DRX (esports)

South Korean esports organization

DRX

Divisions| League of Legends
Tekken 7
Valorant
Warcraft
Team history|

League of Legends

* Incredible Miracle (2012–2016)
* Longzhu Gaming (2016–2018)
* Kingzone DragonX (2018–2019)
* DragonX (2019–2020)

Valorant

* Vision Strikers (2020–2021)

Location| South Korea
Championships| 1× World Championship (2022)
League titles| 2× League of Legends Champions Korea
Partners| Shinhan Bank, Kakao Friends, Red Bull, McLaren, HyperX, Xenics, ETAC, Logitech G
Website| www.drx.gg

DRX, formerly known as DragonX, is a South Korean esports organization with teams competing in League of Legends, Tekken 7, Valorant and Warcraft. It previously had teams competing in Honor of Kings and Clash Royale.[1]

DRX's League of Legends division competes in the League of Legends Champions Korea (LCK). It has won two back-to-back LCK titles (2017 Summer and 2018 Spring) and the 2022 edition of the League of Legends World Championship.[2]

## History

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DRX's League of Legends division was initially named Incredible Miracle in 2012. In January 2016, Incredible Miracle was rebranded as Longzhu Gaming, which took over the name of their sponsor, LongZhu TV.[3][4]

Longzhu Gaming was sold to Kingzone in January 2018, and was rebranded as Kingzone DragonX.[5][6]

In October 2019, Kingzone DragonX was renamed as DragonX, and was then abbreviated as DRX.[7]

## Honours

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### League of Legends

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#### Domestic

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* League of Legends Champions Korea

Winners: 2017 Summer,[a] 2018 Spring[b]
Runners-up: 2020 Summer

* KeSPA Cup

Runners-up: 2017[a]

#### International

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* League of Legends World Championship

Winners: 2022

* Mid-Season Invitational

Runners-up: 2018[b]

### Tekken 7

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* Evolution Championship Series
* Winners: 2022 (Bae "Knee" Jae-min)

### Valorant

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* VCT Challengers Korea
* Winners: 2021 Stage 1,[c] 2021 Stage 3,[c] 2022 Stage 1, 2022 Stage 2

* VCT Pacific League
* Runners-up: 2023

* VCT Pacific Stage 2
* Runners-up: 2024

* Valorant Champions
* Third place: 2022

## Tournament results

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### League of Legends

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Year  | League of Legends Champions Korea | Mid-Season Invitational | World Championship

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P | W | L | W–L% | Pos. | Playoffs
As Longzhu Gaming
2016  | Spring  | 18  | 8  | 10  | .444  | 7th  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
Summer  | 18  | 7  | 11  | .389  | 8th  | Did not qualify
2017  | Spring  | 18  | 8  | 10  | .444  | 7th  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Quarterfinals
Summer  | 18  | 14  | 4  | .778  | 1st | Winners
As Kingzone DragonX
2018  | Spring  | 18  | 16  | 2  | .889  | 1st | Winners | Runners-up  | Did not qualify
Summer  | 18  | 13  | 5  | .722  | 3rd  | Round 2
2019  | Spring  | 18  | 13  | 5  | .722  | 3rd  | Round 3  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
Summer  | 18  | 9  | 9  | .500  | 7th  | Did not qualify
As DragonX / DRX
2020  | Spring  | 18  | 14  | 4  | .778  | 3rd  | Round 3  | Did not qualify | Quarterfinals
Summer  | 18  | 15  | 3  | .833  | 2nd  | Runners-up
2021  | Spring  | 18  | 9  | 9  | .500  | 5th  | Quarterfinals  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
Summer  | 18  | 2  | 16  | .111  | 10th  | Did not qualify
2022  | Spring  | 18  | 11  | 7  | .611  | 4th  | Quarterfinals  | Did not qualify | Winners
Summer  | 18  | 9  | 9  | .500  | 6th  | Quarterfinals
2023  | Spring  | 18  | 3  | 15  | .167  | 9th  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
Summer  | 18  | 6  | 12  | .333  | 6th  | Round 1
2024  | Spring  | 18  | 3  | 15  | .167  | 9th  | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | Did not qualify
Summer  | 18  | 4  | 14  | .222  | 9th  | Did not qualify

