Doran (Choi Hyeon-joon)

Doran
Doran
Background Information
Name	Choi Hyeon-joon (최현준)
Country of Birth	; South Korea
Birthday	July 22, 2000 (age 21)
Residency	KRKorea
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠KT Rolster
Contract Expires	2021-11-15
Role	; Top Laner
Favorite Champs	;
Soloqueue IDs	KR : 모찌피치모찌피치; 123123123213213; qwqweweqweqewqe; 어리고싶다; liiiiliiiiiill; 어리고싶다; CN: DoranPyosikDUO; EUW: MoChiPeaCh
Social Media & Links

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	Aug 20172017-08-19	Aug 20172017-08-20	1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	Aug 20182018-08-18	Dec 20182018-12-18	4mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Griffin	≈Dec 2018≈2018-12-??	Nov 20192019-11-25^[1]	≈11mo 6d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DRX	Dec 20192019-12-04^[5]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[4]	11mo 12d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster	Nov 20202020-11-24^[7]	Present	9mo 25d ej

	Team	Start	End
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	Aug 20172017-08-19	Aug 20172017-08-20	1d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	Aug 20182018-08-18	Dec 20182018-12-18	4mo ejel
KR	⁠⁠Griffin	≈Dec 2018≈2018-12-??	May 20192019-05-28^[8]	≈5mo 9d ejel
KR	⁠⁠Griffin	May 20192019-05-28^[8]	Nov 20192019-11-25^[1]	5mo 28d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DragonX	Dec 20192019-12-04^[5]	Jun 20202020-06-07^[9]	6mo 3d ejel
KR	⁠⁠DRX	Jun 20202020-06-07^[9]	Nov 20202020-11-16^[4]	5mo 9d ejel
KR	⁠⁠KT Rolster	Nov 20202020-11-24^[7]	Present	9mo 25d ej

News

2017
2018
2019
2020

KR	⁠⁠Seoul	August 19, Roster of KeG 2017 is formed. Doran, Chaeng, Han, Moo, and Life join. e
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	August 20, Doran, Han, Moo, and Life leave. e

KR	⁠⁠Seoul	August 18, Roster for KeG 2018 is formed. 최현준, 최엘림, 배호영, 이민형, 하민욱, and 김영민 (Head Coach) join. e
KR	⁠⁠Seoul	December 18, Doran, Ellim, Plex, Gumayusi, and POP leave. e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	December (approx.), Doran and Plex join as trainees. e

KR	⁠⁠GRF	May 28, Doran moves to starting roster.^[8] e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	July 30, Doran's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[10] e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	November 14, Doran is suspended for 1 game due to toxic behavior in ranked matches.^[11] e
KR	⁠⁠GRF	November 25, STILL8 announce that they will revise existing contracts to "remove unfair clauses" or allow players to become free agents. Doran, Chovy, and Lehends leave.^[1]^[2]^[3] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	December 4, Doran joins.^[5]^[6] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	December 5, Doran, Chovy, Deft, and Keria's contracts are updated in the GCD, expiring on 16 November 2020.^[12] e

KR	⁠⁠DRX	June 7, ⁠⁠DragonX renames to ⁠⁠DRX.^[9] e
KR	⁠⁠DRX	November 16, Doran, Chovy, Deft, and Keria leave.^[4] e
KR	⁠⁠KT	November 24, Doran joins.^[7] e
KR	⁠⁠KT	November 26, Doran's contract is updated in the GCD, expiring on 15 November 2021.^[13] e

Biography[]

Trivia[]

His ID Doran comes from his solo queue ID (돌잔치때도란잡음).

Tournament Results[]

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

Doran (Choi Hyeon-joon) Tournament Results
Date	Pl	Event	Last Result	Team	Roster
2021-08-15	7	LCK 2021 Summer	7 - 11⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KT	Doran, Blank, GIDEON, Dove, Ucal, Noah, 5kid, Zzus, Harp, Hirai, Acorn, supreme
2021-03-28	7	LCK 2021 Spring	6 - 12⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠KT	Doran, Bonnie, Blank, GIDEON, Ucal, Dove, HyBriD, Noah, Zzus, Hirai, Acorn
2020-12-27	3 - 4	KeSPA Cup 2020	0 : 3⁠⁠NS	⁠⁠KT	Doran, Castle, Bonnie, GIDEON, Ucal, Vicla, Noah, HyBriD, Zzus, Rebel, Hirai, supreme, Acorn
2020-10-15	5 - 8	Worlds 2020	0 : 3⁠⁠DWG	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax, Museong
2020-09-05	2	LCK 2020 Summer Playoffs	0 : 3⁠⁠DWG	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax, Museong
2020-08-23	2	LCK 2020 Summer	15 - 3⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax, Museong
2020-05-29	5 - 6	Mid-Season Cup 2020	2 - 1⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax, Meosung
2020-04-22	3	LCK 2020 Spring Playoffs	1 : 3⁠⁠T1	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax
2020-04-16	3	LCK 2020 Spring	14 - 4⁠⁠RR	⁠⁠DRX	Chovy, Doran, Pyosik, Quad, Deft, Keria, cvMax
2020-01-04	3 - 4	KeSPA Cup 2019	0 : 3⁠⁠AF	⁠⁠DRX	Doran, Pyosik, Chovy, Deft, Keria, cvMax

