In this special episode, we ask Jeevun "Jag" Sidhu, Lead Game Designer on the Summoner's Rift Team at Riot Games, questions submitted from pro players, coaches and analysts of the LEC. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: 0:00 Start 2:26 Introduction from Jeevun "Jag" Sidhu 5:35 Q1 How much does esports affect balance decisions? 15:40 Q2 Can you explain the patch process? 21:36 Q3 What is the logic behind large patch changes on a regular basis? 39:12 Q4 What has been the most difficult thing to balance this season? 42:34 Q5 Why are champions (Akali) balanced in a way that requires kits to be removed? 50:46 Q6 How do you decide to nerf a champion vs. making it a flex pick? 55:07 Q7 Why nerf items instead of champions? 1:00:44 Q8 Why does Udyr slap but Akshan can revive? 1:12:11 Q9 How is it seeing all those Twitter comments about Akshan? 1:23:45 Q10 Will Riot ever stop making new champions? 1:35:38 Outro

EUphoria Podcast

Pros Ask the Balance Team (ft. Lead Game Designer) | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP9

Rekkles joins Drakos and Caedrel in the studio to talk about G2 Esports, his recent performances and more. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Cold open 0:23 Intro 1:50 Stream highlight YouTube channels 5:32 Who will make playoffs 8:47 Giving up before the game ends 11:29 XL 13:51 Playstyle RGE vs. FNC, MAD G2 17:35 Start of segment 20:56 0:4 weeks 25:25 G2 Rekkles playstyle 29:07 Forcing misplays vs. Reacting to misplays 30:34 Aggressive non-scaling champions 35:54 Nelson, draft in FNC game 41:34 All veteran team Discussion 44:13 Complacency, burn out 49:55 Crowds 54:23 Worlds 57:32 MAD Next Week 1:00:35 Upcoming Superweek 1:04:35 Matches to watch 1:05:58 Final thoughts 1:08:34 Outro

Rekkles | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP8

In this week's episode, Odoamne joins Drakos and Caedrel in the studio to talk about all things Rogue and answer Twitter questions. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 1:05 Febiven retirement 5:03 LCS format 8:59 Sad records Last Week Recap 11:27 Who will be 6th? 14:30 AST 17:53 Current top teams 22:48 Pauses 31:02 FNC vs. G2 match Discussion/Rogue 34:28 Comparing FNC and RGE 37:09 FNC in a nutshell 41:06 Karthus W 42:45 Who will make Worlds? 46:31 RGE weaknesses 49:34 Preparing for Playoffs, not burning out 52:49 Loss streaks Twitter Questions 54:29 Question 1 56:10 Question 2 58:16 Skill level of League over the years 1:02:27 Question 3 1:07:09 Reddit, Twitter, Twitch chat 1:10:07 Question 4 Next Week 1:11:43 Match of the Week 1:12:20 Shout-out to the Romanian boys 1:13:22 Outro

Odo to Joy (ft. Odoamne) | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP7

Upset joins Drakos and Caedrel in the studio to talk about all things Fnatic, ADC, statistics and sauce. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 1:15 Upset & Caedrel's Schalke days Last Week Recap 7:05 G2 13:16 MSF 15:41 XL 18:57 VIT 22:14 Bald Caps Discussion 24:16 Overall Strength of LEC 27:52 Who will make the cut for Worlds? 28:57 RGE botlane FNC 33:38 Team growth, Bwipo, Adam 36:44 Who can jungle? 39:25 FNC game plan for the next weeks 42:19 Is this the split? 47:00 Upset the stats guy 51:35 Weakness of stats 58:39 What makes Upset upset? Sauce... Next Week 1:10:16 FNC vs. G2 1:12:56 Hylissang not listening video 1:13:57 Outro

What Makes Me Upset (ft. Upset) | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP6

