FLY Inspired: “I think MSI is easier to win than Worlds… [the current] meta is really crazy. Everyone is fighting, and every game seems winnable”

Interview conducted after FLY vs C9, LTA North Grand Finals, 6/15/2025

Q: Has anyone told you about the bug yet?

Inspired: That we didn’t get the Feats? Yeah, I heard about it. My coaching stuff instantly came and told us, and they said that they were about to investigate it. And, I mean, sucks. I don’t know. I didn’t notice the bug in game, but I remember I was saying at some point, like, let’s hit the the tower so we’ll get the Feats because no one got the tower yet. And then we didn’t really talk about it afterwards. So we didn’t really, like, pay attention.

I mean, usually in the games, you don’t pay attention that much to Feats, but you still wanna play for it. But, yeah, it was a just very stressful situation. So we didn’t notice that it was bugged.

Q: I mean, if you guys lost, that would have been—

Inspired: That would be crazy. Like, I don’t know what they would do. The game bugs in the game five like that, and then we lose because of that? Because Feats actually do change a lot.

Q: Is it the players’ responsibility to notice? Is it refs’?

Inspired: I don’t know, honestly. I feel like the refs should notice that. Or I don’t know who. Someone, like, there should be a head referee from Riot that is watching the game and checking if no one is bug abusing or [if] they have bugs like that happen. So I guess it should be head referee.

Q: People would have said if you guys didn’t notice, it’s on you.

Inspired: I mean, that’s kinda weird. […] You don’t really notice a lot of things, like, what if someone’s spell would bug and, for example, something will happen and you didn’t notice. I think it’s on people that referee the game. That’s what they are there for, to see the bug happen.

And we didn’t get told before the game that there is a bug with Feats that if this happens, then this team gets it. Like, we didn’t get informed. Maybe there was something in the bug list, and we just didn’t get told about it. But, I think in those type of situations, it’s not really up to us to to see that there was a bug.

Q: How surprised were you when they told you about that bug?

Inspired: I mean, I was happy that we won, so I didn’t really care. But if we would have lost and then I get told that, then I’d be pretty mad.

Q: Obvious question, you get to see your boy Jojo at MSI. How excited are you for MSI in general and for that reunion?

Inspired: Pretty excited. It’s gonna be fun. I think they’ve been playing pretty well in EU. It’s gonna be interesting how we clash against each other because even [when Jojo was] on Cloud9, when we played against Jojo, I think he always had a very good position in in the game, but then we just played better in clutch moments. While I think right now, his team is very good in those clutch moments, so we’ll see how how the games are gonna go.

Q: Is that the player you’re most excited to face at MSI?

Inspired: I’m not super excited about anyone in specific. I think all of the teams are gonna be exciting to play against. Like the LPL team, AL, and GEN — any team is very interesting.

And I think MSI is easier to win than Worlds because there’s less Asian teams. So you actually have a higher chance of winning, in my opinion. So we’ll see what happens. Meta is really crazy. Everyone is just fighting, and every game seems kinda winnable. So we’ll see, maybe we can beat everyone.

Q: There were a lot of signs in the crowd today trying to rizz up Massu. Are you trying to help Massu get rizzed up or are you trying to keep him to yourself?

Inspired: *laughs* Not at all. I think no … just nah. I think Massu is very annoying. So I don’t recommend him.

Q: Game 3 was crazy. You guys almost brought it back even though you went down 0-14 early. Did that tilt you guys at all?

Inspired: I don’t know. I think it also does tilt them because they were really ahead and they couldn’t really close out the game. But in the game, we felt like we just keep fighting, and maybe we can get the shutdowns because that’s how the meta currently is. Like, if you just fight, even if you are behind and you trade, like, two kills for four, it’s still pretty good for you. So we just kept fighting, kept fighting, and maybe they will make mistakes. And they were like, kinda choking, dying sometimes.

And after the loss, we just knew that [we should] take the fights that are more favorable for us ’cause I think that game, like, we took the Grubs fight when Alistar was level six and our support wasn’t, and we just gave them a free angle. So after that, we kinda had to keep it a mess because if we just slow down, I feel like they would just take every objective. So we just try to come back, and next game, we’re like, let’s try to be a bit slower.

And going to game 4, I think we forced a good team fight in the early game, but we lost it. So that was a bit disappointing, but we just kept good mental going forward, and we managed to come back game four. And then game five happened.

Q: I don’t know if you’d agree, but it felt like you and Bwipo had the weakest series I’ve seen from you guys in a while. It felt like Busio, Massu, and Quad were playing really well. Did you feel happy with your performance today?

