Sheep Esports – Sources – VALORANT: Zhe set to hitch JD Gaming in VCT China

Active for only a 12 months, Niu “zhe” Zhe is ready to hitch JD Gaming in VCT China, after spending the previous season with Rare Atom, in line with sources near Sheep Esports. Despite falling brief within the Ascension grand ultimate, the Chinese Duelist will nonetheless attain the best tier of VALORANT esports, signing with one of many nation’s most acknowledged organizations. Wolves Esports has additionally proven curiosity on this profile.

Despite its robust repute, notably in League of Legends, JDG has struggled to search out the precise momentum and a transparent venture inside Riot Games’ FPS. Whether again in 2023 earlier than the creation of VCT CN, or in the course of the first full season of the official Chinese circuit in 2024, the membership failed to attain any standout outcomes and largely floated across the center of the standings. And that scenario solely barely improved, and likewise worsened at instances, all through 2025. For the Kickoff occasion, the Chinese group caught to its acquainted sample, ending within the seventh–eighth vary after losses to XLG Esports and Dragon Ranger Gaming.

During the primary stage of the VALORANT China Evolution Series, the inter-segment competitors that fills the gaps between every a part of the official circuit, JDG put collectively its strongest run since getting into the sport, ending Top 4. It was a promising consequence, highlighted by wins over EDward Gaming and XLG, earlier than falling towards Wolves within the semifinals and later being swept 3-0 by Bilibili Gaming within the third-place match. Afterwards, the group returned to disappointing outcomes, as soon as once more ending ninth–tenth in Stage 1, Stage 2, and Act 2 of the Evolution Series. A little bit of reduction finally arrived in Act 3, the place JD Gaming claimed first place, though that consequence should be stored in perspective contemplating many rosters had been testing gamers and juggling the offseason schedule.

At the identical time, zhe was competing in Ascension CN, making a 3rd straight look on the occasion and sadly struggling a 3rd consecutive grand ultimate defeat his membership Rare Atom. Joining after Ascension 2024, the Chinese participant piled up successes in Tier 2, incomes back-to-back titles in China National Competition Seasons 3 and 4, the equal of Challengers leagues throughout the remainder of the VALORANT ecosystem. In his ultimate run with the group, zhe and his teammates fully dominated the competitors, securing 4 straight 2-0 victories to achieve the decisive match for a coveted VCT CN spot. Against Dragon Ranger Gaming, who had been preventing to return to the league, JDG stood no likelihood and fell 3-0 with solely 15 rounds complete throughout three maps. In that sequence, zhe solely performed Yoru on Corrode, Sunset and Bind.