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 signed Yang "Shr1mp" Yong (杨勇) in the wake of previous IGL Zhang "BerLIN" Bolin (張柏霖) stepping down from the team's main roster.

Led by BerLIN, FPX had a successful 2024 campaign, qualifying for all three international events. While they finished second to 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) in all three phases of regional play, FPX ended the season as one of the next-best teams in China alongside Trace Esports Trace Esports China Rank #15 LuoK1ng Zhang Zhanpeng (张展鹏) Kai Lu Zhinan (卢智楠) Xlele Zhao Yanbo (赵炎博) Abo Han Bohao (韩博皓) Viva Lifan Ran (冉立凡) deLb Delbert Tanoto .

In the offseason, the team signed yosemite to replace Lysoar , who moved to Wolves Esports Wolves Esports China Rank #19 glacier Liang Zhekai (梁哲恺) SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) Spring Liu Jiunting (刘俊霆) , and replaced assistant coach Guigui with York . With much of the roster retained, similar results were expected in 2025.

However, the team disappointed at China Kickoff. After winning their opening match, they were sent to the lower bracket by 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) and then eliminated by Ascension team Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #3 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Akeman Zhang Haoran (张浩然) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) .

FPX then participated in China Evolution Series: Act 1, a mid-season tournament for teams that did not qualify for Masters Bangkok. They were eliminated one match into the single-elimination bracket.

Shr1mp joins from Chinese second-tier squad Qing Jiu Club Qing Jiu Club China Rank #22 HanChe Huang Jingxuan (黄敬轩) . With them, he competed at Ascension China in 2024. Since making his debut with TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #6 splash Moses Christophe Jonathan Scales Zhang Zhen (张震) Erv Shen Zhiwei sword9 Li Wei (李卫) slowly Kelun Sun (孙科伦) in 2022, he has also played for JiJieHao JiJieHao Inactive Zcc Shr1mp Yang Yong (杨勇) sora Fung3 .

Shr1mp is an Initiator player, with most of his maps played on Skye, Sova, Breach, and KAY/O. BerLIN has mostly played the Controller role while with FPX, meaning the roster change will not quite be like-for-like. It is confirmed that Autumn will be taking up in-game leading duties.

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 roster is now:

  • Yang "Shr1mp" Yong (杨勇)
  • Kale "Autumn" Dunne
  • Qu "Life" Donghao (瞿东豪)
  • Zhang "AAAAY" Yang (张杨)
  • Wang "yosemite" Lei (王磊)
  • Guan "9hr" Haoran (管豪然) (Manager)
  • Yao "York" Kun (姚堃) (Assistant coach)
  • Zhang "PHO" Shicheng (张世成) (Staff)