WarHorse is Top Esports’ new head coach
Can he lead TES to their first World Championship?
FunPlus Phoenix announced the departure of their World Championship winning head coach Chen “WarHorse” Ju-Chih today. Just an hour later, Top Esports officially announced that he has joined them for the 2021 season.
His move to Top Esports comes after the departure of head coach Luo “Crescent” Sheng, who was with the team for one and a half years. At Worlds 2020,Top Esports failed to make the final after losing to Suning 3-1in the all-LPL semifinals.
We are happy to announce that WarHorse has joined TES as our Head Coach.Coach WarHorse has rich experience in coaching and team management, a well-known coach who has coached many teams.????Let’s meet new challenges together and create unlimited possibilities！#TESpic.twitter.com/lP9xnkrUKi
WarHorse is Flash Wolves’ former head coach who departed the LMS region at the end of 2018. In his first year in the LPL, he and the FunPlus Phoenix squad comprising top laner Kim “GimGoon” Han-saem, jungler Gao “Tian” Tian-Liang, famed mid laner Kim “Doinb” Tae-sang, bot laner Lin “Lwx” Wei-Xiang, and support Liu “Crisp” Qing-Song, won the World Championship for the first time in their careers.
So far there have not been any official roster announcements for Top Esports. Their five main starters have contracts that end next year or the year after.
