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Homme and Guma expressed that it feels good to win 2-0 again, though for Guma personally, there are some things that he is disappointed with

Homme on HLE's performance: There were a few moments when we had the advantage but weren’t able to capitalize/maintain it. Still, compared to before, I can see significant improvement in the areas we’ve been focusing on so I definitely feel like we’re in the right direction.

Homme on Draft: Today I think there were a few individual mistakes. But when it came to the draft, I felt like we had the better picks (kept winning the drafts). Our compositions also had strong overall value so I was satisfied with the drafts.

Homme on Game 2 win: The thing I remember the most from this game was the situation around top side where our jungle and support was trying to secure vision but got caught after overextending a bit.

That is something we should definitely work on, so we just need to be more careful and aware in those situations. As for the other players, they generally performed well and it's natural that everyone will have games where things don’t go as smoothly. Overall, I was really impressed with how much they improved compared to what I expected so I’m satisfied with today’s match.

Homme on Delight’s situation: First of all, I’m not sure if my thinking (decisions about the supports) is completely right but I believe Delight has an incredibly high ceiling and I really want to see him reach that potential. Honestly if he had been performing poorly, it would be easier for me to justify the substitutions. With other teams in the past there was often such a clear difference in skill that the decision was straightforward. But in this case, everyone knows how good a player Delight is so I’m doing my best to bring out that side of him. On top of that, he has willingly accepted the situation, and I’m very grateful for that. I know it must have been a difficult decision for him, so I really appreciate his understanding.

Homme regarding supports and Guma: For Minhyung (Gumayusi)..I feel really sorry that he’s had to deal with the difficulties that come with the support changes. At the same time, I felt that making the change was something that had to be done. As for the poor results that came from that decision, I’ll be the one to take the criticism.

 

Full Interview: https://youtu.be/BoRBFhF6Ow4?si=sqdIKWhyvSkUuByx

In their recent behind-the-scenes for their series against KT, HLE players pointed out LCK's somewhat bias against them.

They literally went 15-3 in the first two rounds of the LCK regular season, but had two out of their three losing series comms uploaded while only one out of the fifteen of their winning coms uploaded. Most egregiously, last year, both RTM #1 and #2 seed decider matches' winning comms were uploaded but this year, HLE's winning comm against T1 in the #1 seed decider match was not uploaded whereas the #2 seed (T1 vs Gen G) was uploaded.

LCK also did like a montage thing for the HLE vs KT series; they broadcasted bad plays from KT's bot lane, but broadcasted bad plays from all of HLE's lanes. This difference was also noted by the players.

I'm sure the players don't care that much about this, and it's certainly not that big of a deal, but yeah, still sucks.

TRANSLATION:

In response to a question asking if the reason for 'Delight's' exclusion from the starting lineup was due to issues with adapting to the meta or call coordination, Coach Yoon clarified that it was not a problem with his skill level itself. Coach Yoon Seong-young stated, "I do not think there is a problem with the player 'Delight'," adding, "In a meta where the jungle and bottom lane are crucial, rather than individual skill, even a bad decision during a skirmish can become a good one if everyone works together, and the more people step up to the front, the better."

He explained, "It is true that they are superior in every aspect, but when I think of 'Delight,' I can only remember their initiating, and recently there have been many incidents in that regard," adding, "Since there are differences in coordination and thinking when the bottoms are grouped together, it was a decision made after considering various situations."

In addition, Director Yoon specifically detailed the strengths and weaknesses of the two players as well as their potential for future appearances. Director Yoon Seong-young stated, "The only area where I think 'Bluffing' is better is that he confidently steps forward to lighten the burden on other players when facing off or engaging in combat, even if it means dying himself." However, he added, "I have no disagreement that 'Delight' is much better, and since I believe he will sufficiently compensate for that soon, I think he will likely play in the near future."

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Guess the benching has something to do with messy shotcalls and coordination by both Kanavi & Delight bcoz Jungle-Supp synergy is always been important in a game especially in teamfights.

From my understanding (this can be wrong or right), it seems like when Kanavi shotcalls to go fight Delight always have second thought if its a good to follow until Kanavi dies in the end.

I'm glad HLE and Coach Homme were so transparent by this, its a good experience for Bluffing but also good for Delight to watch again how aggressive his jungler is from a distance.

FYI: Director Yoon is HOMME

HLE ARE QUALIFIED FOR WORLDS!!!!

so you fuckers can play like normal human beings 😂 GOOD JOB BOYS!!!!

Poor kid can't see 😭 move Zeka!

Looks like Bluffing is starting today

There two chances for HLE to secure playoffs:

1. If they win 2 out of their 3 remaining matches especially the game againts KT, this is the most important one because they need to make sure KT remain at 5th place if ever they lose againts T1 & DK

2. If KT remains winless, their 3 matches are againts T1 GenG & HLE

The team just needs to secure playoffs spot in able for them to finally qualify for Worlds.

Just keep on praying for our team and dont lose hope, just keep on believing and support them until the end.