FUT yetujey on Karmine Corp loss: 'We need to do something unexpected'

FUT failed to adapt to Karmine Corp

Reflecting on the series, yetujey admitted that FUT struggled to adjust when their original game plan stopped working. He compared Karmine Corp's approach to that of Team Heretics, another opponent capable of countering FUT's preferred style.

Karmine Corp are always good against us. It's like Heretics, because they always counter our game plan, and Karmine Corp did the same today. Sometimes you can't follow your rules; you just need to adapt to the enemy. Karmine Corp play a different style, and we just couldn't adapt. They just beat us.

More freedom after the coaching change

The Turkish player also discussed Karmine Corp's improvement since Stage 1. In his view, the coaching change gave the roster more confidence and freedom, while N4RRATE and LewN delivered particularly strong individual performances.

Changing the coach looks like it gave them some confidence. Normally, they were following Engh, but now they have more freedom in the game, and it's better for them. N4RRATE and LewN were really good today; they just shot us every time. About the game style, we can, of course, show the level that we showed at Masters and Stage 2. It's more about us.

An apology to Heretics and Turkish fans

FUT had already secured their Champions berth before the match, but yetujey rejected the suggestion that qualification affected the team's motivation. He then addressed the Heretics supporters who had cheered for FUT in the hope that a victory would keep their team's qualification chances alive.

I don't think so. For us, whenever we play tournaments, we don't care whether we've already qualified or not. We just want to win. We just want to beat everyone. But today, I'm so sad about the Heretics fans because they were all cheering for us, and I was so hyped about that. I'm so sorry about that, and also sorry to the Turkish fans. I love them.

FUT want to become less predictable

Looking ahead, yetujey identified the map pool and the team's decisions after timeouts as areas that require improvement. According to him, opponents have started anticipating FUT's aggressive compositions and ultimate-based rounds.

We should improve our map pool, because we haven't shown Abyss yet. On Sunset, it's always changing because our comp is more aggressive. After the first game, people can understand and expect us to play aggressively. Our timeouts especially weren't good. After the timeouts, we always do some ult rounds, and people can just expect that.

Especially on Lotus B, we were running B site with an Omen ult, and they just triple-peeked B and fought us. The round was over after ten seconds. Even if you're a normal ranked player, you can expect that if there's a timeout and they have ultimates, they'll try to do an ult round. So we should do something more unexpected.

We need to adapt our game style. We can't keep trying to do something we've already tried. We need to do something unexpected, because when people watch us, they can always see that we're following our rules. Sometimes we just need to play with more freedom.

Respect for nAts ahead of the Liquid match

At the time of the interview, FUT's lower bracket opponent had not yet been determined. Yetujey spoke positively about both candidates but emphasized his respect for Ayaz "nAts" Akhmetshin, whom he will now face after Team Liquid advanced.

I love both teams because they're always nice people. If Liquid win, it will be okay for us as well, because I always like to play against nAts. I have so much respect for him. We will try to reach the Grand Final, of course.

Karmine Corp's victory secured their first VALORANT Champions appearance and ended Team Heretics' qualification hopes. FUT will face Team Liquid in the lower bracket final, with the winner advancing to a rematch against KC in the grand final.