“I need us to dominate and never drop a cut up”

We had the possibility to talk with G2 Esports top-laner Sergen “BrokenBlade” Çelik forward of the 2024 LEC Winter Break up begin scheduled for tomorrow.

After solely dropping a single cut up in 2023, the Topfather seems to do one higher this 12 months with a clear sweep of LEC titles and offers his ideas on why G2 is in a greater place this 12 months to carry out at worldwide occasions.

We additionally focus on the low season, and assembly new opponents within the high lane.

Credit score: IG | brokenbladee_

Esports.internet: Firstly, how was the off season break? What have you ever been as much as?

BrokenBlade: The break’s been good. Simply spending a while with my household, and now I’m again working towards with the workforce.

Lee Jones: I observed you’ve been very quiet on social media throughout that point.

Was {that a} deliberate effort to remain offline for some time?

Yeah, I imply, the world’s run hit me a bit. I really feel like after such a devastating method to exit, it’s by no means good to go on social media. You’re not going to get response from individuals. I used to be pondering of utilizing it extra this 12 months, so we’ll see. I positively have shied away from social media just a little bit from final 12 months. I believe that was a mistake, I ought to have ought to have used it extra.

For me, it’s a bit exhausting to get into it once more however I’m positive I’ll discover a method.

Lee Jones: The workforce hasn’t made any roster adjustments within the low season.

Was it a no brainer so that you can stick with G2?

I imply, it was just about a no brainer. I believe we have been the very best in Europe by far and we imagine that if we stick collectively, we’re going to up our sport much more.

Lee Jones: Given that you simply dominated Europe final 12 months and have stored the identical lineup, that makes G2 clear favorites – at the very least to carry out finest out of the gates.

Does that add any strain?

Damaged Blade: I imply, we have been the favorites final 12 months as properly, so I’m not likely getting into with a number of strain in minutes. I simply need to play my very own sport, I simply need us to play our personal sport and simply dominate.

I need us to dominate from the get-go and never drop a cut up. You recognize, that’s my purpose first.

Final 12 months, we managed to lose in a single cut up, Spring to MAD Lions, and we don’t need that. We need to dominate this 12 months year-round, each cut up earlier than we go into worldwide. So it’s positively one thing that we need to do higher this 12 months.

Lee Jones: Talking of worldwide occasions, performing higher internationally appears the subsequent step for you guys.

How do you really go about performing higher internationally a actuality? 

I believe going into worldwide tournaments is all the time bizarre, particularly when you’re in a area that’s not checked out as the very best – and that’s as a result of the competitors in your area is often not the very best. Earlier than we go into worldwide tournaments, we want Europe to be as robust as attainable so we will additionally be taught as a lot as attainable whereas we’re in Europe. And the way we do that’s by clearly having good competitors.

I believe this 12 months’s competitors is a lot better than final 12 months’s. KCorp is coming in with a number of hype and a few groups are sticking with related rosters, like Fnatic for instance, that modified just one participant. KCorp has been wanting robust proper now so I’m excited for that. So yeah, I’m excited to see how groups will do, how they are going to be in follow.

Credit score: X | @BrokenBlade

There’s one rookie high laner you’ll play towards this cut up with Myrwn becoming a member of MAD. How do you assume he’ll fare?

I heard he’s a really, very tacky form of participant and he picks tacky champs. He’s not frightened of choosing Fiddlesticks high, or Neeko high, or Zeri high lane even, so we’re going to see how he needs to create benefits for himself and the way I’ll reply to that. I’m positively the kind of participant who did that earlier than so I’ll know methods to play towards it. Let’s see how he does on the LEC stage. Clearly, I’m excited for brand spanking new gamers to all the time give me a problem as a result of I’m keen to be taught from that as properly. So let’s see how that matchup goes to go.

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