G2 Esports is one of the most dominant League of Legends European teams. They have been very successful domestically ever since their rebranding from Gamers2, back in October 2015. The organization has 10 LEC titles, with there being multiple straight title wins that showcased the dominance and hunger for creating a legacy that Fnatic failed to create.
G2 Esports is a very dominant domestic team, yes. But when it comes to international League of Legends tournaments like MSI and Worlds tournaments, they struggle to replicate their success. This is despite the fact they won the MSI 2023 along with being runners-up at the 2019 Worlds.
One of the core reasons why G2 Esports have struggled to replicate their dominance is due to the Asian Teams, specifically from the regions of China and Korea having stronger laners than them.
Arguably speaking, they were in their prime in 2019. This is because the League of Legends meta favored their two best players (debatable) back then, Jankos (JGL) and Caps (MID), which is one of the reasons why they reached the finals that year.
While Wunder (TOP) and Perkz (ADC) contributed a lot to their team when against the prodigies from Asia, they did struggle to be the oppressors and often fell behind in lanes.
Considering G2 Esports in LEC is known to be the most aggressive League of Legends team that somewhat reflects dominant Asian teams, they often do struggle to be as dominant as they usually are domestically. This ends up being their weakness at times as they usually performs the best when ahead in the early game.
G2 Esports' performance in the 2022 international championship was a prime example as their toplaner BrokenBlade underperformed considerably. The Asian players outperformed him when it
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