Ax1Le: "I'm so happy that we won this. My team is the best!"

Ax1Le, playing for the Cloud9 team , spoke about the team's emotions after defeating ENCE in the IEM Dallas 2022 grand final. In his interview for the HLTV portal, Ax1Le shared how his team feels on stage and in front of the public, he also spoke about his new Cloud9 organization.

I'm so happy we won this. My team is the best! We've been working hard in recent months - YEARS, what months? Years. We deserve it and we are happy.

Our first maps are a little wobbly every time, we just need time to click and feel the game. Over time, when we play, we start to feel the game, we try to communicate more and offer our ideas for the rounds, and so on. It makes us more confident and helps us win these matches. When the crowd cheers for us, it gives us confidence. We hear the crowd, they support us, and it really helps. When they shout for us, cheer for us, it gives us determination, and it becomes easier for us. We can aim the same way we aim in training, in decisive clutches and so on. It just helps us a lot and personally I really feel confident on stage. I really like to play on stage and not in the studio, I really like the crowd. I believe we will win many LAN tournaments in the future.

Before the Major, we had a lot of problems. We didn't have a real place to bootcamp, to train. We traveled the world and it was very hard, but we prepared well for this tournament, and over time, every day, we felt our game and became more confident.

As for Cloud9, it's a really good organization, they help us with everything. They give us everything we need, absolutely everything, they help us travel, look for bootcamps. This is a very good organization and we are happy to be here. We were just shocked when they offered us to join them and this is a really good opportunity.

Recall that Cloud9, before reaching the grand final, managed to beat such teams as FaZe Clan (2:1) and BIG (2:1) in the playoffs, and in the group stage they defeated Team Liquid (16:6), Ninjas In Pajamas (2:0), Team Liquid (2:0).

IEM Dallas 2022 took place from May 30 to June 5 in Dallas at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center. Sixteen teams from Europe, Oceania, North and South America fought for a prize pool of $250,000, as well as ranking points in the EPT and BLAST Premier tables.

Results of IEM Dallas 2022

• 1st place: Cloud9 - $100,000 + 1,000 EPT points + 2,400 BLAST Premier points
• 2nd place: ENCE - $42,000 + 750 EPT points + 1,200 BLAST Premier points
• 3rd-4th place: FURIA and BIG — $20,000 + 525 EPT points + 750 BLAST Premier points.
• 5th-6th place: G2 Esports and FaZe Clan — $10,000 + 350 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points.
• 7th-8th place: Vitality, Team Liquid - $6,000 + 200 EPT points + 225 BLAST Premier points.
• 9th-12th place: Astralis, MOUZ, MIBR and Ninjas in Pajamas — $5,000 + 100 EPT points.
• 13th-16th place: Movistar Riders, Encore Esports Club, Imperial Esports and Complexity Gaming — $4,000.