I'll see this through: H2K's loulex
The lore of Lee Sin tells the tale of a talented man's rash actions and subsequent atonement for his actions. Relying on inner strength, skill, and determination, Lee Sin joined the League to redeem himself for his previously reckless behavior.
A longstanding fan of Lee Sin, jungler Jean-Victor "loulex" Burgevin has recently drawn community criticism and some fan ire for his recent inconsistent performances in the European League Championship Series. Putting all that behind him, loulex now eagerly looks ahead. Not necessarily out of personal ambition, but a strong desire to aid H2K in their quest to be the best in Europe and make a bid for the international stage.
Force Is Meaningless Without Skill
Unlike his favorite champion, the H2K jungler began his League of Legends career as more of a happy accident, coming over to League from Counter-Strike in order to play with a group of friends. He credits CS for honing his mechanical skills, but admits that there was a rough period of adjustment when going from CS to League.
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"We were just bored because not a lot of people were playing CS anymore, so we decided to play League randomly. I didn't like it at first because it was my first MOBA ever but after a couple of games I began to like the game a lot."
Initially, loulex wasn't drawn to the jungle position as much as he was drawn to Lee Sin as a champion. Inspired by In-seok "inSec" Choi's highlight reel, loulex climbed to Challenger on the Blind Monk. Lee Sin remains his favorite champion to this day.
"[Lee Sin has a] really high skillcap, is mobile, and has strong early game so it was perfect for Solo Queue back then," he says of his Season 3 ladder climb. "If you are a great Lee Sin player you can provide so much for your team, you will pretty much win every duel, and every skirmish 2v2 and 3v3."
Master Yourself, Master The Enemy
If it weren't for his personal love of Lee, loulex likely would have not become a jungler at all.
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"If had a lot of time to make the switch [to another position] I'd pick midlane, although it would be really hard in Europe," he admits.
Loulex's personal jungle style also differs from many of his European counterparts.
"Svenskeren is really aggressive always in the enemy jungle with better 1v1 matchup looking to fight. Reignover likes to powerfarm and carry later on," he says.
"Personally, I'd rather play more of a control style where I get deep vision alone, or with kaSing, ASAP so we know at all times where the enemy jungler is. Then make use of that pressure to win lanes, get objectives, set up Teleport plays etc."
Where Am I Needed?
loulex's low-economy style suits H2K perfectly. With strong, self-sufficient solo laners in Sang-ook "Ryu" Yoo and Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu, loulex joins support Raymond "kaSing" Tang in vision rotations. In a bit of a role reversal from the usual jungler and support duo, it's loulex who goes on deeper warding excursions, while kaSing -- given more gold and more resources -- often roams to impact H2K's lanes.
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"I think I'm an unselfish jungler, trying to protect the team and making sure they win their lanes through ganks and vision control," he says. When asked to pick a jungler in another region for comparison, he aptly chooses SK Telecom T1's Seong-ung "bengi" Bae, another jungler known more for vision invades.
"I'd like to think that I'm the guy that will always do his job in term of pressuring lanes and providing deep vision," he says. "I do some of the shotcalling for rotations with kaSing and Hjarnan." H2K's play style works best when the trio is working together to create early pressure that they can then roll into mid game advantages and late game victories.
Act Free Of Doubt
While loulex is very upfront about his own shortcomings, he maintains confidence and assuredness that his playstyle suits H2K. Warding along with kaSing, his early vision control and ganks set the tone for H2K's strong early game, which the team then transitions into mid and late game objectives.
"I play around what I have and I believe H2K is a really solid team with talented laners," he says. "So I choose to play a supportive style trying to gank and provide as much vision control as possible while not getting behind too much."
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Believing in the strength of the team as a whole, loulex aims to support the team as best he can -- even if it means playing champions other than Lee Sin.
"I think he is still good in certain matchups, but my team dislikes it in this meta," he says ruefully.
Naturally, when asked what champion he'd love to bring back, his answer was as follows.
"Lee Sin every game, baby."
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