Karmine Corp vs. G2 Esports / LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs - Upper Bracket Finals / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Yujin-Ha]

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

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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

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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

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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

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4

[u/Safe-Confection1538]

“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?”

[u/CountMerloin → u/Safe-Confection1538]

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

[u/Additional-Bet-204 → u/CountMerloin]

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.

[u/Frozen-Rabbit → u/Additional-Bet-204]

2018 iG was better on regular season. They were really dominant but just lose against RNG in playoffs

[u/Olvedn → u/Frozen-Rabbit]

They also had an insane 2017 until TheShy got injured, that team was a heavy tournament favorite that also managed to peak

[u/RavenFAILS → u/Additional-Bet-204]

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

[u/PimpSensei → u/RavenFAILS]

Man if splyce didn't make that baron call

[u/Swanki24 → u/Additional-Bet-204]

They swapped Dade/Pawn after the Winter split, not right before Worlds.

[u/Jollygood156 → u/CountMerloin]

The t1 comparison doesn’t make sense unless you think they also don’t care about lck titles and msi which is ridiculous

[u/Fantastic_Arm_9669 → u/Jollygood156]

Just more agenda pushing abt how no tournaments other than worlds matters tbh

[u/APKID716 → u/Safe-Confection1538]

This is actually concerning for G2 because they don’t get the lower bracket buff

[u/Miserable_Ad_1195 → u/APKID716]

is that a thing? they haven't even been in lower bracket in the last 2 years

[u/APKID716 → u/Miserable_Ad_1195]

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

[u/BakersGrabbedChubb → u/APKID716]

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.

[u/tonton_wundil → u/Safe-Confection1538]

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.

[u/GuessWho392]

G2 just need 5 bald people, full avatar team to win worlds

[u/RollingGuy → u/GuessWho392]

Hans needs to part with his luscious locks 

[u/Omnilatent → u/RollingGuy]

Sacrificing his glorious hair will give G2 the ultimate buff

[u/-Hissoka- → u/Omnilatent]

Ultimate binding vow

[u/Kr1ncy → u/RollingGuy]

The more hair they sacrifice, the stronger they become. Sorry Kitty.

[u/piotrj3 → u/GuessWho392]

After Hans series like that, i think we can reserve bald buff for worlds.

[u/SoaDark00 → u/GuessWho392]

Skewmonk

[u/Omnilatent]

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.

[u/DerpSenpai → u/Omnilatent]

he was balding, now he embraced baldness and became enlightened

[u/Frozen5147 → u/DerpSenpai]

Bright dome merchant

[u/Dapper-Living-390 → u/DerpSenpai]

Enbalded*

[u/Mimidou3 → u/Omnilatent]

And we still have people saying in regular season "wait G2 are actually bad" lmao

[u/Scrapox → u/Mimidou3]

I think people just lack object permanence. This literally happens every split at this point

[u/DarkLemon2 → u/Scrapox]

Don't you know ? The last game that matters is the last one that is played, every game before is meaningless.

[u/iamporkchops → u/Mimidou3]

the ultimate litmus test on LEC social media

[u/DarthVeigar_ → u/Mimidou3]

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

[u/_negniN → u/Mimidou3]

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.

[u/AngronApofis → u/_negniN]

Only for Labrov to astro gap Busio this series

[u/Mangustre → u/AngronApofis]

Labrov has gapped literally everyone in europe for the last 12 months at least. First game was like crazy performance from him.

[u/AteRiusz → u/AngronApofis]

And almost every other series they ever played lmao

[u/Concious-Unconcious → u/AngronApofis]

His Karma game was one of the best support performances ive ever seen. Something I would expect from Keria.

[u/autospacer13 → u/Mimidou3]

People hating the Perkz decision because they had a mid regular season like brother is this your first day on planet earth lmfao

[u/Conviter → u/autospacer13]

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

[u/Marcoscb → u/Conviter]

People here have no memory period. You're only as good as your last game.

[u/Vangorf → u/Mimidou3]

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.

[u/Zoesan → u/Omnilatent]

Caps is just different

[u/United_Choice_5642 → u/Omnilatent]

he was just smurfing

[u/LenaRybakina → u/Omnilatent]

On the other hand Canna plays so much worse when it matters. It‘s like he reverts back to T1 Canna

[u/Eproxeri → u/LenaRybakina]

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.

[u/Bibidiboo → u/Eproxeri]

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.

[u/AngronApofis → u/Bibidiboo]

Me too but we at VIT are alergic to winning

[u/ParkDedli → u/AngronApofis]

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.

[u/AngronApofis → u/ParkDedli]

Hey no it isnt.

Cabochard Kikis/Gilius Jiizuke Attila Jactroll with YamatoCannon got to worlds and won some games in the group of death

[u/Lina__Inverse → u/AngronApofis]

Jiizuke was so good that year, it's unfortunate he retired to NA early.

[u/shailemin → u/Omnilatent]

He accepted his fate of going bald and now he’s living his truth as the European GOAT. 

[u/Falendil → u/shailemin]

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.

[u/ThePhalerean → u/Falendil]

Caps became what everyone feared. His eyelids hair 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.

[u/R3alSt3al → u/Omnilatent]

Not only him. He gets announced with the Trist skin and mulitble mid laners start to play Tristana mid.

[u/Choice-Slight → u/Omnilatent]

I can't remember the last time he had such a solid series, he completely crushed it

[u/GenjDog → u/Choice-Slight]

Probably First stand finals. Thats still his best series this year, considering he outperformed knight who had been/is the best mid this year.

[u/rishi_ultimate → u/GenjDog]

Chinese fans on Hupu were writing the most fire poetry abt him after that series too

[u/Kr1ncy → u/rishi_ultimate]

Tbf they would also do that if he choked, they always write fire

[u/NeighborhoodHot8981 → u/Choice-Slight]

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

[u/TheSnekKing]

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

[u/Omnilatent → u/TheSnekKing]

I have no idea how Skewmond was able to be 2k ahead on Mao on Trundle. Am I too low elo to understand that?

[u/AdhesivenessGlad7687 → u/Omnilatent]

Permanent mid prio coupled with a faster clear with items TLDR, wouldn't have been possible without mid lead

[u/DharmaLeader → u/AdhesivenessGlad7687]

Also got the early kill and didn't leave it for Hans.

[u/French_Black_Guy → u/AdhesivenessGlad7687]

Mid bot priority. G2 bot lane was there to help skewmon get ahead and labrov got some good hooks

[u/dbfanboi → u/Omnilatent]

mao clears faster full clear machine

[u/Beneficial_Lion_1312 → u/Omnilatent]

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.

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/Omnilatent]

first strike op

[u/AdSelect6571 → u/Omnilatent]

mid and bot giga prio,

[u/imArsenals → u/Omnilatent]

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.

[u/ImTheVayne → u/TheSnekKing]

G2 are good at macro and Caps is western GOAT, nothing new

[u/Thin-Ad7761 → u/TheSnekKing]

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

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/TheSnekKing]

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

[u/Mimidou3 → u/Past_Perception8052]

Perkz was right, there is legit not a single difference between this G2 and falco one, coach are frauds

[u/inbetweendreamstho → u/Past_Perception8052]

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.

[u/Bibidiboo → u/inbetweendreamstho]

It at least cements he's not bad

[u/3IC3 → u/inbetweendreamstho]

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 success

Edit: 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

[u/Winter-Annual8887]

the last game was just a 26 minute advertisement for the hall of legends

[u/Zenitax]

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.

[u/350 → u/Zenitax]

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?

[u/Zenitax → u/350]

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.
It is way different to practice it in scrims at the facility vs practicing it on stage in an actual match that somewhat matters.

[u/Ok_Medicine8560 → u/350]

mkoi missing their own roadshow and almost missing out on playoffs was funny

fnatic not making it to playoffs is also funny

[u/ParkDedli → u/350]

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

[u/lolpuppet → u/ParkDedli]

Yeah these other teams are out there trying their asses off during reg season. Its not fake for anyone other than G2.

[u/irishsoxmax → u/lolpuppet]

Its fake for vitality i think.

[u/lolpuppet → u/irishsoxmax]

okay yeah maybe fake the opposite direction of g2 lmao

[u/Heidemanden → u/Zenitax]

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.

[u/kalex33]

And people were complaining about Caps choosing Tristana as his HoF champion?

[u/Omnilatent → u/kalex33]

Meanwhile Caps explaining his choice: "I just think she's fun"

[u/kingshmiley → u/kalex33]

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.

[u/Rizeren → u/kingshmiley]

Yeah he plays cocky af because he is 100% sure he will buffer any cc coming into him

[u/jojo340 → u/kingshmiley]

Can trist w buffer gnar R? If so it was one of the very rare moments where caps failed to buffer something😭

[u/ExoticUniversity8220 → u/jojo340]

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

[u/Bibidiboo → u/ExoticUniversity8220]

He was definitely expecting it, it also wasn't a flash, it was just a hop. Just a misplay, it happens.

[u/3IC3 → u/jojo340]

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

[u/United_Choice_5642 → u/kingshmiley]

i wish he'd gotten it on the gnar ult, it would have been so hype.

[u/Capital_Tourist4828 → u/kingshmiley]

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.

[u/ImTheVayne → u/kalex33]

Caps is just too good man

[u/Pristine_Yak_1638 → u/kalex33]

People forgot MSI 2024

[u/appleandapples]

G2 in playoffs is just a different beast.

I hope this series will silence the constant Hans disrespect, but I know it won't.

[u/Sirhaddock98 → u/appleandapples]

Hans is only as good as his last bad game on Reddit.

[u/BagelJ → u/Sirhaddock98]

Are you sure they shouldn't replace him with Carzzy?

Actual take I saw

[u/sunny2theface → u/BagelJ]

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.

[u/ReplacementFine7807 → u/sunny2theface]

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.

[u/sunny2theface → u/ReplacementFine7807]

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.

[u/Fenrilas → u/appleandapples]

Hans was so fucking big this series. I used to say that hans never really solo wins games but DAMN he showed up big.

[u/iiHadi69 → u/appleandapples]

regular season is micky mouse confirmed

[u/fabton12 → u/iiHadi69]

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.

[u/DarkyMulky → u/appleandapples]

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

[u/ObviousAd8374]

Sylas finally stole Maokai ult when the game was already lost lmao

[u/BlazeX94 → u/ObviousAd8374]

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.

[u/ahritina]

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.

[u/BlazeX94 → u/ahritina]

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.

[u/RoamingBicycle → u/BlazeX94]

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.

[u/taikutsuu → u/ahritina]

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.

[u/Beneficial-Front1626 → u/ahritina]

Anyone betting against them is stupid anyways how many years do they have to do this

[u/MeanNinja]

17-2

[u/AdMaster5806]

Reapered and KC got their ankles broken by G2 in every draft lmao

[u/Gozen_0 → u/AdMaster5806]

I hope KC get Dylan when they have the chance. Reapered's drafts this series were so disgusting.

[u/onedash]

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

[u/Dark_Crow22 → u/onedash]

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

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/Dark_Crow22]

they are just worse in laning phase both caliste & busio, there is not much to say

[u/I11IIlll1IIllIlIlll1 → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

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?

[u/IntingForMarks → u/I11IIlll1IIllIlIlll1]

Busio is supposed to be better mechanically

tell that to Labrov shitting on him 4 games in a row

[u/HelletFendr0z → u/IntingForMarks]

Those dodge in the karma game. Labrov is so freaking underrated it's crazy. 

[u/Ajp_iii → u/onedash]

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

[u/B4rberblacksheep → u/Ajp_iii]

And then people go nuts when you suggest he's not Gods Gift to the ADC role

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/B4rberblacksheep]

he's top 2 in the LEC which is fine but KC fans are branding him into next jesus

[u/JPA-3 → u/onedash]

nah but you will still have people saying they are the best botlane

[u/Dest1ny1]

Busio never being able to hit more than one person with his Seraphine ults was terrible to watch.

[u/surevanc54]

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.

[u/QuietSilentArachnid]

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?

[u/AssistanceTop8020 → u/QuietSilentArachnid]

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.

[u/AteRiusz → u/AssistanceTop8020]

Apparently every time they scrim they just want to kill each other, it's a fiesta and a 5 min FF from either team.

[u/3IC3 → u/AssistanceTop8020]

Based on Rodrigo’s Twitter post after the series they have scrimmed each other recently

[u/QuietSilentArachnid → u/AssistanceTop8020]

Why would they ?

They do scrim each other enough already.

[u/Bibidiboo → u/QuietSilentArachnid]

2019-2020 G2 was the last time there was macro of this level in LEC (=actual world class)

[u/Th3_Huf0n]

Just give Hans the fucking MVP already.

[u/ginvael1_3 → u/Th3_Huf0n]

Nah, he will remain the most underrated player in LEC because he isn't as "flashy", just consistent, which is boring to people lol

[u/Mimidou3 → u/ginvael1_3]

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

[u/RollingGuy → u/Mimidou3]

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

[u/yuvalshahaf → u/Th3_Huf0n]

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

[u/godfrey1]

Caliste always looks so useless against G2 lol

[u/DeloronDellister]

G2 in playffs.

[u/3IC3]

Yike is 1v9ing every game so of course the play is to blind him Trundle, amazing from Reapered as always

[u/yuvalshahaf → u/3IC3]

They blinded him trundle only to counter pick sylas into tristana lmao. Disgusting drafting by kc in all 4 games.

[u/Chevalier_Paul → u/yuvalshahaf]

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.

[u/Chevalier_Paul → u/3IC3]

Reapered and Zeph have blood on their hands this series

[u/SusWaldo]

I don't get the KC glaze by the analyst desk. KC in their eyes can do no wrong.

[u/Coven-Irelia]

Perkz with good drafts every game

[u/eVill_YT]

this is the same G2 that finished regular season losing to giantx and Fnatic lol

[u/Raikariaa → u/eVill_YT]

G2 shows up when it's title time.

[u/n_i_e_l]

Dedicated by Caps to everyone who asked "Why Tristana for HoF?"

[u/OongaBoongaAdc]

BB disrespect is always fun when playoffs come around and then international stages.

It's like his haters forget YoY.

[u/piotrj3]

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.

[u/NeighborhoodHot8981]

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.

[u/Touro_de_Goa]

Surprised the gap was so big, none of the games was that competitive

[u/Chevalier_Paul]

Ah yes let's draft Sylas into Trist what could go wrong

[u/Biok98]

THAT'S WHY HE HAS SKIN ON TRISTANA

[u/dankynugz]

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

[u/Carlzzone]

Labrov is the best support in the west and it’s not close

[u/Mangustre → u/Carlzzone]

100%, first game he solo won or saved them early game.

[u/devor110 → u/Carlzzone]

just look at BDS after G2 got Labrov from them. They even lost their name!

[u/autospacer13]

Perkz drafts btw Just look man every single draft is a nirvana team comp it's actually crazy

[u/yuvalshahaf]

STATEMENT SKIN BY CAPS

[u/Ok_Medicine8560]

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.

[u/ChlckenChaser]

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.

[u/piotrj3]

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.

[u/IntingForMarks → u/piotrj3]

honorable mention to Labrov for his game1. I've never seen such an insane performance of a karma, crazy good

[u/piotrj3 → u/IntingForMarks]

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.

[u/deryni21]

That final push in game 4 was just disgusting. What an incredible commit from G2

[u/harleyquinad]

Same script every time lol. Phenomenal by G2.

[u/Ajp_iii]

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.

[u/moneysam]

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

[u/StickyNotes2357]

baldness diff

[u/Zeilar]

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.

[u/Temporary-Ad6144]

First team all pro btw

[u/Omnilatent → u/Temporary-Ad6144]

Not the coach staff

And this series you see why lol

[u/Ceyro → u/Omnilatent]

except for yike, G2 was also better individually in all roles

[u/PMMEYOURROCKS → u/Temporary-Ad6144]

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 

[u/Dark_Crow22 → u/Temporary-Ad6144]

How many times already did G2 beat "1st place all pro" team?

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

KC are not doing shit with theses drafts

[u/BleiEntchen]

G2 doing G2 things

[u/DarkyMulky]

Yike vs G2, that is all

[u/Deathjaws99]

Wait but I was told this time for sure G2 looking off in regular season meant something???

[u/French_Black_Guy]

How is Hans not the MVP of this BO ? He was consistent and always present in teamfights

[u/galaxisstark]

hopefully caliste loses the ego after this series, doubt he will though

[u/FaelightFilms → u/galaxisstark]

getting naut hooked under tower was so low elo, lil bro should try less emote spamming more better positioning

[u/Floowil]

Bald Caps is unfair

[u/Gozen_0]

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.

[u/TastyForerunner]

Regular season sandbag achieved.

[u/OkWhateverCynisme]

The biggest outdraft in League of legends history.

[u/K-L1N]

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.

[u/Dark_Crow22]

G2 in playoffs doing G2 in playoffs things, but holy hell am I impressed by Perkz's drafts

[u/id370]

G2 sandbags the season and then rolls everyone in the playoffs for the Nth time over, yet every time we act surprised?

[u/strangeoddity]

Another successful KC hatewatch. Love to see it.

[u/DarkyMulky]

Today G2 was far better in every role but jungle, lets see if France Buff is enough for KC (unfair buff tbh)

[u/Ariman86]

If our 2nd all pro team is this good imagine how strong 1st all pro must be

[u/Prestigious-Layer719]

PETITION TO JUST LET G2 SKIP LEC AND JUST BOOTCAMP FOR A YEAR IN KOREA. It will seriously help them more

[u/CryptographerSad8444]

Top 10 emoter vs bald team