Zhou (gamer)
Chinese Defense of the Ancients player
Chen Yao (Chinese: 陈尧), also known as Zhou, is a retired Chinese professional Defense of the Ancients (DotA) and Dota 2 player who won The International 2 as the team captain. His Id appeared in the loading screen of Defense of the Ancients 7 times. He won 27 champions during his professional career.
Professional career
Defense of the Ancients
Zhou was first seen playing professionally in Team CD, where he already has the reputation of being one of the best carries in China. In 2009, Zhou became the runner-up of SMM Grand National Final DotA Tournament 2009. In 2010, Loveen's Nirvana purchased team CD. Nirvana won the first season of G-League and the World DotA Championship 2010. Zhou also led the team to win The DotA Razer Global Challenge in 2010.
They also earned a third place in SMM 2010 and WGT 2011. In 2011, Zhou joined team CCM, however, later, Wang Sicong bought CCM and formed team Invictus Gaming. Invictus Gaming placed were runners up at the World Cyber Games in China 2011.
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