BurNIng

Xu Zhilei, known by his in-game tag BurNIng (commonly written as Burning), is a Chinese professional gamer. He has played both Defense of the Ancients and Dota 2 professionally, and he is considered one of the best carry players in the history of Dota. In 2012, IceFrog, the developer of DotA and Dota 2, honored BurNIng by naming his signature hero Anti-Mage after him in the original Dota game. In September 2018, he founded a new team called "Team Aster". Dota Burning started playing Dota professionally in 2008, and bounced around various teams before joining EHOME in 2010. EHOME would win 10 championships in 2010, including a dominating performance at Electronic Sports World Cup 2010 where the team didn't drop a game against some of the best Dota teams in the world. In the beginning of 2011, Burning and teammate Zhou "KingJ" Yang left EHOME to join Team DK. 2011 proved to be another big year for Burning, winning 9 championships. Dota 2 After not receiving an invite to The International 2011, Team DK switched over to Dota 2, and received an invite to The International 2012. Team DK finished 4th, losing to eventual finalists Natus Vincere in the winner's bracket, then eventual champions Invictus Gaming in the loser's bracket.