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 completed their roster with the return of Lee "Hate" Ye-hun (이예훈).

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One of DWG KIA Valorant's founding members, Lee Ye-hun aka "Hate," has returned to compete.

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Hate made his mark with Cloud9 Korea Cloud9 Korea Inactive Bazzi Park Jun-ki (박준기) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) Hate Lee Ye-hun (이예훈) xeta Son Seon-ho (손선호) , who were a driving force early on in the Korean scene. C9KR disbanded following their top-four finish in First Strike: Korea after losing to eventual winners DRX DRX Korea Rank #3 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) free1ng No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) BeYN Kang Ha-bin (강하빈) .

Hate would later join the inaugural DAMWON Gaming roster, where they would take part in Stage 1: Challengers 1. However, he was dropped from the roster before Stage 1: Challengers 2.

The Korean star would have a brief stint in Japan, joining DetonatioN FocusMe DetonatioN FocusMe Japan Rank #3 Meiy Ibuki Seki Art Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Akame Yu Gwang-hui (유광희) gyen . DGW and Hate competed in Stage 2: Challengers open qualifiers, but were eliminated early on in both sets.

Hate returned to Korea to join TNL Esports TNL Esports Inactive TS Yu Tae-seok (유태석) exy Park Geun-cheol (박근철) Jinboong Kim Jin-won (김진원) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) , a rising team in the Korean hierarchy. During Stage 3: Challengers, TNL blitzed through, losing only two maps before being in the playoffs. Hate and company beat World Game Star World Game Star Korea Rank #25 Wenty Yang Geon-mo (양건모) YUNSEUNG in the quarterfinals, before losing to eventual Masters: Berlin quarterfinalist DRX.

Before the start of the 2022 circuit, The Korean journeyman once again returned to Japan, playing for new entrants Jadeite Jadeite Inactive , alongside fellow Korean Park "allow" Sang-wook (박상욱). Despite the star power, Jadeite failed to qualify for Stage 1: Challengers, given their eliminations in both sets of open qualifiers.

DAMWON Gaming and Hate are set to compete in Stage 2: Challengers, beginning early May.

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) is now:

  • Park "exy" Geun-cheol (박근철)
  • Kim "t3xture" Na-ra (김나라)
  • Jung "Bangnan" Min-u (정민우)
  • Jeong "Esperanza" Jin-cheol (정진철)
  • Lee "Hate" Ye-hun (이예훈)
  • Kang "solo" Geun-chul (강근철) (Head coach)