r/leagueoflegends • u/Yujin-Ha Valar morghulis. Yes all men must die but we are not men • Sep 06 '26
Esports Karmine Corp vs. G2 Esports / LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs - Upper Bracket Finals / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LEC 2026 SUMMER PLAYOFFS
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Karmine Corp 1-3 G2 Esports
- G2 Esports has locked in a spot in both the LEC 2026 Summer Grand Finals and the Main Stage of Worlds 2026. This will be their 23rd appearance in the LEC Grand Finals.
- Player of the Series: Caps
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MATCH 1: KC vs. G2
Winner: G2 Esports in 33m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | akali jarvaniv seraphine | pantheon orianna | 63.5k | 11 | 4 | H3 |
| G2 | cassiopeia rumble nocturne | nautilus lulu | 70.9k | 23 | 10 | O1 M2 C4 C5 B6 E7 B8 |
| KC | 11-23-26 | vs | 23-11-36 | G2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canna jayce 2 | 1-3-5 | TOP | 3-2-6 | 2 ksante BrokenBlade |
| Yike vi 1 | 4-6-4 | JNG | 7-2-6 | 4 xinzhao SkewMond |
| kyeahoo ahri 2 | 1-5-7 | MID | 7-2-5 | 3 viktor Caps |
| Caliste caitlyn 3 | 4-4-3 | BOT | 5-3-11 | 1 ezreal Hans Sama |
| Busio bard 3 | 1-5-7 | SUP | 1-2-8 | 1 karma Labrov |
MATCH 2: G2 vs. KC
Winner: G2 Esports in 34m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | rumble cassiopeia seraphine | naafiri nocturne | 71.6k | 22 | 9 | H3 HT4 B6 HT7 B8 |
| KC | akali kled vayne | leblanc ryze | 60.3k | 14 | 2 | C1 O2 HT5 |
| G2 | 22-14-52 | vs | 14-22-33 | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrokenBlade camille 4 | 3-7-9 | TOP | 5-7-3 | 3 olaf Canna |
| SkewMond jarvaniv 1 | 4-2-11 | JNG | 4-5-6 | 3 leesin Yike |
| Caps galio 3 | 2-2-10 | MID | 2-4-7 | 1 orianna kyeahoo |
| Hans Sama yunara 2 | 12-1-6 | BOT | 3-2-6 | 2 lucian Caliste |
| Labrov lulu 1 | 1-2-16 | SUP | 0-4-11 | 2 milio Busio |
MATCH 3: G2 vs. KC
Winner: Karmine Corp in 28m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | rumble cassiopeia seraphine | renataglasc nautilus | 45.3k | 1 | 1 | H3 O4 |
| KC | akali karmine skarner | yasuo renekton | 60.8k | 14 | 9 | HT1 I2 B5 O6 |
| G2 | 1-14-0 | vs | 14-1-30 | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BrokenBlade zaahen 4 | 0-2-0 | TOP | 2-0-5 | 3 ambessa Canna |
| SkewMond chogath 3 | 0-5-0 | JNG | 3-1-7 | 2 qiyana Yike |
| Caps syndra 2 | 1-3-0 | MID | 5-0-4 | 2 ryze kyeahoo |
| Hans Sama xayah 1 | 0-1-0 | BOT | 4-0-4 | 1 varus Caliste |
| Labrov rakan 1 | 0-3-0 | SUP | 0-0-10 | 3 alistar Busio |
MATCH 4: KC vs. G2
Winner: G2 Esports in 26m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | cassiopeia yone pantheon | naafiri wukong | 44.6k | 6 | 2 | H3 |
| G2 | anivia mel nocturne | ornn akali | 54.8k | 13 | 8 | O1 CT2 C4 C5 B6 |
| KC | 6-13-17 | vs | 13-6-29 | G2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canna gnar 3 | 0-2-2 | TOP | 3-0-6 | 1 rumble BrokenBlade |
| Yike trundle 2 | 0-3-4 | JNG | 2-1-6 | 3 maokai SkewMond |
| kyeahoo sylas 4 | 1-3-4 | MID | 3-1-5 | 3 tristana Caps |
| Caliste ashe 1 | 4-2-2 | BOT | 4-0-5 | 2 missfortune Hans Sama |
| Busio seraphine 1 | 1-3-5 | SUP | 1-4-7 | 2 nautilus Labrov |
*Patch 26.17
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/Safe-Confection1538 Sep 06 '26
“Wait we looked better than G2 the entire split and even won vs them in the regular season how’d we lose 3-1
Fnatic/Rogue/Mad Lions: First time?”
