
Team Resilience carry Yan “YSR-04E” Shaohan spoke in an interview at The International 2026 about reaching the finals of ESL Challenger China Season 3 x ACL 2026, his expectations for the main event, and teamwork.
[Did you realize right away that this roster was capable of something special?] Not really. We’ve just known each other well for a long time, so we clicked right away. [How long have you known each other?] I’ve known some of them for two or three years, and others for four or five years.
It’s hard to say. The problem right now is that international teams have objectively gotten stronger. So we need to keep learning and growing to put on a truly solid performance.
Sometimes we don’t even fully understand what we’re doing ourselves, but the main thing is that it brings us victories. [So you don’t really delve into the details of strategies and drafts, but just play for fun?] No, we just pick the heroes that everyone feels comfortable playing. [Does that approach give you an advantage?] I wouldn’t say so. It’s just that over the few years we haven’t played together, each of us has grown in our understanding of the game, so now we’ve quickly found a common language.
Earlier, PARIVISION support Andrei “Dukalis” Kuropatkin spoke in an interview at The International 2026 about the first match in the tournament’s group stage: “I think Team Resilience is a really good team; I’m looking forward to facing them in the playoffs.”
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