@@Bummulman, DRX with Kingen, Pyosik and Zeka, who were average players. a world champion Support (BeryL), and an Adc who was past his prime (Deft). They took the last spot in the LCK, with 3 very strong teams T1 DK and GenG. They went through the Play-in and won against the favorites for the title.
This DRX team really stole my heart, they had one of the strongest mentals I've ever seen, and probably the best and most incredible run of any Esport in my humble opinion, this videos was a pleasure to watch, flawless and emotional, I loved every second, good job!!:)
Yep I still remember picking EDG for Pick'em to win against DRX. Then I continue to pick Gen.G over DRX for semi-final. Then once the final came I was truly convinced DRX won't give up. And my friends thought I was a mad man to pick DRX over T1 (all my friends are T1 loyalists lol).
I scheduled a date on the night this match happened because i forgot, somehow i managed to convince her to watch at least one game with me and id explain what was going on. We ended up watching all 5 matches and i cried in front of a stranger because of a videogame. I dont talk to her anymore but that night was wild lmao.
That night was a wild night for me a my friends too. Drove over 2 hours to get to a theater that was streaming the final. Somehow the theater screen gave out during Game 5 draft (worst possible moment where the intensity is at its peak) So me and my friends ended up streaming game 5 on our phone while sitting at the theater lol.
The best story of any e sports team No questions asked. I know about a lot of the crazy old CS tourneys and apex stories and even other MOBAs But this is the greatest script ever to a championship tournament in the history of E-Sports So many individual stories for deftvfaker The old team chemistry of Keria Zeka being the foundation mid vs all of the top 5 mids in the world at the time and holding his own. Kingen in the top lane playing so well in isolation and side lane,
@@vatsalsrivastava5649 And the season before, after Keria and Chovy left the team, DRX really struggled, Pyosik stayed with the team even after being last by far, then the next season he lifted with the new roster the most prestigious trophy. Really insane story!
So let's see, what DRX had to do to win worlds 2022: 1) Qualify for worlds by defeating KT and LSB in best of 5's, both are opponents that can't be underestimated 2) Secure 1st place in Play-ins while defeating RNG 3) Secure tiebreaker from group stages by defeating other tough opponents, such as Rogue (LEC #1) and TES (LPL #2) 4) Win tiebreaker against Rogue (LEC #1) to secure 1st seed in groups 5) Reverse-sweep the defending world champions, EDG, in 5 games, especially after inhibitor trolled them hard in game 2 6) Destroy 2017 world champion GenG (Samsung Galaxy) and LCK #1 in 4 games without as much difficulty as 5) and 7), albeit still hard 7) Defeat the 3-time world champions, (SKT) T1 in 5 games, even despite Gumayusi stealing baron multiple times DRX never gave up, and never stopped fighting. They defied all odds and (almost) nobody expected them to win in the knockouts, much less become world champions. This was super well-deserved by everyone on the team.
This was insane watching live.. I decided to do Pick'ems and watch and still remember the EDG v DRX matches was insane, cried. Cried again during the Semi-finals and finals. Watching the bois go from play-ins to finals was insane. Best Worlds so far and team with mental. The reverse sweeps we're insane.
@@santiago4444Zeka was facing the GOAT grinding for his 4th title when Kingen competed with Zeus, who was the least good player of T1 during Finals. He was overwhelmed by pressure. Hard take because Zeus is one hell of player and surely the one stomping his opponent way more than any T1 counterpart even playing godlike rn (Worlds 2023). And yes, Kingen deserved this Finals MVP but no. Zeka carrying them since regional qualifyers to play-in to stages to knock-out and even on Finals. He broke the patch every game..like insanity.
Remember, kids : never surrender. If your mental fortitude is strong enough, you can achieve the impossible. DRX had absolutely no chances of winning the Worlds. There was just no way. But they didn't care, never gave up, and they did it anyway.
Amazing video! I was just recently hoping that someone would make a video about DRX‘ journey including the regional gauntlet leading up to playins, glad this video got recommended to me :)
I remember watching quarter finals Live Edg vs DRX and oh man, I thought in game 2 they got robbed and in game 3 the game is looking bad for them down in 4k gold, and I stopped watching I thought they would get 3-0 swept and that's unfortunate and after 1 hour or so The live is still ongoing and I looked they are in game 4 LIKE WHAAA?? they won the game 3? And continue to watch the rest, it's really a miracle run to tell the truth coming back in that 2 games lose and 3 hard game their mental is stone cold.
