‘Reflections’ with Tabzz
Erik 'Tabzz' van Helvert, AD Carry of Alliance, is the star of the 34th episode of 'Reflections'. This episode was recorded on May 17th.
Time line of topics discussed:
- 00:29 The story that mithy helped train Tabzz in laning as an AD Carry
- 02:00 Is mithy difficult to work with?
- 03:05 The Lemondogs botlane
- 04:27 Lemondogs losing the LCS Summer playoff final to fnatic
- 06:28 How motivated are pros by money?
- 07:36 How prepared were Lemondogs going into the S3 World Championship?
- 09:13 The approach of thinking of a champion rather than a player
- 10:22 The botlanes of group A of the S3WC (SKT, TSM, OMG)
- 11:35 What if Lemondogs could have stayed together.
- 13:17 NiP not choosing Tabzz as their ADC.
- 15:22 Freeze playing with mithy
- 17:02 Tabzz wanting to be the hypercarry
- 18:19 Tabzz's role in Alliance.
- 19:47 NiP doing the Lemondogs 1-3-1 split-push every game.
- 20:35 Tabzz as the second carry of Alliance.
- 21:32 Evaluating the different botlances of EU LCS Spring 2014
- 25:19 My theory about mithy and CandyPanda being the leaders of their respective lanes and its effect on the eventual Alliance botlane
- 26:55 Nyph in SK and Alliance
- 27:52 How much of Alliance's poor LCS start was related to the botlane?
- 29:50 Alliance's scrim problems due to stomping too hard early on.
- 31:38 Relating scrim success into the eventual LCS wins
- 33:04 Evaluating the LCS Spring split playoff results for Alliance
- 36:11 Did joining Alliance change his perspective on Froggen?
- 38:00 Thoughts on extinkt being the best Mid laner ever.
- 39:22 What would happen if Froggen and Faker played each other.
- 42:20 Alliance having problems during their slump
- 43:45 Alliance's shot-calling
- 45:05 Analysts
- 46:55 Could an analyst get through to Wickd and Froggen?
- 48:02 Tabzz's comments about EU and what is holding it back.
- 50:45 sOAZ's comment that fnatic is the most dedicated team in Europe.
- 51:25 How does fnatic always end up winning LCS EU?
- 52:55 The emphasis on tactics and strategy in Europe.
- 54:47 How much a pro can reasonably practice per day.
- 57:25 Catching up to Koreans.
- 59:01 Does he think the talent base is better in EU than NA?
- 1:00:58 Explaining the mentalities of Zorozero and nukeduck, in terms of their most recent career decisions.
- 1:04:33 Alex Ich going to Top lane for NiP
- 1:06:35 Was Tabzz the best ADC in LCS Summer?
- 1:07:26 Drive to be the best
- 1:09:00 Rekkles as an ADC
- 1:11:21 FORG1VEN
- 1:15:00 Comparing the best EU ADCs to the best Koreans
- 1:16:06 NA ADCs
- 1:16:50 What Tabzz would change to make him carry more
- 1:17:50 Complaints about the strong tanks earlier this year.
- 1:20:02 What should a MOBA be in terms of roles?
- 1:21:55 Tabzz has to compare each member of Alliance to an anime character.
- 1:23:36 Final words