Drakos and Caedrel choose their mid-split MVP and have a chat to Candyfloss about the recent success of Misfits Gaming. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro Week 4 Recap 2:52 Start of segment 5:58 Will XL make Playoffs 7:33 Race for Playoffs is on 11:44 G2 15:14 Playing to win vs. Playing not to lose 18:03 Mikyx has been the most consistent in G2 Mid-Split MVP 18:22 Start of segment 19:59 G2 22:17 XL 25:27 AST 28:31 S04 30:43 MAD 34:16 SK 39:16 VIT 43:31 FNC 47:53 MSF 50:52 RGE 56:20 Mid-Split MVP Interview w/ Candyfloss 1:03:30 Welcome 1:04:02 Introduce yourself 1:07:14 Changes for Misfits in Summer 1:09:28 How did you feel about the G2 match 1:13:38 Advantage of being a former pro player in coaching 1:16:15 Spicy picks for the future 1:18:07 RGE vs. MSF Closing 1:21:13 Rushed outro

Misfits Managed (ft. Candyfloss) | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP5

Caedrel and Drakos rank the LEC junglers into a Top 5 list. Featuring a special interview with Elyoya about his quarantine and the state of MAD Lions. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 1:29 Last week recap 2:04 Thoughts on SK roster move 2:58 Thoughts on XL roster move 11:53 FNC vs. G2 recap 17:50 Misfits on the rise 21:41 Midlane has been quiet this split 23:12 Shout out to VIT Top 5 Jungle List 24:36 Start of segment 25:12 What defines a good jungler? 27:00 Who is not making the list 29:35 Top 6 are very strong 30:45 Thoughts on Selfmade 33:26 Thoughts on Bwipo 36:26 Who is being eliminated from Top 5 Jungle List? 42:33 5th place 45:04 4th, 3rd place 49:09 2nd, 1st place 53:01 Recap Interview w/ Elyoya 53:39 Start of segment 54:40 Where do you currently rank yourself? 55:47 Thoughts on our list? 57:47 Thoughts on Razork 59:31 Who will be Top 3 by the end of Summer? 1:00:12 Is the jungle pool in Europe stacked right now? 1:01:50 How is MAD doing? 1:04:56 Quarantine and coping with it 1:06:28 MSI schedule and burnout issues 1:09:12 Next for MAD? Closing 1:13:56 Start of segment 1:16:29 Upcoming games

Top 5 Jungle List (ft. Elyoya) | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP4

Drakos and Caedrel reflect on Week 2, rant about the things they hate and have a chat with Broken Blade regarding his performance and S04. Disclaimer: This episode was filmed before SK Gaming’s recent roster update with Lilipp. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 0:23 Jinxed 1:52 Start of segment Last Week Recap 2:26 G2 vs. RGE 6:58 Misfits upcoming games 8:28 Current standings 12:39 Vitality 18:13 Pro players and boredom 21:02 Fnatic 24:00 LEC botlanes Thanks I Hate It 33:00 SK 42:20 No sauce pls Interview w/ Broken Blade 48:06 Start of segment 48:48 Abbedagge, Nuclearint, Kirei 51:33 Environment, pressure 54:09 Match-up against Wunder, champion pool 58:18 Rumours of the sale of Schalke 04 1:01:25 Upcoming matches Next Week 1:03:36 S04 vs. RGE 1:04:41 S04 vs. MSF 1:07:54 FNC vs. G2 1:10:32 One-sided games this week 1:11:50 Outro

BB Come Back (ft. Broken Blade) | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP3

Drakos and Caedrel review the results from Week 1 and talk to Hans sama about Rogue, his career and overpowered champions in the current meta. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 0:18 Welcome Hans sama 1:03 Introduction Last Week Recap 1:35 Start of segment 3:38 Misfits 6:29 Astralis 9:35 Roster swap teams 12:14 RGE vs. VIT (& Gwen) 16:43 Fnatic 24:31 Strongest team at the moment Rogue 29:56 Start of segment 34:20 Trymbi 37:04 The aggressive Hans sama 48:00 Motivation for Summer 50:48 The Replay Files | The World's Misfits 55:28 Mindset, pre-game rituals Is It Balanced? 1:02:13 Akali 1:07:50 Viego Next Week Preview 1:12:27 RGE vs. MSF 1:13:42 RGE vs. G2 1:14:55 Time flies 1:16:22 FNC vs. VIT 1:16:43 Closing 1:17:42 Outro

All Hans on Deck (ft. Hans sama) | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP2

