DRX (esports)

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

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

League of Legends

Domestic

• League of Legends Champions Korea

Winners: 2017 Summer, ^[a] 2018 Spring ^[b]

Runners-up: 2020 Summer

• KeSPA Cup

Runners-up: 2017 ^[a]

International

• League of Legends World Championship

Winners: 2022

• Mid-Season Invitational

Runners-up: 2018 ^[b]

Tekken 7

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

Valorant

• 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

League of Legends

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	Did not qualify
	Summer	18	4	14	.222	9th	Did not qualify

Honor of Kings

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

League of Legends

DRX League of Legends roster
Players	Coaches
Role Handle Name Nationality Top Rich Lee Jae-won South Korea Jungle Sponge Bae Young-jun South Korea Mid Ucal Son Woo-hyeon South Korea Bot Teddy Park Jin-seong South Korea Support Andil Moon Gwan-bin South Korea Support Alive  Noh Jin-wook South Korea	Head coach Kim "Ssong" Sang-soo Assistant coach(es) Kim "Frozen" Tae-il
Legend: (I) Inactive (S) Suspended Substitute Injury / Illness	Roster updated 15 January 2025.

Valorant

DRX Valorant roster
Players	Coaches
Handle Name Nationality 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

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

Source: ^[8]

Notes

1. as Longzhu Gaming
2. as Kingzone DragonX
3. as Vision Strikers

References

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

• 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 T1