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Li Xiaofeng (), who also goes by the pseudonym "Sky" or "WE.Sky", is a Chinese former professional gamer of the popular
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real-time strategy game '' Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne''. He played for the China-based
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team. He is considered one of the best Human players in the game's history by
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. In the past few years he has been heavily involved with coaching
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'' team. Li Xiaofeng is featured in the documentary film '' Beyond the Game'', and as a cameo in drama series '' Gank Your Heart'' as himself.


Game style

He is widely known for his aggressive playing style with the Human race, which many considered to be a “slow” defensive race. He is known for using a fast tech build with a lumber mill, which leads to a push using the Archmage, Beastmaster, militia, towers and numerous summoned creatures to overwhelm the opponent. In numerous Warcraft III forums this strategy has been coined “Sky Rush." He was also known for a "two farm tech" without a lumber mill which leads to the "Sky Push," involving riflemen, a few casters, a breaker, and Archmage/Naga against Night Elf, but as Night Elves learned to defeat this push, it lost popularity in favor of more tower-reliant strategies. The landmark defeat came in
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Grand Final Fourth day: War Craft match: SkY vs 4K-Creoloph_03. SKY was just about to win with his traditional rush and get his third WCG gold in a row (first time in history), but was unexpectedly defeated.


Career

Li Xiaofeng started his career in 2004 and gained recognition in international competitive gaming after taking third place at the first edition of the
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during a three-month stay in
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, South-Korea in March, 2005. He would remain one of the most notable players throughout the remainder of the year, dominating his competitive home country and showing strong international results by winning ACON 5 and taking fourth place at the Electronic Sports World Cup 2005. He surprised the world by taking first place at the
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by the end of the season, the tournament was considered the toughest to win of all tournaments and had a player field that included names as
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and Dae "FoV" Hui Cho. Going into 2006 as one of the most successful players of the previous season, he stood out by showing consistent performance with excellent micromanagement and maturity in strategy and thinking. He finished within the top 3 of many of the major tournaments of the year, but was widely expected to make his strongest appearance at the World Cyber Games again. During the 2006 World Cyber Games he went undefeated through what was considered the toughest road to the grand finals for all attendees including an encounter with
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. Beating
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in the grand finals, Li Xiaofeng became the first back to back Warcraft III World Cyber Games champion. Earning him a spot in the World Cyber Games "Hall of Fame". In 2007 he lost in the finals of the World Cyber Games, and had to settle for silver. He was recognized as the greatest WarCraft III player of 2006 by competitive gaming media around the world. In 2015, Li officially announced his retirement.


Notable accomplishments


Individual

* WCG China (''2004'') *
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* ACON 5 (''2005'') * World E-Sports Games I (''2005'') * World Cyber Games 2006 * International Electronic Sports Tournament (''2006'') * Starswar 2 (''2006'') * Starswar 3 (''2006'') * Lenovo IEST (''2006'') * ProGamer League Season 1 (''2006'') *
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(''2006'') * World e-Sports Games Masters (''2006'') * International E-Sports Festival (''2006'') *
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* CEG Changchun Tour (''2007'') * ProGamer League Season 2 (''2007'') * Starswar 4 (''2007'') * Race War Season III (''2007'') * Dream Cup #10' (''2007'') * Neo Star League Season 2 Finals (''2008'') * PGL Season 3 (''2008'') * Electronic Sports World Cup Masters of Paris 2008 * Dream Cup Season III finals (''2008'') * Electronic Sports World Cup 2008 * ESL Continental Final Asia * CEG Beijing Tour (''2008'') * IEF (''2008'') * World GameMaster Tournament (''2008'') * CEG Chengdu Tour * PGL Season 4 (''2009'') * Extreme Masters 3 Continental Finals Asia (''2009'') * International Electronic Sports Tournament 2009 * Zotac Cup #189 (''2011'') *
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Awards

* 2006 GGL Player of the year * Member of World Cyber Games Hall of Fame


References


External links


Li Xiaofeng's Blog (Chinese)

World Elite team info
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sky (video gamer) 1985 births Living people Warcraft III players Chinese esports players People from Pingdingshan Sportspeople from Henan Team Razer players