Drakos and Vedius discuss all the roster changes ahead of the start of the LEC Summer Season. Featuring a special interview with LIDER. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 0:12 Start of segment 1:12 Caster advertisements Summer Season Roster Rundown 8:35 Start of segment 10:38 MAD Lions 15:30 Schalke 04 20:32 Misfits 25:41 G2 Esports 33:04 Excel Esports 43:29 Astralis 47:11 Rogue 50:23 SK Gaming 57:52 Vitality & Fnatic Interview w/ LIDER 1:06:27 Start of segment 1:07:16 What is different this time? 1:08:33 Champion pool 1:10:54 How was the off season? 1:14:36 New Vitality roster 1:16:40 Practice 1:18:19 Expectations for this roster 1:19:23 Week 1 schedule 1:20:38 Closing Preview Next Week 1:22:06 Start of segment 1:23:43 Winning at beginning of split 1:25:21 Exciting match-ups 1:28:14 Rumours 1:29:21 Closing 1:29:55 Outro

New Team, Who Dis? (ft. LIDER) | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Summer S8 EP1

Ender joins Drakos and Caedrel to reflect on MSI and to discuss the LEC Summer Season, Worlds and beyond. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Intro 0:36 Good Morning Ender MSI Finals Recap 1:46 Start of segment 2:24 DK vs. RNG 5:15 ShowMakers champion pool 6:38 Old champions 8:55 Remove 3 champions for Summer Split 13:08 DK vs. MAD Interview with Mac 19:49 Start of segment 19:59 Thoughts after the series 21:11 After Game 4 22:34 International experience 23:48 MAD now compared to Worlds last year 25:12 Summer Split expectations Thoughts 26:19 Start of segment 28:09 Getting KaBuM!ed 29:52 MAD evaluation 32:11 Looking back Spring Split 34:16 Looking forward Worlds Group Stage 40:41 Favourite imaginary Worlds group Roster Rumours 43:23 Start of segment 44:03 FNC VIT Closing 50:28 Start of segment 50:37 Goodbye Ender 54:07 Outro

MSI Reflections (ft. Mac) | EUphoria | 2021 MSI Special EP4

Drakos and Caedrel review the Rumble Stage and discuss the upcoming Knockout Stage match-ups. Featuring special interviews by Dash with Perkz and Elyoya. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00 Announcement 0:36 Intro 1:02 C9 mental state Interview w/ Perkz 2:05 Start of segment 2:34 What do you take away from this event? 3:54 Reflecting on the games 6:33 Can you help LCS level up? 9:02 Fudge 11:03 Opinions on remaining teams Thoughts I 12:22 Start of segment 18:07 Fudge appreciation 22:24 Biggest surprise of Rumble Stage 25:05 DK rumours 26:48 MSI: A win for Europe? Interview w/ Elyoya 30:53 Start of segment 31:03 How do you feel? 31:53 Playing against Canyon 33:11 Are Eastern teams ahead of Western teams? 34:11 Meta of MSI 36:54 Preparations for Knockout Stage 38:11 Goals for MAD THoughts II 39:44 Start of segment 42:40 DK vs. MAD 45:35 MAD weaknesses 50:20 Meta so far 55:34 PSG vs. RNG Closing 1:01:14 Start of segment 1:01:59 Predictions for Knockout Stage 1:04:26 The would-be achievement for Europe 1:05:26 Outro

Rumble Stage Review (ft. Perkz & Elyoya) | EUphoria | 2021 MSI Special EP3

Drakos and Caedrel review the MSI Group Stage, pick their MVPs and update their Tier List. Featuring a special interview with Kaiser by Laure. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00​​ Intro 0:12 Start of segment 1:28 Recap Group Stage 2:03 Best moments MVPs 3:28 Start of segment 4:12 DK 7:19 RNG 12:11 MAD 18:01 C9 26:19 PSG 30:16 PGG 36:47 Tier List 42:49 Updated Tier List Interview w/ Kaiser 43:40 Interview 54:44 Thoughts after interview 55:43 MAD in Rumble stage 1:00:16 Psycho junglers Predictions 1:06:24 Start of segment 1:06:42 Upcoming matches 1:07:03 C9 vs. MAD 1:10:00 More stacked matches Closing 1:11:14 Start of segment 1:12:21 Upcoming schedule 1:13:02 Outro

