Zeus

Zeus
Zeus
Background Information
Name	Choi Woo-je (최우제)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	January 31, 2004 (age 20)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠T1
Contract Expires	2024-11-18
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ; ; ;
Competitive IDs	Wooje
Soloqueue IDs	KR: 천둥벌거숭이, God Thunder ; NA: T1 Haaland ; EUW: Zimmer
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Choi "Zeus" Woo-je (Hangul: 최우제) is a League of Legends esports player, currently top laner for T1. He was previously known as Wooje.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team		Start	End
KR	⁠⁠T1 Rookies		Dec 20192019-12-08^[2]	Nov 20202020-11-26^[1]	11mo 18d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1		Nov 20202020-11-26^[3]	Present	3yr 10mo ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠T1 Academy	Dec 20192019-12-08^[2]	Oct 20202020-10-07	9mo 30d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1 Rookies	Oct 20202020-10-07	Nov 20202020-11-26^[1]	1mo 19d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Nov 20202020-11-26^[3]	May 20212021-05-31^[4]	6mo 5d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	May 20212021-05-31^[4]	Dec 20212021-12-02^[5]	6mo 2d ejel
KR	⁠⁠T1	Dec 20212021-12-02^[5]	Present	2yr 10mo ej

News

2019
2020
2021
2022
2023

KR

⁠

⁠T1.A

December 8,
Burdol,
Wooje,
Nyx,
Closer,
HakaM, and Sayho (Head Coach) join.^[2]

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KR	⁠⁠T1.A	June 13, Wooje renames to Zeus.^[9] e
KR	⁠⁠T1.R	October 7, ⁠⁠T1 Academy renames to ⁠⁠T1 Rookies. e
KR	⁠⁠T1.R	November 26, Zeus leaves for main roster.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 26, Zeus joins from academy roster.^[3] Zeus' contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 21 November 2022.^[10] e

KR	⁠⁠T1	May 31, Zeus, Ellim, Oner, Clozer, and Gumayusi move to substitutes.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	December 2, Asper joins as substitute from sister team ⁠⁠T1 Challengers. Zeus moves to starting roster. Oner and Gumayusi's contracts are extended.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] e

KR	⁠⁠T1	June 14, Zeus' contract is extended through 2023.^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	June 15, Zeus' contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[12] e

KR	⁠⁠T1	November 22, Zeus, Gumayusi, and Keria's contracts are extended.^[13]^[14]^[15] e
KR	⁠⁠T1	November 26, Zeus, Gumayusi, Keria, Roach (Coach), and Tom (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2024. kkOma (Head Coach)'s contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026.^[16] e

Biography[]

Trivia[]

His mother recommended him the nickname "Zeus", because the transcription of his nickname is similar to his name.
His favourite champions are Kennen and Jayce.
His role model is Nuguri.
Is a fan of Zika's IGN because they both use the latin alphabet 'Z' as the first letter of their name.
Had 3 Challenger accounts at the age of 15.
In the start of his career, considered Kuri his older brother.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Team	Vs	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2024-08-24	KR Korea	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs			Olaf	Top	W	7/1/2	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Titles[]

Worlds x1 (2023)
LCK x1 (Spring 2022)
Esports World Cup x1 (2024)
Asian Games 2022 Gold Medal

Individual Awards[]

Worlds Finals MVP x1 (2023)
LCK Top laner of the Year x2 (2022, 2023)
LCK 1st All-Pro Team x3 (Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Spring 2023)
LCK 2nd All-Pro Team x1 (Spring 2024)
LCK 3rd All-Pro Team x1 (Summer 2023)

Tournament Results[]

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

Zeus Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2024-09-14	2	LCK 2024 Regional Finals	3 : 2⁠⁠KT	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, kkOma, Roach, Tom
2024-09-07	3	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠HLE	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, kkOma, Roach, Tom
2024-08-18	4	LCK 2024 Summer	11 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, KkOma, Roach, Tom
2024-07-07	1	Esports World Cup 2024	3 : 1⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, Tom, Roach
2024-05-18	3	MSI 2024	2 : 3⁠⁠BLG	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, KkOma, Tom
2024-04-14	2	LCK 2024 Spring Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠GEN	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, KkOma, Tom
2024-03-24	2	LCK 2024 Spring	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Guwon, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, KkOma, Roach, Tom
2024-01-09	3 - 4	LCK 2024 Season Opening	0 : 1⁠⁠JGL	⁠⁠TOP	DuDu, DnDn, Kiin, Zeus, Rascal
2023-11-19	1	Worlds 2023	3 : 0⁠⁠WBG	⁠⁠T1	Zeus, Oner, Faker, Gumayusi, Keria, Tom, Roach
2023-09-29	1	Asian Games 2022	2 : 0⁠⁠TPE	⁠⁠KOR	CHOI, SEO, JUNG, LEElS, PARK, RYU, KkOma

Media[]

2021
2022
2023
2024

February 3, T1 Zeus on his debut, Nuguri, playing with Faker with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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January 12, T1 Zeus DEBUTS at LoL Park "I was scared, people were expecting so much of me" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
January 26, In-depth Zeus interview: To Become No.1 Top Laner with Ashley Kang on YouTube
e
August 11, [Ep.3] T1 Zeus Rookies on the Rift with LCK on YouTube
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October 3, T1 Zeus explains why he calls Jojopyun: "Cute Boy" with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 21, T1 Zeus's DEFENSE against his 0/6 Jayce game "Gumayusi was trying to stay positive!" with Ashley Kang on YouTube
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January 2, Ranking the 5 best League of Legends top laners of 2022 by John Popko on Inven Global
e
February 23, T1 Zeus is set on making MSI "I want to go to London and watch European Football!" with KORIZON Esports on YouTube
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May 9, T1 Zeus discussing G2: "Being good in the LEC versus playing well internationally is quite different" with Armand Luque on Sheep Esports
e

Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2024-10-11	Worlds 2024 Main Event	G2 vs T1	Link
2024-09-14	LCK 2024 Regional Finals	T1 vs KT	Link
2024-09-01	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	DK vs T1	Link
2024-08-24	LCK 2024 Summer Playoffs	T1 vs KT	Link
2024-08-17	LCK 2024 Summer	T1 vs FOX	Link
2024-08-11	LCK 2024 Summer	T1 vs BRO	Link
2024-07-28	LCK 2024 Summer	T1 vs DRX	Link
2024-07-10	LCK 2024 Summer	T1 vs BRO	Link
2024-07-07	Esports World Cup 2024	T1 vs TES	Link
2024-07-06	Esports World Cup 2024	T1 vs TL	Link
2024-07-04	Esports World Cup 2024	BLG vs T1	Link
2024-04-13	LCK 2024 Spring Playoffs	HLE vs T1	Link
2024-04-07	LCK 2024 Spring Playoffs	DK vs T1	Link
2024-03-23	LCK 2024 Spring	DRX vs T1	Link
2024-02-21	LCK 2024 Spring	T1 vs NS	Link
2024-02-18	LCK 2024 Spring	FOX vs T1	Link
2024-02-01	LCK 2024 Spring	T1 vs DRX	Link
2024-01-28	LCK 2024 Spring	HLE vs T1	Link
2024-01-19	LCK 2024 Spring	T1 vs KDF	Link
2024-01-09	LCK 2024 Season Opening	TOP vs JGL	Link
2023-12-09	Red Bull League of Its Own 2023	G2 vs T1
2023-11-19	Worlds 2023 Main Event	WBG vs T1	Link
2023-11-12	Worlds 2023 Main Event	JDG vs T1	Link
2023-09-12	Asian Games 2022 KOREA Pre Evaluation	KOR vs TPE	Link
2023-09-11	Asian Games 2022 KOREA Pre Evaluation	KOR vs VIE	Link
2023-08-19	LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs	T1 vs KT	Link
2023-08-10	LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs	KT vs T1	Link
2023-08-09	LCK 2023 Summer Playoffs	DK vs T1	Link
2023-08-04	LCK 2023 Summer	LSB vs T1	Link
2023-08-02	LCK 2023 Summer	T1 vs KDF	Link
2023-07-14	LCK 2023 Summer	T1 vs NS	Link
2023-07-02	LCK 2023 Summer	NS vs T1	Link
2023-06-15	LCK 2023 Summer	T1 vs LSB	Link
2023-04-01	LCK 2023 Spring Playoffs	T1 vs GEN	Link
2023-03-25	LCK 2023 Spring Playoffs	T1 vs KT	Link
2023-03-19	LCK 2023 Spring	T1 vs NS	Link
2023-02-23	LCK 2023 Spring	T1 vs LSB	Link
2023-02-12	LCK 2023 Spring	T1 vs DRX	Link
2022-10-21	Worlds 2022 Main Event	T1 vs RNG	Link
2022-10-14	Worlds 2022 Main Event	EDG vs T1	Link
2022-08-13	LCK 2022 Summer	T1 vs DK	Link
2022-08-04	LCK 2022 Summer	T1 vs HLE	Link
2022-07-23	LCK 2022 Summer	BRO vs T1	Link
2022-07-21	LCK 2022 Summer	T1 vs KDF	Link
2022-07-16	LCK 2022 Summer	DRX vs T1	Link
2022-07-10	LCK 2022 Summer	T1 vs BRO	Link
2022-06-23	LCK 2022 Summer	T1 vs LSB	Link
2022-06-19	LCK 2022 Summer	KT vs T1	Link
2022-06-17	LCK 2022 Summer	T1 vs NS	Link
2022-04-02	LCK 2022 Spring Playoffs	T1 vs GEN	Link
2022-03-20	LCK 2022 Spring	T1 vs DRX	Link
2022-03-13	LCK 2022 Spring	T1 vs BRO	Link
2022-03-06	LCK 2022 Spring	T1 vs KT	Link
2022-03-03	LCK 2022 Spring	GEN vs T1	Link
2022-01-27	LCK 2022 Spring	T1 vs NS	Link
2022-01-23	LCK 2022 Spring	LSB vs T1	Link