On Sunday, July 28, the final took place in Europe in League of Legends . The two top European teams clashed: the beleaguered Fnatic and the successful G2. Fnatic started each match in the European final of the Spring Split 2024 strongly, but the series ended in great disappointment.
This is the situation with Fnatic:
- Fnatic is the team in Europe with the greatest tradition and the most fans. Fnatic was founded in 2011 with legendary xPeke as World Champion and dominated the European league in its early years, from 2013 to 2015. They also became champions 2 more times in 2018.
- However, for a few years now, things have been going wrong: the major rivals G2 recruited the best player Caps in 2019. The team finished second 5 times. They simply haven’t won any titles anymore; it feels cursed.
- But in the Spring Split 2024, everything should be different, as they surprisingly defeated G2 in the semifinals, forcing G2 into the Loser’s Bracket. But then G2 prevailed and faced the undefeated Fnatic in the finals.
Outside of esports, everything in LoL is currently about the new mode Swarm:
Fnatic loses the final in LoL in the worst way
What was the outcome of the final? G2 defeated Fnatic in 3 games with a score of 3-0. The pain for Fnatic continues.
G2 claims its 4th title in a row. But the way Fnatic lost the final hurts especially.
One of the decisive moments in Game 3:
Fnatic throws away the gold advantage 3 times in a row
How was the match? From the perspective of Fnatic fans, it was brutal, as Fnatic was actually ahead in every game but threw away the gold lead and ultimately lost. One fan notes that Fnatic had a gold lead of 4,000 in the 1st game, 6,000 in the 2nd game, and even 8,000 in the final game.
With kills of 16 to 20, 18 to 22, and 18 to 19, all 3 games were close, but G2 was in the lead every time.
In Game 3, Fnatic dominates totally for 22 minutes, then throws everything away in 7 minutes
This is how the specialist press analyzes the match: The site Dotesports believes that Fnatic “spectacularly collapsed” when they threw away a gold lead of 9,300 after 22 minutes in Game 3 within 7 minutes.
Dotesports mentions a “mental block” that Fnatic may have acquired in April. In the final of the Summer Split 2024, Hans Sama became a nightmare for Fnatic, deciding the match with a pentakill.
Caps had previously led G2 to victory with a spectacular backdoor play.
European fans are already afraid of the Worlds: “It’s going to be ugly”
This is how it is commented: On reddit both teams are viewed critically. It is said:
- This must be one of the worst 3-0 victories in gaming history: Fnatic lost every game from a clear winning position.
- This is one of the most painful encounters of Fnatic and G2.
- A third player states: One of the worst series in LEC history. How can you lose to G2 3-0 when they are so bad in the early game: It got worse in every game. Game 3 was embarrassing. It could have really been won.
The worst part is that the victory does nothing for G2 either. You cannot give Asian teams a 5,000 gold lead after 20 minutes.
Fans are now fearing the worst for Worlds 2024.
The history between G2 and Fnatic as the two biggest LoL teams in Europe goes back a long way. There are often spectacular matches between the two rivals. Those who want to know how the “mental block” arose that Fnatic is allegedly suffering from now should check out our article on the last final: Arch-rivals fight for the championship in LoL in Europe: 2 Pentakills decide the match