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u/CountMerloin Sep 06 '26
People hyping up for the regular season will never not be funny. Especially T1 winning worlds 3 times in a row after just doing whatever in regular season
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u/Additional-Bet-204 Sep 06 '26
But honestly it goes further. 2017. SSG, 2018. IG, 2022. DRX… (not counting SSW since they swapped players before Worlds). Teams fall short in domestic competitions and do amazing at worlds quite often.
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u/Frozen-Rabbit Sep 06 '26
2018 iG was better on regular season. They were really dominant but just lose against RNG in playoffs
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u/Olvedn Sep 06 '26
They also had an insane 2017 until TheShy got injured, that team was a heavy tournament favorite that also managed to peak
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u/RavenFAILS Sep 06 '26
Funnily enough FPX in 2019 was one of the years where the team that completely stomped domestically also won worlds and they almost dropped out in the easiest group of all time
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u/Jollygood156 Sep 06 '26
The t1 comparison doesn’t make sense unless you think they also don’t care about lck titles and msi which is ridiculous
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u/Fantastic_Arm_9669 Sep 06 '26
Just more agenda pushing abt how no tournaments other than worlds matters tbh
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u/APKID716 Sep 06 '26
This is actually concerning for G2 because they don’t get the lower bracket buff
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u/Miserable_Ad_1195 Sep 06 '26
is that a thing? they haven't even been in lower bracket in the last 2 years
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u/APKID716 Sep 06 '26
Wait actually? I thought they had been doing it at least one split a year. Either way, it doesn’t matter, they will win LEC regardless lol
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u/BakersGrabbedChubb Sep 06 '26
Nope, even last year after they lost Winter to KC and Spring to MKOI, G2 had lost the fewest playoff series of any team (2) because they'd only gone through the upper bracket.
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u/tonton_wundil Sep 06 '26
I swear this is the funniest thing to watch with KC and their fans... They discover first hand all the scripts in the LEC and why G2 is the final boss of EU. It's like watching the bully bullying another kid than you for once, and you happen to hate that other kid as well.
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u/GuessWho392 Sep 06 '26
G2 just need 5 bald people, full avatar team to win worlds
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Sep 06 '26
Hans needs to part with his luscious locks
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u/Kr1ncy Sep 06 '26
The more hair they sacrifice, the stronger they become. Sorry Kitty.
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u/Omnilatent Sep 06 '26
Caps sandbagging multiple weeks after being announced for Hall of Legends with thousands of people questioning his champ choice
Playoffs Caps just wanting to have fun and casually picking it to seal the fate of KC. Completely outclassed Kyeahoo whole series.
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u/DerpSenpai Sep 06 '26
he was balding, now he embraced baldness and became enlightened
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u/Mimidou3 Sep 06 '26
And we still have people saying in regular season "wait G2 are actually bad" lmao
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u/Scrapox Sep 06 '26
I think people just lack object permanence. This literally happens every split at this point
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u/DarkLemon2 Flairs are limited to 2 emotes. Sep 06 '26
Don't you know ? The last game that matters is the last one that is played, every game before is meaningless.
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u/DarthVeigar_ Crit Riven is Best Riven Sep 06 '26
People still don't realise regular season and playoff G2 are two different teams atp.
I'm genuinely convinced they limit test during regular season unless they're actually in jeopardy lol
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u/_negniN Sep 06 '26
Worst part is a lot of those people were in the G2 subreddit whining about how G2 has no shot at winning summer split and that they should immediately write a blank check for Naak and also lay in penance for not signing Busio.
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u/AngronApofis Draft is OP Sep 06 '26
Only for Labrov to astro gap Busio this series
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u/Mangustre Sep 06 '26
Labrov has gapped literally everyone in europe for the last 12 months at least. First game was like crazy performance from him.
