The League of Legends World Championship is upon us. To qualify, teams must win the LEC split. G2 clinched the title back in the spring and qualified early for the Summer Season Finals after beating Rogue 3-0. But Rogue retaliate with a smack at G2 in the final of the Summer Split.
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Rogue destroys G2 Esports
Why was the game a slap for G2? After a clear victory in the semifinals against Rogue, the top team G2 Esports from the LEC had to take a beating in the finals. With a 3-0 win, Rogue gets her first trophy. Here we tell you how it came about:
The first game between G2 and Rogue initially took a little time to get going. However, Rogue managed to take over the game within minutes. Two kills, one in the middle and one on the botlane, result in significant advantages. Shortly thereafter, a massive teamfight ensued at the second dragon, which Rogue was able to win over.
This advantage allowed Rogue to stay in the game and push G2 back to their base. Apparently that wasn’t enough for Rogue Markos “Comp” Stamkopoulos’ ADC. He managed a quadruple kill and then, with the help of his team, a quintuple kill against G2.
You can watch Comp’s pentakill here in the English YouTube video:
In the second game it was not clear for a long time who was in control of the game. Both teams didn’t give up until the fourth dragon, where Rogue set a trap for the G2 players and managed to kill 4 of the opponents without losing a player themselves.
This gave the team the Baron buff and allowed G2’s base to be smashed. G2 briefly managed to get the game back their way, but Kim “Malrang” Geun-seong defended the base and prevented the game from ending early.
A mistake by Marcin “Jankos” Jankowski, which Rogue exploited, led to another Baron buff and Rogue to the win. G2 was overrun by the ensuing offensive.
In the third game, Rogue gained a farm and therefore gold advantage of almost 4,000 through individual superiority in every lane. Rogue shone with a secure style of play and drove straight to victory.
The gold advantage allowed them to ambush G2 at the Baron and get the Baron buff as a result. A push allowed Rogue to end the game a few minutes later and claim a 3–0 against G2.
Why is the win so significant? The first trophy for Rogue: This was a home game in Malmo for Emil “Larssen” Larsson. He was able to show off his midlane skills with the “LeBlanc” pick. This was his first win of the trophy in the Pro League.
It was not only the first trophy for “Larssen”. Andrei “Odoamne” Pascu also held the LEC trophy for the first time. After seven years of career and 3 finals in the LEC, he didn’t want to continue his career with the stamp of a “loser” but instead wanted to break the meme of 0-3 rogue losses and get the title.
Bringing tears to his eyes, he gives an interview at the end of Game 3 and talks about how unique it feels to smash those 3-0 who smashed them 0-3 just a week earlier, even in the finals of the LEC Summer splits (via youtube.com).
What does that mean for Worlds 2022? Rogue’s 3-0 win over G2 eSports earned them access to Worlds 2022. As the trophy winners of the Summer Split, Rogue directly qualified for the Worlds group stage.
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