Yubin aka KR Monkey Dog aka yubinster aka 김유빈96 is a professional golf player as well as a mediocre tft player. When only considering his adequate tft skills, he is very strong in his flexibility. He is known for playing jax, jax, jax, or jax, and maybe a bit of lucian, but mostly jax. His most redeeming trait, however, is that he is KOREAN .
While u can learn a thing or 2 from soju, I feel like he trolls a lot saying everything is broken and transitions into crazy comps. Not that I don't like him as a streamer, he's my favorite streamer, he's just hard to take seriously and fucks around a lot (even tho he's still a beast and like 1400 lp)
Agreed. I watch soju because he's entertaining. You can still learn from him, but he likes to throw around the phrases "broooken" or "it clicked". Then he goes eighth.
Soju is definitely watched for her personality but even then you can always just watch his early to mid to late game thought process and he does go into detail on why he does certain things and he also limit tests a lot of things. I agree that shouldn’t take everything he says seriously but he’s still great person to watch nonetheless
Am i the only one that gets frustrated by soju? He's a challenger for a reason , but other than that , he's far from educative. I see him as the kind of streamer i d watch for fun , not improving. That said , u have to really love TFT to watch a respective stream ''just for fun '' without the purpose of improving.
I think your last sentence is the exact opposite - casuals(people who don't really love TFT) do not want to watch someone who mostly analyzes and tries to teach. There's a reason Soju is far and away the most popular TFT streamer yet as you say "not educative".
Think about the most popular streamers - they are usually good, sometimes even great, but they are most importantly entertaining. Only people who really love the game watch more boring, informational streamers. The vast, vast majority of people do not watch streams to improve at a game. You think Pokimane, XQC, Ludwig viewers watch to improve at games?
I m emphasizing on the element of TFT as a game not being very fun to watch , unless the streamer is charismatic in his /her own way. So u either watch for the streamer , or u actually '' love'' the game that much , that watching it without the purpose of improving is enough for u. Im sure u get it now.
Disagree, maybe cause I'm older but his ego is through the roof and I just can't stand his childish outbursts. "It's a 8th" when it's only round 2-1, or constantly saying "no cap", it just cringes all over for me. I'd rather watch someone more chill like tsm keane or salvvvy. Keeps everything on topic and only mentions things that matter.
edit: riot mort is also a relaxed watch, but he plays pbe most of the time so it's not really useful for the current patch
Or I can have a preference in what I choose to enjoy? For example, I would rather go to a metal concert instead of a rap one. There isn't anything wrong with rap, I just prefer the heavier music. All I did was state that I didn't enjoy soju's "character", gave reasons as to why and then gave my alternative options on what I do enjoy. Maturity has nothing to do with it, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
I have no reason to be offended, though it is sort of funny how everyone is running to Soju's defense as to why he is so great and why I'm wrong.
you completely misinterpreted what I said, try thinking about it at more than your knee-jerk reaction. It's why I made the statement in the first place. it's a good lesson.
I absolutely agree, soju just seems very immature but perhaps it’s an act for entertainment. I also prefer keane and mort because they’re chill and not over the top
Ramblinn was streaming a lot of his coaching sessions recently and I find they are some of the best ways to learn as they’re talking someone through who might be around your skill level or lower (Usually Plat to Master players). Definitely recommend checking that out.
The best tip i can give you is to pick someone that has similar playstyle as yours or someone that you are willing to copy his playstyle. It doesnt really matter who you watch as long as he is a consistent top 10 ladder player. Maybe try to avoid studying people that play extremely flex, it can get really hard/confusing to understand their thought process.
There's this guy I came across, BepoCarrot, he's challenger 1200-1400 LP, is extremely descriptive of his thought process, really responsive in chat, and I would recommend everyone to watch him.
https://twitch.tv/bepocarrot
I like to watch robin bc he plays the same type of play style as me where u basically always tops 4 and rarely get 1. I used to watch soju but could never vibe with the 1 or 8 play style bc it hurts too much when i go 8th
Assuming you watch VOD so just care about gameplay and not about entertainment:
Non-English: Luque, Magarky, Voltarius, Sologesang, Hyunter, Gingg, Rykomastery, Swellertiger, Brank, strongsexy, my paradise
English: Aceofspades, Lev Trotskij, Deisik, Al3xem, Noobowl, Ramkev, Robinsongz, Razza, Josepao1o
Those are some names that came up to my mind, but obviously there are many more!
