European roster G2 Esports released insights into their practice matches from the international League of Legends tournament First Stand—and the numbers are downright shocking. They didn’t just crush Korean titans Gen.G 3-0 in the onstage semifinals—they completely dominated the entire LCK behind the scenes. A powerful performance. To understand the scale of the disaster, prior to this series, Gen.G had only lost two maps this entire year.
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G2 Esports Practice Matches vs. Gen.G and FearX: 9-1 Stats
The stats released by the managers are absolutely mind-blowing. In their practice matches, G2 took three wins and suffered one loss to Gen.G—an absolute counterpick. Add to that a clean sweep on the main stage, as well as a similar 3-0 rout of FearX. And that’s without even warming up! The final win rate of the Europeans against the Korean region at First Stand was a humiliating 9-1, both in official tournaments and offline.
Rasmus “Caps” Winter dropped by the English-language broadcast after his encounter with FearX and immediately revealed his basics. In response to jokes about destroying top teams, the midlaner explained the main tactic: an aggressive early game in the mid lane was decisive. The plan worked perfectly – the Europeans simply didn’t give their opponents an inch of space on the map.
“Goldfish Syndrome” and a rematch with Bilibili Gaming
The most interesting thing is happening with the Chinese powerhouse Bilibili Gaming – the situation is more complex. Behind closed doors, the guys from G2 defeated BLG with a score of 2-1 – just a couple of days after their unpleasant defeat to them (0-3 in the second round). Onstage, the statistics are more dismal: just one map won and a total of six games lost to the Chinese during the entire event. Translating their behind-the-scenes stability into the spotlight is the roster’s main problem right now.
Caps himself wryly noted that the team sometimes suffers from “goldfish syndrome”—completely forgetting all the valuable lessons learned at international tournaments as soon as they step out in front of the crowd. But progress is evident—after their first tough defeat, they quickly adapted, overcame Korea, and delivered a sweaty fourth map in their rematch with BLG. It seems the era of amnesia is truly ending.
Let’s see how these geniuses troll the entire Spring Split. The wait isn’t long now.
