Welcome to the League of Legends Worlds 2018 Quarterfinals, Perkz!
Third time’s the charm for the G2 Esports mid laner, as his team finally makes it out of the Group Stage
It took him three years and a completely new set of teammates, but G2’s Luka “Perkz” Perković can now mark down another milestone for his League of Legends career.
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After two long days of matches, his team was tied in rankings with the LMS team Flash Wolves. It was down to a tiebreaker to determine who gets to take second place in their group and head on to the Worlds Quarterfinals.
It was an intense match. G2 was everywhere on the map, repeatedly diving Flash Wolves’ turrets to secure an early lead. But a few positioning mistakes gave Flash Wolves a teamfight at the Baron pit.
We’ve seen multiple teams flip the lead mid-game before. All it takes is one bad teamfight or one facecheck into the enemy bush. G2 can’t afford many of the same mistakes here.
And the G2 leader has made it to this point of the Group Stage before. Perkz has been with G2 for years, back when it was still Gamers2, and has been a part of the main Worlds roster since 2016.
While G2 were the European kings for four straight splits, they’ve struggled at international tournaments.
At both Worlds 2016 and 2017, G2 failed to score enough wins to progress out of Groups Stage. And during the Mid-Season Invitational 2017, G2 failed to take the crown from South Korean legends SK Telecom T1. That defeat resulted in a lot of backlash against the European team.
