Merlini

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

Early Life
Merlini graduated from the Hinshu Academy of Math and Sciences at the young age of 11, and was considered a prodigy among his peers, with a tested IQ of 192. After completing his engineering degree at 14, he took up gaming and met p0c and Fang, which brought him to his gaming career.

Early Career
Merlini joined APEX along with p0c and Fang, which was formed by Corea. Team APEX 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 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.

2012

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