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May 7, 2021
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MSI 2021 – PSG Talon’s Hanabi: “Our Goal is making Top 4”
Day 2 of the Mid-Season Invitational went much better for PSG.Talon as they demolished paiN Gaming easily. This puts the PCS representative at 1-1 after their earlier loss to MAD Lions on Day 1.
We sat down with PSG.Talon’s Top Laner Su “Hanabi” Chia-Hsiang after the match:
esports.com: Congratulations on your victory against paiN Gaming today. In contrast to yesterday’s match, your win today seemed very comfortable. What made the difference?
Hanabi: Well…the first difference has to be the opponent. MAD is just a stronger team. The other larger difference was nerves. Since it was our opening match yesterday, we could not quite perform as well as we had hoped to.
One similarity between the matches was your champion pick: Gnarr. In both games your opponents tried to focus on you early on, what were the reasons for today’s success on it?
I think Gnarr in general is just a very fragile champion in the early game, but even then you can still have a large impact later on. So I think today’s success is more owed to the inherent strength of the champion and not necessarily me overperforming.
Unfortunately for PSG.Talon, you were unable to attend with your regular Bot Laner Unified. Instead Beyond Gaming’s Doggo is standing in for him. How has that affected the team?
Of course it hurts that Unified was unable to come to Iceland, but Doggo is a very strong player. He is a young talent with very strong mechanics and has been getting along well with the team. He is very much so willing to integrate with us, so I think we are actually doing okay.
So how far do you think you can go at this year’s MSI? What are your goals for this year?
Once we got here and started scrimming, we have had extremely good results. Obviously it is “just scrims”, but we still did way better than expected. So I think there is a chance of us making the grand finals. But our goal is making Top Four.
Which regions are the strongest in your opininon at this year’s MSI? Who are your main opponents?
Personally I think the LPL is the strongest region this year, closely followed by the LCK. I rate RNG as stronger than Damwon Kia.
What about the western regions?
From the western regions I think the European LEC has shown strength and is playing well, but rating the regions head-to-head LPL and LCK are just a level above the others.
Are there any other Top Laners at MSI you want to match up against specifically?
I always want to match up against strong opponents on my lane. The best Top Laner in Iceland is RNG’s Xiaohu, followed closely by DAMWON KIA’s Khan. I want to face those two at MSI.
On to the current meta of Patch 11.9. The meta has shifted quite a bit from the regional playoffs now with champions like Lee Sin emerging as Laners. Which other champions could make a surprise appearance as Top Laners?
I mean Lee Sin is already the newest Top Laner in the current meta. The Karma that was played today is also a bit newer, although we did expect the pick to come. I don’t think there will be too many other new ones appearing.
You have been playing actively on the Top Lane for many years and are now obviously a veteran. What are tips and tricks you would give new players wanting to become Top Laners?
In all these years I would say the most important thing is just your laning. So you should watch Suning’s Bin and RNG’s Xiaohu to learn laning from them. I think as long as you can lane well playing Top Lane is easy.
Thank you very much for your time to do this interview and good luck further!
Thanks.
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