When he crowned the champion of the 2019 World Championship, Doinb – the brightest star of FunPlus Phoenix at that time, surprised everyone by choosing the champion Malphite – a name he had only used once during the group stage against GAM Esports, as his honor skin.
The story behind Doinb’s somewhat strange choice even moved many fans, as he shared that the FPX Malphite skin was a gift he dedicated to his wife Umi – who has stood by him during the toughest years of his career. Doinb mentioned that Umi is not good at playing League of Legends, and the only champion she always prefers to choose is Malphite, so instead of Ryze or Nautilus, Doinb chose Malphite as his signature skin to gift to his wife.
However, recently, on his personal stream, Doinb suddenly admitted that “this move I made was a bit wrong.” The captain of FPX shared that he seems to have made a mistake in choosing Malphite as his honor skin:
“When I chose Malphite, GimGoon was furious with me, asking why I didn’t choose another champion, as no one would want to buy a skin for Malphite. At that time, I argued back, saying: ‘When you become captain, then tell me what to choose!’
But now looking back, I realize it was a huge mistake. I should have chosen Ryze as the honor skin instead. I initially chose Malphite as a gift for Umi, but since then, she hasn’t even bothered logging into the game anymore.”
