Q: What aspects did you focus on during preparation?
Keria : We prefer to let the bottom lane take the initiative because it provides more options during the match. In the first game, we used Miss Fortune, thinking of maintaining an even situation against EZ and not losing the initiative. But this champion is relatively passive, which made me feel a bit frustrated, so in the second and third games, we chose more reliable champions.
Q: Why was the first game reversed?
Keria : If we had taken the first dragon, the situation might have been in our favor. But the dragon was unexpectedly given up, and by the third dragon, we had a chance to stop the opponent but unfortunately lost it. This made us constrained by the opponent in this game, and the match process was very tough.
Q: How do you evaluate this difficult season?
Keria : The overall game versions in the 2022 and last year's summer seasons were very similar. In such a situation, our performance has not been very ideal, which makes me feel a bit regretful, and the entire summer season was like this. Nevertheless, I believe that starting from the playoffs, we can readjust our state and perform better.
Q: What do you think about the upcoming World Championship skin release?
Keria : I feel very happy. Getting my own skin is one of the values of winning the World Championship, and I'm very happy to finally see it. Before the match, I met KT's Pyosik and Deft, Pyosik asked if I had bought his skin, I said I did, and he and Heo Kwang-hui also said they would buy my Bard skin. I also met BeryL, I often use his Ashe skin, and I hope he will often use my Bard skin too.
Q: Will using your own skin improve your game performance?
Keria : Bard's skin is very beautiful, and compared to the pressure, if it can make the game more fun, then the win rate will naturally increase. I think Bard's skin is so beautiful, it will make people enjoy playing more.
Q: Why did you pick Lux in the third game?
Keria : We didn't have a specific idea to use Braum, we just wanted to show Bard and Lux. Because a new skin is about to be released, we also wanted to show it off.
Q: Can we expect a challenge from the Phantom team?
Keria : Actually, I prefer beautiful things, with beauty as a premise.
Q: Don't you think the Phantom team is beautiful?
Keria : The Phantom team is quite cute, but I have matured now and am not very interested in such challenges.
Q: Do you have any words of praise for Oner's 1000 kills achievement?
Keria : Hyunjun has been looking very good lately. We often train 1v1 before matches, and he always performs well. So I think we should do more 1v1 practice in the future, although I usually don't like 1v1 training.
Q: Is the 1v1 practice for him, Keria?
Keria : If you want to win easily, you should continue doing this.
Q: In the last match against FOX, do you have anything to say to Duro?
Keria : I often follow the player Duro, he has been performing very well since last year. I always wondered why he wasn't in the main team, and I thought the same when he was in HLE last year. Seeing him perform excellently in FOX this time, I think he has really done a great job. Last time we met in the first round, I wasn't in my best form, which was a bit regretful. This time, I hope to have an interesting match with him. Since this is the last match before the playoffs, we will go all out and show a good performance.