Xi Lai Gaming picks up Midi from Trace Esports

Xi Lai Gaming has signed former Trace Esports player Zhang "Midi" Jiajun (张嘉俊) to round out its roster ahead of Masters Toronto.

A few weeks ago, Xi Lai parted ways with YOU , who was at the center of a match fixing controversy. Midi's addition sees XLG return to a six-man roster, with MarT1n continuing as the substitute sixth man.

Midi is still a relatively new face to the Valorant scene. He joined Trace Esports midway through China Stage 1, entering the starting roster in favor of FengF . He competed with Trace through the end of Stage 1, China Evolution Series: Act 2, and at the Hero Esports Asian Champions League tournament. Midi mostly played Tejo across all outings for Trace, though he did play a few maps on Sova and Killjoy.

Before Trace, Midi's Valorant career was on pause for one and a half years. His last action came as a Duelist player in 2023 with Change The Game and PanDa .

Xi Lai Gaming, as China's champions, will await the conclusion of the Swiss Stage, and will begin play in the upper quarterfinals of the playoffs.

Xi Lai Gaming 's full roster is now:

• Lifan "Viva" Ran (冉立凡)
• Zhang "Midi" Jiajun (张嘉俊)
• Arthur "Rarga" Churyumov
• Deng "happywei" Minwei (邓闵维)
• Colin "coconut" Patrick Chung (钟弘祖)
• Zhuo "MarT1n" Zhengjie (卓政杰)
• Yang "Arty" Zhe (杨喆) (Manager)
• Aleksandr "hvoya" Eremin (Head coach)
• Arian "Arianxx" Irfan (Coach)
• Tao "Coffin0" Yumeng (陶禹萌) (Staff)