Despite finishing 4-0, Canyon not pleased with DAMWON performance in play-in groups

DAMWON Gaming finished the Worlds 2019 play-in group stage as the only undefeated team, yet Kim “Canyon” Geon-bu believes that the team didn’t perform to the best of their abilities.

By the end of day four, DAMWON sat at the top of Group D with four wins, beating Royal Youth (2-3) and Flamengo Esports (1-4) to clinch top position and advance to the knockout stage.

Although they were able to destroy the enemy nexus in all four games, there were noticeably uncomfortable periods for the team. One particular trouble for DAMWON was the inconsistency of their bottom lane players.

As DAMWON move ahead to face Lowkey Esports in a best-of-five series on Monday, October 7, it’s likely that the Vietnamese team will look to pressure Sin “Nuclear” Jeong-hyeon and Cho “BeryL” Geon-hee in the bottom lane, considering Royal Youth were able to secure two kills on Nuclear inside the first six minutes on day two.

“the team had a lot of accidents in the early game,” Canyon said to Ashley Kang from Korizon Esports. “the team need more callouts in order to minimize those accidents.”

“It’s nice that the team won with a 4-0, but I don’t think the team performed too well. I’m happy, but the team really should do better.”

Reports indicate that DAMWON has performed impressively during scrims, but this form has not translated to the desired performance in competition so far.

When asked what DAMWON need to do to carry the momentum from scrims onto the stage, Canyon replied, “I really wish I knew the answer to that too. I constantly think about what I need to do. If I had to pick something … Maybe I need to pretend as if I’m in the practice room? I may have to tell myself to play comfortably for practice.”