Caps and company successfully recovered from an upper bracket setback to maintain their incredible streak in the LEC, once again at the expense of perennial bridesmaids Fnatic, who looked stronger than ever in the LEC Summer Split playoff but still capitulated at the final hurdle against their rivals.

Another LEC Split, another G2 victory, and while the challengers’ identity continues to shift, the final boss of European League of Legends still remains the same. Fnatic put up a spirited challenge throughout the playoffs as they defied the expectations set by their fourth-place finish in the regular season to bulldoze their way through the playoffs, but if their upper bracket win over G2 seemed like a harbinger of things to come just a few days ago, it most definitely wasn’t in the end.