What a Banger - good game Peyz

Damn

I am gonna start off by saying Doran was embarrassing vs BB; he was getting gapped hard, not to mention he has been getting solo killed literally every series, which is unacceptable.

With that out of the way I have been seeing a lot of revisionisms about Doran's tenure at T1, especially the worlds title. I have seen people say "Doran was useless and was carried by Oner and Faker" I have seen some people borderline say "Doran singlehandedly tried to lose T1 the title" "Doran was a dead weight"

These takes have been thrown around a lot and honestly, I thought it was just casuals who say this but to see it from people who claim to be T1 fans is concerning and it makes me wonder if people here watch the game or even understand it.

So below I compiled clips of when Doran was crucial in helping T1 at 2025 Worlds. Note this is not everything, this is just from 2 matches (AL, KT) and I just took the games they won to save time.

First is AL game 1, Doran Sion hits the Flash + R combo, which initiates the fight, and not only that, this is the important part, AL throws all their resources on him, which means they have no buttons left after, and T1 can clean up the fight: https://streamable.com/0082xb

Doran finishes this game with 1/1/13

We go to his Ornn game, which is one of my favorite tank games I have seen, firstlyDoran ornn peeling for Guma and Faker: https://streamable.com/2n4a66

Doran ornn ults morde, who was AL strongest member, basically initiates the play that helps them take him out: https://streamable.com/yaarya

Doran double knockup to catch hope and Tarzan: https://streamable.com/mva4xv

Another Doran team fighting masterclass leading to Baron and Mountain Soul: https://streamable.com/hunavg

Doran finishes the game 1/2/17

We go to game 5, this is actually not a good game from him, his renekton is behind but the job he does in teamfights is immaculate. Firstly, Doran shoves the top wave, teleports for the drake fight, zones out Flandre Aatrox (AL strongest member), and they get soul point: https://streamable.com/uworcm

A fight breaks out by the river near midlane, Flandre(again AL strongest member) wants to TP to that fight, but Doran stops Flandre from joining the fight by cancelling his tp: https://streamable.com/r2v6gn

Then the above play leads to the setup for Atakhan. T1 tries to get it but the shred is too much. They play around Atakhan, then Doran hexgates and finds Flandre who is looking for a flank. Eventually, Doran dies (again, not one of his best games)but he peels so much and we get the faker mel masterclass: https://streamable.com/08i3mm

Then the fight at elder, Doran finds the back line he eventually goes down but he chunks down AL members for T1 to clean up: https://streamable.com/db5heg

Now on to KT(Worlds finals)

Doran starts off rough. He makes a mistake top and is killed on a gank, then they 4-man dive him, and he is 0/2 into this fight, but his ambessa shits on KT: https://streamable.com/xajlrd

Another Doran ambessa masterclass he hits a perfect ult into the backline: https://streamable.com/x06m60

Doran with Keria smurf the fight: https://streamable.com/k7z6dj

Then game 4 when KT is at match point, Doran dukes PerfectT, and when Morde ults ends Morde is met with Anivia who chunks him out: https://streamable.com/h46vkf

Doran blocks Caitlyn's ult to protect Oner, then secures soul: https://streamable.com/5ca3du

Doran basically shows us how to create space, zone out the enemy: https://streamable.com/y9elno

Doran saves the team from the BDD insane engage: https://streamable.com/dyga9j

These are just examples from 2 best of 5's. There is plenty of this from MSI, regular season, and so on. It really baffles me that someone can say with a straight face that Doran was useless for T1 last year and was "dead weight." Do you really think at the highest level you can win a championship 4v6?

And I am not saying Doran carried T1 or he was the best ever no, all I am saying is he played his part and was crucial in securing that world's title.

I believe it's okay to criticise players. Personally, I will criticise any player and praise any player based on their performance, but to lie and try to change history is really scummy and not something I'd expect from people who claim to be fans of the team.

We are going to MSI ❤️

That was disappointing

What a creepy behavior.

You and me both Guma

What the fuck is this draft? Where damage?

Doran in a counter matchup, he gets solo killed, also he will just get ganked after level 6 by pantheon and galio.

Giga draft gap.

For those who haven’t been keeping up with the Korean LoL YouTube scene lately, the ridicule surrounding Doran has unfortunately reached an all-time high. Criticism of his performances is obviously nothing new, but with T1’s recent struggles, things have gotten particularly bad. I’d argue it’s comparable or potentially even worse than what Guma received at the peak of his hate. Some content creators have even started digging through his solo queue match history just to pick apart his gameplay and mock him. And it’s become a genuinely polarizing topic where even defending him from such mockery labels you a “Doran Mom” (aka. fanboy or fangirl).

