Having just won a 1v1 match against Seiya using Akali in a flashy fashion, RooKie was interviewed about his Day 2 at the All-Star event and who he is looking forward to facing if he makes it to the Final of the tournament.









Q: We have RooKie here for an interview. His Akali performance was very good. Actually during the break, while watching other players play Akali, he was very anxious, saying “If I was the one playing, I would have solo killed already”. So do you think Akali is particularly strong in 1v1?

RooKie: I personally practiced her a lot and when I was watching other players play her it’s not exactly the way I would play her. I think I just said it but wasn't too serious about it.

Q: What was going through your head when you were planning to kill Cho'Gath?

RooKie: As long as his W is on cooldown, I have the chance to kill him. I was thinking as soon as he uses W, I'll go in for the kill. The opponent was also at full HP so he probably didn't think I would be able to 100-0 him.

Q: How confident are you in the 1v1 tournament, how far do you think you'll go?

RooKie: I think I didn't play too well and the last 1v1 tournament I participated in as most people went with ADC champions. However, for this patch, it seems like there are more OP mid champions so I think I can get to the final.

Q: Who would you want to face in the final?

RooKie: I want to face Faker or Uzi in the Final. I don't want to face MLXG, I feel like it's hard to gauge what type of champions he would use. Uzi will probably lean towards ADC champions but it's hard to know with MLXG.

Q: How was playing Tandem mode with Sao Nan? You guys seems very happy, jumping around and everything.

RooKie: I played this mode yesterday, and it was on Akali. It requires a lot of mechanics to play her and it's very difficult with 2 people, and if we fail, it feels bad. So today we discussed it before the match who to play and we decided to play Mundo. It didn't require too much mechanics.

Q: It was your first time playing Nexus Blitz, did you think it was fun?

RooKie: I thought it was fun because there were many other modes in one. They all felt pretty distinct, I especially enjoyed URF Deathmatch.

Translated by: Benson Cheng @1337sn1per







