A successful return for G2 Esports: after a not-quite-perfect road trip in Paris (2 wins, 1 loss), the reigning LEC champions faced SK Gaming.
G2 Esports secured a 2:0 win here, though it wasn't quite as clean as the scoreline suggests – both games took more than 40 minutes before the nexus fell.
The key moment in game two was a fight around Baron, where G2's BrokenBlade managed to isolate and kill the enemy support on Vayne, then rejoin his team from there. After the match, the top laner walked us through that fight – and shared his thoughts on the bot-lane meta, the packed schedule, and the team's Worlds prospects.
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"Okay, If She's Standing There Alone..."
RunItDown: First off, congrats on the win and on Player of the Game – you got that one outright. Give me the quick rundown of that last fight: you took Mikyx's Rell out of the play right from the start. What were the comms like, during and after you took her out?
G2 BrokenBlade: I'd seen Syndra in the bush and told the team Syndra was splitting – she took the long way around. Rell was standing alone after that, and I thought: if Rell's standing there alone, I'm all-inning her. Vayne with Stormrazor is really fast, you could see that, which is why I was able to chase her down like that.
Sure, I used my ultimate, but that took Rell completely out of the fight. At that point I had to trust my team to play it a bit slower – and they managed that pretty well. After I killed Rell, I told them I was coming to the teamfight, to wait five or ten seconds. After that I cleaned up.
"I Think We Could've Drafted a Bit Better Today"
RunItDown: G2 against SK Gaming is kind of a reunion at this point – you inherited Wunder's spot, in a sense. Does that affect your prep specifically, when you know the people even better than everyone already knows each other in the LEC anyway?
G2 BrokenBlade: It always helps for prep when you're playing against people you've played against for a long time. For example, what champions they like. For us, the only thing that was a bit uncertain was the new mid laner, SlowQ. We don't know that much about him. Sure, we can do some research on what he played in the ERLs, but it's always a bit different in the LEC.
I think the prep was pretty good, but I think we could've drafted a bit better today. Our gameplay unfortunately wasn't what I'd hoped for – pretty chaotic, but of course I'm still very happy about the win.
"A Lot Has Changed in How We Work"
RunItDown: You already brought up the draft – and if we're talking reunions, we have to talk about Perkz too. This is your first time at G2 having an ex-pro as head coach – Memento's been assistant coach for years now, but that's a bit different. Does Perkz's arrival change anything about how you approach scrims, how you think about drafts, what your game plans look like?
G2 BrokenBlade: A lot has changed in how we work and how we train with Perkz. He really tries to get a lot out of the players – how you approach the game, how you approach training in general. It's a completely different structure than before, and that naturally takes some time.
I think we as players and staff need to work together really well on that, because we made the change in the middle of the season – that can slow a team down at first during prep.
But right now it's going pretty well, I'm really happy we won three of four games. That gives us room to explore how we approach scrims. There's still a lot of things we can do better – we know that as players, and Perkz knows that as head coach too. We also give him a lot of feedback on how he can do things better.
"The Biggest Problem Is That the Support Role Is Everywhere on the Map"
RunItDown: You're almost notorious for a few not-so-commonly-played top lane champions. Right now it feels like everyone's pulling out the pitchforks and torches for what's happening on the bot lane – pretty much anything with four abilities and a passive gets played; yesterday, for instance, Aatrox on Diable [bot laner at Nongshim Redforce].
Do you have an opinion on that from the other end of the map, and what tip would you give SoloQ bot laners who have to deal with it?
G2 BrokenBlade: For ADCs that's usually not something they have to deal with – it's a whole different thing going from zero to a hundred. Some of them get annoyed, wondering why they suddenly have to play against an Aatrox on the bot lane.
For mid and top laners that's basically always the case, we play against ADCs too sometimes – I played Vayne top today, actually. But these kinds of picks have always existed, really.
I don't actually think it's a bad thing that different champions are being played on the bot lane now. In my opinion, the biggest problem is that the support role is everywhere on the map right now. I think if you fix that – and that's being addressed in the next patch too, so supports don't roam as much anymore... in this match I actually played two-versus-two with Labrov in the early game.
That's stuff Riot doesn't like either, and I also think it's not good for the game if a support doesn't have to lane. It's not fun to play against either, whether it's in SoloQ, on stage, or in scrims. It's really not fun when the enemy support ganks you at level one.
"We've Been Well Past the Limit for a While"
RunItDown: Your calendar this year is probably about as full as it's ever been – with EWC, First Stand, roadshows, and everything around it. How do you feel about the sheer number of tournaments coming at you? Are we slowly hitting the limit of what's manageable?
G2 BrokenBlade: I think we've been well past the limit for a while now. That's a lot for a player, having that many tournaments, and I don't think it's sustainable in the long run.
If I imagine playing like this for five more years, that would be really, really stressful.
I think we're experienced enough by now to know how to rest as players. I, for example, take SoloQ a bit easier and play fewer games, but I rest more days a week instead. Normally, when I know something important is coming up, I have a really solid schedule and play a lot. But because I haven't had that much of a break recently, I'm playing a few less games per week right now, and resting a few more days a week instead.
So, I think the roadshows are cool. I also like traveling with all the fans. And there are so many fans and that atmosphere in the arenas, that's just great. That should stay, and honestly there can be more of it.
But generally speaking, there are a lot of tournaments, and it just feels like it keeps growing. Which is obviously a bit tough on the players, that's just how it is. Burnout is real, even when you're playing video games. That's real, players obviously need to watch out for that. And it's important to us, and we get a lot of help from our performance coach. He naturally helps us with the recovery process too.
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"I Think We Have a Good Chance This Year"
RunItDown: Last question: why is 2026, despite all the stress, the year you win Worlds?
G2 BrokenBlade: Because we already made an international final this year. We know we can do it, it's in us – I'm sure of that. It depends on how the rest of the season goes, but KC has also been in a final before. I think it's very achievable this year.
The last few years haven't looked great for Europe, but I think this year looks a lot better. Of course we have to wait until we're at Worlds, but I think we have a good chance this year.