Jordan 'Patoy' Blackburn has been a consistent support player for Team Dignitas for over a year now, showing off impressive play at the LCS as well as events like MLG Anaheim. Showing his skill with champions like Sona, Janna and Thresh, Patoy looks to bring home as many wins as possible during the week 9 Super Week of the Summer Split.

We’ve seen you pull out some Fiddle support recently. What do you think he brings to the competitive table besides the perma-fear of death?

Patoy: He brings an absurd amount of pressure but can be categorized as one of your snowball supports, when behind he doesn’t provide much, but when even or ahead it would be simple to win.

In a past interview you mentioned that the holy trinity of supports consisted of Lulu, Sona and Thresh. Do you think they’re the same now or have any of them changed?

Patoy: The holy trinity is now Sona, Thresh and Nami. Lulu was replaced due to Lulu not fitting in with any teams recent comps as it's skillset isn't very threatening when not playing with or against assassins.





Three of your next five games are against the top three teams, what’s your mindset going into the final week of LCS? What do you think the team needs to improve on to win those important games?

Patoy: During the games I notice that it's very easy to win as long as our team plays like we do in practice, so we just need to work on consistency.

Do you feel like the team has lost some of its communication that held a top two spot last split, or is it something else?

Patoy: I don't think we had much communication last split. As a team we've always had poor communication and didnt realize the extent of it until this split, so it's something we're been improving on.﻿

What team(s) do you currently struggle against most and why?

Patoy: Ourselves, because we are our own worst enemy.

During the LCS as well as major events like MLG we’ve seen you walk out to meet your opponent without any shoes on. Do you have those training weights in your shoes that make your faster when you take them off?

Patoy: My shoes are filled with 20 pound weights at all times so i have superman legs. I take them off during games so it makes me feel like I run faster in-game.

What’s it like to play against DontMashMe when you play Team Coast?

Patoy: It's fun because he plays every ADC whereas the normal LCS ADC player only plays a few.

When practicing, do you have anything or anyone that you look up to or study?

Patoy: I don't look up to any specific player, but I study a bit of everything in general. Ranging from their map movement, when and how they farm, their priorities etc.﻿

In your past AMA you mentioned that IWillDominate challenged you to make plays. Is that something that still motivates you or has it become second nature like when we see you buy boots of mobility on Sona in your matches in week 8?

Patoy: It's something I spent alot of time working on. I had to rework my entire playstyle to make room for big play making and hard initiating. I used to play very similary to Xpecial's current playstyle to put things in perspective. Currently it's second nature to see plays 2 or 3 minutes ahead of time and play accordingly to execute the play and get a snowball going, which is why I buy mobilitiy boots on every champion.﻿

What’s a support champion you want to play but nobody lets you and why?

Patoy: Nobody ever lets me play Alistar or Anivia support. My team says I have no idea what I'm talking about and rage at the off chance I do play them. I give so many reasons as to why they're good and what situations they work in, but they just crush my dreams.﻿

What do you think of the changes to Thresh in patch 3.10?

Patoy: He's a normal catch support in lane now instead of being a big super beef tank with 1000000 damage. He's still good but teams wont tunnel on him anymore as the only support pick option.﻿

How do you feel that the buffs to turrets will affect the lane swap strategies we see so often in the LCS?

Patoy: People will still do it, but I think not for the right reasons. There will be more depth to lane swapping now rather than teams doing it just because it's the meta and they see other teams do it. They'll have to think about when and why and what makes it better an having 2v2 and 1v1 lanes.﻿

Are there any support champions on which you would buy the new item Spectre’s Cowl?

Patoy: Every champ, Cowl and Visage are insanely good giving everything I'd ever want in an item. The price for the amount of health, CDR and MR it gives is absurd.﻿

With Runic Bulwark removed from the game and Locket of the Iron Solari taking its place, how do you think this will impact the supports who bought Runic?

Patoy: No support bought Bulwark to begin with due to its cost, so support itemization will be the same.

Where do you think North America stands in the world scene? Which team(s) do you think will have the most success against Europe and Asia?

Patoy: I think we've put outselves above Europe and the SEA scenes. The NA meta is expanding so much and at such a fast rate, not in terms of individual player skill like other regions, but in terms of map pressure and movement, that people don't automatically write off NA anymore, and that people might see some upsets at Worlds.﻿

One tip you would give all other support players out there?

Patoy: Buy oracles when you're done laning.

It has been over a year since you joined the team as support, how has that year been for you and the team?

Patoy: The year has had its ups and downs. I was on a high during the first split of LCS and since then I've been helping the team to improve rather than just focusing on myself. The house is great and I'm happy to be in the spot that I am, and I thank Team Dignitas for that.﻿

Have any shoutouts?

Patoy: Sorry for giving the fans heartattacks so often. Shoutout to Team Dignitas's sponsors: Intel, Alienware, Scan, Madcatz, Kingston HyperX, Twitch, Creative Soundblaster, QPAD, WD, be quiet!, iiyama and multiplay. They're all cool sponsors!

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