Group Tidebound returns to competitors after 10 months in hiatus.
Chinese language organisation 
Team Tidebound has returned to the aggressive Dota 2 scene with a roster of veteran gamers led by legendary coach 
Ning “xiao8” Zhang. Tidebound had been on hiatus since December 2025, which adopted a Seventh-Eighth place end for the crew at The International (TI) 2025.
In a post on their official Weibo account, Tidebound revealed that its roster for the 2026-2027 season options 4 gamers from its TI 2025 roster, particularly carry participant Xuanang “Shiro” Guo, mid laner 
Cheng “NothingToSay” Jin Xiang, place 4 assist Hao “plAnet” Lin, and place 5 assist Yiping “y`” Zhang. Rounding out the roster is veteran offlaner Haiyang “Yang” Zhou.
Tidebound’s new roster notably got here collectively following roster shuffles and disbandment of different Chinese language groups.
NothingToSay and xiao8 final competed beneath the banner of 
Xtreme Gaming. Xiao8 left the team prior to TI 2026, whereas NothingToSay was released by the organisation in early September after they failed to make it out of the Group Stage of TI 2026.
Shiro and y’ final performed for 
Vici Gaming and have become free brokers when the team was disbanded immediately after their loss in the Elimination Stage of TI 2026. Planet final performed for 
Team Resilience, having left the crew in late August after they also lost in the Elimination Stage of TI 2026. Lastly, Yang final performed for 
Team Refuser, which missed out on a spot in TI 2026 after ending fourth within the event’s Chinese language regional qualifier.
Tidebound’s return to competitors is tha newest main growth within the ongoing post-TI 2026 roster shuffle. Take a look at GosuGamers’ post-TI 2026 roster shuffle tracker to maintain observe of how the aggressive Dota 2 panorama will appear to be for the 2026-2027 season.
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