, Spirit, Heart, Gamsu, Piccaboo, BanBazi (Coach), and DoGGi (Coach) leave.^[2] e
CN	⁠⁠WE	December 5, Spirit joins.^[5] e

CN	⁠⁠WE	September 26, Spirit leaves.^[4] e
EU	⁠⁠FNC	December 17, Gamsu, Spirit, and NoXiAK join.^[7] e

EU	⁠⁠FNC	September 28, Spirit leaves.^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	December 15, Mowgli, Spirit, TusiN, and Cho Gye-hyeon (Coach) join.^[9] e

KR	⁠⁠AF	November 19, Spirit's contract expires but departure is not confirmed.^[25] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	December 23, Brook joins as substitute. Spirit's contract is extended through 2020. Summit leaves.^[26] e

KR	⁠⁠AF	January 10, Dread, Spirit, Proud, iloveoov (Head Coach), Yeon (Coach), and viNylCat (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Ucal, Jelly, and NoFe (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[27] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	May 30, Spirit, SSUN, SSol, and Jelly move to substitutes.^[22] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	December 19, iloveoov (General Manager to Head Coach) changes position. Spirit moves to starting roster.^[23] e

KR	⁠⁠AF	November 16, Spirit retires.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠AF.A	November 16, Alvingo (Head Coach) joins. Spirit (Coach) joins from main roster.^[11] e

KR	⁠⁠AF.A	January 11, Alvingo (Head Coach) and Spirit (Coach) leave for LCK CL roster.^[10] e
KR	⁠⁠AF.C	January 11, Alvingo (Head Coach) and Spirit (Coach) join from academy roster.^[13] e
KR	⁠⁠AF.C	January 14, Alvingo (Head Coach) and Spirit (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[28] e
KR	⁠⁠AF.C	May 31, IlllIma, Citrus, Bull, and Moon (Coach) join. KronG joins as substitute. BuLLDoG joins as substitute from academy roster. Trap, Burry, and Storm leave. Spirit (Coach) leaves for main roster.^[12] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	May 31, Spirit (Coach) rejoins from academy roster. Rigby (Head Coach to Coach) changes position.^[19] e
KR	⁠⁠AF	November 15, Spirit (Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[29] e
KR	⁠⁠KDF	December 20, ⁠⁠Afreeca Freecs renames to ⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs following the partnership with Kwangdong Pharmaceutical.^[24] e

KR

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⁠KDF

November 21,
Ellim,
FATE,
Teddy,
Hoit, and Spirit (Coach) leave.^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]

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Biography

Season 3

Lee "Spirit" Da-yoon joined MVP Blue as a jungler in June of 2013. Blue played in HOT6iX Champions Summer 2013 but failed to make it past the group stage. Spirit shared the jungle position in this tournament with CNyang. Blue and their sister team, MVP Ozone, were picked up by the Samsung organization to form Samsung Galaxy Blue and Samsung Galaxy Ozone, respectively.

2014 Season

The new Samsung Blue team played in PANDORA.TV Champions Winter 2013-2014 and they finally made it to the quarterfinals but were stopped 3-0 by the undefeated SK Telecom T1 K. Blue really made a name for themselves during HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014 by winning the tournament 3-1 against NaJin White Shield and even defeating Ozone along the way. Blue continued their success in HOT6iX Champions Summer 2014 by making the finals, this time losing a close 3-2 set to the KT Rolster Arrows. They still earned enough circuit points to qualify for the 2014 Season World Championship as the top seed from Korea. They made the semifinals at worlds but met their sister team, White, and lost 3-0 to them. On November 17, 2014, it was officially announced, that all remaining members of Samsung White and Samsung Blue left their teams.^[30] Spirit would resume his career after moving to china and joining Team WE. He competed at the Demacia Cup Season 2 with them being defeated by EDward Gaming 3-2 in the finals.

