Fnatic captain and support player Bora "YellOwStaR" Kim says that a perfect season was never the goal for his team, and that improvement after each and every game was the main focus of Fnatic during their impressive summer split.

In an interview with Electronic Sports League (ESL), YellOwStaR spoke of his team's perfect season, the switch to Rekkles and his hopes for Worlds.

Last week, Fnatic set a new record with an 18-0 regular season finish, completing the first perfect split in LCS history. However, their road was not always smooth, and YellOwStaR was quick to acknowledge that despite the impressive score his team took every game as a learning experience.

"We passed near defeat more than once actually, notably against Giants, Gambit, H2K and Origen, but its in these situations that you learn the most," he said. "The score at the end doesn't interest us more than that, even if it's prestigious, what counts at the end is to improve as a team. So the team which hold us up and who give it all to try and beat us, that's ideal for us, they help up at finding our weak points, what we can improve."

Now that the perfect season is in the record book, YellOwStaR said continuing their unbeaten streak is in his team's minds heading into the playoffs.

"What's certain is that our goal is to pass the playoffs without losses to finish on a perfect score and potentially scare our future opponents."

Despite Fnatic being the most dominant team in LCS history, YellOwStaR was not always so sure in his team's ability to be the best. He admitted that he didn't initially believe in the rebuild, and it wasn't until they started practicing that he saw the bright future for his team.

"From the very first games we played together, I told myself that there was a big surprise to prepare and that very few people would be expecting it. However, it wasn't without effort that this happened...I needed time to work that but I was confident anyways."

YellOwStaR's confidence turned out to be justified, and the new Fnatic took first place in the 2015 EU LCS spring playoffs. But before the summer split, Fnatic decided to replace AD carry Pierre "Steeelback" Medjaldi with Martin "Rekkles" Larsson. While the choice was tough, YellOwStaR said it was necessary for Fnatic to reach the top.

"Steeelback is a very friendly and talented player, but the team estimated that he was not progressing fast enough if we wanted to aim high this [summer] season," he explained. "The decision wasn't easy but we felt that the cohesion of the team wasn't at a maximum and that the arrival of Rekkles would surely be the missing piece to launch up the highest in the least amount of time."

Looking ahead to the possibility of going to the 2015 World Championship, YellOwStaR said that he hoped his team could live up to fan hopes.

"A lot of people expect that Fnatic will put up a good performance. For my part, I hope to at least pass the group stage...after a perfect season, we hope not to disappoint."

YellOwStaR is one of only two players in the World to have gone to all four previous World Championships (the other is Team SoloMid's Marcus "Dyrus" Hill), and says that his confidence took a major blow after Fnatic's play at the 2014 Worlds which meant he nearly quit competitive LoL afterwards. When asked about a possible end to his career, YellOwStaR said that his new squad's success had re-motivated him and convinced him he can still play at a top level, but when he began to doubt himself he would walk away.

"The day where I feel that I'm lowering in [skill] level or that I've become almost a brake for my team, I would stop at that moment."

Note: This interview has been translated from French to English and has been condensed for clarity.

Nicholas Doucet is a News Editor for theScore eSports. You can follow him on Twitter.