Korean organization Maru Gaming Maru Gaming Korea Rank #20 ANNYEON An Seo-jin (안서진) Dipa Yoon Ha-jun (윤하준) Xenus Lee Kyung-ho (이경호) mir Hwang Mir (황미르) GANGAZI Choi Min-yong (최민용) have released their roster following the end of their contracts.

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안녕하세요 마루게이밍 발로란트 팀입니다.

'Jeong Hi'선수, 'Chibab'선수, 'NakJi'선수, ‘WIX'선수, ’Moves'선수, 'Anaks'(예상준) 코치가 마루게이밍 팀과 계약이 만료되었습니다.

그동안 열심히 활동해준 선수들과 코치님께 감사드리며 앞으로 더 나은 모습으로 찾아뵙겠습니다.

#MARU #VALORANT

Maru were consistently near the top in Korea during their short stint in 2022, finishing in the top six in Stage 1 of VCT Korea Challengers. In Stage 2, the team came back with a vengeance by replacing GwangUh and Delta in favor of Moves from Team T5 Team T5 Inactive 단하나 kaze ELCbis Jr Redwater877 and Jeong Hi , formerly a longtime member of DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) . Their Stage 2 roster went on a miracle run in Challengers, finishing second only to DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) in the playoffs.

Defeating staples such as World Game Star World Game Star Korea Rank #25 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG , Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz , and DAMWON Gaming DAMWON Gaming Inactive Lakia Kim Jong-min (김종민) allow Park Sang-wook (박상욱) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Estrella Park Gun (박건) Esperanza Jeong Jin-cheol (정진철) in the Stage 2 Playoffs guaranteed Maru enough circuit points to qualify into the East Asia Last Chance Qualifier, placing above rival team WGS.

They were unable to replicate their success from VCT Korea's playoffs once in the LCQ, as their run ended winless, going 0-2 in games against REJECT REJECT Japan Rank #18 muto BNN take BRIAN IceBear and Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz to be knocked out in last place.

All five of the team's players, plus their head coach, will enter free agency.

The Maru Gaming roster were:

  • Kim "WIX" Doo-heon (김두헌)
  • Kim "NakJi" Sang-hyeop (김상협)
  • Kim "Chibab" Young-hyun (김영현)
  • Park "Moves" Jun-seo (박준서)
  • Lee "Jeong Hi" Jeong-ha (이정하)
  • Ye "Anaks" Sang-jun (예상준) (Coach)