Interview cr: Duowan Games







After dispatching Korea's SKT T1 in a dominating 16 minute match yesterday, Invictus Gaming's Jungle Ning shares with us his thoughts on why he picked Camille and what he thinks of his role for the team.





cr: Duowan Gaming





Q: Seems like you guys woke up today. Was there less pressure compared to yesterday?

Ning: Haha, nah. I think we just became more adapted to the pace and rhythm of the tournament. Since we haven't been on stage for quite some time prior to this, we weren't able to get into the rhythm of competing. But now we are back to normal and have adjusted our competitive state.





Q: How were you feeling before your match against SKT?

Ning: I didn't have any thoughts in particular; I just wanted to beat them, but I didn't expect to win in such a spectacular fashion.







Q: Were you more excited or nervous

Ning: More excited. I think for professional players sitting on stage, the more excited you are, the better you play. If you are too nervous, you won’t perform well.

Q: The game against SKT ended in just 16 minutes. Did the team members discuss beforehand that they want to set a record for the shortest game possible?

Ning: We didn’t discuss it, but during the match, we found our advantage was so great that we could end it with one push as we took their inhibitor.

We were able to completely take their bottom lane in one wave. We looked at the time then and saw it was only 14 minutes in, so we felt we could probably finish this game in 20 minutes.





Q: In the post-match analysis, MLXG mentioned that he can picture this ending after the level-1 team fight. To be honest, what do you think?

Ning: It’s all about that tower dive in bot lane. Basically Draven is unstoppable after that dive, and that is a really good tactic. We planned for this and we did it. After that, it is just as we expected, Draven is unstoppable.

Q: Everyone is asking if you chose Camille not to farm the Jungle, but to farm champions?

Ning: It’s not that I don’t want to focus on jungling, but Camille in this patch is not very good and has trouble killing jungle camps. Compared to other Junglers, Camille is chosen for her speed.

Q: SKT’s Clid and Mata are not strangers to this. This time, when you guys faced off, did you feel they improved since joining SKT?

Ning: I don’t think there has been a big change, but it’s because they have always been very strong players and are LCK Champions. If there are any changes, I can’t say it was very big.

Q: Some foreign analysts say that you have high highs but also low lows, and can be the key to IG’s victory, but also their defeat. What do you think about that?

Ning: I think I need to be clear about what my role is for the team. What is my mission? I don’t really know how to say this, but my role isn’t fixed. I need to play a lot of different roles for the team, that’s why I have a lot of ups and downs.

Q: PDD joked earlier that you were so fierce yesterday, are you sure you weren’t sandbagging when you were on YM?

Ning: Honestly, I don’t know how to say this. I’m not sure if I just had bad luck at YM or what. I don’t understand why, just that it’s a metaphysical thing.

Q: There is only one step away from your desire to reach knockouts with a perfect 6-0 record. What are your thoughts on this?

Ning: If we could keep a 6-0 record, that would be best, but if we can’t, it doesn’t matter too much. Our goal is to be first in groups before heading to Taiwan, since you can choose your opponent which can be a big advantage.









Translated by Caramelized