Player
Jeong Sang-hyeon (정상현), known by the competitive IDs Irove and Kabbie, is a South Korean League of Legends support who won the 2018 KeSPA Cup as part of Griffin.
Career
Griffin · T1 Challengers · LOS
His documented team history includes stints in Korea, Europe and Brazil.[3]
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Jeong Sang-hyeon debuted with Griffin in 2018. He used Irove during the 2020 LCK Spring Split, then returned to his earlier competitive ID, Kabbie, when SANDBOX Gaming signed him that May. Griffin won the 2018 KeSPA Cup while he was on its roster.[1][2][4]
His later career included T1 Challengers, Zero Tenacity and LOS, with his last listed team stint ending in 2025. The available roster history documents a support career across Korea, Europe and Brazil.[3]
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