Doinb

Doinb
Doinb
Background Information
Name	Kim Tae-sang (김태상)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	December 30, 1996 (age 24)
Residency	CNChina
Prev Residencies	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠FunPlus Phoenix
Contract Expires	2021-11-16
Role	; Mid Laner
Favorite Champs	; ; ;
Soloqueue IDs	CN: 外1放过我到; 来点作用吧泰相xi; doker; KR: Heart; midnozoeplz; EUW: Mldk1ng; woshilqs
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠Qiao Gu Reapers	≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??	May 20162016-05-11^[1]	≈1yr 2mo	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Newbee	May 20162016-05-11^[3]	May 20162016-05-17^[2]	6d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Newbee Young	May 20162016-05-17^[5]	Nov 20162016-11-30^[4]	6mo 13d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠QG Reapers	Nov 20162016-11-30^[7]	May 20172017-05-20^[6]	5mo 20d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	May 20172017-05-20^[10]	Dec 20172017-12-21^[8]	7mo 1d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Rogue Warriors	Dec 20172017-12-21^[12]	Dec 20182018-12-13^[11]	1yr 23d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠FunPlus Phoenix	Dec 20182018-12-14^[15]	Present	2yr 10mo	ej

	Team	Start	End		Notes
CN	⁠⁠Qiao Gu Reapers	≈Mar 2015≈2015-03-??	≈Mar 2016≈2016-03-??	≈1yr	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Qiao Gu Reapers	≈Mar 2016≈2016-03-??	≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-??	≈1mo	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Qiao Gu Reapers	≈Apr 2016≈2016-04-??	May 20162016-05-11^[1]	≈1mo 10d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠Newbee	May 20162016-05-11^[3]	May 20162016-05-17^[2]	6d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Newbee Young	May 20162016-05-17^[5]	Nov 20162016-11-30^[4]	6mo 13d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠QG Reapers	Nov 20162016-11-30^[7]	May 20172017-05-20^[6]	5mo 20d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠JD Gaming	May 20172017-05-20^[10]	Dec 20172017-12-21^[8]	7mo 1d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Rogue Warriors	Dec 20172017-12-21^[12]	≈Sep 2018≈2018-09-??	≈8mo 12d	ejel
CN	⁠⁠Rogue Warriors	≈Sep 2018≈2018-09-??	Dec 20182018-12-13^[11]	≈3mo 11d	Inactive ejel
CN	⁠⁠FunPlus Phoenix	Dec 20182018-12-14^[15]	Present	2yr 10mo	ej

News

2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

CN

⁠

⁠QG

March (approx.),
Doinb joins.
BoriSal moves to substitute.
Coco leaves.

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CN	⁠⁠QG	March (approx.), BoriSal moves to starting roster. Doinb moves to substitute. e
CN	⁠⁠QG	April (approx.), Doinb becomes inactive. Moon, Newbee1, xr, 1, AhrI, and Any leave. e
CN	⁠⁠QG	May 11, V, Swift, BoriSal, dade, Mortred, Peco, Uzi, Mor, Doinb, Alone, and BanBazi (Coach) leave.^[1] e
CN	⁠⁠NB	May 11, V, Swift, BoriSal, dade, Doinb, Mortred, Peco, Uzi, Mor, BanBazi (Head Coach), and Hiro (Coach) join.^[3] e
CN	⁠⁠NB	May 17, Doinb leaves for academy roster.^[2] e
CN	⁠⁠NBY	May 17, ss17, Alone, and AhrI join. Cherish joins as substitute. doinb joins from main roster. Khan moves to substitute. Luo, Candy, and YuZhe leave.^[5] e
CN	⁠⁠NBY	November 30, Clid, doinb, Along, CandySeven, AhrI, Khan, Cherish, Chaox (Coach), Tom (Coach), and LiNkO (Leader) leave.^[4] e
CN	⁠⁠QGR	November 30, Clid, doinb, Along, and AhrI join. Cherish and Ziwei join as substitutes.^[7] e

