Deft
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Deft
Player Information
Name:
김혁규
Romanized Name:
Kim Hyuk-kyu
Nationality:
Born:
October 23, 1996 (age 26)
Status:
Active
Role:
Team:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$535,592
Signature Champions:
Links
Achievements
History
| 2013-02-18 — 2013-09-06 |  MVP Blue |
| 2013-09-06 — 2014-10-31 | Samsung Blue |
| 2014-11-11 — 2016-11-14 | EDward Gaming |
| 2016-11-30 — 2018-11-19 | KT Rolster |
| 2018-11-26 — 2020-11-16 | DRX |
| 2020-11-23 — 2021-11-16 | Hanwha Life Esports |
| 2021-12-04 — 2022-11-22 | DRX |
| 2022-11-23 — Present | Dplus |
Upcoming Matches
| DK
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vs (Bo3)
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  GEN
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February 1, 2023 - 10:30 UTC | ||
KDF 
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vs (Bo3)
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DK
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| February 5, 2023 - 8:30 UTC | ||
| DK
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vs (Bo3)
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 KT
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| February 9, 2023 - 8:00 UTC | ||
| DK
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vs (Bo3)
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  HLE
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| February 12, 2023 - 6:00 UTC | ||
BRO 
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vs (Bo3)
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DK
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| February 16, 2023 - 8:00 UTC | ||
Upcoming Tournaments
| LCK Spring 2023
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| ONGOING! |
Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu (born October 23, 1996) is a Korean player who is currently playing as a Botlaner for Dplus.
History[edit]
Kim "Deft" Hyuk-kyu started his professional League of Legends career as an ADC for MVP Blue in February 2013. He shared the AD Carry position with imp on the then 10 man roster of MVP. The played in only one Tournament (OGN Club Masters) where they finished first, before being broken into two teams, MVP Blue and MVP Ozone. Deft would go on to play for MVP Blue alongside the likes of Easyhoon.
- See also: History of Deft
Achievements[edit]
| Date | Place | Tier | Tournament | Team | Result | Prize | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-05 | 1st | S-Tier |  | 2022 World Championship |  | 3 : 2 |  | $489,500 |
| 2019-07-07 | 1st | S-Tier |  | Rift Rivals 2019: LCK vs LPL vs LMS vs VCS |  | 3 : 1 |  | $80,000 |
| 2018-10-20 | 5th - 8th | S-Tier |  | 2018 World Championship |  | 2 : 3 |   | $258,000 |
| 2018-09-08 | 1st | S-Tier |  | LCK Summer 2018 | | 3 : 2 |  | $88,686 |
| 2016-08-26 | 1st | S-Tier |  | LPL Summer 2016 |  | 3 : 0 |  | $225,630 |
| 2016-04-23 | 2nd | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2016 | | 1 : 3 | | $122,400 |
| 2015-05-10 | 1st | S-Tier |  | Mid-Season Invitational 2015 | | 3 : 2 |  | $100,000 |
| 2015-04-26 | 1st | S-Tier | | LPL Spring 2015 | | 3 : 2 |  | $129,280 |
| 2014-10-11 | 3rd - 4th | S-Tier |  | 2014 World Championship |  | 0 : 3 | | $150,000 |
| 2014-05-24 | 1st | S-Tier |  | Champions Spring 2014 | | 3 : 1 |  | $74,053 |
| Complete list of results in any tournament | ||||||||
Awards[edit]
| Date | Tier | Tournament | Team | Award | Prize | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tournament Awards | ||||||
| 2022-03-21 | S-Tier | |
LCK Spring 2022 | |
All-LCK Third Team | $0 |
| 2020-09-03 | S-Tier | |
LCK Summer 2020 | |
All-LCK Third Team | $1,680 |
| 2017-08-26 | S-Tier | |
LCK Summer 2017 | |
AD Carry KDA | $1,771 |
| 2016-11-13 | S-Tier | |
LPL 2016 Awards | |
MVP of the Year | $0 |
| 2016-11-13 | S-Tier | |
LPL 2016 Awards | |
Best ADC | $0 |
| 2014-05-24 | S-Tier | |
Champions Spring 2014 | |
AD Carry KDA | $1,851.34 |
Gallery[edit]
Deft with KT Rolster at LCK Summer 2018.
