Elyoya: “We are now a much better team in mid and late game. And it will hopefully be enough to beat LPL in China”
Irrespective of how extravagant of an everyday season, playoffs are the one issues that matter. Javier “Elyoya” Prades Batalla is actually hoping that’s true. After an extremely profitable Spring Cut up — incomes first place in playoffs, having a powerful displaying on the Mid Season Invitational, and successful the Rookie of the Cut up Award — MAD Lions’ jungler hasn’t had the sophomore cut up he anticipated. With the MVP in his sight, he has underperformed his expectations. Nevertheless, the younger man has playoffs as his saving grace.
Becoming to their title, the Lions have claimed to be sleeping for a lot of the common season, and hope to come back into their true type for playoffs. When Inven World spoke with Elyoya, he mentioned his ideas on the workforce’s efficiency, his thought on LEC versus LCK, and his confidence going into playoffs.
Taking a look at this cut up as an entire, after I talked with a few of your teammates, they talked about that after MSI, you guys have been attempting to relaxation till playoffs. Do you assume this cut up went as you anticipated it to?
Not likely. I used to be anticipating higher from us — I believed we might do higher. I believe I underperformed throughout the entire cut up, which is sort of dangerous. Аpart from that, I believe that the report was sort of anticipated. We knew it wasn’t going to be as profitable as we want to be, as a result of we additionally wanted to relaxation a bit since we had no time to relaxation after MSI.
We simply weren’t having that a lot apply as a result of we determined the common velocity wasn’t going to be so essential, since we already had so many factors from successful the championship final Cut up — we have been gonna find yourself with an excellent seeding more often than not. So we did not assume that this cut up was so essential. So we might take a while to relaxation after which be far more ready for playoffs and onwards.
That is a disgrace to listen to. Last time we talked, you acknowledged you needed to be MVP for the cut up. You do not assume that is on the desk?
No, I do not assume I ought to even be talked about. I believe I had a nasty cut up total, so I do not assume I even deserve it. I believe I used to be simply enjoying dangerous… There isn’t any excuse actually, I used to be simply not practising like I ought to have. So the outcomes weren’t good in official video games.
Taking a look at MAD’s playstyle, I’d say compared to different groups, you focus extra on making performs within the backside lane in comparison with different EU groups moreover possibly Fnatic. Once I’ve requested different LEC gamers, many assume specializing in the mid lane is a greater model. What do you assume?
I believe it will depend on your composition however going by way of mid is normally the appropriate name. Since mid might be the one which is available in first, shifting from mid to bot is at all times going to grant one further quantity which is at all times good in just about each case… So yeah, should you can play by way of mid, it tends to be the very best one however there are some drafts during which you aren’t capable of.
Do you assume you guys are extra accustomed to enjoying in opposition to LPL groups contemplating that you’ve got a really aggressive backside line?
I believe you need not have an aggressive backside lane, however it helps for certain. I believe yeah, we might be fairly good enjoying in opposition to any LPL workforce.
One thing I actually favored seeing from you this cut up was your champion pool. In your complete profession — even together with your beginner profession — we’ve by no means seen you play so many champions. Was this some extent of focus for you?
The meta has been altering lots throughout this cut up, so it was simple for me to only apply many champs. And I’ve at all times been a man that likes to play as many champions as I can. So this time I used to be capable of pull them off in officers, so I am fairly blissful about that. I believe that I’ve at all times been this fashion, however it’s simply the meta has been like that this yr, in contrast to the earlier ones.
I needed your perspective on this since you’re somebody that praised Canyon lots. DWG KIA doesn’t seem like the very best workforce in Korea anymore, and most of the people would say Canyon doesn’t seem like the very best jungler anymore both. From watching him play lately, what’s your opinion of him now? Do you assume he’s as robust as he was once?
I believe he is nonetheless as robust as he was once. He is nonetheless mechanically actually good and he is nonetheless actually achieved, however the issue, I believe, is that the meta’s not serving to that a lot proper now. I believe he did not adapt in addition to he ought to have if he needed to maintain being the very best. So proper now, I do not assume this methodology actually fits him, so I would not place him as the very best jungler on the planet.
However even with that in consideration, I nonetheless assume he is probably the greatest if not high three. He is nonetheless a very strong jungler and he is aware of how one can get forward by himself and carry video games. He is actually good mechanically.
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RedForce has clearly come into its personal as the very best workforce in Korea, so Peanut has been wanting actually robust lately. Like your self, he’s somebody actually aggressive, relative to different Korean junglers. What’s your opinion of him?
I used to be fairly stunned about Peanut as a result of wherever he goes, he at all times makes an excellent workforce. Like final yr with LGD, for instance. He made Worlds with them. I imply, they have been a effective roster, however proper now, I do not assume they’re even doing that nice in LPL [since this interview, LGD finished in 11th place, did not qualify for LPL playoffs and will be missing Worlds — Ed.]. So he should be an enormous consider that.
And the identical, for this yr, nobody actually anticipated something about his workforce, or no less than I did not. However he is enjoying… As a workforce, they’re enjoying out of their minds. And I believe that it comes from him largely. So I am actually excited to play him and see what he can deliver to the desk.
There’s been plenty of dialogue in regards to the energy of Korea as a area, the place Mikyx recently said he thought LCK bottom lanes were weaker than Europe and China. Do you assume Korean junglers have degraded as an entire, or the place do you see them competing internationally?
I’d say China is the one with the very best junglers. After China, it could be LEC and Korea. I believe each are sort of related. I do not assume that there’s one which has method higher junglers than the opposite. I’d say it is sort of even.
Even on the high degree, you’d say Impressed versus Peanut or Canyon is a tossup?
Yeah, in all probability.
With how robust Rogue seems to be and the way robust particularly Impressed seems to be this cut up, what would you say units MAD aside? Why ought to we count on you guys to win playoffs this cut up?
I believe that we’re total only a higher workforce. Like we performed within the final cut up, and it labored for us. And regardless that we have been inting in just about each single recreation from the early recreation, I believe for this cut up, we bought lots from MSI that can assist us and if we will have some good weeks of apply I believe we’re going to have the ability to beat them actually simply. [The interview was conducted during the last week of the Summer Split — Ed.]
I believe you guys have an excellent shot at making Worlds. However what’s regarding, wanting internationally, was that in MSI, you guys did not have the strongest macro in comparison with China or Korea. Has that been some extent of focus? Do you assume you are much more assured in your macro recreation in comparison with final cut up?
Yeah, we positively have been timid throughout MSI and likewise through the cut up. We are actually a significantly better workforce in mid and late recreation. And it’ll hopefully be sufficient to beat LPL in China. However I really feel far more assured.
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