For the first time since Summer 2015, Fnatic are the Kings of Europe. Fnatic routed G2 3-0 in the 2018 EU LCS Spring Split Finals on Sunday to claim its sixth title and a spot at the Mid-Season Invitational next month.
Back on the throne! 🏆 #EULCS pic.twitter.com/Arp8284Uuf
— LoL Esports (@lolesports) April 8, 2018
Rekkles adds to his legacy
Shortly before the Finals got underway, Fnatic’s Rekkles was declared the Spring Split MVP. There was no doubt that he was going to be given the honor after an incredible regular season, and he quickly flexed his muscles on the main stage. Rekkles went from barely dying during the regular season to not dying at all in the finals. Over the course of three games, he carried Fnatic with 20 kills, 13 assists, and no deaths. Rekkles secured a Pentakill on Sivir in Game 2, and nearly secured one on Trystana in Game 1, to lead the way. To no one’s surprise, he was awarded the Finals MVP as well after a huge series.
Caps wins the mid lane battle over Perkz
Coming into the match, one of the keys to victory for G2 was to have Perkz win his battle in the mid lane against Caps. Instead, Caps was the one that won the battle and that gave his teammates flexibility to make plays all over the map.
That was readily apparent in the third and final game of the series. Caps was able to rack up a big CS advantage over Perkz’s Cassiopeia on Ryze, and then used that to become a split-pusher in the mid-game. He ratcheted up the pressure on G2 as he continued to take down towers, forcing them into costly mistakes that ended up costing them the game. Caps didn’t have the final numbers that Rekkles did, but his play was pivotal nonetheless.
G2’s inability to win after 20 minutes
As I highlighted in my preview, one of the big concerns for G2 coming into the series was winning the mid and late game against Fnatic. G2 had gold leads of 4k and 10k in their two regular season meetings, but couldn’t close out in either instance.
That continued to be a trend as G2 got out to pretty nice gold leads in Game 1 and Game 2, yet still found themselves outplayed by Fnatic. The four-time champions were unable to capitalize after some nice plays early on, dooming them to defeat.
