zai

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zai

Player Information

Name:

Ludwig Wåhlberg

Birth:

August 5, 1997 (age 21)

Country:

Sweden

Status:

Active

Team:

Team Secret

Alternate IDs:

mmbzai, ZAIZAIZAIZAIZAI

Role(s):

Support
Offlaner

Signature Hero:

Approx. Total Earnings:

$1,883,009

Links

History

2013-??-?? — 2013-11-22

Stay Free

2013-11-22 — 2013-12-23

Super Strong Dinosaurs

2014-01-31 — 2014-02-21

S A D B O Y S

2014-02-21 — 2015-01-06

Evil Geniuses

2015-01-06 — 2015-08-30

Team Secret

2015-08-30 — 2016-05-23

Evil Geniuses (Sub)

2016-05-23 — 2016-06-13

Kaipi

2016-06-13 — 2016-08-27

Evil Geniuses

2016-09-15 — 2017-08-30

Evil Geniuses

2017-09-05 — 2017-09-26

The Dire

2017-09-26 — 2018-09-05

OpTic Gaming

2018-09-05 — Present

Team Secret

Ludwig "zai" Wåhlberg is a Swedish professional Dota 2 player who currently plays for Team Secret.

Biography[edit]

Despite his very young age, zai made a name for himself in Heroes of Newerth, playing on teams such as Trademark eSports and compLexity Gaming, and winning DreamHoN 2012 at the age of 14. In 2013 he transitioned to Dota 2 alongside fellow HoN pros Ensoe, Tralfamadore and, most importantly ppd, with whom he found quick success with team Stay Free and later Super Strong Dinosaurs. In late January 2014, he transferred to the support role and joined ppd, Arteezy and EG players Fear and UNiVeRsE in team S A D B O Y S, which would mark the start of his breakthrough in the Dota 2 scene. As S A D B O Y S went 16-2 in games in their twenty days of playing together, the team caught the attention of Evil Geniuses. On the 21st of February 2014, S A D B O Y S and zai were picked up by Evil Geniuses.^[1]

On 6th January 2015 it was announced that zai had left EG to join Team Secret and he'd be switching back to the offlane role.^[2]^[3]

After Team Secret's 7th-8th finish at The International 5, zai left the team to complete his high school education.^[4] When the substitute player slot was introduced by Valve along with the Major system zai became the official substitute of EG.^[5] Players are permitted to be registered to more than one team (but are only allowed to accept one invite to a Major tournament)^[6], and zai utilised this to join Kaipi after completing his studies, whilst still remaining the official substitute for EG.^[7]

On 12th of June 2016 it was announced that zai would be rejoining EG along with UNiVeRsE.^[8]

Following EG's underwhelming performance at TI7, Zai chose to leave EG to form a new team with his former captain, PPD. This team would soon be picked up by OpTic Gaming.

Achievements[edit]

Date	Place	Tier	Tournament		Team	Result	Prize
2019-05-12	AA1st	A0Premier	MDL Disneyland® Paris Major	MDL Disneyland® Paris Major	Team Secret	3 : 1	$350,000
2019-01-27	AA1st	A0Premier	The Chongqing Major	The Chongqing Major	Team Secret	3 : 1	$350,000
2017-05-28	AA1st	A0Premier	The Manila Masters	The Manila Masters	Evil Geniuses	3 : 1	$125,000
2016-10-02	AA1st	A0Premier	Mars Dota 2 League 2016 Autumn	Mars Dota 2 League 2016 Autumn	Evil Geniuses	3 : 1	$112,500
2016-08-13	CA3rd	A0Premier	The International 2016	The International 2016	Evil Geniuses	1 : 2	$2,180,900
2015-08-06	GA7 - 8th	A0Premier	The International 2015	The International 2015	Team Secret	1 : 2	$829,333
2015-06-21	AA1st	A0Premier	ESL One Frankfurt 2015	ESL One Frankfurt 2015	Team Secret	3 : 1	$118,481
2015-06-07	AA1st	A0Premier	MarsTV Dota 2 League 2015 Spring	MarsTV Dota 2 League 2015 Spring	Team Secret	3 : 1	$108,817
2015-05-17	AA1st	A0Premier	The Summit 3	The Summit 3	Team Secret	3 : 1	$115,466
2014-07-20	CA3rd	A0Premier	The International 2014	The International 2014	Evil Geniuses	1 : 2	$1,037,780
Complete list of results in any tournament