LGD's quest for a line-up that will click continues, and they have made yet another change in their roster. Their recent move is the addition of Xu 'Lin' Ziyang to the main team, wherein he will be taking the middle lane.
Previously holding that position was Yao 'Yao' Zheng Zheng. With Lin's addition, Yao will move back into his offlane role and Peng 'Icy' Wang will be pushed out of the five-man roster. We have been informed that despite being edged out of the main team, Icy still remains to be a part of the LGD organization, at least as of the moment.
Lin is the fourth player in recent memory to take on LGD's middle lane. After the departure of the team's previous captain Zhang 'xiao8' Ning, LGD has also tried using Yao 'Maybe' Lu and their offlane player in Yao to man up the position.
Although coming from just a semi-pro team in DG, this isn't Lin's first foray into high-level Chinese competitive Dota. He can be remembered for joining Rattlesnake post-The International 3, wherein he and Johnny (now Arrow Gaming's captain) were recruited to fill in the gap left by Kai 'Kabu' Zhao and Zhicheng 'LaNm' Zhang. Lin's game handle then was 'AllBeautyMustDie'. He used to play as a support.
LGD also mentioned the addition of two new members whom they labelled as "newcomers", and that they will reveal the full roster as soon as it is complete. This new team is highly likely to be Maybe's new team. Maybe was demoted into the team's sixth man when LGD added Icy a little over three weeks ago. It is also possible that Icy would end up being a part of this team.
LGD roster:
Yao 'Yao' Zheng Zheng
Xie 'DD' Bin
Zhang 'xiaotuji' Wang
Xu 'Lin' Ziyang
Leong 'DDC' Fat-Meng
Yao 'Maybe' Lu
Peng 'Icy' Wang
Source: LGD's Weibo
