Lustboy

Ham Jang-sik (Korean: 함장식), better known as Lustboy, is a South Korean League of Legends coach and retired professional player. After retiring from professional competition, Lustboy became a coach for Longzhu Gaming of the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK), before leaving to coach for LCS team Team SoloMid. He is currently a coach for 100 Thieves of the LCS.

In this Korean name, the family name is Ham.
Lustboy
Lustboy in 2014
Current team
Team100 Thieves
RoleCoach
GamesLeague of Legends
LeagueLCS
Personal information
Name함장식
(Ham Jang-sik)
NationalitySouth Korean
Career information
Playing career2011–2015
RoleSupport
Coaching career2016–present
Team history
As player:
2011–2012MiG Blaze
2012–2013Azubu Blaze
2013–2014CJ Entus Blaze
2014–2015Team SoloMid
As coach:
2016Longzhu Gaming
2018–2020Team SoloMid
2021–present100 Thieves
Career highlights and awards

Lustboy first played for Korean team MiG Blaze through their transition though CJ Entus Blaze and CJ Entus from 2011 to 2014, then played for Team SoloMid from 2014 to 2015. He retired from professional play following an injury. During his tenure on Team SoloMid as a support player, Lustboy won the 2014 Summer and 2015 Spring NA LCS.

Playing career

Lustboy started gaming at the age of 7 with the first installment of the StarCraft (SC1) franchise from Blizzard Entertainment. However, this was well after the game became competitively popular in South Korea. As he phrased it:

"I really like to make innovation...I like trying new things no one's ever tried before. But [Blizzard] already made SC1 a long time ago so there [wasn't much for me to do]."[1]

He later turned semi-pro playing StarCraft II, joining the Korean Team Prime as a substitute in 2010.[2]

MiG Blaze

The next year he began playing League of Legends with a number of soon-to-be professionals. One of these, Dong-jin "Helios" Shin, would later sign as an AD carry with Maximum Impact Gaming (MiG) Blaze, and then bring on Lustboy as support when the position became vacant.[1] As part of MiG Blaze, Lustboy took first place at the first OnGameNet tournament at Champions Spring 2012, winning the largest prize pool in League of Legends history up to that point.[3]

That same year, they became the first Korean team to compete professionally in North America at Major League Gaming's first arena tournament, winning the competition with 10 wins and one loss.[4]

MiG was acquired in 2013 by CJ Entus, and the now newly dubbed CJ Entus Blaze, went on to place first in the World Cyber Games 2013 Korean qualifiers.[5][6] Lustboy left Blaze in 2014.[7]

Team SoloMid

Lustboy joined Team SoloMid (TSM) of the North American League of Legends Championship Series (NA LCS) in July 2014, replacing former support, Gleeb.[7][8][9] Lustboy described TSM as "like a dream team".[1] Prior to the official announcement, TSM owner Andy Dinh was fined $2,000 for announcing the acquisition of Lustboy before receiving League approval for the transfer.[10]

Along with Lustboy, TSM finished as the top North American team of 2014, with Lustboy ending with a 2.73 KDA.[8] In the world championship that year, they were eliminated in the quarter-finals to future world champs Samsung White, but were the first team to take a game off them which was matched by Star Horn Royal Club in the finals. 2015 Worlds was no better as they placed 4th in Group D, following their disappointing performance at the world championship TSM announced that Lustboy was retiring as a player for the team.[11][12]

Described as "arguably the best support in the NA LCS," at the time he ranked fifth among North American supports in KDA at 3.65, and fourth in gold-per-minute at 227.[13][14] He continued as a streamer for TSM, and as an analyst for the team where he was centrally involved in the process of creating a new roster following the simultaneous departure of teammates Lucas ‘Santorin’ Larsen and Marcus 'Dyrus' Hill.[15][16] He left the team on July 11 and was replaced as support by YellowStar.[17] In TSM's official announcement, Lustboy is quoted as saying:

"Due to shoulder injuries and being tired of playing, I decided to step down as a player but I’ll still be involved with TSM helping in anyway possible. I will never forget how much fans and everyone treated me kindly, and I appreciate the opportunity given to me by TSM to prove my skills even though I was a foreigner."[18][lower-alpha 1]

Coaching career

Longzhu Gaming

In 2015 Lustboy joined Longzhu Gaming of the League of Legends Champions Korea as a strategic coach.[19][20][21]

Team SoloMid

In December 2017, Team SoloMid announced that Lustboy would be returning as a "strategy coach" for 2018, working with fellow coaches Parth Nadu and SSONG (Sang-soo Kim).[22][23]

