On the very first day of the 2018 Worlds Play-In, Gambit from LCL ended up with 1-1.





Obviously, such a result is not even close to the goal of moving on to the Group Stage. They are not kicked out yet, but being the second in the group rather means it is just sooner or later. As the last game on the first day of the Play-In, even the winning team looks a bit tired.

After the game, we met our old friend, Kira, a team member who fought ROX in 2016 and gained a large number of fans on the World Championship. He is an outstanding mid laner that recruited to Gambit. he is also a father of a three-year-old girl. Their trip to S7 last year was short and hastily, they prepared so well but ended up leaving early. One year later, Kira is back to the stage again with his teammates.





Q: How were today's two matches?





Kira：I am not very satisfied with my performance in the first match, my play was not very good. I made a mistake on the R Flash combo and didn't handle the Skarner very well. The team play was not so good as I expected on the first match. The second match was just okay.

Q: So with today's performance and the training, what do you think about the Gambit as of now?





Kira: we can only play 60% of our full strength in normal practice and regular season, and the playoffs maybe 80%; but entering the Play-In, I think each team will try their best.

Q： Last year's Worlds was in China, how's the memory from last year?





Kira: The memory wasn't too great, it was not our full play after all. But the Chinese food did impress me a lot, I like spicy food. And yeah, these are the good memories.

Q: You guys did a pretty good job in MSI 2018, unfortunately, you met the Flash Wolves, what do you think of it now, would it be a bit pity?





Kira: Actually, we are very well prepared then, we met Flash Wolves at the very end. If it was not against them in the end, we would have better results. In those three matches, we had a hard loss in early stage already, and we didn't play it well on the second either.

Q: In the Rift Rivals this year, you guys were against SUP in the very last match of BO5, they are here as well in the Play-In of 2018 Worlds, what do you think of this team?





Kira: In the Rift Rivals this year, our every laner played too aggressive, then we were on tilt. We didn't think SUP was a challenging team back then. If there is a chance, we would like to play with them again this year, thinking we have more chance now.

Q: From last year's Worlds to this year's, how was your growth?





Kira: it can be a lot in one year, my daughter can even speak now. I was kind of lost and frustrated this year, but now it was fixed a lot by now. It was not an easy year to the team either, but we all grew, so I am still very happy about that.

Q: Your daughter was only one-year-old in 2016, now she's three, how do you feel watching her growing up?





Kira: It is just wonderful. She is really smart. She doesn't understand what I say sometimes, but the interaction with her was the best. I hope she can be the most beautiful treasure in my life.

Q: Is this your first time in Korea? How do you feel about Seoul?





Kira: This is my second in Korea actually. Last time was here for the matches, I was here earlier with my family and spent some time with them. This is the second time now, the city is a lot similar to China, so I feel great. I am Ukrainian, playing games feel totally different in Ukraine, it is not a very rich country.

Q: It was such a shame last year in China, this year you guys are back again, what kind of team you want to show to the fans?





Kira: What I want to show you this year is a team uses more brains to play, just like our ADC, we can be offensive and can be smart too. Even though sometimes we look a bit crazy, but we want to show the smart side of the team.

The above is a translation of the original interview courtesy of PentaQ.





source: PentaQ



