Xipto Esports Xipto Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #22 canady Napatr Worajak doffy Worlalop Thangsiri aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Surf Thanachart Rungapajaratkul endoist Natthanon Ammaree has signed the 555 555 Inactive canady Napatr Worajak doffy Worlalop Thangsiri aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Surf Thanachart Rungapajaratkul endoist Natthanon Ammaree core, consisting of Napatr "canady" Worajak, Worlalop "doffy" Thangsiri, Wattanachok "aLerT" Yingnakorn, Thanachart "Surf" Rungapajaratkul, Natthanon "endoist" Ammaree, and head coach "ASI" .

The 555 core won the Pacific Challengers LCQ, qualifying them to the VCT Pacific Stage 2 Play-Ins. The org confirmed that assistant coach bnwgiggs has also joined, though is in a "behind the scenes" role.

555 was formed at the start of the year as a PUG squad, and started the year in a sprint by winning the SEA Split 1 Thailand Qualifier, dropping just four maps in a one-loss campaign. In Split 1, the team finished third behind fellow Thai squad Sharper Esports Sharper Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #2 Kadoom Kantapong Kingthong Apinya Apinya Laotaew Laz Kittikawin Jirawatkakan PTC Kititkawin Rattanasukol NIZ and Singaporean team Motiv Esports Motiv Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #10 . 555 qualified for SEA Split 2 by finishing second in Thailand to just Sharper, seemingly the one team that has gotten the better of them this year. At the end of Split 2, Sharper punched its ticket to the Play-Ins, while 555 was sent to the LCQ.

At the LCQ, 555 showed resilience, going up against teams from Oceania ( Yi-Jing Yi-Jing Oceania Rank #1 KADIRI SWERL Ali Kobraee FLOGA Minimise Jackson White Dragon Nicholas Aleksandrovsky ), South Asia ( No Salary Peek No Salary Peek Asia-Pacific Rank #17 sayoo Willy Ivandra deecee Daivik Chauhan damaraa Damara Danuardi Lightningfast Abhirup Choudhury hellff Sagnik Roy ), and the next-best team in SEA on points ( Fancy United Esports Fancy United Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #3 f1cio Hoàng Ngọc Sơn bucute YESicaN Đinh Đình Đạt Nia twilight ). 555 lost in the Upper Final to Fancy United, but managed to claw its way back through the Lower Final and defeat them 3-0 in the Grand Final to earn entry into the Play-In.

While 555/Xipto's entry into the Play-In marks a chance for several players to make a name for themselves. For one, it is a return to top-level competition. While endoist, duffy, canady, and aLerT have never played in VCT or a pre-partnership international, Surf competed in VCT in 2024 for TALON TALON Inactive Killua Tanate Teerasawad thyy Anupong Preamsak Crws Thanamethk Mahatthananuyut JitBoyS Jittana Nokngam primmie Papaphat Sriprapha and also reached the international stage in 2022 with XERXIA Esports XERXIA Esports Inactive .

Joining Xipto in the Play-Ins from the Challengers level will be Sharper Esports through its SEA Split 2 win, ONSIDE GAMING ONSIDE GAMING Korea Rank #6 Xiesta Jung Si-hwan (정시환) loan Ray Oh Eun-hyuk (오은혁) Awayk Song Yoon-ho (송윤호) Cloudy Koo Min-jae (구민재) Wolverine Cho Hyun-tae (조현태) from Korea, and one of four Japanese VCL teams. The Challengers teams will go up against eight VCT teams in a 12-team double-elimination bracket, with Group Alpha and Group Omega's third through sixth seeds competing for four spots in the Playoffs.

Xipto Esports Xipto Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #22 canady Napatr Worajak doffy Worlalop Thangsiri aLerT Wattanachok Yingnakorn Surf Thanachart Rungapajaratkul endoist Natthanon Ammaree ' full roster ahead of the Play-Ins is: