Doinb is a way between Koreans but the whole career is attached to the Chinese League of Legends. Doinb's career is also very successful when he won the world championship in 2019 in Funplus Phoenix shirt. After that, although he did not win any more notable titles, Doinb was still very famous in the Chinese community thanks to gravitational broadcasts.
In a recent broadcast, this mid lane commented on LPL: “Currently at LPL, there are no more people on the road than ALE. The above lines like Zeus are not invited, just he doesn't want to go. Now that Korean player will take China anymore?
“Like Khan with Nuguri, they came at the right time when LPL was in the golden age, from 2018 to 2023. At that time, the tournament was the most viewers, the highest salary. Even in 2021, Nuguri to LPL was really not for money.
In recent years, LPL has always been inferior to LCK in international tournaments. In 2023, JD Gaming seemed unstoppable before T1 in the semi -finals of Worlds 2023. In 2024, Geng champion MSI, then T1 continued to defeat Bilibili Gaming at the Worlds final. By 2025, Hanwha Life Esports won the First Stand, and the LPL teams continued to be inferior to the LCK representative.
It can be seen that the number of foreign soldiers is highly appreciated from LCK to LPL. The majority of the current Korean foreign soldiers, either played for a long time like Scout, Thesis, Rookie, or belonging to the lower teams such as Deokdam, Life, …. The players in the group often prioritized to stay in Korea and very few cases of choosing to China, as Doinb mentioned, recently only Peyz and two years ago there was Ruler.
Many fans are concerned that if they cannot improve the quality of the players, both inner and foreign soldiers, LPL will face the risk of LCK away from international tournaments in the coming years. Currently in MSI 2025, both LPL's representatives have dropped down, defeated to Geng and T1 themselves and LCK and both Korean representatives are showing extremely impressive performance, determined to win the 5th international title in a row to the region, and at the same time to the World finals 2025.