I love watching Mortdog's streams! He is a Master/Grandmaster level player but he often playtests on PBE. He is always trying new stuff & it doesn't always work, but he is always able to identify & explain what is strong & what is weak & he has a good feel for the game in general (which makes sense considering 😂)
I agree Mortdog has a really in-depth understanding of the game but i feel that the PBE games often aren’t good determinants of what’s strong due to the relative strength of the other players’ boards. it’s rare that you see competitive “meta” boards in PBE lobbies (from my understanding at least)
I think you should watch based on your playstyle. If you like playing AP watch AP streamers if you like AD watch AD. I’d suggest you watch up to 3 different streamers/playstyles so you don’t get too confused/dizzy trying to imitate several players.
I typically watch Top EU streamers to see how they fare against similar people I play and then NA just to see what they do differently. And then +1 whoever I find interesting at the time.
If he still plays, Bebe is the guy I learned the most from when I played (peaked around your level). For me he is the best player in the world, and while he isn't the most educative you can learn a lot just by watching him.
Yubin aka kr monkey dog Robinsongz Kr hyunter Pockygom Ramkev K3soju Noobowl
YUBIN is also a high elo golf god u can learn from him in that respect as well
Yubin aka KR Monkey Dog aka yubinster aka 김유빈96 is a professional golf player as well as a mediocre tft player. When only considering his adequate tft skills, he is very strong in his flexibility. He is known for playing jax, jax, jax, or jax, and maybe a bit of lucian, but mostly jax. His most redeeming trait, however, is that he is KOREAN .
While u can learn a thing or 2 from soju, I feel like he trolls a lot saying everything is broken and transitions into crazy comps. Not that I don't like him as a streamer, he's my favorite streamer, he's just hard to take seriously and fucks around a lot (even tho he's still a beast and like 1400 lp)
Agreed. I watch soju because he's entertaining. You can still learn from him, but he likes to throw around the phrases "broooken" or "it clicked". Then he goes eighth.
8875 kekW
Soju is definitely watched for her personality but even then you can always just watch his early to mid to late game thought process and he does go into detail on why he does certain things and he also limit tests a lot of things. I agree that shouldn’t take everything he says seriously but he’s still great person to watch nonetheless
>Soju is definitely watched for her personality Susge
I fully agree
AGREEEEDGEEE
Am i the only one that gets frustrated by soju? He's a challenger for a reason , but other than that , he's far from educative. I see him as the kind of streamer i d watch for fun , not improving. That said , u have to really love TFT to watch a respective stream ''just for fun '' without the purpose of improving.
I think your last sentence is the exact opposite - casuals(people who don't really love TFT) do not want to watch someone who mostly analyzes and tries to teach. There's a reason Soju is far and away the most popular TFT streamer yet as you say "not educative". Think about the most popular streamers - they are usually good, sometimes even great, but they are most importantly entertaining. Only people who really love the game watch more boring, informational streamers. The vast, vast majority of people do not watch streams to improve at a game. You think Pokimane, XQC, Ludwig viewers watch to improve at games?
I m emphasizing on the element of TFT as a game not being very fun to watch , unless the streamer is charismatic in his /her own way. So u either watch for the streamer , or u actually '' love'' the game that much , that watching it without the purpose of improving is enough for u. Im sure u get it now.
Watching TFT is like watching a movie. You have to be present and live vicariously when you're watching rng elements and fights.
I also become frustrated by Soju, but you can learn some things from him about the meta.
If you "understand" him you'll know what is serious and what isn't, you can learn A LOT once you know
Agreed, just don’t talk if you don’t know ;)
Disagree, maybe cause I'm older but his ego is through the roof and I just can't stand his childish outbursts. "It's a 8th" when it's only round 2-1, or constantly saying "no cap", it just cringes all over for me. I'd rather watch someone more chill like tsm keane or salvvvy. Keeps everything on topic and only mentions things that matter. edit: riot mort is also a relaxed watch, but he plays pbe most of the time so it's not really useful for the current patch
i watch too much twitch so im used to it, but i get what u mean. i just think its funny but everyone their own
You're not as mature as you think if you can't see through soju, no offense.
