“These drafts are just boring to play”: Team Vitality’s Naak Nako on the LEC current meta

The LEC Versus season is nicely and really underway, and Crew Vitality sits within the center with a 3-3 document after the primary two weeks.

Regardless of its blended performances, Crew Vitality nonetheless stays inside placing distance of the highest groups and will simply get into the LEC Versus Playoffs offered it will possibly create some consistency within the remaining stretch.

In an interview with Esports Insider following their second week within the LEC Versus, Crew Vitality prime laner Kaan “Naak Nako’ Okan shared his ideas on the staff’s present state of affairs

Crew Vitality’s newest match was in opposition to Fnatic, one other organisation that’s trying to show a degree this season within the LEC. Forward of the match, each groups have been equal in rating, that means it was a recreation that might assist solidify a strong Common Season place. 

Naak Nako described the match as “playable.” Nonetheless, the match finally began snowballing uncontrolled, resulting in Fnatic strolling away with the victory.

“I believe we had an excellent draft and good early recreation, however then we had a prime lane play the place we misplaced three males,” he mentioned, explaining how a sequence of missteps in each facet lanes made it troublesome for his staff to regain momentum.

The highest laner acknowledged that he might have taken extra dangers in sure moments, saying he might need “performed extra flippy on prime lane.” However, he added that his total efficiency was steady and that the loss got here down extra to team-wide execution than particular person play.

Curiously, when discussing scrims, Naak Nako defined that gamers method observe video games with fewer penalties, whereas on stage, the tempo is slower and safer.

In response to the highest laner, in scrims, “nobody actually cares what occurs within the laning part,” which makes them helpful for experimenting and testing limits, however much less ready for actual matches.

This participant additionally highlighted the current meta, particularly inbest-of-one codecs just like the 2025 LEC Versus. The highest laner highlighted that groups concentrate on consolation and security quite than creativity.

“I believe simply due to best-of-one, everyone seems to be simply taking part in the most secure champ they will play. However when the Playoffs come, they may decide their pocket champs in some video games,” defined Naak Nako.

Thus far within the LEC, the present draft surroundings has made top lane, in particular, repetitive. Naak Nako described it as “boring to play” saying that in the mean time everyone seems to be taking part in the identical champions and the identical drafts.

He confirmed that there are champions he want to play, however that they’re higher suited to best-of-three or best-of-five sequence — Los Ratones’ support, Carl Martin Erik “Rekkles” Larsson additionally expressed the identical feeling.

Crew Vitaly’s prime laner added: “There are some consolation picks that I need to play, however in best-of-ones, I’m probably not choosing them, I assume, as a result of we’ve to do some primary drafts. However in best-of-five, best-of-three, every little thing can change.”

Regardless of the on-stage struggles, Naak Nako described Crew Vitality’s ambiance as relaxed and optimistic — and fans can see it from the team’s comms. Whereas the staff’s core remained the identical from 2025, the addition of Marek ‘Humanoid’ Brázda and Kadir ‘Fleshy’ Kemiksiz appears to assist the gamers preserve a lighter temper throughout a demanding schedule.

Naak Nako mentioned the staff spends time collectively watching films and speaking, including that “we’re simply laughing and having some…attention-grabbing conversations” when they’re off stage. Nonetheless, he playey didn’t need to share what precisely was being mentioned, “I is perhaps in hassle.”

Subsequent up for Crew Vitality shall be an important best-of-one conflict in opposition to Karmine Corp. Not solely is that this a French rivalry, however Crew Vitality shall be trying to take down the main staff within the LEC Versus group stage.

With playoffs approaching, Crew Vitality should start separating itself from direct opponents, and a powerful efficiency in opposition to the present finest staff within the league might assist construct essential momentum.

Followers can watch the conflict dwell, in addition to all the opposite motion, on the official LEC’s Twitch and YouTube channels on January thirty first.