Euphoria Podcast

Drakos and Caedrel are joined by Exakick and Markoon to discuss their secret to success in SK Gaming and reveal who they think will win the 2023 LEC Winter Split. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro Discussion 0:29 Welcome Exakick & Markoon 2:09 Pre-season tierlist review 2:41 Why did you decide to play in SK 5:56 What is the biggest difference in the team environment? 8:11 Exakick & Doss in LFL 10:21 No expectations 11:18 Improvements in the LEC 13:30 Process for improvement 14:34 Tempo 17:31 Overrated teams 20:01 What happened in Week 1 Review & Preview 25:45 SK vs. TH 27:00 Importance of routines 29:44 Caffeine and energy drinks 31:13 SK vs. VIT 32:08 Making comebacks happen 33:40 Closing out games 35:32 G2 vs. KOI 37:27 Prep against G2 40:35 Warding and fake warding 42:37 SK vs. MAD 46:00 Crazy jungle pathing 48:23 KOI & Malrang 51:00 Canyon influence 53:56 KOI botlane 55:55 Team game reviews 58:43 Figh

Drakos and Caedrel are joined by Mikyx and Hans Sama to talk about the results of the Group Stage and discuss the latest anime trends. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro Discussion 0:38 G2 team environment 6:40 Anime recommendations 11:32 Anime and win motivations 14:23 G2 vs. MAD 15:27 G2 playstyle 19:17 Taliyah support 21:18 Draven 23:17 Midgame strategy 24:55 Yike 28:23 Off-season scrims 29:28 Hans Sama's Rank 1 grind 34:19 Bot lane in Europe 39:38 Bot lane picks 42:10 Hans & Miky now vs. then 48:12 Gaming house lifestyle 51:30 Scrim remakes, team communications 54:53 Upcoming matches 55:02 BDS vs. AST 59:25 Who will make Top 4 1:00:42 TH vs. SK 1:02:07 Is LEC weaker or stronger this year? 1:03:49 G2 vs. KOI 1:08:23 Format change thoughts Closing 1:10:32 Outro

Caedrel and Drakos are joined by Swiffer, head coach of SK Gaming, to talk about the team's recent performance and discuss the surprising final standings of the Regular Season. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 0:58 Go-kart incident Discussions 4:32 SK 6:00 Expectations going into the split 7:31 Off-season 9:59 Tier list recap 12:45 Managing expectations 18:01 Does the new format favour rookies or veterans? 21:16 Exakick 24:54 Transitioning into Bo3s FNC & XL 26:40 Eliminated teams 27:42 FNC 33:35 What does FNC do next season? 39:42 ERL buyout 43:23 XL 46:25 Botlane stats More Discussions 51:44 Top 8 teams 52:06 KOI 54:05 KOI vs. SK match-up 59:57 Group A predictions 1:04:03 Group B predictions 1:08:13 Patch 13.1B Check out the new LEC format explainer: https://youtu.be/NAMwJNzbkNY Check out the LEC Winter schedule: https://lolesports.com/schedule?leagues=lec Follow us on socials: https://twitter.com/

Perkz joins Drakos and Caedrel to catch up on life, share insights into the new VIT roster and discuss the results of LEC Week 2. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro Discussions 1:19 What’s different this year? 4:44 Are the results expected? 9:05 Trend for more imports in the LEC? 14:31 VIT vs. G2 review 21:12 Perkz 2022 vs. 2023 24:39 Thoughts on Kobbe 25:43 Explanation on Tristana mid pick 30:37 Standings 31:01 XL 36:36 KOI 42:51 SK, BDS 45:13 Why are big name teams falling? 52:12 Upcoming schedule 54:22 Thoughts on Bo3 59:48 Thresh 1:01:56 Predictions for 9th and 10th Twitter Questions 1:04:59 Question 1 1:08:57 Wedding 1:10:01 Question 2 1:10:57 Puppy 1:15:34 Living in a gaming house Closing 1:18:28 Outro Check out the new LEC format explainer: https://youtu.be/NAMwJNzbkNY Check out the LEC Winter schedule: https://lolesports.com/schedule?leagues=lec Follow us on socials: https://twitter.com/LEC htt

