KC Busio: "I took away many things from FlyQuest that I'm bringing into KC all the time"

In what was only s second match of the 2026 LEC Spring Split, the French team secured a comfortable victory over to claim their second win of the season. The LEC Versus finalists will face next Monday before heading into a busy week during the LEC Roadtrip at home, in Évry-Courcouronnes.

Before entering the most demanding stretch of their regular season, KC’s support player, , spoke with Sheep Esports. He reflected on the pace of the regular season and the team’s first months of competition in Europe.

Alan "Busio" Cwalina: “Overall good. It was quite a dominant 2-0 result, but I don't feel like the games were too challenging, so it didn't feel very satisfying, nor does it give me a lot of confidence that we're in form or anything. Game one, we just got a bit lucky; we won a skirmish and the game snowballed hard. Then game two, it was a kind of a similar story, like we're just getting kills, and it felt like a scrim stomp rather than a slow competitive game where you have to win through macro. So I'm happy, but as I said, not like ultra-satisfied.

Busio: I wouldn't say it's boring because I do find a lot of enjoyment in scrims. Every day does feel like you have something to work for, even if we don't have an immediate match day. But it did feel weird to play on stage again after not playing for so long because it felt like we were out of routine. But yeah, wouldn't say we were bored.

Busio: It can be a good thing, it can be a bad thing. It really depends how strong we are during those weeks. If those happen to be our bad weeks, then that can be detrimental to our season. But if there are good weeks and we get a lot of positive momentum from winning on those stages, it can be very good for our split. So it really just depends on us because the teams we're facing will also play against us on stage, it's not like we're at a disadvantage or anything. So I think it's fine.

Busio: I haven't watched many games, except for Team Heretics games, because I was scouting them before to play them. So it's hard to say. Some results were surprising, like beat , people probably weren't expecting that. A team that beats losing to Fnatic, many people would be shocked. But in terms of gameplay and stuff, I haven't noticed anything, no.

Busio: It's hard to say because, for example when we played them at the start of this split, it was our first match and we were very rusty. We all admit it, like we were making silly mistakes, tunneling on certain things too much. Our games were exploding even just from the early game, and we barely won that series. After we won the series, everybody was like “yeah, that was pretty bad”. It's one of those, so once we were in form, I think we are much cleaner than them. But their team definitely thrives in chaos. So if you get sucked into the chaos, you can definitely lose to them. They’re a stronger team, but I don't fear them because I know when we're playing well, they won't be a problem.

Busio: It's hard to say because a lot of my time in LCS, I was a worse player. I feel like each year I play, I just keep getting better and better, so following that logic, I'm the best player right now that I have ever been. So relative to the league strength, no, but in overall strength, yes. The LEC has more teams, there's a bigger Tier 2 system, and there are more players. It should be stronger; there are more players to pick from, so the players should be better. But for me, it's hard to tell.

Busio: Oh, absolutely, yeah. On we played for two years. We had very strong veterans with (Gabriël Rau) and (Kacper Słoma), so there's a lot to learn. I took away from them a lot of the player I am now. The way I think is due to them and the influence they had on me. And all my teammates, know, like (Song Soo-hyung) and (Fahad Abdulmalek) as well, especially Massu with the laning phase. I took away so many things from Fly that I'm bringing into KC all the time.

The biggest comparison is probably the role I play. On FlyQuest, it was very playing off Inspired timers and exactly how he saw the game and I was kind of a secondary facilitator to that. But now on KC, we don't have one fixed leader that everyone plays around, like everybody can make good plans, everyone can do this. So my job is much more important and the way I calm is much more important. I'm kind of learning a different role in the team environment.

Busio: In my current program, I don't think we're doing dead lifts, but we do squat and bench. I can't really answer. I don't even remember. We're doing a different program now for strength building or something. You know, we have a trainer at KC, and he's very knowledgeable. I just turn off my brain and do what he tells me. But also my lifts are not very impressive because maybe I look strong, but that's just cause I'm lower body fat. I don't actually weigh a lot. So my lifts are not impressive in terms of weight.

Busio: Oh, absolutely in every aspect. Scientifically, of course, like going to the gym is beneficial because a big part of lifting is making sure you're breathing properly and in a higher activation state, and that applies directly on stage. When you're playing a long league game, if you're not breathing properly, by the end of the game, you're gonna feel exhausted, and that matters a lot in a best-of-three or best-of-five. So, at level one, it helps you with your breathing, which directly helps in League, but also for me, I'm playing League all day, so it's nice to do something else other than League that also gives satisfaction, which is also beneficial for your health. So yeah, overall, it's very helpful and I would recommend it.”