It was all going so well for the LEC, but G2 Esports ended the league’s early undefeated streak at LoL Worlds 2026.
The LEC Champions failed to capitalise on what looked like a comfortable lead against the LCK’s fourth seed, Dplus KIA.
G2 will be especially frustrated after Movistar KOI’s surprise win over BLG and Karmine Corp’s impressive win over LPL Champions Anyone’s Legend.
Meanwhile, reigning Esports World Cup champions DK will likely be unsatisfied with their performance too but relieved they managed to comeback.
G2 Look Lost at LoL Worlds 2026
Polymarket users only give G2 a 4% chance of winning the tournament, but fans still expected them to perform well.
Yet, G2 could potentially already be in trouble at the League of Legends World Championship.
Usually, losing the first round wouldn’t be so bad, but all four LPL teams are in the 0-1 bracket too, and G2 does not have a great record versus Chinese opposition.
It should have been an easy win for G2. The team was coasting on a solid gold lead without giving up a single kill due to DK’s poor engages.
However, G2 failed to close out the game and allowed their LCK opponents to stall out and find the fight they needed.
G2 had excellent control of the map, but somehow kept failing to secure objectives.
And it didn’t help that the team repeatedly brought Sergen ‘BrokenBlade’ Çelik to Baron before he could fix the top lane waves.
Eventually, DK’s persistent team fight attempts paid off, and they found the fight they needed.
A huge Poppy ult by Oh ‘Career’ Hyeong-seok separated G2, allowing his teammates to run them over and find three kills.
Then, despite G2 having two players alive with Baron Buff, DK still rushed forward into their base and ended the game.
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