LFL, League of Talents [8/8] — LENY "Getting gapped in a 1v1 would be unacceptable for me"
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Hey Leny, how have you been feeling since the season started, on a personal level?
I feel a lot better since the lane swap is gone. My biggest strength was the laning phase, and with the lane swap it was tough. My first year I was a bit stressed, but now I feel so much better. The game is in such a good place — in top lane it's pretty much pure 1v1, it's perfect.
You're in playoffs, even though at Winter Invitational you only played three matches and finished 11th-15th. What did that create within the team?
It was frustrating because scrims are good, but it's mostly in officials that you improve the most — that's where you discover your real weaknesses and strengths, that's where you truly play the game. Especially since other teams at Winter, like Galions or Solary, played around twenty official games while we only played three. That creates a real experience gap.
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You changed junglers, going from Cronik to Kobz, another French player. How has it been going since he arrived?
He makes quite a few rookie mistakes, but otherwise it's going pretty well. He's learning, that's the main thing — he's improving. For me, it doesn't change much; the meta isolates us a bit, so it doesn't really impact me.
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Looking back at your history, I noticed that in NLC you allowed yourself a wide variety of champions like Zac or TF, whereas this year you seem much more restricted to meta picks. Is it a personal choice or a directive?
Back then, if I pulled out TF or Zac, it's because they were meta. In competition, the champion has to at least be viable, otherwise you're just griefing your team. But honestly, the current top lane meta lets you play anything — whether it's mages, Anivia which I personally love, Varus, or even Vayne. Everything is viable right now.
How are your scrims going at the moment — are you finding good-level opponents, and are you managing to progress, or at least maintain your level during this transition phase with the new jungler?
For now it's fine, we're stacking scrims with ups and downs, like a lot of teams. Some days we completely rundown, and then for two or three days in a row we play really well, we control the map and do what we're supposed to do. Overall, things are going pretty well right now.
Among the top laners in playoffs, is there one that seems particularly tough to face?
Honestly, I don't think there are any truly exceptional tops on the other side — they're good players, but not to the point of being impressive. The one I least enjoy facing is Kryze, because he's really solid, barely makes any mistakes in lane, and constantly punishes you by chipping away little by little. Apart from him, it's fine.
And on the flip side, is there one where you'd say it's a good draw and you feel confident?
Honestly, I don't think there's any really weak top on the other side. The least comfortable in laning phase is probably Wao, when he's not on his main picks, but that's normal for his first year in LFL, so we shouldn't judge him too harshly. Apart from Kryze who bothers me a bit, no one really poses a problem. Overall, I'm confident — in pure laning phase, I should even open up a big gap against most of them.
For the upcoming matches, what do you expect from your individual performances, and what are your collective ambitions, beyond simply playing well?
Individually, I want to keep dominating in laning phase, stay sharp mechanically, and be there for my team without getting caught stupidly. Laning phase is really what I love most about the game, so getting gapped in a 1v1 would be unacceptable for me. Collectively, the goal is obviously to aim higher. We got a good draw in playoffs, so we can potentially go for a top 4 finish.