Jankos joins Drakos and Caedrel to talk about his new team and shares his thoughts on the results of LEC Week 1. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro Discussion 1:04 Champions Queue 3:44 New schedules 11:29 TH 14:07 Cleaning duty 20:02 Focus for next weeks 25:36 TH botlane, social media 30:21 Standings after Week 1 35:13 G2 40:08 VIT 42:49 MAD 43:43 XL 47:43 FNC 51:36 Jhin 53:29 BDS 1:02:40 Bo3 schedule 1:06:07 Next week preview 1:06:14 G2 vs. VIT 1:12:00 KOI Closing 1:14:34 Outro Check out the new LEC format explainer: https://youtu.be/NAMwJNzbkNY Check out the LEC Winter schedule: https://lolesports.com/schedule?leagues=lec Follow us on socials: https://twitter.com/LEC https://www.instagram.com/lecofficial https://www.twitch.tv/lec https://www.tiktok.com/@lec https://discord.com/invite/lec-official

Special guests YamatoCannon and Dagda join Drakos to review and rank the rosters of FNC, VIT, MAD, AST and BDS. Part 1: https://youtu.be/zhUMSqDXv58 EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 2:46 Recap last week Deep Dive 7:47 MAD 18:41 AST 27:11 FNC 40:37 BDS 48:35 VIT 56:59 Current meta Closing 1:10:35 LEC week 1 1:15:08 Outro Check out the new LEC format explainer: https://youtu.be/NAMwJNzbkNY Follow us on socials: https://twitter.com/LEC https://www.instagram.com/lecofficial https://www.twitch.tv/lec https://www.tiktok.com/@lec https://discord.com/invite/lec-official

Drakos and Caedrel are back! In this episode, they discuss the new LEC format and review the rosters of the teams. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 4:45 Episode overview 6:15 New LEC format 18:44 What the format change means for the bottom teams Deep Dive 21:09 XL 32:08 KOI 45:04 SK 54:17 TH 1:16:45 G2 1:31:13 Twitter Questions Closing 1:36:41 Outro Check out the new LEC format explainer: https://youtu.be/NAMwJNzbkNY Follow us on socials: https://twitter.com/LEC https://www.instagram.com/lecofficial https://www.twitch.tv/lec https://www.tiktok.com/@lec https://discord.com/invite/lec-official

FINALS ARE HERE! In Divephoria Episode 4, Caedrel, Kobe, and Vedius give an in depth recap of the semifinals, share spicy hot takes, discuss the DRX Cinderella story & what it takes to win a title, and choose their picks for who takes home the hardware. This is a hefty episode, but don’t fret. The squad will warm you up with some fun facts, allow you to dive in, and leave you eager to watch the finals! Tune in this Saturday 11/5 for the FINAL matchup as T1 takes on DRX at 8PM ET // 2AM CEST. Divephoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube, Anchor and more. Make sure you pick up your worlds swag at merch.riotgames.com Skip around to your favorite parts: 00:00 - Intro, Producer is trying to find those Joggers & "that big lake" next to San Francisco 02:04 - Pre-episode primer: Vedius' fun facts, San Fran fun facts, and League fun facts 10:27 - JDG vs. T1 Recap: First few games were a slug fests, how much was bot lane decided by draft or skill, & Keria was MVP 29:12 - Caedrel's Hot Take

Episode 3 has arrived! As we head into the semifinals, Drakos, Kobe and Caedrel recap quarterfinals, talk more shop about Meta, breakdown highlight reel worthy gameplay, and get in their feels about what’s to come in the semifinals. The gang even made predictions based on dreams alone…spooky! Tune in this Saturday 10/29 for our first Semifinals match to see T1 vs JD Gaming at 2PM ET // 8PM CEST Divephoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube, Anchor and more. Make sure you pick up your worlds swag at merch.riotgames.com Skip around to your favorite parts: 00:00 - Intro - sleep issues & someone is getting a divorce 2:52 - Quarterfinal recaps: JDG’s 3-0 vs RGE, the curb your enthusiasm theme & some adaptations around the top lane matchup 9:45 - Meta Adaptations up until Semifinals - change in the bot lane, how each region experiments, how it became one of the best metas of all time. 17:01 - T1 vs RNG - feelings about the series & T1 heading into the semifinals Clip 29:00 - how annoyin

Divephoria Episode 2 is here! Atlus and Drakos are joined by Azael and Kobe to discuss the highs and lows of Week 2, overall team performance with struggles on and off the rift, Meta surprises, and looking forward to Knockouts! The squad also had a groundbreaking realization: teams deserve Grandma-level cooking to help them perform better during Worlds. Tune in Thursday for our first Quarterfinal Match as LEC's Rogue takes on LPL's JDG at 5PM ET // 11PM CEST Divephoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube, Anchor and more. Make sure you pick up your worlds swag at merch.riotgames.com Skip around to your favorite parts: 0:00 - Hello again from the Big Apple! 1:00 - Azael gets a fan-message via carrier pigeon 7:52 - TES loss & THAT bug 15:57 - RNG playing from isolation, performance breakdowns, ups and downs 19:55 - The struggles of international international events & needing Grandmas cooking 23:49 - Low Western performance, old and new stars & developing super teams 36:31 - Biggest

Divephoria is back for Worlds 2022! Caedrel and Drakos are joined by Azael to discuss big-picture reactions and predictions, Worlds Meta, and their picks for the tournament. Most importantly, they’ve all learned a valuable lesson so far in this tournament: you need the lows to appreciate the highs. x Make sure you check out all the Worlds Merch available at merch.riotgames.com Send in your question for next week’s episode! The Group stage continues Thursday October 13th with FNC vs. C9 Game 1 at 3PM ET // 9PM CEST Skip around to your favorite parts: 0:00 - Intro, hello from Gotham Studios & beautiful NYC! 2:55 - LEC overperforming, FNC going huge, Humanoid having the tournament of his life & doubting Rogue 11:45 - The NA elephant in the room 15:45 - What it means to be an LCS fan & why Azael keeps coming back 23:25 - Have your tournament favorites changed? 32:25 - Why isn’t LEC in discussion for top 3 considering performance? 34:47 - Rogue’s priority on early game ADC / Are they too easy to read? 39:12 -

Directly after the LEC Summer Finals in Malmö, Drakos and Caedrel talk to Trymbi about how he is feeling. Skip around to your favorite parts: 0:00 Intro 2:43 Malmö stage, not playing in Berlin 4:56 Trash talk, interacting with the live crowd during the games 8:57 Fans 11:53 Emotions 13:29 Worlds 14:41 Picks during the series 18:48 Final words

Odoamne and Larssen join Drakos and Caedrel to discuss the results of Playoffs Round 2 and to talk about the upcoming roadshow at Malmö. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Welcome 2:29 RGE narratives G2 vs. RGE 8:03 Match-up review 9:33 Losing scrims 12:08 What does RGE need to fix? 16:56 Seraphine + Senna 23:06 Mid lane Varus 28:39 What happened in Game 3? FNC 35:23 Match-up review 39:00 What changed for FNC in Playoffs? 40:28 Bot lane match-up vs. FNC 42:20 EUphoria MVP Discussion 44:59 Malrang's jungle picks 47:00 Other regions 49:12 Upcoming match-ups 50:06 Odo's thoughts on MVP 54:59 Malmö 1:01:11 Shoes vs. No Shoes

Drakos and Caedrel are joined by Flakked and BrokenBlade to discuss the results of Playoffs Round 1. They also reveal the origin story of a hand sign that has taken G2 by storm. Skip around to your favorite parts: 00:00 Intro 02:41 Besties BB and Flakked 05:18 Dessert day 07:14 Playoffs R1 recap 09:35 XL vs. FNC series 13:59 FNC draft 16:35 G2 vs. MSF series 18:52 Game 2 draft 21:21 LPL, LCK meta 25:03 Ornn 26:38 First Herald 28:45 G2 botlane 30:52 Teamfight meta 36:22 Flakked growth this year 40:09 LEC botlanes 43:21 FNC vs. MSF preview 49:00 MAD vs. RGE series recap 50:55 Caitlyn 54:25 Jarvan, Malrang 56:18 G2 vs. RGE preview 57:35 Top matchup 1:00:11 Bot matchup 1:01:55 Most OP strat + origin story of the wiggle hand sign 1:05:44 Who will be in the Finals? 1:07:15 MAD 1:08:27 Worlds 1:09:57 EUphoria MVP 1:13:37 Outro