This is now THE most iconic moment of League of Legends of Esports, not Faker's Zed. Teamwork, hard work, perseverance, and sheer force of will. That's what defines this scene, not individual talent.
Quite poetic that all the players from DRX 2022 have to fight with each other for a spot in Worlds 2023 (Minus Pyosik, but D+ vs TL is on the way, i tell you,), don't you think?
Thanks! I think the "offical" video has a different approach and also I have no access to footage behind the scenes. They made a documentary, I made kind of a montage.
@@Pakli You definitely have better highlights and you explained the story of the run so well using what you had available. Just saying, whenever I want to rewatch the DRX run, this is the video I'm going to
Better to do that than risk being bad this year especially with how different the meta is in between seasons. Plus, DRX isn't the best of orgs in terms of management anyways.
They wanted to stay together in DRX but the organization decided to kick Pyosik out. The other players got angry at that decision and that's why they left
are you fcking kidding me??? DRX ceo is a known HUGE piece of sht. 1.DRX made a weird ass bl like edit of deft & chovy back in 2020 chovy was only 19 back then, his mom was furious, but the ceo went on his stream saying his "mom overreacted" & also told cvmax the coach to pressure chovy into staying but he refused to abuse his relation with chovy since chovy listens to him as past gryffin coach, that drx (doran,pyosik,chovy,deft,keria) team was so loved by fans & so loyal to deft they still wanted to comeback to this shtty org for deft but deft told them to go to better offers like T1 & GenG. all 4 left & only pyosik stayed saying he is loyal to DRX who gave him, who used to be a streamer a chance at proplay, it was cvmax who saw potential in him & gave him a spot. DRX 2020 was 2nd in lck but became 10th in 2021, pyosik bowed to ground for fans to say sorry. 2022 stove league DRX manager was saying "if i was deft i would never comeback here, deft is too forgiving" for what happened in 2020 but the ceo had the audacity to say i dont mind paying deft more but i want more "fanservice" & content. after 2022 miracle run all the members naturally had increase in salary as norm but drx refused. they still wanted to stay together with salary cut but drx kicked out pyosik the one most loyal to drx. it was already when other top teams finished their roster zeka & kingen had nowhere to go but hle pyosik legit had to leave the country deft went to damwon since canyon called him up himself, the ceo again had THE AUDACITY to say "these loosers didnt even go to a good team & ended up in end of the barrel teams" in his stream. beryl only stayed since he had 2yr contract, juhan stayed in drx but they still didnt give him a starting position, pulled another bs w.him & now he also left drx, again released so late, there's no more teams. he's out of pro-league for 2 yrs. Thank god now ALL of them left that disgusting org.
"Why don't you just give up?"
"Because they never did"
DRX captured the hearts of us NA fans especially, with the best underdog story in LoL history. What a sight to behold.
Lck 4th seed, only team from play-ins to make it to the finals and win worlds. Legendary
I would argue that TPA in S2 most likely has the best underdog story tbf. But DRX is very close to them.
@@Bummulman, DRX with Kingen, Pyosik and Zeka, who were average players. a world champion Support (BeryL), and an Adc who was past his prime (Deft). They took the last spot in the LCK, with 3 very strong teams T1 DK and GenG. They went through the Play-in and won against the favorites for the title.
Albus NoX as well. They proved a wildcard team could exceed expectations
This DRX team really stole my heart, they had one of the strongest mentals I've ever seen, and probably the best and most incredible run of any Esport in my humble opinion, this videos was a pleasure to watch, flawless and emotional, I loved every second, good job!!:)
Any team esports as far as I know yeah
Yep I still remember picking EDG for Pick'em to win against DRX. Then I continue to pick Gen.G over DRX for semi-final. Then once the final came I was truly convinced DRX won't give up. And my friends thought I was a mad man to pick DRX over T1 (all my friends are T1 loyalists lol).
When you have nothing to lose your mental does not matter. Win or lose we will play with no regrets - DRX
EDG winning that 2nd game is still the craziest thing I’ve ever seen on league
The most undeserved win in worlds history. I watched it live and was so tilted
First ever 4-1 series
@@christopherrosales4351 Its so crazy that DRX just laughed it off and reverse swept them like it was nothing
I scheduled a date on the night this match happened because i forgot, somehow i managed to convince her to watch at least one game with me and id explain what was going on. We ended up watching all 5 matches and i cried in front of a stranger because of a videogame. I dont talk to her anymore but that night was wild lmao.
That night was a wild night for me a my friends too. Drove over 2 hours to get to a theater that was streaming the final. Somehow the theater screen gave out during Game 5 draft (worst possible moment where the intensity is at its peak) So me and my friends ended up streaming game 5 on our phone while sitting at the theater lol.
It was awkward for me. My bf is T1 fan, and I was DRX fan😅😂
@@Wyurmmv Then you have good taste in teams and bad taste in boyfriends i would say.
I watched it with two of my best friend and also ended up crying in front of them.
aww what happened with her?
The best story of any e sports team
No questions asked. I know about a lot of the crazy old CS tourneys and apex stories and even other MOBAs
But this is the greatest script ever to a championship tournament in the history of E-Sports
So many individual stories for deftvfaker
The old team chemistry of Keria
Zeka being the foundation mid vs all of the top 5 mids in the world at the time and holding his own.
Kingen in the top lane playing so well in isolation and side lane,
Don't forget Piyosik having some of the greatest steals/plays on objectives
@@vatsalsrivastava5649 also missed a lot of smites too lol, but yeah he still has a lot of great plays
OG's journey to win Dota's TI 2018 is honestly the craziest story in all of esports to me, but this is a very close second
@@vatsalsrivastava5649 And the season before, after Keria and Chovy left the team, DRX really struggled, Pyosik stayed with the team even after being last by far, then the next season he lifted with the new roster the most prestigious trophy. Really insane story!
@@Agent_Alpha_SLVjust a part of the script, wouldn’t’ve been so tense without the guma steal
So let's see, what DRX had to do to win worlds 2022:
1) Qualify for worlds by defeating KT and LSB in best of 5's, both are opponents that can't be underestimated
2) Secure 1st place in Play-ins while defeating RNG
3) Secure tiebreaker from group stages by defeating other tough opponents, such as Rogue (LEC #1) and TES (LPL #2)
4) Win tiebreaker against Rogue (LEC #1) to secure 1st seed in groups
5) Reverse-sweep the defending world champions, EDG, in 5 games, especially after inhibitor trolled them hard in game 2
6) Destroy 2017 world champion GenG (Samsung Galaxy) and LCK #1 in 4 games without as much difficulty as 5) and 7), albeit still hard
7) Defeat the 3-time world champions, (SKT) T1 in 5 games, even despite Gumayusi stealing baron multiple times
DRX never gave up, and never stopped fighting. They defied all odds and (almost) nobody expected them to win in the knockouts, much less become world champions. This was super well-deserved by everyone on the team.
This was insane watching live.. I decided to do Pick'ems and watch and still remember the EDG v DRX matches was insane, cried. Cried again during the Semi-finals and finals. Watching the bois go from play-ins to finals was insane. Best Worlds so far and team with mental. The reverse sweeps we're insane.
While I'm happy for Deft... Zeka and Kingen smurfed worlds... esp Zeka. He threw the whole team on his shoulders the entire tournament.
it is insane what he has done with Sylas and Akali in those teamfights,often just deleting 2-3 enemy members just like that...
it was zeka's worlds but kinged hard carried the finals
@@santiago4444Zeka was facing the GOAT grinding for his 4th title when Kingen competed with Zeus, who was the least good player of T1 during Finals. He was overwhelmed by pressure.
Hard take because Zeus is one hell of player and surely the one stomping his opponent way more than any T1 counterpart even playing godlike rn (Worlds 2023).
And yes, Kingen deserved this Finals MVP but no. Zeka carrying them since regional qualifyers to play-in to stages to knock-out and even on Finals.
He broke the patch every game..like insanity.
Remember, kids : never surrender. If your mental fortitude is strong enough, you can achieve the impossible. DRX had absolutely no chances of winning the Worlds. There was just no way. But they didn't care, never gave up, and they did it anyway.
oh my fucking god that flash at 13:50 was one of the best predicts ive ever seen
Man, Phreak's casting is so good when he isn't talking about dumb shit.
Amazing video! I was just recently hoping that someone would make a video about DRX‘ journey including the regional gauntlet leading up to playins, glad this video got recommended to me :)
"the story of the underdogs to the worlds championships winners " the best league of legends run ever seen since the game was created !
Keria promised Deft the trophy..
Good Video, I liked the part where DRX won :)
I remember watching quarter finals Live Edg vs DRX and oh man, I thought in game 2 they got robbed and in game 3 the game is looking bad for them down in 4k gold, and I stopped watching I thought they would get 3-0 swept and that's unfortunate and after 1 hour or so The live is still ongoing and I looked they are in game 4 LIKE WHAAA?? they won the game 3? And continue to watch the rest, it's really a miracle run to tell the truth coming back in that 2 games lose and 3 hard game their mental is stone cold.
