Esport – League of Legends – Karzi: “We need time”

“You started your LEC play-offs – League of Legends European Championship – with a win against SK Gaming last week, then a loss against Team BDS (2-0). What do you remember from it?
Obviously, I’m sad that we lost. But I think we learned a lot from this loss, because BDS punished the way we wanted to play so well. It is a good learning experience for all of us. They allowed their numerical superiority very well, and it was difficult to apply our game on the boat, because we had less information than we would have liked, it was very difficult to play aggressively. I still think we didn’t play too badly. We continued and most of all we were active, we played to win, even if we were behind.

Against SK, on ​​the other hand, you had a convincing victory, especially with great variation drafts

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I don’t know if we can talk Picked pockets, because they are champions who have already played. Lee Sin Afternoon There was some freestyle, we wanted it to end against Akali and she did the top… We were afraid it would go badly, but we won. We actually practiced on it quite a bit.

What were your expectations going into the play-offs? You finished sixth in the regular season but showed signs of improvement toward the end…
I had none, really. I wanted us to play as a team and improve. Regardless of the outcome, I wanted to learn as much as possible to get better. I believed in myself and the team, I thought we could beat anyone.

Do you think you have accomplished this goal? To make progress compared to your first week together?
Of course. We are improving as a team, especially compared to the first week when we played very poorly. We have learned a lot since then. The main axis of our progress is clear Middle game. Our opening of the game is often correct, but in team battles, or when to play side street

That’s where we have space.

You had a rough first week of competition, losing three in a row, but you were able to bounce back. Does this prove a certain mental resilience?
0-3 didn’t bother us, because we had no expectations, we played game by game. We have many inexperienced players in our team. Wetheo (Vincent Barry) I have little experience in imagination, but photons (Gyu-tae Kyeong) and Douglas(Caper Dagill), not really. It did not disturb the team atmosphere at all.

Overall, we sense from your speech that you are satisfied with the start of the season…
We are doing very well. When I joined the team, I didn’t have high expectations for our start as a team, although I felt we had a lot of potential. My teammates are very strong and the hardest workers, who always want to progress. We have players who need time. »