DRX
DRX
Korea
Rank #5
Hermes
Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱)
yong
Kim Ho-yong (김호용)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
free1ng
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
has announced that it has called up
DRX Academy
DRX Academy
Korea
Rank #21
Kyra
Park Jae-young (박재영)
apeX
Lee Chan-min (이찬민)
Cloy
Kim Min-gyu (김민규)
Athan
Na Ha-jun (나하준)
player Kim "yong"
Ho-yong (김호용) to the team's main roster. The announcement comes six days after the team shared that yong was trialing for the main team and would be replaced in DRX Academy's matches by coach
rolex
.
Born in February of 2008, yong recently turned 18, meaning he will be eligible to compete in Pacific Stage 1. Since making his professional debut at the start of last year with DRX Academy, yong has played a number of roles. In Stage 1 , he juggled the Controller and Initiator roles as the team navigated the Tejo-centric play that dominated the meta at the time. In Stage 2, his role became more defined as the team's main Controller while also flexing onto Gekko in the team's Icebox comp. In Stage 3, a change of roles saw yong become the squad's go-to Duelist.
yong's addition expands DRX's active roster to six members. His addition may mark the departure of former
FEARX
FEARX
Korea
Rank #22
Zayn
Felix
Park Hyeon-ho (박현호)
empty
Lee Won-bin (이원빈)
Distinct
Kim Sun-myeong (김선명)
Yusung
Day1
player
Hermes
, who joined the team shortly after
Flashback
's retirement and finished Pacific Kickoff as the team's lowest-rated player. yong's versatility may allow for DRX to utilize different double-Duelist or double-Controller comps, giving him a more defined role as opposed to Hermes, who played three different roles across DRX's six Kickoff matches.
After finishing third at Champions Paris to end its 2025 campaign, DRX entered the 2026 season with Flashback for Hermes being the only roster change, but seemed to struggle to live up to its form from the previous year. DRX lost to
FULL SENSE
FULL SENSE
Asia-Pacific
Rank #6
Leviathan
Thanyathon Nakmee
Killua
Tanate Teerasawad
thyy
Anupong Preamsak
primmie
Papaphat Sriprapha
JitBoyS
Jittana Nokngam
to start its tournament, then bounced back with a win over
VARREL
VARREL
Japan
Rank #2
C1ndeR
Ko Jae-hyuk (고재혁)
Klaus
Kim Min-hyuk (김민혁)
XuNa
Kim Tae-geon (김태건)
oonzmlp
Shin Sang-beom (신상범)
Zexy
Jang Suk-hyun (장석현)
before being sent to the lower bracket by rivals
T1
T1
Korea
Rank #2
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Meteor
Kim Tae-oh (김태오)
BuZz
Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철)
iZu
Ham Woo-ju (함우주)
Munchkin
Byeon Sang-beom (변상범)
. A win over
ZETA DIVISION
ZETA DIVISION
Japan
Rank #12
Absol
Kazuki Fujinoki
SyouTa
Shota Aoki
SugarZ3ro
Shota Watanabe
eKo
Yeom Wang-ryong (염왕룡)
Xdll
Yuto Mizomori
and a revenge victory over FULL SENSE extended DRX's Kickoff run, but a loss to the eventually Masters Santiago-bound
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #1
invy
Adrian Jiggs Reyes
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
saw DRX finish sixth.
DRX head coach termi has shown a willingness to promote from within in recent years, with yong now the third former DRX Academy player to make the jump to the main roster, joining BeYN and Flashback.
DRX
DRX
Korea
Rank #5
Hermes
Ahn Byeong-wook (안병욱)
yong
Kim Ho-yong (김호용)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
free1ng
No Ha-jun (노하준)
HYUNMIN
Song Hyun-min (송현민)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
's full roster is now:
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