How Rookie’s Laning Blew Dopa’s Mind

[@AdvayBasavaraju]

I love how perfectly he spaces and dances around the enemy just out of range. It's beautiful

[@parkyamato9450]

Tethering and spacing is always beatiful to watch

[@floofy1]

5:10 that Ryze got spaced to death

[@ablazed1935]

i think ita knight also

[@leeallen5132]

Using all his abilities on the wave while staying in range to be engaged on, but leaving one minion up that'll make him hit 6 is actually kinda insane. It's one of those things that once you've mastered something to such a level that you can rewrite the fundamentals with even higher knowledge

[@braindeadbrick553]

trading with lvl advantage its core fundamental while slow pushing u abuse lvl 2/3/6 most of the things presented here all challengers do

[@leeallen5132]

@@braindeadbrick553 Yeah, you kind of missed the impressive bit

[@natdaone5075]

Rookie's aggressive plays taught me to take more risks with my plays and I respect that.

[@lucky_pepe]

His agressive plays coming from his game knowlege not because he brainlessly coinflip, play agro full time and take risks when he should not. If u are not rookie it will only lead to another irelia/yone/yasuo 0 5 0 spamming ff button.

[@BlahajGoesNom]

@@lucky_pepe I think they only play watching these videos attempting to play like the featured player in these videos. But then loses every single time that he tries again and again and again and he then blames his iron 4 teammates that he keeps losing lane when his team are all positive kda and farm and hes 1 cs per min and has 20 deaths.

[@lucky_pepe]

@@BlahajGoesNom "blames his iron 4 teammates" they acting absolutely the same in diamond and low master btw, or even worse sometimes because they already have big ego and never listen or let team carry them. League is enjoyable only in 5 v 5 custom games, clash or 200-300+ lp master. Even normal games is not enjoyable anymore because degenerates playing them to boost normal mmr on their 3$ fresh accounts. I cant play normals on my main account with my friends because i have 2400+ normal mmr and this clowns just coinflip games to get normal mmr faster. Quality of this games is smth humanity should never see

[@laisensei6984]

@@lucky_pepe This is why whenever I watch Rookie's vids, I never try to imitate him completely. I know for a fact that I'm not as mechanically gifted as he is and usually focus on learning his wave management and roam timing (which was one of not only Rookie's but also all top tier mids' biggest strengths, cuz they are always somehow able to find a side lane roam and yet lose very little cs in lane at the same time). Whenever he hard pressures enemy mids to a degree that forces enemy jg and support to roam mid, I always pause and ask myself what information has he secured that allows him to play like this and also get away with it and also think about to what degree can I mimic this kind of laning style so that I can use it to improve my current laning skills instead of ruining what I'm already good at (I often tend to play a more passive farming-to-late style which is often in contrast to the way Rookie plays, and my champ pool is also centered around that). It's basically like you said, most of the people that watches these vids doesn't really think whether such play styles fits them or not. They are just brainless copy cats that barely scratch the surface of the true lesson behind these laning guide videos. These vids are only intended as a source of inspiration and demonstration of what you might be able to use to blend with what you currently know.

[@dawidklonowski923]

@@laisensei6984 u got a beautiful brain

[@adnox383]

"He dies every now and then" *proceeds to show a clip of Chovy 1v4-ing at baron pit and surviving*

[@katox9192]

Chovy?

[@quantum_leap786]

Chovy?

[@CarlosMartinez-ny2vf]

Worth to mention that he hits 95% of his abilities lol

[@charliem8250]

4:13

[@csakaybenedek6621]

Somehow dobby found all the 5% in this video

[@kayosb25]

lol no

[@Juhamakiviita2.0]

@@charliem8250 thats when qweasdqweasdqw is gonna kill sajhsajfafjaff

[@Jechew]

@@charliem8250 it’s so funny with the montage music

[@immortalredras205]

Maybe its because its a player and not a build, but theres something intimidating about a Dobby video that ends without a counter list

[@santumi2298]

I mean, if it exists, the counter is probably irelia

[@liudvis999]

@@santumi2298 he literally clapped every irelia in the video, what are you talking about?

