We were given the opportunity to have an interview with ADD, one of the lead players who drove the team to its victory against Afreeca Freecs.

Even with Jarvan 4, who is a somewhat unpopular champion in the pro league nowadays, he claimed that he was confident with his role as a top laner and managed to produce many instances of superb teamwork with his teammates. Let’s see what this Most Valuable Player has to say.

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Q. Did you predict the outcome of the match against Afreeca Freecs?

Afreeca Freecs is not a team we could’ve predicted we’d win against, so we decided to do our best instead. I personally prepared Jarvan 4 so I was confident about laning on the top lane.

Q. What are the reasons that lead you to pick Jarvan 4? We would like to know how long you prepared with this champion as well.

I do not usually spend much time on preparation. I just selected him after a couple of practice rounds and thought he would be good.

I believe that his strength comes from how he’s a bit ambiguous. He’s not worth spending your ban card on. Also, compared to Camille’s ult, where the opponent is trapped and has to either kill or be killed, Jarvan’s ult can be evaded by flash or other evasive skills, but it’s still good for destroying the opponent’s camp and for interrupting follow-ups.

Q. There will be many players picking Jarvan in solo-ranked today. Do you have any advice for them?

I don’t think he is a decent champion, but I won’t stop you from choosing him. But I do recommend selecting him only after seeing what the opponent picks, as you will upset yourself if it’s a champion with a good evasive skill such as Vayne, Ezreal, or Zed in the mid lane for example.

Q. What do you think is the reason why MVP fights so well in teamfights?

Even though we see teamfights from different perspectives, we expect to win them in the end. A few things we do are paying attention to the calls the opponent makes and counting the cooldown on their summoner spells; I think these lead us to have better results.

Q. We saw great teamwork during the match, and wondered if you guys do the same in real life.

we always have different views, especially with choosing what to eat. For instance, when someone says chicken, the other says pizza, and when someone says to order and eat it inside, the other says to eat outside. So we basically have very different opinions about things outside of the game.

Q. Before the match, you greeted the opposing team and shook each other’s hands. How did you feel about it?

We felt puzzled when we shook each other's hands, but it will be serve as good practice if we go to the LoL world championship. IF we manage to go.

Q. Why did you fail the weight gaining plan during the offseason?

I think that I don’t eat regularly so I gain and lose weight quite frequently. I’m not picky about what I eat, I just don’t eat much, even with really tasty food. So that’s why I don’t gain weight I suppose.

Q. If so, what are your usual eating habits like?

I have some time to have breakfast when I wake up but I don’t bother eating it. But I eat the dinner that the auntie makes for us and usually order food and have it inside or go out to eat. The max number of meals per day is two, so it just helps me maintain my weight in the end.

Q. In the past, a camera caught you browsing the Inven website before the match. Do you browse the website often?

There are a lot of interesting things to have a look at on Inven and that’s where I researched Jarvan 4. Top Nunu, which has been going viral nowadays, seems to be another interesting one to go for, but I can’t use it in the pro league. But I’m still skimming through the website to see if there’s any fun strategy that may work in the pro league.

Q. Did you find that strategy from the Top page then?

Yes. The one who posted the top nunu claimed that he used this strategy to get to challenger in NA, so it must be pretty legitimate; it’s like how stuff gets acknowledgement from some sort of Food & Drug Administration.

Q. You use various poses in front of a camera, and you did a hair loss laser pose this time. Why did you do so?

The idea of this hair loss laser meme that I saw on the other community website came up in my mind, so I just did it.

Q. Do you have any pledge to make if MVP enters the final?

It’s better to think about that after we beat KT and manage to enter the finals. As the saying goes: “Don’t whistle until you are out of the wood.”

Q. Lastly, please share a few words with the fans and Inven users.

Thank you to the fans who cheer for us, and to those of the Inven website who give complementary and criticizing messages to us. However, many pro players see these messages so I would like you to not cross the line please. The website seems pretty clean nowadays and it would be good if it would maintain as it is. Once again, thank you for all your support and interest in us.