Griffin () was a South Korean

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organization owned by esports entertainment company STILL8. It had a team competing in ''

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'' and previously had teams competing in ''

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'' and ''Overwatch''. Griffin's ''League of Legends'' team competed in the

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History

Griffin was founded in November 2016 as NOT BAD before renaming in January 2017. After failing to qualify for the

(LCK) through Challengers Korea (CK) in the year prior, Griffin was finally able to do so on April 14, 2018, defeating veteran organizations Kongdoo Monster and

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in the LCK 2018 Summer promotion tournament. Griffin's inaugural LCK roster consisted of top laner Choi "Sword" Sung-won, jungler Lee "Tarzan" Seung-yong, mid laners Jeong "Chovy" Ji-hoon and Shin "Rather" Hyeong-seop, bot laner Park "Viper" Do-hyeon and support Son "Lehends" Si-woo. The team quickly rose to the top of the standings, placing second in the regular season and playoffs after losing 2–3 to

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in the finals. Despite their performance, Griffin was unable to qualify for the 2018 World Championship through championship points, nor through the 2018 Korea Regional Finals, which they were eliminated from by

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. On December 31, 2018, Griffin won the 2018 KeSPA Cup after sweeping Gen.G 3–0 in the finals. Excluding Rather, who was loaned to the

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in the offseason, Griffin returned to the LCK with the exact same roster for the 2019 LCK Spring Split. The team ended first in the regular season with a 15–3 record, but lost again in the finals after being swept 0–3 by SKT. Griffin was one of four LCK teams that competed at Rift Rivals 2019 LCK-LPL-LMS-VCS, which the league won on July 7, 2019. Griffin headed into the 2019 LCK Summer Split with a new top laner, Choi "Doran" Hyeon-joon, and finished the regular season in first place with a 13–5 record. This placement secured the team a bye to the finals and a spot in the 2019 World Championship, as a series victory would give them a direct qualification as the LCK's first seed, while a series loss would still earn them the most championship points and qualification as the LCK's second seed. SKT ultimately defeated Griffin once again in the finals, with Griffin only managing to take a single game off SKT. On January 5, 2021, the team disbanded.

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* {{League of Legends Champions Korea 2016 establishments in South Korea Esports teams based in South Korea Former League of Legends Champions Korea teams Defunct and inactive Overwatch teams PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds teams