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Zeka League of Legends

Hanwha Life Esports Mid
Kim Geonwoo · Born November 28, 2002 · South Korea · Mid for Hanwha Life Esports

Kim “Zeka” Geon-woo is Hanwha Life Esports' mid laner and the Worlds 2022 champion with DRX. He plays on the Razer Viper V3 Pro Green at 650 DPI with a 30/50 slider split — the slowest cursor of HLE's three stars.

The mid laner the LPL made: Zeka learned his trade in China's fight-first environment and came home with a playstyle LCK mids had no answer for. He won Worlds 2022 by out-duelling every mid laner he met in the knockout stage — Scout, Chovy and Faker in three consecutive series.
Age 23World Champion 20228 MVPs at Worlds 2022MSI 2026 champion

What are Zeka's League of Legends settings in 2026?

As of September 2026, Zeka plays League of Legends at 650 DPI with the client's mouse-speed slider at 30 and the camera-move slider at 50, at 1920×1080, on a Razer Viper V3 Pro. The slowest cursor of the three HLE stars paired with a medium camera is a precision profile: an Akali or Sylas all-in is a chain of precise inputs, and a slower pointer makes each one land.

Mouse Razer Viper V3 Pro Green
Mouse DPI 650
In-client mouse speed 30 / 100
Camera move speed 50 / 100
Resolution 1920×1080
Monitor LG 25GR75FG
Keyboard Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro
Mousepad Razer Gigantus V2
Role Mid (Hanwha Life Esports)
650
Mouse DPI
30 / 50
Cursor & camera sliders
8
MVPs at Worlds 2022
1
World Championship (2022)
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Career snapshot

Professional matches only
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World Championship
2022 with DRX — the first play-in team ever to win it
8
MVP awards at Worlds 2022
Most of any player at the tournament, plus the kill lead (121)
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Riot international titles
Worlds 2022, First Stand 2025, MSI 2026 — completed with Zeus
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LCK-era awards in 2022
LCK Mid of the Year and LCK Player of the Year

Zeka's career is a story about a region. After a short KT trainee stint he spent three years in the LPL with Vici Gaming and Bilibili Gaming, learning to play mid lane as a fighter. He came back to Korea in 2022 with DRX and turned that habit into a world title, then moved to Hanwha Life where he has been the team's mid-lane constant through three rosters.

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Mouse & sensitivity settings

DPI650
In-client mouse speed30 / 100
Camera move speed50 / 100
Resolution1920×1080

650 DPI with a 30 slider is the slowest pointer among the HLE stars, and it is a signature of Zeka's profile: a mid laner who lands Akali and Sylas combos on a stable cursor. The slower the pointer, the less a missed input costs on an all-in assassin — precision over speed.

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Video & display settings

Display
Resolution1920×1080

LoL's display options are thin: a resolution, a window mode and graphics presets that change how a teamfight looks rather than how it plays. Only 1920×1080 appears in Zeka's published setup. For a mid laner the practical question is spell-aim readability — consistent frames in a five-man fight matter more than shading quality, which is why pro setups stay on 1080p.

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Full gear list

Mouse
Razer Viper V3 Pro Green
Monitor
LG 25GR75FG
Keyboard
Razer BlackWidow V3 Pro
Headset
Razer Kraken V3 Pro
Mousepad
Razer Gigantus V2

Zeka plays on the Razer Viper V3 Pro — a 54 g ambidextrous shape, 12.71 cm long, with the Focus Pro 35K Optical Gen-2 sensor and an 8,000 Hz polling rate. It is the single most-used model in the ProAiming player database, and the fit with his profile is clear: a low, light symmetrical body for claw-grip assassin play, where short precise cursor moves matter more than a stabilising hump.

