TvirusLuke retires from competitive VALORANT; leaves Titan Esports Club
TvirusLuke hangs up the mouse after competing with Titan Esports Club and Dragon Ranger Gaming.
CHINA – Titan Esports Club have announced that Chen “TvirusLuke” Zhenqing has decided to retire from competitive play. The 26-year-old steps away after spending the last two seasons in VCT CN, most recently featuring as a primary duelist for Dragon Ranger Gaming and Titan Esports Club.
TvirusLuke first popped up on the wider radar during First Strike HK/TW, before continuing to compete across a number of lineups over the next two years, most notably with LP33 in the region’s Challengers circuit.
His career took a major upswing in early 2023 when he joined Dragon Ranger Gaming, where the team grinded through three Acts of the CN Evolution Series to earn enough points to reach the inaugural Ascension CN. DRG ultimately qualified and won Ascension to secure promotion into the main league, with TvirusLuke finishing the tournament as one of the top performers by ACS.
Dragon Ranger Gaming’s momentum carried straight into the league. The team’s meteoric rise was capped by qualification to VALORANT Masters Shanghai, an international milestone that few lineups ever reach, especially so early into their time in tier one. The event itself, however, was unforgiving. DRG exited without taking a map across two matches against Team Heretics and FUT Esports.
In the domestic CN league, DRG showed real promise early in 2024, finishing 3rd to 4th at Kickoff and following it up with a 3rd-place result in Stage 1 for the aforementioned Masters Shanghai. At that point, DRG looked like a team that could settle into the league’s upper tier.
Instead, the second half of the year unraveled. Dragon Ranger Gaming struggled to regain their footing and ultimately finished Stage 2 in 10th place. For a roster built around momentum, the downturn was especially steep. DRG opened 2025 on a more positive note with a 4th-place finish, but it also became the end of TvirusLuke’s time with the organization.
After starting the DRG journey together from the Evolution Series grind, the partnership finally broke, and TvirusLuke moved to Titan Esports Club. The TEC stint, however, never fully clicked in the standings. The team placed 7th to 8th before falling to last in Stage 2. The bright spot came in the CN Evolution Series Act 2 x ACL, where TEC finished second and secured qualification to the 2025 Esports World Cup, giving the roster at least one “international” qualification amid a difficult season.
Even as results dipped, TvirusLuke continued to show moments of the same high-ceiling duelist play that defined his earlier Dragon Ranger Gaming days as a pure duelist user. The issue was putting it together consistently across a full split, especially against the top half of the league.
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Cover photo courtesy of VCT CN