Dardo's view about WEEK 2

Hello ! i hope all of you had a great day.

This evening Mr.Dardo director of LoL at FNATIC streamed a discussion about our weekend losses/our drafts/our chances of reaching playoffs and worlds. Here is a bullet points summary :

• The begining of this split in particular will have a lot of surprises and although our team didn't envision them to happen in this week, it did happen.
• VS MAD :

1. We tried some stuff; we prioritized Graves and Soraka, it may have surprised a lot of people but it was also done in scrims and it worked.
2. We had a good game but we also commited some mistakes;
3. Although we should be critical and analyze our mistakes, we had an unlucky game (Orianna surviving with a slither of health/Stealing drake).
4. This comp was expiremented throughout the week in scrims and wasn't a sudden inspiration at the draft phase. We didn't want to dismiss the comp as a failure from just one try.
5. We couldn't reach Orianna and it made us lose our game.

• VS ORIGEN:

1. We tried the same comp with a small change (EKKO<=>TWISTED FATE), we thought that EKKO could've reach Orianna.
2. We had a good early game and a good lead, but in teamfight we didn't had enough damage to win them.
3. At the end it was an issue of how we understood this comp and how we could optimize it, the opponent also did a great job of reading our intentions.

• We should not overreact, it's the early part of the split/week 2, we tried some comps because we did not want FNATIC to be a flat/predictable team once playoff comes.
• It's good to try stuff in the early split, we're still 3-2 and still 3rd with g2/og/sk.
• It's true that we had a good advantage and we lost it but we shouldn't be worried about it in week 2.
• We don't care if we're 1st/2nd/3rd/4th as long as we come strong and prepared to playoffs and have a good shot at it, that's the real goal.
• Dardo doesn't decide whether we try stuff or not, mithy knows what he's doing and he's happy if the team moves proactively in this direction.
• We have a lot to improve on but we need to try stuff.
• Even if it's regular season a loss is a loss, it's frustrating but we shouldn't create false drama/narratives and focus on getting stronger and growing as a team.
• Week 3 is VS Rogue and G2; it's going to be a tough week but we should not be concerned about the result as long as we're improving and getting stronger.
• We will analyze this week results/take aways and we'll decide on how we want to move forward in the upcomming weeks.
• Rogue is playing solid and G2 always played solid, they had some issues that they could not control and he's happy that they're back on they're feet; we want to face a strong G2 and win but regardless of the result we want to improve a lot.
• Whether we go 2-0 or 0-2 it will not make that much of difference if we make it to the playoffs in the grand scheme of things.
• We want to win and we have a decent chance of winning the 2 games.
• On a tangent, he received a lot of DMs about Fnatic having a mental block against G2: We don't have any mental block against G2.
• We were a bit unprepared in the spring finals but we also learned from it, we've come from a new team that changed the whole coaching and management structure + having a new jungler.
• All of our players need to improve individually and bring something to the team. Even Rekkles who showcased great individual performances can improve more.
• We hope for a really good split and playoffs. And we hope to getting to the finals vs G2.
• We shouldn't get TOO emotional, we still have amazing players.
• All teams start at a threshold and keep growing, don't be too worried we hope for more drastic improvement in the team.

So If you read through this tedious section of words feel free to voice your opinion in the comments.

I hope that everyone will be patient with Fnatic this week (which is tougher than the precedent) and hope that the team showcase growth that our fandom can be proud of.