Huni (gamer)

Not to be confused with Huhi.
In this Korean name, the family name is Heo.

Huni
Huni in 2018
Personal information
Name허승훈
(Heo Seung-hoon)
Born1997 or 1998 (age 25–26)[1]
NationalitySouth Korean
Career information
GameLeague of Legends
Playing career2015–2022
RoleTop laner
Team history
2015Fnatic
2016Immortals
2017SK Telecom T1
2018Echo Fox
2019Clutch Gaming
2020Dignitas
2020Evil Geniuses
2021–2022Team SoloMid
Career highlights and awards
  • MSI champion (2017)
  • LCK champion (2017)
  • 2× LEC champion
    • 1× LEC All–Pro First Team
  • 2× LCS All–Pro First Team

Heo Seung-hoon (Korean: 허승훈), better known as Huni (/ˈhuːni/ ⓘ), is a South Korean former professional League of Legends player. He is currently an analyst for Riot Games in LCK.

Career

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Huni started his career in League of Legends as a part of the Samsung organization. He was one of the practice partners for the team, though he was never announced as an official substitute for the team. Just before the start of the 2015 EU LCS Spring/Regular Season, Huni joined Fnatic as their starting toplaner, his first official team, as part of the new roster alongside Reignover, Febiven, Steelback, and YellOwStaR — the only player from the previous line-up. In spite of low expectations for the team consisting of relatively unknown players, they placed second in the regular season with a 13–5 game record, and Huni won the Rookie of the Split award for the EU LCS. In the playoffs, Huni and Fnatic took first place for the 2015 Spring EU LCS after edging out Unicorns of Love in a 3–2 series. From there, Huni went to MSI, where he and the rest of Fnatic showed the world that EU wasn't anything to be trifled with. After making it out of the group stages, Huni and Fnatic finally lost in the semi-finals to Korea's SKT T1 in a close 2–3 series.[2]

Returning with Fnatic for the 2015 Summer Split of the EU LCS, Huni and the rest of Fnatic became the first team in LCS history to have an entirely undefeated regular season split, going 18-0.[3] Fnatic proceeded to the finals of the EU LCS where their undefeated streak was finally ended by Origen, although they did still win the finals, ending with a 3–2 series over Origen.[4] Huni then traveled with Fnatic to the 2015 World Championship, where they were drawn into Group B alongside Taiwan's ahq e-Sports Club, North America's Cloud9, and China's Invictus Gaming. Fnatic emerged triumphant and left the group stage in first place. Advancing to the quarter-finals, Huni and Fnatic were against China's Edward Gaming and won a swift 3–0 series.[5] Advancing to the semi-finals, Huni and Fnatic finally were stopped against Korea's KOO Tigers, ending in a 0–3 series and ending their run at worlds.[6][7]

In the following season, Huni and his teammate Reignover both asked for a raise, which Fnatic declined, and the two of them decided to join the Immortals roster that was being put together in North America, joining veterans WildTurtle, Pobelter, and Adrian.[8][9] Immortals finished 3rd in both spring and summer,[10] but lost in the regional gauntlet to Cloud9 and Huni missed out on worlds.[11][12][13]

On December 1, 2016, defending World champion SK Telecom T1 announced Huni had become a member of the team.[14][15]

Huni joined Echo Fox in 2018.[16] In the regular season, his team tied for first place and Huni took home All-Pro honors for a dominant spring split.[17] In playoffs however, Echo Fox fell in the semifinals to the eventual champions, Team Liquid, although won the third place match against Clutch Gaming.[18] In summer, the team disappointed, falling in the quarterfinals to Team SoloMid[19] and lost to TSM once again in the regional qualifier, missing Worlds.[20]

Huni signed with Clutch Gaming in 2019.[21] The team missed playoffs entirely in spring, but rallied in summer, reaching the quarterfinals where they beat Team SoloMid before stumbling vs Team Liquid in semis.[22] Huni and CG qualified for the regional gauntlet where they won three back to back games to claim the final spot at the 2019 World Championship. After the end of the season, it was reported that Huni had agreed to a two-year extension of his contract with his team, now rebranded as Dignitas, which guaranteed him $2.3 million in salary over two years.[23] This made Huni one of the highest paid players in LCS history.[24]

Midway through the 2020 season, Huni changed teams and moved to Evil Geniuses.[25]

In 2021, Huni joined TSM.[26] In August 2022, Huni announced his retirement from professional League of Legends, due to recurring wrist problems.[27]

