Hung Hao-hsuan (Chinese: 洪浩軒; born 14 February 1997),[1] better known as Karsa, is a Taiwanese professional League of Legends player for CTBC Flying Oyster. He is known for his strategic jungle play and found success domestically and internationally during his time as a member of the Flash Wolves, winning several LMS titles and topping many international events. Hung has long been considered by many analysts and other professional players as one of the most mechanically skillful players from Taiwan.[2]
| Karsa | |||||||||||||||
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.jpg) Hung in 2017 | |||||||||||||||
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| Team | CTBC Flying Oyster | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Jungler | ||||||||||||||
| Games | League of Legends | ||||||||||||||
| League | Pacific Championship Series | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Name | Hung Hao-hsuan | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1997 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Taiwanese | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
| Team history | |||||||||||||||
| 2014 | Machi 17 | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2017 | Flash Wolves | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Royal Never Give Up | ||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Top Esports | ||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Victory Five | ||||||||||||||
| 2023 | Weibo Gaming | ||||||||||||||
| 2024–present | CTBC Flying Oyster | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 洪浩軒 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 洪浩轩 | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editMachi 17
editHung began his professional career in June 2014 with team Machi 17.[3]
Flash Wolves
editIn January 2015, Hung joined Flash Wolves.[4] Due to their 1st-place finish at IEM Taipei, Flash Wolves were invited to compete at the IEM Season IX - World Championship. After a Round 1 loss against SK Gaming, Hung and the team went on to beat Cloud9 in Round 1 of the losers bracket. Round 2 of the losers bracket saw the team's 2nd meeting of the tournament with SK Gaming. A win against the European team secured the yoe Flash Wolves a place in the bracket stage. They were eventually knocked out of the tournament in the semifinals after losing to Team SoloMid.[5]
With a second and third place LMS finish under their belt, the Flash Wolves had obtained a tie for the most LMS Championship Points behind AHQ, and were invited to the 2015 Taiwan Regional Finals. There, FW avenged their playoff loss by defeating Hong Kong Esports 3-2 and acquiring a spot in the 2015 Season World Championship.[6][7]
At the World Championship, the FW were expected by many analysts to have one of the weakest showings of any team in attendance. However, after a 4-2 group stage with wins over favorites KOO Tigers and Counter Logic Gaming, the Flash Wolves emerged first from groups, becoming the first team in two years to finish ahead of a Korean team in groups at Worlds. In the tournament quarterfinals, FW lost 1–3 to Origen, earning a top eight finish.[8][9]
Hung and the Flash Wolves won the 2016 Spring LMS, qualifying for the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational. At MSI Flash Wolves reached the semi-finals of the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational.[10][11]
On 2 December 2017, it was announced that Hung had left Flash Wolves.[4]
Royal Never Give Up
editLater, on 20 December, it was announced that he had joined the Chinese team Royal Never Give Up (RNG).[12] In his first season with RNG, Hung won the 2018 Spring LPL season and qualified for the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational.[citation needed] Hung left Royal Never Give Up in November 2019.[13]
Top Esports
editHung signed with Top Esports in December 2019.[13]
Tournament results
editFlash Wolves
edit- 2015 Intel Extreme Masters Season9 Taipei — 1st
- 2015 League of Legends World Championship — 4th–8th
- 2016 Spring LMS — 1st
- 2016 Mid-Season Invitational — 3rd−4th
- 2016 Summer LMS — 1st
- 2017 Intel Extreme Masters Season11 World Championship Katowice — 1st
- 2017 Spring LMS — 1st
- 2017 Summer LMS — 1st
Royal Never Give Up
edit- 2018 Spring LPL — 1st
- 2018 Mid-Season Invitational — 1st
- 2018 Summer LPL — 1st
Top Esports
edit- 2018 LPL Spring — 2nd
- 2020 LPL Spring — 2nd
- 2020 Mid-Season Cup — 1st
- 2020 LPL Summer — 1st
References
edit- ^ Jang, David (25 August 2020). "[TMI Interview] TES Karsa: "At first, I played mid. Then, I saw a friend play Lee Sin."". InvenGlobal. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ rach (9 October 2015). "Interview with FW's Maple & Karsa IG's mid-jungle synergy is the strongest; we're afraid of meeting EDG". Dot Esports. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
- ^ Plant, Mike (28 February 2020). "The Best League of Legends Players Ever". Hotspawn. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ a b Abbas, Malcolm (2 December 2017). "Karsa leaves Flash Wolves". Dot Esports. Gamurs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ Worlds Feature: Flash Wolves Karsa. 8 October 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Killer Karsa: On the hunt with Yoe Flash Wolves' new jungler". LoL Esports.
- ^ "台灣電競小子 殺進百億新產業" (in Chinese). 天下雜誌.
- ^ Karsa on the Flash Wolves in 2015: 'We went through a lot this year'. 18 December 2015 – via YouTube.
- ^ "【哇潮】激似花媽的人是誰？不可不知台灣電競隊「閃電狼」" (in Chinese). 三立新聞網.
- ^ Pete Volk (13 May 2016). "Counter Logic Gaming can accomplish a North American milestone in the MSI semifinals against Flash Wolves". The Rift Herald.
- ^ "Battle for Respect: North America vs. Taiwan". ESPN.com. 12 May 2016.
- ^ Abbas, Malcolm (20 December 2017). "Karsa joins Royal Never Give Up". Dot Esports. Gamurs. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- ^ a b Heath, Jerome (6 December 2019). "Karsa joins the LPL's Top Esports as the team's starting jungler". Dot Esports. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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