In League of Legends, the best European team, G2, is completely restructuring for 2022. The long-time champion in European LoL will sell its bot lane consisting of the legendary ADC Rekkles and the supporter Mikyx. The new players are reportedly talents from the Regional League.
What’s going on with G2?
- G2 has dominated the LEC for years: With the Croatian Perkz at the helm, they won all 4 championships in 2019 and 2020 and reached the finals of the Worlds once.
- Before 2021, they sold Perkz for a lot of money to the USA. Since then, things have gone wrong: The team even missed the qualification for the World Championship in 2021.
- The team’s boss, Ocelote, announced that 3 of the 5 players will be sold and they will restructure for 2022. Only the jungler Jankos and midlaner Caps will be retained. The rest will be sought anew.
This was G2’s previous bot lane: As a carry, G2 had probably the most famous bot laner in European LoL in 2021: Martin “Rekkles” Larsson. The 25-year-old Swede was the face of Fnatic for 5 years and won numerous championships with them.
As a supporter, the 22-year-old Slovenian Mikyx played, who spent nearly 3 years at G2 and was part of the team that won everything in 2019 and 2020.
The Slovenian has made a good name for himself in LoL over the years, although he has often been seen as a bit unstable. People joke about a “coin-flip” player who flips a coin before a match to determine whether he plays exceptionally well or poorly.
G2 played against top teams during the Worlds
These are the reportedly new players: As reported by Dotesports, G2 has played a series of training matches against the “big teams” during the Worlds in Iceland, trying out various players. The selection process is said to have lasted several weeks.
In the end, a new bot lane emerged:
- The new bot laner for G2 is said to be the Spaniard Victor “Flakked” Lirola (20). He spent 2 years playing for the youth team of the Mad Lions and was active in the Spanish league “LVP Superliga,” which corresponds to a 3rd league.
- His supporter is to be the 21-year-old Belgian Raphaël “Targamas” Crabbé. He plays for Karime Corp, who won the “EU Masters” in 2021, which is basically the 2nd league in Europe. In addition, they became champions in their own French league, the LFL, which corresponds to a 3rd league.
Dotesports reports that the ADC Flakked has apparently managed to establish himself against established competition from Europe. Allegedly, G2 also considered signing the ADC of the Mad Lions Carzzy or the one from Rogue, Hans Sama. But they seem to have decided on Flakked.
Flakked and Targamas are reportedly set to officially join G2 on November 16. It’s still unclear who will play on the top lane and at which teams Rekkles and Mikyx will end up. Both players are reportedly for sale.
At the moment, these transfers are not yet confirmed, but are just rumors. The players will only be able to transfer officially in 2 weeks when the transfer period begins. However, many players have already received permission from their teams to look for new opportunities.
Update 3.11., 16:29: Following new rumors, the German Broken Blade is allegedly in talks for the top lane of G2. He recently played for Schalke, but they sold their spot in the league.
An interesting development is currently taking place in the USA. Although the teams have a lot of money, the players are still pushing onto the market:
LoL: The richest US teams are currently losing their outrageously expensive players