100 Thieves

Ham was signed as a support role coach for 100 Thieves ahead of the 2021 LCS season.[24]

Tournament results

2012
  • 1st — Azubu The Champions[3]
  • 1st — Major League Gaming Summer Arena[4]
  • 4th — Azubu The Champions Summer 2012
  • 2nd — Season Two Regional Finals - Seoul
  • 1st — 2012 MLG Fall Championship

2013
  • 2nd — IEM Season VII - Global Challenge Katowice
  • 4th — OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013
  • 4th — OGN Club Masters
  • 1st — IEM Season VII - World Championship
  • 2nd — OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013
  • 1st — 2013 World Cyber Games Korean qualifiers[5]

2014
  • 1st — 2013-14 ZOTAC NLB Winter 2013–2014[25]
  • 4th - HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014[26]

2014
  • 3rd — SK Telecom LTE-A LoL Masters 2014

2014

2015

2016
  • 7th — 2016 Spring LCK (coach)
  • 8th — 2016 Summer LCK (coach)

Notes
  1. In the same announcement, coach Yoonsup "Locodoco" Choi is quoting saying the following: “Lustboy joined TSM at a critical time, when we were left without a support due to unforeseen circumstances. He was rushed to join the team and was a crucial part of our 1st place finish in summer split 2014. He’s been a pleasure to work with in and out of game and I hope he can continue his success for the rest of his future endeavors”[18]

References
  1. Jackson, Leah. "You can't see him: The rise of Lustboy". LoL Esports. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  2. "A Dynasty of Ice and Fire - Part 1: Origins". Gamespot. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  3. Noether, Alex (May 19, 2012). "MiG Blaze wins Azubu LoL SPRING 2012". SK Gaming. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  4. Pencheva, Irena (January 10, 2013). "LoL eSports: 2012 in review". SK Gaming. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  5. Lonnquist, Erik (June 14, 2014). "The team builder of South Korea: Woong and Overwatch". ESPN. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  6. Choudhry, Ash. "CJ Blaze attain victory at WCG Korean Qualifers [sic]". SK Gaming. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  7. Turton, William (July 2, 2014). "Lustboy heads to Team SoloMid—pending paperwork approval". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on July 23, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  8. Shin, Andy (February 18, 2015). "How TSM found success with Lustboy". Gamurs. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  9. Rouffa, Johnathan (July 22, 2014). "Lustboy joins TSM and replaces Gleeb as the starting Support". GameSpot. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  10. Kulasingham, Nilu (August 14, 2014). "Riot Games fines Team Solomid owner Andy Dinh for announcing TSM Lustboy too early". Yahoo News. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  11. LeJacq, Yannick (October 14, 2015). "America's Biggest League Of Legends Team Just Imploded". Kotaku. Archived from the original on June 12, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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  13. Evans, Michael (October 18, 2015). "Roster Shake-up Could Be Secret Blessing For Team Solo Mid". Vavel. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  14. Volk, Pete (October 15, 2015). "TSM announces departures of Lustboy, Santorin and Dyrus from League of Legends roster". SB Nation. Archived from the original on June 18, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  15. Lingle, Samuel (December 11, 2015). "Team SoloMid reveals Santorin, Lustboy will join Dyrus off the roster". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  16. "Team SoloMid reveals Santorin, Lustboy will join Dyrus off the roster". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on May 9, 2016. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
  17. Jacobs, Jamie (May 21, 2016). "TSM Biofrost: TSM Replaces YellOwStaR with NA Rookie Support". Esports Edition. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  18. "TSM Roster Changes". TSM.gg. Archived from the original on July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  19. Josh, Bury (December 10, 2015). "Lustboy joins Longzhu IM as strategic coach". The Score Esports. Archived from the original on July 31, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  20. Erzberger, Tyler (February 12, 2016). "Bjergsen and the evolution of Team SoloMid". ESPN. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  21. esports.dailygame.co.kr/view.php?ud=2015121016583995263
  22. TSM announce the addition of SSONG and Lustboy
  23. Welcome SSONG + Lustboy!
  24. Geracie, Nick; Ousley, Parkes (December 1, 2020). "[UPDATED 12/1] 100 Thieves completes LCS roster, adds Goldenglue & Lustboy to coaching staff". Inven Global. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
  25. Nordmark, Sam (January 18, 2014). "CJ Entus Blaze wins ZOTAC NLB Winter 2013-2014". GameSpot. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  26. "HOT6iX Champions Spring 2014". Challonge. March 12, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
  27. Lingle, Samuel. "After another NA LCS title, TSM will aim for international glory". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on December 24, 2015. Retrieved July 5, 2016.

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