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Piglet: Returning to form

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After a somewhat frustrating debut, Gwang-jin "Piglet" Chae seemed in fighting form in Team Liquid's Week 4 victory over Team 8 this weekend at the NA LCS. We caught up with the Korean AD carry after the match to find out how the former World Champion is getting back to his old self. More than anything, Piglet stressed his rigorous training schedule, as he seems nervous about disappointing his new NA fans. "This week while we were preparing, I practiced really, really hard," he told Lolesports. "There were times I was sleeping only two hours, but mostly around three to four hours, because I was practicing." It seems to have worked, as his kill-happy 6/1/7 performance on Graves had a massive impact on the match. On top of it being good with Liquid's AOE oriented team composition, Piglet explains that when he was in Korea, he played a ton of Graves. And perhaps more importantly, he's been practicing plenty with The Outlaw recently. And while Liquid may have appeared a bit shaky in the past, every week they're looking more and more confident on the NA LCS stage. "I haven’t adapted yet, so that’s difficult," Piglet says. But due to his fans, he seems to sincerely enjoy playing in America. "In Korea the fans are blocked off from us with the booths. But in America we can hear all the fans and I like that," he said, quickly adding in a, "Thank you very much!" In order to not let down his fans, Piglet's set reasonable goals for himself. "For me, the first challenge in America is the LCS Championships." With a slightly less ambitious goal than Worlds to shoot for, all he hopes is to have his fans on his side. "Thank you for supporting me and please keep supporting me," he says with a smile. "Love you all!" To watch Team Liquid's win and every other match from the NA LCS, head over to the Lolesports spoiler-free VODs page.

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20 Comments

dingdonglinglong15 votes

Returning to form? More like benched Kappa

PapaSmurff3 votes

It does not seem like he is not working out. Communication and other issues seem to great. Keith can be molded and he will do what he is told. Time for Steve to make a tough call, team moral is not good, synergy is not there. You have one of the best supports ever laning with an ADC he cant talk to.

Shrek Wazowski2 votes

first gg

St Tropez2 votes

2nd ggwp

KorriganE2 votes

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Rambob11 votes

Stop

College Debts2 votes

Piglet had 4 kills in his last OGN bo5, and he doesn't play any meta champions.

Bunny Molester2 votes

aaaand he got benched

Meanie402 votes

Oh, the delicious irony of this article coming out the day before he is benched...

Child Vaccines2 votes

why did he get benched ?

Child Vaccines2 votes

nvm

Scooby Pwns On U1 votes

Plz stop pretending piglet is one of the best adc in the world. He is good but he was the worst member of skt. He was carried with his passive playstyle by the rest of his team. And you paired him with xpecial? A support who when he was at his best in his career was paired with wildturtle....the most aggressive adc in na history. Piglet isnt good enough. And he doesnt synergize with the playstyle his support is best at. This will not end well

srest8 votes

The worst member in SKT has always been Bengi. And Piglet is a very aggressive adc, don't know what you are talking about. His aggressiveness was overshadowed by the plays of faker in SKT. He was also not the main carry in that team unlike a lot of NA teams. NA teams have some good mids but not carry oriented one. The only one that I can think of is Bjergsen and xiaoweixiao (Both foreign imports) and even they relied on their adc to carry part of the game. But Korea is a lot more mid centric. Due to these reasons, games played in Korea have a different fluidity and rhythm than in NA. I don't agree with the synergy problem with xpecial. They are a new duo so of course there is gonna be some problems at the start. They just need some more practice. They both are veterans in their role.

llayclout2 votes

In s3, their worst player was bengi, in s4 it was mandu, easily.

Captain CoCo3 votes

Well...First of all Piglet was as good as faker in s3 skt...You ll see in some matches that Faker fell behind Piglet destroyed his opponents....And you guys saying Bengi was the worst really?? There wasnt a member of season 3 skt that you could call worse than others...Bengi provided his team HUGE vision control in all matches...He played his role perfectly...And bengi and skt now fall behind because their opponents understood their strategy...Escepcially Bengi's who try to provide mid vision for Faker and he get caught and die....

He got benched now but they said they benched him because he was toxic and not because of his skill..I dont know Piglet seemed like a good guy who wasnt toxic but i dont know...Maybe when you have played with the best you expect something more from your team :P

Scooby Pwns On U1 votes

Keep pretending hes so amazing. Lets not forget he didnt even make it to worlds last year. And i watched every game of s3 worlds with skt. Piglet is passive as fk. Its not gonna work well with this team. If not for faker and mandu in s3 piglet wouldve never made it anywhere. He wasnt the reason they won s3 by any means, he synergized well with their playstyle though so they were a good team. But hes not even as good a he was the anymore

Domestic Dingo1 votes

the amount of ignorance in this post just hurts my head item 3070

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