Merlini

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

Personal Life
A former child prodigy with a near-perfect memory, Merlini has won multiple Olympiad Gold medals in Physics and Mathematics from as early as 12. He was the second youngest person to have ever won a Physics Olympiad at the international level (the youngest being Christopher Hirata, I.Q 225). Having 2 Ph.Ds, 1 M.Sc, and another M.A, Merlini is popularly known as the most intelligent DoTA 2 player to have ever existed. He is said to have read more than 1500 books, and can recall every book that he has read word-for-word.

Early Career
Prior to his gaming career, Merlini was a former child prodigy with an I.Q of 204 on the Stanford-Binet LM form. He graduated from Hua Xin Science Academy, the country's most prestigious high school for the precocious, at the age of 11, and earned his B.Sc in Engineering at 14. 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 both internet problems and conflicts due to the profound intellectual rift between Commissioner Wu and the heads of 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 personal 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