DRX (esports)

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DRX
DivisionsLeague 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)
LocationSouth Korea
Championships1× World Championship (2022)
League titles2× League of Legends Champions Korea
PartnersShinhan Bank, Kakao Friends, Red Bull, McLaren, HyperX, Xenics, ETAC, Logitech G
Websitewww.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[edit]

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[edit]

League of Legends[edit]

Domestic[edit]

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

International[edit]

Winners: 2022
Runners-up: 2018[b]

Tekken 7[edit]

Valorant[edit]

  • VCT Challengers Korea
    • Winners: 2021 Stage 1,[c] 2021 Stage 3,[c] 2022 Stage 1, 2022 Stage 2
  • VCT Pacific
    • Runners-up: 2023

Tournament results[edit]

League of Legends[edit]

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

Honor of Kings[edit]

Year Event Placement Last match Result
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[edit]

League of Legends[edit]

DRX League of Legends roster
Players Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality
Top Rascal Kim Kwang-hee South Korea
Jungle Sponge Bae Young-jun South Korea
Mid SeTab Song Kyeong-jin South Korea
Bot Teddy Park Jin-seong South Korea
Support Pleata Son Min-woo South Korea
Head coach

Kim "Micro" Mok-gyeong

Assistant coach(es)

Kim "Crush" Jun-seo

Legend:
  • (I) Inactive
  • (S) Suspended
  • Substitute player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated 14 January 2024.

Valorant[edit]

DRX Valorant roster
Players Coaches
Handle Name Nationality
stax Kim Gu-taek South Korea
Flashback Cho Min-hyuk South Korea
BuZz Yu Byung-chul South Korea
MaKo Kim Myeong-kwan South Korea
Foxy9 Jung Jae-sung 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 player Substitute
  • Injured Injury / Illness
  

Roster updated 24 January 2024.

DRX FGC[edit]

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

Source:[8]

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

  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[edit]

Awards and achievements
Preceded by League of Legends World Championship winner
2022
With: Kingen, Pyosik, Zeka, Deft, BeryL 		Succeeded by
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