“What We Show So Far Is Not Our Level.”

We caught up with the Dignitas help after the Cloud9 sport to speak about his return to LCS, the brand new workforce surroundings and his private objectives for Summer season.

After their tenth-place end in Spring, Dignitas got here into the 2023 LCS Summer season searching for redemption. One of many two strikes they made within the offseason was importing Lee “Wealthy” Jae-won from LPL, and the opposite was selling David “Diamond” Bérubé from their Challengers squad.

Initially a product of Cloud9 Academy, discovered plenty of success within the North American tier-two ecosystem. Sadly, his first stint within the LCS wasn’t as profitable, lacking the playoffs in each splits he performed with FlyQuest again in 2021. Since then, Diamond has been again within the Academy, and NACL, ready for one more likelihood to show himself. He bought his shot this Summer season on Dignitas, to not point out he bought the chance to play alongside his long-time bot lane companion, Frank “Tomo” Lam.

Our interview with Diamond was completed after their second sport of the Summer season Break up, a defeat in opposition to Cloud9 following their loss to Evil Geniuses on the opening day.

We put up a combat, however the sport wasn’t ours. 😔

GG @C9LoL! pic.twitter.com/4i8cwn0A0j

— Dignitas LoL (@DignitasLoL) June 15, 2023

Diamond returned to the LCS after spending the final yr and a half within the Academy

It has been some time because you final performed within the LCS. It’s good to see you come to the stage. How is it been thus far?

“0-2 thus far, so not the perfect. But it surely’s nonetheless enjoyable to lastly get to play on a stage. Academy doesn’t play on a stage… So, it’s enjoyable.”

Such as you mentioned, not the most well liked begin. How does the workforce really feel in regards to the previous two video games?

“I feel the primary sport we form of had the traditional. We play actually aggressive within the scrims however after we go on stage we don’t do something. I feel that made the primary sport actually onerous. At this time we really performed a bit higher, nevertheless it was in opposition to C9. We made some errors round our early opener like we pushed bot with no imaginative and prescient, then we bought dove when our jungler left. So it was form of onerous. However I’m extra joyful about at present than yesterday. I suppose we bought that going, slowly enhancing.”

On the subject, I needed to ask in regards to the scrims. The league bought delayed as a result of walkout, have been the scrims affected by it? Had been you scrimming in the course of the walkout?

“The scrims have been the identical, we performed them. However I feel some groups took an extended break. Particularly people who went to MSI, they took like a few days’ break in the course of the walkout. However for the opposite groups it was the identical, we simply performed extra.”

The stale bot lane meta isn’t the perfect match for the Dignitas duo

Slightly bit about your teammates. After all, you might be one of many new additions to the workforce, you’re not a stranger to everybody, you performed loads with Tomo up to now. You have been one of many higher bot lanes within the Academy, how do you suppose you stack up within the LCS?

“I feel we’re a middle-of-the-pack bot lane within the LCS. We play rather well in some matchups 2v2. We didn’t get to point out that but as a result of we’ve been enjoying some cringe lanes thus far, the meta is… I imply… Simply Lulu and Yuumi, stuff like that. I really bought to play Thresh at present, however we didn’t get to lane very a lot. So, I feel me and Tomo will do effectively. What we present thus far isn’t our stage. As soon as meta modifications to one thing extra skillful, I feel it is going to be good for us.”

Do you suppose the meta will change with 13.12, with Yuumi nerfs? Is Yuumi lastly lifeless?

“I feel Yuumi goes to be loads worse. I don’t know if she goes to be lifeless, I hope she is. Zeri is unquestionably not what she was. Perhaps one other construct pops out, however I hope not as a result of that champion may be very annoying. However I hope this meta modifications and I get to play Thresh, Rakan and extra of that stuff than Yuumi, Lulu and Milio each sport.”

Again to the workforce, one other huge signing for Dignitas was Wealthy. There aren’t that many groups within the LCS with only one Korean on the roster with out one other participant to possibly assist with the transition. How is he adapting to the surroundings, is he snug speaking in English?

“His English is ok, I suppose it’s playable. He’s doing English classes on daily basis and he’s getting loads higher. For me, it’s straightforward to know him as a result of my first language isn’t English. So I can see the errors he makes, I can relate to him. Generally he has some in-depth issues he needs to clarify, so we now have a Korean supervisor who helps with translating tougher stuff, however in any other case, he’s high-quality.”

Taking part in to be remembered

Slightly bit about you in the course of the Summer season Break up, what are your objectives for the break up, not for Dignitas however private objectives?

“My final LCS season was actually dangerous, so I actually wish to make this yet one more memorable. On the finish of the day, some folks don’t notice however all the professional gamers you see on the LCS, whether or not they’re good or not, it’s their desires to be right here. As a result of it’s not straightforward to be right here. It’s our dream to be right here, and we would like it to be memorable for the remainder of our lives. So for me, I simply wish to do in addition to I can. Be revered. And if I’ve to finish my profession on that, I’ll nonetheless be joyful. If I can preserve going and preserve getting higher, I’ll even be joyful. Clearly, there may be extra than simply being right here. It’s a must to be actually good and preserve enhancing. However I’m nonetheless joyful to be right here.”

In contrast to that FlyQuest roster, you have got much more skilled gamers round you now. What sort of distinction does that make for you?

“It’s good and it’s dangerous. It’s onerous to get by skilled gamers generally. They’ve totally different mindsets and powerful concepts. For me, it’s simpler to work with rookies as a result of I may also help them they usually respect me extra. With veterans, it’s generally onerous to get revered. My workforce clearly respects me, however you continue to must earn it and it generally takes longer. I wish to be a much bigger voice within the workforce to see if I can, and get higher to allow them to belief me extra. That’s the place I’m attempting to get to. It’s not even essentially my teammates, it’s extra me being as much as par to allow them to belief me to win the sport all the time.”

Earlier than we finish, who’s your championship favourite?

“C9 simply beat us, so I’ll say C9. if this was yesterday I’d say Immortals. Joking apart, Cloud9 will in all probability win Summer season.”

Dignitas began the opening week of the LCS Summer season Break up with two losses. Their subsequent likelihood to get a victory might be tomorrow when Diamond and Dignitas go up in opposition to Evil Geniuses, who had a scorching debut on Day 1.

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