G2 SkewMond: “I really want to build this legacy of my own.” – First Stand 2026 Interview Pt. 1

Ahead of First Stand 2026, Davide was given the opportunity to have an extended chat with G2’s jungler SkewMond. Learn more about his origin story and his aspirations in LoL esports.

Davide: It’s good to see you back.

How was the flight from Berlin to Brazil and how are you doing right now?

SkewMond: First of all, thank you for having me. Yeah, I’m good for the jet lag thing. I think we’ve already been adapting pretty well regarding that one. And as for the flight, yeah, I mean, it was pretty long for sure, but I think that it was pretty fun to do it with my teammates. I think we had a lot of good, funny moments and so far we’ve been seeing a bit of Brazil and it looks pretty good and I’m really excited for our games tomorrow.

Davide: You mentioned funny moments. What’s one funny moment that you can share with us?

SkewMond: I mean, probably us taking the same flight with Gen.G. I think it was pretty random. But yeah, we had the same flight, but we weren’t in business, so they slept more than us in the plane. But yeah, it was pretty funny to see them on the same plane.

Davide: Did you get to chat with them a little bit?

SkewMond: Not really. I mean, we just saw each other and just gave a little nod, you know, a little hi. Yeah, just acknowledges.

Davide: Let’s go back a little bit in time.

Before League of Legends existed for you, back when you were a kid, what did you dream of becoming, of wanting to become? And do you think that the younger version of yourself would recognize who you are right now?

SkewMond: I think I was already playing a bit of video games, not on a laptop or PCs in general; I was playing, for example, Pokémon games. I played like some FIFA and stuff like this.

SkewMond: But yeah, in general, I was really loving a lot of video games. But before having a pro career, I was also doing a lot of judo, and I stopped. I think I did for 11 years if I’m [not] mistaken. And I stopped right before the black belt (brown belt). And besides that, yeah, a lot of video games in general.

Davide: You mentioned judo. Is there any thought of wanting to go for that black belt sometime in the future?

SkewMond: I mean, definitely for the black belt for sure, because I was literally one year away from having it. So it’s a bit of a shame that I wasn’t really able to finish it because I had to stop when Covid started, back in 2019. But I didn’t really think that much of going into a professional career, to be honest. But getting the black belt would have been pretty nice.

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Davide: Do you think learning judo and everything that comes with it helped you shape the way you are as a pro player?

SkewMond: Definitely a bit, yeah. I can see myself having the learnings that I had in judo because you learn so many things in the sport. Whether it’s respect for yourself, for your teammates, and discipline, so there definitely were a lot of learnings from that time.

Davide: Let’s imagine that we’re in 2020. I think at the time you still weren’t playing competitively, if I’m not mistaken.

What was your life like at that point and did you already have an idea of wanting to go pro at that time?

SkewMond: Yeah, it was during Covid, so I was playing some solo queue. I think I was Master Elo. I always kind of had this thought and dream of playing on the biggest stage because I’ve always been watching international games, whether it was Worlds or MSI. It was definitely the kind of dream to see myself playing on that stage and winning it. So I’ve already had this thought, but it was nothing concrete. It was just like me playing solo queue and looking to get high Elo and get as much LP as I can, but taking the correct steps and the first steps to get into a professional career didn’t really start at that time.

Davide: You obviously then moved on to the amateur scene, I think, in France, and then moved up the ranks through the LFL. How were the years on the LFL, and what did it feel like for you to grind through the regional leagues?

SkewMond: I was playing first in third division and I’ve got the chance to basically just skip the second one, to jump directly into LFL, which is a very big step. I don’t think any other player did that, if I’m not mistaken. And I think my first year was probably the roughest one because, as I said, having that big of a jump is not that easy. Even though I’ve ended up second place in regular season and third place in playoff in my very first split, I think this year was pretty rough because we weren’t playing in the office with my other teammates.

So it was pretty difficult to have some good habits and have all these talks with our teammates to have a proper team spirit in general. It ended up being probably the hardest one in my career so far, but I’ve learned a lot from it. And afterwards, when I joined BDSA, I think it was way much easier because I had more experience and playing in the office with my other teammates helped to actually build up that team synergy and ended up winning it all in the end.

Davide: The gamer life, the gamer career is not that welcomed, among the older generations.

Did your family support you? Did people around you know that you were going for this pro player career?