Media[]

2019
2020
2021

August 16, GRF Doran on Tarzan's Solo Queue: "It seems that we do similarly, but he’s the only one that gets really high." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e

January 21, Doran talks about the expectations 2020 DragonX, and how the LCK team will meet them [Korean] with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
e
February 13, DRX Doran on potential role swap: "I only know how to play top lane, so if I play any other lanes, the team will be doomed." with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
March 1, DRX Doran: "If Chovy ever says he wants to play top lane, I don’t want to give him my spot unless he pushes me out by being better." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
April 1, DRX Doran wants to face TheShy, a matchup that didn't happen in 2019 worlds | Ashley Kang with Korizon Esports on YouTube
e
April 1, DRX Deft: "When I heard that I was the POG, I changed into our uniform. I can’t play wearing nothing... I have sweat pants on." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok & David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
April 2, DRX Doran: "I want to give myself a 10 (out of 10). I've showed everything I got today." with Byungho "Haao" Kim & Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
April 4, DRX Chovy: "It wasn’t my penta, so I just quickly destroyed the Nexus." with Byungho "Haao" Kim & Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
July 2, DRX Doran: "I thought my performance today was the worst... but cvMax told me that I did really well." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
July 5, DRX Chovy on his insane CS: "The secret is to sneak into the enemy raptor camp to steal them. " with Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
July 7, DRX Doran has a message to Damwon Canyon & Nuguri: "Please go easy on us" [Korean] with Ashley Kang on Korizon Esports
e
July 11, DRX Doran: "DWG is a team that can definitely beat us, but funnily enough, luck's always on our side." with Joonkyu "Lasso" Seok, Minyoung "Irro" Jang, and Daniel "Quest" Kwon on Inven Global
e
July 25, DRX Chovy on facing DWG: "I don’t think any special strategy will work against ShowMaker. I just need to do my best to win with my own ability." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
August 8, DRX Doran: "I hope Nuguri saw me play from the waiting room and thought that I played well." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
August 12, DRX Doran: The players are good individually, but we are not aligned as a team | Ashley Kang with Korizon Esports on YouTube
e
October 5, [Worlds 2020] DRX Doran on TES: "Although we lost, I don’t think they’re undefeatable." with David "Viion" Jang on Inven Global
e
October 7, DRX Doran on JDG’s Kanavi: ‘He’s got an ego out of this world and we’re going to bring him down’ with Joseph Asuncion on ONE Esports
e

February 14, KT Doran on self-criticism, wanting to become the best top laner in the LCK with Ashley Kang (KORIZON Esports) on YouTube
e

Post-Match Interviews

Date	Tournament	Match	Link
2021-08-12	LCK 2021 Summer	LSB vs KT	Link
2021-08-06	LCK 2021 Summer	DRX vs KT	Link
2021-07-23	LCK 2021 Summer	HLE vs KT	Link
2021-07-10	LCK 2021 Summer	KT vs BRO	Link
2021-07-02	LCK 2021 Summer	BRO vs KT	Link
2021-03-25	LCK 2021 Spring	KT vs NS	Link
2021-02-19	LCK 2021 Spring	KT vs BRO	Link
2021-02-06	LCK 2021 Spring	KT vs AF	Link
2021-01-28	LCK 2021 Spring	DRX vs KT	Link
2020-10-11	Worlds 2020 Main Event	FLY vs DRX	Link
2020-08-08	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs SB	Link
2020-07-25	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-07-23	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs KT	Link
2020-07-05	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs SP	Link
2020-07-02	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs DYN	Link
2020-06-25	LCK 2020 Summer	DRX vs SB	Link
2020-04-04	LCK 2020 Spring	DRX vs GEN	Link
2020-04-02	LCK 2020 Spring	KT vs DRX	Link
2020-04-01	LCK 2020 Spring	SB vs DRX	Link
2019-12-31	KeSPA Cup 2019	DRX vs DWG	Link
2019-08-18	LCK 2019 Summer	HLE vs GRF	Link
2019-08-16	LCK 2019 Summer	GRF vs JAG	Link