The team was owned by Huya, Inc., a Chinese interactive broadcast platform and was operated by Royal Never Give Up (RNG) throughout the 2019 and 2020 OWL seasons.

The Hunters signed an all-Chinese roster and staff, aside from two Taiwanese members, which would be led by head coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui.

[6] In the offseason preceding the 2020 season, head coach Wang "RUI" Xingrui announced that he would be stepping down from his position due to health issues.

[8] Chengdu made several roster changes prior to the season, including officially signing rookie Xin "Leave" Huang.

[10] Prior to the final midseason tournament of the season, the Countdown Cup, Chen Murong was signed as the team's new co-head, replacing Wu "Dokkaebi" Xiuqing.

[11] Chengdu finished the season in sixth, out of seventh, place in the league's Asia region, with an effective 8–14 record.

[22] However consecutive losses to the Dallas Fuel and San Francisco Shock ended their playoff run.

The post followed the end of the licensing agreement between Activision Blizzard and NetEase, which disallowed Overwatch 2 to be played in China.