Euphoria Podcast

Drakos and Caedrel have a chat with Odoamne and Upset about their recent and upcoming match-ups. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00​ Intro 0:58 No more Ender Looking Back 1:41 FNC vs. SK series 2:23 SK 5:55 FNC 7:25 Tank Bwipo 8:41 Hylissang's favourite statistic 10:00 Upset and his supports 11:15 S04 vs. G2 14:18 Darius pick 15:49 Upcoming matches 16:42 Which team has the better topside meta read? Interview w/ Odoamne 18:59 Welcome Odoamne 19:05 Do you like your title "The Weak Side King"? 22:19 What happened in the series against MAD? 27:40 Stage Issue, dealing with the loss against MAD 30:55 "MAD were not better than us." 34:04 Your thoughts on the current meta? 38:44 Your prediction for the upcoming matches? Looking Forward 41:27 Start of segment 41:38 G2 vs. MAD series this week 42:21 How good are MAD? 44:59 New form of MAD? 48:10 MAD botlane 49:53 G2 at 50% strength? Interview w/ Upset 53:37 Welcome Upse

Drakos, Caedrel and Ender discuss the Playoffs format, impact of returning to stage and make their predictions for the upcoming match-ups. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro General Discussion 1:44 Should there be more teams in the LEC 9:15 Returning to stage 16:17 Pre-game routines 19:42 Twitter question 1 FNC vs. SK 26:26 Start of discussion 26:53 Twitter question 2 29:24 Is SK the weakest team in Playoffs? 32:03 How could SK win? 36:38 Twitter question 3 37:02 Can FNC recover 40:43 Final predictions G2 vs. S04 42:34 Start of discussion 44:32 Ender's prediction and narrative 46:07 Will the new patch help S04 49:32 Having two weeks to experiment, adapt and change RGE vs. MAD 52:44 Start of discussion 55:35 MAD and throwing games 1:00:32 Reading the meta 1:03:39 Top and bot gap 1:05:19 Dark horse of this week 1:06:52 Final predictions Closing 1:07:11 Non-EUphoria bet between Ender and Caedrel 1:09:01 Ou

Drakos, Caedrel and Ender resolve the fish sauce bet, give out their eulogy to the bottom teams and discuss their contenders for the upcoming award season. Featuring a special segment with an in-depth look into S04's scrimming culture. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro LEC Quiz 1:12 Fish sauce bet explanation 2:54 Question 1 5:52 Question 2 7:40 Question 3 9:15 Question 4 10:37 Question 5 12:21 Question 6 14:16 Question 7 15:43 Question 8 18:05 Question 9 19:22 Question 10 EU-logy 21:47 Start of segment 23:41 AST 24:48 MSF 25:57 XL 28:03 Which roster do you have the most faith in? 29:05 Does XL require a roster change? 32:13 S04 32:46 VIT & AST Special Segment: S04's Scrimming Culture 36:18 Special segment Awards 57:55 Start of segment 58:10 Rookie of the Split 1:03:31 Coaching Staff of the Split 1:07:34 All-Pro 1:16:06 Best NA Import 1:16:56 MVP Closing 1:21:55 Overall thoughts on Playoffs 1:24:34 Pin

Bwipo joins us on the show to talk about the current state of his lane, the latest with Fnatic and rate the top laners in the LEC. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro Last Week Recap 0:35 Start of segment 0:44 MSF 8:00 G2 vs. RGE 12:23 Green smite, green wards, sightstones 15:16 Technical difficulties 16:19 SK 18:13 VIT 19:00 SK Interview w/ Bwipo 20:42 Welcome Bwipo 20:53 What are your thoughts on SK? 22:14 This year's FNC bot lane compared to last year 23:49 How do you feel about FNC's development? 26:25 How are the comms behind the scenes? 28:37 Is this your favourite kind of meta? 30:42 How do you prepare mentally when facing challenging teams? 33:02 Are you the new face of Fnatic and do you feel that pressure? 36:16 Has the growth of your career exceed your expectations? 38:43 What is your end goal? 41:10 Fnatic's team culture and contributions from Bwipo and Hylissang 43:58 What is happening in top la

