Paper Rex Paper Rex Asia-Pacific Rank #3 mindfreak Aaron Leonhart Jinggg Wang Jing Jie f0rsakeN Jason Susanto d4v41 Khalish Rusyaidee something Ilya Petrov will lose Wang "Jinggg" Jing Jie going into 2024 as he will serve in Singapore's National Service, Alexandre "alecks" Sallé confirmed in an interview.

"Jinggg is leaving PRX at the end of this season and will not be participating in the 2024 season," alecks told Round Up Gamers.

Jinggg and his team are currently in Los Angeles fighting for the world championship, having secured a spot in the top three of Champions 2023. The team's run in the VCT's capstone event follows a deep run at Masters Tokyo, where they placed third while playing with substitute Patiphan "cgrs" Porsi, and a VCT Pacific title.

Paper Rex play Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #21 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le in the upper final of Champions, on Aug. 24. Should they win, the team will be one win away from becoming Valorant's 2023 Champions. If they lose, Paper Rex will have to win two matches in order to lift the trophy.

Jinggg holds a mascot on the Champions stage "I want to lift the trophy with him," alecks said. (Photo by Yicun Liu/Riot Games)

Jinggg joined Paper Rex in September 2021, nearly two years ago, in place of Zhan "shiba" Teng Toh. The team struggled in that year's APAC LCQ, but were strong contenders throughout 2022, finishing in fourth-place at Masters Reykjavik and being runners-up at Masters Copenhagen, and are now one of the best teams in the world.

Jinggg's exit will be just the third major change this core has undergone since its inception in 2021. After shiba's exit, Paper Rex signed Ilya "something" Petrov — a Russian duelist who spent his time in the Japanese circuit and last played for Sengoku Gaming Sengoku Gaming Japan Rank #4 Gwangboong Kim Gwang-won (김광원) Kippei NOBITA Misaya yuran Yushin Hato — in place of Benedict "Benkai" Tan.