Chinese language esports organisation JD Gaming (JDG) has formally accomplished its 2026 lineup with the signing of ADC participant Chen ‘GALA‘ Wei.
The previous Invictus Gaming (IG) member turns into the final piece of the puzzle because the workforce seems to be to turn out to be one of many high contenders within the upcoming aggressive season.
GALA will workforce up within the backside lane with help participant Zhao ‘Vampire’ Zhe-Can, becoming a member of former CTBC Flying Oyster duo of Yu ‘JunJia‘ Chun-Chia and Tsai ‘HongQ‘ Ming-Hong, alongside high laner Xu ‘Xiaoxu’ Xing-Zu — the one returning participant from the 2025 roster.
With head coach Wong ‘Tabe‘ Pak Kan becoming a member of the squad, it’s clear that JDG is aiming to realize higher outcomes than its 2025 marketing campaign, which noticed the organisation miss out on worldwide tournaments and fall exterior the highest 4 all year long.
GALA is commonly thought of the most effective ADCs within the Chinese language league, because of his stable laning fundamentals and nice teamfighting execution. Final 12 months, he helped IG attain the Worlds 2025 play-ins earlier than being knocked out by the World Champion T1.
Now that GALA is formally below the JDG banner, the workforce is predicted to be a title contender alongside the ‘superteams’ put collectively by BiliBili Gaming (BLG), High Esports (TES), and Anybody’s Legend (AL).
Ninjas in Pyjamas elements methods with its 2025 lineup
Whereas JDG has officialised its 2026 lineup, Ninjas in Pyjamas (NiP) will probably be present process a serious rebuild after the organisation introduced the departure of its whole 2025 roster, which included former 2019 world champion Kim ‘Doinb‘ Tae-sang.
Returning to the aggressive scene after a two-year hiatus, Doinb was unable to elevate NiP’s hopes of worldwide glory, usually preventing within the mid-table all through the season. A top-six end in LPL Cut up 1 was the organisation’s greatest consequence.
As for NiP’s 2026 roster, an official announcement is but to be made. Nonetheless, in accordance with the rumours, the workforce is trying to signal two Korean imports, high laner Yoon ‘HOYA‘ Yong-ho and former T1 Academy jungler Koo ‘Guwon‘ Kwan-mo, alongside the Chinese language trio of Yang ‘Care‘ Jie, Zou ‘Assum‘ Wei, and Wang ‘Zhuo‘ Xu-Zhuo, who beforehand performed for NiP again in 2023 and 2024.