DRX Deft at Worlds 2020
DRX Deft at LCK Summer 2021.
Deft at LCK Spring 2022.
Deft at Worlds 2022.
Media[edit]
Interviews[edit]
- [e] 2022-09-30 | DRX Deft: "This is my 7th Worlds; I hope it sticks in my memory as the best I ever did." by Viion of Inven Global at 2022 World Championship
- [e] 2022-09-26 | DRX Deft: "There are a few players where I can tell this guy’s good from their movement; one of them is GALA." by Juneau and Arra and Quest of Inven Global at 2022 World Championship
- [e] 2022-09-03 | DRX Deft: "In our current state, we're not going to beat the top teams at Worlds. We won't make it past quarters." by Quest of Inven Global at 2022 World Championship
- [e] 2019-10-07 | KZ Deft: "I've liked ADC-centric comps from when I was playing for Samsung Blue... I feel rather comfortable than pressured." by Irro and Youii and Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-09-05 | KZ Deft: "The fact that Karma is viable wherever she goes is completely broken. I wish she’s nerfed so that she can’t be used as an ADC." by Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-07-15 |
Kingzone's Deft has high expectations for second half of LCK summer split by Ashley Kang of ESPN - [e] 2019-07-13 | KZ Deft: "Before the match, a lot of my teammates predicted that we'll lose today" by Haao and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-07-13 | KZ Deft and His Relationship with Jinx: "I think I have a high win rate on Jinx because I know when it's a good time to play her, not necessarily because I'm good with her" by Nswer and Youii and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-06-09 | KZ Deft on Sona: "She has buff skills and CC, with decent damage as well. I think she needs to be nerfed." by Nswer and Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-06-07 | KZ Deft: "In the recent metas, bot laners need to know how to play non-ADCs." by Lasso and Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-05-29 | KZ Deft: “I’ve never defeated SKT last split. If we can get a lot of wins against them, we’ll be able to fulfill our goals." by Roxyy and Akiin of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-05-23 | KZ Deft: "I’ve been putting in my everything for the past 6-7 years… If I don’t have anything to do the next day, wouldn’t my life become so painful?" by Akiin of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-04-05 | KZ Deft: "Our efforts were to be regarded as the best, not better than expectations, so we’ll reach the finals and hear that we’re the best." by Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-04-04 | 1-Second Interview With KZ Deft: Deft's short advice(?) to amateurs who wanted to become pros! by Lasso and Akiin of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-03-21 | KZ Deft: "I thought that I could get my 1,000th kill against my former team, KT, but it’s a bummer that I didn’t get it off Smeb." by Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-02-21 | KZ Deft: "If I have to pick one team I want to beat no matter what in Round 2, I would say SKT because Mata is there." by Viion of Inven Global at LCK Spring 2019
- [e] 2019-02-07 | Kingzone Deft on synergy with TusiN: He supported me mentally when I faltered by Ashley Kang of ESPN
- [e] 2019-02-03 | Interview with Deft & TusiN: "Being inconsistent means that we have the potential to be a lot better once we fix our flaws; it means it's possible for us to win even against Griffin or SANDBOX." by Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2019-02-01 | KZ Deft on their rough start to the season: "Once the playoffs begin, I promise that Kingzone will show a caliber of performance which is worthy of a champion team." by Bick of Inven Global at LCK Spring 2019
- [e] 2019-01-23 | KZ Deft: "Although I didn’t practice Jinx a single time, I was just confident I’d win if I picked her." by Youii and Akiin of Inven Global at LCK Spring 2019
- [e] 2018-12-04 | Deft and Kingzone DragonX: A New Beginning by Meii and Bick and Alle of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-11-10 | Deft explains how Golden Guardian's Deftly inspired him to work harder by Travis Gafford at 2018 World Championship
- [e] 2018-07-29 | KT Deft: "The team became more solid after the Rift Rivals. We became confident after experiencing an international tournament together." by Youii and Laff and Akiin of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-07-21 | KT Deft: "For the first time in my career, I was demoted to the Master tier... My coach still had faith in me, and we were able to win today. I want to thank him." by Lasso and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-06-28 | KT Deft: "Recently, there was not a day that went by in which we went to bed before the sun rose... Nowadays, every LCK team practices deep into the night" by Haao and Youii and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-06-21 | KT Deft: "In solo queue, there are 2 types of ADC players. One that never gives up the role, and another that can play other roles." by Youii and Ready and Alle of Inven Global at LCK Summer 2018
