VCT Pacific were the most prominent region across the international events last year taking home two of the three events with T1 taking home Masters Bangkok and Paper Rex took home Masters Toronto rounding out a win in Pacific last year with both Masters.

They also made up two of the top 4 in Champions Paris with Paper Rex and DRX grabbing 3rd and 4th place, solidifying that Pacific is still a region that has the capability to win a tournament given the right conditions.

In this article, we will be highlighting 5 players coming into 2026 that will be worth looking out for whether you are competing in this years Valorant Fantasy League, hosted by TMV, or if you are looking for players to take inspiration from for your ranked games. This is the article to look for VCT Pacific Ones to Watch!

5. GE PatMen

After his rookie season earned him a Masters winning performance at Toronto alongside Paper Rex, he unfortunately got the short end of the stick when an opportunity arised for Paper Rex to get a direct upgrade on his role.

Despite it being an upgrade, PatMen still brings so much to a roster that any team that picked him up over Invy was guaranteed to improve. The fact that Global Esports managed to grab him, could mean that the coaching staff at GE are finally a serious group and will now look towards winning Champs, as their Head Coach FrosT likes to put it.

4. DFM Meiy

VALORANT is huge in Japan and one of the reasons that it is still so massive is due to Meiy, the Japanese Duelist for DFM. He is one of the best mechanically gifted players in the league in the conversation with players such as Primmie, something, t3xture and f0rsaken.

With a team around him now that looks capable to make it difficult to count them out, Meiy might finally reach his potential as one of the best duelists in APAC, especially now with the meta so focused on gun fights rather than util.

3. GE Autumn

After playing the first of his years in China under FunPlusPhoenix, Autumn has finally joined a roster that speaks English, his native language. Whilst he put up incredible numbers on FPX at international events during 2024 and 2025 on the flex role, he wasn’t as comfortable due to the language barrier.

He has since confirmed that speaking English is a lot more comfortable for him and communicating in game has become a lot easier. With FrosT at the Head Coach position with the pick up of PatMen from Paper Rex, this team could do some serious damage this year, and Autumn is a big reason for that.

2. DRX HYUNMIN

For the majority of last year, HYUNMIN was performing well, however, he never reached the heights that he got to at Champions Paris with their composition of Wayaly Yoru. HYUNMIN accompanied by Flashback stormed past many teams including a double over Team Liquid, MiBR and even the formidable G2 Esports.

If he continues into 2026 refining his Waylay and also carrying that over to other Duelists, he can carry his team by himself to international events and hopefully break into a grand final for the first time in DRX’s history after their recent 3rd place finish at Champions Paris.

1. PRX Invy

Despite winning Masters Toronto and finishing top four at Champions Paris, they siezed upon an opportunity to pick-up one of the best Initiator players in the league who was Team Secret Invy.

Invy was consistently Team Secrets best player last year and this has led to fans speculating that they should build a team around him. However, they spectacularly let him go to Paper Rex and join 4 world champions.

During their Off-Season win at the Radiant invitational, he played perma Fade, alongside his team who flexed around allowing them to cleanly win the tournament and end the grand final with a 3-1 victory over Gen.G.

If he can continue his form from last year onto this new insane roster, there are big hopes for Invy and the entire Paper Rex roster to compete internationally at every event.