Following two victories in VCT China Stage 1,
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #7
Shr1mp
Yang Yong (杨勇)
Autumn
Kale Dunne
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
yosemite
Wang Lei (王磊)
XII
Chen Yen-hsiang (陈筵翔)
has signed Chen "XII"
Yen-hsiang (陈筵翔) as their sixth player. The Taiwanese pickup has played mostly Duelists in the past, but the organization has not confirmed his role within the lineup or whether he will simply be a substitute.
XII is best known for his time on
Night Wings Gaming
Night Wings Gaming
Inactive
XiaoFei
Yi Zhang
happywei
Deng Minwei (邓闵维)
, who he played for in 2023 during their road to Ascension. He helped the team qualify to the tournament, but departed ahead of the event, replaced by substitute
XiaoFei
. He only played sporadically afterwards, representing
Temperature X
Temperature X
China
Unranked
in the 2024 China Nationals, and various orgless teams in Taiwan tournaments.
FunPlus Phoenix failed to qualify to the first international event of the year, Masters Bangkok, with Kickoff being the team's worst performance since 2023 in an official Chinese tournament. They were next eliminated in the first series of the non-VCT China Evolution Series by Nova Esports. In-game leader BerLIN retired ahead of Stage 1, leading to the acquisition of Shr1mp, role swaps, and Autumn stepping up to fill the vacant IGL position.
FunPlus Phoenix
FunPlus Phoenix
China
Rank #7
Shr1mp
Yang Yong (杨勇)
Autumn
Kale Dunne
Life
Qu Donghao (瞿东豪)
AAAAY
Zhang Yang (张杨)
yosemite
Wang Lei (王磊)
XII
Chen Yen-hsiang (陈筵翔)
will next play against
EDward Gaming
EDward Gaming
China
Rank #1
S1Mon
Hsien Meng-Hsun (谢孟勋)
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)
:
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