League of Legends: Getting to know SK|Dedrayon

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By J 'JammeH' M

Feb 19, 2012 18:43

A brand new series featuring the whole SK League of Legends team, where we sit down and find out more about the players themselves - exclusively at SK Gaming!

SK Gaming are producing a new series of interviews with our League of Legends team starting off with SK|Dedrayon!

ex0a: Do you want to tell us about yourself a little bit?

"Yes, I can. Well I am from Poland and I'm 17 years old. I attend High school at the moment."

ex0a: What do you do besides playing League of Legends? Do you have any other hobbies or do you play any sports?

"Not really. I like to play football and volleyball. I was training football in a local team but I stopped in order to play League of Legends more serious. Now I play football only for fun."

ex0a: Does SK require you to train a lot and do you manage to find good balance between school and League of Legends?

"Yes, we are training a lot but it's not a problem for me. I have a lot of free time so it's okay."

ex0a: What does Dedrayon mean and where did it come from?

"My first name was Dedray, but after I created an account in League of Legends and forgot its password I changed it to Dedrayon. It comes from my mind, I just wrote some random name and this way I got it."

ex0a: Did you have any professional gaming experience in any other games before you joined League of Legends?

"Not really, I was trying to play Counter Strike: Source but after few patches this game was unplayable for me, and then I found League of Legends."

ex0a: What attracted you to play League of Legends?

"This kind of game was new for me and it was really fun to play with friends, so I thought maybe I can try it out and achieve something."

ex0a: Why did you choose a role of a jungler?

"I chose the role of a jungler, because before I joined SK I was trying to play with Polish mates but we didn’t have a jungler, so I had to do it."

ex0a: Tell us what makes a good jungler?

"If you want to be a good jungler, you have to play really carefully, because if you do a bad move your team can lose. You have to know what's good against the jungler enemies. You have to protect your buffs and time them. Try to gank and farm as much as possible. Also you can gain an advantage from stealing the enemy buffs."

ex0a: Which champions do you think are the strongest Junglers at the moment, and which do you prefer playing?

"The strongest junglers are Shyvana and Lee sin, because their mobility is so good and as well they deal amazing damage. My favorites are Lee'sin and Amumu, but Amumu doesn’t seem to be too strong at the moment."

ex0a: Let’s move forward and ask you about SK Gaming. What made you decide to join SK Gaming?

"I always wanted to be a professional player, and in SK Gaming I have the chance to be one, because their League of Legends team is really good."

ex0a: I heard that you've started your own IRC channel! Is this true?

"Yeah I have. You can find me on #dedrayon in IRC on the Quakenet server. I'll be able to answer questions that people have about jungling or LoL in general! I'll also be in #sk.lol too! I'm new to IRC to it might take a while to get back to your questions!"

ex0a: How do you like your teammates so far?

"They are really nice guys and they are motivated to improve."

ex0a: What do you hope to accomplish in Season Two as we look forward to upcoming tournaments?

"It would be awesome if we win any upcoming tournament and I'll do my best to achieve this."

ex0a: Are you excited about IEM World Championships in Hannover? Do you think you had enough time to train as a team and what are your expectations?

"Yes, I'm really excited about upcoming tournament and I guess we have the chance to win. We are trying to train everyday but, as you know, I'm new in this team, so we more training than our opponents. However, I believe we are good enough to play in Hannover."

ex0a: We see TSM, M5, Sypher, Curse and EHOME in your Group B. Is there a team that you are most afraid of?

"I guess the strongest one is M5, because they have really good teamplay. I don't know anything about EHOME."

ex0a: Do you have any tips that you use before important games in order to warm up?

"Not really, I just need to play 1 or 2 games."

ex0a: What are your thoughts on the balance of League of Legends at the moment?

"I guess League of Legends is balanced right now, but there are still few champions who need to be nerfed a little bit."

ex0a: Which champions would you say need a nerf?

"For me it's Shyvana and Irelia."

ex0a: Why Shyvana - too strong? Why Irelia?

"Shyvana is so fast and her damage is a bit too strong. Irelia has so much true damage and her sustain is strong."

ex0a: Do you stream? Will you be setting a stream up?

"Actually I'm not streaming. I will try to stream in March because I will have better internet."

VANiLLACORE: Dedrayon, are you very excited for the championship in Hannover already? Does it make you nervous the thought of playing in front of an audience for first time or you are cool about it?

"Right now I don't know. We will see in Hannover."

Hiecaro: What champions do you hate to play or you are not very good with?

"Well I'm bad with ad carries and solo top champions, because I never play them."

MWtblife: What do you about jungle Dr. Mundo?

"I don't think it is a good pick. He is more like a late game champion who needs a lot of farm. In the jungle you don’t have the possibility to farm a lot."

Hiecaro: What do you think about Nautilus?

"I don't know, I haven’t played him yet, but I guess his cooldown on shield spell is a bit too long. But he seems strong."

Hiecaro: Dont you think Nautilus is super huge. First Riot released Volibear (a little oversized) and now Nautilus is even bigger. Don’t you think Riot started to oversize champions?

"Yes, this champion is so big. He is like Cho'gath with 6 stacks."

Hiecaro: Favourite SK Player and why?

"Ocelote, because he's spent alot of time with the team and is really trying to improve the whole teams performance"

Hiecaro: Favourite non-SK Player and why?

"MoMa, we are really close e-friends and I joined SK because of him. He's not just an e-friend, he's an awesome player too "

Hiecaro: Who is the player you most fear?

"Well … I don’t really know how to answer this, as I believe the jungle role is about teamplay, however on a one vs one principle – no one can beat me alone!"

If you could change one thing about Lol what would it be?

"I would like to buff amumu because its my favourite champion in this game. I’d like to get him buffs early game, as his ganks aren’t that strong before level 6 but hes good in team fights. The problem with the current meta is the counter jungle and ganking. His ganks aren’t that strong and a champion like shyvana can beat him in the jungle very easily, while also helping their team out with ganks. So yeah, an early game buff for amumu."

JammeH: Can you sum up your team members in one word?

"Nyph - Tactician, Ocelote - Singer, Kevin - top caller, Candy - Assassin!"

ex0a: Anything you want to say to your fans?

"Keep your fingers crossed for us and we will try to do our best to win IEM World Championship in Hannover."

ex0a: Thank you for your time and the best of luck to you and SK!

"Thanks."

This article was written by Zvezdelin Jelev currently an SK Gaming LoL Editor on trial. If you'd like to get your work seen by thousands of gamers why not apply yourself at SK Jobs