Wang Xuwen (
Chinese: 王诩文), who goes by the pseudonym Infi, is a Chinese professional
esports player of the
real-time strategy games Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne and Starcraft II.[1] He previously served in team
World Elite, Tyloo and VICI GAMING. He is considered one of the best Human players in the world.[2][3] In 2008, World Elite was the best team of the year[4] 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
World Cyber Games and
World e-Sports Games. From 2008 to 2011, the Chinese competitive scene for Warcraft III was dominated by 4 players,
Lu "Fly100%" Weiliang,
Li "Sky" Xiaofeng, 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
Fly100% in the grand final of World Cyber Games 2009.[5]
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
June "Lyn" Park 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[6] 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
Jang "Moon" Jae Ho, he won the championship for
World Cyber Games 2009.[7][8] In 2010, he was the runner-up of Battle.Net Season VIII.[9] At the end of 2010, Infi left World Elite and joined team PanDa, which shortly afterwards merged with team Tyloo. He played for
ViCi Gaming 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)