#teaminterviews

[thechewybar]

EDG Post-Game Interview “We made sure they had no vision before stealing Baron” (LPL Week 7)

Source: http://lol.duowan.com/1607/332468125600.html

Q: In today’s games, the pick rate for Braum was very high. Why do you think this was the case?

Meiko: First of all, his E is a shield and he has the ability to displace himself. As for his passive, it’s also a stun. His ultimate is also a stun and a slow.

Q: For Leona, who was just buffed, do you think there are any opportunities to bring her on stage?

Meiko: As for this new patch, she did get buffed in terms of damage. However, this champion in this patch still doesn’t really have a good role to play.

Q: Today, Deft faced his old opponent Imp for 3 rounds. Is there anything you want to say?

Deft: First of all, I feel that Imp doesn’t really play the stronger champions like Ashe in this patch. This isn’t necessarily his play style. Secondly, he played a lot of Twitch, Kog’Maw and other team fighting focused champions today. That’s why when laning with him early game, it is necessary to deal with everything appropriately, or else the team fights would be very troublesome.

Q: Deft. 30 minutes into the first game, the team fell apart and was taken down. What was the situation at that time?

Deft: If Ezreal and Twitch gathers resources equally, Twitch would definitely out-scale during late game. That’s why I wanted to do something during early game. At that time, I didn’t build any magic resist items and the opponent’s Viktor had already used his E. However, I didn’t think that the opponent could take me down with just a Q +R.

Q: Clearlove, you picked Gragas very early during game 2. However, there were better junglers that were still available. Why did you do this?

Clearlove: Because Gragas is a jungler who is balanced in all areas. Choosing Gragas first is advantageous for whatever our team chooses next.

Q: In the 6.13 patch, Teleport was nerfed. Do you think “double Teleport” has the possibility of appearing again?

Mouse: Because the time for Teleport has increased, the top laner has to decide whether or not he wants to teleport by the overall circumstance of the game. That’s why, you can even say it’s a small “buff”. However, because teleport has been nerfed, champions like Shen and T.F who has global teleport are becoming more popular again. In the future, teleport should still be chosen.

Scout: Because the Korean region is ahead in patches, I’ve experienced the teleport changes after the patch update. In the beginning, I was debating whether or not I wanted to bring TP. However, after playing for awhile, I got used to it.

Q: Clearlove, you started today as “Dark Clearlove”. How do you feel about this nick name?

Clearlove: Because it’s best of 3, that’s why I was even more focused after losing our first match. On top of that, I died quite a bit in the first game and it made me upset.

Q: Pawn, this is your first time back on stage this split, how has your health been?

Clearlove: Right now, Pawn’s body is still like before. He rests after ever game. As for playing on stage in the future, it depends on our coaching team’s decision.

Q: Before when Scout was streaming, people would type Korean to him. How has Scout's Chinese been?

Scout: First of all, I’m still not very good in terms of listening to Chinese. However, I’m really interested in the writing of other languages. So right now, I can read quite a few Chinese characters.

Q: Right now, other than League of Legends, are there any other games you enjoy?

Scout: Other than League of Legends, there’s not much I enjoy. Plus, our team doesn’t allow us to play other games.

Q: During the third game, EDG stole Baron beautifully. At that time, how did you make the decision?

Clearlove: Because our team’s communication is really good. At that time, we were tracking their vision control. After witnessing the opponent’s Braum use his ult to check the jungle, we were confident that they didn’t have vision.That’s why we decided to steal Baron. At that time, we had Thresh. If Gragas came, we could still crowd control them.

Q: Today, Marin seemed to really like playing Gnar. Mouse, how would you rate him?

Mouse: Gnar is a champion who isn’t very strong early game. However, as he levels up and and build items, he can become very strong. I also practice him.

Q: Then do you think Gnar, in this patch, would be a top tier top-laner?

Mouse: When this champion and Gragas combines, they are really good at disrupting things. That’s why I think that it’s pretty good.

[thechewybar]

WE and Snake Post Game Interview (LPL Week 4)

http://www.pentaq.com/8282.html

Q: Today, in the first game, WE decided to use Swain and Maokai. When you were bringing out this combination, were you concerned that your team didn’t have enough burst?

Xiye: Our mid lane Swain was mainly used to counter the opposing team. We thought our team didn’t have enough damage output, which is why we chose Swain as a midlane counter.

