Fresh off their win against LGD.cn yesterday, reporter from SCNTV caught up with the DK squad to talk about their victory and the strategy employed to take down LGD.cn so effectively. Apart from the usual iceiceice goofing, the interview focuses on why did they place Troll on the middle lane and how did they know LGD.cn will attempt level one Roshan. The interview was done in Chinese and the English version below is translated by Eric 'ReiNNNN' Khor.
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Congratulations to DK for winning two straight games (LGD.cn), both relatively easy as well. BurNing, did you expect the games to end that quickly?
BurNing: No, we did not expect that. Our performance today is very good.
Okay, Mushi, from what I see in the first game, your team drafted heroes to counter LGD's heroes including your solo mid Nyx Assassin. Did you make adjustments according to what they ban and pick?
Mushi: Yes, we picked our heroes according to our opponent's bans and picks.
Regarding the solo kill you got at mid, tell us what you think about the two heroes when it comes to 1v1 situation like that?
Mushi: In that game, they were changing the lanes a lot and when he get back to mid, he wouldn't be in his best condition. About the kill, it is not because I was better but because he made mistakes. He was being tormented in the lane and these small mistakes are unavoidable.
Right, in your second game, you picked Troll Warlord and placed him on the middle lane. Who did you see playing this strategy in training that makes you want to try it?
iceiceice: When I watched replays, I saw a very good Troll and his nickname is iceiceice. WOW, so I told them to pick Troll for me.
LGD.cn also attempted level one smoke to Roshan. Did you know that they were going to do that during the drafting phase and that's how you prepared for it?
Lanm: Yes, because the genius Iceiceice told us they may being killing Roshan, so we went there immediately.
Besides that, we also have Dai who played a very impessive Rubick, throwing Beastmaster and Weaver onto the cliff. I guess you are quite the common Rubick user, but what made you play so well today?
Dai: Well, I play Rubick a lot. It's nothing special really.
Is it very normal to throw heroes onto cliffs?
Dai: I think xiao8 made a mistake there. There was no way he could have gotten the rune but he wanted to force me to take or deny the rune because if I don't, I may leave the rune for the Batrider. I just waited for him to come nearer and I threw him onto the cliff.
DK is still undefeated so far, going 2-0 in both their matches. Looking into the future, what sort of improvements do you think DK still need?
BurNing: I think we are still lacking in many aspects. I guess we have to train a lot more and work a lot harder. We want to be the champion and we will definitely work hard for it.