[@santumi2298]

@@liudvis999 every video on the channel has counters: irelia

[@alex2005z]

@@santumi2298 irelia counters preety much every ranged champion bc of how easily she can engage, so its normal

[@gachivalantine3792]

@@alex2005z Except for those piloted by Rookie.

[@alessandroarroyo1731]

Riot: **HEAVY BREATHING, THINKING ABOUT NERF RYZE**

[@artinsaphire3081]

He is quite literally playing with fire but because hes so experienced he knows his limits its amazing. Im over here p1 trying to get to diamond promos by playing stupid safe and win with every small advantage, needless to say i think im not playing mid right lol

[@BlahajGoesNom]

Super server and Korea server all play really aggressively, that being said he knows the limits of the champions that he's playing and pushes in on his opponents's mistakes and wins every time. Thats all really.

[@dinar4331]

Playing safe and consistent is the best way to win and gain lp but not the best way to improve overall basically. Risk taking is long term gains, short term losses.

[@davygaming1937]

@@dinar4331 rlly random, but i feel disgusted by how safe zwag xerath plays, it annoys me rlly hard lmao

[@torahama362]

@@davygaming1937 well he mains xerath, what do you expect lol.

[@corryke3719]

Knight, who is also very well-known for his laning, has repeatedly described that laning against Rookie in both professional games and soloq as "suffocating"

[@alex2005z]

Knight also loses lane preety much every time he is against Rookie. Its amazing how he smurfs on everyone else, but against Rookie he cant do much

[@HanyuuHOLO]

@@alex2005z He might have a mental block against him actually. Which of course just goes to show how insane Rookie is to the extent that he can develop a mental block on players like Knight

[@ouroboros1809]

I used to be scared to make plays but seeing how thats how rookie learned. Im ready to int my next 10 games baby lets go

[@ilovepotions9576]

4:05 "How is he so good at reading his opponents?" shows clip of akali going where he predicted the enemy would go and then missing ult

[@ishaquemia121]

This does show how much better Scout, Xiaohu and others had to become to tackle Rookie. He was an unstoppable force in 2019 season.

[@garrettyoung3597]

I still cant get over the akali e chase that shit litterally made my jaw drop

[@blonded12323]

OMGGGGGGG FINALLY A GUIDE AFTER WAITING FOR SO LONG!!! APPRECIATE U SO MUCH DOBBY!!! ❤️

[@jesterchester8428]

I’m sorry but Dobby posts the obvious basics of laning and wraps it around with a fancy bow I mean High elo or Pro player.

[@serffy6278]

@@jesterchester8428 Go on and do something better yourself boi.

[@kreay7335]

@@jesterchester8428 why you jealous

[@jesterchester8428]

@@kreay7335 Not jealous just saying the facts. He also leaves up videos of 1v1ing fake streamers for viewes

[@maidenless9487]

Undeniable fact that V5's limit and strength pretty much depends on Rookie's performance, if u pay attention at LPL games

[@alex2005z]

They havent lost a series with Dream

[@HELLios6]

He plays at the edge of his potential and his champion's abilities and thanks to his great player instincts he comes out on top almost everytime.

[@lNerdzerkerl]

I love how dobby does this. Midleast likes to try and do this. but fails miserably Really thanks it's very entertaining

[@Cellus5000]

Idk if I'd say he fails miserably hes fun to watch

[@menchoxe5544]

Midbeast is like a low skill caster, very shallow analysis whatsoever.

[@zeinfeimrelduulthaarn7028]

midbeast is entertaining to watch, and he just spits out his insight, this is an analysis channel, you cant compare the two

[@tanaz_7177]

just different types of people, with midbeast you also get the benefits of a personality behind it, it's better if you're just looking for something to watch while you're eating lunch or something, you might learn something you might not but it's never really been strict analysis, it's just high level gameplay, with a consistent commentator, almost like a reaction channel of sorts, and if you like the person who's reacting to the content, you'll like the videos, and dobby is like okay you want to spend 5 or so minutes to learn some specific tech/ideas? here you go it's a video experience vs a guide

[@Chessmapling]

Midbeast does his analysis "live." He doesn't review dozens of games to figure out the player's tendencies and tricks. Dobby is more comprehensive, but you can't really dock points of Midbeast when he's doing a live type of commentary.

