Rex Regum Qeon
Rex Regum Qeon
Asia-Pacific
Rank #16
Monyet
Cahya Nugraha
xffero
David Monangin
Jemkin
Maksim Batorov
Estrella
Park Gun (박건)
have signed Cahya "Monyet"
Nugraha as their fifth player. RRQ recently benched
fl1pzjder
after they missed Stage 1 playoffs, and monyet was moved to Paper Rex's inactive roster upon Jinggg's return to the lineup.
The move reunites monyet with
Lmemore
and coach
Ewok
, with whom he played with under the
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Inactive
banner in 2022. The team reached the APAC LCQ grand final, where they ultimately lost to BOOM Esports. "Monyet has always been a player I wanted to work with again," coach Ewok said. "Once he got placed on the reserve roster at PRX, [we] were of course interested."
While monyet doesn't necessarily represent a one-to-one replacement over fl1pzjder, both monyet and the RRQ roster have shown they are willing and able to make role swaps to accommodate different metas. monyet's best VCT performances have been on controller, and
Estrella
, who had played the role since joining, was an initiator player for his previous team,
Dplus Esports
Dplus Esports
Korea
Rank #6
Yyy
NGen
Lee Jae-hong (이재홍)
.
"monyet brings in a bit more firepower and as a young player he has a lot of room to grow and improve even further," Ewok added. "With Estrella taking over the IGL role for us, its a move that makes a lot of sense. Fl1p is a great player and has been one of the main pillars in our team, but we are always looking [at ways to] improve the team and bring more consistent results."
With monyet's pedigree and experience gained from playing with one of the best teams in the region, RRQ hope to bounce back from a rough start to the 2024 season. Despite not qualifying to either Masters event, Champions qualification is not out of reach for the team. Their positive record in Stage 1 means they are currently in fourth place in the overall standings, and they are tied for sixth place in terms of championship points.
Teams will qualify to Champions based on their Stage 2 playoffs performance, and the top six teams in terms of overall standings advance to playoffs. A fourth seed is available for whichever team has the most championship points but does not finish in the top three.
Rex Regum Qeon
Rex Regum Qeon
Asia-Pacific
Rank #16
Monyet
Cahya Nugraha
xffero
David Monangin
Jemkin
Maksim Batorov
Estrella
Park Gun (박건)
will next play in Stage 2 against
DetonatioN FocusMe
DetonatioN FocusMe
Japan
Rank #6
Medusa
An Min-cheol (안민철)
neth
Yusuke Matsuda
Meiy
Ibuki Seki
SSeeS
Tomonori Okimura
Anthem
Yoshitaka Enomoto
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