KC Busio: "In terms of strength, I’d say we’re maybe at like 50%. [...] I think our ceiling is really high."

After defeating 2-1 in a thrilling series, are well on their way to securing second place in the LEC Spring Split group stage. Following the win, it was the French club’s Polish support player who answered questions from Sheep Esports.

In this interview, Alan "" Cwalina looked back on the atmosphere surrounding the series against MKOI, the current meta for his role, and most importantly the areas KCorp still need to improve if they want to go as far as possible this year.

Alan "Busio" Cwalina: “Yeah, I mean, as you said, each game was very, very different. Game 1 was quite chaotic, with lots of throws from both sides. In those kinds of games, it feels like, “Okay, we must be missing something,” or “I must be missing something,” for the game to not be easy once we get such a big lead.

And then Game 2, it’s not really something to feel too bad about because sometimes it’s just one early-game mistake, and then the game becomes unplayable with that kind of draft. Honestly, I don’t even know yet what the mistake was, so we’re going to rewatch the game and get to the bottom of it. I’m actually pretty interested to see it.

Then Game 3 felt the best out of all of them. You said we relied on the Kha’Zix, and that’s true, but it also forced them to pick Trundle, and it looked really hard for them to play the game. Especially against Annie, it just felt like our champions were way more OP than theirs. So from that point, the game became pretty simple.

Busio: Yeah, I thought it was really entertaining. Caliste is a complete stage player, you know? He loves it. And as you saw, he really enjoyed the moment, so I’m super happy for him.

In terms of the team getting energy from it, everyone is supportive, of course, but I think kyeahoo (Kang Yea-hoo) gets the most energy from it. If Caliste starts getting hyped or doing something crazy, then kyeahoo also starts yelling in the mic, and it kind of exponentially increases from there.

Busio: No, I’m not really bored, because actually, to the community, enchanters may seem very non-interactive, but in lane there are a lot of small micro-mechanics that really matter.

For example, in the last game we played Sivir-Lulu versus Ezreal-Karma. To people watching, it probably looks boring as hell. But for us it’s actually really intense. We have to dodge skillshots and think very carefully because if they play perfectly, we shouldn’t really have openings.

But if we get one small outplay, suddenly we get tempo, we get wave control, and we can swing the whole matchup. That’s not boring to me at all.

And honestly, the best meta is one where you can play both enchanters and melee supports. But at the end of the day, I’m a pro player — I’m not playing for fun, I’m playing to win. So I don’t really care if the meta is “fun” or not. I just want to win.

Busio: Maybe we had a couple of bad scrim days. I’d honestly be surprised if teams refused to scrim us because of that. But in general, for a team to grow, you actually learn the most from bad scrim days because that’s when you really identify your problems. So honestly, it’s probably good those happened before the playoffs.

Busio: For us, the break actually felt pretty good because we had already played a lot the week before. We also had EWC qualifiers during that time, so it wasn’t really a complete break from stage games.

The harder part was earlier in the season when we had very few games while other teams had already played a lot. That can either be an advantage or a disadvantage depending on timing and luck.

If a team starts the split strong and gets a lot of games early, they can stack up wins quickly. But if they start badly, then it hurts them instead. So honestly, it’s kind of luck whether the schedule helps or hurts you.

Busio: In terms of strength, I’d say we’re maybe at like 50%. Yeah, I honestly think there’s so much we can still improve on. I think our ceiling is really high.

And for tomorrow specifically, the things we want to fix obviously won’t suddenly be solved overnight. Maybe one thing at most. You really improve those things in practice. Stage games are more about discovering what you need to work on, and then practice is where you actually build those habits.

I can’t really give specific details because opponents are always listening, but generally speaking, depending on the comps, we still need to improve our mid-game decisions — whether we should be grouped more or less grouped, things like that. And I’d also say early-game consistency is a big one.

Busio: It would mean a lot. That’s the goal, right? The goal is to win and make internationals. And honestly, internationals are always the most exciting part of the year.

Busio: I haven’t had any potential American enemies message me yet, no banter or anything like that. In terms of the Polish teammates, I already have a group chat with them, and we’ve spoken a bit.”