Tidebound has returned to competitive Dota 2 after a 10-month hiatus, bringing back four players from its The International 2025 roster for the 2026-2027 season, Esports Insider reported. Ning "xiao8" Zhang is the team's coach.
The organization shared the lineup through its official Weibo account, according to GosuGamers, as cited by Esports Insider. Tidebound had been inactive since December 2025, after finishing seventh-eighth at TI 2025.
- Coach: Ning "xiao8" Zhang
- Carry: Xuanang "Shiro" Guo
- Mid: Cheng "NothingToSay" Jin Xiang
- Offlane: Haiyang "Yang" Zhou
- Position 4: Hao "plAnet" Lin
- Position 5: Yiping "y`" Zhang
Where the players came from
Yang is the only player who was not part of Tidebound's TI 2025 lineup. He last played for Team Refuser, which finished fourth in the Chinese regional qualifier and did not reach TI 2026.
The rest of the group arrives from teams reshuffled after TI 2026. xiao8 and NothingToSay last competed for Xtreme Gaming; xiao8 left before TI 2026, and NothingToSay was released in early September after the team failed to advance from the group stage. Shiro and y` most recently played for Vici Gaming, which disbanded after losing in the TI 2026 elimination stage. plAnet left Team Resilience in late August following that team's elimination-stage exit.
