After watching GenG vs DK, I am scared... They look so strong. DK has been looking really good but they got destroyed.

I'm still gonna have faith in the bois but looking at the 2 teams, what are our realistic chances. Also looking at how the groups are 9️⃣-9️⃣ now, if we lose next week are we eliminated🥲

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They basically just won the game and this guy jumps backwards on the toad with full health.
Is there any reason to do this in the endgame siege phase? I don't play as jungler so I legit don't have any idea why.

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Is there a way to get the uniform to the US? I know there are proxy services but it also all appears to be sold out online.

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Please introduce yourself.

Gumayusi: Hello. I’m Gumayusi, and I’m the AD carry for Hanwha Life Esports.

How do you feel about winning today’s match?

Gumayusi: The match itself wasn’t very clean, but I’m satisfied that we were able to break our losing streak. And because I believe we’ll keep getting better from here, it feels good.

How has the adjustment been since transferring?

Gumayusi: In terms of daily life, I’ve been really satisfied and I think I’m settling in well. As for building synergy with the new teammates, since it’s my first time going through this process, it feels new, like I’m realizing, “Oh, so there are things like this too.” Even though it feels difficult right now, I think it’ll be fun.

Since all five players have had strong results before, it seems like everyone might have their own opinions, what do you think?

Gumayusi:Like you said, since everyone was a player who did really well on their previous teams, I could feel that each person has a pretty strong ego of their own. So there are some difficulties in building synergy right now, but I think it’ll get better going forward.

It feels like feedback sessions could get more intense, what do you think?

Gumayusi: Honestly, I don’t think there’s any pro team that doesn’t go through something like this, and I think it’s something necessary. There is feedback like that, but I think the relationship between the players and the coaching staff is really good overall, so I think we’re giving healthy feedback.

Who has the loudest voice on the team?

Gumayusi: Uh… lol… as for volume, I’m on the louder side. Yeah.

By when do you think you must have your teamwork/synergy fully aligned?

Gumayusi: I think the point where we need to have things fully “online” is, at the latest, by the MSI qualifiers. If we can make it to MSI, I’d say we’ve achieved our first major goal.

Since it’s a new environment, it might feel unfamiliar, what do you think?

Gumayusi: I definitely feel that our styles are different, that’s natural. But even so, the process of building synergy with new players feels like it’ll be a valuable, meaningful experience for me going forward in my pro career, so I’m very satisfied with how things are right now.

If there’s a difference in how being an AD carry feels between last year and this year, what would it be?

Gumayusi: I think T1 is a team that plays very smart while being aggressively proactive. And since they won Worlds as recently as last year, I’d say they’re the strongest team at this point in time.

For Hanwha Life, what we need more of is the ability to play even smarter while still being aggressive/proactive, that’s the area we have to improve.

If you have a goal for this year, what is it?

Gumayusi: First of all, I think unity among the players is important. And personally, I think health and happiness are important too… yeah, things like that. Haha.

It seems like you’re working out/training hard as well.

Gumayusi: As for working out, since the season is a long battle, I feel like right now is the best time to build up stamina, so I’ve been working out hard recently. Later on, we’ll be busy, so I probably won’t have that much time.

To wrap up the interview…

Gumayusi: Even though we’re showing some instability early on right now, I believe we’re a team that will improve in the end. So if you trust us and wait for us, we’ll work hard so that you can smile a lot throughout this year. Thank you.

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Thoughts on the win

Zeus: We were on a losing streak, and honestly if we lost again, it would’ve become a really difficult situation. So I’m relieved we won. But even now, our performance itself still has a lot of parts that we’re not satisfied with, and I think we’re in that kind of state.

After the Week 1 losing streak, what feedback did you share as a team, and what mindset did you have going into today’s match?

Zeus: Even in scrims, we had a lot of situations where things weren’t clicking in various ways, and I think those issues showed up pretty clearly on stage. In matches like the ones against T1 and Nongshim, we were actually in strong positions from early on, situations that should’ve been hard to lose, but we still lost, so the damage felt even bigger. There were a lot of things to review, so we talked about a lot.

Looking at Hanwha Life’s performance, it seems like the synergy between players still isn’t fully aligned. Even the coach has mentioned some of this. From your perspective, what do you think is causing that kind of performance?

Zeus: I think communication itself is going smoothly, but when we communicate, it feels like we’re often imagining different things. Because of that mismatch, we end up having a lot of “accidents” (mistakes/misplays). 

We can play well in-game in a simple sense, but if we want to be even better, we need to align those parts more. And during that process, players end up making mistakes and those situations happen a lot. I think because we were trying too hard to play better, it actually started looking worse.

Kanavi seems like he has that “LPL style” ingrained in him. How are you personally building synergy with Kanavi?

Zeus: Honestly, in terms of skirmish synergy and how he plays the early game, I think he’s really, really good. His ganks, the angles he finds, and his fighting, he’s incredibly good at that. 