Best worlds, period.
This had to be the greatest story in league history and drx vs t1 had to be the greatest worlds finals ever
what a incredible vid~!!!
From 4th seed in LCK to a Worlds 2022 Champion 🎉🎉
StiII incredibIe run! Perfect Vid. Ty
This is now THE most iconic moment of League of Legends of Esports, not Faker's Zed.
Teamwork, hard work, perseverance, and sheer force of will. That's what defines this scene, not individual talent.
Thank you for the video. Best Worlds imo
Completely untiltable roster.
They were a flexible, bend but never break squad.
awesome video!
good video from 🇰🇷
League casters gotta be the best in esports
Very well made =)
Quite poetic that all the players from DRX 2022 have to fight with each other for a spot in Worlds 2023 (Minus Pyosik, but D+ vs TL is on the way, i tell you,), don't you think?
Deft is good and all but zeka? holy fuck man
And kingen in the final 💀
@@kabundio2420 Kingen taught Zeus how to play Aatrox properly lmao
Watch drx's mic check and see they dont try win the game, they enjoy the game.
official LOL account just released an hour long documentary of DRX run, but you made a better one 7 months ago
Thanks! I think the "offical" video has a different approach and also I have no access to footage behind the scenes. They made a documentary, I made kind of a montage.
@@Pakli You definitely have better highlights and you explained the story of the run so well using what you had available. Just saying, whenever I want to rewatch the DRX run, this is the video I'm going to
Reminds me of the match T1 vs GE tigers
What is the name of the song in the SKT vs DRX?
All songs are in the video description. I think you are asking for "The Call" by 2WEI, Louis Leibfried and Edda Hayes
Shit gives me chills still gd
Man guma was such a good smite eh 😅🤣
Music order is a bit wrong but good vid
star walkin' should've been in the finals
The Unbreakables
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Still the best
Honestly the prize pool for what they have done was nothing special,should have been 5mil at least
😢❤
fix the title
GOD BLESS IN JESUS ALMIGHTY NAME AND BY THE ALMIGHTY HOLY SPIRIT AMEN!!!
If oner manage to smite that last elder they would win that so sad
Deft no gold only gold zeka then win
And after that 4 players left like traitors
Better to do that than risk being bad this year especially with how different the meta is in between seasons. Plus, DRX isn't the best of orgs in terms of management anyways.
They wanted to stay together in DRX but the organization decided to kick Pyosik out. The other players got angry at that decision and that's why they left
are you fcking kidding me??? DRX ceo is a known HUGE piece of sht.
1.DRX made a weird ass bl like edit of deft & chovy back in 2020 chovy was only 19 back then, his mom was furious, but the ceo went on his stream saying his "mom overreacted" & also told cvmax the coach to pressure chovy into staying but he refused to abuse his relation with chovy since chovy listens to him as past gryffin coach, that drx (doran,pyosik,chovy,deft,keria) team was so loved by fans & so loyal to deft they still wanted to comeback to this shtty org for deft but deft told them to go to better offers like T1 & GenG. all 4 left & only pyosik stayed saying he is loyal to DRX who gave him, who used to be a streamer a chance at proplay, it was cvmax who saw potential in him & gave him a spot.
DRX 2020 was 2nd in lck but became 10th in 2021, pyosik bowed to ground for fans to say sorry.
2022 stove league DRX manager was saying "if i was deft i would never comeback here, deft is too forgiving" for what happened in 2020 but the ceo had the audacity to say i dont mind paying deft more but i want more "fanservice" & content.
after 2022 miracle run all the members naturally had increase in salary as norm but drx refused. they still wanted to stay together with salary cut but drx kicked out pyosik the one most loyal to drx.
it was already when other top teams finished their roster
zeka & kingen had nowhere to go but hle
pyosik legit had to leave the country
deft went to damwon since canyon called him up himself,
the ceo again had THE AUDACITY to say "these loosers didnt even go to a good team & ended up in end of the barrel teams" in his stream.
beryl only stayed since he had 2yr contract, juhan stayed in drx but they still didnt give him a starting position, pulled another bs w.him & now he also left drx, again released so late, there's no more teams. he's out of pro-league for 2 yrs.
Thank god now ALL of them left that disgusting org.
PLEASE TURN TO JESUS CHRIST AND ACCEPT HIM AS YOUR LORD AND SAVIOR AND RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT AMEN!!!
Don't mind me, just a dirty NA player who really wanted T1 to win in the comment section
pyosik didnt deserve a worlds skin, that performace pissed me off so badly
he performed really well, just missed a ton of smites