League of Legends star Jankos confirms his departure from G2 Esports after 5 glorious years
Star League of Legends jungler Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski has formally announced his departure from G2 Esports after five years of outstanding performances.
In a recent video announcement, Jankos confessed his reasons for departing and the struggles he's had with G2 over the past four years. Although there have been rumors of the jungler leaving G2 over the past two days, nothing was official until today.
Unlike most other League of Legends professionals, Jankos didn't wait for G2 to tweet or post regarding the same. The Polish veteran went above and beyond to create a 14-minute clip speaking about his time with G2 and what went wrong at Worlds 2022.
Additionally, the jungler revealed that he didn't plan on leaving G2 until later this year. Instead, the organization intended to "experiment with a different jungler" in 2023.
G2 won the LEC Spring Split this season while coming in second place in the Summer Split. Similar success followed with a top four finish at MSI. However, this was followed by an underwhelming group stage exit at Worlds. Jankos said:
Over the years, Jankos had established himself as a key pillar of G2. He, along with players like Rasmus "caPs" Borregaard and Luka "Perkz" Perković, have been at the center of their success.
From the team's MSI win in 2019 that helped restore faith in the Western League of Legends to all of their excellent performances both domestically and internationally, Jankos has played a massive role.
Jankos' departing video, despite the news, had a positive outlook on the future. In the big picture, he suggested that G2's choice "makes perfect sense" and may be advantageous to him.
The jungler stated that although he isn't retiring, he would like to play to the best of his ability in "the
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