LoL: Karsa retires after twelve years, with three LPL titles, four LMS titles, and one MSI

The legendary Taiwanese jungler Hung "Karsa" Hao-Hsuan has announced his retirement after 12 years as a professional League of Legends player, competing in the the Pacific, as well as in China’s LPL. A four-time LMS champion, three-time LPL champion, and winner of the 2018 Mid-Season Invitational with Royal Never Give Up, he also made seven appearances at Worlds, reaching the quarterfinals twice and the semifinals once with Top Esports.

A long career full of victories, as Karsa mentions in his farewell message, in which he also teased that his story will continue—hinting at a possible coaching career ahead. At 28, he has won almost everything wherever he went, standing as a true icon of both China and the Pacific region.

Karsa was part of the generation that played for Flash Wolves from 2015 to 2017. Alongside Hu "SwordArt" Shuo-Chieh and Huang "Maple" Yi-Tang, the team won four LMS splits, the predecessor of the PCS. They also competed at Worlds three times, reaching the quarterfinals in 2015, where they lost to Origen after an impressive group stage that saw them finish ahead of the KOO Tigers. They also reached two MSI semifinals in 2016 and 2017.

All these strong performances earned Karsa a move to the reigning two-time LPL finalists, RNG. The year 2018 was nothing short of legendary: he shared playtime with Liu "Mlxg" Shi-Yu but ended up playing more matches. This six-man roster worked perfectly—double LPL champions and MSI winners—they were on their way to the golden road before being stopped in the Worlds quarterfinals by G2 Esports.

2019 was a much tougher year, but the team still managed to reach a final, which they lost in the Summer Split, and qualified for Worlds, where they were eliminated in the group stage. Karsa’s stock remained high, and he joined Top Esports for two years, winning an LPL title in Summer 2020 and reaching the Worlds semifinals—his best career result.

After leaving TES at the end of 2021, Karsa didn’t win any more trophies. He spent a year with Victory Five, which started well but collapsed in the Summer Split. In 2023, he joined his last LPL club, Weibo Gaming, but stayed for only one split.

The following year, he returned to his roots with CTBC Flying Oyster in the PCS, six years after leaving, before finishing his career with PSG Talon in 2025. They participated in Worlds—his seventh appearance in the premier competition. A true League of Legends icon retires.