Former Attacking Soul Esports Attacking Soul Esports Inactive monk Wang Haoyu (王浩宇) Yuicaw Huang Yung-chieh (黃湧傑) YHchen Chen Yuhan (陳昱瀚) Zero1 Meng Zhen Ren (任梦真) flex player Zhang "hfmi0dzjc9z7" Juncheng (张峻程) has joined TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #15 Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) coldfish Pengzhi Xiang (向鹏志) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威) ahead of their run at the Chinese Kickoff event. This signing is the organization's first attempt at restructuring its roster following the announcement of the 10 partnered Chinese teams.
Present with ASE throughout their many highs and lows, hfmi0dzjc9z7 was never quite able to reach the upper echelons of the Chinese scene until 2023, when he and his team took home the trophy in the FGC Valorant Invitational 2023: Act 1 by defeating 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) in the grand final.
Having secured one of the two Chinese tickets to Masters: Tokyo, ASE were placed into Group B alongside FUT Esports FUT Esports Europe Rank #7 xeus Doğan Gözgen MrFaliN Furkan Yeğen yetujey Eray Budak AtaKaptan Ata Tan cNed Mehmet Yağız İpek qRaxs Doğukan Balaban , DRX DRX Korea Rank #5 Flashback Cho Min-hyuk (조민혁) MaKo Kim Myeong-gwan (김명관) Athan Na Ha-jun (나하준) freeing No Ha-jun (노하준) HYUNMIN Song Hyun-min (송현민) , and eventual-runner ups Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #21 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le . Unfortunately, the team only managed to pick up one map throughout the event against FUT before exiting Japan winless.
hfmi0dzjc9z7 was among the third Chinese roster to ever reach the international stage. (Photo: Lee Aiksoon/Riot Games)
After participating in three of the Chinese Evolution Series events, ASE had secured enough circuit points to enter Chinese Ascension as the second seed behind Rare Atom Rare Atom China Rank #7 Yueluo Yi Zhiwei (尹志炜) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Satoshi Fei Zhixian (费郅贤) Midnight Wang Yingjie (王英杰) . Despite breezing through the group stage and slaying Ninjas In Pyjamas Ninjas In Pyjamas Inactive Uta Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威) JayH Wong Jia Heng SiuFatBB Pong Gaa Hei (庞加曦) in their opening match of playoffs, ASE quickly fell to Rare Atom and were subsequently eliminated from contention after a five-map series against Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #13 nizhaoTZH Tang Zehao (唐哲昊) vo0kashu Ilya Ushakov Shion7 Zhang Haozhe (张昊泽) Cangshu Zheng Yujun (手郑宇峻) Nicc Shao Yi-qun (邵逸群) TvirusLuke Chen Cheng-ching SpiritZ1 Lin Dingyu (林定宇) .
TYLOO entered the competitive scene last year, but the roster was never considered one of China's top contenders. The organization had a chance to debut on the world stage through the Champions Tour 2023: Champions China Qualifier, but fell short at the last hurdle to FunPlus Phoenix FunPlus Phoenix China Rank #5 Autumn Kale Dunne Life Qu Donghao (瞿东豪) AAAAY Zhang Yang (张杨) BerLIN Zhang Bolin (張柏霖) yosemite Wang Lei (王磊) .
The new roster looks to take home one of the tickets to Masters: Madrid in the Chinese Kickoff tournament, set to begin in February.
TYLOO TYLOO China Rank #15 Ninebody Ding Yi (丁毅) coldfish Pengzhi Xiang (向鹏志) hfmi0dzjc9z7 Zhang Juncheng (张峻程) Eren Yang Zhengwei (杨曾威) is now:
- Kelun "slowly" Sun (孙克伦)
- "SORRYMYBAD"
- Zhang "LuoK1ng" Zhan Peng (张展鹏)
- Ding "Ninebody" Yi (丁毅)
- Cheng "ICEKING" Wanpeng (程万鹏)
- "AAK"
- Zhang "hfmi0dzjc9z7" Juncheng (张峻程)
- "Yiyee" (Coach)