BLG Xun on beating T1: “We were quite confident we could take down today’s game”

Before Worlds, you said in a video that the loss in 2024 felt very frustrating, and that you needed to do better if you got the chance this time. How are you feeling after finally getting your revenge?

I’m very happy at this moment, and I believe for the team, for every single member, we just got a lot of improvements, a lot of growth through this whole journey — in terms of the communication, the synergy, and also how we did in the team fights. We just play more stably, so we got a lot of growth.

What are you most pleased about right now: knocking T1 out of Worlds, or qualifying for the final?

I think the main thing is that we were able to get the ticket to the Grand Final. This really means a lot for us, so I’m really happy about that part. And before the match, I felt like we were in really good form, so we were quite confident that we could take down today’s game.

Full interview on the OTPLoL broadcast from 35:13

Can you walk me through that insane initiation BLG had on the Drake fight in the last game?

Give huge credit to ON. He used his skill so well, so I just followed him.

Is that another proof of how good your synergy is as a jungle-support duo? We’ve seen it all year.

Yeah, definitely, we’ve got very good jungle-support synergy. And ON can really do a very good job in all the mechanics, so that gave him more room to have such a cool highlight skill.

Your next opponent is Canyon, who has been praised as one of the best junglers in the world so far. Do you think he’ll be the hardest opponent you’ve had to face at this tournament?

Canyon has already qualified for the final, so that also means, yeah, maybe he could be the hardest one. But facing a very strong opponent, what I need to do is focus more on my in-game content, try my best to put on a good showcase on stage, and try my best to get the victory.

Last question. If you win the trophy next week, you’ll bring glory back to the LPL and win Worlds by eliminating all four LCK representatives here. How much would that mean to you, and do you think it would go down as the greatest feat ever produced by an LPL team?

I think for us, we just go through our journey step by step and win game by game. But definitely, the world champion title really means a lot for us, because I believe for the team, for all of us, we have such a strong will for that Worlds title. So we’re going to do our best, do all the things we can for that.