Group Stage MVPs (ft. Kaiser) | EUphoria | 2021 MSI Special EP2

Bwipo joins Drakos and Caedrel to rank all the teams at MSI. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00​​ Intro 0:33​ Welcome Bwipo 1:37 Start of segment 1:54​ Bwipo and MSI 2:55 EU Masters: Congratulations Karmine Corp! 6:39 MSI format 6:49 Twitter question 1 MSI Tier List 8:09 Start of segment 8:54 Group A 9:05 Pentanet.GG 9:07 Twitter question 2 16:48 Unicorns Of Love 20:50 Royal Never Give Up 24:41 Group A recap 24:47 Group B 24:56 MAD Lions 29:52 PSG Talons 31:17 Twitter question 3 34:04 MSI meta 37:48 İstanbul Wildcats 42:55 paiN Gaming 45:07 Group B recap 45:20 Group C 45:43 DetonatioN FocusMe 49:02 Infinity Esports 50:50 Cloud9 55:58 Adjustments to tier list 58:06 DWG KIA 1:00:23 Final tier list Group Stage Preview 1:00:50 Start of segment 1:01:03 Twitter question 4 1:03:28 MAD vs. PSG 1:06:44 Twitter question 5 1:07:06 DK vs. C9 Closing 1:10:57 Twitter question 6 1:12:00 Outro

MSI Tier List (ft. Bwipo) | EUphoria | 2021 MSI Special EP1

Armut joins us in the studio to talk about the Finals and MSI. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00​ Intro 0:59 Welcome Armut 1:35 Start of segment 1:56 Playing in the LEC Discussion 3:20 Start of segment 3:46 Playoffs series against RGE 8:50 Finals series against RGE 11:51 Humanoid, Meta in other regions 13:51 MAD botlane 15:22 Wukong pick in Game 3/4 19:50 Scrimming before Finals 21:41 MAD coaching staff 26:17 Flanking, teamfights, Gnar 28:46 Series against G2 30:59 G2 burnout? Will they come back in Summer? 32:42 Schedule for pro players 34:52 Scrimming other leagues 37:43 Facing MSI toplaners 39:58 Facing TCL 41:39 Summer Split 43:52 (Not) Losing in Finals 45:36 Narratives and Finals Game 4 46:52 Who to look out for in Summer 47:36 Best toplaner from Spring Closing 49:41 Start of segment 52:00 Signing 3:2 after Game 2 #mentaledge 53:48 Outro

Gladlions | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Spring S7 EP13

Drakos and Caedrel discuss the results of Playoffs Round 2 and make their predictions for the Finals. Featuring interviews with Broken Blade and Elyoya. EUphoria is available on Apple Podcasts, SoundCloud, Spotify, YouTube and more. Skip around to your favorite parts: Opening 0:00​ Intro 0:36 Start of segment 0:58 Posh Caedrel and Southern Drakos FNATIC 2:43 What happened? 6:41 Draft 8:56 Reflection Interview w/ Broken Blade 13:15 Welcome Broken Blade 13:45 Looking back on the FNC Series 14:45 Were you surprised by the FNC draft? 17:24 Looking back on the RGE series, Game 1 19:10 Game 2 20:12 Game 3/4 23:44 What went wrong for S04 in this series? 25:19 How was this season for you? 27:27 Looking forward: Summer Split, Worlds 32:19 Stage games 34:04 Thoughts on RGE vs. G2 36:33 Your Spring winner? 37:14 Thank you Broken Blade Interview w/ Elyoya 38:17 Welcome Elyoya 38:49 How is it to be a LEC finalist? 41:23 Beating the best LEC junglers 44:53 How can you improve further? 47:00 What is your read on RGE? 50:30 Lane phases weakpoint of MAD? 51:50 Who will win G2 vs. RGE? 52:38 How will Europe do internationally? 56:17 Final prediction 57:32 Thank you Elyoya Closing 58:03 Start of segment 58:15 Caedrel's prediction 59:45 Most hype matchup 1:01:55 The coolest thing about our league 1:03:35 Outro

Finals Weekend | EUphoria | 2021 LEC Spring S7 EP12

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