FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #2
Autumn
Kale Dunne
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
BerLIN
Zhang Bolin (張柏霖)
Lysoar
Liang Youhao (梁优好)
have completed their starting roster with the addition of Qu "Life"
Donghao (瞿东豪), after spending the better part of the year in
Attacking Soul Esports
Attacking Soul Esports
Inactive
monk
Wang Haoyu (王浩宇)
Yuicaw
Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑)
YHchen
Chen Yuhan (陳昱瀚)
Zero1
Meng Zhen Ren (任梦真)
.
Originally known for his time as one of the longstanding duelists in
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunji (万顺治)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
Haodong
Guo Haodong (郭浩东)
since its founding in 2020, Life's tenure in EDG was nothing short of dominating, including winning two out of three acts of FGC Valorant Invitational in 2022, allowing themselves a berth to the following East Asia LCQ that year as one of two Chinese teams. Alongside EDG, Life also became the first Chinese representative on an international LAN during Champions 2022, ultimately finishing top 16. In late 2022, Life moved over to a struggling Attacking Soul Esports and debuted in the FGC Valorant Epilogue, where his team finished third.
Attacking Soul started 2023 off with a bang by surprising and defeating EDG in FGC Valorant Invitational 2023: Act 1, earning Life his second international appearance at Masters Tokyo. Facing off against Pacific giant
DRX
DRX
Korea
Rank #2
Flashback
Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁)
BuZz
Yu Byung-chul (유병철)
MaKo
Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관)
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
BeYN
Kang Ha-bin (강하빈)
and EMEA upstart
FUT Esports
FUT Esports
Europe
Rank #4
MrFaliN
Furkan Yeğen
yetujey
Eray Budak
AtaKaptan
Ata Tan
cNed
Mehmet Yağız İpek
qRaxs
Doğukan Balaban
, Attacking Soul would end up eliminated early in the group stage.
After competing through the China Evolution Series, Attacking Soul ends up qualified for Ascension China, being looked on as one of the favourites to win the event, besides
Rare Atom
Rare Atom
China
Rank #32
Exile
Wang Yingjie (王英杰)
UdoTan
Go Kyung-won (고경원)
Guran
Zhou Minyan (周铭言)
Banger
An Hyung-gi (안형기)
Yueluo
Yi Zhiwei (尹志炜)
sn0wFlake
Pang Xuyang (庞煦洋)
Mihlog
. After losing to RA in the upper finals, ASE wound up one step short in the lower final, defeated by the eventual victors,
Dragon Ranger Gaming
Dragon Ranger Gaming
China
Rank #4
nizhaoTZH
Tang Zehao (唐哲昊)
vo0kashu
Ilya Ushakov
Shion7
Zhang Haozhe (张昊泽)
Nicc
Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群)
TvirusLuke
Chen Cheng-ching
.
FPX made their first international appearance during LOCK//IN. There, FPX was able to snatch a map off
Karmine Corp
Karmine Corp
Europe
Rank #18
MAGNUM
Martin Penkov
tomaszy
Tomás Machado
N4RRATE
Marshall Massey
marteen
Martin Pátek
sh1n
Ryad Ensaad
in their 2-1 loss. FPX secured a second international appearance on Champions 2023, where they would end up eliminated after matching up against
T1
T1
Korea
Rank #3
stax
Kim Gu-taek (김구택)
Sayaplayer
Ha Jeong-woo (하정우)
Rossy
Daniel Abedrabbo
Carpe
Lee Jae-hyeok (이재혁)
iZu
Ham Woo-ju (함우주)
xccurate
Kevin Susanto
and eventual world champions
Evil Geniuses
Evil Geniuses
North America
Rank #20
Derrek
Derrek Ha
NaturE
Nicholas Garrison
supamen
Phat Le
Apoth
Vincent Le
jawgemo
Alexander Mor
, losing both matches in their elimination.
After competing in the China Evolution Series ahead of Ascension in the second half of 2023, FPX was revealed as one of the 10 partnered teams within the Chinese League.
Two days ago, FPX transferred one of their founding members, nizhaoTZH , to DRG, opening up room on the team for Life ahead of VCT CN Kickoff this February.
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #2
Autumn
Kale Dunne
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
BerLIN
Zhang Bolin (張柏霖)
Lysoar
Liang Youhao (梁优好)
are now: