The Dane Rasmus “Caps” Winther (24) is the best player in League of Legends outside of Asia. Once again, midlaner Caps and his team G2 are the only hope in the West to win something at the World Championships in LoL, the LoL World 2024. In an interview, Caps talks about chances and goals.
How good is Caps? Caps is considered an exceptional player in LoL. He is one of the few Western players, perhaps even the only one, who can compete with the world’s best players competing in the LCK and LPL. Some go so far as to say: G2 is the only team in the West that can even compete with Europe in terms of strength over the USA, and that is solely due to Caps.
In 2019, Caps reached the finals of the LoL Worlds but lost to Doinb and FunPlus Phoenix. The then version of G2 with Perkz, Jankos, and Caps was probably the strongest non-Asian team in modern LoL times. However, they had no chance against FunPlus Phoenix at that time.
For several years now, after several top players from G2 have aged and left the organization, G2 no longer seems capable of playing a significant role internationally. Since 2021, the results have been disappointing. According to Caps, that will change in 2024.
Caps wants to win the Worlds once and be the best before he retires
This is what he says about his former self: In an interview with Dexerto, Caps talks about how he got the desire to become a pro in LoL:
I mean, for me, it’s worlds apart. It feels good to be here. In Season 3, I saw Faker win the Worlds, and I thought: ‘Oh, I want to be that. Since then, I’ve only spawned in the solo queue. Eventually, I dropped out of school and joined Fnatic in 2017, so I entered with the mindset that I want to win the Worlds and be the best. As long as I haven’t achieved that, I can’t just stop. I can’t stop grinding. I really want to achieve this, and I will do everything in my power to make it happen.
Dexerto then asks, he has been the best player in Europe for so long. He should be satisfied with his career, but Caps replies:
I mean, I don’t want to say that I’m not happy because that can feel somewhat disrespectful to others, right? In the end, it’s a competition. Not everyone can win. But if I were to give the 16 or 17-year-old Caps the phone and tell him that I haven’t won yet, he would definitely be mad at me. I need to win at least once.
Moving to South Korea or China, like his former teammate Rekkles and possibly becoming a world champion, is not an option for Caps. That would feel like cheating. He wants to achieve that with a team from Europe.
However, he misses strong competition in Europe. He currently learns the most when he plays against midlaners from the LCK or LPL. He has learned a lot from Perkz – having someone like that again would be great.
G2 still lacks the right grasp on the meta
How does he see his chances? He doesn’t sound very confident, to be honest. In practice matches, the scrims, it’s been just mediocre so far. They are still looking for the right grasp on the meta. Nevertheless, Caps says he believes they will make it far in the tournament. Well.
What are his chances this year? Honestly, not so good. Caps and G2 are only outsiders at the LoL Worlds. The focus of fans and experts lies on entirely different players: Who will win the LoL Worlds 2024? Two pros want to finally replace Faker
