Author: Aykut "Kots" Sapaz

It is surprising how well the new Astralis roster is performing, perhaps with the exception of Dylan Falco who predicted their success. The Danish organization has turned the tides in an extremely competitive league and now they have secured their spot in LEC Spring Split playoffs.We spoke with the team’s esteemed bot laner, Kasper “Kobbe” Kobberup, about their victory against XL, how they became such a monstrous force with the addition of LIDER, the level of pressure to perform on this rising team, and his predictions for which teams will make it to the playoffs.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Hello and welcome…

Claiming second place in the Winter Split of League of Legends European Championship (LEC), MAD Lions of Madrid are hungry for victory as they return to the jungle. With an unfortunate start from the season, the roster has been in a position where they were fighting for their lives to make it to the Spring playoffs.During their fight, we spoke with MAD’s bot laner Matyáš “Carzzy” Orság about their game against Fnatic, making it to playoffs, team morale and expectations from Bo3’s.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Hello Carzzy, thank you so much for joining me. You guys just came out of a…

For the last couple of years, Astralis has been treated as the team that is hanging on to the league by a thread due to their bad performances and worse placements. Their current roster is determined to change course and challenge the top teams for a seat at the summit. The jungler of the team, Doğukan “113” Balcı, sets the aim of the team as top four in the League of Legends European Championship.We spoke with the young Turkish player about their win against Team Vitality, their expectations coming into this last week, the expectations set on them and how…

Roaring as the runner ups of the last split of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), MAD Lions are looking to go even further. As the team with the third most championships in the league, the Spanish organization is looking to rival the current top two of G2 and Fnatic as do all the other teams. Only difference is they are two trophies closer than anyone else.Read more: G2 Dylan Falco: “The goal of this team is to be international.”After the newest step on that road, we spoke with the mid laner of the team, Yasin “Nisqy” Dinçer, about…

Winners of the first-ever Winter Split of the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), G2 are and have been for some time, an admirable force. With their creative takes on the meta and individual skill, they claimed first place last time and are aiming for nothing but the same spot once again with their first win against Team Heretics.We spoke with the head coach of G2, Dylan Falco, about their first victory of many in Spring, the state of this meta for G2, his guesses on who will do better or worse, and early inklings of preparation for international competition,…

Finishing Winter Split of League of Legends European Championship (LEC) as the first in regular split but exiting playoffs early as the 5th place, Team Vitality come to Spring with a vengeance — determined to take anyone in their way down. They’ve proven that so far by coming out of their match against MAD Lions with a definitive victory.We spoke with the support of this bloodthirsty team, Norman “Kaiser” Kaiser, about their dismantling of MAD Lions, their newest teammate, how LEC has changed and what the future holds for the league.Read more: Sources: Some LPL players were earning over 4,000,000…

One of the most revered teams in the League of Legends scene, fnatic are fighting for the chance to show themselves to the world as the European team to watch out for. But before they get to prove that, they’ll have to take down the other teams in the LEC. With Rekkles coming back again and Rhuckz, their former substitute who is now in the main team, this roster of fnatic are looking to score some points on regional and international fronts.We spoke with their mid laner Marek “Humanoid” Brázda about their win against Excel, the stagnation of the current…

G2 Esports has been one of, if not the most interesting, organizations to enter the League of Legends scene because ever since they joined LEC (EULCS back then) in 2016, they’ve always been in headlines, sometimes with their drama, sometimes with their success.G2’s Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle, the returning support, expects a lot from this iteration of the team; this includes going further than the 2019 roster who won MSI and went to Worlds finals. In the wake of all that has changed for the team, we will see how far this roster can go with the aim of stepping out…

It has not been a great League of Legends European Championship (LEC) split for Astralis so far. Everybody would assume that a team this far down would throw in the towel but their new, ambitious young jungler, Doğukan “113” Balcı, believes that there is still a chance for them to hang on and make it to the next stage of LEC.We spoke with Balcı about their game against BDS, predictions on how the season will go, his LEC experience, and the most important topic of all: his emote usage.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Hello 113, thank you for your time.Doğukan “113” Balcı:…

With a very strong start to the League of Legends European Championship (LEC) Winter Split, Vitality was flying high on the scoreboard undefeated until their match against SK Gaming. Despite their loss, they are still at the top of the mountain and ready to show their skill in Bo3s and Bo5s.We spoke with Vitality’s bot laner Matúš “Neon” Jakubčík about their game against SK, the interesting bot picks from Korea, the current placements in the LEC, and coming back to the studio in Berlin.Aykut Sapaz, BLIX.GG: Hello and thank you Neon so much for your time. You guys just came…