DRX
DRX
Korea
Rank #2
Flashback
Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁)
BuZz
Yu Byung-chul (유병철)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
have announced the departure of founding member Goo "Rb"
Sang-min (구상민) from the organization. The announcement comes one month after his initial move to the bench of the starting roster.
Rb signed with the then-
Vision Strikers
Vision Strikers
Inactive
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Rb
Goo Sang-min (구상민)
Zest
Kim Ki-seok (김기석)
BuZz
Yu Byung-chul (유병철)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
roster back in June of 2020 as the first Korean organization to enter Valorant. He, alongside the rest of the Korean MVP PK CS:GO roster, all joined VS in an early swap from Counter Strike to Valorant, accompanied by current DRX members Kim "Zest"
Ki-seok (김기석) and Kim "stax"
Gu-taek (김구택).
Under his three-year-long tenure with the Vision Strikers core, Rb helped bring home an 102-0 undefeated streak, alongside a collective five regional championships and multiple international qualifications, culminating with a top-three finish in Champions 2022.
Leading into the first year of partnerships and the transition to DRX, the team would fail to reach their previous strides throughout the year in comparison to their results from the seasons prior. Despite initial promise and a placement into the top-four in LOCK//IN, the beginning of the Pacific league and onward would spell unfortunate for the Korean side, losing twice against
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #1
mindfreak
Aaron Leonhart
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
in the VCT Pacific Playoffs for the first time ever to end off placing second in the Pacific. Their regional finish was followed up by an all-time lowest for DRX with a top-eight finish in Masters Tokyo and a familiar top-six finish in Champions 2023. The final event for DRX in 2023, the AfreecaTV VALORANT League, resulted in losses to
Sentinels
Sentinels
North America
Rank #4
TenZ
Tyson Ngo
Zellsis
Jordan Montemurro
zekken
Zachary Patrone
johnqt
Mohamed Amine Ouarid
Sacy
Gustavo Rossi
and Paper Rex to be eliminated in the group stage, and spelling the inevitable end of Rb's reign with the organization.
Rb's time away from a team is expected to be short lived, as recent rumors suggest that he will now be set to join Chinese organization
Titan Esports Club
Titan Esports Club
China
Rank #14
AC
Wei Jiacong (韦家聪)
LockM
Xing Fuling (邢福凌)
York
Yao Kun (姚堃)
Abo
Han Bohao (韩博皓)
kawaii
Piao Min (朴民)
Rb
Goo Sang-min (구상민)
, one of the eleven teams participating in the inaugural season of VCT China.
DRX
DRX
Korea
Rank #2
Flashback
Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁)
BuZz
Yu Byung-chul (유병철)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
are now: