The annual 1v1 Tournament of the All-Star event has always been one of the main attractions of the event. Last year, Uzi took the title from TSM's star Mid Laner Bjergsen. This year it was a close match between G2's newest Mid Laner Caps and Pabu, the Top Laner for Avant Garde of the OCE. This young OCE player's path was not easy as he had to go through the likes of Doublelift, Faker, and World Champion RooKie before he took the stage to face Caps before eventually falling to the G2 Mid Laner. One of the LPL's Chinese Casters, Shiyi had a chance to interview him just after his match with Caps in which he talks about the origins of his name and his dream of playing in the NA LCS.





Q: Before this All-Stat Event, maybe you weren't known to many people, can you give an introduction of yourself to the LPL fans?

Pabu: My name is Pabu and I am a Top Laner for Oceania. I played for Avant Garde this year and my new team has not yet been announced.

Q: Since your game ID is Pabu, what does it mean?

Pabu: Pabu comes from the Avatar series, the Legend of Korra. He's a cute creature in the show and I made it my ID because I thought it was cool.

Q: In the 1v1 Tournament, you were up against Doublelift, Faker and RooKie and won but eventually lost to Caps. Did you ever think that you would make it that far?

Pabu: I definitely thought I could beat Doublellift and Tierwulf but as soon as I got the Faker, I thought I would just go in and have fun. The strategy I used was to just go hard and go out with a bang and I won. I didn't think I could win but after I beat Faker I got more confident.

Q: Did you have any upset losing to Caps? You were a bit impatient and overaggressive in the second round with Irelia, did you have any regrets?

Pabu: It's a bit sad that I could have won. I went in and play my best. I tried to show that I could be better and, in the end, he outplayed me and that's ok. I went in and I played with confidence. I'm still happy with the result

Q: After your outstanding performance, perhaps there are teams out there that would want to sign you. Would you like to play in a bigger region like the LCS, LPL, LCK etc.?

Pabu: I'm not sure I will this year, but it has always been my dream to play in NA. I hope in the future I'll be able to find my way over there.





Q: Which team do you like best?

Pabu: I've always been a fan of TSM but the Echo Fox and 100T brands are very cool. I would love to play for any of those teams.

Q: Which pro player do you like best?

Pabu: My idol has been ssumday for a long time. I think going to NA and playing against Ssumday would be very cool.

Q: Because you have shown us so many champions, did you already play those champions or did you prepare them especially for this game mode?

Pabu: I didn't prepare too much for this. I thought I would go in and play my own style and my own top champions. Sometimes I pull out different things like AD carry and mages. I didn't think I was particularly good with those champions but I thought they would match up well stylistically against my opponents so. It wasn't my best but I just tried to win every game.

Q: How long have you been playing professionally?

Pabu: I've played in the big league for 2 years. I played my first year when I was still in high school and this has been my first year full time.

Q: You have very cool blue hair, does it have any special meaning or you just like it?

Pabu: During the year, I had a different color for the beginning of each split. In the promotional images they had me with blue hair so I can't come here with normal hair so I made sure to do it for the fans.

Q: Let's take some photos to use as the cover

Pabu: Yes, sure.

Interview Courtesy of: Shiyi