[@ДанилаШвед-с7я]

Me as a Yasuo player with 0/10 powerspike: *Finally a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary*

[@astro.]

1:38 I just witnessed an anime battle wtf

[@vinnndra7025]

AHHHH DOBBY WITH THE GUIDES TYYYY

[@RoloRolla]

Ok that first play and the Tali play before the montage blew my mind holy shit

[@HELLios6]

Jesus this guy is a monster. It's like he can read his opponents' minds.

[@Sunny-qo2lt]

Rookie has incredible perspective, he can definitely read his opponents minds.

[@captaineflowchapka5535]

ltille things to know if you feel inspired : u are not a challenger player , so a lot of thing only work in the very high elo metasystem (meta + ecosytem i don't why but wanted to say it) , theres is daring and recklesness , u can take a calculated risk but be sure not being bad at math ,take in account what your team want to do, what the enemy team want to do , what there possibility after the play , taking into account not where there SHOULD but where there ARE right now , blame yourself not for not carring but not palying at your best , u can loose even at your best take does to learn how to tank pessism and learn some macro from the bad play in your team , and what did u do to influence your teamate . TL;DR learn the game , learn the macro learn the people and learn to make each failure the less impactfull for your team and the most challing mentally and skilfuly for you

[@AssassinGTM]

Videos like this make me feel old

[@IchigoDaNye]

Keep up the great content Dobby. :)

[@kryozen]

6:14 "He does die every now and then" Rookie: "No I don't you idiot." and proceeds to make absurd plays

[@BAEHELPFUNY]

waited on something like this for a long time

[@sinankarakas3522]

4:06 really clever,laning phase was more clever ofc 😮

[@MikeT66]

all videos with dopa is the best!

[@Ravnesss]

4:05 explain please.

[@quantum_leap786]

And to think he is only a rookie. This guy will be scary

[@Neo-et3hz]

My laning can also blow Dopa’s mind. Just in a different way..

[@purpletheoriesone4013]

I wish one day we will get Dobby to voice those vids

[@fusionxtras]

I think voiceless has more immersion because we need to pay attention to the clips and his comments

[@purpletheoriesone4013]

@@fusionxtras yea but he would be an a just better Midbeast since Midbeast most of time talks shit

[@oPsnexUseR]

“He dies die every now and then” then shows a clip of him soloing enemy at baron and getting two kills while living haha

[@FBflashbomber]

What champion and skin is in the thumbnail?

[@vonguyenkhoa7836]

Both the shy and rookie have the same play style

[@lazarnikolic65]

I think that we found the CEO of ADHD laning, wow he's good

[@Andrew-rx2bx]

5:10 average ryze experience

[@LinCass]

any midrange champ experience XD

[@chohsena627]

I sat there wondering why Ryze would pace back and forth in the open against a TALIYAH. I'm guessing there was a big brain reason, but I can't figure it out.

[@Zarokii]

Ok so rookie is a challenger living the gold 2 midlaner with good mechanics and micro knowledge dream

[@LOLzum101]

What does that even mean

[@Zarokii]

@@LOLzum101 Rookie's just a good agressive player, he's not mindblowing at all imo I bet he doesn't play like this while climbing, high risk plays have low rewards on low elo bcause of the lack of knowledge from your teammates

[@LOLzum101]

@@Zarokii I think in low elo when u absolutely crush your laner 20-0 its actually easier to make riskier plays but sure. Somehow I don't think rookie is in gold leaving lane 0-2 making coin flip plays to save the game

[@Zarokii]

@@LOLzum101 Yes, it's actually easier to carry when you're fed, but i think it's hard for you to expect your jungler to countergank or your team to take advantage on the map when you attempt a risky play on the other side and it goes wrong - his champion pool has good escapability too and I think that counts a lot. He is a good player because he knows the limits of the risks he can take, but as even doby said in the video, sometimes it doesn't work

[@PinkeySuavo]

1:30 idk why few cs lead and few exp lead (like 1 wave) makes azir win the game/lane. I mean it's irelia

[@AldoAlfredoRamirezR]

Great!! Do more of how X champ always carries, you can cover many more.

[@BlahajGoesNom]

So they you can watch the video and try it first time in your ranked games and then blame your team for your mistakes, I like it.

[@dsteddd6087]

When Chovy said “I wish I can lane like Rookie”?

[@LoLDobby]

On interview about 2 years ago

[@dsteddd6087]

@@LoLDobby I bet Rookie would say the same thing about Chovy now.))

[@awimwe4462]

@@dsteddd6087 i bet Rookie wins the 1v1 and chovy say it again :)

[@dsteddd6087]

@@awimwe4462 yeah. players of their caliber have mutual respect.))

[@thecreator6065]

Didnt find out name of music at 0:00

[@thecreator6065]

Actually i did

[@Soul_of_Artorias]

can you make a sivir video while she is still on meta

[@aidylsharil]

3:25 I see it as he flashed to avoid Sylas essentially

[@adilo7733]

Jawdropped watching his gameplay.

[@themage1115]

Wow im early nice vid as always

[@SatriaKimGaming]

Nah it's not all that calculated. He just really good at landing his skillshot.

[@anonymousisthebest5225]

If anyone did what happened to me at 4:10 I wouldn't even be mad. I'll gladly praise him then ff cause i know i'm gonna lose lane

[@wilsonlee4658]

4:58 perfect knowledge of yone's ult being a blink , and timing it to dodge the poppy ult.

[@TheKarczewa]

apart from the fact that he didn't dodge it, he got hit, but his ult blinked him to poppy anyway

[@rwndae]

Rookie has goat potential on the right team He's been the best midlaner world many years

[@llililillilliilli905]

will you stream again soon mr. dobby? I'm missing your streams.

[@LoLDobby]

Of course. I've had some personal things lately. I'll come back soon !

[@rafaelcamargo7517]

could u bring more botlane ad/supp content? i only see topside content in the past few videos

[@loprod2550]

Can you do how elite500 really play Vladimir he actually is in the Korean server

[@LoLDobby]

Oh

[@thefance4708]

qweasdqweasdqw such a fitting name for a ryze player.

[@BP-xv7fj]

Whys there no ability accuracy like overwatch?

[@SixonQQ]

4:08 IQ

[@hoang0712]

Please make a video about Viktor tips and tricks

[@Tiger4ever89]

Rookie plays like a season 3 Faker.. or Bjergsen back then now people play way to safe.. and only jump in if they know is 90% chance to win a fight... no fun

[@Eksxd]

Can we get one of viper soon since he was just rank 1 again

[@n45a_]

no counters at the end

[@loquederoxD]

GREAT VIDEO!

[@Demidar665]

Imagine playing azir as a main ugh

[@mariannecrenel6608]

Hey Doki there is a french garen otp who went from 377LP to chall in less than 2 weeks (and he was stuck before) maybe you could make a video about him. His name is myw he has a ytb channel "Myw the king"

[@professorryze3739]

In almost all of the clips the real star is the jungler

[@1372AT]

I would pay for chovy vs rookie

[@worst9365]

Can you make a video about Zyb destroying EU?

[@aljonmahinay4639]

DOPPAAAAAAA DOOOWWWWWN DOPPAAAAAAA DUWWWWWWWNNN

[@s.slayer0124]

He plays aggressively which reminds me of plat and gold euw players ngl, but he combines the aggression with intelligence and skill he gained from thousands of matches

[@NagiXDVerg]

??

[@Sunburnt_Icarus]

rookie consistently embarrasses world class mids like caps, knight & xiaohu, hoping V5 make it to worlds this year

[@xiaosho9908]

lool knight and xiaohu?? slow down bud

[@Sunburnt_Icarus]

@@xiaosho9908 xiaohu literally shat down faker's throat at msi, & has won msi in 2 different roles. you're a clown

[@Seedick0]

@@xiaosho9908 no, u slow down. he always perform much better in laning phase. but when it comes to team factore he might be down a bit but still he is one of the greatest mid has ever played this game

[@chantree_]

nice video.

