Trick

Trick
Retired as Player
Trick
Background Information
Name	Kim Gang-yun (김강윤)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	July 11, 1995 (age 30)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Favorite Champs	; ;
Competitive IDs	Snowfall, Snow
Soloqueue IDs	EUW: SKT Rick, Super Moon, NiceLife XD, Scaphism, ImNotYourBrother, DrinkWater247; KR: CherryStone1, Pepper Japchae, MakeEuGreatAgain; BR: Muito prazer
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Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Kim "Trick" (▶️ listen) Gang-yun (Hangul: 김강윤) is a League of Legends esports player, previously assistant coach for Natus Vincere. He's most well known for winning four consecutive EU LCS titles with G2 Esports from 2016-2017.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠VTG 2	≈Mar 2014≈2014-03-??	≈Jun 2014≈2014-06-??	≈3mo 29d ejel
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus	Dec 20142014-12-02^[2]	Nov 20152015-11-04^[1]	11mo 2d ejel
EU	⁠⁠G2 Esports	Dec 20152015-12-30^[4]	Nov 20172017-11-20^[3]	1yr 10mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠bbq Olivers	Nov 20172017-11-27^[7]	Nov 20182018-11-19^[5]	1yr 22d ejel
TR	⁠⁠Galakticos	Dec 20182018-12-07^[9]	Feb 20192019-02-18^[8]	2mo 11d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Schalke 04	Apr 20192019-04-08^[11]	Sep 20192019-09-30^[10]	5mo 22d ejel
EU	⁠⁠SK Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-16^[13]	Nov 20202020-11-19^[12]	11mo 3d ejel
BR	⁠⁠Los Grandes	Apr 20232023-04-28^[15]	Jun 20232023-06-23^[14]	1mo 25d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠GIANTX	Feb 20242024-02-29^[17]	May 20242024-05-20^[16]	2mo 20d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠GIANTX PRIDE	May 20242024-05-20^[16]	Aug 20242024-08-15^[18]	2mo 26d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Rogue	Jan 20252025-01-08^[21]	Jun 20252025-06-13^[19]	5mo 5d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Natus Vincere	Jun 20252025-06-13^[19]	Nov 20252025-11-19^[22]	5mo 6d ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠VTG 2	≈Mar 2014≈2014-03-??	≈May 2014≈2014-05-??	≈2mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠VTG 2	≈May 2014≈2014-05-??	≈Jun 2014≈2014-06-??	≈1mo 29d ejel
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus	Dec 20142014-12-02^[2]	Jan 20152015-01-02^[23]	1mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus	Jan 20152015-01-02^[23]	Jun 20152015-06-30^[24]	5mo 28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠CJ Entus	Jun 20152015-06-30^[24]	Nov 20152015-11-04^[1]	4mo 4d ejel
EU	⁠⁠G2 Esports	Dec 20152015-12-30^[4]	Nov 20172017-11-20^[3]	1yr 10mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠bbq Olivers	Nov 20172017-11-27^[7]	Nov 20182018-11-19^[5]	1yr 22d ejel
TR	⁠⁠Galakticos	Dec 20182018-12-07^[9]	Feb 20192019-02-18^[8]	2mo 11d ejel
EU	⁠⁠Schalke 04	Apr 20192019-04-08^[11]	Sep 20192019-09-30^[10]	5mo 22d ejel
EU	⁠⁠SK Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-16^[13]	Nov 20202020-11-19^[12]	11mo 3d ejel
BR	⁠⁠Los Grandes	Apr 20232023-04-28^[15]	Jun 20232023-06-23^[14]	1mo 25d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠GIANTX	Feb 20242024-02-29^[17]	May 20242024-05-20^[16]	2mo 20d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠GIANTX PRIDE	May 20242024-05-20^[16]	Aug 20242024-08-15^[18]	2mo 26d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Rogue	Jan 20252025-01-08^[21]	Jun 20252025-06-13^[19]	5mo 5d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Natus Vincere	Jun 20252025-06-13^[19]	Nov 20252025-11-19^[22]	5mo 6d ejel

News

2014
2015
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2023
2024
2025

KR	⁠⁠VTG 2	March (approx.), Aggro Boy, Nisekoi, and Snowfall join. e
KR	⁠⁠VTG 2	May (approx.), Snowfall (Support to Jungle) changes position. e
KR	⁠⁠VTG 2	June (approx.), Aggro Boy and Snowfall leave. e
KR	⁠⁠CJ	December 2, Team is reformed as a single team. Shy, Ambition, Trick, CoCo, Roar, MadLife, Max, Onair (Head Coach), and Kezman (Coach) join. Space and fOru (Coach) rejoin.^[2] e

KR	⁠⁠CJ	January 2, Trick, Roar, and Max move to trainees.^[23] e
KR	⁠⁠CJ	June 30, Helper joins as substitute. Trick moves to substitute.^[24] e
KR	⁠⁠CJ	November 4, Helper, Trick, and Max leave.^[1] e
EU	⁠⁠G2	December 30, Trick, Emperor, and YoungBuck (Head Coach) join. Kikis (Jungle to Top) changes position.^[4] e

EU	⁠⁠G2	November 20, Trick leaves.^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠bbq	November 27, Trick and IgNar join.^[7] e

KR	⁠⁠bbq	November 19, Trick and IgNar leave.^[5]^[6] e
TR	⁠⁠GAL	December 7, Trick joins.^[9] Trick's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 30 April 2019.^[25] e

TR	⁠⁠GAL	February 18, Trick is removed from the GCD.^[8] e
TR	⁠⁠GAL	February 19, Trick's departure is confirmed.^[26] e
EU	⁠⁠S04	April 8, Trick joins.^[11] e
EU	⁠⁠S04	May 15, Trick's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[27] e
EU	⁠⁠S04	September 30, Trick leaves.^[10] e
EU	⁠⁠SK	December 16, Trick, LIMIT, and Kanani (Assistant Coach) join. Unlimited (Assistant Coach to Head Coach) changes position. Realistik (Head Coach) leaves.^[13] e

EU	⁠⁠SK	January 10, Trick's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[28] e
EU	⁠⁠SK	October 20, Trick is allowed to look for opportunities with other teams.^[29] e
EU	⁠⁠SK	November 19, TynX, Blue, Jezu, and Treatz join. Trick and LIMIT leave. ZaZee leaves for academy roster.^[12] e

EU

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⁠F/A

January 6,
Trick retires.^[30]

e

BR	⁠⁠LOS	April 28, Trick comes out of retirement and joins ⁠⁠Los Grandes.^[15] e
BR	⁠⁠LOS	June 1, Boal's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. Trick's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[31] e
BR	⁠⁠LOS	June 23, enel1 joins from academy roster. Trick leaves.^[14] e

EMEA	⁠⁠GX	February 29, Trick (Strategic Coach) is added to the GCD. Kaas (Strategic Coach to Head Coach)'s position is changed in the GCD. Hidon (Head Coach) is removed from the GCD.^[17] Trick (Strategic Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024.^[17] e
EMEA	⁠⁠GX	March 6, Trick (Strategic Coach)'s joining is confirmed. Kaas (Strategic Coach to Head Coach)'s position changing is confirmed. Hidon (Head Coach)'s departure is confirmed.^[32] e
EMEA	⁠⁠GX	May 20, Peach and Trick (Strategic Coach) leave for academy roster.^[16] e
EMEA	⁠⁠GXP	May 20, R4VEN joins. Peach and Trick (Head Coach) join from main roster.^[16] e
EMEA	⁠⁠GXP	August 15, Trick (Head Coach) is removed from the GCD.^[18] e

