March 16, 2018 – Hello again everyone! it’s your favorite analyst, David “WireSponge” Finklestein and welcome to another segment of the “Plunge with Sponge”. This time I managed to score an interview with the always-exciting, Doctor Hi, the Captain and Support for Team Royal Luck. Check it out below!

WiredSponge: Do you consider yourself one of the best Supports in the ABL?

Doctor Hi: Yes, I’d consider myself to be one of the best supports in the ABL. There are a few guys out there that I love playing against though, Inhibition is always fun to play against in scrims. Not to mention that ROK’s support wally is always annoying to lane against since he specializes in playing my counters, but in the end I think we’re both better players after playing one another. The Support pool has definitely upgraded since last season, but I think I’m at my career best right now when I’m laning with Quuadra.

WiredSponge: The RYL rebuild is proving to be very successful, is there one key player on the team that you feel stands out?

Doctor Hi: Everyone does their part in making RYL a great team. Everyone pushes each other to be better, and I’d say the team atmosphere is probably the most healthy out of the teams I’ve been on. If I had to pick one I’d say it would be Quuadra, he fits how I like to play lane extremely well and it allows me to do a lot more than just babysit bot lane — though I am still trying to shake the habit from my last few teams.

WiredSponge: In Week 5 you faced your old team, GGF, how did it feel to beat them?

Doctor Hi: It was kind of bittersweet. It felt good to start turning things around and be able to show that we aren’t that last place team anymore, but I had to do it against one of my close friends in Goertzen. It did give me some more confidence in my play after beating Norgol, who in my opinion has the potential to be one of the best supports if he plays a bit more aggressive. I just wish that the win could’ve been against a GGF that has a lot more momentum so we could show that we really are one of those top teams.

WiredSponge: If you had to pick another ADC to play with other than Quaadra, who would you pick and why?

Doctor Hi: There isn’t really one that I would pick over Quuadra, but if I had to pick one it would have to be UnluckyCrit. He’s a sub right now but he’s the only other ADC in the league that resembles my playstyle. Everyone else it feels as if they just sort of want to wait to scale up and it gets pretty easy to abuse the ADCs that don’t want to do anything pre-15. If not him then I’d pick Goertzen just because I feel like he can break that habit faster than the other ad carries in the league.

WiredSponge: In Week 8, you’re going to face Praeyer, your old IVG team-mate, how are you preparing for that match?

Doctor Hi: I was under the impression that we got our bye week that week, but if we have something set up it would be great to get to play against him. He always acted like he was the best on the team back on IVG so it would be great to be the one to shut him down and remind him that he got carried by Sai.

WiredSponge: Is there a team that RYL fears right now?

Doctor Hi: Not really, we come into every match just like any other one. It is a bit more nerve racking trying to secure that playoff position, but we’re pretty confident coming down the final stretch. VPS was probably the best team that have to go against in the second half and we got the 2-0 over them, so the only one we have to worry about now is EVG if they get something set up.

If you had to build an ABL dream team, other than your own team members, who would you pick?

Doctor Hi: Riven2Trick, Jordanv69, Wymul, and UnluckyCrit would probably be the best fit for me if I didn’t have RYL. Everyone on that list would synergize with my style the best, and although there are players that can be argued to be better than them I think that’s what I would value more than just raw skill.