The results for the first week in EU LCS 2018 in League of Legends
Through just week one of the EU LCS, the league has already been plunged into chaos.
The only team to emerge from the week unscathed was Vitality, though they have yet to prove themselves against an upper-tier squad. Those so-called strong squads all submitted uneven performances over the weekend. With the return of the unpredictable best-of-one format, this could be one of the most interesting splits ever.
G2 and Fnatic started the day full of confidence coming off dominating victories on Friday. Fnatic looked like they’d continue winning with a hot start against H2K, using Martin “Rekkles” Larsson’s teleport Sivir with unsealed spellbook to take towers at will. But the theme of the week has been late-game scaling, and H2K eventually out-scaled Fnatic. H2K fans will be relieved that, for once, it was their team that didn’t throw in the late game. And in the end H2K defeated Fnatic.
H2WHAT? H2K!@H2KGG defy the expectations and take down @FNATIC! #H2KWIN #EULCS pic.twitter.com/I1OCcWQRx9
— lolesports (@lolesports) January 20, 2018
G2, on the other hand, stumbled early in their match against ROCCAT and never really recovered. ROCCAT have earned the title of king-slayers with their upset victories over G2.
In the last match of the day, Misfits faced FC Schalke 04 in what seemed like a must-win. Misfits have never really played well in the regular season, but after getting steamrolled by G2 on Friday, they desperately wanted to avoid a sweep in the first week. When the going got tough for Misfits, they turned back to a strategy that’s worked for them incredibly well before. Jungler Nubar “Maxlore” Sarafian focused the top lane, getting Barney “Alphari” Morris key kills on Gangplank, an extremely powerful champion.
Those the most important games from the first week in 2018 EU LCS spring Split.
