FLY Cryogen: "Everyone has agreed that we need to improve individually if we want the team to improve"

The end of the League of Legends Championship Series (LCS) 2026 Summer Split draws closer with each passing week. The conclusion of the fourth week of competition has solidified a distinction between the upper-half and the lower-half teams. Unfortunately for ’s all-rookie roster, their 0-2 series defeat at the hands of a surging pushed them into the lower half of the table.

Next week will have massive implications in the rush at the bottom of the table as the lower half teams fight to secure their playoff spot. Following his match, Michael “" Luu had an exclusive interview with Sheep Esports. FlyQuest’s support discussed Johnson “" Le’s innovative ideas, how Head Coach Thomas “Thinkcard" Slotkin has changed practice, and sets a reward for the missing Eain “" Stearns and Jesper “" Svenningsen.

Michael “Cryogen” Luu: “Honestly, it was pretty good because our Game 1s haven’t been that good recently. I guess waterboarding yourself with cold water helps wake you up. Being more awake for the first game of the series helps us think more, which is why we’re working on it. It definitely helped a decent bit today because today’s Game 1 was a bit better than usual.

Cryogen: Sometimes, in Game 1s, we’re not thinking about everything. There are a lot of things we’re just not talking about. We’re not having productive conversations in-game. I think being more awake helps us get the energy up, which pushes us to talk more. Right now, it somewhat sucks because we’re having a bit of a slow start, but I think we’re still getting better. Each game we’re playing is better than the previous.

Cryogen: I don’t know, probably some money. Probably like $100,000 or $50,000 would be nice.

Cryogen: Honestly, a lot of us joke around with this, but scrims have been going well recently. We’re working a lot on things we’re supposed to be working on. We’ve got goals we’re striving for, and I feel we’re reaching the mark pretty well. Sometimes I feel like we get too complacent or we forget to talk about other things when we’re focused on something else. However, honestly, scrims have been going pretty well. Even though we’re off to a slow start, we’ve had good scrim days here and there, or we’re having better scrim days than usual. Obviously, there are bad days here and there, but I think scrims have been going pretty well.

Cryogen: Losing to LYON in Week 1 was a wake-up call for all of us, especially because they didn’t have (Kacper Słoma). It helped us realize some of us were slacking and weren’t quite putting in enough effort during scrims, reviews, individual reviews, and practice in general. After that week, we all had a conversation about how some of us needed to step up and put in more effort. I think, ever since we agreed to put in more effort, scrims have been going well, and we’ve been learning more. There’s definitely been improvement, yeah.

Cryogen: After our Korean bootcamp, we thought we were in a position to be really good. When we start winning and getting better, we become too comfortable with the position we’re in rather than being hungry and wanting more, I guess. Especially because LYON was playing with a substitute, it felt like we were supposed to win that match. Going into that game, we felt like we were supposed to win, and losing Game 2 was pretty bad. For us, it was an unacceptable loss.

Cryogen: Recently, as we've reviewed our practices, we’ve had more thorough conversations with each other, which has allowed us to offer more criticism and feedback. We haven’t been holding back as much. Everyone has agreed that we need to improve individually if we want the team to improve. After games, we usually have conversations about individual plays. Obviously, we have reviews that involve the whole team, but we also allocate our time to review our own gameplay. I think this is when we can make a lot of improvement. Everyone has a different perspective on how to play the game, and I think that gives a lot of insight into how we can improve.

Cryogen: Growing up, I played football for like seven years. I won something back home; I don’t remember exactly what. It was like state or something. I don’t really remember, but I do remember I won something when I played football. It was so long ago. In high school, I ran cross country and track, so growing up, I’ve always been very competitive.

Cryogen: I used to play Center Midfield.

Cryogen: Honestly, I’m not sure. It’s somewhat hard because each team has its own distinct weaknesses, and most of the time it’s better to scrim the whole game rather than to drill a specific scenario the team needs to work on. I think it’s a hard question to answer.

Cryogen: I can see it. I think it still depends because each team’s individual weaknesses differ. A team with one weakness could find a team with another weakness, and they could drill each other. For the most part, I don’t think… Honestly, I’m not sure. I think it’s hard to implement drills.

Cryogen: Honestly, I don’t think our team ff’s as much. Sometimes we will remake if the game is really unplayable, but we’re not really a team that ff or remakes a lot in scrims. We’re usually the ones giving out a lot of remakes.

Cryogen: I think remakes are good, well, to an extent they’re good, so that you can test out a lot of early-game stuff. I think forfeiting isn’t completely… Sometimes, if the game is clearly lost, I think it’s ok to forfeit, but some teams will forfeit after losing a team fight or when something goes wrong. I think that’s somewhat unproductive for both teams. I think forfeiting sometimes makes sense, but some teams forfeit because they don’t want to play, which is really unproductive.

Cryogen: Any region? When you say all-time, you mean taking them at their peak? If that’s the case… It’s hard. In support, I would take (Ryu Min-seok) or (Cho Geon-hee). I think Keria for sure; he is the best support of all time… or BeryL? I think Keria. In the botlane, I would take (Kim Kyuk-kyu). I think he is really good. Midlane would be a toss-up between (Heo Su) and (Jeong Ji-hoon). I would probably take Showmaker. For the jungle, I would probably take… oof. I think jungle is actually hard, but I would probably say (Mun Hyeon-jun). Finally, the toplane spot… would go to (Choi Woo-je).”