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with teams competing in '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Honor of Kings'', ''

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'', ''Overwatch'', and ''

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''. It formerly had players competing in ''

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'', ''

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''. MVP's ''League of Legends'' team formerly competed in the

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(LCK), the highest level of professional ''League of Legends'' in South Korea, before being relegated in late 2018 to the secondary league, Challengers Korea (CK).

''Dota 2''

MVP previously had four ''

'' teams: MVP Phoenix, MVP HOT6ix, MVP Aegis, and MVP Revolution. MVP Phoenix was the primary ''Dota'' team and the last to disband when it did so on January 9, 2017.

Final roster

Tournament results

* 7–8th —

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* 5–6th —

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* 4th — Game Show Global eSports Cup Season 1 * 4th —

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* 1st — Dota Pit League Season 4 * 1st — WePlay Dota 2 League Season 3 * 6th —

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* 5–6th —

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''League of Legends''

History

LOL the Champions 2013 Spring Champion MVP Ozone

MVP joined the professional ''League of Legends'' scene on May 7, 2012, when it formed three teams: MVP White, MVP Blue, and MVP Red. MVP Red disbanded a few months later, but MVP White and MVP Blue went on to participate in multiple seasons of the Champions league. In February 2013, the organization shuffled the rosters of the two teams, and MVP White (now renamed to MVP Ozone) became the flagship team. With a roster consisting of top laner Yoon "Homme" Sung-young, jungler Choi "DanDy" In-kyu, mid laner Bae "Dade" Eo-jin, bot laner Gu "imp" Seung-bin, and support Cho "Mata" Se-hyeong, MVP Ozone won Champions Spring 2013 with a 3–0 sweep of CJ Blaze in the finals. In September 2013,

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acquired both MVP rosters, forming Samsung Ozone and Samsung Blue. MVP announced in November 2015 that it would return to ''League of Legends'', and in December they announced a new roster of relatively unknown players: top laner Kang "ADD" Geon-mo, Kim "Beyond" Kyu-seok, mid laner An "Ian" Jun-hyeong, bot laner Oh "MaHa" Hyun-sik, and support Cha "ChaResh" In-myeong. In December 2019, ⁠MVP is disbanded.

Final Roster

References

External links

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