Dendi

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[e][h]B8B8 Dendi
Player Information
Name:
Данило Ішутін
Romanized Name:
Danil Ishutin
Nationality:
Born:
December 30, 1989 (age 35)
Region:
Europe Europe
Years Active (Player):
2011 - 2024
Current Role:
Team:
Approx. Total Winnings:
$823,626
Signature Hero:
Pudge Shadow Fiend Puck
Links
History
2007-10-15 — 2008
2008 — 2008-09
2008-10-04 — 2009-03-18DTS Gaming
2009-03-18 — 2009-06-01KS.Int
2009-06-01 — 2010-12-25DTS Gaming
2010-12-25 — 2015-10-16Natus Vincere
2015-10-20 — 2018-09-01Natus Vincere
2018-09-01 — 2019-08-10Natus Vincere(Ia.)
2019-01-22 — 2019-04-22Tigers(L.)
2019-06-30 — 2019-08-10The Pango(L.)
2019-08-10 — 2019-08-??The Pango
2020-01-27 — 2022-06-16B8
2022-12-08 — PresentB8
Upcoming Matches
No Upcoming Matches

Upcoming Tournaments
No upcoming tournaments

Danil "Dendi" Ishutin (born December 30, 1989) is a Ukrainian player who is currently playing for B8.

Biography[edit]

Born in Lviv, Ukraine, Dendi got an early start with competitive gaming in net cafes when his elder brother married, moved out and took the family's PC with him. Dabbling with Counter-Strike first, he soon found Warcraft 3 where he played in local tournaments and built a love for the competition and a thirst to be the best. Though he was quite successful in Warcraft 3 and even won a few local championships in Lviv, he knew he had found his calling when he stumbled upon DotA. He picked up the game quickly and played it almost exclusively over the next few months.

Beginning with learning only supports, he practiced heavily and was quickly vouched to the IHCS1 league and soon created his own team for tournaments in Lviv. After he led his team to a championship in Kyiv, he was drafted by a team called "Wolker.Gaming" and began his professional career at 17.

DotA[edit]

Dendi started playing professionally with WG in 2006.[1] He was a part of the Ukrainian squad that finished third in MYM Prime Nations the same year. Only a few months later WG made it to the grand final of one of the most prestigious tournaments at the time; MYM Prime Defending.[2] When Kingsurf.international merged with WG the next year he became a full-time member of Ks.int.[1] In late 2008 he joined DTS, only to return to Ks.int in March 2009.[3] Three months later though, Dendi returned to DTS.[4] The team would end up finishing 2nd at ESWC 2010. At the end of 2010, Dendi and DTS finished 3rd at the prestigious WDC 2010.[5] Dendi joined Natus Vincere at the end of 2010.[6]

Dota 2[edit]

Dendi started his Dota 2 career with Na'Vi, who quickly established themselves as one of the best teams in the world by winning The International 2011. Na'Vi continued to dominate and won many tournaments in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013. Dendi was the center of Na'Vi's consistent stable and skilled rosters, with his performance greatly contributing to their success.

The Natus Vincere Dota 2 team achieved significant success with Dendi as their midlaner during the first few years of the game; they finished as the runners-up for both The International 2012 and The International 2013, losing out to Invictus Gaming and Alliance, respectively. 2013 would mark the last year of Na'Vi and Dendi's dominance in the Dota 2 scene, as they only recorded two LAN victories since January 2014. The International 2014 saw Na'Vi and Dendi finishing the tournament outside of the top 2 for the first time and the following two Internationals, TI 5 and TI 6, they would finish in last place. The results would deteriorate further, as they would fail to even qualify for The International 2017, they failed to advance out of the group stage of the regional qualifiers. This marked the first year of The International tournaments without Dendi attending as a player. The 2017/18 season started of promising for Dendi and Na'Vi, who dominated the CIS scene in the early months, crowning their improving results with their second LAN victory since 2014. However, the second half of the season saw the roster break apart and finally the team would fail to even reach the regional qualifiers for The International 2018, after losing in the open qualifier.

Four years of roster instability and poor results finally took their toll on the reputation of the Na'Vi organization and on Dendi's status as a legendary player and a top tier midlaner. After 8 years playing mid on Na'Vi, Dendi was finally removed from the active roster in September 2018. However, Dendi vowed to continue playing professionally. After a brief stint on Tigers, Dendi joined The Pango.

