Interview with 2016 Spring Champion - MVP.B's Sake

We won many tournaments in the past, but I don’t think we’ve been as happy as we were during this Spring Championship.

Although it’s great to be at the top of the world, the Summer is starting right away as the Spring Season ended, so we won’t let this achievement get over our heads. We will start afresh with the mind of a challenger and work even harder, since Blizzcon is our ultimate goal.

We knew the bottom lane will be heavily pushed, so we knew going in that we were ensured a good trade even if we were to lose the engagement. That’s why we played more aggressive there, and even when we lost the team fight, we all kept saying “we are fine”, “we got this” once we saw how far pushed the lane was.

It’s definitely when we held the trophy. That trophy was the reason why we all worked so hard, and it was especially great because it showed that all the hard work we put in paid off.

We wake up at 12:30PM and get brunch. We start practice at 1pm, and take a break at 5pm for dinner. We begin another round of practice at 8PM. From 1AM, it’s individual training time, and players go to bed at around 3-5 AM.

First off, Rich has a really positive personality so our team got a lot more lively compared to MVP Black of 2015. In-game, he is a very consistent player. We tend to try executing things that require a lot of trust and coordination, and those have been working flawlessly these days. There’s been so many positive improvements both in team synergy in-game and in the team house living together that it’s hard to describe all in words.

For this Spring Season, I think the Korean meta was the strongest, followed by the Chinese.

I think the main reason NA/EU teams had a hard time was because their season ended early so they came into the World Championship with an outdated meta. They tried to emulate the Korean meta once they got here, but we were already well adjusted to our own meta, so we were much better off.

I think the results of last Blizzcon had a part in it too. Korea stopped at Top 4, and China’s performance was underwhelming, so I think the NA and EU teams were focused more on studying each other rather than watching out for KR/CN teams.

NA and EU will be coming back stronger for the Summer Season, so I’m a bit worried.

I think Korea is pretty good if we look at the top few teams, but I think we are still quite behind when we look at the region as a whole.

When it comes to average strength, I think it’s EU > NA=CN > KR.

Nope. I still only have one skin, which is Ranger-General Sylvanas, and that was a gift, not something I purchased on my own. I was tempted by Lunar Jaina, but it fell 2% short of my expectation.

We are really honored to be invited to China’s Gold League, as my memory’s still fresh from the great battles we had against the Chinese powerhouses this season. China has been MVP’s biggest threat these days, and I think we will have some epic matches when we crash. We will try our best to live up to the expectations of the Heroes of the Storm fans in China.

For Korea’s Super League, the brand new teams that are coming up this season are looking very promising, and I expect TNL to be rising up once again. We are always really grateful for our domestic fans who travel from far to come watch our matches live. Playing great games is the only way we can repay them, and I hope we were able to repay some part of that during the World Championship. We won’t stop here, and will go into every match as a challenger in order to strive for even greater heights. Please continue loving MVP!

I would like to say a big thank you to all the fans around the world that support and cheer for MVP Black. We always play with our fans in mind, and we will continue pushing our limits. The fear of disappointing our fans is what keeps us strong, and drives us to work harder and harder everyday,

Please keep cheering for us.
Thank you.