CN	⁠⁠QGR	May 20, Kabe, Clid, doinb, Alone, Candyseven, Chen, LokeN, Cloud, Deceit, Khan, xinyi, Ziwei, BanBazi (Head Coach), and Cammly (Coach) leave.^[6] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	May 20, Kabe, Clid, Xinyi, doinb, LokeN, Xiaoali, LvMao, BanBazi (Coach), Cammly (Coach), UDJ (Analyst), Momo (Manager), and Soso (Leader,Translator) join. Cloud joins as substitute.^[10] e
CN	⁠⁠JDG	December 21, Zoom, Vu5So (Analyst), and Aixiao (Manager) join. UDJ (Analyst to Coach) changes position. doinb, Barrett, BanBazi (Coach), Cammly (Coach), and Momo (Manager) leave.^[8]^[9] e
CN	⁠⁠RW	December 21, Mouse, doinb, and Smlz join.^[12]^[13]^[14] e

CN	⁠⁠RW	September (approx.), Doinb becomes inactive due to health issues. e
CN	⁠⁠RW	December 13, Doinb leaves.^[11] e
CN	⁠⁠FPX	December 14, Doinb joins.^[15] e
CN	⁠⁠FPX	December 21, Gimgoon's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 19 November 2019. Tian's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021. Doinb's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[16] e

CN

⁠

⁠FPX

December 12, Doinb changes residency from

KR

Korea to

CN

China.^[17]
Doinb will remain with the team for 2020.^[18]

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CN

⁠

⁠FPX

January 6,
GimGoon and
xiao7's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 17 November 2020.
Mingjing and
Doinb's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2021.
April's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.
Crisp's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 22 November 2022.^[19]

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Biography[]

Doinb is a high-elo solo queue mid laner from Korea. Even praised highly by the likes of Faker, he was recognized as a solo queue talent before being picked up by QG in the middle of the LSPL 2015 Spring Split debuting his skill on Katarina. QG were invited to IEM Katowice in March 2016 where they beat Fnatic in their first best of one but were then subsequently eliminated in the group stages following a loss to SK Telecom T1 and then losing to Fnatic 1 - 2.

In May 2016, Qiao Gu Reapers renamed to Newbee.^[20] Doinb was quickly moved to Newbee Young after there was internal conflict within the team between him and Swift. The team eventually fought their way through the LSPL and qualified for the LPL. Per LPL rules they were re-branded into the QG Reapers in November of 2016. QG placed 3rd in their group in the 2017 LPL Spring Season however in the playoffs they lost 2-3 to I May in the first round. JD Gaming acquired the roster and LPL spot of QG in May of 2017 with Doinb also joining the newly formed squad. Their first showing was at the 2017 Demacia Cup but it wasn't particularly good as they placed 9th-12th after an 0-2 loss to LGD Gaming. In the 2017 LPL Summer Season JD Gaming finished 5th in Group B with 6 wins and 11 losses which eliminated them from playoff contention. They also placed 2nd at the National Electronic Sports Tournament 2017.

Trivia[]

Famous for his
Ryze,
Nautilus,
Viktor,
Kled,
Karma,
Pantheon, and
Vladimir.
Known for his off-meta tank and bruiser picks and having a high win rate with those champions, with his play being focused on assisting his teammates rather than dominating lane.
- LPL casters termed these picks "dark technology", a term that was first used internationally by Smeb at Rift Rivals 2018, before the term took over after his successful Worlds run.
Known as a skilful
Katarina player in KR server before the champion got reworked by Riot.
MVP of the LPL 2017 Spring Regular Season.
Speaks Chinese fluently.
Well-known for his streaming style in China.
- Talks a lot while streaming.
- Dances when he receives money and presents.
- Plays with famous LPL and LCK junglers.
- Is known to often achieve a score of 400 creeps by 20 minutes, something that is often memed upon on YouTube and in the League community, often known as "400cs Doinb hack".
Gained Chinese residency in 2019, a rare feat for a foreign player as the LPL has some of the strictest residency rules.
Is married to Li "Umi" You-Zi, a Chinese former caster of Dungeon Fighter Online.
- Proposed to her publicly in 2018 after joining FunPlus Phoenix.
Reached 1000 kills in the LPL in February 2019.
- The 16th player to reach 1000 kills in the LPL, after Uzi, Cool, Kid, NaMei, Zz1tai, Clearlove, Deft, GodV, Rookie, imp, Smlz, Mystic, Xiaohu, Xiye, and Scout.
Reached 1500 Kills in the LPL on April 25, 2020.
- The 9th player to reach 1500 Kills in the LPL, after Uzi, Rookie, Cool, Smlz, Mystic, Xiaohu, Xiye, and imp.
Reached 500 games in the LPL on April 11, 2021
Reached 2000 Kills in the LPL on July 31, 2021.
- The 6th player to reach 2000 Kills in the LPL, after Uzi, Rookie, Smlz, Xiaohu and Xiye
MVP of the LPL 2021 Summer Regular Season.

Pentakills

Date	Region	Tournament	Champion	Pos	W/L	KDA	SB	VOD
2021-06-26	CN China	LPL 2021 Summer	Lee Sin	Mid	W	11/1/10	Link	Link
2021-04-05	CN China	LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs	Viktor	Mid	W	7/2/8	Link	Link
2020-04-25	CN China	LPL 2020 Spring Playoffs	Ryze	Mid	W	11/2/6	Link	Link
2020-03-17	CN China	LPL 2020 Spring	Kassadin	Mid	W	8/0/4	Link	Link

Click here for a full list of pentakills by all players.

Tournament Results[]

This table shows up to the 10 most recent results. For complete results, click here.

Doinb Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-10-15	14 - 16	Worlds 2021	2 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FPX	Nuguri, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, Steak, REFRA1N
2021-09-02	2	LPL 2021 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠EDG	⁠⁠FPX	Nuguri, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, Steak, REFRA1N
2021-08-08	1	LPL 2021 Summer	13 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FPX	Nuguri, xiaolaohu, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, JingYi, Crisp, Shenyi, Steak, REFRA1N
2021-04-18	2	LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠RNG	⁠⁠FPX	Nuguri, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, Steak, REFRA1N
2021-03-28	5	LPL 2021 Spring	11 - 5⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FPX	Nuguri, Tian, Bo, Beichuan, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, Steak, REFRA1N
2020-12-24	5 - 8	Demacia Cup 2020	0 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠FPX	Xiaolaohu, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, Steak, REFRA1N
2020-08-29	4	LPL 2020 Regional Finals	2 : 3⁠⁠iG	⁠⁠FPX	GimGoon, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, WarHorse, REFRA1N
2020-08-13	7 - 8	LPL 2020 Summer Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠V5	⁠⁠FPX	GimGoon, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, WarHorse, REFRA1N
2020-08-09	8	LPL 2020 Summer	9 - 7⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠FPX	Khan, GimGoon, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, WarHorse, REFRA1N
2020-05-31	2	Mid-Season Cup 2020	1 : 3⁠⁠TES	⁠⁠FPX	Khan, Tian, Doinb, Lwx, Crisp, WarHorse, REFRA1N

Doinb 1v1 Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Prize	Team	Last Result
2019-12-07	9 - 16	All-Star 2019 Las Vegas		⁠⁠LPL	0 : 1 ⁠⁠ FoFo

Media[]

2018
2019
2020

July 6, RW Doinb on Playing Bruisers in Mid Lane: "If you give them to me, I’m confident that I’ll be able to carry." with Dasol "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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January 30, FunPlus Doinb on Going Against Maple: "Because I chose Urgot in the third game who has no counterpicks, I didn't have any special feelings." with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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March 5, FunPlus Doinb: "I feel that I'm pretty old now so the only way I can keep up with the others is to basically train harder than anyone else." with Yudae "Akiin" Oak on Inven Global
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July 4, FPX Doinb: "Tarzan's really the king of the jungle. Like they say Ji-sung Park has three lungs... it seems Tarzan has two brains." with Yeonjae "Arra" Shin and David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
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September 30, Sometimes cursed, always unique, Doinb is the best individual story at Worlds by Xing Li on Dot Esports
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October 17, FPX Doinb: "FPX has the best coordination of any Worlds team" with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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October 26, [Worlds 2019] FPX Doinb Sends a Message to IG: “Jia You! Let’s keep this championship trophy in the LPL!” with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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November 6, Doinb reveals why he’s so excited to face G2 in the final: 'I think [both teams] have a similar playing style' by Isaac McIntyre on Dexerto
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November 8, [Worlds 2019] Semifinals MVPs, Doinb and Perkz! by Parkes Ousley on Inven Global
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November 8, FPX press conference before facing G2 Esports at Worlds finals 2019 with Alexandre "DrPuppet" Weber on Korizon Esports
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November 10, [Worlds 2019] FPX Doinb: "We’ve been waiting for 40 days to say this on stage, and now we can finally say it. WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!" with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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November 10, FPX wins 2019 Worlds: Press conference after the finals against G2 Esports with Alexandre "DrPuppet" Weber on Korizon Esports
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November 11, Who is Doinb, FPX’s mid laner? by Marta Juras on Dot Esports
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November 11, Doinb on his wife Umi's support for him at Worlds: "I was contemplating retirement, but she told me to believe in myself. I couldn’t have lifted this championship trophy without her." by Isaac McIntyre on Dexerto
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December 9, Doinb sleeps 4-5 hours and plays games the rest of the day during the preseason patch with Travis Gafford on YouTube
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December 12, Play Wrong, Win Worlds: The Mid Laner Who Defied Expectations by theScore Esports on YouTube
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December 20, Doinb on his wife Umi supporting him throughout worlds "I promised to take her to Paris" (Korean) with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
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December 30, We Are The Champions by Doinb on The Players' Lobby
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May 28, [MSC] FPX Doinb on Blind Pick, playing against Faker & ShowMaker, and Gobi Desert with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok & Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
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Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-10-13	Worlds 2021 Main Event	RGE vs FPX	Link
2021-08-08	LPL 2021 Summer	FPX vs EDG	Link
2021-07-12	LPL 2021 Summer	RA vs FPX	Link
2021-06-09	LPL 2021 Summer	FPX vs UP	Link
2021-04-07	LPL 2021 Spring Playoffs	RNG vs FPX	Link
2021-03-01	LPL 2021 Spring	FPX vs JDG	Link
2021-02-04	LPL 2021 Spring	FPX vs LNG	Link
2021-01-12	LPL 2021 Spring	OMG vs FPX	Link
2020-12-21	Demacia Cup 2020	HMG vs FPX	Link
2020-05-28	Mid-Season Cup 2020	FPX vs DWG	Link
2019-11-10	Worlds 2019 Main Event	G2 vs FPX	Link
2019-10-26	Worlds 2019 Main Event	FPX vs FNC	Link
2019-10-17	Worlds 2019 Main Event	FPX vs SPY	Link
2019-10-17	Worlds 2019 Main Event	GAM vs FPX	Link
2019-09-06	LPL 2019 Summer Playoffs	FPX vs RNG	Link
2019-07-07	Rift Rivals 2019 LCK-LPL-LMS-VCS	GRF vs FPX	Link
2019-07-05	Rift Rivals 2019 LCK-LPL-LMS-VCS	FPX vs MAD	Link