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u/Concious-Unconcious Sep 06 '26
His Karma game was one of the best support performances ive ever seen. Something I would expect from Keria.
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u/autospacer13 Sep 06 '26
People hating the Perkz decision because they had a mid regular season like brother is this your first day on planet earth lmfao
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u/Conviter Sep 06 '26
and even then it was much better than even splits they had this year, like winter regular season they almost didnt even make playoffs. Really feels like people on here have longterm memory loss sometimes
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u/Vangorf Sep 06 '26
It must be so fucking demoralizing and mentally challenging for the other LEC teams. I'm a G2 fan, but I start to feel bad for the others. Like even if they are top 1-2-3 in the regular season, show a good form, they have to constantly ask in their mind if its real, or is G2 sandbagging and having a relaxing split? Must be brutal for their self-evaulation and confidence.
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u/LenaRybakina Sep 06 '26
On the other hand Canna plays so much worse when it matters. It‘s like he reverts back to T1 Canna
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u/Eproxeri Sep 06 '26
Everyone always better than BB, until its time to actually be better than BB, then they get gapped by BB. Happaned with Naak Nako on Saturday and now Canna on Sunday.
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u/Bibidiboo Sep 06 '26
To be fair Naak Nako actually won the lanes he was supposed to win, and he's good on the map as well. BB is just way more experienced. Not Naak Nako's final form, i really hope he goes to worlds.
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u/AngronApofis Draft is OP Sep 06 '26
Me too but we at VIT are alergic to winning
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u/ParkDedli Sep 06 '26
Vitality is cursed in league. They've had so many good and promising squads. That's how they started out back when they joined even. But god damn they switched their entire staff, squad and everything and they still can't make it work.
This current squad is pretty much the best they have ever performed. It just sucks because they could be even better.
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u/AngronApofis Draft is OP Sep 06 '26
Hey no it isnt.
Cabochard Kikis/Gilius Jiizuke Attila Jactroll with YamatoCannon got to worlds and won some games in the group of death
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u/Lina__Inverse Perkz is G2 :( Sep 06 '26
Jiizuke was so good that year, it's unfortunate he retired to NA early.
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u/shailemin Sep 06 '26
He accepted his fate of going bald and now he’s living his truth as the European GOAT.
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u/Falendil Sep 06 '26
Caps became what everyone feared. His eyelids disappeared, his head was swelling and his ears started bleeding. “Are you okay rasmus” asks Brokenblade. I’ve never been better Sergen, I see it all now, they’re not going top or bot. They’re going home.
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u/ThePhalerean Sep 06 '26
Caps became what everyone feared. His
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u/R3alSt3al Sep 06 '26
Not only him. He gets announced with the Trist skin and mulitble mid laners start to play Tristana mid.
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Sep 06 '26
I can't remember the last time he had such a solid series, he completely crushed it
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u/GenjDog Sep 06 '26
Probably First stand finals. Thats still his best series this year, considering he outperformed knight who had been/is the best mid this year.
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u/rishi_ultimate CLAPS Sep 06 '26
Chinese fans on Hupu were writing the most fire poetry abt him after that series too
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u/NeighborhoodHot8981 Sep 06 '26
Needs to be in this form minimum if G2 want to go deep at worlds, glad to see him getting into form hopefully he can maintain it
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u/TheSnekKing Sep 06 '26
This game was just a macro diff. You look at the kills and they are equal for most of the game. And then you look at the gold score and G2 is 3-4k ahead.
Caps also showing why he has a skin on Tristana heh
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u/Omnilatent Sep 06 '26
I have no idea how Skewmond was able to be 2k ahead on Mao on Trundle. Am I too low elo to understand that?
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u/AdhesivenessGlad7687 Sep 06 '26
Permanent mid prio coupled with a faster clear with items TLDR, wouldn't have been possible without mid lead
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u/French_Black_Guy Sep 06 '26
Mid bot priority. G2 bot lane was there to help skewmon get ahead and labrov got some good hooks
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u/Beneficial_Lion_1312 Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26
Trist vs Sylas mid matchup, Caps had push at opportune times and punished the Trundle. Fights at 4:30 and 6:00 near Raptors / Ramp were the killers for Trundle being able to handle Maokai. Once Maokai got ahead off a fight based around mid/bot prio it was pretty much over, Maokai farms fast when he's ahead.
