FUT Esports’ in-game chief (IGL) Krabeni gave an interview to HLTV following his staff’s qualification for the playoff stage on the CS Asia Championships 2025.
Our consultant, FUT, secured their spot within the playoffs after defeating FaZe Clan with a 2-1 scoreline. After taking down FaZe within the match’s opening Bo1 matchup, they managed to repeat their success with one other victory—this time in a Bo3 sequence.
First massive LAN, first massive enviornment playoffs you’ve certified for. How are you feeling?
I’m feeling very joyful. I feel we deserve this LAN enviornment. These days, we have now been working exhausting rather a lot, so I feel we deserve it.
Inform me a bit bit about that FaZe recreation. As a result of it appeared such as you had Mirage beneath management, however then broky acquired that 1v4 and the map slipped away. How do you even start to get well on Dust2?
On Mirage, we threw that 1v4, sure, however I feel that was not the issue as a result of we gained the subsequent spherical on a half purchase. However I feel we had been a bit scared, a bit pressured, additionally. We gave them a lot area in each space, I feel. They usually took each area. We had no data and we had been simply sort of ready for them to kill us.
Proper earlier than this, you had Birch Cup, the place you didn’t look practically this good. What’s the massive distinction between your performances there and right here? What modified?
Clearly, the surroundings right here is best. After we performed at Birch Cup, with all due respect, we had quite a lot of points. Everybody needed to change PCs. We had low FPS, different guys on my staff had dangerous screens. We didn’t really feel snug. I feel that’s why there’s an enormous distinction.
Do you are feeling like you’re going to have the ability to stick with it on the massive stage in entrance of the group?
I feel so. I don’t assume anybody on my staff is afraid of the group or something. This occasion has given us quite a lot of confidence for the subsequent one as a result of it’s our first massive occasion with good groups and it’s our first time going through top-15 groups. In fact, we’re gaining confidence, and I feel it will likely be simpler for us to play the subsequent occasion we go to.
You’re going to face Legacy within the quarter-finals. What are your ideas on that matchup?
I used to be pondering earlier than the FaZe recreation that I knew we had been going to face Legacy. I feel for me, as an IGL, and for the staff, it’s a bit exhausting, as a European staff to face a staff from one other area. I feel they’re an excellent staff. I like this staff. I used to be watching them rather a lot. Let’s see. It’s going to be a enjoyable recreation, I feel.
