LYON Lyonz: “There are so many moments where I want to communicate something fast, [but] I think in Spanish.”

Q: A bit of a depressing series. What are the vibes like right now?

Lyonz: I think, yeah, it’s [a bit] depressed. We lost a game we had already won. If we played this game 100 times, we win 99. But in another way, it’s really [making us] confident because we are winning against the bottom teams and losing to the top teams. But we showed here, [almost] beat C9 — who is for me, like, rank 1 or 2 — we can actually beat them. […]

It’s good for me. I mean, of course, it’s really sad now with how we lost, and it’s gonna hurt, but it’s positive for us.

Q: DSG, for next week, should be much less scary, right?

Lyonz: No. I mean, I think for sure, they’re the the easiest one. They’re not easy, but if you compare to C9 and Team Liquid, they are not as strong.

Q: Where would you put yourself in the support ranking?

Lyonz: Right now, I think I will set myself below Corejj, Busio, and Vulcan. I mean, not that much gap, but I think they’re really experienced players. And all this new league is so new for me, because when I was in LLA, the competition was really easy, to be honest. I had no opponents to improve. Here, I play every week vs really good players, so I can improve. If I have to rank myself right now, I think I’ll be rank four, but I’m pretty sure, with time, I can reach rank one.

Q: What do you think makes the other top teams better than LYON at the moment?

Lyonz: Of course. I think it’s like… they are all on the same page. I think it’s the biggest worry right now.

We are actually good in lane. We can compete vs every team in lane. We have a decent early game, but then mid game is when we are a little bit discoordinated. That is a thing that I think Cloud9 do really good. I think they are really a [organized] team. They are not doing crazy stuff, but the basics, they do really, really good.

So I’ll say the main difference is how clean they are when midgame comes.

Q: I’ve heard the team gets along super well — how has it been for you?

Lyonz: Yeah. I think it’s really fun to play in this team. Even if we talk three languages, it’s so fun to play and to […] work with them, be with them all the time. I’m always having fun.

So especially with Hena, I think, he’s the person I’m talking to the most, probably right now. So for me, it’s really fun. And I think that is also really good for the team’s [improvement] because we are really good teammates, so that is what makes us improve faster.

Q: Do you do anything fun with any of your teammates? Anything outside of league?

Lyonz: We always train together as a team. And after that, we are playing League.

Q: Who’s the strongest player?

Lyonz: Right now, probably, I will say me because Oddie is strong also, but he’s not going to the gym right now, and Hena Saint I can win easy. Eric, also, I don’t know.

I think I would say it myself for sure.

Q: How much do you bench?

Lyonz: I’m not benching right now, because I do it at home gym. When I was in Argentina, I benched 60 kilos. I know it’s not that much, but […] I don’t think that Saint can do 40, for example. So I’d win [against] them.

Q: How do you communicate more complicated stuff to the team, especially Hena?

Lyonz: Yeah. We try to keep it really simple English. Like, keywords so that we both understand what we want to do. So we don’t complicate too much. I’m better in English than Hena, but if I’m talking with Oddie or Saint, and I’m listening in English, it is hard.

We have keywords to both be on the same page. You want to push, we should say push and nothing more. If you want to freeze, we say freeze. If we are strong and we want to look for a 2v2, we can say “We can 2v2.” We try not to talk too much and use only a few keywords.

Q: Doesn’t this cause problems though? Is this why LYON’s fights seem so disconnected at times?

Lyonz: Yeah. Yeah. For sure. For sure.

There are so many moments where I want to communicate something fast, [but] I think in Spanish, so it’s really hard for me to for [me to] communicate all I want in one second. In English, it’s hard for me to speak, and also it’s so hard for them to understand. For example, if Licorice told me something in English fast, I still need 1 second to understand, probably.

I think this is a issue for sure, because when you’re playing the game and fights are not happening, and the game is more slow, I think we’re fine. But when we need to [play] fast pace and do something really explosive is when when we lack a bit of this in English.

Q: It sounds easy to tilt in that environment — who’s the person keeping everyone stable?

Lyonz: On stage, I do it too much, to be honest. In [today’s] game, not so much. I think the chill guy here is Eric, Licorice. I mean, I’ve played three months now, scrimming every day. I [haven’t seen] him tilt one time. So he, for sure, is the chill guy, and the one who makes the vibes really, really nice.

Q: Do you have any message for DSG next week?

Lyonz: I think they will have to face a LYON with a lot of motivation now, so they should expect the 0-2. We’re coming for the win that we couldn’t get today.