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) have completed their starting roster with the addition of Qu "Life" Donghao (瞿东豪), after spending the better part of the year in 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) .
Originally known for his time as one of the longstanding duelists in 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) since its founding in 2020, Life's tenure in EDG was nothing short of dominating, including winning two out of three acts of FGC Valorant Invitational in 2022, allowing themselves a berth to the following East Asia LCQ that year as one of two Chinese teams. Alongside EDG, Life also became the first Chinese representative on an international LAN during Champions 2022, ultimately finishing top 16. In late 2022, Life moved over to a struggling Attacking Soul Esports and debuted in the FGC Valorant Epilogue, where his team finished third.
Attacking Soul started 2023 off with a bang by surprising and defeating EDG in FGC Valorant Invitational 2023: Act 1, earning Life his second international appearance at Masters Tokyo. Facing off against Pacific giant DRX DRX Korea Rank #4 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 EMEA upstart 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 , Attacking Soul would end up eliminated early in the group stage.
After competing through the China Evolution Series, Attacking Soul ends up qualified for Ascension China, being looked on as one of the favourites to win the event, besides Rare Atom Rare Atom China Rank #8 Yueluo Yi Zhiwei (尹志炜) zhe Niu Zhe (牛哲) Satoshi Fei Zhixian (费郅贤) Midnight Wang Yingjie (王英杰) . After losing to RA in the upper finals, ASE wound up one step short in the lower final, defeated by the eventual victors, Dragon Ranger Gaming Dragon Ranger Gaming China Rank #13 Flex1n Lo Rui (罗瑞) 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) .
FPX made their first international appearance during LOCK//IN. There, FPX was able to snatch a map off Karmine Corp Karmine Corp Europe Rank #31 saadhak Matias Delipetro Avez Hazem Khaled Elite Efe Teber SUYGETSU Dmitry Ilyushin marteen Martin Pátek in their 2-1 loss. FPX secured a second international appearance on Champions 2023, where they would end up eliminated after matching up against T1 T1 Korea Rank #2 stax Kim Gu-taek (김구택) Meteor Kim Tae-oh (김태오) Sylvan Go Young-sup (고영섭) BuZz Yu Byeong-cheol (유병철) iZu Ham Woo-ju (함우주) and eventual world champions Evil Geniuses Evil Geniuses North America Rank #22 Derrek Derrek Ha NaturE Nicholas Garrison supamen Phat Le , losing both matches in their elimination.
After competing in the China Evolution Series ahead of Ascension in the second half of 2023, FPX was revealed as one of the 10 partnered teams within the Chinese League.
Two days ago, FPX transferred one of their founding members, nizhaoTZH , to DRG, opening up room on the team for Life ahead of VCT CN Kickoff this February.
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) are now: