Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #5 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov has announced the signing of former NAOS NAOS Asia-Pacific Rank #30 PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol xavi8k Xavier Juan Mojer Jerome Literal player Patrick "PatMen" Mendoza. The signing is the organization's first roster move involving a player since Monyet left in May of 2024.

The team announced that PatMen would be joining as the team's sixth man on the roster, with no other changes made.

“As VALORANT reaches its 5th year, it's no surprise that the VCT circuit is more competitive than ever, and we must energise and reinvigorate ourselves. An injection of new blood with young eyes brings fresh perspectives to our game. Adding PatMen to the PRX family allows us to widen our experiments with a greater breadth of playstyles,” Paper Rex Chief Gaming Officer Harley “dsn” Örwall said.

The signing of PatMen brings newfound flexibility to PRX's roster. He plays the Initiator and Duelist roles the most, with Breach and Yoru being prevalent in his agent pool to start 2025. He departed NAOS in March, a few weeks after the team's elimination from the playoffs of Southeast Asia Split 1. Before NAOS, PatMen played for ZOL Esports ZOL Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 Hotsauz Yousef Imad El-Yousef Emman Emmanuel Morales ZYND Christian Lopez Kakarot Oscar Farin Jr. Kevzii Franz Kevin Dingal and Stream Raiders Nacague Stream Raiders Nacague Asia-Pacific Rank #79 Shintaro Mark Daryl Timbang Corpuz Worship Ian Ga ABATMAN Franc Lenard Meija . He was also on TALON TALON Asia-Pacific Rank #11 Killua Tanate Teerasawad thyy Anupong Preamsak Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha 's roster for a time in 2022, but never saw the stage for them.

Paper Rex entered 2025 with the same roster it ended the previous year with. In 2024, they continued to make their mark as one of the dominant forces in the Pacific Region. After finishing second at Pacific Kickoff, they lifted Stage 1, and finished third at Stage 2. That success didn't quite translate to the international stage, though. While they started the year with a third-place finish at Masters Madrid, a playoff exit at Masters Shanghai and a group stage elimination Champions 2024 ended the year on a sour note.

At Pacific Kickoff to start 2025, Paper Rex earned a first-round bye as one of the region's four teams to reach Champions. However, their first matchup saw them fall against newly-formed Korean superteam T1 T1 Korea Rank #1 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) , who would later go on to lift Masters Bangkok. After a dominant victory over ZETA DIVISION ZETA DIVISION Japan Rank #2 Dep Yuma Hashimoto SugarZ3ro Shota Watanabe CLZ Hikaru Mizutani SyouTa Shota Aoki Xdll Yuto Mizomori , a surprise 2-0 loss to DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen , which saw the Pacific powerhouse drop the second map 13-1, meant Paper Rex was eliminated. The loss meant that Paper Rex's streak of nine straight international appearances, dating back to Masters Reykjavik in 2022, was over.

With PatMen's signing, Paper Rex's six-man roster is: