Interview with Team Coast's Jungler, Impaler: "Early on, Fusion stopped scrimming with us because they thought we weren't good enough."
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team-dignitas.netPosted Jan 5, 2015, 9:28 PM UTC
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team-dignitas.netImpaler played his heart out. Even though I think Coast will struggle, there is no denying he is gonna be a beast if he plays like he did in game 3-5 more often.
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Just because you were able to pull off good ganks against Nintendudex doesn't mean you're going to be able to do the same to Meteos.
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It's almost like he's played at a professional level before or something in a region known for having stronger jungle talent. And I never said said he was going to be better than Meteos, I just said he was going to be a beast because frankly, his competition is pretty unimpressive (Meteos = god, Helios = good, IWD = good, Santorin = wildcard from the 2nd best NA challenger team who couldn't carry a team to LCS, Xmithie = alright but washed up, Saint = alright but washed up, Porpoise = bottom tier, maybe better than Saint, Rush = wildcard, Crumbz = inconsistent, high highs, low lows).
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I dont understand people saying helios is really good, everytime i see him playing he doesnt do much
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You cant say that about a korean in here you know?
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Well he only said good
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I think Impaler is absolutely going to be one of the top junglers in NA this split. I think he'll be a step below Meteos. Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the rest of the team. Cris and Mash are notorious "good enough for challenger, not good enough for LCS" type players. Jesiz will probably be in the bottom half of mid laners. Sheep will probably be in the top half of supports which is nice, but I don't have high hopes for the team.
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Maybe, but saying "a step below meteos" is a huge drop off. Meteos is head and shoulders above any other jungler in NA. He's the best jungler in the West as a whole. From what I've heard though from scrims IWD will be second best, he's supposedly really stepped up his game.
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I wouldn't be surprised seeing as how IWD plays more solo queue now than I've ever seen anyone play before. His whole Twitter is just his stream link and saying how he's going to play all day, which could mean great things for Curse.
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I think he's going to be the clear cut second best jungler in NA this split. He was playing really well at the end of last split, and in my opinion was the main reason for Curse's run.
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Oh of course, the gap between Meteos and everyone else in NA, including imported talent, is pretty huge.
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He's the best jungler in the West as a whole.
Not sure about this
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Really I dont think its even close. Who from EU could rival him? Shook, he way too inconsistent on LAN. Diamond? He is still good, but as fallen off quite a bit from his former God status. Jankos is the only one that comes close imo, but I still think Meteos is decisively better.
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Performing well in scrims didn't turn out well for tsm did it now. Curse also performed well in scrims for an entire split and were hyped and only near the end did they step it up and still got fourth. Also they missed out on not going to play delegations by a single game.
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They missed the Worlds spot by 1 game too. Curse was in an interesting position last split. When Dom and Voy were in form, they both were beasts, but their lows were REALLY low. The question is if he and their support staff were able to fix his inconsistency issues. If they did, he will be a beast. If they didn't, I wouldn't be surprised to see a new jungler by summer split. Basically this is his chance to prove himself in my opinion.
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Obviously it isn't set in stone, but this is all guess work anyway. It's not like anyone knows exactly how any player will perform come the start of the split.
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Performing well in scrims didn't turn out well for tsm did it now. Curse also performed well in scrims for an entire split and were hyped and only near the end did they step it up and still got fourth. Also they missed out on not going to play delegations by a single game.
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"Best jungler in the west" Easy there partner
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I mean, it's an opinion I suppose, but an opinion with a lot of evidence. One monte and thooorin agreed with on their award show. And tbh, after seeing Jankos compared to meteos at the last two IEMs I think that should pretty much seal the deal that Meteos was the best Western jungler of last year.
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Meteos best jungler in the west? Wow..
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Lol whos better? Meteos shown Shook how a jungler should be at IEM. Meteos is undisputed best in NA. The only competitive is pretty much Jankos and he didnt look that great at IEM. Meanwhile, Meteos outperformed both Kikis and Shook very noticeably.
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Wow what? That's a pretty commonly accepted fact. The only two other names in competition are Jankos and Svenskeren and neither has many arguments to back them up as they've had little to no success outside their own region.
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Yeah, I think Meteos is on a tier of his own. Impaler will be on that second tier with like IWD and Helios.
I guess one brightside for Coast is that if some of these guys don't perform, they have been ruthless in cutting players before. Could see some changes mid season.
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Dunno. I think of Impaler on a shared 3rd place with Helios behind IWD who is behind Meteos.
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There's a lot of wild cards in the jungler this split. No idea how Santorin and Xmithie will do.
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Oh please, Impaler is better than IWD. You think IWD could have carried those games vs fusion? I also think it's easy to put Meteos in a "tier of his own" in NA LCS when NA has more shit junglers than not.
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its rarely necessary or even advisable for a pro jungler to try solo carry. Carry jungling is one style among many.
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woah. IWD's wukong early in the split wasn't carry enough for you?
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tier of his own? over hype is real
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I think his team is going to limit him from being seen as a top jungler
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I thin he is and always will be and average LCS jungler
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Sheep will probably be in the top half of supports which is nice
Wat? He has Xpecial, Lustboy, Lemon, and Aphro to compete with. We don't even know who the support for EG is going to be either. If anything he'll be middle of the pack.
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Top half. There are 10 teams which means 10 supports. Half of 10 is 5. He'll be in the top 5. And I don't know why you put Lemon in the conversation like he's on the level of Lustboy, Xpecial and Aphro.
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He is.
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I think impaler is the best player on the team but saying he's going to be a top jungler in the split is just wrong.
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Uhhh who else do you foresee being a "top jungler"? I don't think it's wrong to say an average EU jungler is going to be in the top 3-4 of NA considering the lack of talent at the position. Meteos is the clear cut #1. Then who's #2? IWD? Helios? Crumbz? Porpoise? Santorin? Rush? Saint? Xmithie? That's Impaler's competition.
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Meteos
IWD
Crumbz
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I think Jesiz will hold his own, but I agree with your assessment of the rest of the team - I can't imagine them performing at the top level.
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Why would you rate jesiz on the bottom half? Name me 5 mid laners in the NA lcs that are better than Jesiz
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Bjergsen, XWX, Pobelter, Fenix, Keane, Shiphtur. And Yusui is waiting in NACS, he's better than Jesiz too.
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You forgot hai
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You forgot Link when he's not tilting
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lol Yusui? nice joke
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you are in major denial.
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Wow...you think Pobelter, Keane and Shiphtur are better than Hai or Jesiz? What are you smoking and where can I get it?
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Easy. Hai, Keane, Pobelter, Fenix, Xwx, Bjerg, Shiphtur. Link is a lot mroe talented, but he is a weird case. If he can bring his C9 form, he is waaaay better than Jesiz.
Yes, the only one I didn't list was Slooshi, because I didn't see him enough to have an objective opinion on him.
Jesiz is a solid challenger level player, but he has no business playing in the LCS, be it NA or EU.
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NO THEY ARENT AHAHAA, you think a few na challenger mids are better than a european midlaner who went to worlds? Jesiz is only maybe behind bjerg hai and maybe pobelter. You NA guys are so far in denial its unreal.
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Because they are all NA retards. They have to underrate every eu player that goes to NA only for him to fucking destroy everybody as soon as the split starts. bjergsen and hai are better and maybe pobelter. Jesiz is probably on terms with xwx possibly better but thats it hes above everyone else.
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Tell me more about these EU players that destroyed everybody in NA. With the exception of Bjergsen absolutely none of them did that and even he wasn't able to keep that up for more than his first split.
Edward was not even close to being a top support there(he honestly played terrible and watching their streamed scrimms was painful mostly because of his shitty attitude), Dexter played well at the beginning but he didn't exactly "destroy everybody", Amazing was mostly meh, Santorin was stuck in the challenger scene for a long time and didn't exactly do anything note worthy, the EG guys were terrible with the exception of a few games by Krepo. Am I forgetting someone?
If you seriously think Jesiz can be a top tier mid laner in ANY of the major regions, you are the one in denial.
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xwx > omg cool > xpeke > shrc corn > jesiz
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If he plays against LCS teams like he did against CHALLENGER teams. yeah right buddy, wake up. fk u
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I really really hope Impaler does well and grows this upcoming split. It'd be really cool if he got picked up by a top team for summer! Love that guy and I honestly think he's really valuable since his shotcalling seems great and he seems flexible when it comes to champpool etc.
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Imo, he's the best Western Rengar player. It was a pleasure watching him in the expansion tourney.
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I think he is outright one of the better junglers in NA LCS. A lot of them have looked very shaky , like crumbz, and impaler has been a hard carry for coast, and he did well while in Europe too.
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Don't watch NA LCS as much as I watch the EU LCS, but Impaler has always been a very good jungler and especially a flawless Rengar, maybe not on "Shook on a good day", Svenskeren or Jankos tier, but definitely a noteworthy jungler. Hope to see him have success, but I don't think CST has a lot going into this split honestly.
