DIG FBI: "At times, our games become pretty random"

The second week of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) 2026 Summer Split featured a David-versus-Goliath match. came into their match against Cloud9 as the underdog, and even though the series was closer than expected, Dignitas will have to continue chasing their first win of the final split of the year.

Following their defeat against C9, Victor “" Huang, DIG’s AD Carry, spoke with Sheep Esports about the comments made by Lee “" Min-hyeong about the botlane meta, the decision to swap Kyeong “" Gyu-tae with Noah “" Erikson, and Lawrence “" Xu Game 1 voice comm replay.

Victor “FBI" Huang: “I think it just depends a lot on the game. Obviously, it’s ideal for the engages to be able to call and send it when they see the enemy making a mistake. I do think League of Legends is a game of whoever makes the fewest mistakes and whoever is ready to punish those mistakes. Anyone can see a good fight angle or a good engage and try to call it, but the people with the engage tools must recognize quickly when the enemy is making a mistake and go.

FBI: It was a good angle to punish the opponent when they overextended in the toplane. I think the game had equalized, though I would say they had a bit of an advantage. Obviously, it would come down to who would fight better after that. We made a mistake mid lane, which was pretty unfortunate. I’m not sure what was going through our minds; we were talking about the next objective fight. I think that after they made that mistake, if we had been able to set up control and hold the vision, it would have been pretty difficult for them to enter the zone. It’s a bit unfortunate.

FBI: Without giving too much away, we’re pretty good at certain champions, and I also think we have some issues with champion pool and mastery. At times, our games become pretty random. I would say they’re not following a clean structure, just hungry for opportunities. I’m not sure; sometimes we just run it down. That’s pretty much all I can say.

FBI: I lean towards agreeing with his statements. I think he said that there’s room for niche picks in the bottom lane, like Ziggs and certain mages, but when it’s infested with mages, your role… I mean, the role is called AD Carry. At the end of the day, I agree with the sentiment. I will say it was quite fun playing mages, but I think it’s just a symptom of support being too OP and their ability to move around the jungle at the moment. I will say the game is, especially early to mid game, really dictated by the jungler’s tempo and how strong he can be. Sundered Sky is quite broken; it’s a very strong first spike in the game. Having mid-jungle control and spreading it to different areas around the map makes mages strong in botlane because you can still lane bottom while your support plays with the mid-jungle duo. I’m not too sure how they can really balance that. I know there are certain teams, like , who were playing a lot of mages and have gone back to playing traditional AD Carries. I would say it’s pretty strong, especially with support picks like Camille and Shen, who can have a lot of impact across the map in the early game. I do prefer playing an AD Carry where you have to lane and see who does it better rather than both marksmen clearing waves while you hope your team wins the game elsewhere.

FBI: For me, I don’t mind playing and playing against mages. The bigger problem is how forgiving it is for supports to leave the lane at level 1 and impact elsewhere. It’s not really that fun to play, especially for the AD Carries in botlane dove by two people because their support decided he'd rather gank toplane level 1 or play with the jungler from level 1. On the other side, you’re playing 1v2, are waiting to be dove, and playing to TP back. It’s not that fun for bot, but I will say that toplaners had to go through the lane swap meta, and they tried their best to get any bit of exp, so I guess we can’t really complain. They [Riot Games] changed that, so we can’t really complain. I will assume they’re trying to prevent supports from choosing where they want to play from level 1. I think mages are kind of a big part of enabling that. We’ll have to see.

FBI: Yeah. Photon’s gameplay wasn’t the biggest problem for us, but it was difficult to integrate him into the team’s environment, to play the game on the same page as five, and to get along. That was the biggest reason for the change in toplane. The gameplay that he showed was fine, but there were other factors.

FBI: Yeah, exactly.

FBI: Denathor?

FBI: Honestly, I’m not sure. Denathor was in Korea at the time, as well as being Challenger. Generally, if you’re able to reach Challenger in Korea, your mechanics are probably solid enough to play in the LCS. I was really pleasantly surprised by his game knowledge, his ability to integrate into the team, and his willingness to play the team game, especially for a rookie just coming into the league. I’m really happy with his attitude and the way he’s been playing the game so far. I’m sure he will improve as the season progresses.

FBI: Honestly speaking, the gap is pretty big between Dignitas and . We had a decent series against C9 today. I will say TL and are substantially better than us. They play the game much faster, play together as a team, and have a lot of experience from playing the international tournaments this year, which you can see in their gameplay. We have a long way to go, but as long as we make it into the playoffs, any team’s form fluctuates a lot throughout the year. What’s important is your form going into and at the end of the playoffs. Of course, assuming we can make the playoffs, even though we didn’t win a single series last split. The playoffs are all that matters. It doesn’t really matter how much better the other teams are than you during the regular season because all it takes for a team is one good week where everyone feels connected and plays for each other. What it takes for this is handling yourself on an individual level and then playing as a team. It only takes one good week and then riding that momentum all the way to the end of the playoffs.

FBI: Yeah!

FBI: Yes, I do believe so. I will say last year, at the end of the regular season, we had two weeks to prepare for the playoffs because we had a bye week. I genuinely felt that during those two weeks of practice, we really grew stronger as a team, and it showed in our playoff run. There’s no reason we can’t do the same thing this year. Again, just one game at a time from my perspective, especially at the moment. The goal is to make the playoffs, and then anything can happen from there.

FBI: Learn from the series today or from the series against LYON?

FBI: The biggest takeaway from today’s series is tempo. Tempo is a blanket statement, but it’s the most important part of professional League of Legends. At the moment, we struggle to maintain good tempo in the game because it opens more angles for you to play and fewer for the opponent. I would say that’s our biggest focus going into next week against LYON. As for the series after LYON, I enjoy playing against my former teammates, so it’s always fun to play against Big Dhokes (Niship “

Dhokla

” Doshi), who's been performing and doing really well. I’m really happy for him, but cut us some dough, man. Let us take you out real quick. It will be fun.”