SkewMond: Yeah, I mean, to be completely honest, in the beginning, it was pretty hard for them to really see and understand what I really wanted to, to go for as like a career. Obviously, I was always playing a lot of video games, and they were like, aware of it. But for them, since they’re coming from a way older generation at the time, they didn’t really have any of this new technology and devices that really like, so they just don’t see it as a real job.

It was definitely hard in the beginning. But when I started actually getting more recognized as a good player and actually getting offers in the LFL, for example, and having a good contract, it actually kind of helped them to understand that, okay, you can actually live from it. And this is probably the most important thing if you want to pursue a career. So yeah, in the beginning it was hard, but as of today, they are really supporting me, and it means a lot.

Davide: Let’s talk about G2 now. Can you walk me through how you knew you were going to become a G2 player? What happened at the time and what were you feeling in that particular period?

SkewMond: Yeah, so basically after ending my year with BDSA, we’ve ended up like winning both LFL and EMEA Masters. And that year, we were scrimming a lot of LEC teams and having good results against them. One that is like G2, we’ve been playing against them a lot, and we’ve had decent results. So honestly, I didn’t really think about joining G2 in particular because they were also playing Worlds at the time when my season ended.

But I was like pretty confident that I was going to play in LEC, that’s for sure. But the G2 offer came late in the season… I didn’t really hesitate because for me it’s just like the best team and org you can probably join in Europe. And yeah, I think it’s pretty self-explanatory.

Davide: Was there any particular challenge that you faced as you entered G2 last year? Was there anything particular that you think you didn’t expect or that caught you off guard?

SkewMond: I guess not really stuff that I didn’t expect. I would say like the hardest stuff was the expectation coming as a G2 player, right? Because looking back at 2024, the team literally won everything in Europe, they were just like really dominant. So coming as a rookie to this team meant that a lot of people would have expected me to be just the best in the league, right? Which is a bit hard to see.

I would have wished that I were that good at the time, but sadly, it’s not really realistic. So I took time here to just develop as a player and as a teammate. And in the beginning it was really hard because everybody expected so much good stuff from me, and I wasn’t really able to deliver the stuff that people like saw in me as a player.

I didn’t really get burnout, but we were scrimming a lot, playing a lot of solo queue in order to be the best. And yeah, losing two finals in a row was pretty rough and having a poor international showing. But I think that with all these experiences, I really got to learn a lot from myself and learn how to not really get affected by those things.

Do you think there was a particular moment where you had that mental shift to get rid of the noise?

SkewMond: Yeah, for me it was like after MSI. I’ve really worked a lot on not really getting affected by it and looking at solutions to just focusing on me and on the team in general in a daily basis. Afterwards, we played EWC and summer split, and I’ve really just shut down all the distractions, mostly social media. I focused on the team, on the scrims, on my everyday life, so I can really make sure that I’m giving my all and not really have any regrets in the end.

Davide: I was actually looking through your Twitter account and you still have the picture of the Worlds 2024 trophy as the pinned post.

Do you still think that is the final goal for you, or do you have anything beyond that in LoL esports?

SkewMond: I mean, definitely it is the biggest goal. If one day I were able to win the trophy, I’m not really sure what to do next. Obviously, my dream is to win this trophy and build a really long career. I want people to remember me as one of the greatest European players ever. And this comes by obviously winning a lot in Europe, first of all, and having a great showing in international and winning some trophy in international. I really want to build this legacy of my own. And it will take a lot of time for sure. A lot of work, a lot of discipline, a lot of consistency. And, yeah, that will be my goal.

Davide: You mentioned wanting to build that legacy, wanting to be consistent and go for results. You actually have the biggest Western player on the team, which is Caps.

How is it to work with him? And then do you think that his presence makes your job easier or harder?

SkewMond: Working with a player like Caps is really nice because everything that he’s achieved and he’s like, still really insane as of today. He’s just the greatest European player ever, for sure. And yeah, I mean, definitely it’s pretty easy in a way. I’m not sure if it’s the correct word. But he facilitates me a lot on a lot of things, whether it’s outside of the game or inside.

I think he definitely has a lot of good ideas coming to the game and I can really see his patience through our everyday scrims because he really wants to push himself to be the best and keep learning and making sure that we as a team improve and get to a point where we can actually compete against the best team in the world.

End of Part 1.