The Winter Champions wish to take down up and coming gamers of SK Gaming to safe Prime 4 twice in a row.
The 2023 League of Legends EMEA Championship Spring Teams Stage is coming to an finish! Group BDS and Group Vitality have already secured their spots within the Spring Playoffs, whereas Astralis and KOI are solely an arm’s size away from qualifying. Fnatic will conflict with MAD Lions to resolve who performs the final match of Group A, whereas former Champs G2 Esports wish to take SK Gaming down with the intention to advance.
G2 Esports
Rasmus “Caps” Borregaard Winther and co. have shocked everybody, and never in a constructive manner: they failed to get through KOI, a staff which has a really predictable playstyle opposing to G2. The 2023 LEC Winter Champions pulled a brand new trick out of their sleeve by selecting Pantheon prime twice in a row, however Sergen “BrokenBlade” Celik have solely managed to play The Unbreakable Spear efficiently as soon as – whereas within the second match, he spent a whopping 90 seconds within the prime lane.
Nonetheless, that doesn’t diminish the achievements of G2 Esports this 12 months. They had been nonetheless one of the best staff within the earlier season of the LEC, beating MAD Lions 3-0 within the finals, and so they had been nonetheless one of many strongest within the Common Season of Spring – however they outright refuse to play the meta, which generally is extra a curse than a blessing.
SK Gaming
SK then again like to stay to the meta greater than they need to. The younger gamers have completed 5th within the Spring Season however made Prime 4 again in Winter out of the blue. Whereas they couldn’t be as dominant within the second break up of the LEC, that they had some nice performances, particularly when Mark “Markoon” van Woensel may lead the cost within the early recreation, whereas both Daniel “Sertuss” Gamani, Joel “Irrelevant” Miro Scharoll or rookie Thomas “Exakick” Foucou could possibly be the risk within the lategame.
Sadly, whereas SK Gaming has nearly perfected their technique, they’ve turn out to be a bit too predictable by the point Spring Cut up rolled round. They solely beat the weakest staff (and BDS for some motive) within the Common Season, and the Swiss team has taken it’s revenge by beating SK 2-0, knocking them all the way down to the decrease bracket. Markoon and his teammates hopefully had sufficient time to follow some new techniques this week, as they’ll want all of the weapons in opposition to G2.
G2 Esports didn’t have a tough time in opposition to SK Gaming after they met within the Spring Common Season, with each BrokenBlade and Martin “Yike” Sundelin having a stellar efficiency on tanks, whereas Steven “Hans sama” Liv busted out his trusty Kalista. SK performed their consolation/meta picks, but it surely didn’t repay that nicely. This match would be the battle of predictability and anarchy within the drafts, and despite the fact that meta-abusers KOI have beat G2 2-1, we consider that SK Gaming is not going to make the Prime 4 this time round.
The 2023 LEC Spring Teams proceed this Saturday, with Fnatic and MAD Lions duking it out at 6PM CEST, whereas SK and G2 play at 9PM CEST! Don’t miss the conclusion of Group Stage!