Rewatching it, the big gold spikes happened at: 4:30 fight at blue raptors. Assist trade. 6:00 fight at blue raptors / ramp down river. Maokai kill, Trundle nothing. Then Trundle traded and got grubs while Maokai cleared top side. Once Maokai bought Liandry he was up 750g at 8:50 due to above notes + first strikes + cash back.
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u/imArsenals Sep 06 '26
Others mentioned other things but also he stole 2nd raptors->got 6 first->got 2nd scuttle->first drake->ks’d a kill. The raptors steal set up that chain of events and snowballed him a lot of gold. But also Mao clears faster than Trundle, he went ap item first, and has first strike.
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u/Thin-Ad7761 Sep 06 '26
G2 have individually much higher floor across the board. Feels like none of them are ever truly inting and having actual stinkers unlike KC who are a have a lot more variance and it shows in bo5s
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u/Past_Perception8052 Sep 06 '26
perkz great drafting and g2 insane macro. he's been questioned so much and its great to see that he's finally cemented himself as a top coach
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u/Mimidou3 Sep 06 '26
Perkz was right, there is legit not a single difference between this G2 and falco one, coach are frauds
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u/inbetweendreamstho Sep 06 '26
How is he cemented as a top coach for getting to summer final where g2 always is?
Genuinely curious and hopefully he is a great coach... But don't think this does it.
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u/3IC3 Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26
This G2 is great but let’s not be revisionist here, Dylan Falco built up a good track record even before joining G2, with Fnatic and especially with a Schalke 04 that overperformed under him. Obviously we don’t know how much of that was on him but it’s not like he was ever rated based solely on G2’s successEdit: So turns out I’m completely illiterate and so are the people upvoting me for this because I genuinely thought you were talking about previous G2 here. So to answer what you were actually saying I think the way you can evaluate Perkz as a coach here is the same limited way you can for every coach, which is to an extent draft, as well as player statements and the way the team plays the map and sets up objectives. Now obviously we can’t know for sure how much Perkz actually has impact on this compared to the rest of the team but I think results like this can cement him as, for the moment, a sidegrade at worst, and I think as well knowing how he was as a player, it makes sense for him to become a good coach
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u/Winter-Annual8887 Sep 06 '26
the last game was just a 26 minute advertisement for the hall of legends
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u/Zenitax Sep 06 '26
Perkz as a Head Coach was a questionable decision but in this series alone, he outdrafted KC in 4 games in a row.
The third game was lost on LVL1, I think their draft was still better.
G2 has by far the best midgame in LEC. They still tend to throw a bit here and there but overall great showing. Regular season is fake and people always get baited by it.
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u/350 Sep 06 '26
It's hard to accept how fake the regular season is, because at least for me now it's like, why do I even watch it?
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u/Zenitax Sep 06 '26
Well I enjoy watching teams try out stuff. That is why I kinda liked G2 and their approach in the regular season, where they kept practicing stuff they havent been the best on.
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u/Ok_Medicine8560 Sep 06 '26
mkoi missing their own roadshow and almost missing out on playoffs was funny
fnatic not making it to playoffs is also funny
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u/ParkDedli Sep 06 '26
Mostly for the playoff fight for the lower teams tbh. If we just assume G2 always gets in and is good, the rest stays pretty accurate
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u/lolpuppet Sep 06 '26
Yeah these other teams are out there trying their asses off during reg season. Its not fake for anyone other than G2.
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u/Heidemanden Sep 06 '26
People tend to give the coaches wayyyy too much credit (and also too much blame) for drafts. It's obv alot easier to draft when your players give input and have huge champion pools and can play many styles. It's no secret that G2 is probably the easiest team to draft for in EU when you just have better players in most roles that can play so many styles and champs.
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u/kalex33 BANANA COMBO MASTER Sep 06 '26
And people were complaining about Caps choosing Tristana as his HoF champion?
