The defending champions will not be at Worlds 2023.
That will be HyeokGyu “Deft” Kim ofDplus KIAand Chang-hyeon “Pyosik” Hong ofTeam Liquid.
However, DRX isn’t the only big-name team to miss out on Worlds this year.
HLE also went all-in for Park “Viper” Do-hyeon, who won Worlds in 2021 with EDward Gaming.
Unfortunately, HLE could not get much going for them this season.
The team could only get as high as fifth during the LCK Spring Split group stage.
Despite all of that, HLE still had one more shot to Worlds 2023 via the LCK Regional Finals.
Sadly, HLE once again fell to KT for the third time this season in a best-of-five setting.
DRX
One of the biggest talking points of this season has been DRX and its fall from grace.
This is only the third time RNG has missed out on Worlds with the last back in 2020.
Its greatest run was attending the world championship for five seasons straight from 2014 - 2018.
However, they could only muster a third-place finish, which wasn’t enough to get them to MSI.
After seeing off Team WE and Oh My God, EDG had just one more best-of-five against Top Esports.
Sadly, it was the latter who came out on top to eliminate EDG.
Their first chance came in the upper bracket finals against LNG Esports, which EDG lost 3-1.
The team’s overall performance in the group stage improved, which saw them finish in third.