Inspired: I don’t think anyone did that great specifically. I feel like we just all played fine, but I don’t think anyone stepped up that much. I think Quad stepped up in the Taliyah game. He did a really good job. But then I think in game five, everyone was really scared, and I felt like our Viktor didn’t really do as much. I think Quad was a bit scared in game five, but he solo carried game four. I think I did really good in game five, and our botlane did good in early game. And then we just somehow managed to win.

Everyone had bad games and better games. I wouldn’t say it was like me and Bwipo were having [a] worse series. I think everyone had good plays and bad plays.

Q: When you locked Kha’Zix in game 5, how much are you thinking about locking a unique pick they might not see coming?

Inspired: I mean, I don’t know. It’s just, I was just thinking, the series was looking like you shouldn’t really care about objectives too much. Just try to fight. Just be a good champion for team fights or like, a champion that interacts decent against enemy comp. And after we saw Renata, Kalista, and Jarvan, I was like, maybe Kha’Zix is gonna be decent here. Like, not sure what else I should pick against their duo or their trio.

And yeah, I think Kha’Zix is in an okay spot, but he’s not super strong because he doesn’t really offer much in team fights. When people are grouped, I think it doesn’t really offer much. And if you make one mistake in the game, you kinda become useless. So you have to be really good on it and not make any mistakes and kinda play on the limit as well; because if you just stand and wait for the opportunity, if enemy plays well, the opportunity might never really come to you because you can’t really force stuff. So I think that’s why he’s not really being played. But I think it was just good in that game, and we managed to win.

Q: Are you the best Western player going into MSI?

Inspired: I don’t know. It’s hard to judge, like, which player is the best. Everyone has good games and a bit worse games. Sometimes you pick a champ that is just bad against enemy comp and you can’t really do anything. Sometimes the enemy makes mistakes in the draft and they can’t do anything and then you look kinda bad. Or you look good because you have a good comp.

I think everyone is pretty skilled from people that go to MSI. Like, you had to do really good in your league in order to make it. So I don’t think there are any teams that have bad players.

Q: But you have opinions on Jungle though, because you’ve said that you and Skewmond were the best in the West.

Inspired: Yeah, I think he just had a really solid game plan, but I feel like the meta just switched now from having objectives to more, like, playing solo queue game and just fighting.

Q: Do you think that favors Elyoya?

Inspired: I think for sure, yeah. He has always been the guy that had the good mechanics and is good at fighting. And I think that’s pretty good for him.

Who else? Like Skewmond, I don’t really know, because I didn’t play against him, but just from watching him before and watching him solo queue, he seemed like he always had the plan. But then now it seems like the plan is not really needed. You just need to get your items and go teamfight, and, hopefully, you teamfight better than enemies. And small details in the skirmishes like flashing a spell or engaging at the right moment is what wins games. And I don’t really know how he’s gonna do in those situations.

It’s really easy to look really good in this meta, but also really bad, because one play can decide the whole game or one skirmish. So I don’t know. It’s hard to say who’s best.

Q: Where do you think you are relative to the other non-western junglers at MSI like Canyon? You did push Gen.G to five games at worlds. You may get the rematch at MSI. Do you have a message for him?

Inspired: Um, I hope they don’t play well against us, so we can win. I mean, I don’t know. Watching Gen.G play, Canyon is a big factor of their games. As I was talking about, I think why they won against HLE [in 5 games] — he was just clutching those fights, like around the drakes. He was winning smites, he was dodging skill shots or making good engages.

And I feel like the meta is not really complicated right now. Just group and fight better. And I think Canyon has really good mechanics. So he has always been a very good jungler with not many weaknesses because he’s not gonna sacrifice his game to help people too much. He’s just always gonna be solid in the game and play well mechanically.

Q: Is that meta read of constant fighting worse for NA or the West in general, because everyone says the LPL / LCK players have better hands, while last year you were finding more success internationally through creative play?

Inspired: No, I don’t think they have that much better hands. I think when you play the high pressure situations, everyone makes mistakes. Watching the LCK or LPL nowadays, like, you can see that in the pressure situations, everyone makes mistakes. And that’s why I think they are beatable.

I don’t think there is much macro right now involved with the objectives being strong. I feel like people don’t really sidelane, and it seems like you can’t really tp into the fights because if enemy team decides to engage on you and your side laner starts tp’ing, the fight is gonna be over before he arrives. Like, whoever engages just wins. If you give up brush control and start the objective, you should just get objective for free. I feel like the meta should be even. I think it’s a good meta for EU and NA teams to play. I think the games are winnable.

Q: That’s some good hopium.

Inspired: I wish to keep those words. We’ll see. […] I mean, to live up to them. To play well and win. We’ll see. Because, I mean, you always think that the meta might be good, and then in the end, Korean talent just wins. Maybe this time will be different.