2015 Season

Due to their 1st place finish at IEM Shenzhen, Team WE were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 loss against Team SoloMid, the team went on to beat Gambit Gaming in Round 1 of the losers bracket. Round 2 of the losers bracket saw WE beat CJ Entus, securing the team a place in the bracket stage. Spirit and Team WE then pulled off the upset of the tournament, emerging victorious in their semifinal matchup over the previously unbeaten GE Tigers. They went on to finish in 2nd place after losing to Team SoloMid in the final of the tournament. Two weeks later, they finished up their 2015 Demacia Cup Spring Season with a 3-0 loss to EDG and a 3-2 loss to LSPL team, Qiao Gu, to finally end in fourth overall. They made a late surge near the end of the 2015 LPL Spring Regular Season and overtook Masters 3 to qualify for the 2015 LPL Spring Playoffs as the eighth seed. They matched up against EDG in the first round and with EDG's mid laner, PawN, being out sick, it seemed as though they were going to take the series. However, PawN came back to play game 5 and EDG knocked Team WE out 3-2. Shortly afterwards, WE played in the International Esports Tournament 2015 and managed to make it to the finals but lost 2-1 there to Invictus Gaming. WE participated in the 2015 Demacia Cup Summer Season and made it to the quarterfinals but they lost 3-0 there to EDG. They ended in eleventh place in the 2015 LPL Summer Regular Season and were forced to play in the 2016 LPL Spring Promotion Tournament. They requalified for the 2016 LPL Spring Season with a decisive 3-0 victory over Unlimited Potential. Spirit left WE in November of 2015.

2016 Season

At the start of the season, Spirit announced that he had departed from Team WE. He then joined Fnatic after the team were voted to play at IEM Season X - Cologne. They fielded a roster including Febiven and Rekkles from their 2015 roster along with new members Gamsu, Spirit, and NoXiAK. The team had a bye to the semifinals, but were beaten at this stage by Qiao Gu Reapers. Despite being only in fifth place in the EU LCS split at the time of the tournament, Fnatic were invited to IEM Katowice due to their previous season's success. There, they had a surprisingly strong run, finishing in second place behind SK Telecom. Spirit showed extremely good play on Lee Sin throughout the tournament but was more inconsistent on other champions.

Trivia

His blood type is B
Likes watching old movies and drama.
Known for playing unique and/or unorthodox jungle picks.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2015-01-26	CN China	Demacia Cup 2015 Spring			Riven	Jun	W	10/3/8	Link	Link

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Tournament Results

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

Spirit Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-04-28	7 - 8	Legend Cup Season 3 Korea	2 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GMM	GimGoon, Spirit, Hollis, Ghost, Pure
2022-03-20	5	LCK 2022 Spring	8 - 10⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KDF	Kiin, Ellim, FATE, Teddy, Hoit, Cain, Alvingo, Spirit
2021-08-18	6	LCK 2021 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠NS	⁠⁠AF	Kiin, Dread, Fly, Leo, Lehends, Cain, Spirit
2021-08-15	6	LCK 2021 Summer	11 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AF	Kiin, Dread, Fly, Leo, Lehends, Cain, Spirit
2021-03-23	10	LCK CL 2021 Spring	2 - 16⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠AF.C	Trap, Burry, Storm, Keine, Valkyrie, MapSSi, Minit, Alvingo, Spirit
2020-12-20	4	LCK AS 2020 Championship	FF : W⁠⁠LSB.A	⁠⁠AF.A	Trap, Burry, Na Kyung, BaeKHo, MapSSi, Alvingo, Spirit
2020-11-21	5 - 8	LCK AS 2020 November	1 : 2⁠⁠DRX.C	⁠⁠AF.A A	YoneKing, Burry, Na Kyung, BAekHO, MapSSi, Alvingo, Spirit, IkRyong
2020-11-15	15 - 18	LCK AS 2020 November	0 : 2⁠⁠BRB.A	⁠⁠AF.A B	Women keyi ying, Brush, BuLLDoG, 20020423, Gangbong, Alvingo, Spirit, IkRyong
2020-09-08	3	LCK 2020 Regional Finals	1 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠AF	Kiin, Spirit, Dread, Fly, Mystic, Ben, viNylCat, Rigby
2020-08-28	4	LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠AF	Kiin, Dread, Spirit, Fly, Mystic, Ben, viNylCat, Rigby

