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 arrival of Shi "Ben1Ley"
Benyu.
The team was quick to retool its roster after finishing 11th-12th at China Kickoff, picking up former
Team Vitality
Team Vitality
Europe
Rank #10
Jamppi
Elias Olkkonen
PROFEK
Dawid Święć
Derke
Nikita Sirmitev
Chronicle
Timofey Khromov
Sayonara
Ștefan Mîtcu
player
KovaQ
. Ben1Ley's arrival comes shortly after the team parted ways with
Life
and
sScary
, the latter of whom Ben1Ley will likely be replacing in FPX's comps. KovaQ's arrival resulted in sScary's departure, due to both players being imports. KovaQ brings a background as an Initiator player, while Ben1Ley arrives as a relative unknown.
In his professional career, Ben1Ley previously played for
aqua
aqua
China
Unranked
in the CN National circuit in 2025, and joined FPX for its run at EVO Act 1 earlier this month. Across two matches and four maps, he played the Controller role, while KovaQ primarily played as an Initiator player while also taking over IGL duties.
As teams across VCT's four regions look to move on from the game's Yoru-centric, double-Duelist meta, FPX seems to have settled on a double-Initiator approach, with the team fielding two Initiators across all four maps at EVO.
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:
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