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 Byung-chul (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 TenZ Tyson Ngo Zellsis Jordan Montemurro zekken Zachary Patrone johnqt Mohamed Amine Ouarid Sacy Gustavo Rossi and FNATIC FNATIC Europe Unranked Leo Leo Jannesson Derke Nikita Sirmitev Boaster Jake Howlett 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 blaZek1ng Gary Dastin Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury Polvi Niko Polvinen Benkai Benedict Tan Russ Russel Mendes in their first match before mounting a comeback in the lower bracket where they were stopped by FULL SENSE FULL SENSE Asia-Pacific Unranked JohnOlsen Chanawin Nakchain PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol Leviathan Thanyathon Nakmee foxz Itthirit Ngamsaard Sushiboys Panyawat Subsiriroj , 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:

  • Lee "Jeong Hi" Jeong-ha (이정하)
  • Kim "Eugene" Su-yeong (김수영)
  • Kim "t3xture" Na-ra (김나라)
  • Kim "Secret" Ha-jin (김하진)
  • Kang "iNTRO" Seung-gyun (강승균)
  • Kang "solo" Geun-chul (강근철) (Head coach)
  • Hong "Eraser" Chang-pyo (홍창표) (Coach)