DRX DRX Korea Rank #5 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) has signed Song "HYUNMIN" Hyun-min (송현민) and No "freeing" Ha-jun (노하준). Both players look to fill the void left by departures from last year's squad, and boast experience from different Challengers leagues in VCT's Pacific region.

HYUNMIN, who was most recently on Japanese Challengers side CREST GAMING Zst CREST GAMING Zst Japan Rank #5 Brofeld bazz KEN Kapi sakurai , has been a Duelist player throughout the course of his young Valorant career. He only has 40 rounds of professional Valorant recorded, with 35 of those being on Jett or Raze. He will be one of the younger players in VCT, having turned 18 in February 2024.

freeing joins from Rare Atom Rare Atom China Rank #7 Yueluo Yi Zhiwei (尹志炜) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Satoshi Fei Zhixian (费郅贤) Midnight Wang Yingjie (王英杰) , who before falling in the grand final of China Ascension were on a dominant run. He played Sentinel most often for Rare Atom, but has also shown the ability to play the Controller role effectively. He joined Rare Atom shortly after being eliminated from the Korean Challengers VCL with Dplus Esports Dplus Esports Korea Rank #7 NGen Lee Jae-hong (이재홍) Bangnan Jung Min-u (정민우) RedLight Kim Eun-soo (김은수) kAyle Jung Soo-yong (정수용) Only1 Park Dan-il (박단일) , with whom he had spent all of the 2024 season with until that point.

DRX looks to follow up a tumultuous 2024 season by ushering in a new generation of players. The offseason leading into 2024 saw the Korean powerhouse depart with Rb and Zest , and then part ways with stax mid-season. Since the end of their season at Champions Seoul, they've also announced the departures of longtime duelist BuZz , who had been with the team since its Vision Strikers days in 2021, and 2024 newcomers BeYN and Foxy9 .

DRX is now:

  • Cho "Flashback" Min-hyuk (조민혁)
  • Kim "MaKo" Myeong-gwan (김명관)
  • Song "HYUNMIN" Hyun-min (송현민)
  • No "freeing" Ha-jun (노하준)
  • Pyeon "termi" Seon-ho (편선호) (Head coach)
  • Kim "glow" Min-soo (김민수) (Coach)
  • Kwon "Argency" Soon-woo (권순우) (Coach)