Q: We realized that after the Vietnamese jungler Sofm joined Snake, your team takes down Baron much more quickly. Is this Sofm’s playstyle?

Snake Coach: Actually, Baron isn’t something we take down early in every single match. In fact, we don’t play like this in our normal scrims either. It was just an impromptu decision this game. So it wasn’t a planned out battle strategy. It’s not Sofm’s personal play style either.

Q: In Patch 6.11, Irelia and Jax are about appear again. However, they haven’t appeared too often in LPL yet. Do you think this has to do with LPL not understanding the patch changes very well?

Snake Coach: I disagree. We communicate quite often with many Korean teams. We feel that tanky champions perform better in a team setting. After the champions you spoke about got buffed, they can be used in game. However, at the same time, they’re easily countered with champions like Trundle. That’s why you still need to look at the team composition. LCK has already been contesting over this. When one team picks Jax, the other team would immediately counter.

Q: I have another question regarding this patch. Swain’s damage output has been nerfed. Why did WE pick Swain twice today for their midlane?

WE Coach: In the first game, Swain is very effective against Viktor. In the second game, it was because of the feedback from the team. They said that Swain is capable of pressuring mid. That’s why we choose Swain again.

Q: Today, you banned your opponent’s Lissandra and Vladimir. However, you let Ryze go. In the game, how did you prepare yourself against this?

WE Coach: Because Snake’s Tank is really good with Lissandra. If he also takes TP, we would be severely threatened. For us, we could counter Ryze in lane by using Swain. That’s why we didn’t ban it.

Q: In the game against LGD, Snake once fell to a Trundle. How come you didn’t bring out Trundle in the first game? But decided to bring him out in the third game?

Snake coach: It’s not because of losing to a Trundle. In game, we saw that WE’s top laner seemed to be fluctuating and seemed to be at a low point. That’s why we specifically countered against their top laner. However, it was unexpected that our opponent chose Elise in the first game. That’s why we weren’t able to carry out our battle strategy very well in our first game.

Q: Today, WE chose Ashe as their AD. Is it because Ashe’s E is able to detect the opponent’s jungler?

WE Coach: In this Patch, Ashe and Jhin both have long ranged ults, so there will be some variables. However, the purpose of choosing this champion isn’t because of the E. It’s so we can engage in a team fight when the opponent tries to take down a turret.

Q: You (Snake) were behind and you decided to fight Baron twice. How did you talk through this?

Jiezou: At that time, we were behind. We saw that they wanted to get Dragon and our blue. So our jungler thought we were capable of getting Baron. So we took Baron. We all trust him a lot.

Q: In the first game, Sofm didn’t really pressure WE’s jungle significantly. Wanted to ask if you prepared anything?

WE Coach: Because our opponent chose Graves who likes to invade. Our players knew and made the appropriate preparations before game.

Q: In the second game, Sofm’s Leesin brought out Tiamat and a pair of Mobility Boots. Under what considerations did you choose this?

Snake Coach: We didn’t prepare either of these items before game. If anyone has any understanding towards Sofm, they’ll know that he really likes these items. Especially when he plays LeeSin

[thechewybar]

EDG vs OMG Post Game Interview (LPL Week 3)

Source: http://www.pentaq.com/4746.html

Q: Why do you think you were able to win during the past two games?

Clearlove: I think the we were able to win because our shot calling was much clearer than our opponent’s. Our AD also performed very well.

Q: In OMG’s last game, TBQ performed very well with this Lee Sin. How come EDG didn’t find ways to counter that?

Clearlove: TBQ is really good on Lee Sin. However, finding a way to specifically counter him isn’t necessary.

Q: A question for Koro. In the first game, Ahri got a triple kill in that team fight. How come you were not able to deal with it efficiently?

Koro: At that time, we said that we were going to cooperate. I E-ed in, but Nautilus’s Q pulled me.

Q: what do you think is your biggest mistake in that fight?

Koro: Only if I didn’t get pulled.

Q: OMG played very well in the first game. After watching them play, how do you rate them now?

Koro: I feel that OMG is still very strong. That’s why we prepared a lot before our game against OMG today.

Q: A question for Clearlove. TBQ’s early game tempo was very good. How did you pressure him from continuing?

Clearlove: Because sightstones are very popular right now. If you manage your jungle vision well, then Lee Sin would find it difficult to get ganks.

Q: A question for Pawn. Why did you choose Zed in the second game?

Pawn: First of all, the situation allowed for Zed. Zed verses Le Blanc is pretty good.

