Banana | |
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Wang Jiao | |
Status | Active |
Born | born 1988/1989 |
Nationality | China |
Current team | LGD Gaming |
Games |
Dota Dota 2 |
Career prize money | $1,192,049.89 |
Nickname(s) | Banana |
2009-10-?? — 2010-02-?? | xFy (Dota) |
2010-02-?? — 2011-12-?? | Nirvana.cn (Dota) |
2012-05-?? — 2012-11-?? | Radiance (Dota) |
2012-11-10 — 2013-03-14 | For.Love (Dota 2) |
2013-03-14 — 2013-09-09 | TongFu (Dota 2) |
2013-09-09 — 2014-03-09 | Invictus Gaming (Dota 2) |
2014-03-09 — Present | Newbee (Dota 2) |
Wang Jiao (Chinese: 王蛟), known by his tag Banana, is a Chinese Dota 2 coach and player for LGD Gaming. He was part of the Newbee eSports Club team that won the single largest money prize in video game history, a US$5,028,308 payout at The International 4 (TI4) at the KeyArena, in Seattle, Washington. Newbee defeated ViCi Gaming three game to one.e-Sports Earnings estimates that Banana has won a total of US$1,192,049.89 individually from tournaments. As of April 14, 2015, after TI4 Wang "Banana" Jiao was the highest ranking player in terms of prize money won across all competitive video games. Banana joined NewBee in March 2014.