Merlini

Merlini
Personal Information
Full Name	Ben Wu
Status	Active
Date of birth	October 23, 1987 (1987-10-23)
Hometown	Atlanta, Georgia
Country of origin	Taiwan
Major Roles	Carry
Signature Heroes
Professional Career
2007	APEX
2007 - 2008	JMC
2008 - 2009	MYM
2009	EG
2009	Blight.int
2009 - 2010	Nirvana.int
2012	SK Gaming

Ben Wu, more commonly known as Merlini. A former professional DotA player famed for his use of Zeus, Silencer and Tinker.

Professional Career

Early Career

With p0c and Fang, Merlini formed APEX which eventually obtained sponsorship from JMC. In CAL, they defeated the more favoured Complexity and got 2nd in the first MYM Prime Defending. However, not long after, problems from their real lives prevented them from further playing. They soon disbanded after.

MYM

After Loda left MYM, Merlini joined them. In Dreamhack Summer 2007, MYM met T_T in the finals and won gold with great jungling abilities from Merlini. However, due to personal reasons and the fact that Merlini couldn't train routinely with the team, Merlini had to leave the team again.

EG

May 2009, Merlini and Fear joined Evil Geniuses, but internet problems has not helped and conflicts with the organization led to disbandment.

Blight.int

In a short lived 2 months with Blight.int, Merlini won the F4F.

Nirvana.int

Due to sponsonship problems, Blight switched to Nirvana. But due to a lot of reasons, Merlini had to retire in 2010.

SK Gaming

Merlini was slated to make an official comeback during the Dota2 Valentine's Day Celebrity Charity Challenge, partnering with Sayuri. Unfortunately, at the last minute he was unable to play due to real-life obligations, and his spot was taken by American player Fear. Merlini made his official comeback during the 4PlayersLiga on April 11th, 2012 as part of SK Gaming's new roster.

Interviews

2012

• 17 July | "Sayuri has really reignited my interest in competitive Dota" By It's Gosu