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Genuine question.

Who do you think could even come close or keep G2 competitive internationally when Caps retires? The GOAT will have to rest someday and we won’t always be able to rely on him. (Hopefully that’s MANY years away) With Caps, G2 has built a dynasty for always winning or always finals, always doing something internationally, always being the hope of the West.

I have the same question to T1 for when Faker retires but they have a lot more options a lot of crazy insane mid laners in Korea T1 could get. but for EU it’s different. Caps is a generational talent we will quite literally never get or see again.

Atm i can’t see ANYONE G2 could honestly get that would keep them the best western team or doing well internationally. unless Caps becomes like Faker and take a more supportive facilitator role when he’s older and have 4 cracked players carrying

Like realistically peak Humanoid would prob be the closest you could ever get to Caps and even then it’s like tiers different still. Just want to know what people on this sub opinion is or everyone else doesn’t know either :/

G2 3-0 KC

Absolute stomp from G2

Skewmond ran Yike in circles this series.

Congrats to G2 for making it to EWC.

KC or MKOI for the final spot for EWC

LETS GO #G2WIN

G2 2-0 KC

KC was up 4k but they threw and G2 found some nice comebacks. A back and forth game and G2 wins one team fight by insta killing Kyeahoo and ends the game.

1 more win to qualify for EWC. Loser gets one last chance against MKOI/NAVI

There’s no main thread atm but G2 beat KC game 1 . Caps masterclass on Twisted Fate

just need 2 more to get to EWC

if they lose they have one last chance against MKOI/Navi to make it to EWC

I am not surprised in the slightest BB has a ~75% WR on Vayne over ~40 soloqueue games.

I was wondering why we hadn't seen his vayne top for awhile after seeing vayne pop up in Tier 1 across the world as BB is usually the first to jump on the niche meta top picks.

Also if you're a true BB knower and fan you would know this guy is a beast at spacing champs, i've legit just been waiting for so long for him to get a chance to pop off on a champ like vayne

Hello G2 friends, I know it has been a while, I have been pretty busy with work. But I am back with another matchup rankings post, this time looking at G2 vs KC.

The question I wanted to look at is pretty simple:

**What gives G2 the cleanest path through draft?**

The matchup model is currently getting about 68.6% of pro games right across 5,778 games, with a 0.751 AUC. AUC is basically how well the model separates wins from losses across all confidence levels, so higher means it is finding real signal instead of just guessing. That does not make every ranking correct, but it gives me enough confidence that the matchup data is worth arguing over.

https://preview.redd.it/xxem2a19c41h1.jpg?width=2623&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36ca70d050ab56e91f7123492a57bc1d5d1741aa

First, the meta.

This is the current patch picture across LEC/LCK/LCS.

The important thing is that a pick being "meta" is only half the problem. The scarier version is when a meta champion overlaps with something the player is already good at. Using my matchup rankings, I then got a player skill value across the leagues and ranking based on they have been performing in matchups recently.

The faded bar is the larger 2025-2026 baseline. The dot is current LEC Spring form. So I am trying to separate \"this player has just been hot for a few weeks\" from \"this has been a real profile for a while.\"

This is the player matchup ranking board.

And then here is a scatterplot of champions, player skill on those champions, against the meta.

https://preview.redd.it/fvhsnomyc41h1.jpg?width=2711&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a9e38c5ee7230f381148cdac5779c5c41894ff86

This is probably the main chart for how I would think about the series.

For KC, the obvious one is still **Kyeahoo Orianna**. Orianna is everywhere, and Kyeahoo grades well on it.

The other big one is **Busio Nautilus**. It gives KC engage, river threat, pick potential, and a very normal way to start fights.

Then I keep coming back to **Canna Rumble**. I do not think Canna is the KC player I am most scared of overall, but Rumble is exactly the kind of champion that can make a game messy even if the rest of the draft is not perfect.

So the draft question is not just "what do we ban?"

It is: **what trade leaves G2 with the most ways to play the game?**

https://preview.redd.it/czk6nkrmd41h1.jpg?width=2741&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7f006aef9a3008228c647f365b5f861837927405

This is the KC board by role.

And then the breakdown of the matchup historically.

https://preview.redd.it/n3p3ktssd41h1.jpg?width=2761&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c8629eab924253a06d45a7ecc123b8d49aa0b11

The H2H history lines up with the same general idea.

SkewMond vs Yike is the big early-game edge in the current-player H2H. That does not mean "jungle wins every game," but it does suggest G2 should prioritize it.

Caps vs Kyeahoo is closer at 10 than I expected. Hans vs Caliste is also close/slightly KC-favored in the early lane data. So I would not frame this as "G2 just smash lanes and win."

I would frame it as:

**Keep bot playable, keep mid from becoming a free Orianna game, and give SkewMond enough agency to connect the map.**

https://preview.redd.it/8q9mjr4xd41h1.jpg?width=2709&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4a318bb678be25d9b958a6815e4577a5faadb9c7

So if I am building a G2 ban plan, I am starting with the above by role.

My rough takeaway:

**G2 should not draft like they need a miracle. They should draft like they need structure.**

Keep the KC comfort picks from making the game too easy, then preserve enough of G2's own map tools that KC cannot solve every lane at once.

As always, some caveats:

- This is not saying the model knows draft better than the teams.

- Draft depends on side selection, scrims, patch reads, flex picks, and what each team is actually willing to play.

- Some champion samples are still noisy, even with shrinkage.

- Matchup rankings are based on pro-game outcomes, so they are useful signal, not a perfect measure of raw player skill.

And check out my LoL post yesterday if you want: https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1tc5gyk/comment/olqigjq/?context=1

P.S. AS ALWAYS, additional shoutout to https://oracleselixir.com/ for the data, Tim Sevenhuysen is doing great work out there.