This evening, on Sunday, April 19th, the final of the LEC 2020 Spring Split will take place in the League of Legends. The two strongest LoL teams in Europe, G2 Esports and Fnatic, will face off against each other. Just two weeks ago, it looked bleak for G2 Esports.
Update April 19: 19:54: The LEC final between G2 Esports and Fnatic in LoL was a clear affair. G2 won 3-0 in record time. The event was already over by around 19:30:
Match 1 ended after 27 minutes with a score of 16-6-48 for G2. Perkz dominated on Azir with 8 kills.
Match 2 ended after just 24 minutes with a score of 16-2-51 for G2. In this match, Caps turned up with 7 kills on Kog’Maw.
G2 secured Match 3 after 31 minutes, it was a bit closer, but still definitive. They won the match with 21-11-55. Caps was also the focal point for G2 Esports here, contributing to 11 of the 21 kills on Aphelios.
With this, G2 Esports is the winner of the LEC Spring Split 2020, takes home €80,000, and heads to the MSI tournament. The final set a new viewer record for the Spring Playoffs.
Original report:
This is the final this evening: The final of the LEC Spring Split takes place this evening starting at 5:00 PM German time. The teams of G2 and Fnatic are competing online due to the Corona crisis. A “Best-of-5” series will be played: The team that wins 3 LoL matches first will take the championship title.
Before the final, between 3:00 PM and 3:45 PM, DJ Robin Schulz will perform a 45-minute set.
The final will be broadcast on Twitch and is expected to draw several hundred thousand viewers. In a match between the teams during the regular LoL season in February 2020, 475,000 people watched.
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The winner receives €80,000 and qualifies for the “Mid Season Invitational” main event, the MSI, an international LoL tournament.
G2 and Fnatic have decided the European LoL league winner between themselves for the past few years. This statistic shows how dominant both teams are in Europe:
Recently, G2 Esports has been ahead, also because they snatched Fnatic’s mid laner, Rasmus “Caps” Winther, and formed a “super team” that could compete in the LoL World Championship 2019.
This is how it turned out for Fnatic: The team led by star bot laner Martin “Rekkles” Larsson played almost flawlessly in the playoffs. They only had to compete twice, once against Origen (3:1) and once against the Mad Lions team (3:0).
Fnatic had no major issues reaching the final this evening. The whole season went pretty much according to plan for Fnatic. With 13-5 wins in the regular season, they met expectations.
G2 then had to go through the extra round in the loser’s bracket. Here, G2 won against Origen (3:1) and defeated the Mad Lions in the rematch on Saturday with 3:1. In both games, Caps was named MVP.
What’s going on with G2? G2 Esports is actually the clear stronger and favored team against Fnatic – there was already a massacre in the regular season.
However, they inexplicably made a position swap before the start of the LoL season between Perkz (originally bot lane, now mid lane) and Caps (originally mid lane, now bot lane), probably to bring variety and excitement to the team.
Rasmus “Caps” Winther, originally an outstanding player, has often experienced sharp drops in his play. Then he is known as “Craps.” This strange duality of Caps is evident in two statistics. On April 14th, just before yesterday’s series, Caps was leading in 2 statistics among LoL playoffs participants (via dotesports):
- Caps was the player with the most kills after 9 playoff games – 55
- He was also the player who died the most – 44
A very strange statistic for a player on such a strong team. Who wins the LEC Finals this evening could also depend on whether we see Caps or Craps.
Meanwhile, G2 Esports is considered the favorite. They played poorly in recent months, especially when the pressure was off and they underestimated an opponent. This is hardly conceivable with Fnatic this evening.
Fnatic is known for its aggressive early game, where they make an impact early on and overwhelm the opponent.
G2 Esports – Unexplained lapses from the champion
This is how it turned out for G2 Esports: The G2 Esports team was actually highly favored going into the playoffs. The team is considered creative, tireless, tilt-proof and simply good, especially when it matters.
They were able to choose their opponents as the top ranked team (15-3).
However, they lost the first series inexplicably with 2:3 against the Mad Lions at the beginning of April. The coach of the Mad Lions even said afterwards that bot laner Caps was better in the mid lane before (via inven). Quite a high penalty.
G2 Esports struggled with the defeat. It was said thereafter that they were not in playoff mood. They missed the “stage” feeling and overall, they just played badly.
G2 then had to go through the extra round in the loser’s bracket. Here, G2 won against Origen (3:1) and defeated the Mad Lions in the rematch on Saturday with 3:1. In both games, Caps was named MVP.
What’s going on with G2? G2 Esports is actually the clear stronger and favored team against Fnatic – there was already a massacre in the regular season.
However, they inexplicably made a position swap before the start of the LoL season between Perkz (originally bot lane, now mid lane) and Caps (originally mid lane, now bot lane), probably to bring variety and excitement to the team.
Rasmus “Caps” Winther, originally an outstanding player, has often experienced sharp drops in his play. Then he is known as “Craps.” This strange duality of Caps is evident in two statistics. On April 14th, just before yesterday’s series, Caps was leading in 2 statistics among LoL playoffs participants (via dotesports):
- Caps was the player with the most kills after 9 playoff games – 55
- He was also the player who died the most – 44
A very strange statistic for a player on such a strong team. Who wins the LEC Finals this evening could also depend on whether we see Caps or Craps.
Meanwhile, G2 Esports is considered the favorite. They played poorly in recent months, especially when the pressure was off and they underestimated an opponent. This is hardly conceivable with Fnatic this evening.