One of the more prominent creators doing this is Jin Young-jun (진영준), who has been consistently uploading videos criticizing Doran, particularly his solo queue performances. He recently mentioned on stream that he received a legal notice from Doran’s agency over his use of the term “Dorona Virus.” He’s responded by saying that such term doesn’t fall under defamation, and he’ll cover the costs through his stream donos. As you can see from his uploads though, this kind of content has been going on for a while. Some feel it’s gone beyond legitimate criticism and turned into targeted mockery, while others argue that professional players, whether in traditional sports or esports, should expect criticism and even banter when they underperform, especially on a team like T1.

Curious what everyone here thinks. And on a separate note, if you happen to come across Doran’s social media, consider leaving him a few words of encouragement. As it’s obvious from his recent stream, there’s no doubt it’s been weighing on him heavily.

I don't know if it's a little early to say this, but given the rumors that were circulating they won Worlds regarding Guma and Doran, do you think that now that they've won, with Guma being FMPV and Doran putting in an incredible performance, they'll renew for another year?

That was hard to watch

Crazy Game - Great game Doran❤️

Here we have Dhokla, playing the same matchups as Doran did against BrokenBlade, but Dhokla did NOT get solo killed, go 6k+ behind, or suddenly become invisible.

Dhokla blind picked, and even got counter picked, yet he played good.

I am not hating on Doran, I am just wanting real supporters to see that Doran is terribly off form, and you don't need to hide or act like it's a personal attack.

He has a chance this EWC to prove if he fits in the team, or will he still become the weakest point this entire year?

EDIT: Lyon just beat G2, and Dhokla played Renekton, Gnar, and Olaf as well, but this guy did NOT get gapped at any period of the game.

He fought BrokenBlade, but didn't get solo killed into Yasuo. He got a lead on Olaf, but still joined team fights.

There's clearly something wrong with the decision making of T1 right now. I really hope they can bounce back, maybe show some life in EWC.

Even in Inspired's interview, he knows that T1 did NOT play their game hence G2 winning against them.

T1 has an unusual team focus, where their strongest is the botlane, making their toplane the weakest.

They don't draft counterpick or last pick for top, just bot, which is understandable.

The problem appears after considering the changes to top lane, where they get more XP, a higher level cap, and better summoner spell flexibility.

Yes, bot lane can get 6 completed items, but that's in the far late game, while top laners always have impact due to being higher level at all stages of the game.

T1 needs to adapt to those changes or at the very least just not leave their top laner into a dreadful matchup.

Their jungle blind picks have been unusual as well, e.g. Trundle blind when Xin is up, which further worsens top lane matchup.

Seeing Zeus get last pick nearly every match against BLG, the impact he has given is insane. Their wins can be solely attributed to him if you even want:

1. Swain carried losing fights and even engaged

2. Mundo scaled into a tank-bruiser that helped Guma hit front to back

Yes, Zeus has a wide champ pool, and HLE has utilized it well by following this simple formula of:

- Give Kanavi a solid jungler

- Give Zeka a mid he's comfortable in

- Pick a good duo botlane

- Let Zeus last pick

This works, and is proven to be working against the best first seeds of the world. If T1 can adapt a similar style of play where they just don't throw their top laner under the bus in EVERY draft, they can win so much more.

They even have a strong draft blind pick that no other team has: Mid Blind Pick. Faker can play any champ, and he can blind any champ, lose his lane, but still win the game. They can use this to their advantage to give top a stronger pick.

Faker losing lane is more playable than Doran losing lane.

Also, this doesn't mean we should throw bot lane in the drain. We should just pivot to make top lane have a playable matchup.

Yes, I agree that Doran has not been playing great, but if he just loses less by giving him the better mental with a somewhat okay draft, the game would be more manageable for the entire team.

Overall, I really hope we can see some changes to how T1 plays the game. They shouldn't put everything in the Peyz basket. They have great players that can adapt to anything, so please stop pushing this full ADC carry play style every game.

With Peyz now getting another pentakill vs TLAW, he officially passes Gumayusi's record of 3 pentakills while being a member of T1.

Gumayusi's pentakills while on T1:

T1 vs DK — LCK 2021 Spring (Aphelios)

T1 vs KT — LCK 2022 Summer (Zeri)

T1 vs BRO — LCK 2023 Spring (Zeri)

Peyz's pentakills while on T1:

T1 vs HLE — KeSPA Cup 2025 (Kai'sa)

T1 vs NS — LCK 2026 Rounds 1-2 (Ashe)

T1 vs KRX — LCK 2026 Rounds 1-2 (Lucian)

T1 vs TLAW — MSI 2026 (Zeri)

Literally the 1992 U.S Men Basketball Olympics Dream Team

I honestly hate the doran glazing and not putting the right value on this player, this is by far the most reasonable one and i hope you guys just stop being so overprotective about him

What a comeback

That was hard to watch

Damn

That was hard to watch