Xiaohu

Born Li Yuan-Hao, Xiaohu is one of the most long-lasting and respected names in Chinese League of Legends. The 28-year-old mid laner has spent close to ten years among the sport’s elite with Weibo Gaming in the LPL, and he is known as a thoughtful, flexible veteran whose staying power stands out in a scene where players come and go quickly.

Commanding the Middle of the Map

The mid lane is the hub of the map, and whoever holds it often drives their team’s plans. A mid laner has to win the lane duel while keeping enough mobility to roam and swing skirmishes elsewhere, blending personal mechanical skill with coordination across the whole squad. Xiaohu’s champion selection reflects the range an elite mid needs: Ryze, Corki, LeBlanc, Azir, Syndra and Taliyah cover control mages, assassins and late-game carries alike. That spread gives his side plenty of room during drafting and lets him reshape his approach to suit each series.

Reinventing Himself Over Time

Very few players in the region can point to a career as long as his or to such a readiness to change. Across the years he has earned praise for mastering a broad set of champions and, especially, for how readily he adapts, staying near the top while the meta and the game itself kept shifting around him. That ability to rebuild his style has kept him competitive well after many of his peers retired, and he is widely regarded as one of the defining mid laners of the LPL era.

Within Weibo Gaming, Xiaohu functions as both a mechanical danger and a steadying senior presence, the sort of player whose experience matters most when the postseason pressure builds. His grasp of macro decisions and teamfight positioning backs up a lineup that depends on his guidance nearly as much as on his own output.

As he enters the later stage of his career, Xiaohu remains a serious competitor and a standard for consistency in Chinese esports. He carries himself as a respected elder figure who can still deliver decisive performances, and his presence gives Weibo Gaming both a high skill ceiling and a deep well of hard-won experience.