[@nael2507]

Why is he always on the red team lmao 😆

[@he.on98]

Ì tried this and got perma camped by their jgl and bot and eventually lost cuz bot lane ultimately is the role that matters and nothing else does XDD

[@CupOfWhiskey]

DOPA DOOOOOOOWN

[@myuniverse6455]

Please Annalise about faker for become our motivation or dopa

[@johanestebanramirezbarrios1411]

i do the same with Teemo lol

[@likadothechacha9732]

my fav

[@redclover8511]

I only see faker on this playstyle that forces other lane or jungle to help their mid cause their being gapped by faker..but faker changed that playstyle to cope up with different metas and teammates

[@jordannzoldick8312]

Faker fan ICANT

[@ronlim9968]

Counter?

[@BraveImmortal101]

On zed destroyed rookie’s ryze

[@insertgenerichannelname]

Damn, I am early as well, only 1 view

[@yuukikun194]

So basically high risk high reward tactics

[@MinecraftLaunch]

Roookieeeeee

[@bigchungus4954]

ey guys what is macro in summary?

[@Онактожаждет]

wow !

[@apolarmolekul5504]

ROOKIE aka god of mid

[@onthedre]

I would play like this if my teammates actually knew how to think

[@tomasbarbeito6633]

bad mindset

[@biofreak03]

Sylas healing is dumb.

[@KingBLUCK]

So I'm not exactly sure what this video is trying to say, can someone rephrase for me? I'm quite dumb

[@Ayzev]

Just analyzing an acclaimed player's style and tricks

[@KingBLUCK]

@@Ayzev well right, but why is this player so famous? Is it because of these highly aggressive plays? If so I would agree

[@ohmygodlawl]

@@KingBLUCK maybe because he is the second best mid laner this game has ever seen?

[@floppywere7022]

@@KingBLUCK it's because (atleast according to this vid) he uses a very aggressive playstyle when the game is in a meta of farming and safety. You can see from the start where he hard shoves to force a trade. The vid itself is just highlighting this players ability to play like this as they know their limits and their teammates are able to capitalize on the space they make.

[@keremozen7260]

ok

[@TheTwelfthRed]

why is it that LCK fan boys are constantly sucking on Chovy like a m&m; when Chovy looks up to Rookie?

[@ataya6507]

And then got rekt by beifeng hahah

[@percylu2908]

Kid 看到要孝疯了

[@mannyvalerio6822]

He's def The Best, but it's hard to tell that when he's playing Yone, who can miss ult and still 100-0 a Poppy inside of 5s...twice.

[@grizz8175]

This is the type of midlaner you get when you play botlane

[@nicholassmith3732]

Do you think Rookie needed to flash that pyke ult? I think had Pyke landed it, Pyke still would have died from a tower shot and an auto from Rookie.

[@exusiaisimp8711]

he did dodge the E from sylas using it as well, denying even a trade. He loses flash sure but he stays healthy, so it ruined the gank entirely not even bringing anything positive since Rookie can farm the lane after taking a kill.

[@Ayzev]

From what I've been seeing, all these really high ranked players tend to use all they've got whenever there's even the teeniest tiniest chance that any less won't be enough, they don't save anything for later "just in case". 0 hesitation and no second thoughts.

[@Liger-Inuzuka]

@@Ayzev Agreed, I've found in many cases if there is ever the thought crossing your mind of "maybe I won't need X" that's the situation where something goes wrong by 1HP point and you are kicking yourself for not using whatever the X was. Especially the better your opponents the more secure and certain you need your actions to be.

[@DerZocker4ever]

first 4 min are things every midlaner should know and do no? not that impressive, especially with those matchups shown (sylas - azir) but ye i guess for dumb ppl those things seem like cracked stuff xD

[@aussfromthesauce6845]

im gonna be a dick and say this is some pretty basic stuff or am i just like? doing things right? idk this stuff seems simple to me. like theres nothing complex about it