Wang Xuwen (), who goes by the pseudonym Infi, is a Chinese professional esports player of the

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games '' Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne'' and ''

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''. He previously served in team World Elite, Tyloo and VICI GAMING. He is considered one of the best Human players in the world. In 2008, World Elite was the best team of the year and Wang Xuwen was the core member. In 2009, Wang Xuwen helped World Elite obtain the champion of Warcraft III Champions League Season XIV. Additionally, Wang Xuwen also has many individual champion titles from various Premier Tournaments such as

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and

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. From 2008 to 2011, the Chinese competitive scene for Warcraft III was dominated by 4 players,

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, Wang "Infi" Xuwen and Huang "TH000"Xiang. Wang "Infi" Xuwen and the other three were considered the four kings in Chinese Warcraft III. He played ''Starcraft II'' for a few years before retiring from competitive gaming.

Playing style

Wang "Infi" Xuwen has been nicknamed "Tower Race" or "the Six Race" as he was known for building many towers as a defensive and sometimes offensive strategy. In extreme cases, his towers could control sizable areas of the map. He often builds a large number of towers for detection as well, and then uses invisible Summoned creatures to raid his opponent. He employed this strategy and beat

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in the grand final of World Cyber Games 2009.

Career

Infi started gaining recognition internationally in team World Elite. In 2007, World Elite came 3rd place in Warcraft III Champions League Season XII. In 2008, World Elite was the champion of Road of the King tournament and became the team of year. In 2009, World Elite became the champion of Warcraft III Champions League Season XIV. Wang Xuwen also has many notable individual achievements. In 2007, he beat Dae Hui "FoV" Cho, Sun "xiaOt" Liwei and

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in the International E-Sports Festival 2007. He is the first non-Korean champion in this tournament and also the first non-Korean champion in a tournament which was held in Korea. In 2008, he was the champion of KODE5 in Moscow and World e-Sports Games. Infi saw success in the World Cyber Games, whose tournaments are considered some of the most important for Warcraft III players. After beating Weiliang "Fly100%" Lu, Dmitry "Happy" Kostin and

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, he won the championship for

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. In 2010, he was the runner-up of Battle.Net Season VIII. At the end of 2010, Infi left World Elite and joined team PanDa, which shortly afterwards merged with team Tyloo. He played for

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as a ''Starcraft II'' player for a few years before switching back to Warcraft III again.

Notable accomplishments

Individual

International E-Sports Festival 2007 (''2007'') ($10000) * Gold medal icon

IEST2007 China (''2007'') (''2007'') ($6000) * Gold medal icon

Super Wednesday 2007 (''2007'') * Gold medal icon

KODE5 (''2008'') ($10000) * Gold medal icon

DCupII (''2008'') ($100) * Silver medal icon

NSL2 (''2008'') ($3000) * Gold medal icon

xLo Asia Cup (''2008'') (€100) * MIP and MVP in the regular season of WC3L (2008) * Gold medal icon

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(''2008'') ($15000) *4th International E-Sports Festival 2008 (''2008'') ($1500) * Bronze medal icon

ProGamer League Season 1 (''2008'') ($3000) * Silver medal icon

International E-Sports Festival 2009 (''2009'') ($5000) * Gold medal icon

(''2009'') * Gold medal icon

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(''2019'') *4th G League Season 8 (''2008'') ($150) * Gold medal icon

Shadow League (''2010'') (€2250) *4thNSL3 China (''2010'') ($150) * Gold medal icon

G League 2010 Season 3 (''2010'') * Silver medal icon

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($10000) * Gold medal icon

International E-Sports Festival 2010 (''2010'') ($10000) * Gold medal icon

G League 2010 Season 4 (''2010'') * Silver medal icon

G League 2010 Season 5 (''2010'') * Gold medal icon

WGT (''2010'') ($3000) * Bronze medal icon

ECL 2010 (''2010'') ($1500) * Gold medal icon

ECL 2011 season 1 (''2011'') ($3000) * Silver medal icon

International E-Sports Festival China National Qualify (''2011'') ($1200) * Bronze medal icon

International E-Sports Festival 2012 (''2012'') ($2000) * Gold medal icon

G League 2012 Season 2 (''2012'') ($8000) * Gold medal icon

WEC 2014 (''2014'') ($13000) * Gold medal icon

WCA 2014 Grand Final (''2014'') ($45000) * Gold medal icon

World GameMaster Tournaments (''2014'') ($4800) * Gold medal icon

ESCC 2015 (''2015'') ($12000) * Gold medal icon

PGL Return the kings 2015 (''2015'') ($4600) * Gold medal icon

Gold Series 2015 Grand Final (Warcraft III) Season 1 (''2016'') ($6000) * Bronze medal icon

Mo Cup (''2016'') ($450) * Gold medal icon

Yuwan Cup (''2016'') ($1500) * Gold medal icon

CIG Nanchang 2017 (''2017'') ($15000) * Silver medal icon

Gold Series Warcraft III 2017 Summer (''2017'') ($3000)

Team

Stars War IV (''2007'') * Bronze medal icon

Warcraft III Champions League Season XIII (''2007'') * Gold medal icon

Road of the King(''2008'') ($10000 for whole team World Elite) * Gold medal icon

Warcraft III Champions League Season XIV(''2009'')($10000 for whole team World Elite)

References

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