Euphoria Podcast

Amazing joined us before Week 7 to give us insights on MSF behind-the-scenes, in our unreleased episode. 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: → 0:00 Welcome → 0:38 Behind the scenes at MSF → 3:12 Solving clash of playstyles? → 5:02 Ambitions and expectations for MSF → 6:00 Goals for the roster → 9:30 Doss vs. Denyk situation → 13:39 SK vs. MSF

Prior to Week 7, Crownshot joined us to provide his insights on SK’s run towards playoffs and his long term goals, in our unreleased episode. 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: → 0:00 Welcome →1:09 SK’s thoughts for Playoffs →2:17 Long term goals for Crownshot →3:25 Who does SK have to beat? →5:52 Personal philosophies of Crownshot →11:00 SK vs. RGE

Bwipo joins the EUphoria Podcast to discuss the recent performance of FNC in the LEC, and how the team can move forward in the last seven games of the regular season. Plus: Frequent guest appearances from his cats, Cheeto and Nacho! (Spoiler alert, they’re super cute.) Look out for us on your lunch break, Thursdays at 12pm CET; we’re available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube, and more. Skip straight to the cat content (or your other favourite parts): Opening Segment → 0:00 Introduction → 1:21 Bad week for the LEC → 3:20 Thoughts on G2 Esports → 5:38 Are FNC, G2 and OG still safe for Playoffs? → 7:02 Shadow’s Lee Sin Interview w/ Bwipo → 11:24 Welcome, Bwipo! → 13:52 Good players but not a good team? → 17:38 What has changed from Spring Split? → 23:17 Cats! → 26:05 Drafting philosophy of Fnatic → 29:54 Fnatic’s draft against Misfits → 33:33 Cats!! → 34:28 Testing limits → 36:42 Scrims vs. Stage → 40:57 Impact of losing Caps → 44:22 Is Bwipo’s role in FNC clear? → 46:28 Burden of being a F

LS joins the EUphoria Podcast from Korea this week to discuss what makes a perfect draft in the LEC, and the issues that teams run into with their drafts throughout the first Round Robin. 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: 0:00 Opening → 0:59 Current standings 2:17 Optimistic, Pessimistic or Ehhhh... → 2:33 MAD & RGE → 3:52 XL, VIT & SK → 4:10 S04 → 5:10 FNC & G2 → 7:21 OG & MSF → 10:15 Thoughts on Azir Interview w/ LS → 12:59 Welcome → 15:43 Who is LS? → 17:23 What makes a perfect draft? → 22:44 OG vs. G2 & FNC → 27:47 “Variance” in League of Legends → 33:07 Why can’t some teams recognise the issue? → 37:52 How would LS solve this problem? → 40:40 Things to consider for a good draft → 50:13 Thoughts on first picking Aphelios on blue side → 53:41 LS & FNC 58:01 Closing Thoughts

What does it take to develop a roster into a talented and cohesive team? Following MAD Lion’s incredible runs in the LEC, their coach, Mac, joins the show to discuss. Look out for us on your lunch break, Thursdays at 12pm CET; we’re available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube, and more.

Do you draft for comfort picks, or do you force a draft for the meta? Drakos and Froskurinn discuss drafting in the LEC, and are joined by Deficio to talk about his experiences at Origen and answer your questions from Twitter. 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

Wait, what happened there?! The first Superweek of the Summer is now behind us. Cabochard and Mikyx join Drakos and Frosk to break down all of the upsets we’ve seen that week, including Innaxe’s Aphelios play. 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 Discussion

Frosk’s back! Kobbe’s back! We’re back! You’re back! Season Six of the EUphoria Podcast kicks off in our brand new studio, to go over our expectations for the Summer Split and our current favourites for Worlds. Kobbe and Carzzy call into the show to give their thoughts on the start of the season. EDITOR’S NOTE: Unfortunately, the full-screen recording of our guests this week was not able to be recovered for editing. We cut into the television showing our guests so you can see them better while they talk, and for future weeks this will be resolved. Look out for us on your lunch break, Thursdays at 12pm CEST; we’re available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube, and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: League News → 0:00 Intro → 4:23 G2 Lane Swaps → 7:26 Perkz vs. Faker Interview With Kobbe → 9:06 Welcome → 10:18 Thoughts on his time in NA → 16:17 Kobbe’s impact on Misfits → 19:11 Ambitions for this split Thoughts From Drakos & Frosk → 20:44 That’s business? → 24:00 Advice to new player

The #LEC Spring Split has come to a close, and with it, Season 5 of the EUphoria Podcast. Froskurinn joins Drakos and Yamato to review the split as a whole, and things get a bit spicy as recording goes on. Thanks for watching this season of the show. We’ll be taking a break for a few weeks until the start of the Summer Split. See you then! Here were the tierlists we had coming into the split: Team Tierlist D-Tier: SK C-Tier: VIT, XL, MAD, MSF B-Tier: FNC A-Tier: RGE, OG, S04 S-Tier: G2 Top 20 Players: https://twitter.com/LEC/status/1219961178182561792 Skip around to your favorite parts: 0:00 Intro 0:59 FNC vs. G2 Review → 1:32 Frosk’s thoughts → 2:49 Yamato’s thoughts → 7:06 Hylissang on Braum and Tahm Kench → 8:51 Teamfigting → 10:01 Draft issues → 13:28 Draft in Game 2 → 19:07 Result-based analysis → 19:56 Message to Fnatic fans → 20:53 Mithy’s first final as a coach 23:37 Bonus: Yamato’s cats 25:23 Opinion on G2 bot lane → 26:35 Yamato’s thoughts on G2 → 28:51 Reddit bias → 30:15 Skepticism towards Ca

Guilhoto and Ender rejoin the podcast to talk LEC Playoffs, Origen, VALORANT, and… flame. 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: 0:00 Intro 1:46 Quick banter 2:48 G2 vs. MAD review ⟶ 3:13 Guilhoto’s thoughts ⟶ 4:14 Yamato’s thoughts ⟶ 7:07 Teams that beat G2 in Bo5 ⟶ 7:39 Caps as ADC ⟶ 11:38 Impact of this loss for G2 16:09 MAD vs. FNC review ⟶ 19:24 Guilhoto’s thoughts ⟶ 21:38 Yamato’s thoughts 24:31 OG vs. FNC ⟶ 24:53 Ender’s thoughts ⟶ 25:45 Guilhoto’s thoughts ⟶ 27:56 Upset’s performance ⟶ 31:21 Yamato’s thoughts ⟶ 33:57 How is the team’s morale ⟶ 36:27 Goals of OG 37:55 Comparing OG to G2 and FNC ⟶ 38:59 Yamato’s thoughts ⟶ 41:15 Ender’s thoughts ⟶ 45:48 Guilhoto’s thoughts ⟶ 50:40 Ability to make trap plays ⟶ 54:05 Is OG good enough for Worlds 55:14 RGE vs. OG prediction ⟶ 59:47 What champion should Nukeduck pick? ⟶ 1:01:43 Will it be a slow game? 1:05:30 MAD vs. FNC pre

With Round One of Playoffs around the corner, Perkz joins the EUphoria podcast to talk about his favourite picks for the MVP and how he’s staying fresh for the upcoming playoffs run. 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: 0:00 - Introduction 2:42 - MVP ⟶ 3:04 - What do you consider when voting for the MVP? ⟶ 3:26 - Perkz’s thoughts ⟶ 5:06 - Yamato’s thoughts ⟶ 6:22 - Multiple MVP candidates from 1 team? ⟶ 10:17 - Bwipo ⟶ 12:40 - Can MVP be anyone outside of G2 and FNC? ⟶ 13:22 - Febiven ⟶ 17:06 - Yamato’s choice ⟶ 18:39 - Who do you think will be MVP? ⟶ 21:25 - Jankos vs. Perkz 33:46 - Playoffs ⟶ 39:13 - Not playing on stage ⟶ 42:19 - Managing burnout ⟶ 44:09 - How Perkz manages performance ⟶ 47:32 - Perkz: 2016 vs. now ⟶ 52:00 - Secret to success in esports? ⟶ 58:11 - Playoffs predictions

Misfit’s Strategic Coach, Amazing, stops by on the podcast to discuss the LEC’s Bottom 4 and Top 6; respond to Yamato’s thoughts on MSF’s performance; and answer some questions from the audience along the way. This week's EUphoria Podcast was heavily impacted by degraded internet performance in Berlin. Unfortunately we had to cancel our originally planned webcam video coverage for today's episode as a result. As we continue to work on our tech behind the scenes, we appreciate your patience! Our goal is to provide coverage on the LEC as well as we can, given the circumstances. Skip around to your favorite parts: 00:00 - Check-in: How are we doing? 02:10 - A farewell to the bottom four. → 3:15 - S04, Amazing has hope! → 4:14 - XL, has the same issues. → 8:45 - SK and VIT: What do you do as a coach? → 11:59 - VIT: Do you wait for teams to “click?” → 14:29 - SK: Where do they go from here? → 16:40 - Taking risks, and “seeing the light.” → 19:28 - S04: The Best of the Bottom? → 21:11 - On “Scrim God S04” → 22:

Drakos is joined by Riot Triaged, one of the Producers on the LEC, who talks about the suspension of the LEC last weekend, and what the team has been working on behind-the-scenes this week to get the show back on-air.

MSI has rescheduled, the Summer Split is beginning sooner, and Grabbz joins the EUphoria Podcast to discuss what it takes to keep G2 fresh for the full run of a LEC competitive season. 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: 0:00 - Intro 0:47 - MSI cancellation → 1:43 - Reaction from GrabbZ → 2:31 - How will you prepare? → 6:23 - Motivation 15:18 - Discussion on League format → 17:37 - One long season? → 18:34 - Reason for risk aversion on stage → 20:56 - Sets of two 25:54 - The Break: LS vs. MarkZ 27:38 - Drafting philosophy of GrabbZ → 37:51 - Why is there so much surface level analysis → 41:32 - Patterns and predictability → 46:22 - Scaling vs. Early game champions 58:52 - Match of the Week 1:00:38 - How much time does G2 need to get into top form

Finn joins the podcast to answer the question: Why is Finn? Quickshot fills in this week for Drakos, who is out sick. Look out for us Thursdays at 12pm CET; we’re available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube, and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: 0:00 Intro 0:49 Misconceptions when starting League 2:54 Rogue - Expectations and Ambitions → 3:43 End of 2019 Rogue → 5:15 Rogue in 2020 → 6:24 Master of none and apprentice of many? → 9:31 Strength of Rogue → 10:31 Tough losses → 12:32 Echo game → 13:32 What are the goals for the team? → 14:30 Going up against G2 and FNC → 18:13 Finn’s special picks → 20:57 Message to Rogue fans 23:15 BREAK: Quickfire Questions 29:09 Who is Finn? Why is Finn? → 29:35 Path to pro → 33:33 Do you still feel like a rookie? → 34:28 What drives you? → 36:21 One-Tricking Kled → 38:02 What do you want to accomplish → 42:57 Being part of young teams → 44:34 Swedish pros → 47:08 Diversity in nationalities 49:29 This week’s matches 52:10 Upcoming matches with G2 and FN

One of our most veteran players, Rekkles joins us on the show to explore the most defining moments of his career and his perspective on maturing as a professional player over the years. EUphoria releases weekly on Thursdays at 12pm CET; we’re available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Spotify, Youtube, and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: 00:39 - State of the LEC → 01:24 - Rekkles’ take → 02:02 - Yamato’s take → 02:48 - A close top four → 03:49 - Misfits → 04:30 - Rekkles on EU’s Bot Laner → 07:34 - “Yuumi’s back. I hate it.” → 10:15 - FNC v MSF 12:00 - Rekkles: the most veteran player in our league → 12:22 - What does that feel like? → 13:51 - Mentality over time → 15:57 - A long term plan? → 17:53 - The 2017 Shift → 20:03 - Where have you ended up? 23:49 - Reconciling identity, finding yourself 31:19 - ORNN. 32:08 - Rekkles’ Most Influential People 36:39 - Getting to Dreamhack 42:44 - Family in the Early Years 45:10 - Continuing Studies 46:35 - Celebrating Wins 50:30 - Social Media 57:44 - Approac

After going 0-2 in Week 4, Mikyx joins the EUphoria Podcast to break down what went wrong and what G2 has ahead of them in the 2020 season. Bonus: Miky helps Yamato realise that he is secretly a weeb over the course of the 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: 00:00 - Catching up with Mikyx → 00:30 - A Taxi Ride with Dracula → 02:48 - Spare Time with G2 → 04:51 - Rasmus is a Psychopath 06:40 - Drakos remembers to start the show 07:00 - Hot Takes on Week 4 → 07:15 - Mikyx: G2 B-Tier & MSF → 09:53 - Yamato: Nothing Changes → 11:13 - Drakos: Schalke on the Rise, VIT 0-18 13:33 - What the hell happened last week? → 14:30 - The Draft → 17:17 - How are draft decisions made? → 18:35 - G2’s Gameplay in W4 23:14 - BREAK: Yamatocannon discovers he is a Weeb 31:42 - 2019 G2 vs. 2020 G2 35:12 - Why the swap? 41:36 - G2 and the 2020 Meta 4

Are EU Mids over-hyped? Drakos and Yamatocannon revisit their start-of-season tier lists, discuss the “Akali Tier” of champions, and examine role density in the LEC. Plus: That’s his lore? Drakos gives his own highlights to Yamatocannon, to help Yamato’s exploration into League of Legends lore. Skip around to your favorite parts: 0:00 - EnderWeirdchampPodcast dot Com 0:44 - Tier List Recap → 1:22 - What did we get right? → 1:28 - G2! → 7:57 - What did we get wrong? → 8:07 - S04. → 15:52 - FNC: An A Tier Team? 21:08 - The Week Ahead 23:33 - Drakos introduces Gragas Lore 27:06 - Role Density in the LEC → 30:09 - EU Mids or EU Myths? → 35:47 - Where does LEC excel? → 35:58 - The Jungle → 36:50 - Bot Lane → 39:54 - A look at Support Pools → 43:29 Top Lane → 49:07 Implications of Patch 10.3 and 10.4

Wait, Lulu Jungle is back? Caedrel joins Drakos and Yamatocannon to discuss the current state of the Jungle in competitive play, and rank the Top 5 Junglers of the LEC. Plus: Drakos experiments as a Radio Drama host.

What does it take to scout and develop a rookie into the LEC? Drakos is joined by Yamatocannon and Peter Dun to drive deep on the process, from scouting to end-of-split milestones— and make the season's first bet in the process. Skip around to your favourite parts: 0:38 - Week 1: The Good, Bad, and Ugly 6:53 - Who is Peter Dun? 11:16 - Scouting in 2020 25:10 - MAD Lion’s Rookies 36:40 - Rookies on Transitioning to the LEC 39:23 - Who stood out in Week 1? 48:03 - Coaching Rookies & Development Milestones 54:27 - What are the differences in coaching Rookies and Veterans? 63:59 - Rookie of the Split Bets