Biography
Xu “fy” Linsen is a Chinese professional Dota 2 player who last played for Elephant.
Although a relative latecomer to the Dota 2 scene, fy found immediate success in the professional scene. fy is often considered to be the best Rubick player in the world, and he and former teammate Fenrir were known as one of the top support duos in the world and the main driver behind the success of Vici Gaming.
2012-2015: Beginnings with Vici Gaming and TI-runner up
fy first made his appearance in competitive Dota 2 when Vici Gaming was created on the 21st of October, 2012. It was believed that it took numerous attempts to persuade fy to come to VG despite not having played a single match of Dota 2, but a person called “WarGod7” convinced him to join the team and eventually become a player of VG as a support. fy described his move to Vici Gaming as “fate”. He played alongside cty, fenrir, xtt and sydm – the four remaining players in the Dota 2 squad alongside their team manager/team leader Panda Pan Pan, also known as Fengdidi.
2016-present: Vici-Gaming Reborn and move to LGD Gaming
On the 19th of March, 2016, Fy was moved to Vici Gaming’s secondary squad, Vici Gaming Reborn. He won his first tournament under his youth team beating Natus Vincere 3-1 in the StarLadder Invitational 1 despite having his coach Mikasa playing as a substitute for the team. Following the event, he finished in the top eight for the Manila Major 2016 but was eliminated in the first round of the lower bracket during The International 2016. He later moved back to his primary squad, Vici Gaming on the 14 September 2016, but wavered mixed success throughout the next calendar year, reaching second place in Starladder i-League StarSeries – Season 3 and a 5-8th place in the Kiev Major 2017 as their most notable achievements, and most notably, not qualifying for The International 2017.
During the spring break of 2017, it was announced that after six years with the organisation, fy would depart from Vici Gaming to join LGD as an offlaner, with intentions of strengthening the team’s chemistry and to diversify his role versatility.[10][11] With the addition of Chalice, the team finished second place in their first Minor PGL Open Bucharest 2017, however his tenure as an offlaner came to an abrupt end, following xNova’s addition to the squad from his successful trial, resulting in fy returning to position four. The return to his original position prompted success to the team, victorious in several Chinese qualifiers, finishing 2nd place in DAC 2018, and beating Team Liquid 3-1 in the grand finals of EPICENTER 2018. fy’s drafting and his performances in EPICENTER earned the praise from the Russian casters and Kyle, and he was awarded MVP of the tournament, with Thanos’s Infinity Gauntlet.
Dota 2
Dota 2 is – unlike other big MOBA titles like League of Legends – free to play with all heroes. However, game items can be purchased in the Dota 2 store, but all of them have no effect on the gameplay. Only cosmetic items like different skins for the heroes can be purchased. Just like in Team Fortress 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Portal 2, it is possible to create your own content via the Steam Workshop.
Dota 2 is a multiplayer online battle arena title from Valve. The successor to the extremely popular Warcraft 3 modification DotA (Defense of the Ancients), Dota 2 was the company’s first strategy game and was released on the download platform Steam on July 9, 2013. The game is a free-to-play title that can be played completely free of charge and is financed through in-game micro-transactions, similar to Team Fortress 2.