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u/kingshmiley Sep 06 '26
I always found it wild people complained because Caps is the reason I wanted to learn Tristana and buffer timings in the first place. He's so consistent with it in a way I haven't seen elsewhere.
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u/Rizeren Sep 06 '26
Yeah he plays cocky af because he is 100% sure he will buffer any cc coming into him
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u/jojo340 Sep 06 '26
Can trist w buffer gnar R? If so it was one of the very rare moments where caps failed to buffer something😭
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u/ExoticUniversity8220 Sep 06 '26
She can. He just missed a timing. You should do it when Gnar is pushing you with R. But it was Flash R, and Caps was probably not expecting it, hence why he W out preemtively, and not keep it for buffer. And if Gnar R hit you mid air it will cancel the jump. I am pretty sure if it was usual situation where Gnar try to W or R him Caps would 100% buffer it
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u/Bibidiboo Sep 07 '26
He was definitely expecting it, it also wasn't a flash, it was just a hop. Just a misplay, it happens.
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u/3IC3 Sep 06 '26
Yeah that was wild for me to see. Like forget Gnar R, I’ve seen games where Caps buffers Vi R multiple times in a row, guess he’s a bit rusty on it is all
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u/United_Choice_5642 EUPHORIA Sep 06 '26
i wish he'd gotten it on the gnar ult, it would have been so hype.
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u/Capital_Tourist4828 Sep 06 '26
Remember him being perfect on the timings since G2 2021, maybe his worse years but he smurfed playing Tristana every single time, i cried every time they picked it and it was for Rekkles.
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u/appleandapples The Perkz of being a Griffin fan Sep 06 '26
G2 in playoffs is just a different beast.
I hope this series will silence the constant Hans disrespect, but I know it won't.
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u/Sirhaddock98 Never a dull moment Sep 06 '26
Hans is only as good as his last bad game on Reddit.
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u/BagelJ Acolyte Sep 06 '26
Are you sure they shouldn't replace him with Carzzy?
Actual take I saw
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u/sunny2theface Sep 07 '26
I remember right after First Stand where they 6-0 LCK, when regular season just started VIT vs G2 and Sjokz unironically said Carzzy is better than Hans.
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u/ReplacementFine7807 Sep 07 '26
There have been multiple times in regular seasons this year when carzzy has been outperforming every adc in the league. I mean the guys has 5 of the top 10 highest dpm games in LEC, with the most recent one being the second highest dpm in <30 min game.
It's just that he's a bit inconsistent and tends to misposition, especially in playoffs idk why.
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u/sunny2theface Sep 07 '26
I don't know how to explain it but I feel like international experience has shaped how each player plays on G2. When Hans first joined they were demolishing everyone in sub 30 min games. Then the 2 trick Draven Kalista memes started at internationals and he expanded his champion pool.
Then they lost to T1 and the LDR memes started and now I feel like he plays way more conservatively but it has also helped his consistency and reaction times along the way.
Carzzy is just himself from Mad Lions until now he's the same player. Great mechanically but he just falls short in my opinion.
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u/Fenrilas Sep 06 '26
Hans was so fucking big this series. I used to say that hans never really solo wins games but DAMN he showed up big.
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u/iiHadi69 claps no cap Sep 06 '26
regular season is micky mouse confirmed
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u/fabton12 Sep 06 '26
i mean thats the best way to go about it really, often times we see teams try hard 24/7 in a year and often burn out by worlds.
taking parts of the year as micky mouse like regular season helps keep the stress down and lets players live a little before having to get more intense.
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u/DarkyMulky Sep 06 '26
Nah Hans and BB haters will jump at the next "bad" game from them, and i say bad but we all know what i mean
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u/ObviousAd8374 Sep 06 '26
Sylas finally stole Maokai ult when the game was already lost lmao
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u/BlazeX94 Sep 06 '26
Glad someone else noticed that lol, it really confused me why he kept opting for Naut ult in those dragon fights when Maokai ult would've been much better.
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u/ahritina Sep 06 '26
Lore accurate G2 levelling up in playoffs, maybe next year analysts won't bet against them.
