Player xiao8 from from LGD Gaming Dota 2
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Zhang xiao8 Ning is a Chinese professional Dota 2 player and coach.
He became widely known after winning The International 2014 with Newbee. In March 2015 he moved to PSG.LGD, where he played on the fourth position, took several first places at Dash 1 tournaments, as well as the 3rd place at The International 2015. After a long hiatus from PSG.LGD , he returned in April 2016. Playing in the third position, xiao8 reached fourth place at The Manila Major 2016, and also placed 9th-12th at The International 2016. Before the end of the year, he was still playing in LGD.Forever Young.
At the end of 2018, he was invited to EHOME for a coaching position. Under xiao8 's leadership, the team took first place at their first major tournament, The Bucharest Minor. After finishing second at the OGA Dota PIT Minor 2019, EHOME received an invite to the closed qualifiers for The International 2019. At the qualifiers themselves, the team finished third, missing out on the main championship of the year. In the 2019-2020 season, the team made regular appearances at tournaments from Valve. During this period, the team gained a foothold at the dash-1 level in China, taking prizes at local leagues.
In September 2020, PSG.LGD management decided to completely revamp the roster - four EHOME and xiao8 players were invited. The fifth player in the team was Ame. At the DPC in 2021, PSG.LGD placed third at ONE Esports Singapore Major 2021 and first at WePlay AniMajor, which guaranteed the team a direct invite to The International 2021. Since NothingToSay had problems flying to Europe, he was replaced at ESL One Fall 2021 and the OGA Dota PIT Invitational by the team's coach. xiao8, with whom the team took second and first place respectively.
At International 2021, PSG.LGD finished in second place, losing to Team Spirit in the grand finals. The following year, the Chinese team won the Riyadh Masters 2022 beating the same Team Spirit 2-0.