Q: A question for Clearlove. In the second game, EDG struggled in the early game. They were able to bring it back late game. Why do you think this happened?

Clearlove: The reason is because our bottom lane played very well. They were able to pressure the other side and take down a turret. So we got dragon very quickly. When we got Baron and 5 dragons, it was really difficult for the other side to keep on playing.

Q: Break is about to start. Can you summarize your performance for this year so far?

Deft: We lost our first two games. However, after that, we’ve been adjusting. Right now, we’re at the period where we’re slowly rising up. We’ll prepare even harder and bring everyone an even better performance.

Q: Can you rate the performance of all the OMG members?

b: (After thinking for a really long time). Right now, we only played two games against them. So I’m not entirely sure. However, I feel that they lack competitive experience

Q: A question for Pawn. How do you rate OMG’s mid laner, icon?

Pawn: I was solo-killed by him. If that didn’t happen, playing would’ve been much more relaxed. His over all performance is so-so. His team fighting isn’t good.

Q: How does it feel to lane against him?

Pawn: After I was solo-killed by him in the first game, both of us just kept farming. In the second game, it felt that Le Blanc didn’t perform very well in lane.

[thechewybar]

IG Team Interview  “The five of us are pretty united right now” (LPL Week 3)

Source: http://www.pentaq.com/4743.html

Q: What are your thoughts behind your BP?

Zzitai: Because there are lot of strong champions in the patch, there are one or two, two or three, or even all of the strong champions are left unbanned. Our players can play pretty effectively with any OP champions and have a high win rate. That’s why we try to get as many as we can.

Q: Your top, mid and jungle synergy was really good today. From now on, what type of team play style would you utilize in your future games?

Zzitai: We liked to focus on our top, mid and jungle since the beginning. However, you still need to look at the composition. If bottom lane is able to get a strong champion, then we will focus bottom lane.

Q: A question for Kid. How do you look at your Lee Sin verses mlxg’s Nidalee in the first game? At that time, why did you counter jungle their red buff?

Kid: Because I know that he has a habit of counter jungling my buff after getting his own buff. At that time, our bottom lane told us that they’re unable to push lane. That’s why I thought that he should be stealing my red. That’s why I took the gamble and went towards his red. I wanted to see if we could do an exchange. However, he was waiting for me at his red. That’s why I died. That fight was pretty damaging.

Q: In the second game, there were some minor mistakes in the early game. How were you able to take down their mid laner, take baron and change the game around?

Kid: In that round, our Corki had a bomb. The opponent AD made a mistake and was wandering in the mid lane. So our mid laner was able to grab that opportunity and take him down. The other side decided to stay and continued to fight us. After we fought for a while, they lost.

Q: Do you think that that fight was crucial?

Kid: I think it was pretty crucial. If we didn’t have that fight, we probably would’ve lost that game.

Q: Then in the third game, why were you so persistent in getting Baron?

Kid: Because I was Mundo and we also had Kalista. Having these two champions take Baron means that I can take up the damage from Baron and that it’s hard to steal with a Kalista there. Our jungle vision was also really good. We can see when the other side was coming. If we really can’t take Baron, engaging a team fight is also okay. However, the other side came over a bit slow. We already got the Baron to be really low in health. That’s why we decided to directly go after Baron. We had a high chance of carrying it out. When we decided to focus Baron, the five of us went at it and we were able to effectively take it down.

Q: Everyone can see that your Mundo is very effective. Why do you think that’s the case?

Kid: Mundo is a champion that I’ve been playing a lot in this patch. The second most would be Graves. Other jungler champions include Elise and Lee Sin. However, I’m not too good with them. I just really like to play Mundo.

Q: What did you learn today after jungling?

Kid: In the first game, our thought process wasn’t very clear. We played really dangerously, that’s why we lost. In the next two games, we played in a much more stable manner. We focused on protecting our mid and top and slowly scaled our champions. When it was time to team fight, it felt really easy. Our thought process was much more clear. In the first game, my mind was bit chaotic and I didn’t play very well.

Q: A question for Zzitai. Getting a quadra kill near the Baron pit was really amazing. Do you have any tips for playing Poppy?

Zzitai: First of all, you need to make sure to scale well. After that, just make sure to land your E on someone during team fights. Because to be honest, this champion is considered an easier champion. It’s not hard to play her. Just focus on scaling and don’t do anything reckless.

