Wunder is the new starting top laner for Fnatic, Rekkles was acquired by Karmine Corp after multiple reductions to his initial buyout price. Grabbz is the new head coach for Team BDS, and earlier today, Nelson was signed by Excel Esports.
It has been just over a month since G2 Esports announced they were benching Martin "Rekkles" Larsson and putting up his contract for a potential buyout, but it seems that the team is having trouble moving the elite AD carry.
With its ninth win, G2 Esports is the third team in Europe to qualify for the 2020 LEC Summer Playoffs behind MAD Lions and Rogue, both of whom qualified last weekend.
On Friday, December 13, G2 Esports uploaded a video to its twitter account featuring Bot Laner Luka "Perkz" Perković and Mid Laner Rasmus "Caps" Winther swapping into each other's roles for a Ranked game of League of Legends, with hints that the roleswap may be occuring on the actual team for the 2020 LEC Spring Split. Two days later, Jungler Marcin "Jankos" Jankowski provided context to G2's most recent roleswap on stream via Twitch.
On Sunday, November 10th at the AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France, the 2019 League of Legends World Championship will conclude with the Grand Finals match between FunPlus Phoenix and G2 Esports. At 1:00pm local time, FPX will fight to keep the World Championship trophy in China and deny G2 the first grand slam in LoL Esports history.
The upcoming 2019 League of Legends World Championship Semifinals matchup between SK Telecom T1 and G2 Esports is nearly a full season in the making. The five-game epic between the LCK and LEC champions at the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational ended in a narrow 3-2 victory for G2 Esports, but the for the European side to continue its bid for the first Grand Slam in LoL Esports history, it will have to defeat its toughest opponent all season once again.
In winning its second straight LEC Grand Final, G2 Esports also reached several milestones as individual players and an organization.
