A month after his release from Global Esports Global Esports Asia-Pacific Rank #5 PatMen Patrick Mendoza UdoTan Go Kyung-won (고경원) Kr1stal Savva Fedorov xavi8k Xavier Juan Autumn Kale Dunne , Thong "balax" Chern Kwi has announced that he has signed with Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #5 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) FT Yan Shuaibo (闫帅博) for China Stage 2.

balax's stint with Global Esports came to an end following the Pacific Stage 1 group stage. He joined Global in the offseason heading into 2025, joining alongside head coach FrosT , assistant coach vladk0r , and existing analyst Platoon .

In joining BiliBili, balax returns to China after spending a short time with 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) . He helped XLG to a fourth-place finish at China Stage 2 and a 9th-12th finish at Champions Paris that made it so that the team would not have to compete at China Ascension in the offseason. balax is a newer name to Valorant, having only started his coaching career in 2025. At the start of the year, he was the head coach of Soi Thai Esports Soi Thai Esports Inactive ESMONDE Esmonde Farm Rui Siang Moosey Yeow Zhen Feng kayle Ahmad Aqil benaf Benedict Tan .

BLG's 2026 season has been disappointing to start. After winning its first regional title at Stage 2 last year, the team has struggled since parting ways with longtime head coach bail . The team signed former EDward Gaming EDward Gaming China Rank #1 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) head coach Muggle in his place, but he has since been released, taking on an aim coach role with Titan Esports Club Titan Esports Club China Rank #17 Haodong Guo Haodong (郭浩东) lucas Yunkun Lu (路昀昆) Spitfires Xin Mingyan (辛明阳) Dynamite Zhao Zihao (赵梓浩) ra1ny Chen Baohuan (陈葆桓) Coco Ding Dajian (丁达建) .

After making the past three Champions events, BLG is at serious risk of missing out on Champions Shanghai. In all likelihood, qualification may require a top-two finish in Stage 2, as BLG sits fifth in China's Championship Point standings with just three points to its name.

Bilibili Gaming Bilibili Gaming China Rank #5 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) FT Yan Shuaibo (闫帅博) 's full roster is now:

  • Wang "whzy" Haozhe (王昊哲)
  • Wang "rushia" Xiaojie (王晓杰)
  • Marcus "nephh" Tan
  • Gu "yilai" Yiming (顾依铭)
  • Liu "Knight" Yuxiang (刘宇翔)
  • Yang "bud" Renyu (杨韧余)
  • Jiang "Gandolf" Hao (蒋浩) (Manager)
  • Zhang "YaoXie" Jihang (張繼航) (Coach)
  • Wang "Jexen" Lin Xiao (王林骁) (Coach)
  • Thong "balax" Chern Kwi (Analyst)
  • Deng "Rain" Shiyao (邓诗耀) (Staff)