Finley "Kyb" Adisi is one of the more tenured players in Overwatch Contenders Europe. Most known for his time within Reunited and his short stint in Lazer Kittenz, Kyb continues to prove that he is one of the better DPS players in his region. He and his team, the British Hurricane, charged out of the gate with a strong 4-0 victory in their opening match against Team Singularity. Today, Kyb stopped by to chat about his performance during the opening day of Overwatch Contenders Europe and where he thinks the British Hurricane could end up in the future.

As a British progamer, how does it feel to represent your home country in esports? Do you take a sense of pride in the fact that you could be a role model for an upcoming generation of UK esports athletes?

Yeah, it's exciting knowing that I could be looked up to by future players that are from the UK. Esports in the UK isn't very big, but we are looking to expand on that and try to reach out to more and more people.

Most recently, you and your team took a convincing win at the Overwatch PIT Championship. Did that victory put some wind in your sails leading into Overwatch Contenders? Overall, what did winning Overwatch PIT mean for you and your team?

Winning the Overwatch Pit was a very good start for me and the team. We had a lot of confidence going into the tournament, but taking home the win just pushed us to train harder for the upcoming Contenders season, which we are also very confident for.

As an incredibly long-standing player within the Overwatch scene, how do you think the esports side of Overwatch has grown in the last year? What are some things that you think the next step is for the community at large?

The past year, Overwatch and the esports scene within the game has changed a lot. I’d like to see a lot more 3rd party tournaments such as Eleague or Gamescom again as those were some of the best events Overwatch had in its early stages.

I wanted to get your take on how the DPS role has evolved in the last year. I have a feeling that with the increasing skill level of the growing Overwatch talent pool, this has got to be the hardest era to be a DPS player. What are your thoughts on that? Would you agree or disagree and why?

The DPS role has changed drastically the past year and as of right now, you have to be very flexible as a DPS player, but most roles require you to be very flexible currently. As you've seen, some teams get specialists in certain heroes such as Widowmaker, Genji or Tracer, so if the team is building the roster around more than six players, that's something the team could look into doing.

On the broadcast, some of the talents mentioned that your team can run many different players on Sombra. What are your general thoughts on the hero? Is she as dominant as people are saying?

I think at first glance, the new Sombra is very very strong, but I wouldn't go as far [as] to call her "broken" as for the most part, the normal 2-2-2 dive will still be stronger. She requires a certain environment and map to really excel.

Kyb featured during the Overwatch Open on his former team, Reunited.

Just glancing at this team on paper, many people will notice some standout names on this roster. What are some of your thoughts on the Hurricanes and where do you think it could go in the future?

The roster is built up of some people that have a big reputation in Overwatch from earlier stages, but we have quite a few players that aren't known very well to the public. If we keep this confidence into our future Contender games I'm sure everyone on the team will be known by a large portion of the public and I think this team has a lot of potential for the future. I believe we can be the best team in EU for a long time.

In your perspective, where do you think the British Hurricane and other top Contenders teams in other regions stand up to Overwatch League teams? How large of a gap do you think there is from the top of Contenders to, for example, some of the lower seated Overwatch League teams?

I think we could stand up well against some of the Overwatch League teams, but it's hard to tell without playing them. Also think Team Gigantti and Eagle Gaming would be very good opponents for some of the Overwatch League teams, especially Davin from Team Gigantti. It’s surprising he didn't make it into the Overwatch League the first time around, but I'm sure he will make it in soon enough.

Talking about your match against Singularity, how do you feel like the match went overall? How was the team atmosphere after Nepal? Was it nice to start off Contenders?

The match against Singularity went very well. We had a shaky start on Nepal but we just needed to warm up a little bit and then we started to play like we normally do and after Nepal, everyone was hyped up and ready to win the rest of the maps and take away the series.

As the only team to win with a 4-0 this week, do you think that kind of dominance can continue in such a stacked group? What do you think is the Hurricane’s biggest strengths?

I think the Hurricane’s biggest strengths are our coordination as a team and our ability to follow up so well on calls. We aren't afraid to make mistakes, so it helps a lot when it comes to improving, and I'm not sure if we can get a 4-0 every match, but we're very confident that we will win most if not all of our games.

I recently spoke with rCk from Team Gigantti and he mentioned that he thought that the British Hurricane and Orgless & Hungry were their strongest competition. In your eyes, who would you say is your toughest competition and why?

I would say Gigantti Eagle gaming and Orgless & Hungry are the best competition also because all of these teams work very well together and just understand the game at a very high level. They also have stood out players such as Davin, LhCloudy, Flippy, Nico, and Shax.

Joseph “Volamel” Franco has followed esports since the MLGs of 2006. He started out primarily following Starcraft 2, Halo 3, and Super Smash Bros. Melee. He has transitioned from viewer to journalist and writes freelance primarily about Overwatch and League of Legends. If you would like to know more or follow his thoughts on esports you can follow him at @Volamel.

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