Punch

Punch
Retired as Player
Punch
Background Information
Name	Son Min-hyuk (손민혁)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	June 6, 1998 (age 27)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Role	; Coach
Competitive IDs	Satomi
Soloqueue IDs	KR: SANDBOX Punch; EUW: 0ctober
Social Media & Links

Overview

Tournament Results

Stats

Match History

Son "Punch" Min-hyuk (Hangul: 손민혁) is a League of Legends esports player, previously coach for DN Freecs Challengers. His name was previously stylized PuNch. He was previously known as Satomi.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Pathos	May 20152015-05-25^[1]	≈Aug 2015≈2015-08-??	≈2mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kongdoo Monster	May 20162016-05-25^[4]	Nov 20172017-11-19^[2]	1yr 5mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠DAMWON	Feb 20182018-02-12^[6]	Nov 20192019-11-26^[5]	1yr 9mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠SANDBOX Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-09^[8]	Nov 20202020-11-10^[7]	11mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠GEN Challengers	Dec 20212021-12-22^[10]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[9]	10mo 30d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DN Freecs	Nov 20242024-11-18^[13]	Jul 20252025-07-03^[11]	7mo 15d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DN Freecs Challengers	Jul 20252025-07-03^[29]	Nov 20252025-11-17^[26]	4mo 14d ejel

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Pathos	May 20152015-05-25^[1]	≈Aug 2015≈2015-08-??	≈2mo 13d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kongdoo Monster	May 20162016-05-25^[4]	Nov 20172017-11-19^[2]	1yr 5mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠DAMWON	Feb 20182018-02-12^[6]	May 20192019-05-30^[30]	1yr 3mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠DAMWON	May 20192019-05-30^[30]	Nov 20192019-11-26^[5]	5mo 27d ejel
KR	⁠⁠SANDBOX Gaming	Dec 20192019-12-09^[8]	Nov 20202020-11-10^[7]	11mo 1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠GEN Challengers	Dec 20212021-12-22^[10]	Nov 20222022-11-21^[9]	10mo 30d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs	Nov 20242024-11-18^[13]	Dec 20242024-12-25^[31]	1mo 7d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DN Freecs	Dec 20242024-12-25^[31]	Jul 20252025-07-03^[11]	6mo 9d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DN Freecs Challengers	Jul 20252025-07-03^[29]	Nov 20252025-11-17^[26]	4mo 14d ejel

News

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2024
2025

KR	⁠⁠PTS	May 25, Exile, Satomi, tak2, Mangchi, Meng, gari, sayHooN, and JM join.^[1] e
KR	⁠⁠PTS	August (approx.), Mimic, GAP, and Mocha join. Exile and Satomi leave. e

KR

⁠

⁠KDM

May 25,
PuNch joins.
Crush moves to substitute.^[4]

e

KR

⁠

⁠KDM

November 19,
U Jun and
Han join.
Punch and
GuGer leave.^[2]^[3]

e

KR

⁠

⁠DWG

February 12,
Punch and
Veritas join.^[6]

e

KR	⁠⁠DWG	January 10, Nuguri, Canyon, Punch, ShowMaker, Aries, Nuclear, BeryL, Hoit, Micro (Head Coach), and Travel (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020. Kim (Coach) and Morning (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 18 November 2019.^[32] e
KR	⁠⁠DWG	May 30, Flame, Punch, and Hoit move to substitutes.^[30] e
KR	⁠⁠DWG	November 26, Punch, Aries, and Morning (Coach) leave.^[5] e
KR	⁠⁠SB	December 9, Punch joins.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠SB	December 10, Punch's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[33] e

KR

⁠

⁠SB

November 10,
Punch leaves.^[7]

e

KR	⁠⁠GEN.C	December 22, Punch (Coach) joins.^[10] e
KR	⁠⁠GEN.C	December 27, Zest, Winner, Quid, Peyz, Lospa, and Punch (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 20 November 2023.^[34] e

KR

⁠

⁠GEN.C

November 21, Punch (Coach) leaves.^[9]

e

KR	⁠⁠KDF	November 18, Pyosik, Berserker, Life, RapidStar (Head Coach), and Punch (Coach) join. DuDu, BuLLDoG, and FanTaSy (Coach)'s contracts are extended through 2025. Cuzz, Leaper, YoungJae, cvMax (Head Coach), and Millimas (Coach) leave.^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]^[24]^[25] e
KR	⁠⁠DNF	December 25, ⁠⁠Kwangdong Freecs renames to ⁠⁠DN Freecs following the partnership with DN Automotive.^[31] e