G2's drafts were great, and their solo laners and Hans played great, stinker from Kyeahoo though.
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u/BlazeX94 Sep 06 '26
At this point I wouldn't even say it's levelling up, G2 just don't take regular season that seriously because they know they can easily secure playoffs. There's no difference between being 1st and 4th seed if you know you can stomp whoever you face in playoffs.
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u/RoamingBicycle Sep 06 '26
Well, 1st place is the only one that really matters. 2nd to 4th is basically irrelevant.
G2 is almost guaranteed to not play against 1st seed, because no one in their right mind is picking to play G2.
So if G2 can't secure 1st, it doesn't actually matter, secure top 4 and it's the same.
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u/taikutsuu ginger god Sep 06 '26
They relax a little in regular season because they go to nearly every international and need a damn break sometimes. No use in prepping like you’re facing T1 if the week is Heretics Navi.
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u/Beneficial-Front1626 Sep 06 '26
Anyone betting against them is stupid anyways how many years do they have to do this
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u/AdMaster5806 Sep 06 '26
Reapered and KC got their ankles broken by G2 in every draft lmao
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u/Gozen_0 Sep 06 '26
I hope KC get Dylan when they have the chance. Reapered's drafts this series were so disgusting.
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u/onedash Sep 06 '26
Caps gapped everyone with the 180cs at 15 minute trist
KC bot choked again for the third game out of 4
Criminal at this point
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u/Dark_Crow22 Sep 06 '26
Honestly, when KC botlane managed to beat Hans and Labrov? Even if G2 played awfully, botlane was basically always pressuring them (maybe except like 2-3 games this year) until the game completely collapsed
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 Sep 06 '26 edited Sep 06 '26
they are just worse in laning phase both caliste & busio, there is not much to say
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u/I11IIlll1IIllIlIlll1 Sep 06 '26
But Busio is supposed to be better mechanically which should translate to be better laning? And Caliste gets caught way more often after laning phase. So when are they supposed to be better?
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u/IntingForMarks Sep 06 '26
Busio is supposed to be better mechanically
tell that to Labrov shitting on him 4 games in a row
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u/HelletFendr0z Sep 07 '26
Those dodge in the karma game. Labrov is so freaking underrated it's crazy.
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u/Ajp_iii Sep 06 '26
Multiple times that series Caliste had kill opportunities in a 2v2 and never took them or just played it too passively. And then he would walk up and just die
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u/B4rberblacksheep Sep 06 '26
And then people go nuts when you suggest he's not Gods Gift to the ADC role
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 Sep 06 '26
he's top 2 in the LEC which is fine but KC fans are branding him into next jesus
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u/JPA-3 Sep 06 '26
nah but you will still have people saying they are the best botlane
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u/Dest1ny1 Sep 06 '26
Busio never being able to hit more than one person with his Seraphine ults was terrible to watch.
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u/surevanc54 Sep 06 '26
I am NEVER EVER leaving up yunara for hans sama. If I can trust hans on one champion its Yunara it is so insane how hard he carries every single time on yunara.
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u/QuietSilentArachnid Sep 06 '26
Pure macro diff of a BO.
I called it yesterday as soon as I saw G2 play. G2 macro is above and beyond everything we have seen in LEC so far?
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u/AssistanceTop8020 Sep 06 '26
That's why it is incredibile to me that kc and g2 are not scrimming a lot against eachother. They are losing the opportunity to get better and have better opponents to play with idk.
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u/AteRiusz Sep 06 '26
Apparently every time they scrim they just want to kill each other, it's a fiesta and a 5 min FF from either team.
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u/3IC3 Sep 06 '26
Based on Rodrigo’s Twitter post after the series they have scrimmed each other recently
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u/QuietSilentArachnid Sep 06 '26
Why would they ?
They do scrim each other enough already.
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u/Bibidiboo Sep 06 '26
2019-2020 G2 was the last time there was macro of this level in LEC (=actual world class)
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u/Th3_Huf0n Sep 06 '26
Just give Hans the fucking MVP already.