Media

2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

September 25, SSB Spirit Interview (Video) with , and on OGN Global
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October 4, LoL 2014 World Championship Interview - Spirit interview2 (SSB Jungle) with , and on OGN Global
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January 31, Spirit wins his first game! by , and on TeamLiquid
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February 17, RED ENVELOPE BATTLE ft. Deft, Dandy, Acorn, Cool, Spirit and more! by Rach Subs on YouTube
e
March 15, IEM Katowice: Spirit "I definitely felt Deft's absence [when I went to China]" (video) with , and on SK Gaming
e
December 15, Spirit: An Introduction to Fnatic's Star Signing by Naser "Empyre" Al-Naqi on Splyce
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December 19, The jungler and the team: an in-depth look at the rivalry between Spirit and Swift by Kelsey Moser on The Score
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January 15, Fnatics "Spirit" about his performance on the EU LCS opener with , and on SPORT1
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June 6, Spirit on meshing his shotcalling with YellOwStaR and the current jungle meta with , and on The Score
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June 30, Spirit and Nidalee: Cat me if you can! with , and on Fnatic
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July 10, Spirit on Fnatic's recent performances: ‘If we keep playing like this, we cannot join Worlds’ with , and on The Score
e
August 27, theScore esports votes for EU LCS Summer Split MVP by , and on The Score
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October 20, Worlds: Spirit believes in Samsung with , and on Red Bull
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January 4, Samsung's prodigal sons: Reviewing pawN, Deft, Mata, and Spirit's time abroad by Kelsey Moser on Yahoo!
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January 19, Spirit on Afreeca’s bot lane: “They had a very good performance and pointed out that real evaluation should be that the problem was with Spirit.” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
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February 7, Afreeca Spirit: “We’ll work harder to have a clean 2-0 victory, even though our next opponents are SK Telecom T1.” by Andrew Kim on Slingshot
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March 8, AFs Spirit: "I'm personally confident in my current form" with , and on Inven Global
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June 21, Spirit: “When MaRin dies, we just pretend to not notice.” with , and on Slingshot Esports
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January 17, AFs Kuro: "We discussed pick & ban up to 5 AM." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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January 27, AFs Spirit: "I’m eager to find the hidden OP champion of the new patch." with Youngbo "Roxyy" Sim, Hee Eun "Youii" Yoo, , and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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February 4, AFs Spirit on their 10-Man Roster: "The best thing is that we adapt to the meta faster than any other team." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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March 11, AFs Kuro: "Sion is really good, and Smeb still isn’t playing Sion, so I guess he’s really bad at Sion." with Jaehoon "Laffa" Jeong and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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March 15, AFs Coach Ccomet: "I like the LCS ... They play many good champions that LCK doesn't." with Kyeongbeom "Its" Kim and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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June 13, AFs TusiN: "I don’t expect much from my ADCs since they use champions that they’ve barely used before." with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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June 29, AFs Spirit: "Gen.G and Griffin are above us, but if we really do our best, we can bring them down… so watch out!" with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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July 1, AFs Spirit: "I’m excited to see the Chinese fans. There are many people I want to see again like WE Xiye, Mystic..." with Minyoung "Irro" Jang and Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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July 1, AFs Kuro: "My tummy and butt are a bit chubby. Other players are often after my tummy and butt." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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July 17, AFs Spirit: "Kindred probably got popular because it's a fun champion. It’s the most fun champion when playing jungle!" with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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August 15, AFs Spirit: "Our team wins as long as I don't underperform. Today, I think we won because I did well. That’s why I’m the key player." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Woo "Ready" Hyun on Inven Global
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September 14, Afreeca's Spirit: 'I've never thought of myself as a top tier jungler. I think that actually is my motivation.' by Emily Rand on ESPN
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September 27, 5 dark horse players to watch at Worlds by Xing Li on Dot Esports
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October 11, Spirit gives English interview: "I'd love to meet Fnatic in Quarterfinals!" with Darius Matuschak from The Shotcaller on YouTube
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October 11, Spirit's English interview: says Kiin is the best player at Worlds with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 12, Worlds Group Stage 2018 top 30 players: 20-16 by Thomas Baker on The Game Haus
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October 15, AFs Spirit: "Each and every solo queues/scrims can be a step for your chance to get to the Worlds. Please, don’t take it for granted. Then someday, you’ll make it to your dream stage." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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January 24, AFS Spirit on His Annie Bot Lane: "Today’s strategy was something that we have been preparing for quite some time now. Using it today and winning, it feels amazing." with James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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January 24, AFS Spirit: "With new players who have incredible mechanics and macro, I can’t help but think if I am becoming irrelevant. However, this just makes me want to work even harder." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok and James "Bick" Hong on Inven Global
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January 4, [KeSPA Cup] AF Spirit: "OnFleek is an incredible player... If I am to play against him tomorrow, the focus will be on how well I can keep him locked down." with Juneau, Nswer, and Quest on Inven Global
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January 25, 2020 AFS Spirit is grateful the Western fans still remember him [Korean] with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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February 9, AF Kiin: "The games make me often do 1v2-5s; since it happened so often, sometimes I see the road to survival." with Viion on Inven Global
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February 9, AF Spirit: "I really didn’t want to lose to coach NoFe’s team." with Viion on Inven Global
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February 12, AF Spirit: "Last year, I didn't get to play the entirety of the Summer split... I thought, "What if my career ends here?" with Haao and Quest on Inven Global
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April 11, Spirit talks disappointment, guilt and hope in the Afreeca Freecs teamhouse with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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June 17, AF Spirit: "Many members of the team are at an age where they may have to consider retirement. We all need to prove our values." with Lasso and Viion on Inven Global
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July 11, AF Spirit: "Poppy jungle's strengths lie in her cuteness. I was able to stay calm just by looking at her," with Lasso, Irro, and Quest on Inven Global
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July 24, AF Spirit on Poppy jungle: "She's very good at messing with your opponents... Both in-game and mentally." with Lasso and Quest on Inven Global
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July 29, Spirit on how AF broke records "fastest LCK game ever", why he must go to worlds [Korean] with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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August 26, AF Spirit: "Now that T1’s become a weak team, we’ll make Gen.G a weak team as well." with Haao and Quest on Inven Global
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September 7, AF Spirit: "Our coach invited Bang and Huni to help us practice... There’s a reason they're called world-class." with Viion on Inven Global
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Post-Match Interviews

