NaJin Sword

NaJin Sword

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Team Information

Location:

South Korea

Coaches:

Park "Reach" Jung-suk

Team Captain:

Yoon "MaknooN" Ha-woon

Sponsor:

NaJin Industries
Corsair
GIGABYTE
Pocari Sweat
Undefeated

Number of Players:

5

History

Created:

2012-05-30

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[edit] Overview

NaJin Sword is the second League of Legends team sponsored by NaJin Corporation. It was formed by captain and former NaJin Shield member MaKNooN.

[edit] History

[edit] Formation of NaJin Sword

NaJin Sword was formed on May 30th, 2012, shortly after NaJin e-mFire was knocked out of Azubu The Champions Spring 2012. MaKNooN, e-mFire's top lane player, departed from his team and began recruiting for a second team under the NaJin organization. The original squad was renamed to NaJin Shield, while the newly acquired roster became NaJin Sword.

A day after the addition of the new squadron, NaJin would also hire former Starcraft Brood War progamer Reach.

[edit] Season 2

NaJin Sword would qualify for the Azubu The Champions Summer 2012 tournament by winning their best-of-three play-in against Relive. Although expectations were low for NaJin Sword due to their inexperience and lackluster performance in the previous season, they were able to take second place in the group stage by defeating Team Dignitas and RoMg, dropping their only game to group leader Azubu Frost. In the quarterfinal round, NaJin Sword faced off against StarTale, led by AD player Locodoco. Though StarTale came out undefeated in their group matches, Sword was able achieve an upset and take the series 2-0 to advance to the next stage. Unfortunately, CLG EU emerged victorious in their semifinal, going 3-1 against NaJin Sword. This loss set up a third place match against Azubu Blaze, which Sword was able to win 2-0.

NaJin Sword's third place finish gave them just enough circuit points to qualify for the Season Two Korean Regional Finals. They were seeded fourth in the event, but in a dominant showing, Sword would tear through LG-IM, Xenics Storm, and Azubu Blaze to claim Korea's second slot in the Season 2 World Championship.

NaJin Sword was favored to progress through their group in the Season 2 World Championship, and would not disappoint as they took first place over CLG EU, Team Dignitas, and Saigon Jokers. ^[1] Although many writers and professionals also expected Sword to place in the top four, the dark horse Taipei Assassins would beat them convincingly in the round of eight 2-0, knocking them out of the event. NaJin Sword left the tournament with a 5th-8th place finish.

[edit] Pre-Season 3

After the Season 2 World Championship, NaJin Sword would be invited to MLG Dallas as one of the two teams representing Korea. In the first two days of the event, Sword showed strong play with 2-0 victories over CLG Prime, Team SoloMid, and Azubu Blaze to advance to the finals. There, they met with Azubu Blaze once again and were defeated in two consecutive best-of-three sets to take second place at the event.

Following MLG Dallas, NaJin Sword attempted to qualify for IPL 5, but after strong play in the group stage, they would lose in the qualifier semifinals to their sister team, NaJin Shield.

[edit] Timeline

[edit] 2012

May 30th, NaJin establishes 2 LoL teams, NaJin Shield and NaJin Sword. ^[2]
May 31st, Reach joins as e-mFire Head Coach. ^[3]
June 11th, Fimir and MulrOc leave. watch and Troll Kim join. ^[4]
August 1st, Sim Sung-soo joins NaJin e-mFire as gaming coach. ^[5]
August 31st, 3rd Place in Azubu The Champions Summer 2012. ^[6]
September 21st, 1st place at Season Two Korean Regional Finals. ^[7]
October 5th, 5th-8th place in Season 2 World Championship.

[edit] 2013

February 2nd, 1st place at OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013.

[edit] Player Roster

[edit] Active

ID	Name	Role
MaKNooN	Yoon Ha-woon (윤하운)	Top
watch	Cho Jae-geol (조재걸)	Jungle
Cain	Jang Nu-ri (장누리)	Support
SSONG	Kim Sung-soo (김상수)	AP
PraY	Kim Jong-in (김종인)	AD

[edit] Former

	ID	Name	Role	Next Team
	Fimir	Cheon Min-ki (천민기)	Support	ahq e-Sports Club Korea
	MulrOc	Won Jun-ho (원준호)	Jungle	KT Rolster A

[edit] Organization

	ID	Name	Position
	Reach	Park Jung-suk (박정석)	Head Coach
	싱선생	Sim Sung-soo (심성수)	Gaming Coach

[edit] Team Achievements

In Premier Tournaments
Date	Place	Event	Result		Winnings
2013-05-17	A55 - 8th	OLYMPUS Champions Spring 2013	1 : 3	CJ Entus Frost	₩ 12,000,000
2013-04-016	A33rd	GIGABYTE StarsWar League Season 2	0 : 3	Invictus Gaming	￥ 10,000
2013-02-02	A11st	OLYMPUS Champions Winter 2012-2013	3 : 0	Azubu Frost	₩ 80,000,000
2012-09-21	A22nd	2012 MLG Fall Championship	1 : 4	Azubu Blaze	$ 8,000
2012-10-05	A55 - 8th	Season 2 World Championship	0 : 2	Taipei Assassins	$ 75,000
2012-09-21	A11st	Season Two Regional Finals - Seoul	3 : 2	Azubu Blaze
2012-08-31	A33rd	Azubu The Champions Summer 2012	2 : 0	Azubu Blaze	₩ 12,000,000