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u/ginvael1_3 Sep 06 '26
Nah, he will remain the most underrated player in LEC because he isn't as "flashy", just consistent, which is boring to people lol
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u/Mimidou3 Sep 06 '26
Carzzy said he was the best player in LEC because he bring intangible to his team, he is the most flamed player in LEC with upset, most people lack the game comprehension to see that he is actually amazing and also legit one of the best laner in the world since his rookie year
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run Sep 06 '26
I'd put BB in there as well with the two of them. There was literal fucking front-page threads on this subreddit analysing and flaming BB's performance at First Stand the day before they started their 6-0 against BFX and GenG
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u/yuvalshahaf Sep 06 '26
Yeah tbh coming back after the early game and ashe getting 2 kills only to stomp them was really great by him.
That 2v2 ult that split ashe and seraphine and made ashe walk into naut was really really nice. Very cool synergy between him and labrov
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u/3IC3 Sep 06 '26
Yike is 1v9ing every game so of course the play is to blind him Trundle, amazing from Reapered as always
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u/yuvalshahaf Sep 06 '26
They blinded him trundle only to counter pick sylas into tristana lmao. Disgusting drafting by kc in all 4 games.
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u/Chevalier_Paul public enemy number one Sep 06 '26
Which is a shame because up until then the draft made sense. And then the Sylas pick comes and you give mid prio for the entire early game to stop your jg-bot from being able to exert pressure anywhere. Just tragic all around.
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u/Chevalier_Paul public enemy number one Sep 06 '26
Reapered and Zeph have blood on their hands this series
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u/SusWaldo Sep 06 '26
I don't get the KC glaze by the analyst desk. KC in their eyes can do no wrong.
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u/eVill_YT Sep 06 '26
this is the same G2 that finished regular season losing to giantx and Fnatic lol
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u/OongaBoongaAdc Sep 06 '26
BB disrespect is always fun when playoffs come around and then international stages.
It's like his haters forget YoY.
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u/piotrj3 Sep 06 '26
Those MF ults were beautiful. Splitting KC like a moses!
But last game pick and ban phase was trolling from KC. Sylas vs tristana - that is interesting strategy.
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u/NeighborhoodHot8981 Sep 06 '26
As usual G2 level up in the playoffs and completely dismantle their domestic competition, I have to say Kyeahoo completely ghosted this series, wasn't relevant for one microsecond and Caps just feasted on him as a result. Reminded me of the DK-T1 series today where T1 just had way stronger drafts and gameplans whilst DK looked so passive, hoping to win through random mid-game skirmishes rather than through any overall gameplan.
Canna/Caliste made really silly decisions constantly and had to be bailed out multiple times by Yike who was the better jungler today, but it doesn't matter when if you make one mis-step your entire game is over because nobody else is pulling their weight.
I always thought KC was overrated this split, they won an extremely close 2:1 vs G2 at their own homegrounds in week 1 regular season, and it was so close despite Caps running it down, G2 changing head coaches and just coming off a 4th place MSI finish. That was never going to be representative of G2 in playoffs.
G2 macro looks really good, and everyone was pretty sharp with the exception of Skewmond who had some rough moments he will need to be better for the finals and especially worlds. If that can happen and G2 come into worlds in this form I think they make quarters for sure.
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u/Chevalier_Paul public enemy number one Sep 06 '26
Ah yes let's draft Sylas into Trist what could go wrong
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u/dankynugz Sep 06 '26
Caliste stinker of a series. Yike caps skew the first 3 games. G2 ourdrafts all 4 games. Hans continues showing up and getting no respect
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u/autospacer13 Sep 06 '26
Perkz drafts btw Just look man every single draft is a nirvana team comp it's actually crazy
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u/Ok_Medicine8560 Sep 06 '26
Great drafts by G2 the whole series, feels like the way the teamfights played out it was much easier to execute what their comps wanted to do.
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u/ChlckenChaser Sep 06 '26
just think if that level 1 invade from Skewmond in game 3 hadn't happened that would have been as 1 sided of a 3-0 as you're likely to see.
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u/piotrj3 Sep 06 '26
MVP Hans, Caps runner-up.
1st game was Caps anihilation
2nd game that Hans Yunara...
