FNC Upset "if you win a lot more in practice than on stage, there's probably something wrong. Maybe people put too much pressure on themselves" | Fnatic's botlaner on their stage problem, Soboro, and what's left of their season
- About the difficult start : "This whole year hasn't been easy for us, we've been around sixth or seventh for most of it. We're just not very good right now. It sounds very simple, but that's the reality."
- On the scrims-vs-stage block: "As a team, if you win a lot more in practice than on stage, there's probably something wrong. Maybe people put too much pressure on themselves, they feel they have to play a lot better than they do, and when things don't go well on stage, they feel really bad about it."
- On Soboro replacing Empyros: "We definitely needed a change in some regard, but it wasn't like Empyros was the only problem and everyone else was playing great, otherwise we wouldn't have been in that position in the first place. So far, I think Soboro is playing quite well."
- On why Fnatic haven't gone mage bot: draft flexibility is over forcing it. "As you can see in the LCK, the percentage of mages played was around 10%." And with the incoming patch: "I do think it's going to be much more AD carry-focused again, which I prefer. I hope all AD carries prefer AD carries."
- On the "Fnatic funnels everything bot" narrative: "That's just a misconception about how the game works. Resources are given to a lane that's winning, because that creates pressure. It's not a specific Fnatic strategy."
- On the team pulling in the same direction: "The way we talk to each other is definitely fine. But the individual gameplay also just needs to be better, because the team game is built on how individuals make decisions."
- On what's realistically left: "With this start, it would be foolish to think we're favourites to go to Worlds. We have to do everything we can to make the fans proud, to salvage this year a little, and also for ourselves."
u/RandomGoodGuy16 — 7 days ago