After spending majority of his professional career playing for Natus Vincere, he departed the active roster for the first time in September 2018 and left the organization in August 2019. In January 2020, he founded a new organization, B8.[7]

Trivia[edit]

  • Started his professional career as support player.[8]
  • He was featured in a Valve film called Free to Play, showing a gamer's perspective into competitive Dota 2.[9]
  • Dendi is first person in the history of Dota 2 to participate in six Internationals under one organisation.[10]
  • Snuck himself into the The International 2015 All-Star Match as one of the players chosen from the crowd.
  • Reached 10,000 MMR on December 1, 2023.[11]

Statistics[edit]

  • Dendi broke the record for most games played with one team at 25 December 2015, with (1039) games under Natus Vincere's banner (Previously held by Silent, who played 1037 games for Team Empire.) When he left the active roster, Dendi had played 1560 games with Navi.
  • Dendi is the all time leader in premium/professional matches played as Queen of Pain (181 matches and 87 wins), Templar Assassin (115 matches and 67 wins), and Pudge (51 matches and 31 wins).
  • Dendi is also the all time leader in premium/professional matches won as Tinker (60 matches and 32 wins), although qojqva holds the record for all time leader in premium/professional matches played as Tinker (65 matches and 31 wins).

Stats from datdota as of 1-Dec-2024.

Achievements[edit]

  • As Player
  • As Broadcast Talent
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DatePlaceTierTournamentTeamResultPrize
2017-11-221stTier 2Adrenaline Cyber LeagueAdrenaline Cyber League
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
3 : 1
Virtus.proVirtus.pro
$65,000
2016-07-241stTier 1StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2StarLadder i-League StarSeries Season 2
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
3 : 1
Team SecretTeam Secret
$135,000
2016-06-192ndTier 1ESL One Frankfurt 2016ESL One Frankfurt 2016
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
0 : 3
OGOG
$62,909
2014-11-021stTier 1Dota 2 Champions League Season 4Dota 2 Champions League Season 4
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
3 : 0
Team TinkerTeam Tinker
$38,118
2014-07-197th - 8thTier 1The International 2014The International 2014
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
1 : 2
Cloud9Cloud9
$518,889
2014-04-151stTier 1Dota 2 Champions League Season 2Dota 2 Champions League Season 2
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
3 : 1
Cloud9Cloud9
$61,500
2014-01-191stTier 1StarLadder StarSeries Season 8StarLadder StarSeries Season 8StarLadder StarSeries Season 8
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
3 : 1
AllianceAlliance
$62,000
2013-08-112ndTier 1The International 2013The International 2013
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
2 : 3
AllianceAlliance
$632,364
2012-09-022ndTier 1The International 2012The International 2012
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
1 : 3
Invictus GamingInvictus Gaming
$250,000
2011-08-211stTier 1The International 2011The International 2011
Natus VincereNatus Vincere
3 : 1
EHOMEEHOME
$1,000,000
Extended list of results
DateTierTournamentPositionPartner List
2023-10-29Tier 1The International 2023The International 2023Guest Analyst
2021-10-17Tier 1The International 2021The International 2021Analyst
2021-07-10QualifierThe International 2021: Western Europe QualifierThe International 2021: Western Europe QualifierAnalyst
2020-03-26ShowmatchWeSave! Charity PlayWeSave! Charity PlayCaster
2020-01-12Tier 2WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020WePlay! Bukovel Minor 2020Analyst
2019-08-25Tier 1The International 2019The International 2019Analyst
2018-04-07Tier 1Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018Dota 2 Asia Championships 2018Commentator
About achievementsBroadcasts from any Tournament

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References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "riptide" and "SirJolt" (2012-07-30). "All Pick - Danil "Dendi" Ishutin". Team Liquid. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  2. ↑ "Dendi - the Dota 2 millionaire". SteelSeries.com. 2012-01-27. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  3. ↑ Chris "Zeyall" H. (2009-03-18). "Ks.Int adds Dendi". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  4. ↑ andy "meesteryen" shieh (2009-06-01). "Ks.int and Ks.cn Roster Changes". GosuGamers. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  5. ↑ PlayDotA ESWC 2010 Full Coverage
  6. ↑ Andrew "Xeo" Yatsenko (2010-12-25). "Na`Vi.DotA welcomes ArtStyle and Dendi". NaVi-Gaming.com. Retrieved 2013-04-13.
  7. ↑ B8esportsGG (2020-01-27). "The Golden Years have not passed, The Golden Years are continuing!". twitter.com.
  8. ↑ Jesper "Julmust" Bergeskans (2018-05-17). "Puppey: "I don’t want to step into that situation where I get just a good player that wants to be all over the place."". cybersport.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  9. ↑ "Free to Play: The Movie (US)". Valve Corporation. 2014-03-19. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  10. ↑ Kara Jacobacci (2016-06-30). "Dendi and NaVi Attend All Six Internationals". esportsedition.com. Retrieved September 16, 2016.
  11. ↑ Dendi (2023-12-01). "Як то кажуть".
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