VALORANT player Lakia returns to Gen.G Esports

Gen.G Esports has announced the return of Kim ‘Lakia’ Jong-min to the organisation’s VALORANT roster.

Throughout his earlier tenure at Gen.G, the Korean participant helped safe second place at Masters Madrid 2024 in addition to successful Masters Shanghai 2024.

Lakia is a veteran within the Korean VALORANT esports scene with over 4 years of aggressive expertise. In 2020, the previous Counter-Strike participant made his transition to Riot Video games’ new shooter as a part of the long-lasting Imaginative and prescient Strikers squad, which was later acquired by DRX.

Along with the likes of Kim ‘MaKo’ Myeong-kwan and Yu ‘BuZz’ Byung-chul, Lakia attended Masters Berlin 2021 and completed third at Masters Reykjavík in the identical 12 months. In October 2023, the participant joined Gen.G for the primary time and went on to win Masters Shanghai and VCT 2024: Pacific Stage 2.

Nonetheless, each Lakia and Masters Bangkok 2025 winner Kim ‘Meteor’ Tae-oh departed the organisation throughout the low season. Whereas Meteor moved to fellow Korean staff T1, Lakia struggled with a wrist injury.

After specializing in esports consulting for a 12 months, Lakia revealed in June that he was on the lookout for aggressive alternatives once more.

His second signing with Gen.G additionally reunites the participant together with his 2023 teammates Kim ‘t3xture’ Na-ra and Kim ‘Karon’ Received-tae to kind the next lineup:

To this point, it’s unclear if Lakia will make his VCT comeback subsequent week and whose place he would change on Gen.G’s energetic roster.

“I don’t know what is going to occur, however I’ll do my greatest,” commented the VALORANT athlete on his private social media.

Gen.G has fielded VALORANT rosters since 2020 and was picked up as a VCT Pacific Accomplice Staff in the beginning of franchising in 2023.

Though the staff has failed to say one other tier-one trophy since final 12 months, it displayed a formidable efficiency throughout the Masters Toronto 2025 Swiss Stage in June.

Identified for its prowess with the Viper-Omen staff comp, Gen.G at present sits on the high of Group Alpha in VCT Pacific Stage 2’s Group Stage. Its subsequent match will happen on August eighth at 9 am BST towards Nongshim RedForce.