Tournament results

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  • 1st — 2015 Spring EU LCS (Fnatic)
  • 1st — 2015 Summer EU LCS (Fnatic)
  • 3rd–4th — 2015 League of Legends World Championship (Fnatic)
  • 3rd — 2016 Spring NA LCS (Immortals)
  • 2nd — 2016 NA LCS Summer regular season (Immortals)
  • 3rd — 2016 NA LCS Summer playoffs (Immortals)
  • 1st — 2017 LCK Spring Split (SKT T1)
  • 1st — 2017 LCK Spring Playoff (SKT T1)
  • 1st — 2017 Mid-Season Invitational (SKT T1)
  • 4th — 2017 LCK Summer Split (SKT T1)
  • 2nd — 2017 LCK Summer Playoff (SKT T1)
  • 2nd — 2017 League of Legends World Championship (SKT T1)
  • 3rd — 2018 NA LCS Spring Split (Echo Fox)
  • 2nd — 2018 Rift Rivals 2018: NA vs EU (Echo Fox)
  • 5th–6th — 2018 NA LCS Summer (Echo Fox)
  • 3rd — NA LCS Regional Finals 2018 (Echo Fox)
  • 9th — 2019 LCS Spring (Clutch Gaming)
  • 4th — 2019 LCS Summer (Clutch Gaming)
  • 1st — LCS Regional Finals 2019 (Clutch Gaming)

References

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  1. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (November 16, 2020). "TSM reportedly finalizing buyout for Huni from Evil Geniuses". Dot Esports. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
  2. ^ "프나틱 '후니' 허승훈, "장경환에게 밀렸다고 생각하지 않는다" - 인벤 커뮤니케이션즈". May 10, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  3. ^ Lingle, Samuel (July 24, 2015). "Fnatic makes esports history with undefeated season". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  4. ^ Lingle, Samuel (July 10, 2015). "Fnatic set LCS record by beating Origen". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  5. ^ "League of Legends". Rock Paper Shotgun. October 29, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  6. ^ "Huni on picking Yasuo, the playoffs, and how Immortals would have won IEM". www.dailydot.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2016.
  7. ^ "The Brains and the Brawn - Reignover and Huni". March 18, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  8. ^ "Huni ready to leave Fnatic and roleswap to AD carry as he sets his sights on the NA LCS". The Daily Dot. November 18, 2015.
  9. ^ "Huni, Pobelter, WildTurtle headline star-studded Immortals roster". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on December 11, 2015. Retrieved April 21, 2016.
  10. ^ "'League of Legends' TSM Topples the 'Unbeatable' Immortals". April 10, 2016. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  11. ^ Nordmark, Sam (September 6, 2016). "Cloud9 secure spot at Worlds with win over Immortals". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  12. ^ Volk, Pete (September 5, 2016). "Cloud9 qualifies for Worlds after Gauntlet win vs. Immortals". The Rift Herald. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  13. ^ "If Cloud9 beats Immortals in the Gauntlet, the team flies to Korea for bootcamp tonight says Sneaky". esports.yahoo.com. September 5, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  14. ^ "SKT signs Huni, completing 2017 roster". December 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2017.
  15. ^ Wolf, Jacob (December 1, 2016). "Huni to sign with SK Telecom T1". ESPN.com. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  16. ^ Lee, Julia; Gilliam, Ryan (December 8, 2017). "Echo Fox reveals full roster featuring Huni, Dardoch and more". The Rift Herald. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  17. ^ "2018 NA LCS Spring Split Award Winners". nexus.leagueoflegends.com. March 24, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  18. ^ Mickunas, Aaron (April 7, 2018). "Echo Fox sweep Clutch Gaming to secure third place in the 2018 NA LCS Spring Split". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  19. ^ "FOX Dardoch: "In our eyes, we should have 3-0'd TSM."". InvenGlobal. September 15, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  20. ^ Abbas, Malcolm (September 16, 2018). "TSM steamroll Echo Fox to reach the NA LCS regional qualifier finals". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  21. ^ Goslin, Austen (November 27, 2018). "Clutch Gaming sign former Echo Fox top laner Huni". The Rift Herald. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  22. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (August 11, 2019). "Team Liquid choose Clutch Gaming as their 2019 LCS Summer Split semifinal opponent". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  23. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (November 11, 2019). "Huni reportedly agrees to a 2-year, $2.3 million extension with Dignitas". Dot Esports. Retrieved December 11, 2019.
  24. ^ Kernot, Mitchell (November 21, 2019). "Huni officially joins Dignitas for the 2020 LCS season". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  25. ^ "Evil Geniuses adds Huni to their League of Legends roster". Upcomer. May 29, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  26. ^ Geddes, George (November 30, 2020). "Huni joins TSM to replace Broken Blade". Dot Esports. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  27. ^ Esguerra, Tyler (June 10, 2022). "Holo holo forever: TSM's star top laner Huni retires". Dot Esports. Retrieved June 10, 2022.
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