In the second European League Championship Series match of the week, Fnatic took on the current kings of Europe, G2. In a series that went the full three games, G2 showed why they are the reigning EU LCS champions, taking Fnatic down with superior shotcalling and teamfighting.
As the first game of the series unfolded, Kim "Trick" Gang-Yun put the pressure on early as Rek'Sai, ganking mid and picking up first blood before the 10-minute mark. Trick would continue to make his presence known across the map, setting up G2 to take objectives, participating in all of G2's kills through the early game. Support Alfonso "mithy" Aguirre Rodriguez was on fire as well, using Zyra to find several picks for G2, including a brilliant flank that gave G2 two free kills and a Baron. Mithy came up big for G2, finishing with a KDA (kills/deaths/assists) of 1/2/8 and 82 percent kill participation as G2 took their time, winning Game 1.
Wanting to make up for a lackluster Game 1, Rasmus "Caps" Winther stepped up in Game 2 on Ryze, picking up first blood at with an impressive solo kill outplay against Luka "Perkz" Perkovic. After another outplay from Caps that resulted in a second solo-kill on PerkZ, Caps looked poised to take over the game, but G2's superior map presence kept them in the game. In a wild back-and-forth affair, the lead would swing with every teamfight, but a brilliant Realm Warp from Caps at 49 minutes would allow Fnatic to backdoor G2's Nexus to tie the series at 1-1.
Game 3 began in slow fashion, with Trick's Ivern disrupting Fnatic while they repeatedly ganked and killed Perkz. Thanks to Martin "Rekkles" Larson's Kennen controlling side waves and kiting, Fnatic jumped out to a minor gold lead. But G2 would bounce back on the heels of a risky Baron call, using the buff to take two inhibitors and prevent Fnatic from splitpushing. In a third consecutive 40+ minute game, G2 showed great patience before finishing the game to take the series 2-1.
