FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #12
BerLIN
Zhang Bolin (張柏霖)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
Ben1Ley
Shi Benyu
KovaQ
Blendi Kovaci
Setrod
Ou Taigeng (欧泰赓)
has announced the departures of Thai Controller player Nutchapon "sScary"
Matarat, and longtime player Qu "Life"
Donghao (瞿东豪), who joins
Dragon Ranger Gaming
Dragon Ranger Gaming
China
Rank #8
Flex1n
Lo Rui (罗瑞)
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
vo0kashu
Ilya Ushakov
Akeman
Zhang Haoran (张浩然)
Nicc
Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群)
SpiritZ1
Lin Dingyu (林定宇)
.
Life joined FPX ahead of the 2024 season, which was the first year of China's partnership era as it is known today. He joined after a successful 2023 campaign with
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)
, which ended with a third-place finish at China Ascension. He has been a Duelist player for most of his career, and also previously played for
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #2
ZmjjKK
Zheng Yongkang (郑永康)
nobody
Wang Senxu (王森旭)
CHICHOO
Wan Shunzhi (万顺治)
Smoggy
Zhang Zhao (张钊)
Jieni7
Zhang Juntai (张君泰)
in the 2021 and 2022 seasons.
sScary joined FPX at the start of the year, coming out of the retirement that he announced just one year prior. He retired after the 2024 season, which he spent with
BLEED
BLEED
Inactive
. His return to competitive play came in the Radiant Asia Invitational, where he helped FPX achieve a semifinal finish behind just
Paper Rex
Paper Rex
Asia-Pacific
Rank #1
invy
Adrian Jiggs Reyes
Jinggg
Wang Jing Jie
f0rsakeN
Jason Susanto
d4v41
Khalish Rusyaidee
something
Ilya Petrov
and
Gen.G
Gen.G
Korea
Rank #5
Lakia
Kim Jong-min (김종민)
ZynX
Kim Dong-ha (김동하)
Foxy9
Jung Jae-sung (정재성)
Ash
Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철)
Karon
Kim Won-tae (김원태)
t3xture
Kim Na-ra (김나라)
. Once the VCT season began though, FPX ran into troubles. The team largely disappointed, with a blowout loss to
TYLOO
TYLOO
China
Rank #5
splash
Moses Christophe Jonathan
Scales
Zhang Zhen (张震)
Erv
Shen Zhiwei
sword9
Li Wei (李卫)
slowly
Kelun Sun (孙科伦)
, a 2-0 loss to
Bilibili Gaming
Bilibili Gaming
China
Rank #3
whzy
Wang Haozhe (王昊哲)
rushia
Wang Xiaojie (王晓杰)
nephh
Marcus Tan
yilai
Gu Yiming (顾依铭)
Knight
Liu Yuxiang (刘宇翔)
bud
Yang Renyu (杨韧余)
, and a three-map loss to
JDG Esports
JDG Esports
China
Rank #6
stew
Park Young-chan (박영찬)
jkuro
Yong Haochong (杨浩聪)
zhe
Niu Zhe (牛哲)
Yuicaw
Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑)
coconut
Colin Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)
ending their Kickoff campaign in just three matches.
Life leaves for Dragon Ranger Gaming, a team that, since ascending in 2023, has steadily become one of China's strongest teams. Since the start of 2024, the team's debut VCT campaign, DRG has reached the international stage twice, once at Masters Shanghai that same year and once at Champions Paris. The team was tasked with defending its spot in tier one Valorant at China Ascension after Champions, where it defeated familiar foes
Rare Atom
Rare Atom
China
Rank #7
Guran
Zhou Minyan (周铭言)
nnono
Croudy
Z1yan
Liu Zihan (刘紫涵)
Rachel
DANG5
to stay in VCT. To start the 2026 season, DRG retained its main core from 2025, but fell short of expectations, with a fifth-place finish at China Kickoff. With DRG running a double-Duelist approach of
Akeman
and
SpiritZ1
, Life may be taking one of their spots in the starting lineup.
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #12
BerLIN
Zhang Bolin (張柏霖)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
Ben1Ley
Shi Benyu
KovaQ
Blendi Kovaci
Setrod
Ou Taigeng (欧泰赓)
's full roster is now:
- Zhang "BerLIN" Bolin (張柏霖)
- Zhang "AAAAY" Yang (张杨)
- Blendi "KovaQ" Kovaci
- Ou "Setrod" Taigeng (欧泰赓)
- Chen "XII" Yen-hsiang (陈筵翔)
- Guan "9hr" Haoran (管豪然) (Manager)
- Nikola "LEGIJA" Ninić (Head coach)
- Yao "York" Kun (姚堃) (Assistant coach)
- Zhang "PHO" Shicheng (张世成) (Staff)
Dragon Ranger Gaming
Dragon Ranger Gaming
China
Rank #8
Flex1n
Lo Rui (罗瑞)
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
vo0kashu
Ilya Ushakov
Akeman
Zhang Haoran (张浩然)
Nicc
Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群)
SpiritZ1
Lin Dingyu (林定宇)
's full roster is now:
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