G2 League of Legends – A Powerful LOL Team

G2 Esports is one of the leading entertainment assets in esports, bringing together some of the best competitive players in the world and biggest personalities in gaming. The club was co-founded by legendary League of Legends player-turned-team owner, Carlos ‘ocelote’ Rodriguez, and veteran esports entrepreneur and investor, Jens Hilgers. With decades of experience, G2’s multinational staff elevates the company to the highest levels of performance in every aspect of business in the esports industry. 

G2 collaborates with the best partners, creates top-of-the-line merchandise, develops the most entertaining content, and enables its players to surpass any obstacles to spark outstanding performance in the most prominent tournaments and leagues. G2 Esports is, and has been since inception, one of the top-five most successful esports clubs in the world.

G2 ESPORTS LOL – 

G2 Esports, formerly known as Gamers2, is a Spanish esports organisation based in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in League of Legends, Counter-Strike : Global Offensive, Hearthstone, Rocket League, Rainbow Six Siege, and iRacing. The organization was founded on 24 February 2014 by former League of Legends pro Carlos “ocelote” Rodríguez Santiago and investor Jens Hilgers.

G2 League of Legends team competes in the League of Legends European Championship (LEC), the highest level of competitive League of Legends in Europe. The team won the 2016 Spring, 2016 Summer, 2017 Spring, and 2017 Summer EU LCS, the 2019 Spring LEC, the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, the 2019 Summer LEC and the 2020 Spring LEC.

League of Legends –

League of Legends (LoL) is a multiplayer online battle arena video game developed and published by Riot Games for Microsoft Windows and macOS. Inspired by the Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne mod Defense of the Ancients, the game follows a freemium model and is supported by microtransactions.

 In League of Legends, players assume the role of a “champion” with unique abilities and battle against a team of other player- or computer-controlled champions. The goal is usually to destroy the opposing team’s “Nexus”, a structure that lies at the heart of a base protected by defensive structures, although other distinct game modes exist as well with varying objectives, rules, and maps.

 Each League of Legends match is discrete, with all champions starting off relatively weak but increasing in strength by accumulating items and experience over the course of the game. Champions span a variety of roles and blend a variety of fantasy tropes, such as sword and sorcery, steampunk, and Lovecraftian horror. Although the discrete nature of each match prohibits an overarching narrative in-game, the various champions make up a large and ever-evolving fictional universe developed by Riot Games through short stories, comics, cinematics, and books.

History of G2 League of Legends –

Gamers2 had made a start for League of Legends in 2014 with an initial roster of Top laner Jesper “Jwaow” Strandgren, jungler Sebastián “Morden” Esteban Fernández, AD carry Soler “Yuuki60” Florent, and support Hugo “Dioud” Padioleau.

The team participated in the Spring Expansion Tournament, beating Reason Gaming in the seeding game and Team Strix in Round 1. Gamers2 were knocked out of the tournament in Round 2 after being beaten by n!faculty.

G2 Esports was renamed from Gamers2 after qualifying for the 2016 EU LCS Spring Season.G2 Esports has also a sister team in Spain competing in the EU Challenger Series, called G2 Vodafone, in representation of their sponsor Vodafone. They qualified for the 2016 EU Challenger Series Summer Split Qualifiers, but failed to qualify for the EU CS. They also won the Spanish 2016 Final Cup Spring Split.The team failed to qualify for the LCS three splits in a row.

The team finished 1st in the Challenger Series season. They then took 2nd in the playoffs, thereby qualifying for the 2016 Spring LCS. Gamers2 qualified for the LCS by defeating SK Gaming 3–2.

G2 finished the 2016 EU LCS Spring Split regular season in 1st place. In the playoffs, they defeated Fnatic before winning the 2016 EU LCS in Rotterdam after beating Origen. This also meant that they had qualified for the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational tournament in Shanghai. G2 would represent Europe at the competition against 5 other teams. However, in the weeks before the tournament, the team took an infamous vacation and came to the tournament unprepared.

 Because of this, they lost 8 of their 10 games, their only two wins against the lowest ranked seed there. This also cost the EU LCS league its 1st seed for the 2016 World Championship later that year. This meant that the 1st seed for Europe of the 2016 Summer EU LCS would be put in Pot B for the group draw instead of Pot A.G2 became the first team to be crowned LEC champions after they won its inaugural split on 14 April 2019, in a 3–0 sweep against Origen.

After sweeping Team Liquid from North America 3–0 in the grand final of the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, G2 became the first European team to win a Riot-sponsored international tournament since Fnatic won the Season 1 World Championship.

They finished first in the 2019 LEC Summer Split regular season and later defeated Fnatic 3–2 in the finals to secure their sixth domestic title.

At the 2019 League of Legends World Championship, G2 finished runner-up, losing to Chinese team FunPlus Phoenix in the grand finals.

In the 2020 LEC Spring Split, G2 came first in the regular season, but lost their first playoff match against the MAD Lions, dropping to the loser’s bracket as a result. From there, the team won the three remaining matches and ultimately won the split, claiming their seventh title and tying the record belonging to Fnatic.

Current Roster of E2 LoL –

E2 has 4 players in the current roaster for Lol. The name of these players are – 

Jankowski – 

Jankowski is a League of Legends esports player, currently jungler for G2 Esports

After spending time playing Warcraft 3 and DOTA, Jankos decided to take up League of Legends in Season 1. Due to the fact that he began playing on the NA server from his native Poland, he could not play competitively for a considerable time. After praise and encouragement from IWillDominate, Jankos decided to start playing on the EU server along with his friends.

Rasmus Borregaard Winther –

 Rasmus Borregaard Winther born November 17, 1999, better known by his in-game name Caps, is a Danish League of Legends player who is currently the mid laner for G2 Esports, which plays in the League of Legends European Championship (LEC).

Luka Perković – 

 Luka Perković, better known as Perkz (originally stylized as PerkZ, now stylized as PERKZ), is a Croatian Professional League of Legends player who is the bot laner for G2 Esports of the LEC.

He was named Rookie of the Split for the 2016 Spring EU LCS, which G2 won. He is the only EU professional player to hold seven LEC titles, becoming one of the most decorated LEC players in history.

Mihael “Mikyx” –

Mehle is a League of Legends esports player, currently supported for G2 Esports.

Mikyx has been gaming since he was 10 years old. He played a lot of Warcraft II and III, Wizard 101, Etherlords, and Empire Earth.

He began his professional gaming career when he got an offer from Splyce, after being a substitute for Fnatic.

Top Performance of E2 in tournaments – 

2016 Mid-Season Invitational – 

Going into MSI, G2 Esports were seen as a favorite not to win, but to come in second place to the Korean representatives SK Telecom T1. However, the team lost their first four games of the round robin and ultimately finished in fifth place, ahead of only SuperMassive eSports, and out of playoff contention – importantly, this placement meant that Europe would miss out on a Pool 1 Seed at Worlds. In a statement published partway through the second day of play, G2 stated that their players had taken vacation time after a “rigorous Spring Split”. The Emperor later stated that there had been an internal conflict within the team one day prior to the start of the event.

2016 World Championship –

Due to their poor MSI performance, G2 ended up joining Worlds as a Pool Two team, thus having to potentially face tougher opponents in the Group Stage. They were drafted in Group A along with LCK champions ROX Tigers, NA LCS second seed Counter Logic Gaming and International Wild Card Tournament winner from the CIS region Albus NoX Luna. G2 exited the tournament early in last place in their group, going 1-5 with their only win coming in their final game against Albus NoX.tournament early in last place in their group, going 1-5 with their only win coming in their final game against Albus NoX.

2017 Mid-Season Invitational –

G2 Esports finished the group stage of the Main Event with a 4-6 record in a 3-way-tie for third with Flash Wolves and Team SoloMid in which they came out as 3rd seed going into playoffs by being 3-1 in H2H against these teams. After upsetting Team WE to which they lost both games in groups 3-1 in semifinals they faced SK Telecom T1 in the finals but lost 1-3.

Summer Split –

After giving their players a short vacation after MSI G2 had a slow start to the Summer Split ending the first round in their group 2-3 with one of their wins being in week 1 while playing with 3 subs. Between weeks 5 and 6 G2 played with Fnatic and Unicorns of Love at the newly created Rift Rivals against the North American Representatives Cloud 9, TSM, and Phoenix1. It was disappointing for both G2 and the EU LCS as G2 went 1-5 in groups and UoL lost the finals 0-3.

They picked up the pace domestically through during intergroup matches and went on a 6 match win streak dropping only 2 games before their run was suddenly stopped when Team ROCCAT upset them in the last week of Regular Season, followed by a 0-2 loss against Fnatic and a hard fought victory in quarterfinals against Splyce. With regained confidence from this win they went on cleanly sweeping H2k in semifinals and Misfits in finals for their 4th consecutive EU LCS title and qualifying for the 2017 World Championship as Europe’s first seed.

2017 World Championship –

Due to their MSI performance, G2 went into the draw as a first seed but ended up with a very tough draw anyways. Their Group C included LCK third seed Samsung Galaxy, LPL second seed Royal Never Give Up and TCL representative 1907 Fenerbahçe. G2 ended the group in third place, taking one game of group winner RNG but losing both games against Samsung.

2018 World Championship – 

At the World Championship they went through Play-In Round 1 in Group B with SuperMassive eSports and Ascension Gaming and beat Infinity Esports in Round 2. In the Main Event they were drawn into group A with LCK second seed Afreeca Freecs, LMS first seed Flash Wolves and VCS representative Phong Vũ Buffalo. After going 2-1 in week 1 they went 1-2 on the deciding day going 1-1 against every team of the group and went on to beat Flash Wolves in a tiebreaker. Going into the quarterfinals as clear underdogs vs LPL’s Royal Never Give Up, they won the series 3-2. They lost to LPL first-seed Invictus Gaming in the semifinals.

2020 Season – 

Going into the Spring Split, Perkz and Caps switched positions but despite that G2 still dominated at the beginning of the split and found themselves at 6-0 after week 3. Following a two weeks slump during which they went 1-3 they picked it back up and won all their remaining matches of Regular Season to secure first seed in playoffs with a 15-3 record. For Round 1 they chose to face MAD Lions but although in an exciting series they managed to equalize the score twice and were one hit away from winning game 3 they were upset and dropped down into Loser’s Bracket. 

There they faced Origen in Round 3 and after a great first game they managed to come back in game 2 with two great teamfights in the late game. Following a slow dominant game 3 by Origen they came back and won game 4 convincingly for a rematch against MAD Lions. With an improved read of the meta and better individual performances they managed to take a deserved 3-1 win this round to face Fnatic in the finals. Opposed to the last split G2 absolutely destroyed them in draft and in gameplay for a quick 3-0 clean sweep equaling Fnatic’s 7 LEC titles.

Shortly after the split Perkz and Caps announced that they would switch positions back for Summer Split.

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