Broadly thought of the best VALORANT participant ever, it appears considerably legal that Timofey “Chronicle” Khromov has gone greater than two years with out including to his world title haul. Now within the Esports World Cup last, the participant has one other shot at including to his trophy assortment with an EWC VALORANT win. After reserving the grand last spot with a revenge victory over Paper Rex, Hotspawn spoke to the Fnatic man for an interview.
Hotspawn: Given the Masters Toronto last loss was solely current,
How did it really feel beating Paper Rex at present?
Chronicle: As a staff, we’re clearly joyful. As I heard from everybody’s emotions, everybody wished to take revenge as a result of everybody wished to get a trophy in Toronto, and clearly it didn’t occur. In order that was like an excellent revenge. That was additionally fairly current, like we simply misplaced just lately, and proper now we’re coming straight to a different event [where] we’ve got one other probability to beat them. So it was fairly good.
For me individually, I didn’t care, actually. I used to be coming to this match simply with the sensation that I need to play the sport in opposition to PRX. They’re well-known to be, in all probability, the #1 greatest staff within the sport for the time being. And clearly it was aim to beat them up, [but] additionally play fairly nicely, and simply not care in regards to the consequence.
How have you ever discovered the primary EWC VALORANT event?
Fairly good. Aside from my sickness. I really feel probably not nicely proper now, for the previous few days. However I’m not going to lie, it’s additionally nice. Someway powering by, enjoying some good matches as nicely, which is clearly very good to see. However yeah, it’s fairly good.
You’ll be in opposition to both Gen.G or Group Heretics within the grand last.
What do you make of every of these groups?
I believe each groups will play fairly in opposition to us as a result of each of them construct fairly good tales. Each of them handed by [the] group stage, however not [with] a simple time as a result of each of them had a 2-1 rating — they performed all of the matches in [the] group stage.
Proper now they’re enjoying very robust of their quarter-final matches. And I don’t understand how the semi-finals will go, however clearly it is likely to be very powerful as a result of each groups are actually nice.
Group Heretics have struggled because the EMEA last, with a poor run at Toronto.
What do you make of their comeback on this event?
I believe they discovered some confidence. Clearly if we’ll meet them within the grand finals, it is likely to be not good that they discovered some confidence. So we’ll attempt to possibly break it. However yeah, I’m actually joyful for them on the identical time that, clearly, they powered by their issues they usually discovered a method to play collectively as a staff.
Have you ever received any phrases for the followers who’ve been supporting you on the occasion?
Thanks everybody who’s watching this lovely match straight from right here. It was fairly insane now. I heard some boos and possibly some good chants over there, right here and there.
It was truly attention-grabbing to see, [the] first time I’m experiencing actually laborious boos, as a result of I might hear them like by my headset. However yeah, that was good. That was [a] good feeling. And it was additionally good to show folks unsuitable as a result of, contemplating, once more, what number of boos I heard, you higher not be booing in opposition to us in [the] grand finals.
