Zeus (gamer)
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Zeus in 2024 | |||||||||||||||
| Current team | |||||||||||||||
| Team | Hanwha Life Esports | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Top | ||||||||||||||
| Game | League of Legends | ||||||||||||||
| League | LCK | ||||||||||||||
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| Name | 최우제 (Choi Woo-je) | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | God of Thunder | ||||||||||||||
| Born | January 31, 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | South Korean | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2019–present | ||||||||||||||
| Team history | |||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | T1 Academy | ||||||||||||||
| 2021–2024 | T1 | ||||||||||||||
| 2025–present | Hanwha Life Esports | ||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Choi Woo-je (Korean: 최우제; born January 31, 2004), better known as Zeus, is a South Korean professional League of Legends player currently playing for Hanwha Life Esports. Throughout his career, he has won one League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK) title, two League of Legends World Championship titles and one First Stand title. He also represented the South Korean national team at the 2022 Asian Games, earning a gold medal.
Zeus began his career in 2019 as a member of T1 Academy, the developmental team of T1. He was promoted to the main roster for the 2021 LCK season. While he received some playing time in the 2021 Spring Split, Zeus did not become the main starter for the team until 2022. Since then, Zeus reached LCK Finals five times, winning once in the 2022 Spring Split. He reached the finals of the World Championship in his first year as a starter, and the following two years, he won the 2023 and 2024 World Championships. In 2024, Zeus left T1 to join Hanwha Life.
Zeus's individual accomplishments include accolades such as a World Championship Finals MVP award, two LCK Top Laner of the Year awards, and three LCK First All-Pro Team designations. Zeus is regarded as one of the greatest top laners in the history of the game.