MAD Lions have not had the simplest occasions this 12 months. With the roster modifications the staff has had, they lack the identical strengths that it had in 2021. Inven World had the chance to speak with the staff’s high laner İrfan Berk “Armut” Tükek, to debate MAD’s staff combating, his opinions on Reeker, and his ideas on the highest lane meta.
It’s grow to be a meme that you just solely actually go 100% when it’s playoff time. I do know final cut up you skilled a little bit of burnout in the course of the common season, do you assume you’re nonetheless not acting at 100% proper now?
I feel my lane part efficiency has gotten so a lot better in comparison with final 12 months. However proper now, it simply appears that we can’t teamfight as a staff — that makes us look all actually unhealthy. I really feel like, it is simply so arduous to play teamfights proper now, I feel we’re making so many errors within the fights, even once we are forward within the early recreation. That is why we’re shedding the video games, as a result of it comes all the way down to 5v5. And I feel final 12 months, we had actually good staff fighters, and we have been all on the identical web page. But it surely hasn’t gone like that this 12 months. We have now potential to do higher. We are going to see. If there are 5 video games left, we’d not have the ability to make playoffs this season. [MAD are currently in 8th place with 5-8 record — Ed.] So now we have to do our greatest.
Some groups are capable of win video games simply outright from snowballing the laning part. Would you say staff combating is the important thing to victory for MAD?
I feel a very good staff wants each. You want steadiness, since you can’t be shedding each single laning part, then simply pop off within the teamfights. It simply does not work towards actually good groups. That is what we confronted in MSI and Worlds as MAD Lions final 12 months. So I feel now we have to enhance on each side.
I feel we actually have to implement teamfights at present — that is what I see. The target stats, the right way to combat, the right way to flank, the right way to flip, the right way to place ourselves, and so on. We have now so many missing issues within the staff combat, that laning form of does not matter. As a result of we’re so forward in nearly each recreation, our early recreation is absolutely good, nevertheless it’s simply does not go within the staff fights.
What have you ever considered your place on MAD? Final 12 months, the staff many occasions performed round you. How have the brand new additions to the staff modified that?
I feel it was principally due to the ADC change. As a result of Carzzy was keen to surrender loads — that we might play robust facet tougher. However UNF0RGIVEN likes to play robust facet. And I imply he is taking part in good when he is forward, and he likes to be forward and we respect it as a result of he is ADC. It isn’t in regards to the appropriate play, as a result of each side could be weak facet or could be robust facet — these are the alternatives you can make, and they are often each proper.
It is also in regards to the high lane meta proper now, since you simply purchase Hullbreaker and it one versus one proper now. In fact you’ll be able to play nonetheless for the highest facet, however yeah.
Whereas most individuals have been pleasantly shocked with how effectively UNF0RGIVEN has accomplished, followers have been very essential of Reeker. What’s your opinion of this? Do you assume individuals count on an excessive amount of of rookies?
Yeah, I feel so. I feel they count on an excessive amount of. Final 12 months we had Elyoya, who was surprisingly good for a rookie. I feel perhaps everybody simply expects the identical factor from everybody. However these are uncommon instances. What occurs proper now might be what it’s best to count on from a rookie, I imagine. As a result of final 12 months we had Humanoid — and he was seen as one of the best mid laner in Europe. And now Reeker got here as a rookie to exchange him. It is form of regular for individuals to evaluate him for a way he performs, however they need to nonetheless contemplate he is a rookie, proper? So I feel they’re too tough or one thing like that.
You’ve got said you are at present learning lots of LPL and LCK high laners? What have you ever considered the pool that LEC presents?
I feel in comparison with final 12 months, the rosters within the LEC and likewise the highest laners are simply higher. Particularly the rosters. Perhaps I really feel like that as a result of we’re worse — it may be the factor as effectively. I do not know, perhaps we’re simply too weak. Or perhaps everybody’s simply getting stronger.
Many followers have been excited for the return of Alphari, however there’s a standard opinion that he’s one of many causes for Vitality’s lack of success. What have you ever considered him since his return to the LEC?
I feel he is a very good laner, however I am unsure if he is the issue for Vitality or not, as a result of it does not look like his fault, to be trustworthy. I feel perhaps it is nearly syncing with one another. These 5 males simply do not match collectively. Should you put all of the star gamers in a single staff, there’s a excessive probability that personalities are gonna crash. As a result of everybody needs to be the robust facet, I might say. To be trustworthy, I am simply assuming, as a result of I don’t know what’s taking place in Vitality and why they’re unsuccessful. It is likely to be the case, however I do not know if the issue is Alphari or not.
What about simply from a gameplay perspective? What’s been your opinions of how he is performed in comparison with once you guys noticed him taking part in on Workforce Liquid?
I imply, he was all the time a robust facet participant. I feel he communicates loads and he is aware of his lane, his matchup. He is aware of what to do, what to say to his teammates, and he is taking part in robust facet for each groups. I feel he is robust facet in Vitality. I imply, generally he picks GP and he is weak facet as effectively. I do not assume it modified a lot for him, to be trustworthy — the playstyle. I imply, perhaps he modified, however that is simply how I learn it.
With MAD Lions, clearly one of many massive modifications was not solely that you just guys misplaced Humanoid and Carzzy, but in addition that these guys have been two massive contributors to the staff’s in-game communications. How has it been with Elyoya taking the lead on that? How have you ever been feeling in regards to the comms lately?
It is tough. [laughs] As a result of Elyoya’s feeling fairly pressured most likely, as a result of he has to say lots of issues in regards to the mid recreation and early recreation. We had Humanoid to do it — it was kinda him who was the principle shotcaller, then Elyoya was the second. Now Elyoya is the primary, and the opposite ones are attempting to speak. So our comms are messy proper now. There’s chaos generally. But it surely’s most likely regular, however we simply should get higher about it as effectively. However I nonetheless assume the staff combating is our primary drawback.
How has the teaching workers been attempting to fix these issues, compared to final 12 months? Does the teaching workers appear to be completely different in how they strategy issues?
I feel they’re the identical. I feel they’re working fairly arduous and they’re actually useful, really. MAD’s teaching workers is definitely fairly good. I feel everyone seems to be enhancing fairly quick. However I feel we simply did not notice that our staff combat was that unhealthy. To be trustworthy, after as we speak’s recreation, we stated now we have to work on staff fights as a result of we’re simply shedding each staff combat.
Many of the high laners I’ve talked to dislike Smite enchanters used within the high lane. You’ve got been somebody up to now that is been identified for utilizing some extra unique picks within the high lane. Do you continue to maintain the identical opinion because the others?
I additionally don’t love helps — since you’re simply operating from lane, kinda. I might be nice to play helps in lane, however with the Smite meta, you are simply operating away from lane and also you’re taking part in completely different League of Legends. Which I do not like as a result of high lane… this is the reason I selected high lane: as a result of I can play 1v1. I take pleasure in that competitors. And I imply, it will be enjoyable to run away on the map, nevertheless it’s simply helps’ function kinda, you realize? It isn’t high lane’s.
You be ok with laning, and this 12 months you have stated you have been working in your champion pool. What’s your massive focus then?
Because the meta modified loads after Hullbreaker, I have to get a very good grasp on the brand new meta proper now. Everybody’s simply shopping for Hullbreaker and you’ll’t lane for those who do not buy it.