Scout joins JD Gaming for 2025 League of Legends season

JD Gaming on Sunday announced the arrival of Lee “Scout” Ye-chan, who joins the Chinese League of Legends team as a new mid laner for the 2025 season.

The 26-year-old’s arrival was revealed just a day after JD Gaming confirmed the signing of former Gen.G ADC Kim “Peyz” Su-hwan, who stepped into the shoes of the recently departed Park “Ruler” Jae-hyu.

【JD Gaming Announcement】

After friendly negotiations, former LNG Esports mid laner Lee Ye-chan “Scout” will officially join JDG Esports Club and compete alongside the team in the upcoming season.

As the mid laner of the S11 League of Legends World Championship-winning team… pic.twitter.com/1KdrNpSPCY

— JDG Esports (@JDGaming) December 8, 2024

Scout replaces in-house talent Zeng “Yagao” Qi, who made his LoL Pro League (LPL) debut under the JD Gaming banner in December 2017 and has spent six seasons with the team between 2017-2022 and 2023-2024.

Regarded as one of the best mid laners in the world, Yagao failed to perform up to the expectations in his second stint with JD Gaming, who had an underwhelming run through the 2024 season.

JDG ended last season without a single trophy, while their best result was a third-place finish in the LPL 2024 Spring Playoffs.

The sub-standard results ushered in a major roster overhaul and the arrival of top laner Hu “Ale” Jia-Le along with Peyz and Scout.

Like his new teammates, Scout joins JDG with a plethora of accolades to his name, including four LPL MVP titles and an LoL Worlds 2021 MVP award.

Last season was not as fruitful for the former world champion, as his team, LNG Esports, won just the LPL 2024 Regional Finals and exited LoL Worlds 2024 in the quarterfinals.

With Scout’s arrival, JD Gaming now have locked-in players for all positions except for jungle.

Seo “Kanavi” Jin-hyeok is still part of JDG’s LoL roster; however, he has yet to renew his contract and is rumoured to be on his way out.

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