“We’re getting a lot better at a very rapid speed”

Following G2 Esports’ swift 3-0 takedown of MAD Lions within the MSI 2023 decrease bracket, we had the possibility for a fast chat with mid-laner Rasmus “Caps” Borregaard Winther to get his ideas on the sequence and stay up for the rest of the match.

The Dane was happy to win the sequence that repeated the LEC Winter playoffs closing, explaining that was “proud of how we performed and the way we talked with one another” earlier than including that “it exhibits, for me, the step up we’ve had from Spring till now.”

“I believe the scrims towards the LPL and LCK groups actually helped us out rather a lot, so I’m fairly proud of the extent we’re displaying proper now and I can see a path to getting even higher, so I’m excited.”

This step up has led to rising confidence inside the facet, shared also by bot laner Hans Sama, that G2 will be capable of take down LPL/LCK groups in the course of the the rest of the match. The 2019 MSI winner revealed that he’s “very assured” of their probabilities towards Jap groups: “I believe much more so than in a very long time.”

“I believe that this degree of enchancment that we confirmed from enjoying the LPL and LCK groups actually jogs my memory of again in 2020, the place we additionally had very unhealthy scrims however then we obtained actually good very quick. I believe we’re doing that, we’re getting rather a lot higher at a really fast pace, and I believe that if we get one other few days of scrims then I positively assume that we are able to begin difficult them.”

Caps additionally gave his view on how the double-elimination format, launched to MSI for the primary time on this match, could give them a serving to hand.

“Fortunately with the format, we’ll most likely find yourself having to beat all of the LPL and LCK groups, however we’ll need to beat them so as of energy – so we’ll need to play the simplest first, then the second best and so forth. So it’s going to be attention-grabbing.”

Now standing in G2’s manner is a lower-bracket matchup with China’s Bilibili Gaming who was knocked down from the higher bracket after a 3-0 loss to LPL rivals JD Gaming. If G2 handle to trigger an upset, then a gathering with both NA’s Cloud9 or Korea’s Gen.G will likely be subsequent on the horizon.