Q: A question for Rookie. How do you feel you performed this game?

Rookie: (After the translator finished translating, he asked ‘Chinese?’ Translator said “it’s up to you.” Rookie: ‘Then I’ll use Korean’ Laughs.). First of all, I’m not very satisfied with my performance. Although I was very decisive during team fights and had the chance to turn things around, I’m not very satisfied with my performance in lane. However, I’m still pretty happy that we were able to beat RNG.

Q: A question for Kid, what do you think is the biggest reason behind winning against RNG?

Kid: I think the biggest reason is because our team has the ability to carry out certain plays. In other words, our strategies before engaging. Right now, during the games we win, we don’t make many mistakes. We’re able take into consideration what everyone says and help warn each other during games. I think this is why we were able to win. The five of us are pretty united right now. 

Q: How do you think you performed today?

Kid: In the first game, I played really hot… bad. (Everyone laughs. On the side, Rookie wouldn’t stop laughing. He pats Kid’s leg and says in Chinese “it’s okay, speak”.) In the second and third round, I played normally.

*Note: Hot/Spicy in Chinese is ‘la’. Sucky/Bad in Chinese is ‘lan’. So the words are similar.

Q: After switching to jungle, did you take on the role of doing some shot calling?

Kid: I’m not suited to take on the role of shot calling. Everyone speaks. However, the way I communicate is different from when I played AD. Now, I just warn my teammates when it’s dangerous. When I see the opponent jungler, I will also tell them. I just always look at the mini map. So it’s different from before.

Q: I have a question for iG’s bot lane. If you didn’t get Kalista, then you wouldn’t be that strong. Do you have plans on changing this in the future?

Time: If we didn’t get such a strong combination bottom lane, then we wouldn’t be able to pressure them so hard. I wouldn’t be as confident without Kalista. Hopefully, I will be able to play other champions confidently like I do with her.

[thechewybar]

Energy Pacemaker Interview After Winning Against M3 (LPL Week 1)

Source: http://www.pentaq.com/4411.html

Q: We first want to invite all the players to introduce themselves. Let us know which teams you came from, and if you've played professionally before.

Crisis: I'm EPA's jungler, Crisis. The first time I played professionally was with EP. I played through LSPL.

Romantic: Before, I was part of a LSPL's team called Showtime. I was called to play on EPA later on. I've also started playing in LSPL. I'm EPA's AD, Romatic.

JieZou: I'm EPA's Jie Zou. I never played professionally before. First time playing professionally is with EPA.

Republic: (in Chinese) I, EPA, Republic, Mid laner. (in Korean). I was part of Taiwan's Machi. I came to EPA later on.

GimGoon: (in Chinese) I'm EPA's top laner, GimGoon. (in Korean) My last team was KT. I came here after being recommended.

Our translator adds: GimGoon has been on the team for two seasons now. He pretty much can understand Chinese. The mid laner, Republic, just came over here. He's still learning Chinese).

Q: Were you surprised when you saw the other side lock in Blitzcrank?

Crisis: At that time, they first picked Lulu and last picked Blitzcrank. We already realized that they might use Lulu's movement speed boost to help Blitzcrank engage. Especially since our mid laner at that time wasn’t versatile enough for other roles. We did think of ways to counter them, thus we weren't entirely surprised.

Q: What was your plan in countering them?

Crisis: If Blitzcrank dared to engage us, we would just fight them back. Because the other side didn't have much crowd control. If we fight back, we would be able to overpower them with the champions we had.

Q: After watching a game, the jungler seemed to get hooked the most. Did you make fun of him during the game?

Crisis: Make fun of the jungler? (The translator: he's the jungler...). Normally, during scrims, maybe. However, during games, we’re all focusing so we won’t crack jokes like this. We might say something like that when we’re about to win. However, most of the time, we’re thinking about how to play. Normally, we won’t make fun of our teammates during matches.

Q: How does EPA rate M3 and WE, the teams they’ve played against?

Jiezou: WE feels more experienced than M3, probably because most of WE’s players are players who have played in LPL. M3 is much younger, which is why winning against M3 is much easier. We need to be cautious against WE and need to minimize our mistakes as much as possible. That’s how we can win.

Q: After winning against WE,  WE said that they lost because they weren't familiar with GimGoon's Poppy. GimGoon, how do you see this?

GimGoon: I don't think it was because of Poppy that we won, since we also made many mistakes and gave them many opportunities.

