Right before Galions opened their LFL Spring playoffs with a 2-0 sweep of Vitality.Bee, mid laner OMON sat down with RFT.GG with the kind of confidence you'd expect from a top ERL prospect. He broke down his team's mixed split, their surprising EWC qualifier win over SK, the recurring nightmare of facing Solary, his own LEC readiness — and dropped a few hints about the Esports Nations Cup with Team Czechia.
How do you feel about your team right now and how do you reflect on your season start ?
Our season didn't go as planned — we ended 5-4, which isn't the result we were looking for. But we're still very confident in our play. Still aiming for the finals, and winning them this time. I still think we're at a really good level.
As you said you're 5-4 in LFL, but you also knocked out SK in the LEC EWC qualifier. How do you explain that gap?
Yeah, it's a bit weird. When we play those kinds of games — at least personally — it feels like we go in as underdogs, and that takes a lot of stress off. You're playing with nothing to lose. In LFL, we go into matches as the team that shouldn't lose, shouldn't drop a single game. That's one of the factors for sure. The stress.
Coming back to LFL — you've lost three Bo5s out of four against Solary since February, including the EMEA final. Is there something about Solary specifically you can't beat
Hard to say. They're not bad players, and they're not playing bad. But — I don't know how to describe it.
When we used to play them, it just felt harder than against other teams. Not in terms of gameplay, but in our own heads.
It was like we were playing against ourselves, fucking up ourselves. It's not that they were outplaying us — we were just not playing up to our level, especially against them.
Harder than SK, for example?
Yeah, for sure. [laughs]
You've been seen as one of the top LFL prospects for over a year, and you were in consideration for a few LEC teams this year. Do you think you have the LEC level right now?
My biggest problem right now is I think being consistent. If I'm playing on a good day, I'm feeling good, then for sure, no doubt about it. I just need to find the balance and the consistency I need. Right now it is one of my main goals. Then if I reach that consistency I'd say I'm well on the level.
Do you think you're the best mid laner in ERL?
Yeah, of course.
If I didn't think that, there'd be no point in me even playing.
But I think Jool is also a really good midlaner — can't forget him. Other than that, it feels like there's a level below us. From scrims, Toasty from G2 NORD is performing pretty well, and SlowQ that used to play for MISA.
And when you watch the LEC right now, are there mids you genuinely think you're better than today?
I think I can take most of the mids on bottom-table teams but it's quite hard to judge on an individual level.
Better than the others Czech mids at least ?
Am I better than Humanoid and Jackies? [laughs] They are playing in good teams in the LEC so it's hard to say. But shout out to them, I love all the Czech mid laners. But on some champions, let's put it this way: if I'm playing my champion, if I'm feeling good, I'm very, very good.
Talking about Czechia — I saw in a OTP interview that Carzzy wanted you to role-swap to top lane for the ENC. Did he reach out to you about that, or was it just a joke?
I don't think I can really talk about this — about what's actually going to happen in the end. What I can say is that given we've almost only got mid laners in Czechia, there might be a few surprises in the whole roster.
You're cooking some spicy picks, I guess?
We'll see at the end. Whatever happens, happens. And I'll be there for it
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