- [e] 2018-05-28 | KT Deft: "The criticism that, 'I had hit my limit and that I cannot win,' hurt me the most" by Ready and Alle of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-03-17 | KT Deft on Kai'Sa: "With the range patch, I think she’ll become a very good champion." by Roxyy and Youii and Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-03-08 | KT Deft on Kai'Sa: "I like those weird, dirty, cunning champions so I think she’ll go well with me." by Youii and Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-02-25 | kt Deft: "I was furious because of Teddy's penta-kill." by Its and Viion of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-02-11 | KT Deft: "In my opinion, Doran's and Targon's give about the same lane sustain... might as well give some gold to the support" by Laffa and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-01-26 | KT Deft: "Our goal wasn't to defeat SKT once. We'll keep on winning and become the Spring Champions" by Its and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-01-24 | KT Deft: "I became emotional today because I felt that our team broke through the limits" by Laffa and Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2018-01-20 | KT Deft on Varus: "He's a champion that will do at least average as long as you pick him" by Its and Ready of Inven Global at LCK Spring 2018
- [e] 2017-07-31 | Deft on Longzhu’s bottom lane: “I think they also make very good situational calls so I think we need to be careful of that.” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports
- [e] 2017-07-25 | Deft on Smeb’s Jarvan play: “He likes to just dive into the enemy team.” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports
- [e] 2017-07-09 | KT Deft on Defeating OMG: "Ashe isn't necessarily countered by Xayah." by Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-06-26 | Deft: “We will prepare well to have our revenge (on SKT).” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports
- [e] 2017-06-24 | KT Deft: "We Will Have Our Revenge Against SKT" by Ready of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-04-14 | KT Rolster Deft on current meta, being named the most handsome player, and alpacas by ttipi and Beckor of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-04-11 | KT Rolster Deft: “It feels great as we seem to have overcome our past weakness.” by Nswer and Meii of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-03-09 | kt Deft: "I will prove my worth with action." by Maloo and Koth of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-01-25 | Deft on facing PraY and GorillA: “The bottom duo’s we’ve faced so far been comparatively easy opponents, but PraY and GorillA have a reputation from last split” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports
- [e] 2017-01-17 | KT Deft: "I will not miss this opportunity to prove myself in the LCK" by Irro and Koth of Inven Global
- [e] 2017-01-17 | Deft on LCK opener: “I want to win the next match in perfect fashion.” by Andrew Kim of Slingshot Esports
- [e] 2015-10-09 | Deft: ‘...I think our individual plays are much better than European or other team players' by Kelsey Moser of theScore esports at 2015 World Championship
- [e] 2015-10-03 | Deft: "I Think There's a 50/50 Chance That a Western Team Might Be Able to Take Worlds" by Travis Gafford of G League at 2015 World Championship
- [e] 2015-10-01 | Twitch at Worlds 2015! Week 1 Day 1Interviews! by Susie Kim of TwitchKR
- [e] 2014-09-22 | 'Reflections' with Deft by Thorin of G League
Articles[edit]
- [e] 2019-03-21 | Deft Reaches 1,000 Kills in the LCK - 9th Player to Reach the Milestone by Viion of Inven Global
Trivia[edit]
- Attented the same high school as Faker
- The only player to reach 1000 kills in 2 regions.
- Reached 1000 kills in on August 26, 2016, becoming the seventh player to reach the milestone.
- Has played alongside pawN on 4 different teams.
- Reached 1000 kills in on March 21, 2019 against his former team KT Rolster, making him the ninth player to reach 1000 kills in as well as the first and only player to reach 1000 kills in two regions.
- Holds a 92.3% win rate on Jinx in 13 stage games.
- Became the first player to win both and after winning LCK 2014 Spring and LPL 2015 Spring.
Penta Kills[edit]
| Date | Tournament | Team | Vs. | Champion | Position | Match History | VOD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-04-26 | LPL Spring 2015 | |
|
 Sivir |
ADC | VOD | |
| 2015-07-12 | Demacia Cup Summer 2015 | |
 |
 Vayne |
ADC | VOD | |
| 2016-02-18 | LPL Spring 2016 | |
|
 Jinx |
ADC | VOD |
References[edit]
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