### Honor of Kings

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Year  | Event  | Placement  | Last match  | Result

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2018  | 2018 Honor of Kings Champion Cup Summer Season  | 3–4  | KZ vs eStar Pro  | 0–4
Korea King Pro League Autumn 2018  | 1st | KZ vs ROX Phoenix  | 4–0
2018 Honor of Kings Champion Cup Winter Season  | 5–8  | Group stage  | 2–4
2019  | Korea King Pro League Spring 2019  | 3rd  | KZ vs Nova Esports  | 0–4

## Roster

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### League of Legends

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DRX League of Legends roster

Players | Coaches
| Role  | Handle  | Name  | Nationality

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Top  | Rich  | Lee Jae-won  | South Korea
Jungle  | Juhan  | Lee Ju-han  | South Korea
Jungle  | Sponge  | Bae Young-jun  | South Korea
Mid  | SeTab  | Song Kyeong-jin  | South Korea
Mid  | Ucal  | Son Woo-hyeon  | South Korea
Bot  | Teddy  | Park Jin-seong  | South Korea
Support  | Andil  | Moon Gwan-bin  | South Korea
Support  | Pleata  | Son Min-woo  | South Korea

Head coach

Kim "Ssong" Sang-soo

Assistant coach(es)

Kim "Crush" Jun-seo

* * *

Legend:

* (I) Inactive
* (S) Suspended
*   *   *   * Substitute
* Injury / Illness

Roster updated 26 November 2024.

### Valorant

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DRX Valorant roster

Players | Coaches
| Handle  | Name  | Nationality

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|

Freeing  | No Ha-jun  | South Korea
Flashback  | Cho Min-hyuk  | South Korea
Hyunmin  | Song Hyun-min  | South Korea
MaKo  | Kim Myeong-kwan  | South Korea

Head coach

Pyeon "termi" Seon-ho

Assistant coach(es)

* Kwon "Argency" Soon-woo
* Kim "glow" Min-soo

* * *

Legend:

* (I) Inactive
* (S) Suspended
*   *   *   * Substitute
* Injury / Illness

Roster updated 19 October 2024.

### DRX FGC

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Player  | Name

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Knee  | Bae Jae-min
Chanel  | Kang Seong-ho
Infested  | Park Byung-ho
poka  | Shunsuke Abe
Leshar  | Shin Moon-sup

Source:[8]

## Notes

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1. ^ a b as Longzhu Gaming
2. ^ a b as Kingzone DragonX
3. ^ a b as Vision Strikers

## References

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1. ^ "왕자영요, 한국 프로리그 전초작업 대규모 '아마' 토너먼트 개최". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
2. ^ Liao, Shannon. "DRX beats T1 to win 2022 League of Legends World Championship". Washington Post. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
3. ^ "'아듀 IM'...롱주-IM, 롱주로 팀명과 엠블렘 변경". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
4. ^ "IM战队最新图标正式出炉 龙珠IM宣布成军！_兔玩网英雄联盟LOL专区". lol.tuwan.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
5. ^ "Kingzone Acquires and Rebrands Longzhu Gaming". The Esports Observer. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
6. ^ "League of Legends: Kingzone Takes Over Longzhu Gaming". invenglobal.com. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
7. ^ "킹존 드래곤X, '드래곤X'로 새로운 출발...FEG로부터 독립". sports.news.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 10 October 2019.
8. ^ "FGC". drx.gg. Retrieved 24 January 2024.

## External links

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* Official website
* DRX on Twitter

Awards and achievements

Preceded by

Edward Gaming

|  League of Legends World Championship winner
2022
With:  Kingen, Pyosik, Zeka, Deft, BeryL  | Succeeded by

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League of Legends Champions Korea

Teams|

* BNK FearX
* Dplus KIA
* DRX
* Gen.G
* Hanwha Life Esports
* KT Rolster
* Kwangdong Freecs
* Nongshim RedForce
* OKSavingsBank Brion
* T1

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* 2016
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023
* 2024

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