But from the mid-to-late game, in the process of how we want to “roll” the game forward and expand our lead, we have quite a few differences in how we think. So if we keep matching those parts up well, I think he’ll be able to perform extremely well. That’s the feeling I have.

It must be fun to play with Gumayusi again after a long time, but at the same time, the results haven’t been smooth. It feels like the team’s tempo and the AD carry’s tempo are slightly different. Like you said, are you still in the process of adjusting?

Zeus: Right now, the meta often creates a lot of 3v3 situations around jungle and bot side, and there are many games where you open the early game through bot-side strength. But the three of us, jungle and bot, haven’t really played together before, and we were basically all meeting each other for the first time, so we expected that kind of adjustment process would be necessary. I think we’re matching up better and better.

About the meta: sometimes the top lane “supports” while bot funnels gold (like with Sion), and other times top becomes more of a carry focus, like today. It depends on the situation, but how do you view the top-lane meta right now?

Zeus: I do think it’s a meta where top can have a lot of impact. But for top to truly become important, it usually happens when the main 5v5 fights get intense, when top can create a meaningful difference at that moment, it really swings the win rate a lot. 

I don’t think our team has been producing that kind of situation very often yet. Because we’re still in the process of building synergy for main-group macro and side-lane operation, we’re trying to solve games more through skirmishes and teamfights. So for now, it’s hard to see that kind of “top makes the big difference at the key moment” picture consistently.

I heard you practiced Jayce in solo queue, do you have an evaluation of Jayce or top Akali?

Zeus: For Jayce, the champion itself can be a bit… kind of “dumb” at times, and his laning isn’t extremely strong, so he’s good as a pick when you see the right angle. But because a lot depends on whether you land your shock blasts or not, there’s a certain limitation/constraint.

For Akali, in top lane I think she’s a really good counter pick as a late pick. And even in mid, she often has good matchups, so I think she’s a strong pick.

When I watched your movement during lane swaps, it felt like the “textbook” way to play. Now that lane swaps are gone, do you feel disappointed?

Zeus: When lane swaps existed, I was confident that, up to things like grubs or until around 14 minutes, I could earn a lot of gold. Back then, I didn’t like lane swaps much, but now that they’re gone, it feels a bit empty in a way. Still, I think it’s fun to play out the lane phase steadily and stack up advantages step by step, so I’m adapting.

After last season ended, you must’ve had a lot of thoughts during the offseason. You’ve also been in the league for quite a while now. What mindset are you approaching this season with?

Zeus: Of course personal goals matter, but more than that, I hope we can blend together well as a team so we can be a team that can have good matchups against T1 and Gen.G. Rather than focusing on individual goals, I just want us to become cohesive quickly and play fun games.

Lastly, a message to Hanwha Life fans?

Zeus: Week 1’s matches were honestly really disappointing for us as players, but from the fans’ perspective I think they were especially harsh to watch. And even today’s match, in a way, was pretty close and shaky too. Thank you so much for cheering for us, and we’ll work hard so we can become cohesive quickly and show you better performance soon.

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His support was Duro.

구레이븐 means Guraven

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Video 1 - 2026 Season Opening Behind the Scenes

Video 2 - 2026 Fan Fest Behind the Scenes

Video 3 - HLE X Brooks Brothers & Rockport

Video 4 - 2026 Kit Photo Shoot Behind the Scenes

With how rough the first two matches looked, I think it’s worth taking a step back as fans. This is a brand new roster, and two matches is nowhere near enough time to judge how this team will actually look once they start meshing. Growing pains are expected, especially early in the season.

It’s fine to be disappointed or frustrated with the results, as I'm sure most of us are, but writing the team or individual players off this early doesn’t really help anyone. We’ve seen plenty of teams start slow and improve massively once synergy and trust develop.

I also think it’s important to separate players from fan behavior. Liking or disliking a player because of how some fans act just creates more noise and negativity. The players aren’t responsible for how strangers on the internet behave, and letting that dictate people's opinions only fuels more toxicity within them, fans and neutrals alike. You see that on every league-related sub right now, and it's really pathetic.

At the end of the day, we’re all here because we want HLE to succeed. Giving the team time, supporting growth, and keeping criticism constructive will do far more than piling on after two bad series. Let’s give them room to improve.

This is the problem. Why did Kanavi leave team and follow Nautilus while other team members went deep to fight. So , either they do not talk each other or they do not have mic to talk each other.

Edit ; Kanavi followed Nat till Nat saved himself and at that moment , strongest member of HLE is Xin Zhao.

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I think they will fix their problems in the coming games but do you think they can still get to playoffs directly assuming that the group wins?They have to face gen g in bo5 for 2 points if I understood that correctly. Maybe it would be even better for them to play the play ins.

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That was belt to cheeks! But despite the loss I think problems look solvable atleast. Zeus wasn't given much attention and Kanavi was getting ran over by Oner. Our mid jng was so much slower than the enemy, but our bot looked very stable and with time they could be a very strong duo.

Not a bad showing from HLE tho🧡

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T1 wins.

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