ZYB top laner Wao "Wao" Dai sat down with RFT.GG just before LFL playoffs to talk through his unusual path — from KC LFL sub who never got his promised shot on the main team, to streaming as the safer bet, to his current LFL run with the circuit's most fun-leaning team. He addressed his honest read on his own first LFL games, the team's controversial muting strategy — and the playoff window he finally intends to seize.
You're heading into LFL playoffs. Tryharding right now, or taking it chill?
Tryharding. I climbed to Challenger, we're tryharding in scrims — I hope we'll be at our level to climb back, because we didn't have a great regular season. We're not going in defeated — we play our own game, calmly, and we'll see what happens.
You had to change support. It feels like it at least put a smile back on Jezu's face. What do you think?
I wouldn't say it's a good change for the team's DNA. You have to remember: the ZYB project was supposed to be the chill one, a bit troll, a fun/tryhard mix. The change means it's going to lean much more tryhard, and I'm afraid that by losing Riipp, we'll lose a bit of that "ZYB DNA" side.
Do you think it affects the team's mindset and atmosphere?
Clearly. Naturally you can tell yourself: a guy like Stend coming in, of course it's better — for the competition side, the chances of winning. And that's probably true. But we really wanted to do the whole season with Riip.
