Last weekend we witnessed World Elite’s brightest prodigy Infi clinching the KODE5 title in Moscow rather convincingly with smooth victories over players like XyLigan and Shy, and only 1 loss throughout the entire tournament.

The 19-year-old revealed that he was targeting to hit the top 3 positions despite having no specific practice games.

He said: “Just like every other competition, I told myself to make it at least to the top 3. I can’t go home empty-handed.

“I haven’t really practice any match-ups in particular. We (World Elite) usually practice together by playing an internal-tournament, so my only practice partners are my teammates.”

This year’s KODE5 also saw the absence of several stellar players, more notably WE.Sky, who decided to sit out on the national qualifiers which had no substantial prize-money. Infi however, was quick to defend himself with a laugh that he should be bothered if Sky chose to compete in KODE5.

WE.Infi: "My only practice partners are my teammates"

“Before I played KODE5, I wanted to play against players like Shy, SocceR and ToD because they are really strong players.

“The scene is just too unpredictable. If Sky participated in KODE5, he could have been eliminated very early during the qualifiers like ESWC, or he may have won the whole tournament. But I’m not really afraid of facing him.

“I’d say we are 50-50 against each other. I believe he fears facing me just as much as I fear him.”

While he accepts that the tournament groupings and brackets may have been in his favor, Infi has also rated the Korean elves, SocceR and Shy equally strong as compared to the likes of Grubby and ToD.

He continued: “I think Shy and SocceR have reached parity with players like Grubby and ToD.

“I think the tournament was quite easy for me on the whole, since I had an easy group, and I was really lucky with the brackets. Four of the strongest players (ToD, SocceR, Grubby and Shy) were placed against each other in the quarter-finals and I only had to face Shy in my last match.

“The Grand Finals was also the most difficult for me since I can’t afford to lose that game.

“But Shy wasn’t playing his best. He lost both matches in the early stages of the game. From a scale rating of 1-10, I would give him a 5.”

Asked if he was aware of his excessive-towering playstyle, Infi admits that his games do not draw much attention, but is extremely pleased with his current shape.

“Yeah I know my games are dull and boring, and there aren’t many special highlights of my playstyle, but sometimes I try to change it. I think my recent replays can prove it,” he added.

“If Human players don’t make use of their towers, no one would actually know about Sky and ToD since they won’t be able to win any tournaments.”

On an ending note, Infi would like to thank all fans and supporters of him as well as World Elite’s sponsors - Pepsi, Intel, Razer, Kingston, nVidia, Gigabyte, Kappa and DXRacer.

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