Drakos and Caedrel talk about MSI, Playoffs and review some of the most hype plays from last week. Featuring an interview with TynX and Treatz from SK. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 0:39 Thank you 1:36 MSI Announcement 4:13 Changes to the MSI format Is It Illegal? 7:35 Start of segment 8:27 Clip 1 10:48 Clip 2 13:27 Clip 3 16:24 Clip 4 Interview w/ TynX & Treatz 19:34 Welcome 19:44 How does it feel to be in third place? 20:47 What is different about SK's environment? 21:59 Dynamic between coach and players 22:54 Difference between NA and EU scrim culture 24:47 Support jungle synergy 25:36 Is jungle diff support diff? 27:35 Jungle proximity and playing with the ADC 28:36 Ranged supports making a comeback? 30:12 How Treatz finds engages 31:49 Who are the teams to beat? Race To Playoffs 34:59 Start of segment 35:21 XL 41:13 S04 48:40 MSF Week 7 Preview 55:56 Start of segment 56:09 RGE vs. G2 59:56 RGE

Ender joins Caedrel and Drakos on the show to update the tier list and predict which teams will make Playoffs. Featuring a special interview with Duke. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 2:57 Last week recap 3:04 Curse of Sjokz Mid-Split Tier List 6:33 Start of segment 7:24 Caedrel's old tier list 9:31 Twitter ranking list 10:19 Current standings 10:52 AST 15:41 SK 20:13 VIT 21:45 XL 27:00 MSF 30:53 S04 34:34 MAD 37:02 RGE 40:43 FNC 43:49 G2 46:55 Overview Interview w/ Duke 47:30 Start of segment 47:37 How is VIT doing? 48:23 Are you seeing progress in the VIT line-up? 50:07 What do you do as coach when the confidence is broken? 53:33 Effect of Crownshot joining the team 56:05 VIT's ambitions for this split and season? Closing 58:23 Patch 11.4 1:00:27 Is jungle now balanced? 1:01:38 A new bet with fishy stakes 1:03:23 Playoffs predictions 1:03:56 Drakos' predictions 1:04:49 Enders' predictions 1:05:15 Cae

Caedrel and Drakos chat to Larssen about Rogue, his career and his list of top five midlaners. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro Hot Wings Bet Resolve 2:48 Start of segment 3:17 Rules 4:32 AST vs. S04 6:06 SK vs. VIT 7:15 VIT vs. XL 8:12 MSF vs. AST 8:48 G2 vs. MSF 9:18 MAD vs. S04 10:14 RGE vs. MAD 10:53 SK vs. FNC 11:42 FNC vs. XL 12:21 RGE vs. G2 12:52 Milk Interview w/ Larssen 13:29 Welcome 14:17 What happened with G2 vs. RGE? 15:06 Draft of G2 17:27 What did RGE struggle with? 19:06 What does RGE have to do to beat G2? 20:33 Development of Trymbi 22:56 Did other RGE players mentor Trymbi? 24:16 Caedrel and Larssen's history 26:06 When did Larssen start playing LoL? 28:44 How did you rise so quickly to the LEC? 31:00 Ninjas In Pyjamas roster 31:51 Finishing school or playing in the LEC? 33:48 How good was Caedrel at his peak? 34:41 Did Caedrel become a caster at the right time? 35:50 Legend of the Sca

Carzzy and Kaiser join us on the show to test out their botlane synergy in our special segment of the week, Duo Queue. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 0:29 Recap of Week 3 0:53 G2 vs. FNC 2:04 S04 hype train? 5:33 Rogue’s drafts 10:43 G2 packet loss 11:19 MagiFelix Duo Queue w/ Carzzy + Kaiser 14:20 Start of segment 15:36 Introduce one another 17:09 Round 1 24:13 Round 2 46:50 Leaderboard 47:40 Anime 50:44 Team atmosphere Closing 52:50 Week 4 preview 53:24 Mutually agreed destruction bet

Drakos and Caedrel invite Inspired, Jankos and Selfmade to talk about all things jungle. Featuring our new special segment: Role Call. A round table discussion focused around a specific role in the game. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro Week 2 Recap: Legal or Illegal? 1:13 Start of segment 2:04 Mundo jungle 3:18 Urgot jungle 4:54 Odoamne winning every lane by 50 CS 6:46 Alphari 7:33 Broken Blade vs. G2 10:08 Udyr 11:01 XL Role Call: Jungle 13:25 Welcome 13:53 Ice breakers 14:19 Best jungler in Europe? 16:26 Most likely to miss a skillshot on a stunned target? 18:16 Most likely to miss a smite in Game 5? 19:57 Most toxic in SoloQ? 22:13 How good is the current jungle? 22:59 Current state of the jungle 25:33 Best jungle meta? 26:22 Evelynn pick by Selfmade 27:02 What is your most favourite meta? 30:00 Tank vs. Carry Jungle 31:18 What would you change? 33:19 Goredrinker 35:31 Lethality items 37:58 SoloQ in

Drakos and Caedrel resolve the spicy bet, read the best Twitter overreactions and catch up with the rookies: Czekolad and Elyoya. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 0:34 Spicy bet resolve 9:43 Updates to Caedrel’s tier list Week 1 Twitter Overreactions 12:35 Start of segment 13:08 Tweet 1 13:32 Tweet 2 16:02 Tweet 3 20:58 Tweet 4 25:32 Tweet 5 29:51 Tweet 6 32:07 Tweet 7 Chatting With The Rookies: Czekolad 32:32 Welcome 33:20 How was your first week in the LEC? 34:28 Meditation before games 35:49 Do you want to play carry mids? 36:51 What is the current meta? 37:59 Scrim performance vs. stage performance 39:22 Personal ambitions 41:09 Expectations when you first became a pro 43:26 Predictions Chatting With The Rookies: Elyoya 46:13 Welcome 46:43 How was your first week? 47:29 Pressure 47:56 Current jungle meta 48:46 Have you experienced this amount of pressure before? 49:56 Successor of Shadow? 51:13 How

EUphoria is back! With the LEC just around the corner, we say goodbye to Froskurinn and welcome our new host to the show. Featuring our new special segment: DuoQueue. An ultimate quiz show to determine how much synergy Mikyx has with his new botlaner, Rekkles. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Goodbye Frosk 1:02 Intro 1:21 Welcoming our new host Off-Season Rundown 4:12 Start of segment 7:58 SK Gaming 10:08 Astralis DuoQueue: Mikyx & Rekkles 16:52 Start of segment 18:06 Round 1 22:07 Round 2 34:13 Round 3 41:18 Final score 41:59 How is Rekkles doing? 43:38 Week 1 predictions Tier List: Caedrel vs. The World 44:01 Start of segment 44:26 Twitter rankings 44:55 Caedrel’s tier list 45:38 MAD 48:00 VIT 51:57 S04 55:22 XL 59:40 Astralis 1:01:32 FNC 1:02:50 MSF 1:06:23 RGE 1:09:16 G2 1:10:08 SK 1:10:35 Summary Closing 1:11:24 Spicy bet

In this final episode for Worlds, Drakos and Froskurinn discuss the results of the Semifinals and say goodbye to G2 Esports. Featuring a special interview by Laure Valée with Mikyx. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Semifinals Review → 0:00 Intro → 0:58 SN vs. TES → 4:21 Every series has its own meta → 6:05 Suning's development → 7:38 Jackeylove → 13:00 Ezreal → 16:12 Bin vs. 369 → 18:19 Champion diversity → 19:38 Difference between Knight & Rookie → 21:06 Observations and concerns for Suning → 22:01 DWG vs. G2 → 24:46 Fan sentiments → 25:52 Press conference question 1 → 26:38 G2's tricks did not work on Damwon → 28:28 Press conference question 2 → 30:23 Summary → 32:28 Why SN spammed G2 emotes Interview w/ Mikyx → 33:43 Welcome → 33:51 Thoughts about the series → 35:30 How did you prep against Damwon? → 36:13 G2's development throughout the tournament → 37:19 What did you learn at Worlds this year? → 38:20 The role of suppo

A heartbreaking loss for Fnatic. A bot lane to remember. A convincing victory for G2 Esports. Those were the results from the Quarterfinals and Drakos and Froskurinn are here to discuss it all. Featuring a special interview with Perkz. Find the upcoming EUphoria schedule here: https://twitter.com/LEC/status/1311319901878079488 EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Quarterfinals Review → 0:00 Intro → 0:48 Thoughts on the Quarterfinals → 2:15 LCK's performance → 2:54 Thoughts on the Worlds format → 4:41 The LCK narrative → 9:06 Does clean gameplay equal good gameplay? → 11:49 How do you determine the most optimal play? → 15:09 Learning the rules to break the rules EUphoria → 16:33 FNC vs. TES → 22:05 A bot lane to remember → 26:23 Feeling of EUphoria → 28:36 Toxicity in social media → 32:18 G2 Esports → 33:15 Deft → 35:31 Rumors surrounding MAD → 37:31 Throwback to a great quote from Mac Interview w/ Perkz → 38:24 Welcome → 38:2

Group Stage is over. We say goodbye to Rogue, while Fnatic and G2 make it out alive. Drakos and Froskurinn share their thoughts on the games so far and make their predictions for the upcoming Quarterfinals matchups. Featuring a special interview with Bwipo by Laure Valée. Find the upcoming EUphoria schedule here: https://twitter.com/LEC/status/1311319901878079488 EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Rest In Peace → 0:00 Intro → 1:19 Shoutout to NA → 3:21 TSM → 6:37 TL → 8:26 Region Tier List → 12:26 RGE → 15:04 UOL → 16:02 LGD Interview w/ Bwipo → 17:25 Welcome → 17:32 Reflection on Fnatic’s performance so far → 18:07 Fnatic’s prep for Week 2 of Groups → 18:56 Surprising performance in the Group of Death → 20:17 Impact of quarantine on Fnatic → 21:27 Bwipo’s thoughts on other top laners → 22:30 Bwipo has the biggest damage share among Fnatic players → 23:48 Does the current meta suit FNC → 26:58 Top lane meta and Bwipo’s picks

Following the conclusion of Week 1 of Groups, Drakos and Froskurinn analyse the results and refine their predictions. Featuring a special interview by Laure Valée with Jankos. Find the upcoming EUphoria schedule here: https://twitter.com/LEC/status/1311319901878079488 EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: BS or Big Brain → 0:38 Introduction of the segment → 1:15 Is 2020 the return of LCK dominance? → 3:20 What is the criteria for judging regional dominance? → 7:50 Does LPL currently have regional dominance? → 12:50 NA LUL → 13:25 Frosk’s take on NA’s performance → 15:51 TL vs. G2 thoughts Interview w/ Jankos → 24:09 Welcome → 24:19 Any words to Frosk and Drakos? → 24:57 What went wrong? → 27:21 Early game and the current jungling meta → 29:56 How open is the meta? → 31:48 How is it like to play on the stage again? → 33:35 Scrims in China → 35:54 EU’s room for improvement Interview Summary → 37:34 Thoughts Who Makes It Out → 4

EUphoria is back for Worlds! In this week's episode, Drakos and Frosk share their thoughts on Mad Lions' performance and discuss Europe's prospects in the Group Stage. Featuring a special interview by Quickshot with Mac, the Head Coach of Mad Lions. Find the upcoming EUphoria schedule here: https://twitter.com/LEC/status/1311319901878079488 EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening Segment → 01:12 Play-Ins Overview → 01:31 The Good → 04:39 The Bad → 07:26 Thoughts on Mad Lions → 13:39 The Good → 14:26 Why LPL Teams Are So Volatile → 17:12 The Value of Stage Experience Quickshot Interviews Mac → 20:45 Welcome → 21:06 How is the team dealing with the defeat? → 22:20 How would you address the public sentiment? → 24:15 The pressure of Worlds and quarantine? → 27:43 What is your reflection of the year? → 29:42 How proud are you of the team? → 31:10 How do you feel about the success of Mad Lions? → 34:47 Expectations for G2, FNC

Following a defeat to FNC for the first time in years, G2’s Perkz joins Drakos and Froskurinn on the last episode of the season to offer his thoughts on the match, and how G2 is preparing for the Semifinals and Finals this weekend. Keep on the lookout for updates for future EUphoria Episodes on the @LEC twitter account. Enjoy the finals, and we’ll see you soon! Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening Segment → 1:13 S04 vs. MAD → 4:28 RGE vs. MAD → 8:36 MAD in Worlds Play-In → 11:50 Quarantine → 12:23 FNC vs. G2 Interview w/ Perkz → 17:14 Welcome Perkz! → 18:09 What happened against FNC? → 26:20 Team atmosphere after the series → 31:00 Thoughts on the current bot lane meta → 35:42 Do you miss mid lane? → 38:47 RGE vs. G2 → 45:29 Level of LEC this year → 48:46 Impact of COVID-19 Ending Segment → 51:56 Summary → 56:27 Predictions Bonus Segment → 01:05:07 Chill Corner

Caedrel is back, and joins us to talk about the differences between Carry and Tank Jungling, as well as Early Game vs. Farming Jungling, as it applies to the teams entering Week 2 of Playoffs. Plus, EnderPogchamp: Ender fills in for Drakos on this week’s show! Look out for us on your lunch break, Thursdays at 12pm CET; we’re available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube, and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening Segment → 0:00 Intro → 1:10 FNC vs. RGE → 2:37 S04 vs. SK → 5:02 What makes S04 so good? Interview w/ Caedrel → 9:09 Welcome → 10:32 Carry Jungle vs. Tank Jungle → 18:04 Early Game Jungle vs. Farming Jungle → 23:47 Is playing for early game risky? → 26:13 Rogue → 28:14 Rogue’s draft and execution → 39:33 Predictions → 40:50 How far can S04 go? → 41:21 Stage vs. Home Final Segment → 43:36 Summary → 44:01 MAD vs. S04 → 50:14 FNC vs. G2

SK, S04, FNC, G2, MAD, and RGE start their climb towards the LEC Summer 2020 this week, and G2’s Jankos joins the podcast to talk through how G2 is prepping for the games and offer his thoughts on the other teams he will be facing. You can find Drakos’ and Frosk’s Playoff Predictions on twitter, here: https://twitter.com/LEC/status/1296387581505142784 Producer’s Note: Looks like we were so excited to be back, that we misnumbered this as Episode 9 instead of Episode 8 during recording. Don’t worry, you haven’t missed anything! EUphoria releases on Thursdays at 12pm CET; we’re available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube, and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Show Open → 00:00 - Introduction → 00:45 - We released a rap battle! → 03:09 - The S04 Miracle Run → 06:38 - Eulogies for the Lost Teams → 07:13 - Non-scripted That’s F*****g Dumb, Producer Panics → 07:37 - That’s ASMR Dumb, ft. Froskurinn → 08:57 - The Eulogies Continue → 14:29 - Love for Caedrel and LEC’s Writer, Even Jankos In

Heading into the last week of the regular season, Finn joins the show to discuss Rogue’s playstyle, and give his predictions on who will be making playoffs. Last week, we did not release our recorded episode of EUphoria. You can find the interviews we recorded with Amazing and Crownshot released now on Youtube, and wherever you listen to the EUphoria Podcast. EUphoria moves to a new time in Season 5. Look out for us on your lunch break, Thursdays at 12pm CET; we’re available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube, and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening Segment → 0:00 Intro → 0:51 State of the League → 2:28 Are OG and FNC dying? → 3:02 FNC and G2 → 6:58 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly Interview w/ Finn → 7:31 Welcome → 8:17 Trash talking → 8:51 Is Rogue a forgotten team? → 10:13 Rogue’s style in comparison to G2 and MAD → 11:28 Experimenting different picks → 14:28 Finn’s Illaoi → 17:11 Rogue’s drafting techniques → 19:05 Why Rogue has struggled against G2 and MAD → 23:13 Rogue in a