Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #8 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) Verse Zhou Zijun (周子钧) SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) has announced the departure of Zhang "Akeman" Haoran (张浩然), who joins KeepBest Gaming KeepBest Gaming China Rank #11 Akeman Zhang Haoran (张浩然) sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin Tonk Ying Wang Chenxu (王晨旭) Krst1Ng .

Akeman joined DRG midway through last season before Stage 2 as a nearly unknown player, with just three matches recorded on VLR for I am here I am here Asia-Pacific Unranked Bea2 Luwei kilo Huang Zhong-yi (黃中邑) earlier in the year. He played a central figure in the stage as part of DRG's unique, off-meta comps, playing Neon and Clove for a majority of the split before also picking up Cypher for the team's reinvented Haven comp. He helped DRG to a runner-up finish in the stage, which automatically qualified the side for Champions Paris.

After a group stage elimination at Paris, DRG was tasked with defending its VCT slot at China Ascension. After suffering an early hiccup in the playoffs, the team was dominant, suffering just the one loss to 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 and dropping four maps in the entire tournament to return to VCT for 2026. Akeman was moved into DRG's primary Duelist role for China Kickoff, but appeared to struggle. He had the lowest rating of any DRG player in the event, which the team ended in fifth place, and was subsequently benched.

After Akeman's benching, DRG finished third at Stage 1, qualifying for Masters London. The team has been active in retooling its roster, signing Verse just days before Akeman's departure, keeping its roster size at six players.

Akeman now joins a KBG org that has had an emphasis on picking up talent with connections to VCT China in recent months. The squad currently has former 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) head coach Naint , and three players with experience suiting up for DRG and Xi Lai Gaming Xi Lai Gaming China Rank #2 WsLeo Huang Pinwei (黄品维) Sharks Qiu Ge (邱戈) Lysoar Liang Youhao (梁优好) NoMan James Man Rarga Arthur Churyumov happywei Deng Minwei (邓闵维) in previous EVO Series events. Former Wolves IGL coldfish was also with the squad up until recently, departing the day before Akeman's addition.

Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #8 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) Verse Zhou Zijun (周子钧) SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) 's full roster is now:

  • Shao "Nicc" Yi-qun (邵逸群)
  • Lo "Flex1n" Rui (罗瑞)
  • Qu "Life" Donghao (瞿东豪)
  • Ilya "vo0kashu" Ushakov
  • Zhou "Verse" Zijun (周子钧)
  • Lin "SpiritZ1" Dingyu (林定宇)
  • Deng "NaThanD" Senqiao (邓森侨) (Head coach)
  • "Alti" (Coach)
  • Fei "JKH" Han (Assistant coach)
  • Huang "1t" Biaohong (黄彪宏) (Assistant coach)

KeepBest Gaming KeepBest Gaming China Rank #11 Akeman Zhang Haoran (张浩然) sibeastw0w Anton Govorukhin Tonk Ying Wang Chenxu (王晨旭) Krst1Ng 's full roster is: