G2 make Worlds playoffs after historic victory against FlyQuest in Western grudge match
G2 have made the playoffs of the League of Legends World Championship 2025 after defeating FlyQuest 2-1 in their Upper Bo3.
The victory is the first time an LEC has made the Worlds Top 8 since 2021, when Mad Lions lost to Dplus KIA.
G2 got vengeance for their humbling MSI 2025 0-3 defeat, as the Western giants collided again in the EU vs NA grudge match.
Game 1: FlyQuest bleed out G2
FlyQuest looked the more comfortable team straight from the draft, with their composition featuring some of their players’ favoured picks.
Kacper ‘Inspired’ Słoma Wukong was especially ominous for G2, as the Polish jungler quickly established a substantial gold lead in the jungle, racing to a 2k gold lead in 15 minutes.
In truth, very little happened in the early game with FlyQuest building a lead in CS and gold.
The pattern soon emerged of FlyQuest picking off G2’s errors in spacing and teamplay, with Rasmus ‘Caps’ Winther being punishing in his Top Lane swap multiple times.
By the time objectives started to become an issue in the game, FlyQuest had a substantial power advantage.
For G2, it was a familiar story, ‘Do nothing then lose.”
Failing to be proactive in the early game, they were unable to cause FlyQuest any problems when they did try to contest Atakhan, Dragons, etc.
As the game reached 30 minutes, the game state was more reminiscent of most games at 15 minutes, with so little happening.
Yet it was only a matter of time as G2 tried to stall and stall, with FlyQuest in control against a limp G2.
Another uncharacteristic death by Caps opened up the Baron, and now FlyQuest just had to pick their moment.
When that moment came, it was swift and decisive, with G2 being separated and picked apart in the bot lane, Rudy ‘SkewMond’ Semaan left only to run away from his own base with Inspired chasing him.
It encapsulated the game, with that jungler difference giving FlyQuest their platform to dominate.
Game 2: SkewMond drives G2 recovery
Fears of another disastrous sweep were on the minds of EU fans after Game 1, but G2 flipped the script on Game 2.
At first, the game looked similar to Game 1, with a very slow start for both teams and Caps falling to a gold deficit early.
Finally, they showed the proactivity that has been missing in their Worlds losses thus far.
SkewMond was fully activated in Game 2, appearing all over the map to help out his team and find his team the gold lead.
A botched engage meant G2 ceded Atakhan to FlyQuest, but G2 recovered by getting more isolated kills, which kept the game in the LEC team’s hands.
Soon after, teamfights stopped being an issue for G2. They consistently won the teamfights with their champions surviving on low HP.
The fact that they were not giving away kills meant the snowball effect kicked in, and the game before more and more comfortable for a G2, who now had leads across the board.
The Game ended with 15 kills to 3, with Sergen ‘BrokenBlade’ Çelik and Labros ‘Labrov’ Papoutsakis securing 12 assists each.
For FlyQuest, Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau struggled notably, being frequently caught isolated and out of position.
Game 3: Hearts in mouths for EU fans
Game 3 broke the pattern of the two previous contests, as it was far more fast-paced and proactive from both teams.
Bwipo again was getting caught out, but so were G2 with Bwipo and Inspired taking BrokenBlade out early.
Additionally, Fahad ‘Massu’ Abdulmalek got multiple skill shots, long-range kills to keep things even.
G2 got the Herald, but FlyQuest got the drakes. The game sat at an even state going into the mid-game in a back-and-forth affair.
For once, an LEC team were fun to watch at Worlds!
After taking the space around the Top Lane, G2 forced Atakhan and won the resultant fight.
EU’s dreams were coming true, and top eight was in sight, but then FlyQuest fought back.
Two kills in their jungle led to FlyQuest forcing the Baron, which they got completely for free.
Was it slipping from G2’s hands?
After a favourable engagement which fell Bwipo’s Azir again, the game went into a lull as teams awaited Baron’s spawn.
The fight came after what felt like hours. Again, FlyQuest went 2-0 fight and forced Baron again.
Quad starred as G2 could not find the kills.
But that fight did not turn out to have the consequences it threatened to have.
G2 played without fear, instantly fighting mid again, with their abilities still in hand after the last fight interrupted their attack ordering.
FlyQuest were destroyed by Skewmond and Caps combining their abilities.
Four players down, and nothing left to fight with, FlyQuest were vanquished, and G2 had made it!
Not just to the Nexus, but to Worlds playoffs once again after so many years in the wilderness.
Redemption for MSI, redemption for years of pain for European League of Legends.
The first win for an EU team against NA in a series since 2021, the first Top 8 for the LEC at Worlds since 2021.
A moment of hope when hope seemed so far away earlier in the tournament.
FlyQuest will have to await the 2-2 draw for their final opportunity to join G2 in the playoffs.
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