Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) is set to sign Ko "Sylvan" Young-sub (고영섭) and Kim "GodDead" Sung-sin (김성신), according to sources close to the situation. The two are expected to take the spot of Kim "Secret" Ha-jin (김하진) on the roster.
Gen.G have been left with only five members on the roster ever since the departure of Kang "iNTRO" Seung-gyun (강승균) in December, one shy of the six required for partnered teams. The current roster most recently participated in LOCK//IN, where they were able to push hometown heroes LOUD LOUD Brazil Rank #2 dgzin Douglas Silva v1nny Vínicius Gonçalves pANcada Bryan Luna tuyz Arthur Andrade cauanzin Cauan Pereira to their limits in their debut match despite losing 0-2.
Sylvan, a longtime member of World Game Star World Game Star Korea Rank #25 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG , has been of interest to multiple organizations during the offseason, including 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) , according to a past report by Bo Hoogland. WGS consistently fell short of being title contenders in Challengers Korea, culminating with a top-four finish in 2022 Stage 2 Challengers, with Sylvan holding a 1.07 rating throughout the year. Despite an upwards trajectory, WGS parted ways with the tenured roster just before Split 1 of VCL Korea.
GodDead, a founding member of Incheon On Sla2ers Incheon On Sla2ers Korea Rank #29 VaNish XirZz , went on to finish in the upper echelon of Challengers throughout 2022. The team finished in second and the top-six in both stages of Challengers respectively, ending with a grand finals loss to EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) ZmjjKK Zheng Yongkang (郑永康) nobody Wang Senxu (王森旭) CHICHOO Wan Shunzhi (万顺治) Smoggy Zhang Zhao (张钊) in the East Asia LCQ. On Sla2ers released their roster following their failure to make it into the Pacific league, with three of GodDead's teammates going on to join Gen.G.
Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #1 Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung (정재성) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) yoman Chae Young-moon (채영문) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) should become: