Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #23 purp0 Semyon Borchev MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin kamo Kamil Frąckowiak has announced that Controller player Wayne "wayne" Chang will be taking a break from competitive play and returning home to Singapore.

"Well-being comes before anything else, and we fully support him taking this step to rest and recharge," Liquid said in its statement. "Wayne, thank you for your dedication and for being such an amazing teammate to everyone here. Going to miss you buddy."

wayne joined Liquid ahead of the 2026 season after competing for Motiv Esports Motiv Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #13 in Challengers SEA last year. With wayne in the squad, Motiv won Split 2 and Split 3, earning the team a spot at Pacific Ascension, where they finished fourth behind SLT Seongnam SLT Seongnam Korea Rank #3 , Nongshim RedForce Nongshim RedForce Korea Rank #1 Xross Jeonghwan (정환) Rb Goo Sang-min (구상민) Francis Kim Mu-bin (김무빈) Dambi Lee Hyuk-kyu (이혁규) Ivy Park Sung-hyeon (박성현) , and BOOM Esports BOOM Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #7 natz Jonathan Adiputra Nakya Alehandro Fabian Simanjorang d3ffo Nikita Sudakov Shiro Hildegard Arnaldo NcSlasher Sheldon Andersen Chandra . In years past, wayne has also competed for Disguised Disguised Inactive JA John Timothy Arone Vera Rodman Yap STYRON Tidus Goh crazyguy Ngô Công Anh wayne Wayne Chang , X10 Esports X10 Esports Inactive Vera Rodman Yap Tempz Pierre Heng RedKoh Danial Hakim wayne Wayne Chang Egoist Javier Chua , and The Mongs The Mongs Inactive Kairo Lee Kai Xi Jxye Joel Sim Mizern K Satish ESMONDE Esmonde Farm Rui Siang since making his debut in 2022.

Liquid's 2026 season has been up-and-down to this point. The team lifted its first VCT title in over two years at Stage 2 last year, but was tasked with rebuilding its roster once the offseason began. With keiko , trexx , and paTiTek headed out, the team signed rookie-to-be wayne as an import, former Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #1 koshmaras Martynas Namikas Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius Duelist MiniBoo , and GIANTX GIANTX Europe Rank #25 Cloud Kirill Nehozhin grubinho Grzegorz Ryczko westside Miłosz Duda Flickless Karel Maeckelbergh ara Hanceriuc Eduard-George / Joblife Joblife Europe Rank #17 kamyk Maks Rychlewski doma Domagoj Fancev chiwa Egor Stepanyuk runneR Emil Trajkovski Enzo Enzo Mestari UNFAKE Bartosz Bernacki player purp0 . The year started shakily, with the team losing two of its opening three matches at EMEA Kickoff to get knocked down to the lower bracket. From there, though, Liquid went on a run of five straight wins, recording victories over Heretics, Team Vitality Team Vitality Europe Rank #4 Jamppi Elias Olkkonen PROFEK Dawid Święć Derke Nikita Niko Sirmitev Chronicle Timofey Khromov Sayonara Ștefan Mîtcu , and FNATIC FNATIC Europe Rank #6 crashies Austin Roberts Boaster Jake Howlett kaajak Kajetan Haremski CyvOph Clement Millard Veqaj Sylvain Pattyn Alfajer Emir Ali Beder to qualify for Masters Santiago.

Liquid had a Santiago to forget, as its opening Swiss Stage win over T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) Munchkin Byeon Sang-beom (변상범) was its only win in Chile, where it finished 9th-10th. Liquid returned to EMEA play with a dominance about them, going 4-1 in the group stage to finish second in Group Alpha, but falling out of the playoffs with two straight losses. Liquid missing out on Masters London is its first absence on the international stage since Champions Seoul in 2024.

As things stand, Liquid is third in the Championship Point standings with six points, sitting behind BBL Esports BBL Esports Europe Rank #5 Crewen Ali Eren Sargin Lar0k Yusuf Kaan Kanber Loita Utku Kart Rosé Eren Erzan lovers rock Umut Pekdoğan and FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #15 s0pp Efe Tur xeus Doğan Gözgen yetujey Eray Budak KROSTALY Okan Alaçam sociablEE Volkan Yonal .

Team Liquid Team Liquid Europe Rank #23 purp0 Semyon Borchev MiniBoo Dominykas Lukaševičius nAts Ayaz Akhmetshin kamo Kamil Frąckowiak 's full roster is now:

  • Ayaz "nAts" Akhmetshin
  • Semyon "purp0" Borchev
  • Dominykas "MiniBoo" Lukaševičius
  • Kamil "kamo" Frąckowiak
  • Nico "Harmii" Harms
  • Eamon "cauzed" Drea (Manager)
  • Berke "Mol" Mol (Manager)
  • Ivo "LohaN" Albino (Head coach)
  • Daniel "yaotziN." Roczniak (Assistant coach)
  • Jake "Bacon9" Lloyd (Analyst)