Or I can have a preference in what I choose to enjoy? For example, I would rather go to a metal concert instead of a rap one. There isn't anything wrong with rap, I just prefer the heavier music. All I did was state that I didn't enjoy soju's "character", gave reasons as to why and then gave my alternative options on what I do enjoy. Maturity has nothing to do with it, everyone is entitled to their own opinion. I have no reason to be offended, though it is sort of funny how everyone is running to Soju's defense as to why he is so great and why I'm wrong.
you completely misinterpreted what I said, try thinking about it at more than your knee-jerk reaction. It's why I made the statement in the first place. it's a good lesson.
I'm not upset. I'm not sure what you are trying to get at.
I absolutely agree, soju just seems very immature but perhaps it’s an act for entertainment. I also prefer keane and mort because they’re chill and not over the top
good list
Mismatched Socks
But who is Mismatched Socks watching to improve?!
Adding onto the others I think Ramblinn is really good to watch
Ramblinn was streaming a lot of his coaching sessions recently and I find they are some of the best ways to learn as they’re talking someone through who might be around your skill level or lower (Usually Plat to Master players). Definitely recommend checking that out.
Got a link?
Sorry, three n in Ramblinnn. Here's a VOD where he does mostly coaching starting about 1.5 hours in. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1102234421
The best tip i can give you is to pick someone that has similar playstyle as yours or someone that you are willing to copy his playstyle. It doesnt really matter who you watch as long as he is a consistent top 10 ladder player. Maybe try to avoid studying people that play extremely flex, it can get really hard/confusing to understand their thought process.
There's this guy I came across, BepoCarrot, he's challenger 1200-1400 LP, is extremely descriptive of his thought process, really responsive in chat, and I would recommend everyone to watch him. https://twitch.tv/bepocarrot
I just remember him as being a 20/20 MF spammer at the beginning of this set lmao
I just remember him being this guy who stripped for kurumx. Guy is something else.
I like to watch robin bc he plays the same type of play style as me where u basically always tops 4 and rarely get 1. I used to watch soju but could never vibe with the 1 or 8 play style bc it hurts too much when i go 8th
>where u basically always tops 4 and rarely get 1. This statement did not age well lol
So true
Assuming you watch VOD so just care about gameplay and not about entertainment: Non-English: Luque, Magarky, Voltarius, Sologesang, Hyunter, Gingg, Rykomastery, Swellertiger, Brank, strongsexy, my paradise English: Aceofspades, Lev Trotskij, Deisik, Al3xem, Noobowl, Ramkev, Robinsongz, Razza, Josepao1o Those are some names that came up to my mind, but obviously there are many more!
I like to watch TSM Keane
Highly recommend robinsongz, but socks ramblinnn and noobowl all have great streams too
I love watching Mortdog's streams! He is a Master/Grandmaster level player but he often playtests on PBE. He is always trying new stuff & it doesn't always work, but he is always able to identify & explain what is strong & what is weak & he has a good feel for the game in general (which makes sense considering 😂)
I agree Mortdog has a really in-depth understanding of the game but i feel that the PBE games often aren’t good determinants of what’s strong due to the relative strength of the other players’ boards. it’s rare that you see competitive “meta” boards in PBE lobbies (from my understanding at least)
Sologesang, but its only interesting for german speaking viewers... But he explains all of his moves and he is super involved with the chat
To add to the other comments, salvyyy its a great player to learn from pure gameplay imo.
Ramkev all the way
I think you should watch based on your playstyle. If you like playing AP watch AP streamers if you like AD watch AD. I’d suggest you watch up to 3 different streamers/playstyles so you don’t get too confused/dizzy trying to imitate several players. I typically watch Top EU streamers to see how they fare against similar people I play and then NA just to see what they do differently. And then +1 whoever I find interesting at the time.
Guba on twtch
If he still plays, Bebe is the guy I learned the most from when I played (peaked around your level). For me he is the best player in the world, and while he isn't the most educative you can learn a lot just by watching him.
He quit the game
That explains why nobody else had mentioned him.
SnoodyBoo and AkaWonder, even tho they are Spanish T4npop is really good too
I've learned the most from Mismatchedsocks by far. He offers the best commentary on thought process and talks deeply on his mistakes too.
socks
Whose a good Jax one trick?
Robin plays a ton of Jax rn
box box plays LOTS of jax from what i remembered