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)
have announced the addition of FPS veteran Kang "solo"
Geun-chul (강근철) as head coach after news of his retirement from active play last month.
solo's career in Valorant started with
PROPARTY
PROPARTY
Inactive
allow
Park Sang-wook (박상욱)
Suggest
Seo Jae-young (서재영)
peri
Jung Bum-ki (정범기)
solo
Kang Geun-chul (강근철)
Lakia
Kim Jong-min (김종민)
back in October 2020 after making the transition from CS:GO. The team later became
NUTURN
NUTURN
Inactive
and took Challengers Korea by storm, despite a loss at Masters 1 to
Vision Strikers
Vision Strikers
Inactive
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Rb
Goo Sang-min (구상민)
Zest
Kim Ki-seok (김기석)
BuZz
Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
. In Stage 2, solo led NUTURN to a Masters berth and qualified for Reykjavik. There, the team found relative success, but lost to the likes of
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Unranked
N4RRATE
Marshall Massey
bang
Sean Bezerra
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
zekken
Zachary Patrone
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
and
FNATIC
FNATIC
Europe
Unranked
crashies
Austin Roberts
Boaster
Jake Howlett
kaajak
Kajetan Haremski
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Alfajer
Emir Ali Beder
, finishing third.
DAMWON were one map away from qualifying for Masters Berlin in Stage 3, but fell to
F4Q
F4Q
Inactive
Hermes
Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱)
Estrella
Park Gun (박건)
fiveK
Yoo Sung-min (유성민)
GOLD
Geum Chang-wan (금창완)
in the semifinals, consequently placing them in the APAC LCQ. There, DAMWON lost to
Global Esports
Global Esports
Asia-Pacific
Unranked
UdoTan
Go Kyung-won (고경원)
Kr1stal
Savva Fedorov
kellyS
Kelly Sedillo
Papi
Federico Evangelista
Deryeon
Derrick Yee
in their first match before mounting a comeback in the lower bracket where they were stopped by
FULL SENSE
FULL SENSE
Asia-Pacific
Unranked
Leviathan
Thanyathon Nakmee
Laz
Kittikawin Jirawatkakan
Killua
Tanate Teerasawad
seph1roth
Chinnakrit Phoojaroen
Potter
Sutthichai Promsrikaew
, the eventual APAC LCQ winner, in the lower-bracket finals.
solo soon after announced his retirement as a player on Twitter, before hinting a switch into a coaching role, which he is now fulfilling.
With a veteran presence added to the roster,
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)
are: