What is it Like to VS Faker in Lane?

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[@angpham941]

He had his ups and downs, but to be consistenty perform at a score of at least 8/10 throughout 10 years is simply insane in esports

[@Vladumere]

Keep in mind, that league players used to be fucking horrible compared to now. Think about Lee sin insec. When it first happened it was one of the most hype moments of league history. Now if you can’t do one you are a bad Lee sin. Faker honestly was playing league years ahead of everyone else that’s why he was so dominant

[@Chiefrocka.]

People get better at things over time that's how life works genius

[@Chiefrocka.]

@@angpham941 what are you talking about bro?

[@Carlos-qg2me]

@@Vladumere People in Season 3 werent so bad tbh. Plus at 2015 (which i think was his peak at performance) there was a lot of good players around. The difference between 2015 players and today players is that theres a lot of guides and information to improve coming from the top players and ex-pros. So ofc the level its gonna improve over time specially for a game whose basic playstyle has remained unchanged for 10+ years.

[@Vladumere]

@@Carlos-qg2me I think you gotta remember though that faker quite literally only had one mechanical equal in dopa, and even he wasnt as good as him overall. most people went into comp as midlaners and swapped off when they found out about faker, and only in the past couple years do we have people like chovy and knight and the like that can match him mechanically. Faker also has encylopedia buff lmao.

[@L0rdLexan01]

Imagine how difficult it is to lane against Faker. "Welcome to mid lane. You're up against someone who is commonly regarded as the greatest League player of all time. Good luck!"

[@tide7107]

I don't know about pro play but beating Faker in lane in SoloQ is probably only possible when he grows old and his reflexes decline

[@lordpaulphilippfernandez9904]

Ironically though, it's on SoloQ where you can beat Faker. He's not as oppressive as in his prime, and with no real communication with his team he can be swarmed and kill with no real loss.

[@JohnYoungcook72]

Remember when Pokimane got flamed for dying against Faker in lane? Lmao

[@Briezar]

in korean challenger matches, if the enemy team has 1 empty ban slot then there's a high chance you're up against Faker lol. Imagine what the enemy team would feel seeing an empty ban slot.

[@ian77444]

i still remember dopa prime era, he mastered soloQ the way faker mastered proplay, of course dopa tf is on a hole other level, but man i can never forget his fizz, dude was a beast

[@LennardJaros]

This video reminds me of that 2015-17 period where KZbin was just completely filled with Faker highlight reels, both soloQ and proplay. Really enjoyed it.

[@18skeltor]

2015 Faker montage was how I was introduced to the game

[@pig88877]

I was expecting the counter list in the end of the video lol

[@ShaeFur]

Counters: Scripting, Alt + F4, playing in grand finals

[@pig88877]

@@ShaeFur T1 only loses 4 BO in the year: Spring Final, MSI Final, Summer Final, and World Final jk

[@djethreii]

same hahaha

[@blitzcrank4840]

@@ShaeFur Additional Counters : Target inters, 5 man gank, GENG

[@minanh5819]

his injured hand?

[@converser]

Faker also has mad clicking skills, he could play ranked and alt tab to play another game while shifting his vision throughout the map and scoreboard, simultaneously. How his brain multi-tasks and processes all of this in a split second is wild. He's also considered 'old' (approaching 30) in the esports world, but still pretty untouchable. The only other player who can come close to challenging Faker is pretty much Dopa.

[@userx76]

Funny how people will rate Dopa higher than Chovy, when chovy is better in soloq and nationally, but fails short internationally. While dopa is just a soloq hero. Actually crazy how the mind of some people works.

[@bingo4461]

If you’re referring to those clips of him alt tabbing to other games mid-game, they’re clearly joke edits

[@CollectiveIQ]

@@bingo4461 Those were joke edits but there have been cases on stream where he played one other game while also playing league.

[@lololololol3295]

​@@CollectiveIQWhile looking for a match, he doesn't play two games at once

[@CollectiveIQ]

@@lololololol3295 you can look it up, for the first 3 minutes of a match he finished up a random game.

[@DarkSol16]

The way he plays Akali is so flashy and impressive. He dodges skillshots and positions himself so well with those dashes.

[@samwisehuluberlu2210]

Faker Akali? Not his greatest champ since years.

[@canipetthatdog]

dobby really said "how about some faker today?" 👁👄👁

[@sunrisetenshi1054]

Gimme two, please.

[@thea3ther37]

Faker's laning isn't as dominant as it used to be, but man definitely still has it down to a science

[@nasrclips2757]

ikr it was a missed opportunity to add in that his counters are literally chovy lol

[@jimmykudo11]

common sense, Faker is not the only one that is improving. Ofcourse other players too.

[@Marco-qt5nv]

Faker gapped every single oponent in lane so far, he even went up close to 2k gold vs chovy while his team was losing and destroyed Scout and Knight wich are the 3 most hyped midlaners of the turnament and he won even countermatchups against them

[@DuongNguyen-yr5es]

@@Marco-qt5nv he is the only one who played azir and won against oriana in 2023 worlds, goat

[@jimmykudo11]

@@DuongNguyen-yr5es hahaha, I saw some comments saying Xiahu's best pick is Azir? is that real?

[@Permanente95]

The biggest enemy of a pro player is not age or injury, it is the patch. How many world championship winners have we seen over the last ten years that deteriorated after just one patch? Where are the likes of Doinb, zeka, rookie now? Only one player and one player alone stood the test of all the patches, stayed on top of them and competed at the highest level nonetheless. That player is Faker, people simply do not understand how great he is, how much better he is compared to the competition. People do not even the slightest idea.

[@pauloazuela8488]

Considering he's also the oldest adds up that fact even more

[@t_t9964]

His adaptability is insane, thats what ure trying to say? Agreed, as much as the next person

[@arisu707]

I agree patches do kill certain playstyles like Peanut's legendary Lee sin. Seeing him play that style made me into a LS otp and now you can't really do the same thing since the patch wants you to play riots way. And now Peanut is struggling to even play tank jg xd

[@SevenTheMisgiven]

Shitty players that only were good because of 1 patch is more what you are describing. But gaming being so patch dependent is also a huge part why people don't really care that much for it. Real sports are always better.

[@samwisehuluberlu2210]

Deft is in same category for me. He just lack stability of great org through his career. And Faker started harder yes.

[@IllllllllIlllllllI]

This isn't surprising in the slightest. Even onetricks like PzZZang, Onzed, Azhy, etc have mentioned that going up against Faker in lane is stressful due to the full extent of how well he knows the game

[@Cupitron]

who is pzzzzzang? xd

[@jeremyfang1624]

@@Cupitron yas streamer

[@thestoebz]

At 8:20 he dodged the Diana ult with shuriken then finishes her off. Crazy clean

[@mortismos]

its a pretty standard akali combo to make sure u hit e in the all in i dont even think he intended to dodge her ult still the GOAT though

[@dazeen9591]

Fluke / coincidence

[@monsterzero7837]

Typical Iron Faker Fangay.

[@thestoebz]

@@mortismos you’re mistaken then. The R E combo isn’t optimal in that situation unless he’s trying to avoid ult

[@thestoebz]

@@monsterzero7837 wanna compare opgg?

[@Valigarmanda]

The fact that LCK teams were scrimming vs T1 in preparation for the "LPL playoffs" feels like an anime protagonist training with his friends and rivals, teaching them all they know in preparation for the his final fight vs the "big bad" it's so anime I love it. I hope T1 wins JDG.

[@mathew5968]

Sadly, jdg lost. T1 dogwalked them like a neutered dog on a leash.

[@typeclick2159]

​@@mathew5968nah I think they played pretty well but I think kanavi held them back. This is coming from a t1 fan FYI.

[@RMYLIA]

@@mathew5968 t1 didnt dogwalk them at all. Games were pretty close, if Kanavi didn't double agent int the last game 3-5 times JDG prob would've won that game unironically but Kanavi single handledly gave T1 game 4.

[@sadas5889]

@@RMYLIA cry more. That team was literally built around Kanavi. There you are to blame the core member of the team as a damn spy 🤡

[@bassyey]

@@RMYLIA Ruler got exposed on a fed Zeri in a 2v1 lol.

[@MultiKillerpie]

Given the result of the semifinals it clearly paid off. He is the GOAT

[@chrissears5482]

It's not just the mechanics that make Faker so good, but his overall knowledge of the game. I've seen many times on T1 comms videos him calling out the exact second someone's flash or ult will be back up and if they use it how long it's down for. Incredible stuff

[@shreddar1000]

"What is it like to VS Faker in lane?" Me: Ah shit, I'm dead again.

[@J03ThumbsUp]

I once watched a game between T1 and some streamers, the 2 most faqs from the streamers are 1: How do we gank Faker and 2: How is he not dead?

[@BlondeCyborg]

Even without the names I can tell which one Faker is

[@zajkyy]

Even though we have Chovu, Knight etc., for me Faker will always be the best. He is not that dominant but the way he leads his team is insane. Always GOAT.

[@tide7107]

He's already built his legacy, whenever someone makes a good play they go "Holy shit I'm Faker"

[@zajkyy]

@@tide7107 that's rights, he is like Pele on football.

[@exoticbreadstick8661]

The thing is that he was the best for so long. I dont watch much league esports and hes the only one i instantly know.

[@mathew5968]

He is the best among the said names you mentioned. They just won today vs JDG. Where is chovy? where is knight? where is scout? lmao

[@Jangz_]

Faker diffed knight so hard lmao, his play make decision is what sets him apart. Something Chovy and knight doesn't have, being domiant in lane with high farm is not good enough in Worlds🤣

[@alejandroarevalo1708]

Man just win Semi finals 3-1. Best Team Ever.

[@MadIIMike]

"What is it like to vs Faker in Lane" *Ryuface*

[@peffiSC2source]

He is him. League of Legends is his world and we are just living in it.

[@jajajaja8031]

faker is not always dominating the lane because faker realize that he should not play as one but play as the team and he is the goat because even losing big titles he didn't give up and continue improving and I respect that even he got hated for losing big title he still playing with all his got

[@bergkatze3186]

4x world champion LET'S FCKING GO!!

[@stefanserafimov9199]

Imagine playing vs the face of the game man won worlds 10 years ago and now is in a back to back final at worlds

[@illusion5739]

Its like watching peak Nen fights in real life but in game. Very calculated and clean. LoL Pro Players are on another level

[@staygoldpwnyboy923]

That first sylas clip is insane

[@vladislavkaras491]

Thanks for the video!

[@Ion0X]

Hello everyone. Hope you all are having a good night. 👍 🌟

[@LeYuzer]

We can see that his reaction time was getting higher but still very strong

[@nadoProducer]

You can see him doing the math at 3:58 and the exact moment he locks on in attack mode at 4:00. No hesitation whatsoever

[@lanthelmebrasillon5169]

Here after the goat stomped JDG

[@sebastianheuwagen9318]

master on playing to the edge incredible

[@steliosp1770]

the best player in the world. again. the GOAT. un. believeable.

[@keggo2068]

The real goat is loldobby

[@freebeeworld]

The GOAT

[@gilgamesh4590]

Lesson learned: just don't lane against him 😅

[@Odyssey19992]

Faker got his revenge from 2017 from ruler flashing ult him and now he do back to ruler

[@Paajx]

Asians never forget about their revenge

[@beducalexis9429]

@@Paajxlol

[@nald420]

faker also did that shockwave dodge vs knight in game 4 jdg. i think it was during the dragon fight where he killed kanavi early. but by that point they've already won

[@HoangGracy]

i think that one he has no flash anymore and he forced by the ball coming his way,all the way from the bush up there to the dragon pit.but yeah,thats crazy he still focus after the chaos fight. the one at midlane is more impress to me cuz he was standing almost right next to Ori and still be able to reaact to that,blown my mind and i was so high with my friend waching that live

[@channel6ixty]

ori's korean dialogue is so cute.

[@danpiedra9008]

No doubt the greatest of all time so far.

[@kataude3339]

the fact he can just think above like this is crazy like he knows if he QW R with ori not kill but make the enemy think he is weak now and force them to engage just to fall by his bait or ult by just make the enemy out of his lane just to win with xp lead and gold this is crazy

[@michatrzcinski5184]

he will always be my hero 🤩🔥

[@Brianworldwide_7]

That sylas play was nasty

[@bryanmiranda9553]

4:40 i sincerely dont know what to do in This situation if i were Syndra.

[@MadMatt1810]

Hard to say but prob ur jungler must help you to push the wave, since its freeze and slow pushing towards faker but its dangerous because u share too much xp and ur jungler loses path timing and objetives prio

[@MadMatt1810]

Thats why such a little mistake makes you lose hole games in that elo

[@poifish7442]

Yeah, the goal is to not be in this situation in the first place. High elo coaches often vod review only the first 5-10 minutes, cause that's where the game is decided. It's the small wins in early trades that snowball into a 20/1 Yone top. It's also the same reason why a player who went 1/8 in their first game can go 10/1 in another. It's just a huge snowball effect (until they make a mistake and lose their lead).

[@bryanmiranda9553]

Makes sense. Playing against Ori is a nightmare, just as playing against Neeko and Zoe. Maybe a Dorans Shield, second wind would help to avoid this insane damage

[@pentravoizer1791]

Thank you for explaining everything, I didn't understand shit while watching it.

[@LuckyLiarK]

He win today, I want to see the rise of the king again.

[@derp_sherpa]

🔥🔥🔥

[@bombasticcat]

all the people who are hating faker dont know anything. His gameplay is so solid, that it feels like magic. Every game he creates oppurtunities to win games. and that very consistent.

[@StyShadow]

his training paid off

[@manarchy3]

Is Faker really good, or are his opponents just really bad?

[@happydream1967]

Good point :D

[@DoMa94]

GOAT

[@geraldtgiraffe592]

just casually sittin here with my jaw on the floor

[@grzywi19]

Since my premade 5 ranges from iron to diamond I've seen tons of similar scenes and I know them all to well. But imagine being in the top 30-50 in the world and someone toys with you as if it was some plat vs iron lane XD

[@NO_EPIX]

His reflexes are god damn beyond human stats.

[@Rukir]

"How about some Faker today?" Lol

[@tylerteracide]

Really enjoyed this vid, thank you.

[@ryugaroxas]

SOLIDIFIED GOAT

[@milesedgeworth132]

10 years later, both Iron and Challenger players STILL say "I'm faker" when they do a good play.

[@MadMatt1810]

No doubt the guy is a genius but its fair to say that you need an excellent jungler watching your back too

[@disappointment7208]

i mean it is a team game in the end

[@wooof8575]

Wdym, it's faker who watches his junglers back.

[@MadMatt1810]

@@wooof8575 trueee 😂

[@HoangGracy]

well,i dont think u would does that bait if he doesnt have the jg player around

[@canondeez]

counters: carpal tunnel

[@cloudstrife7083]

game is running sooooo smooth on theses pings its unbelievable compared to my 45ms who jump to 55ms 65ms 75ms every 5 secs and never his stable even the health of the minions drop so slowly its unreal

[@JoseAugusto-pd3eh]

can you make the same video but now about guma? 😁😁😁 sorry if my english is bad

[@kietce8132]

It should be illegal to be this good 😭😭😭

[@JonanTS]

Tbh my ego said I could maybe beat faker with my best champ 1v1, but after seeing the Talon fight lvl 2 I got humbled.

[@nguyenvantung4633]

JDG Knight : 👁👄👁

[@ss-cv2hz]

My baits would be unparalleled too if only my jungler decided to come to my lane

[@therealmonkfromtibet]

The scary part is that he is playing under wrist injury. Imagine that he could have been performing even better.

[@sathariel3231]

3:09 that's Gryffinn I think lol

[@szp12313]

It’s like you are playing against a four times world champion.

[@vokhactri]

he finally beat JDG

[@andrewyoonhobai8453]

POV you go up against unkillable falcon thing and you are a lane minion identifying as a champion

[@shiro10114]

This player might not be the absolute best mid-laner anymore, but he is definitely the best performer when it really matters.

[@HoangGracy]

base on what hw shown off this world compare to others midlaner,i still think he's best at world 2023

[@waterflowzz]

This comment by some random bronze aged well…..

[@ebenholz9]

@@waterflowzz wdym mean watch a knight/chovy vod and compare it to faker both of them have better lanes

[@breffa1982]

at 3:06 he literally tanked some of renekton empowered w dmg with his shield. I guess it's because yone w has a slight delay

[@Naobora]

I was waiting for the "Counter: None" at the end... Come on!

[@puddinsenpai]

can you make a spotify playlist?

[@hongzhen7109]

JDG lost cause Knight didnt watch this video gg JDG

[@stevchris5367]

Bro as a DOTA player my hands are itching to deny creeps out of habit watching LOL laning phase

[@user-we8fg5gx7i]

god

[@lisaparker271]

I hope he is still practicing hard for WBG finals.

[@aojdaoidjaoifj681]

he did lol

[@FrozenShadoW918]

Demon King

[@christopherbronson3275]

Jesus... he dodged that scatter the weak BLIND

[@stehawk80]

Still the goat

[@Gravitymusicq]

😱😱😱😱😱

[@fancen]

this glaze

[@leeroyj7300]

yeah idk why that ori dived right in the beginning, is faker playing in bronze?

[@davidfalcon984]

Mister yeet

[@mernaandthealmonds115]

orianna ulted twice?? the first ori video

[@vicentejurua5091]

that 0:40 play was mind boggling

[@platanusroad7685]

4:35 that is not w max, that is 3 levels w into maxing q

[@buinguyencaominh5936]

So mostly he is using mind game to win lane. Taking advantage from every single moment in laning phase

[@daydrip]

was that taliyah mid he was facing midbeast? xd

[@sirpunchnut777]

When a player sees Faker intentionally do a misplay, wouldn't the first assumption be that he's baiting?

[@xinranli1800]

"How about some Faker today?"

[@barsqn4266]

Legenda!

[@yugioh5ds209]

Dobby, do you know why your replays shows 9999 all the time, I know it is when an element like jayce portal is destroyed it takes 9999 damages, but why does it show ?

[@LoLDobby]

That's viewing error

[@worldboxvn8214]

Seize top 1 Is already a hard task,but keep it for 10 years is another story

[@samuricexful]

People will do stupid shit they normally wouldn’t do to try and get that solo on Faker. With that said, he’s still the greatest to ever play the game and will most likely never be surpassed.

[@BukovTervicz]

Surgical

[@journeyoflife9159]

I always thought azir needs an upgrade because his animations aint smooth at all but faker still makes it work so it seems fine.

[@seisoch6969]

"what is like to vs faker in lane" just pure terror, but not terror of the unknown, the dread feeling of knowing you can do nothing else but lose

[@OutdoorBlues]

At 3:50 you use the word snuff, I’ve only ever heard this term used in porn 😂 Dobby English strong