The trophy was hoisted, medals awarded, photos taken, and finally came the interview segment.

All foreign spectators’ curiosity about FV team reached its peak.

Though FV team’s five players were among the earliest IOI star players in Chinese eyes, their fame was limited to domestic circles.

Since this game was developed by Finger Company, the limelight had long been dominated by European and American star players from their clubs. So foreign audiences knew practically nothing about these five players.

During group stages, when Chinese teams performed poorly, foreign audiences had dismissed FV team as fodder too, losing any interest in learning about them.

After quarterfinals and semifinals, officials did arrange interviews, but those focused mainly on match details with little substance.

Like after semifinals when interviewing Pan Ying, he was naturally an interview black hole – answering two words minimum, maximum one sentence. He gave off an air of acting cool but lacking depth, nothing worth discussing.

Compared to FV team’s consistently active social media presence, players’ answers were notably ordinary.

So for most audiences, FV remained a highly mysterious team.

Why were they so strong? Starting from quarterfinals, they swept 3:0 every match, and from results it seemed practically effortless – opponents never had a chance.

This suffocating dominance made everyone acknowledge FV as currently the world’s most dominant IOI team, period. Not just in their own tier, but with an entire gap separating them from silver medalist FRY team.

Finger Company’s official host had many questions to ask too.

FV team’s players plus coach Zhou Pengyuan stood in line, each wearing championship medals, chests puffed out, waiting for interviews.

The host began interviewing sequentially – top laner, jungler, mid laner, bot laner, and finally coach.

The host first approached the top laner. After having him greet all spectators, they asked a prepared question: “In game two, your team first-picked Chaos Destiny for you. What tactical considerations led to this? What’s your understanding of this champion?”

The top laner thought briefly before answering: “Based on our coaching staff’s analysis, this champion is essentially unkillable in mid to late game stats. If early farming is secured, picking this guarantees victory, so we first-picked it.”

“My understanding of this champion… having hands is basically enough. Once ahead, face-rolling keyboard wins the game.”

After translation, the host couldn’t help laughing: “Having hands is enough? That’s certainly confident. Can you evaluate your lane opponent today?”

The top laner considered: “I feel his mechanics were pretty good, but game results had nothing to do with him. My team is slightly better than his team.”

After translation, the audience erupted in jeers and whistles.

Earlier in semifinals when Pan Ying was interviewed, he also exuded subtle arrogance with comments like “99% of situations were planned,” “3:0 isn’t surprising,” “opponent actions exactly matched our coaching staff’s predictions, no adaptation needed.”

Now they realized Pan Ying wasn’t the only one with this personality – the whole team was similar!

The top laner’s “having hands is enough,” “face-rolling keyboard wins,” “opponent was quite capable” also displayed subtle arrogance.

The host moved to interview the jungler.

“We know Storm Sword Master is your signature champion. After opponents left it open, you naturally secured victory through this champion and successfully achieved a pentakill. How did achieving pentakill feel? Most consider this a noob-stomping champion, yet you brought it to professional stage at the highest level with excellent results. Where does your confidence come from?”

The jungler needed little thought, immediately responding after translation: “Getting pentakill? I was somewhat happy, since my teammates killed so fast in previous games, getting kills wasn’t easy.”

“But this pentakill was really thanks to teammates’ support. I barely played, just timed right clicks properly.”

“Confidence wise, it’s unrelated to my proficiency. In our coaching staff’s analysis, this champion only stomps noobs. Normal farming makes it useless, so I usually don’t dare pick it in matches.”

“But our coaching staff developed the Storm Sword Master and Phantom Blacksmith mid-jungle carry combo, letting me farm two lanes’ economy with this champion, so I dared try it out.”

After translation, the audience jeered again.

Sure enough, the jungler shared the same personality – “teammates kill too fast,” “I barely played,” “I usually don’t dare pick” – these lines sounded amusing but upon reflection made perfect sense, which was most outrageous.

The host approached the mid laner.

“In game one, facing Blade’s Wing and global composition, you decisively chose Explosive Craftsman as counter. In most teams’ understanding, this is a weak niche champion. Why did you choose this champion? If opponents hadn’t picked Blade’s Wing, would you still select it? Or did you have other confident picks?”

The mid laner, steady and cautious by nature, thought more before answering after translation: “Though this champion is niche, in our coaching staff’s analysis, its tower-pushing ability is overpowered in this patch, making it good against global compositions. Of course, team coordination is necessary to prevent opponent global roams.”

“If opponents hadn’t picked Blade’s Wing, I’d definitely take it. This patch’s global composition remains quite strong overall.”

Overpowered meant exceeding templates – despite looking flawed, Explosive Craftsman became core for countering global compositions due to overwhelming tower-taking ability and decent teamfight capability when developed.

The mid laner’s answer clearly resolved many spectators’ questions. FV clearly prepared for both scenarios – they could counter if opponents picked it, or take it themselves if left open.

The host continued: “So you’re also proficient with Blade’s Wing?”

The mid laner paused silently: “This champion should be mid lane basics, right? Pretty ridiculous if professional players can’t play it.”

The host approached the bot laner.

“Today your tactical role wasn’t particularly high. All three games’ strategies centered around mid, top, and jungle. Bot lane often selected team-oriented marksmen for support. Yet despite this, you maintained very high damage output and impressive KDA. How did you achieve this?”

The bot laner smiled: “Because according to our coaching staff’s analysis, this patch bot lane doesn’t deserve core status, only utility function. When top-mid-jungle succeed, bot succeeds. When they fail, bot dies instantly too.”

“I have no demands about tactical arrangements, winning suffices. As for damage and KDA… all earned by following teammates around, anyone could do the same.”

The venue erupted in laughter and cheers again. This bot laner shared the same speaking style – “winning suffices,” “following teammates,” “anyone could do the same” – delivering these lines effortlessly.

The host finally approached support captain Pan Ying.

Pan Ying was familiar to audiences, having been interviewed after semifinals. This squinting “interview black hole” served as team shotcaller and captain, leaving strong impressions.

“Today FV team’s coordination remained as beautiful as before, sweeping opponents 3:0 easily like quarterfinals and semifinals. To observers, you played extremely cohesively, each member seemingly knowing teammates’ next moves, like sharing one collective brain. How do you achieve such perfect teamwork?”