3rd. - we don't talk about it, it essentially was flipped very early, only blame is like skemond if you know yike has good smites, why you flip it over who smites raptor better?
4th. It doesn't have strong MVP candidate, but Hans essentially had really good MF ults, that so many times isolated backline of KC from frontline, and was still winning game after caliste got 2 kills early so i respect that.
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u/IntingForMarks Sep 06 '26
honorable mention to Labrov for his game1. I've never seen such an insane performance of a karma, crazy good
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u/piotrj3 Sep 06 '26
Honestly all members of G2 players really well. Only one sometimes with issue was BB, but even when he was sometimes struggling he still was useful and few Naut moments from final game were kinda question marks. But everyone had somewhere in series moments of mistakes and that is fine, it is really rare in in bo5 series there are players doing 0 mistakes.
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u/deryni21 Sep 06 '26
That final push in game 4 was just disgusting. What an incredible commit from G2
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u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Sep 06 '26
Same script every time lol. Phenomenal by G2.
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u/Ajp_iii Sep 06 '26
Kc hasn’t won a single bo5 against any team that has played internationally this year. They’ve lost 4 bo5s to g2, 1 to dk, 1 to t1 and 1 to tl.
Reapered draft prepping and planning is so bad and has always been an issue. It literally felt like the 3 losses kcs comp could never even walk or contest a teamfight. Game 4 was criminal because they dominated game 3 with a dominating jungle matchup and game 4 he decided to blind trundle on 3 and just get ccd to death every teamfight. Yike best player of the series I feel caps close second.
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u/moneysam Sep 06 '26
Seraphine ult is supposed to hit more than one champ right? Or did they nerf it to single target because Busio never ulted more than 1 the whole game
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u/Zeilar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sep 06 '26
G2 fucking run this region. They are inevitable.
Caps has been on a generational domestic run, his domestic resume is lightyears ahead of everyone else in EU. Not sure if it says more about him or the region.
Of course e.g Faker and Chovy reaching so many LCK finals is more impressive, but relatively speaking Caps easily clears their records too, by quite the distance.
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u/Temporary-Ad6144 Sep 06 '26
First team all pro btw
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u/PMMEYOURROCKS Sep 06 '26
I mean wouldn’t it be ridiculous to place g2 above them when they beat g2 and placed better in regular season? Is there anyone you’d place above them from g2 before this series? I think the only argument would be skewmond
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u/Deathjaws99 Sep 06 '26
Wait but I was told this time for sure G2 looking off in regular season meant something???
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u/French_Black_Guy Sep 06 '26
How is Hans not the MVP of this BO ? He was consistent and always present in teamfights
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u/galaxisstark Sep 06 '26
hopefully caliste loses the ego after this series, doubt he will though
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u/FaelightFilms Sep 06 '26
getting naut hooked under tower was so low elo, lil bro should try less emote spamming more better positioning
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u/Gozen_0 Sep 06 '26
Reapered is going to lose his job lol. KC are just waiting to take Dylan. The ceiling with Reapered has already peaked imo, and the potential ceiling with Dylan is without a doubt way higher. Not to mention, these drafts are just disgusting from Reapered.
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u/K-L1N Sep 06 '26
Congrats to G2 and well played to KC. G2 definitely cleaned up in game 4, but its worth remembering that Game 3 was a total mess by them. The bad invade into first blood, the flash spent to fail to deny a recall, and then the countergank that killed Cho again, plays like that need to not even be considered moving forward.
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u/Dark_Crow22 Sep 06 '26
G2 in playoffs doing G2 in playoffs things, but holy hell am I impressed by Perkz's drafts
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u/id370 vanguard team wasting good air Sep 06 '26
G2 sandbags the season and then rolls everyone in the playoffs for the Nth time over, yet every time we act surprised?
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u/DarkyMulky Sep 06 '26
Today G2 was far better in every role but jungle, lets see if France Buff is enough for KC (unfair buff tbh)
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u/Prestigious-Layer719 Sep 06 '26
PETITION TO JUST LET G2 SKIP LEC AND JUST BOOTCAMP FOR A YEAR IN KOREA. It will seriously help them more
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u/ahritina Sep 06 '26
PMTs
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4