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i think if santorin dosent work out ,TSM Impaller :D the shotcalling jungler would free up bjegsen to be the midlaner they need.
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I'm not sure Dyrus is keen on Impaler, I'm aware they've butted heads in solo queue in the past. Not sure whether it's all blown over though.
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Yeah! Or if Xmithie struggles to find his old form, CLG Impaler!
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I kinda like how everyone wants him on a team that isn't Coast
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Well, no offense to the coast guys or anything but Impaler is honestly a level above the others imo. He really should be on a top 4 team.
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I have followed Impaler since the early days of SHC. I am glad he is starting to see some recognition in the community. I'm really hoping he does well in this upcoming split.
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i love impaler
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I love league of legends
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Good ol' league o' legen'
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awesome interview man,
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god save the queen
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Wouldn't be an Englishman if he didn't give his Mum a shout out
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See on their day any high caliber challenger team can beat another challenger team nothing is a forgone conclusion at that level of the game.
Not sure how well Impaler will do though. Meteos is really good, IWD and Crumbzz are solid players. He may have a tricky time trying to establish himself. He was getting worked over in the EU LCS by the end.
Hopefully everything works out for Jesiz and himself they deserve a second chance in a fresh environment.
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The people who think that Impaler will be a top 3 jungler in NA clearly haven't seen him in the EU LCS , he was fairly lackluster ( even on his rengar) . However i do think he will have a much better time in NA, mainly because unfortunately their jungle talent is quite poor.
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Yeah when i see NA junglers play it goes something like Meteos >>>>>>>> second best jungler in NA
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Go impaler! UK represent!
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Depends on what "early on" means. Early in the the Challenger Series, before the new patch came out, Team Coast was pretty terrible. They just adapted to the patch better than Fusion.
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damn i love the dude
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I think this team will start off REALLY slow but wouldn't be surprised if they pulled a GGU
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Oh damn back at Gamescom the day when Impaler was at the analyst desk it was so sad to see that during the break all people just wanted to make a picture with sjokz and he was just alone. Unluckly i couldt come down to take a picture with him because my friends told me to secure there seats.Now i am really sad that i just didnt say fck you guys a go to impaler :-(
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That title lolol. Must have felt even better beating them. I really like impaler, hope he does really well In lcs and I'll be making sure to see all of his and his teams games. Honestly he is the best rengar in the West, unless meteos can step up, not that the competition is high. I think he can be a top three jungler in na. Basically goes meteos>imapler/iwd/hellos>crumbz>the rest.
Love the coast team so I hope they do well.
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I think I would mostly agree with that list but RushIX could be a beast and Xmithie could possibly be back in his old form.
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Yeah, I just didn't want to put them too high up since its been so long since we saw them play that we have no idea of the form their in.
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I think Rush will probably be one of NA's top junglers as well, though probably not as good as Meteos.
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"I can remember very clearly when she dropped me off at the train station to go to London. She cried in my arms. Mumpaler's the real mvp."
Damn i feel sad now, why am i so emotive :'(
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That's funny fusion did the same to use:D. Probably shouldn't troll so hard in scrims :(
If they didn't scrim the two teams who made it into the LCS? Who did they scrim...?
EDIT: Also did they just outright say "We don't think you're good enough."?
LCS teams?
i guess only the teams that were going to play to IEM were really playing at the time (c9 clg dignitas tsm), and i guess they would play each other most of the time so i'm not sure
If he's not joking about trolling in scrims, maybe there's a reason they stopped scrimming with them other than them "not being good enough."
This is what I was thinking. I noticed something odd in impalers interview, he said that the only experience they had scrimming was two games where they "paused" them due to losing the early game hard.
This leads me to believe that fusion didn't want to waste their time with a team that wouldn't allow scrims to play out unless everything was perfect. Something that is surely annoying is the fact that teams need to play out games when they are winning hard or losing hard, as these games teach the teams how to make sure they effectively close out with large leads/ how they can get back into games after losing the early game.
It is well known that even top LCS teams pause / remake games in scrims where they fall behind heavily in early game.
This does not seem to have anything to do with that.
See I can't take what you say with any bit of weight. You're not an lcs player nor are you in a position where you scrim these players to know the proper ethics behind /ff'ing so early in pro-lvl scrims.
We know they scrimmed TSM because dyrus talked about it, as for the rest probably the teams prepping for IEM
They scrimmed tsm
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