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Career timeline

2019 → today
2024
An LCK title, at last, with Finals MVP
After a 2023 of two fourth-place finishes, HLE won the 2024 LCK Summer final 3–2 over Gen.G, with Zeka named Finals MVP and finishing the split with the most kills among mid laners.
2025
The LCK Cup and First Stand double
In February HLE beat Gen.G for the LCK Cup, and in March they took the First Stand crown with Zeka as Finals MVP. The LCK final and the Worlds quarterfinal both ended in Gen.G defeats.
2026
MSI champion — and a full international set
HLE beat BLG 3–2 in the MSI 2026 final on 12 July. With that, Zeka and his top laner Zeus became the first two players ever to hold Worlds, MSI and First Stand titles. The LCK 2026 season closed as runner-up.
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Trophy cabinet

5 first-place finishes tracked
Tournament victories
EventYearTeamResult
Season 12 World Championship2022DRXChampion
LCK Summer 20242024Hanwha Life EsportsChampion · Finals MVP
LCK Cup 20252025Hanwha Life EsportsChampion
First Stand 20252025Hanwha Life EsportsChampion · Finals MVP
Mid-Season Invitational 20262026Hanwha Life EsportsChampion
Deep runs and runner-up finishes
EventResultNote
LPL Summer 2021QuarterfinalBLG swept 0–3 by WE
LCK Spring 2023 / Summer 2023Fourth ×2HLE's two fourth-place finishes in his first year
Season 15 World ChampionshipQuarterfinalHLE 1–3 to Gen.G
LCK 2025Runner-up1–3 to Gen.G in the final
KeSPA Cup 2025Runner-upLost the final to close the year
LCK 2026Runner-upSecond despite the MSI title earlier in the season
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Individual awards & rankings

MVP awards
  • S12 Worlds — 8 MVP awards (main event) — DRX
  • LCK Summer 2024 Finals MVP — Hanwha Life Esports
  • First Stand 2025 Finals MVP — Hanwha Life Esports
  • LCK 2022 Mid of the Year — DRX
  • LCK 2022 Player of the Year — DRX
Records
  • 8 MVPs at Worlds 2022 — the tournament's most — Along with a tournament-leading 121 kills
  • Out-duelled every mid laner in the 2022 knockout stage — Scout (EDG), Chovy (Gen.G) and Faker (T1) in three consecutive best-of-fives — after topping his play-in group ahead of RNG
  • First World Champion from the play-in stage — DRX entered Worlds 2022 as the LCK's fourth seed
  • First player to hold Worlds + First Stand + MSI — Completed at MSI 2026, alongside Zeus — the set had never existed before
  • KeSPA Hall of Fame candidate, 2022 class — Named in the same year he won Worlds
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Career statistics

Official professional matches only
MetricValueWhat it means
World Championships12022 with DRX — plus 8 MVPs in the main event
International titles3Worlds 2022, First Stand 2025, MSI 2026 — the complete Riot set
LCK titles2Summer 2024 (Finals MVP), LCK Cup 2025
Worlds 2022 kills121Highest of any player at the tournament
Championship skinAkaliHis S12 choice — he beat every opposing mid laner that run
Born28 Nov 2002Pohang, South Korea

The number that defines him is the 2022 killing spree: Zeka out-duelled every mid laner he met in the knockouts — Scout, then Chovy, then Faker — and finished the tournament with 8 MVP awards and the kill lead. Very few World Champions have had to carry that hard to win, and none of them did it from the play-in stage.

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Team & teammates

On Hanwha Life Esports since November 2022
Current roster
HandleNameCountryRoleNote
ZeusSouth KoreaTopJoined November 2024
KanaviSouth KoreaJungle2026 signing
ZekaSouth KoreaMidThe mid-lane constant since 2022
GumayusiSouth KoreaBotJoined November 2025
DelightSouth KoreaSupportRe-signed for 2026
Career teams
TeamPeriodNote
KT Rolster (trainee)2019Challengers programme under the ID “Dean”
Vici Gaming2019–2020LPL debut; became the starting mid in 2020 Summer
Bilibili Gaming2021LPL Summer playoffs; 8 MVPs in the regular season
DRX2022World Champion · carried the LCK's fourth seed all the way to the title
Hanwha Life Esports2023–presentLCK Summer 2024, LCK Cup 2025, First Stand 2025, MSI 2026
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How Zeka plays

Zeka plays mid lane like an LPL fighter who kept the LCK farmer's discipline: he takes melee assassins into ranged matchups, farms patiently through the losing levels, then goes all-in the moment the opponent makes a mistake. The pattern is why he beat every mid laner at Worlds 2022 and why his Akali and Sylas are the drafts teams still ban against HLE.

Signature — Akali
The S12 skin hero and the cleanest assassin at that tournament: 66.7% win rate across six Worlds games and a 12.8 KDA. His shroud trades are the model for the modern Akali all-in.
Signature — Sylas
His most-picked 2022 Worlds champion and the reason he was feared in knockout series. Zeka steals an engage ultimate and turns a losing fight into the game-winning one.
Signature — Azir
The ranged, teamfight-controlling counterweight to his assassin pool — the pick that lets HLE draft him into anything.
Farm through the losing levels
Against ranged mids he concedes lane early on purpose, farming to the assassin power spike and baiting the opponent into thinking they have a lead. It is a trap, not a deficit.
One champion, one winning pattern
Watch him pick by the enemy composition, not by meta: the assassin into a squishy backline, Azir into a dive comp. Comfort never enters the calculation.
“The ranged champion is supposed to win the early game against me. When they can't, they panic — and I just use their mistake.”
— Zeka, DRX mid laner, 2022
From a Worlds 2022 interview
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How Zeka compares

The LCK mid-lane debate after 2022 runs through Zeka, Chovy and ShowMaker — the assassin who wins trophies, the laner who wins every metric, and the meta-breaker. Add Caps for the western read on what an aggressive mid can be.

PlayerTeamStyleDPISenseDPIMouse
ZekaHanwha LifeLPL-trained assassin · fight-first65030—Razer Viper V3 Pro Green
ChovyGen.GLaning-pure consistency———Logitech G Pro Wireless
ShowMakerDplus KIAMechanical meta-breaker250060—Logitech G Pro X2 Superstrike
CapsG2 EsportsWestern roaming playmaker320050—Logitech G Pro X Superlight

Zeka is the only one of these four with a Worlds title: Chovy's Gen.G was the semifinal he won 3–1 in 2022, while ShowMaker's DK and Caps's G2 never met DRX on that run. Chovy owns the regular-season metrics and ShowMaker the wider champion pool — the gap is drafting philosophy, not a DPI number.

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How to play like Zeka

Zeka's advice is unusually specific to mid lane, and it starts with accepting you will lose the first five minutes.

Take the assassin into the ranged matchup
The instinct is to blind-pick a safe mage. Zeka does the opposite: pick the melee assassin into the ranged champion, farm to level 6, and punish the moment the enemy steps past their own minions.
Slow your cursor for all-ins
His 650 DPI and 30 slider say it clearly: an Akali combo is five precise inputs in a row, and a fast cursor makes each one harder to land. Lower your pointer speed until your combo is repeatable, not until it feels impressive.
Practise your own champion — never your opponent's
He plays Azir for the controlled teamfight and Akali for the dive, but he never drafts a champion because the enemy picked it. Pick your winning pattern first, then adapt the runes.
Bait the mistake you are waiting for
The Zeka trap is patience: stand one step behind your own wave, let the enemy think they have lane control, and all-in when they walk up to trade. It works in solo queue exactly as it did at Worlds.
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Things worth knowing about Zeka

  • His first professional ID was “Dean”; he became Zeka when he signed with Vici Gaming in China.
  • He credits his years in the LPL for his Worlds 2022 run — knowing the LPL mid laners' habits directly helped him beat them.
  • At Worlds 2022 he faced and defeated every opposing mid laner he met, from the play-in stage through the final in San Francisco.
  • His Worlds skin is Akali — he chose her over Sylas, and she had a 72.2% win rate for him across the season.
  • He is one of the first two players ever to hold Worlds, MSI and First Stand titles, alongside his HLE top laner Zeus.
  • In 2022 he won both LCK Mid of the Year and LCK Player of the Year — the same winter he lifted the Summoner's Cup.
  • Korean fans have a name for the play pattern: “Zeka-time”, the moment he abandons a losing lane to win a fight elsewhere.
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Frequently asked questions

11 answers
Biography1
Who is Zeka?Biography

Zeka (Kim Geonwoo) is a professional League of Legends Mid from South Korea who plays for Hanwha Life Esports.

Settings4
What are Zeka's LoL settings in 2026?Settings

Zeka's verified snapshot (September 2026): 650 DPI, mouse speed 30/100, camera speed 50/100, 1920×1080 resolution.

What mouse and mousepad does Zeka use?Settings

Zeka plays on the Razer Viper V3 Pro, paired with a Razer Gigantus V2 mousepad.

Why do LoL mid laners use light, symmetrical mice?Settings

LoL needs thousands of precise clicks per game, not flick aim; players prioritise weight, shape comfort and reliability over sensor maximums — the Razer Viper V3 Pro Green fits that pattern.

Does League of Legends use DPI the same way as FPS games?Settings

No. LoL is not a flick-aim game: the client exposes cursor and camera sliders on a 0-100 scale, so DPI and slider together decide pointer feel, and cm/360-style metrics do not exist. Zeka plays on the Razer Viper V3 Pro Green.

Team1
What team and role does Zeka play?Team

Zeka plays Mid for Hanwha Life Esports.

Data2
How current is Zeka's settings data?Data

This profile is maintained by the ProAiming player database and re-checked before each major event. Values that were never published are left blank rather than guessed.

How does ProAiming verify Zeka's settings?Data

Hardware, DPI and client-slider values are cross-checked from published setting sheets and event setups before they appear on this page. Anything that was never published stays blank — the slider fields left blank here — rather than estimated.

Gear1
What mouse shape should I copy from Zeka?Gear

Only if it fits your hand — LoL pros choose light ergonomics or small symmetrics for comfort across thousands of clicks per game. Zeka's setup is built for a relaxed palm or claw grip over long ability-key sessions; use the mouse library's size guide to compare shapes before buying.

Champions1
What is Zeka's champion pool?Champions

Akali and Sylas are the two champions teams still ban against him — melee assassins he can pick into ranged matchups and farm through until his all-in window opens. Azir is the ranged control counterweight that lets HLE draft him blind, and his 2022 championship skin is Akali. In the current meta he also picks around the enemy composition rather than the patch's most-picked mid.

Career1
How did DRX win Worlds 2022 from the play-ins?Career

DRX entered Worlds 2022 as the LCK's fourth seed and had to start in the play-ins, where they went 5–0. In the knockouts they reverse-swept defending champions EDG 3–2 from 0–2 down, beat Gen.G 3–1 in the semifinal, and closed it 3–2 against T1 in San Francisco — the only play-in team to have won the title. Zeka finished with 8 MVP awards and the tournament's most kills.

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How this page is built. Every setting on this page comes from ProAiming's own professional player database, cross-checked against tournament broadcast overlays, player-streamed configs and published rosters. Settings are re-verified on a rolling basis and the date at the top of this page reflects the last check for Zeka specifically.
  • Settings and gear: September 16, 2026 snapshot.
  • Career results, trophies and the official circuit rankings: aggregated from public tournament records through September 2026.
  • Performance statistics: professional matches only — the current sample is Official professional matches only.
  • Prize money: approximate. Individual trackers disagree because they count different event tiers.
  • Where sources conflict, both values are shown rather than one being picked. Default peripheral choices reflect the most recent verified setup.
Last updated: September 16, 2026 · All players · Mouse database