Interview mit dem russischen Jungler von UoL

Diamondprox: „Bin besser, als ich in Season 2 war“

Diamondprox: „I am better than I was in Season 2“

The Unicorns of Love went 2-0 in the first week of the EU LCS. readmore.de had the chance to talk to jungler Danil 'Diamondprox' Reshetnikov about the games, his own performance and the jungle.

readmore.de: Congratulations on your second win in this young LCS Spring Split. Did you expect to go 2-0 in the first week?

Danil „Diamondprox“ Reshetnikov: I did not expect to win both games. Our practice was kinda rough after we came back from our short vacation. Things weren’t going well in scrims. But I knew that we were going to play better in LCS because I know the limit of everybody in the team. And we didn’t play to our limits in scrims. I didn’t feel like it would be that hard in the LCS since the first two opponents we had to play against weren’t the strongest ones. I was pretty confident going into the games but I didn’t expect to go 2-0 in the first week. It’s good that we won.

Does that mean that you are satisfied with your own performance and with the performance of your team?

I’m really satisfied with how the team performed, especially in the first game. We played really, really well. The second game was a little bit messier than the first one. We got a huge lead but I didn’t find the proper rotation, so I wasn’t able to tell my team mates where to go and what to pressure. Because of that, we lost a little bit of our advantage. We lost a couple of turrets instead of snowballing the game in our favor. I don’t think it was that clean and I have a lot to improve on from this game. I also got caught once for no reason, so this second game was messy from my own perspective. But I think that I’ll improve so I enjoyed this experience.

I hope so. We know our limits on the stage now. If we practice with this much effort we put on the stage, we will become better and better much faster than before. We’ll be much stronger if we improve our practice mentality.

After seeing every team once in the Spring Split, was there a player or a team that really surprised you yesterday?

I was surprised that Vitality lost markedly against ROCCAT. I expected them to have better movements on the map because Shaunz teaches this stuff really well. I don’t know the reasons why they failed so hard in this case. That’s was surprised me. Other than that, nothing else surprised me. I knew that Origen was going to lose because the players couldn’t practice much.

Let’s also talk a little bit about the game itself. From your perspective, what’s the jungle like right now? Are you having fun as a jungler in the game?

I really like the jungle now because you can play whatever champion you want. It’s really enjoyable that you can think about a lot of stuff since you don’t have only three champions. It doesn’t really matter what you pick. Every jungler has its counters and you should obviously avoid playing against your counter. In order to be able to do that, you need to practice a lot of champions and to think really deeply about the picks and bans phase. I really like it when there are a lot of possibilities. That way I can choose the best pick and probably outthink my opponent.

So maybe you’ll reach your top form again like it was in Season 2?

Hmmm… (thinking) I’m better than I was in Season 2. Maybe I will be the best, let’s see. I’m just trying to play as well as possible. That’s my goal for the Spring Split. And then I will think about a much bigger goal for the Summer Split.

I think people like to one-shot their opponents. Graves is really good at doing that. From my experience in the team, nobody but junglers actually know how to play against him. When Graves is going to dive you, just hide behind the turret since he can’t really damage you that way. That’s why he looks a bit stronger than he is. He also fits into compositions like Graves – Trundle – Ahri and stuff like that. You can punish your opponents for having a weak or low-ranged mid laner without an escape – like Ryze for example. Ryze is really popular right now. If he is laning against these three champions after minute nine, he will lose his turrets mid for free all the time. That’s where you can snowball the game. I feel like that’s the only strength Graves has. Other than that, he has his own counters and if he has to play against one of these, he is pretty useless.

One last question: What do you think about Riot removing the green wards from the shop?

That’s really good. Before that change, you couldn’t calculate the number of wards the enemy had on the map unless you had a ward near their base and you saw how many wards they carried into the jungle and the lanes. Right now you can actually guess how many wards the put down even after they arrived in the lanes. That’s why you can play more aggressively. You can walk into the enemy jungle knowing that there are no wards. You can take some camps for free. I also like the vision limitation on the wards – the amount of vision a ward gives is smaller, so you have to be really smart about where to put your wards down. Sometimes you might not spot the enemy jungler and support and they will get a kill which can be really crucial for the game. I like it more than it used to be.

Thank you very much for the interview. Is there anything you want to say to your fans?

I would like to thank you guys so much for still supporting me through all the good and bad times. I will try to do my best this split.

The interview was done on January 15th.

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