BeSt

BeSt
Background Information
Name:	도재욱 Doh Jae Wook
Team:	SK Telecom T1
Race:	P
Birthday:	1989-10-06
IDs:	BeSt, BeSt[HyO], BeSt[WHITE]
Height/Weight:
Nicknames:
Fansite:	http://cafe.daum.net/BestWHITE
Career
ELO Rank:	2141.55
Peak ELO:	2279.85
Team History:	SK Telecom T1
Draft History:
TLPD:	BeSt

To read about BeSt's StarCraft 2 career, see BeSt.
Best is a Korean Starcraft progamer. He plays as Protoss and is currently a member of the team SK Telecom T1.

Biography

BeSt first got noticed in WCG2006 where he defeated fOru and nearly defeated Midas. In 2007 he became a regular on SKT1's Proleague lineup, where he immediately started to show good results vs Protoss. In 2008 he qualified for the 2008 Bacchus OSL, where he advanced from a tough Ro16 group that included Jaedong, Savior, and Sea after passing a tiebreak with Jaedong and Sea. He lost 1-2 in the Ro8 to eventual finalist Stork. Following this game he went on a 16-game winning streak vs Protoss.

BeSt continued to play strongly and reached the finals of the following OSL, the 2008 EVER OSL. He performed dominantly on his way to the final with wins over Much, JangBi, and Stork. In the semifinals BeSt performed a reverse-sweep vs Luxury, dropping the first 2 games but winning the next 3, becoming the only Protoss to do so to a Zerg in a Bo5. In the finals he lost 0-3 to July who showcased a clear mental dominance in the series after his 5 Pool opening in the first game of the series.

After the EVER 2008 OSL BeSt failed to reach another final. Stork broke his 16-game PvP win streak after defeating him 1-3 in the Incruit OSL and he then lost to teammate Bisu in the 2008 Batoo OSL Ro8. BeSt then failed to qualify for the Ro16 of the Bacchus 2009 OSL after being upset by rookie type-b. He did reach the Ro8 of the GOM Classic Season 2 before being upset once again by rookie Skyhigh, who later proved to be a very talented TvP player. BeSt qualified for his first MSL during the 2009 Nate MSL and won MVP during the group selection ceremony for his good sense of humor and entertaining antics.

BeSt is currently a regular on his team's Proleague lineup, generally trading spots with teammate Canata. After his defeat in the Incruit OSL he entered a slump that he struggled to recover from, no longer being a huge favorite in any PvP game and still losing a lot of PvZs.

BeSt started the 09-10 Proleague well with stats of 5 wins and 3 losses including an ace match win over Darkelf and dealing Flash his only defeat of the round. His strong form continued when BeSt qualified for the Round of 32 in the 2009 Nate MSL. Best won his group going 2-0, with victories over previous MSL champions Calm and fOrGG. This means BeSt could omit a map from the selection. BeSt thumbed down Fighting Spirit for his Round of 16 match against team-mate Canata. In the split day format, BeSt won the first match in a long game on Ultimatum. BeSt used carriers to attack Canata and destroyed much of his units. After destroying the main, BeSt planted a nexus in Canata's former base. Canata planted a new base at the 11 and turtled, resulting in a long game with nukes and base swapping. In the second game, despite being nuked again, BeSt won another close match on Odd-Eye to win the series 2-0. BeSt will be facing Flash in a Best of 5 in the round of 8. This will be the first series the two have played against eachother. At the time of the match, BeSt had a 3-0 record against Flash.

His strong play in Proleague and individual leagues during this time suggested to many that his slump is over.

Nate MSL Ro8

Despite his winning record against Flash, when it came to play him in the MSL Ro8, things did not go well for Best. In game 1 on Fighting Spirit, he tried getting a secret expansion before securing his natural but after a timing push, Flash discovered the hidden base and pushed accordingly to get the gg. Game 2 on Match Point was a long macro-based affair with Arbiters and Nukes making appearances. The game started with an early gas-steal and 3 Zealot run-by from Best. Flash expanded while defending this and not long after used a strong timing push that took out Best's natural, breaking his 3-base arbiter play. Flash was in control of the match, defending recalls and went for nukes. The nuke landed, taking out an expo, but Best broke Flash's contain and it looked possible that Flash had thrown the game away. However, strong defence from Flash lead to him destroying the Protoss units and taking the game. When Ultimatum came up in game three, Best had prepared an expansion on an island and went for Reaver play. Best used to observers to scout Flash's large 6 factory timing push. Best attacked the push with a reaver/shuttle and did considerable damage but it barely slowed down Flash. The terran army pushed to Best's front, eventually breaking it and winning the game.

Best continued to play in Round 2 of the proleague season and finished with a 3-4 record, bringing him to an 8-7 overall record.

Style

BeSt's strength lies mainly in his macro mechanics and expansion/gateway timing. This contributes to his PvT matchups, where the main bulk of the fighting force consists of basic gateway units. His strategy focuses on pushing his opponent right when the economy from his fast expansion(s) kicks in. If the timing is correct, he can outmass his opponent with zealots and dragoons with the help of the stasis spell from a fast arbiter. In contrast, he is less proficient with multitask heavy games, as well as aggressive early games. BeSt has been criticized for the less action-focused macro style, which some call "stale and boring". Nonetheless, he continues to win consistently in PvT and PvP with this style. His weakest match-up is PvZ. His corsairs were jokingly renamed "dohsairs" by some due to his inability to correctly micro them while multitasking.

Facts

• Colosseum is known as Best's map as he is 12-1 on it. The single game he dropped was to Great after performing a 1 Gate Expansion build.
• Best was considered at one time to have one of the best PvP games in progaming. From April 2008 until October 2008, Best had a 17-game winning streak vs. Protoss, including wins against Stork, Jangbi, Free, Much, and Kal. Despite falling off his previous form considerably in recent months, Best's PvP win rate still sits near 70%.
• BeSt won the MVP award at the 2009 NATE MSL group selection for his honesty and responses to being constantly moved between groups.

Accomplishments

Place	Year	Event/League
2nd	2008	EVER2008 OSL

Statistics

Year	Team	Wins	Losses	Ratio	vs.	vs.	vs.
2006	SKT	3	3	50%	1-2	0–0	2–1
2007	SKT	13	10	56.5%	3-4	3-4	7-2
2008	SKT	65	28	69.9%	22-6	20-15	23-7
2009	SKT	32	33	49.2%	16-10	12-13	4-10

Articles and Interviews

DES Twitter Q&A with BeSt

Notable Games

PvT

Best vs Nada on Troy, EVER 2008 OSL Round of 16 - After losing his Assimilators and being locked into his base on Troy, Best comes back and defeats Nada with some amazing shuttle play.

PvP

Best vs Free on Central Plains, Shinhan10-11 Proleague Best once again demonstrates his godly macro by throwing endless waves of units at the enemy and starve Free to death.

PvZ

Best vs HoeJJa on Grand Line, Shinhan09-10 Proleague Best shows an interesting PvZ style that relies heavily on macro, which is his strong point.