Biography

 

Born in Lviv, Ukraine, Danil Ishutin or "Dendi" got an early start with competitive gaming in internet cafés. Starting with Counter Strike first, he soon found Warcraft 3 where he played in local tournaments and built a love for competition and a thirst to be the best. Although he was quite succesful in Warcraft 3 competitions, he knew he found his true calling when he stumbled upon DOTA. He picked it up immediately and began practicing and training his skills. He soon created his own team for Lviv local tournaments. After leading his team to a championship in Kiev, he was drafted by a team called "Wolker.Gaming" and began his professional gaming career at the age of 17. Dendi has been known for his jovial personality and teeth because boy,does he smile a lot. Like,paedophilically so. Dendi dove into computer games because he lost his father when he wsa young and gaming was his escape from the pain. Kind of like a band aid for his heart,but cancer inducing. The Dota community first doubted his abilities and made fun of him because when he entered the professional scene, he looked like a prepubescent elf. Now he looks semipubescent.

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DOTA 1 Career

 

Dendi started his career in "W.G" in 2006. They made it into the grand final of Meet Your Makers (MYM) Prime Defending, the most prestigious tournaments at that time. A year later, W.G merged with Kingsurf.international and Dendi became a full-time member of "Ks.int". On June 2009, he left Ks.int and joined DTS and finished 2nd place at the E-Sports World Convention (ESWC) in 2010. They also finished at 3rd place in the World DOTA Championship (WDC) of 2010 before Dendi left the team for Natus Vincere at the end of 2010.

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DOTA 2 Career

 

After his arrival in Natus Vincere, the team quickly established a name for themselves after winning The International 2011 and bringing back the $1 Million prize.