Wolves Esports Wolves Esports China Rank #18 glacier Liang Zhekai (梁哲恺) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) Deryeon Derrick Yee aluba Zhong Haojun (钟皓钧) has brought back former player Zhong "aluba" Haojun (钟皓钧).

aluba, who recently changed his in-game name to balua, has seemingly returned to the name he originally had when he first played for Wolves. He played for the organization throughout the entirety of the 2024 season, the first year of the partnership era in VCT China. In that season, he mainly played the Controller role for Wolves, but also filled onto the Sentinel and Initiator roles as needed.

Wolves' statement shared that he will be taking on the in-game leader role for the team, which was recently vacated by SiuFatBB 's departure. Since leaving Wolves at the end of the 2024 season, aluba has been playing for Ambitious Legend Gaming Ambitious Legend Gaming China Rank #15 Ending Yanggg barricade Li Jiajun (李家骏) Zeno Yu Zhijun (余智竣) for about the past year. He competed for the team at China Ascension, falling short of the playoffs after losing to the eventual third-placed Any Questions Gaming Any Questions Gaming China Rank #14 Juicy Tyler James Aeria S1Mon Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋) 5CM Ding Xuanpeng (丁宣鹏) FFs Leung Cheuk Nam (梁卓南) Dannyy . Previously, aluba has also played for Monarch Effect Monarch Effect Inactive Babyblue Geng Haoran (耿浩然) Cyah Deng Enping (邓恩平) aluba Zhong Haojun (钟皓钧) Link Wen Xuan Zhong (钟文轩) FFs Leung Cheuk Nam (梁卓南) and O2 Gaming O2 Gaming Inactive aluba Zhong Haojun (钟皓钧) Noah DK Li Lewei (李乐炜) accHr 马浩然 Biank Zhong Jianfei (钟剑飞) Lucifer folk .

aluba's arrival coincides with what appears to be a top-down rework of Wolves' roster midway through the year. The organization is one year removed from its Cinderella run at Masters Toronto, which saw the team finish third with wins over teams like Gen.G Gen.G Korea Rank #3 Ash Ha Hyun-cheol (하현철) Karon Kim Won-tae (김원태) t3xture Kim Na-ra (김나라) Efina Kim Nak-yeon (김낙연) Raxcal Kim Min-seok (김민석) , Rex Regum Qeon Rex Regum Qeon Asia-Pacific Rank #6 Monyet Cahya Nugraha xffero David Monangin Xan Xan Ng Jemkin Maksim Batorov Kushy Bryan Carlos Setiawan crazyguy Ngô Công Anh , and Team Heretics Team Heretics Europe Rank #7 koshmaras Martynas Namikas Wo0t Mert Alkan RieNs Enes Ecirli benjyfishy Benjamin David Fish Boo Ričardas Lukaševičius . In 2026, the team went 2-3 at Kickoff to finish 9th-10th, but has been winless since, going 0-5 and picking up just two maps in Stage 1.

The rebuild began with the team cleaning out its coaching booth, parting ways with Fayde , Maark , and Ominous , signing former Nova Esports Nova Esports China Rank #4 qiutiaN Bijan Moeinzadeh (慕英毕强) cb Wang Qingchuan (王庆川) Ezeir Zhao Zejun (赵泽骏) GuanG Guang Honglin (光洪霖) swagzor Mikhail Vaniushin head coach alexRr . The team also allowed the aforementioned SiuFatBB and jowa to explore their options. jowa, who holds experience in the North American Challengers scene, is yet to find a new team, meaning the team's active roster size sits at four players.

Wolves Esports Wolves Esports China Rank #18 glacier Liang Zhekai (梁哲恺) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) Deryeon Derrick Yee aluba Zhong Haojun (钟皓钧) 's full roster is now:

  • Liang "glacier" Zhekai (梁哲恺)
  • Wang "yosemite" Lei (王磊)
  • Liu "Spring" Jiunting (刘俊霆)
  • Zhong "aluba" Haojun (钟皓钧)
  • "Chao" (Manager)
  • Alexander "alexRr" Frisch (Head coach)
  • "Ja7" (Staff)