G2 Esports opened their lower-bracket clash against T1 at the 2026 League of Legends Mid-Season Invitational with a win built around a rare double ADC setup. The composition held through a chaotic early and mid game before overwhelming T1 in the late stages.
According to www.invenglobal.com, the first game at Daejeon Convention Center’s Exhibition Center II swung back and forth as both teams traded kills and looked for small advantages. G2 first broke the balance by winning a skirmish around Void Grubs and catching Faker‘s Cassiopeia while he had no Flash.
Early Pressure Goes Back and Forth
T1 tried to answer by sending Keria‘s Camille to chase Broken Blade‘s Vayne, but Camille had not yet reached level 6. The play dragged on, both T1 players were caught, and G2 kept the momentum by taking down Doran‘s Renekton soon after.
T1 recovered once Camille hit level 6 and used Oner‘s Nocturne ultimate to bring down Hans Sama‘s Ezreal. T1 then turned G2’s next attempt on Cassiopeia into two more kills and later won a major fight while focusing Caps‘ Anivia to secure Baron.
| Key Moment | Team Gaining the Edge | Result |
|---|---|---|
| Void Grubs fight | G2 Esports | Cassiopeia was caught without Flash |
| Nocturne-led counterattack | T1 | Ezreal was taken down and T1 closed the gap |
| Fight around Anivia | T1 | Baron secured for T1 |
G2 answered with the strength of Vayne in a top-lane standoff, using the champion’s free-hitting damage to slow T1’s push. That kept the game close as both sides continued to trade objectives and vision control.
Baron, Dragon, and the Final Teamfight
The decisive swing came when G2 started Baron after assuming T1 had moved to contest the fourth Dragon stack. T1 stayed nearby, moved in to defend, and then used Camille’s engage to win the fight, take Baron for themselves, and leave G2 even further behind when Phase‘s Ziggs stole the Dragon.
Near the 41-minute mark, the fourth Dragon spawned again and went to T1, but the fight around it ended very differently. G2 lost Leona early, yet their two ADCs calmly burned through Nocturne and Renekton, and T1 could not withstand the damage output.
After taking Baron as well, G2 pushed into T1’s base. Ezreal even solo-killed Renekton in the side lane before G2 forced their way to the Nexus and closed out Game 1.