Tempest is currently the hottest team in the Korean Heroes scene, taking down the "invincible" MVP Black and becoming the Super League 2016 Summer Champion. We had an opportunity to interview the team before they leave for Sweden, to find out how they are feeling about their victory and what they hope to accomplish in the future.

Also, a big thank you to our Heroes community at reddit for the questions!! Don't forget to checkout our previous interview with Tempest that happened in the beginning of the summer season.





Article Outline

• Who is Tempest?
  
• Meet the Players
  • Lockdown
    
  • Hide
    
  • Dami
    
  • HongCoNo
    
  • Duckdeok
    
  • Coach OPrime
• On Summer World Championship
  
• On the Game
  
• Wrapping Up
  
• BONUS!

Dami: I'm happy that we won Super League, but I won't stop here. I'll keep on doing my best for more.

HongCoNo: It lets me buy more clothes, so it's great.

Duckdeok: It's awesome that we won Super League..... but I felt a bit empty because we won it too easily. I guess it's not too bad to win like this, and I decided I'll work harder so I can crush my opponents even more easily next time.

Lockdown: Feels good.

Hide: It was a bit disappointing that it was easier than expected, but it's great.




Duckdeok: We didn't get depressed from the loss, and we never stopped communicating with each other.

Hide: I think the fact that we were already friends before we formed the team helped us keep our trust in each other.




HongCoNo: Hide, Coach OPrime, and I had a 5 hour long conversation about it over Skype. We had some troubles when it was just me and Hide going over drafts, so we decided to bring OPrime in since he's quite knowledgeable. I think it ended up working great.




HongCoNo: vs DSA, Game 3. I landed a perfect 4-man mosh pit, but Dami pushed them all away with Sundering. That was the toughest and the most memorable.

Dami: Our first series against TNL when we lost 3-0 was the hardest. The most memorable was when we beat TNL with a 3-1.

Lockdown: Hardest would be before the role swap. Most memorable was after the switch when I could feel I grew as a player.

Hide: Toughest moment - when we lost the game and got tilted. Memorable moment - when we earned our ticket to the grand finals.

Duckdeok: The semi-final aginst TNL was the hardest. I couldn't let go of my concentration until the very end. The most memorable moment was when we lost against TNL in the group stage. We lost the series, but Lockdown, who was sitting right next to me, was cheering up the whole team saying it's okay and we will do better next time.




Dami: I'm super confident in my Gazlowe, and want to play him.

HongCoNo: I want to play Cho'Gall. I love Azmo and Nazeebo too. Dunkmodan PLZ.

Hide: Nova was my first hero so I love her, but I don't think we'll ever use her in tournaments.

Duckdeok: Illidan.




















OPrime: I watch every single tournament. (China, Europe, NA, Taiwan, Latin America, SEA, and even AZ). I'm most curious about EU. I think they are quite good, but they always seem to underperform in international tournaments. I don't know why.

Duckdeok: I follow China a lot and they are quite interesting. I would love to be invited to play in Chinese tournaments too.




OPrime: Our biggest threat is mYinsanity. They are great at punishing mistakes, so I think they do well against aggressive teams. I would like to play against eStar, but I don't know what their roster situation is right now, so they are a pain to prepare against right now.




OPrime: I've been watching every tournament around the world for the past year, and I know how each one drafts so there's not too much trouble. But how well we'll do against them in-game is something we'll never know until we face them.




OPrime: The event's in Northern Europe, so we might pick Vikings.

Hide: Twighlight Malf is gooooooood~~~




Everyone:


OPrime: Duckdeok. He's gonna charm too many men. It'll be tough to keep things under control.

Duckdeok: ????

*NOTE: Original phrase was "경덕덕쿵덕덕 쿵기덕 쿵더러러럭 경덕", which is a Korean folk tune, but it's difficult to convey properly so I took some liberties.








Dami: Passion.

HongCoNo: I want the community to not ignore the dedication put in by the pro-players, and stop berating the teams.

Lockdown: People.

OPrime: There aren't any global tournaments like WCA and MGA this year. I wish there were more international tournaments.

Hide: I'd love to see more investment so the players can put all their focus into the game.

Duckdeok: More love!




Dami: It's exciting.

HongCoNo: I wish it improves matchmaking.

Hide: I want to be No.1.

Duckdeok: I'm really glad that we got new contents that increases motivation to continue playing the game. I hope to see more and more patches like this... and it would be great if they can come faster and faster....
It's a feature I've been waiting for since Heroes Beta, and it's just now being added.... it was so.... frustrating... *sigh*... it's finally here ;_;
I feel happy and exhausted at the same time. Also, I really want to see more improvements to matchmaking. Even if the search time have to get longer, I want to be facing equal-skilled opponents.... PLEASE.




HongCoNo: I think support is all personal preference, so I don't think it's a heal slave.

Dami: Our support does damage....

OPrime: I think they need to patch things so the less popular support ultimates get picked.

Hide: The current meta definitely favors supports that can instant save his allies. So to give supports more opportunities, they need to buff the under-used supports, and add more utility supports.

Duckdeok: How about reducing healing and buffing their CC, damage, etc? Or give them skills that can save their allies other than healing. Personally, I think buffing the "Scouting Drone" talent and giving it to some supports will increase the impact supports have in the game.




HongCoNo: Tracer has good skill set, but her damage is terrible. I think Chromie might show up. We have ☆G★.O☆D.★D☆.O.★W☆.N.☆.

OPrime: No, still not picking.

Hide: It's a hero that requires lot of skill from the player, but feels a bit lacking. I think they need to slight buffs.







HongCoNo: Please visit our Facebook page! If you shoot us a FB message, we'll do our best to answer them with our terrible English :D

Hide: You'll be able to find me on Twitch soon!!

Duckdeok: I have a twitter account, @positive2duck and also Instagram: @47dude




HongCoNo: My goal is to win DreamHack without dropping a single game, and please give us your love.

Lockdown: I would like to say a big thank you to all the fans who love and care for Heroes!!

Hide: My goal is winning Blizzcon. Thank you so much for everyone who have been supporting Tempest!!

Duckdeok: My ultimate goal is to be the most famous Heroes player.... and to join the Nexus as a playable hero... Please continue to send us love.....








Dami: ㅋㅋㅋ (lolololol)

HongCoNo: Why are you asking this....?

Hide: I hate both....

Duckdeok: I'd just kill myself.....