Top Korean region DRX started the current season quite well, but even this did not save the team from changes. Today it became known that the club's management has decided to transfer the first team player Cho “ Flashback ” Min-hyuk back to the academy.
Who is Flashback
Cho " Flashback " Min-hyuk is a young 19-year-old professional player. He made his debut on the Valorant competitive scene in mid-2023 starting from the DRX Prospect academic roster. Only a few months later, Flashback achieved excellent results and was promoted to the main team.
In the main squad, the young player continued to show good results and helped the team to win: 2nd place at VCT 2024: Pacific Stage 2, 5-6th place at VALORANT Champions 2024, and several prizes during the offseason.
This season, the team also showed quite good results. The 1st place at the VCT 2025 Pacific Kickoff guaranteed the team a slot at the Masters Bangkok 2025, where the club eventually took 5th-6th place.
Moving to the academic squad
But despite these results, today it became known that Flashback will still return to the academic squad. A message appeared on the team's official social media, in which representatives of the organization stated that after discussions, a decision was made to transfer.
Hello, DRX VALORANT. After careful discussion and consideration, it has been mutually decided that Minhyuk “ Flashback ” Cho will leave the DRX roster and join the DRX Academy. DRX will continue to support Flashback in his development as a player along with the organization. We sincerely ask for your continued support and encouragement. Thank you.
The reasons for this decision were not announced, but it is definitely not about his results. For example, you can see the statistics of the VCT 2025 Pacific Kickoff grand final where DRX beat T1 . In this match, Flashback showed good results and took second place among his team.
Now DRX is competing at VCT 2025: Pacific Stage 1, where they are one of the group favorites with a score of 3:1. The refore, we will follow the team to see how the top of the Pacific region will perform with the new lineup.