KR	⁠⁠DNF	January 17, DuDu, BuLLDoG, Berserker, FanTaSy (Coach), and Punch (Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2025. Pyosik, Life, and RapidStar (Head Coach)'s contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2026.^[35] e
KR	⁠⁠DNF.C	July 3, FanTaSy (Head Coach) and Punch (Coach) join from academy roster. Cube (Coach) and Minit (Coach) leave for main roster.^[29] e
KR	⁠⁠DNF	July 3, Yaki (General Manager) joins. Cube (Coach) and Minit (Coach) join from sister team ⁠⁠DN Freecs Challengers. RapidStar (Head Coach to Assistant Coach) and ODin (Director to Athletic Director) change positions. Sin Hyunsuk (General Manager) leaves. FanTaSy (Coach) and Punch (Coach) leave for sister team ⁠⁠DN Freecs Challengers.^[11]^[12] e
KR	⁠⁠DNF.C	November 17, Lancer, DDoiV, and Quantum's contracts are extended through 2026. Pungyeon, Slayer, Minous, FanTaSy (Head Coach), and Punch (Coach) leave.^[26]^[27]^[28] e

Biography

Trivia

Tournament Results

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Punch Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2025-10-12	3	Asia Masters 2025 Finals	0 : 3⁠⁠DRX.C	⁠⁠DNF.C	Lancer, DDoiV, Pungyeon, Slayer, Quantum, FanTaSy, Punch
2025-09-23	5	LCK CL 2025 Season Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠BFX.Y	⁠⁠DNF.C	Lancer, DDoiV, Pungyeon, Slayer, Quantum, FanTaSy, Punch
2025-09-08	2	LCK CL 2025 Season Play-In	3 : 1⁠⁠NS.EA	⁠⁠DNF.C	Lancer, DDoiV, Pungyeon, Slayer, Minous, Quantum, FanTaSy, Punch
2025-08-29	3	LCK CL 2025 Rounds 3-5 - Trial Group	13 - 17⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DNF.C	Lancer, DDoiV, Pungyeon, Slayer, Quantum, Minous, FanTaSy, Punch
2025-06-26	1 - 2	Asia Masters 2025 Swiss 2	2 : 0⁠⁠KT.C	⁠⁠DNF.C	Lancer, DDoiV, Pungyeon, Slayer, Quantum, FanTaSy, Punch
2025-06-04	10	LCK 2025 Rounds 1-2	1 - 17⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DNF	DuDu, Pyosik, DDoiV, BuLLDoG, Pungyeon, Berserker, Life, RapidStar, FanTaSy, Punch, Minit, Cube
2025-02-07	8 - 9	LCK Cup 2025	0 : 2⁠⁠DRX	⁠⁠DNF	DuDu, Pyosik, BuLLDoG, Pungyeon, Berserker, Life, RapidStar, FanTaSy, Punch
2022-08-15	5	LCK CL 2022 Summer Playoffs	2 : 3⁠⁠DRX.C	⁠⁠GEN.C	Zest, Winner, Quid, Peyz, Lospa, Punch
2022-08-12	3	LCK CL 2022 Summer	22 - 14⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN.C	Zest, Winner, Quid, Peyz, Lospa, Punch
2022-03-19	7	LCK CL 2022 Spring	16 - 20⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠GEN.C	Zest, Winner, Ophelia, Quid, Peyz, Lospa, Punch

Media

2019
2020

February 14, DMG ShowMaker: "It's (building Frostfang) good for every single AP champ. I'm not that good on farming CS, so this meta goes quite well with me. It's a bummer that it'll end soon." with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
e
February 16, DWG Punch regarding his playstyle: “Ever since we got our coach [Kim] from iG, we’ve been playing more aggressively” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
e
February 22, DWG Coach Micro on SKT T1: "SKT is a powerful team... I do think that it’s worth a shot if our team performs as well as they did today." with Ji-Eun “Meii” Paek on Inven Global
e
March 15, Flame on DAMWON Gaming’s next match against Griffin: “The last time, we lost against Griffin, but I wasn’t here. This time, I’m here.” with Kevin Kim on Korizon Esports
e

March 27, SB Route on the internet disconnection: "This had never happened before and I was quite frustrated." with Haao and Viion on Inven Global
e

Post-Match Interviews

2019
2020

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2019-02-14	LCK 2019 Spring	DWG vs AF	Link
2019-02-16	LCK 2019 Spring	JAG vs DWG	Link
2019-02-22	LCK 2019 Spring	HLE vs DWG	Link
2019-03-15	LCK 2019 Spring	DWG vs HLE	Link