EMEA	⁠⁠RGE	January 8, Trick (Assistant Coach) is added to the GCD.^[21] e
EMEA	⁠⁠NAVI	June 13, ⁠⁠Natus Vincere acquires the LEC 2025 Summer spot of ⁠⁠Rogue.^[19]^[20] e
EMEA	⁠⁠NAVI	July 11, Thayger and Hans SamD join. Malrang (Jungle to Support) changes position. Adam, Larssen, fredy122 (Head Coach), Trick (Assistant Coach), and Blueknight (Head of Analytics) will remain with the team. Patrik and Execute become inactive.^[33]^[34]^[35]^[36]^[37]^[38]^[39] e
EMEA	⁠⁠NAVI	November 19, TheRock (Head Coach) joins. fredy122 (Head Coach), Trick (Assistant Coach), and Blueknight (Head of Analytics) leave.^[22] e

Biography

2015 Season

Kim "Trick" Gang-yun joined CJ Entus as a jungle substitute in December of 2014. He played his first game in July of 2015 against SBENU Sonicboom during SBENU Champions Summer 2015. He was a substitute for Ambition. CJ Entus placed third in the regular season but lost 3-0 to the KOO Tigers in the second round of playoffs. CJ had enough circuit points to qualify for the 2015 Season Korea Regional Finals but they lost 3-2 to the Jin Air Green Wings. Trick did not play in playoffs or the regionals. Trick left the team in November.

2016 Season

In late December, Trick moved to Europe to join G2 Esports as their new starting jungler.^[40] The team quickly rose to prominence and recognition in the LCS, consistently tied for first place after each week, sometimes with H2k and sometimes also with Vitality, until the end of the split when they held first place with sole possession. With a quarterfinal bye, the playoffs also saw them strong, as they defeated both Fnatic and Origen 3-1 to win the season and secure an invitation to the Mid-Season Invitational.

Going into MSI, G2 Esports were seen as a favorite not to win, but to come in second place to the Korean representatives SK Telecom T1.^[41]^[42] However, the team lost their first four games of the round robin and ultimately finished in fifth place, ahead of only SuperMassive eSports, and out of playoff contention - importantly, this placement meant that Europe would forfeit their Pool 1 seed at Worlds. In a statement published partway through the second day of play, G2 stated that their players had taken vacation time after a "rigorous Spring Split."^[43] AD carry Emperor later stated that there had been an internal conflict within the team one day prior to the start of the event.^[44]

Trivia

Individual Awards

2x EU MVP (Spring 2016, Summer 2016)
3x EU 1st All Pro Team (Spring 2016, Summer 2016, Spring 2017)
1x EU 3rd All Pro Team (Summer 2017)

Tournament Results

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

Trick Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-08-26	5	LEC 2025 Summer - Group A	0 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠NAVI	Adam, Thayger, Larssen, Hans SamD, Malrang, fredy122, Trick
2025-05-13	10	LEC 2025 Spring	2 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠RGE	Adam, Malrang, Larssen, Patrik, Execute, fredy122, Trick
2025-02-03	10	LEC 2025 Winter	1 - 8⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠RGE	Adam, Malrang, Larssen, Patrik, Execute, fredy122, Trick
2024-07-18	6	LVP SL 2024 Summer	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GXP	R4VEN, Peach, Feisty, Aetinoth, seaz, Trick
2024-04-02	8	LEC 2024 Spring Playoffs	1 : 2⁠⁠MDK	⁠⁠GX	Odoamne, Peach, Jackies, Patrik, IgNar, Kaas, Trick
2024-03-30	5 - 8	LCK AS 2024 March	0 : 2⁠⁠범인찾기	⁠⁠어리고싶	프로스티아이스티, 코 나, Snowfall, 스누피, Mirae
2024-03-25	6	LEC 2024 Spring	4 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GX	Odoamne, Peach, Jackies, Patrik, IgNar, Kaas, Trick
2023-08-06	8	CBLOL 2023 Split 2	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠LOS	Boal, Hidan, Trick, enel1, Lava, Netuno, Ranger, Stardust, Riyev
2020-08-21	6	LEC 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠S04	⁠⁠SK	Jenax, Trick, ZaZee, Crownshot, LIMIT, Jesiz, Kanani
2020-08-09	5	LEC 2020 Summer	9 - 9⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠SK	Jenax, Trick, ZaZee, Crownshot, LIMIT, Jesiz, Kanani