Q: Which team gives your team the most pressure? Which team do you think would be easier to play against?

Jiezou: (After discussing with Romantic and Crisis) For me, the ones that give us pressure would be RNG, QG and EDG. As for the ones that are easier, I feel like they're all about the same. No one is easier or not easier. You have to see how they perform in game first.

Q: What do you hope to achieve with your team? What are the best results your team would be able to achieve?

JieZou: At least getting into quarterfinals.

Q: I want to ask your support, Jiezou. Why do you think you lost to WE in the last two games?

Jiezou: That is a very loaded question. I can't answer it completely in such a short time. For now, I can just say that we made more mistakes than they did, which is why we lost to them.

Q: In the other tournaments, I've ween GimGoon play Gangplank quite frequently. Is it because Gangplank is strong in this patch or is it because you have confidence playing him well?

GimGoon: It's because he's a strong champion in this patch. And I also have confidence playing this champion.

Q: After losing to WE last time, did you come up with a way to counter them next time?

Jiezou: We definitely did. However, we're definitely keeping it a secret too. You'll see it when we play against WE next time. It will probably surprise you.

Q: In your future games, which team poses the biggest threat?

Jiezou: Probably QG. Because QG looks the most like a teamt. Each of their role is very stable. They play really carefully . I feel like their team gives our team the most pressure.

Q: Another question for Jiezou. How do you see Poppy in the support role? How is it different from Poppy in the top lane?

Jiezou: I feel that Poppy is more suitable in the top lane. Using her as support is probably only for intimidation factor. You can also use her to confuse your opponents during pick and ban. However, most of the time, it's to play her top lane. However, when you play her top lane, she is quite threatening towards carries, especially after she scales.

[thechewybar]

OMG Interview after OMG vs HYG “We just need more time” (LPL Week 1)

Source: http://www.pentaq.com/4338.html

Q: Cool, as the one of the old members of OMG, where do you think OMG’s strength as a team is at right now? Do you think you’re able to lead this team towards improvement?

Cool: It’s like what everyone else saw. We have a lot of problems right now. I also hope that I will be able to lead them. I hope that everyone can work more diligently.

Q: Cool, how do you rate this OMG team?

Cool: It’s hard to rate. Because we’re not performing well. However, I believe we still have the potential.

Q: You won the second game. However, it was a struggle. Why do you think that occured?

Cool: First of all, I, as the mid laner, was caught during the early game. That was a key factor. Other factors might be because of our team fights. We lost a teamfight top lane and they snowballed on us later on. This is why it was such a struggle.

Q: Right now, there are many new people on the team. How has integrating been? Also, can we have the new members introduce themselves.

Cool: Actually, I feel that there’s not many new people on our team. There are some who have played in LSPL before. And 5, our support who is standing next to me, has also played with us during Summer Split last year. So he’s not considered a new face. It’s just that...it’s easy to get overlooked by people. The support role is kind of like this in the first place. (5 weeps next to cool)

Our jungler is a new face though, since he’s a player we found in the Chinese server. Our top laner is from LSPL. He was part of our secondary team before.

You guys should introduce yourself (Gives mic to XiYang)

XiYang: Huh? I’m a new person?

Cool: You’re not a new player, but you should still introduce yourself.

XiYang: Hello everybody! I’m XiYang

5: Hello everyone! I’m OMG’s support, 5. (The way he pronounced it sounded like “I’m useless”, Cool couldn’t help and started laughing. Thus, the entire team started laughing) *

*’Five’ in Chinese is pronounced ‘Wu”. ‘Useless’ in Chinese is pronounced ‘Fei Wu’. So I guess he was slurring his words.

Dark: I’m Dark. I was on OMG’s secondary team before.

Fishball: Hello everyone. I’m OMG’s jungler, Fishball.

Q: Cool, how do you see OMG in the LPL region? What kind of attitude do you have while approaching these games?

Cool: My own stance is that OMG used to be considered a strong team. Right now, everyone can see that even getting relegated is a possibility. It’s just that I, myself, really want to win. I want to become stronger. I want our overall strength to become similar to how we were 2-3 years ago. However, our roster has just been newly formed. There are many problems, so we need time.

Q: What are your goals for this new season?

Cool: In the Spring Split, we’ll try to play as well as we can possibly play. In actuality, I feel that every team has their own problems right now. You can’t say that we can’t win at all. The rankings in the future will shift significantly.

Q: Can each player tell us their expectations for themselves in this coming season?