Vedius, Caedrel and Drakos discuss the upcoming Playoffs match-ups and catch up with Razork and Comp. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:11 Regular Split Final Standings 00:03:03 VIT eulogy 00:04:39 AST eulogy 00:05:44 SK eulogy 00:07:07 VIT 00:13:59 LEC All-Pro Team 00:20:33 Nisqy 00:31:08 Personal MVP frontrunner XL vs. FNC 00:35:16 Interview w/ Razork 00:36:08 Playing under pressure 00:37:36 Making Playoffs 00:39:09 Zeri 00:40:11 FNC behind the scenes 00:41:48 Mental 00:43:51 Playoffs matches 00:45:51 XL vs. FNC 00:48:18 Finn vs. Wunder 00:50:30 Humanoid 00:55:45 XL vs. FNC matches in reg season 00:57:18 Patrick vs. Upset 00:58:58 Predictions MAD vs. RGE 01:03:00 MAD vs. RGE 01:06:14 RGE during regular split 01:08:51 Larssen 01:10:25 Meta 01:11:02 MAD's problem 01:12:34 Interview w/ Comp 01:12:49 Match vs. MAD 01:15:49 Your/RGE performance so far 01:19:55 Scariest team in Playoffs 01:21:11 Finals opponent 01:22:06 Going to Worlds 01:24:06 MAD predictable? 01:25:45 Predicti

Caedrel and Drakos are joined by Neon to talk about the Playoffs race and the latest with Misfits. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Welcome 3:36 Bo1 5:45 Thoughts on RGE Week 7 12:35 Week 7 review 12:50 AST 16:02 Twitch + Pyke against Zeri 19:20 XL, Nilah 26:24 G2 vs. FNC 33:57 Will AST make Playoffs? 35:44 Draven itemization 37:29 EUphoria MVP (Part 1) 37:59 G2 botlane 39:54 Who's the best botlane? 44:37 EUphoriva MVP (Part 2) 46:55 Twitch + Yuumi Misfits 51:01 News of the sale 53:14 Growth of Irrelevant 55:15 Vetheo and Neon 1:01:20 MSF coaching staff Week 8 1:04:00 Upcoming match-ups

Alphari joins Drakos and Caedrel to talk about Team Vitality and their race to Playoffs. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Show start Discussion 3:26 Week 6 4:28 BB Irelia 6:33 Haru 9:25 Finn vs. Alphari 11:48 Keeping momemtum 13:57 AST drafting scaling 18:17 Trymbi red side support picks 19:40 Vi 23:35 Communication in VIT 29:14 Strategy for managing comms 34:47 2017 MSF 37:33 MAD 42:59 Importance of early game with the new patch 47:16 Nilah 48:27 FNC 56:52 Top 6 predictions 57:35 G2 1:04:00 EUphoria MVP 1:08:55 Ranking the top laners

Drakos and Caedrel discuss the current state of the meta, the results of Week 5 and the news of LEC getting another slot at Worlds. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 1:29 XL bet resolve Meta 3:36 Meta discussion 9:04 Where is the meta heading to? Last Week 14:11 FNC 15:42 XL vs. FNC 19:09 RGE vs. FNC 21:12 Sejuani 24:59 MSF 29:30 Taric jungle 32:32 EUphoria MVP Worlds 2022 34:42 Worlds dates and seeding 39:50 Expectations for EU Closing 51:15 BDS 53:50 Upcoming match-ups 57:53 Nilah 1:03:51 Patch changes

Jankos joins Drakos and Caedrel to talk about the current state of G2. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: 0:00 Intro 0:57 G2 0-4 streak 5:35 What went wrong? 8:03 MAD playstyle 10:27 G2 meta read and draft 14:39 Week 3 to 4 17:14 Current standings 21:16 Upsets in Week 4 23:36 Teams falling apart in Playoffs 30:29 Jankos' mental 34:10 G2 over the years, Perkz 38:19 Roccat, H2K 41:29 Communication, shotcalling 45:27 Goals for the future 50:06 Expectations 53:57 Who will not make Playoffs? 58:36 EUphoria MVP 1:01:04 Shoes or no shoes 1:04:06 Last words 1:06:04 Outro

Caedrel and Drakos talk about the break week, discuss the current state of League and answer your Twitter questions. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Start of show 2:42 Life updates 4:07 Bet resolve Week 3 Recap 5:56 Start of segment 9:17 Most competitive LEC season ever? 19:43 LCK, LPL run down 22:49 Development after break week 26:35 Delayed patch & Keria Yasuo bot lane 32:13 Bel'Veth Twitter Questions 34:24 Questions 53:48 Caedrel's performance on Pop Quiz Next Week 58:03 Week 4 58:18 EUphoria MVP 59:10 Upcoming games