DOPA: The Story of the Solo Queue Legend

[@Woah_Dizzy]

“His main account received a 1000 year ban….and he is banned to this day” wow thanks for that clarification I thought he might be close

[@wompastompa3692]

New millennium right around the corner, any day now.

[@Fistburg]

That's cause multiple people have been unbanned from their 100+ year ban. Tyler1 being one of them (sadly)

[@wompastompa3692]

@@Fistburg >T1 out of nowhere Your mind? BROKEN. Your pshyche? WARPED. Your mental fortitude? NONEXISTENT.

[@dochu24]

wdym sadly?

[@Name-fm1mm]

​@@dochu24Because he can't be better than t1

[@joeysung311]

I love how riot have him a 1000 year ban and not just a 100 year ban, so dramatic and all it does is make it sound cooler for dopa lol

[@MrBlueSleeves]

To be fair that might be what they wanted in a way. They must have felt bad for this legend of the game, but recalling the ban would have made them appear weak, and would have angered a lot of players.

[@dbrawla6319]

why did he get banned? i dont wanna watch this whole video lol

[@enjoyyyer]

@@dbrawla6319 watch it

[@joeysung311]

@@dbrawla6319 it’s not that hard to find out lol. but he got banned for boosting other people’s accounts

[@nassermehdi9629]

its like when kenjaku said to gojo 100 years no 1000 years and i will release your seal your just too damn strong

[@jahcode6132]

I love how all the flashy and impressive Yasuo/Yone/Akali/Zed/Irelia highlights in the world and the greatest solo queue player of all time is a twisted fate main.

[@amiablereaper]

His ultimate is, legitimately, one of the strongest in the game.

[@sergiofranco6088]

@@amiablereaper It really is yet perfectly balanced.

[@shariarpapaon5305]

i guess u can say its quite the twist of fate

[@markwenzy]

As Dopa himself said, “Playing well with TF is not being good with the champion but knowing and playing the game(League of Legends) itself outstandingly.”

[@ainzooalgown9952]

unavoidable low cooldown stun is pretty good for winning games, who could have thought?

[@ichigothespark7625]

His comment about Faker forcing the enemy jungler so that he never dies to a gank is actually interesting...Faker has been taking a lot of attention in any of his games that he gets focused so much the enemy lose track of other players and when they focus someone else, he just pops off...the unkillable demon king may actually be the king of misdirection magic.

[@andrewyoonhobai8453]

jesus christ, sounds like the oldest trick in the galaxy

[@ichigothespark7625]

@@andrewyoonhobai8453 it's not about the trick, it's about its execution and no one does like Faker ngl

[@andrewyoonhobai8453]

@@ichigothespark7625 piss off the entire enemy team in /all chat so zeus gets uber fed to stomp everyone later? Worlds 2023 lmfao

[@zeragingcookie]

Well he is a leblanc main after all

[@Discotechque]

classic misdirection

[@Feastalisk]

DOPA story sounds like the beginning of a manhwa protagonist 😆

[@Grugger-ol4ve]

Man, his return in 1000 years is going to be absolutely legendary.

[@X33Ultras0und]

It's almost like league is like chess. If you're having fun while playing chess, you're not playing optimally. Similarly, even if you make a blunder or mistake in chess but your opponent doesn't see it and punish it, that doesn't make your blunder a good thing, it was still bad. You just got lucky.

[@faze3638]

Hello, can you elaborate and explain this even further, I’m just curious

[@hijinxxftw5017]

Some people have fun playing optimally

[@jenHry-ng3pw]

It is like expected value concept in poker

[@deadmopose5990]

you can have fun while playing optimally wdym, playing while having fun is an optimal outcome

[@Rodinho37]

playing optimally, farming the most you can, having low deaths, winning more than 60% e destroying your oponents.. how can this be not fun?

[@bryanglover757]

After watching, many of these fundamentals are echoed today by educational content creators like Coach Curtis, Alois, and Dopa’s #1 fan, MidBeast. Dopa truly is the godfather of solo q!

[@Gojiradogzillagodzilla]

Bro THIS! Dopa was truly the goat.

[@HeadGodoftheGodCouncil]

Dopa got a lot of this from Faker so credit goes to him as well

[@FilthyGaijin]

But did you know middle monster beat dopa?

[@Kh01N]

@@FilthyGaijin He's too humble to ever mention that he did tho

[@jjpowell1468]

Until today he's been praised lol. It's hard to replicate his concepts.

[@Dtqeel9]

4 years ago I remember he said himself in the stream that his mechanics are garbage. He just simply understands how the game works. That is why he was the top1. Also he said that there is no difference between a Grandmaster player and a Diamond 1 player. Only the top Challenger players make difference.

[@jimadler2430]

Admitting that you would only win 1/100 games vs Chovy, quite humble actually

[@vfxjackridz]

These documentaries are bussin! 20 min, wasn't even bored one bit

[@Robi-Fera]

First Agurin's video, now one about Dopa. This channel is definitely going in the right direction 👍great work!

[@cpt.flamer7184]

Actually Agurin, the guy who consistently hits rank 1 on EUW and this year he hit rank 1 in Korea in like 2 weeks said the exact same thing about his strategy for solo q, i mean to always do a "correct" play and even if it doesn't work out once or even many times it doesn't mean it's incorrect play, because over hundreds of games it's gonna pay off, to minimalize the risk and go only for plays with high propability to succeed etc. It's funny how they both don't concider themselves exeptional players in terms of mechanics and it's true that although they're both really good there are many more mechanically gifted players who can't climb so fast and so consistently as those two, it's like they just see the game in the broader way, they see the climb as a whole, they understand what to do to have win rate ;p They also have a strong mental. I feel like we all can adopt some of this way of thinking, maybe not everyone can be rank 1, but i think everyone can increase their rank by adopting some of this attitude.

[@lsw99bricks]

I dont think agurin has a mental strength above average. I realized he is more calm since he started streaming in english tho. Maybe because it takes enough brain capacity to speak in your second language or because of the proven fact that you might switch personality as well when switching between languages. But in german he tended to be quickly distracted by his team making wrong decisions and complained a lot (mostly without insults tho). He does what was mentioned in the video: if enemy bot lane is inting, even their mid is gonna be distracted by it. I agree that agurin might not let this attitude influence his decisions but it def takes some if his capacity for the game

[@MAC...]

This strategy sounds like stock trading... figure out your edge in the market and stick to it....

[@megajimmyfive]

@@MAC... Pretty much, its also the same strategy as Pro poker players and people who beat Casinos at blackjack

[@wallabror]

Agurin Said that but he doesn’t play like that at all. He goes for risky ganks at level 4 all the time

[@vineetbulbule6832]

brother man, the white screen transitions were like occasional flashbangs for my eyes, verynoicevid

[@spunkin49]

He couldnt hit rank 1 and decided to quit instead of continuing. I respect that a lot personally, there is a lot of power in knowing when its time to step away and move on

[@s1nner_]

If Faker is Gojo, then Dopa is Sukuna

[@chriswho12345]

i remember hearing his blurb about how he isn't good but how he sees "concepts" years ago. now having changed from mid to jg main i can see that dopa has the heart of a jungle main but somehow developed that playing only laning. in jg i follow virkayu's principle of active participation and efficient resource gathering which is the equivalent of dopa playing well in lane and making good decisions

[@Trashy560]

You deserve way more than this, these videos have a lot of effort into them and its amazing, keep up the good work.

[@charsasd7294]

I started watching your channel from your third video, i always liked the way you explain (simple and anyone can understand it) but I always felt that your videos explaining "raw" macro were better than watching replays. Now you are doing very well with this style of videos, it makes me very happy, GGs bro.

[@chickenoodle3397]

I had no clue the Chinese super server was so competitive, that absolutely blows my mind.

[@mahmoudbenzarti4534]

You should make a video about Midbeast. Since he is very humble he don't talk much about it but he beat Dopa and Faker. A true legend.

[@edwardlawns]

Winning one game vs dopa and faker is not beating them lmao they are far superior players overall but midbeast is a great content creator and yes very good at league challenger level

[@wuroiz8848]

@@edwardlawnsthere is no way people like you exist

[@Krutonkreatura]

he is being ironic/sarcastic@@edwardlawns

[@matheuskirisame]

@@edwardlawns Insane how people don't have sense of humour nowadays

[@maruserumangaka]

@@matheuskirisame We don't have to laugh at everything. It is a matter of everyone's freedom as well as the fact that we give and express our opinions.

[@XayLies]

I hope to see him shine in pre-season 1014

[@turbanheadless]

14:12 holy fuck, those winrates !!!

[@rizamanchu]

From how he described league hes an actual genius it wouldnt matter what he dedicated his time to he would've become extremely good at it

[@turbanheadless]

Dopa coming back to league in year 3020 ez rank one

[@myth-leagueoflegends]

Season 3000 is doomed

[@yuritardid3961]

dopa should pass his account password through his bloodline so it can come back in 1000 years like the ancient demon created from his lore

[@AliFindsGadgets]

dopa and faker are like muhammad ali and mike tyson they both goats and both respect each other, nice video btw

[@adamanon9359]

This video was so good pls make more long videos like this

[@Gh7stx]

the small youtuber speech went hærd sick vid

[@nw9548]

Good video but one thing I disagree with is that its more impressive to hit rank 1 on the super server because even bronze players are diamond. That stuff doesnt matter to the high challenger level players anyways. The top of the ladder players like beifeng/dopa/chovy/showmaker are competing against each other, they dont care about which bronze players are actually diamond because they never get into game with them anyways. For that reason the Korean server is not easier to get rank 1 than the superserver. The superserver is better top down because the silver players on the superserver are way better, but Korean challenger and superserver challenger are comparable. But once again, it doesnt matter which bronze players are better when assessing rank 1. It just matters who the top 10 are.

[@ojfeh]

Wow someone with a brain! What a nice surprise.

[@tweakr4377]

Yeah, the only argument would be it would probably take longer to hit rank 1 on the super server because you can’t just smurf through low elo, but timeframe is never mentioned here (not to mention placements and hidden mmr), so you’re completely right

[@renanrocha3613]

Nice video! Not only you brought the pov of a player from another role, but it was the soloq king one. It was amazing to notice that the general idea to succeed in soloQ remained the same: make plays that are statistically advantageous for your team and ignore people being crazy. In other words: play league of legends rather then soloq.

[@Purafus_the_world_ender]

as a new player it is cool to find out about earlier season's legends, i heard about Dopa before but never actually knew anything about him

[@ryxxvii]

Great video man. Good coverage and research

[@myth-leagueoflegends]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@Vandita3344]

WOWOW! I never knew there was a LOL player that was as good as Faker. Thanks for this in-depth video explaining about Dopa as a player and person, and nice job showing the clips and quotes.

[@francoinyourmind]

all roads lead to Faker... Like people tend to do, they forget who laid those roads.. Dopa

[@creepinwhileyousleepin]

Fakers longevity in the game at the highest level is incredible but when you understand how insanely difficult climbing solo que is with all the variables that matchmaking can throw at you. Someone being able to consistently reach rank 1 on the most difficult servers in the world is unbelievable. Im sure Dopa and probably lots of other pro players IQ's are well above average.

[@lordfreezer9241]

This was super interesting. Good job!

[@fantomxdexrage]

great video! thanks for your hard work and passion!

[@myth-leagueoflegends]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@zakerymunoz3837]

Thanks for making clean videos.

[@topiasperamaki]

Another video, love this channel, it really helps me to clear my mind about what's important about jungling :) Just went 19/2/7 on Ekko in the JG

[@connorleonardo6798]

Not bad for a silver rank player. Good job!

[@topiasperamaki]

@@connorleonardo6798 I didn’t mention my rank, how did you know? 😮

[@karenwang313]

It's a backhanded compliment. Typical of league players.

[@topiasperamaki]

@@karenwang313 🫤 Hmmh well I did end up reaching plat for the first time ever before season ended but because of the elo inflations, I’m not sure if I have improved or not

[@mechanicalsilence1]

Did you win ?

[@Awacra]

Keep up the good work! Great edit, information well documented, text & idea presentation. GG WP

[@trecool40]

I agree that Dopa and Faker should be in the conversation of “best solo queue player”, but EVERYONE forgets about MagiFelix and it’s a shame. Bro was top of the leaderboards with 5 accounts at once with one in each role

[@xKayNee]

Faker isn't really a solo queue player though. Showmaker is however, lost count of how many accounts he had in top 10 including rank 1 in his prime years.

[@trecool40]

​@@xKayNee Faker has been around a LOT longer, and has surpassed Showmaker in the ladder before. If solo queue status is completely based off of rankings, then I'd put Chovy, Beifang, Mangofish, Irelking, ZED99, etc. etc. over Showmaker. Basically any player that Midbeast leeches content off of lmao.

[@xKayNee]

@@trecool40 Chovy has only been rank 1 for like a small period last year, I'll give him ratings for achieving the highest LP. Before then it was mainly Showmaker/Canyon dominating the leaderboards each year. And I was only considering KR since its the most competitive. Irelking and Zed99 I dont think has ever touched rank 1, they're just for content

[@trecool40]

@@xKayNee Is that a joke? Super server is 10x harder than KR. But again, "best solo queue player" is not only based on rankings. It's about longevity, flexibility, climbing, and dodging a gank from every lane before 5 minutes because you're "Faker" and everyone wants to kill you.

[@xKayNee]

@@trecool40 right I mean that's another debate, but then I'll allow Beifeng and Mangofish. But Irelking and Zed99 are not better than Showmaker, all they do is make smurf accounts for content.

[@Dante-zn4ku]

man your videos are awesome! you deserve much more attention!

[@katarinanokami2718]

Dopa stream when the 1000 year ban finishes is gonna be LEGENDARY !!!!

[@Murphysince1990]

loved it, thanks for the vid

[@user-rd6tuYuf]

I like how this video focuses on Dopa and Dopa alone. I think people are forgetting that League is a 5v5 game, and everything happens all depends on your teammates.

[@Sam-b1r8d]

The best player recognizes the best players , he said chovy is the best midlaner and we can see that is correct, he also said the guma is the best adc which is also true

[@fakerragingfanboy8420]

In solo queue? Definitely. In competitive? No.

[@finnniggemann616]

epic dude epic summary. thanks man! ...what aguy that dopa

[@zhuzhong74]

I'm looking forward to a collab between you and Coach Curtis.

[@HowToBecomeAnAlpha]

Watched one of your videos a couple weeks ago and you had like 2k subs. Hope you keep growing as fast as you have since these videos are great.

[@uchihaitachi1442]

thx for the video. was good one

[@JayCross454]

Dopa was, and probably is, the hottest thing to ever hit league of legends. He was the greatest of his time but his calculated symmetry and dissection of the game was years ahead of his competition. Even if Faker out classes Dopa in a 1v1, it's not without taking pages from Dopa's handbook on how to play the game from a objective and subjective standpoint. Dopa will remain number 1 in many opinions because he revolutionized the entire solo Q experience and that's something no one can claim to this day. Good luck and take care, everyone.

[@AdamColucciRealEstateKW]

That's honestly sick af that he threw games because he felt Faker deserved Rank 1, the level of respect and skill you'd need to do that is insane!

[@maestrofrags3436]

i knew it was dopa from his shadow...truely a beast player.

[@lukekoto]

I love how his legacy unironically is carried on by tyler1 saying dopa down

[@m0narch511]

DOPA DOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNN

[@vespenevapor1348]

I can’t wait, I am ready, year 3015 dopa vs faker

[@unsavourylollo5702]

Nice video bro

[@mindsparx5788]

Legit me. I am the best player that has ever touched league of legends. All other players are trash infront of me and they were created to bow down and pass my stories for the next generation of admirers.

[@mindsparx5788]

True!

[@jamiebezuidenhout653]

Really cool video very informative

[@CxerRy96]

Back in s3-s4 the coolest thing about Dopa was the mystery of the guy...when you think of some soloq god your first thought goes to that wow player from South Park, crusty, fat, neckbeard, 24/7 gamer with mt. dew bottles all over the floor...when I actually first saw him when he won that money in China and it turned out he's super fucking handsome and well spoken and hyper-intelligent my mind was blown...

[@Fressbremse]

Great video, I actually learned some new things about Dopa. I just wished you adressed his performance on other lanes and champions more. He was truly a monster. And compared to Faker, I'd have mentioned the difference in champpool. While Dopa could play any lane to Rank 1, his champion pool still pales in comparison to Faker, who can play any champion in this game, which you've never seen him play, and outshine challenger one tricks on said champs both mechanically and macrowise. He truly is an anti Faker. Both of those players inspired me so much, while Faker is Riots golden child and Dopa is banned until the heat death of the universe. My god, they even unbanned Tyler1, who truly didn't deserve it, but Dopa stays banned, not because of toxicity, but because of monetary reasons, which is earning money with the game from boosting. It really is sad.

[@delroynathan7794]

Liked and subscribed!

[@ZyrexShorts129]

you deserve more subs bro

[@MishimaAsuka]

That HighNoon skin is very underrated.

[@iezii]

I played lol since s2 and when the intro popped I honestly thought you would say dopa instead of faker

[@IBaraya]

very good content, im from brazil, like a lot this tipe of video

[@generalcharge96]

i love these videos keep it up!

[@myth-leagueoflegends]

Thanks, will do!

[@my_parents_mistake]

great video!

[@girlysoap9031]

nice content dude 🤘

[@novalanche]

Great video. Love this and the Jungling summary!!!

[@MrMiles017]

good video, I like how you break down some of his quotes about fundamentals.

[@saiyadavid8118]

Good video! Was amazed when i saw you only got 9.9k subscribers. Add 1 to that!

[@myth-leagueoflegends]

Thank you very much!

[@jerwinconradlachica3839]

dark king dopa. king of the underworld

[@bearinbush1677]

Dopa advise giving off Art of War by Sun Tzu vibes.

[@bobbrownxxl1835]

Very interesting thank you for this video mister

[@DoobieManer]

If there ever lived a solo queue player that I would argue with this to take the title of "best", it would have to be MagiFelix. Who achieved top 10 with 5 seperate accounts at the same time, one for each role in the game. That is pretty ridiclous, considering most of us ever only hope to achieve a high rank in one role only.

[@yakkay5898]

his gameplay mindset is very similar to agurin's and they are both well known for being incredible solo queue climbers, clearly hes on the money with the idea that you should always make the correct decision rather than overreacting to scenarios you run into and prioritize the correct decision over trying to prevent other people from failing as a result of their mistakes.

[@polishmushroom6633]

dopa would be mad being called top 0.1% of the top 0.1% because its like the top 5 and not 1😂

[@RootGroves-hl8kt]

top 0.1% of the top 0.1% is top 0.00001% its not even remotely close to top 5 all time lol.

[@LetsPlayerAbo2]

Looking forward to another banger :)

[@bardkaitiff1962]

I hate to admit it... But this guy is the all things League players want to be. Also I absolutely adore him cause he got this ban. When company that doesn't care about it's players bans you for 1k years it's the best feeling ever.

[@hunglee7529]

It's understandable that the best player has the best fundamentals. Nowadays you see silvers and golds who have same mechanics if not better than those who are in diamond, but they are still hard stuck. Since season 10 onwards, like Dopa said, you can't just master the fundamentals and win games anymore, you have to be as skilled as Chovy or Showmaker as well, which is a natural progression for the game.

[@thenamelessraven0319_boneless]

finally someone who understand that MID SHOULD SIDELANE IN MID GAME AND LATE GAME

[@vukwolfy]

I don’t know how you have only 6k, it’s suprising, keep up the good work tho

[@myth-leagueoflegends]

Thank you!

[@lilithlame227]

Love the content!!!

[@DeadCow9497]

The beginning is now 5 times for Faker, unbelievable!

[@tomastrchalik6791]

thanks for video, informative stuff

[@whitetiger114]

Wow ty for this video.. now I'm gonna reach diamond for the first time because of this

[@motainai]

really good video

[@myth-leagueoflegends]

Thanks, glad you enjoy!

[@MICCYDEETV]

10:50 im a little guy so I love this part. This video is underrated!!

[@zwingler]

Meanwhile Magifelix : "Am I a joke to you ?" The man has gotten challenger by playing FILL and only playing each champion only ONCE. You cant even contextualize how crazy this is.

[@mitrast2793]

Not only that, but all of his accounts were in the top 10 challenger. This dude had 6 accounts in the top 10. No one talks about him, that's really sad

[@jarisarasvu0]

@@mitrast2793 he's talked about a lot, but yeah not to the same extent as faker or dopa. probably because faker and dopa are better and magifelix doesn't stream and didn't do well in pro play

[@plneet3504]

Its impressive but you can also get lucky, didnt play Leauge in 2 years got Masters in 100 games and Rank 1 Rengar mostly due to luck, last season diamond

[@jarisarasvu0]

@@plneet3504 sure but it's definitely not luck to get 5 accounts to top 20 euw at the same time, magifelix is just a consistently amazing player. imo getting just one account to challeneger can't be luck (out of early season), requires so many games that a simple winners queue doesn't explain it

[@malipi96]

I swear i tought this was a video about magic felix !

[@nicklasveva]

I would say that this guy is the best player in the game, no doubt. Being able to reach rank 1 challenger almost every single season, and reaching rank 1 on the chinese super server is not something one does for breakfast. But apparently this guy just did.

[@mOratOn91]

You give Dopa's advices of like 10 seasons ago... gg

[@Kiduk90]

Time to get rank 1 in the military. Best of the best of men

[@michaelr7416]

Great change up from the standard game play videos. It would be nice to see you select a player from a different server each time.

[@ghostamity5116]

The Honored One and The Fallen

[@JJ1802]

Sukuna vs Gojo

[@DboyinDtown]

Watched your last video about the king Agurin, and boosted my rank to break my years long bronze struggle. These videos honestly benefit league as a whole and you have my greatest thanks. Keep doin Gs work.

[@myth-leagueoflegends]

Glad to hear it - next up, Gold!

[@peter.nguyen]

we all know that Dopa's secret is his chair and desk height.

[@skrattaoppar9753]

Dopa will not survive today's Pro scene. On top of clubs making you stream, you're gonna put hours into practicing multiple champions instead of your mains. You're also gonna go through multiple scrimmage and prepare yourself in weekend matches. That is why Faker and TheShy gets injured in today's pro scene. In 2014-2017 maybe Dopa can make it work but not today.

[@gabriels3493]

Nice Video,