FunPlus Phoenix has benched 2020 League of Legends world champion Nuguri, according to a tnslation of the org’s latest Weibo post by well-known LPL journalist Ran.
In his place, FPX will “temporily promote” FPX Blaze top laner Ping “xiaolaohu” Xiao-Hu to the org’s starting LPL lineup. The 18-year-old top laner has played well this year in the LDL alongside his team, finishing the 2021 Spring Split with 21 wins and four losses. Even though his team lost in the finals of the playoffs against Young Micles, xiaolaohu had a strong performance.
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