2016
2018
2020

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2016-03-05	IEM Season 10 World Championship	QG vs FNC	Link
2016-04-02	EU LCS 2016 Spring Playoffs	VIT vs FNC	Link
2016-04-16	EU LCS 2016 Spring Playoffs	H2K vs FNC	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2018-01-17	LCK 2018 Spring	AF vs KT	Link
2018-02-04	LCK 2018 Spring	SKT vs AF	Link
2018-02-08	LCK 2018 Spring	AF vs MVP	Link
2018-03-11	LCK 2018 Spring	AF vs KDM	Link
2018-03-15	LCK 2018 Spring	JAG vs AF	Link
2018-06-13	LCK 2018 Summer	AF vs SKT	Link
2018-06-29	LCK 2018 Summer	AF vs MVP	Link
2018-07-17	LCK 2018 Summer	AF vs GRF	Link
2018-07-25	LCK 2018 Summer	MVP vs AF	Link
2018-08-15	LCK 2018 Summer Playoffs	KZ vs AF	Link
2018-10-15	Worlds 2018 Main Event	AF vs FW	Link

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2020-02-09	LCK 2020 Spring	AF vs HLE	Link
2020-07-24	LCK 2020 Summer	AF vs SP	Link
2020-08-07	LCK 2020 Summer	AF vs DYN	Link
2020-08-15	LCK 2020 Summer	AF vs SB	Link
2020-09-07	LCK 2020 Regional Finals	AF vs KT	Link