XiYang: Right now, we’ll try to win as many games as we can. Because we have many new players and because I haven’t played many games yet, I’m trying my best to maintain my mindset. If I’m able to play, I’ll just try my best to win.

5: I hope our team will be able to better integrate with each other and to communicate more. As for results, of course I hope that we would rank higher and higher.

S1mlz: I hope we can be in the top 3 for Group B.

Dark: I hope we can get better results, since we haven’t played too well. I hope our communication would also get better in the future.

Fishball: I hope I can grow faster. Because, right now, I still lack in experience.

Q: A question for Fishball. I realized that your didn’t switch your trinket to blue trinket in late game. Was there any special purpose for this?

Fishball: It was because at that time, I had the Tracker’s Knife...Wait, that’s not it. It was when I was playing LeeSin. I thought that we had enough vision. So I used the yellow trinket, but I was still going to switch it during late game.

Q: TBQ has now joined OMG. Will you usually play against him during practice? What do you think about him?

Fishball: We pretty much don’t practice against each other. Because everyone is playing their own thing whether it’s solo queue or during practice. As for TBQ, I think he’s a pretty strong jungler in China. He also has a lot of experience , knows how to shotcall and communicates with our team.

Q: A question for Xiyang. What is the role of the top laner in this patch? How do you view your role within the team?

XiYang: When I’m watching the games, I realized that all the MVP’s are top laners. Top lane probably carries a heavier burden now. It’s not like before where you have full tanks like Maokai. Now, it’s leaning towards carry champions like Quinn. Others champions are those who are half tank and still have high damage output like Poppy and Trundle. I might need to take on the role of outputting more damage within the team.

Q: So do you think top lane tank champions or carry champions are better?

XiYang: I would personally recommend that champions who are half tanks are better. Because if you’re half tank, you won’t die as easily, and you’ll have enough damage output.

(After the interview, 5 flies towards TBQ, who happens to be watching from the side. “I know you’re laughing at me”. His teammate adds insult to the injury,  “Useless. How can you choose a name like that”. 5’s face turns white.)

[thechewybar]

Qiao Gu Interview After QG vs LGD Game - “LGD isn’t cooperating as well as before” (LPL Week 1)

Source: http://www.pentaq.com/4376.html

Q: Which champion do you think was the most crucial in helping you win?

Mor: I feel like we did well in controlling the over all tempo of the game. When we were fighting in one lane, we also made sure things were going well in other lanes. We didn’t give our opponents any opportunities.

Q: Will engage compositions be your primary composition?

Mor: Yes.

Q: Dade is now in QG, is Doinb feeling pressured?

Doinb: I don’t really mind who joins or who leaves the team. I feel like whoever gets to play is based more on the patch. So I won’t feel pressured no matter who gets to play.

Q: How do you rate We1less (PainEvil/GodV)? 

Doinb: I don’t think I’m in the position to be rating other players. However, We1less is one of the stronger mid laners in China.

Q: For Swift. How is LGD’s new jungler different from TBQ?

Swift: TBQ is a player who is more aggressive. Eimy slightly leans towards a defensive type of player. Since the players in the three other lanes in LGD are all very strong, I predicted that their jungler would serve as a defensive role in the team. In the end, I guessed right.

Q: When you were planning your strategy, did you try to find any methods to counter Marin?

Swift: We didn’t find ways to counter Marin specifically. It’s because Marin is a newly recruited players, so there might be problems with communication within the team. I also heard that Marin is really aggressive in lane, so I thought about focusing him by ganking top lane.

Q: How is LGD different now that they they’ve recruited Marin?

V: I feel that the current LGD isn’t cooperating as well as before. Marin’s laning does feel stronger than their previous top laner because his play style is more aggressive.

Q: After Swift failed numerous time trying to catch Marin in top lane, he decided to try to catch mid instead. At that time, how did you analyze the situation?

Swift: In the beginning, I went top because Rumble is an easily gankable champion. Marin is also a really strong player, so I wanted to help relieve some pressure in our top lane. I started going mid after because I could no longer relieve top lane pressure. Wards were put down, so it wasn’t as easy to gank. There were ganking opportunities in mid lane, so I went there instead.

Q: If you had the opportunity to fight for first place and you could choose any team to play against, who would you choose?

Mor: I feel like this is hard to answer. There has been many changes in the new season. Plus, we haven’t played against many teams yet, so it’s hard to make a conclusion.