G2 Esports completed another chapter in its organization's legacy, taking down the Unicorns of Love 3-1 to claim its third championship title in the European League of Legends Championship Series Spring Finals in Hamburg, Germany.
Game 1 started off slowly, and quickly fell into a prolonged lull, with only three kills coming in before 25 minutes, each of which involved G2 jungler Kim "Trick" Gang-yun on Rumble. It was an ill-advised Baron attempt from Unicorns of Love that blew the game wide open for G2, as it picked up the Baron buff for itself as a result of a 2-for-0 teamfight. From there on in, while G2 never won a fight by more than one or two kills, it used those small gains to take objectives, smothering UoL to a methodical, 47-minute win.
Both teams traded kills evenly in the early stages of Game 2, but across-the-board CS (creep score) leads for the Unicorns gave them a 2,000-gold lead at the 20-minute mark. G2 bounced back, however, taking a 3-for-0 teamfight victory to secure the Baron buff, which it used to take an inhibitor in the bot lane. After that, G2 won every single engagement with its plethora of shields and heals, dominating the late game and taking Game 2 in under 31 minutes.
Game 3 began with an economic stalemate as kills for G2 and towers for Unicorns of Love left both teams' gold nearly dead even up until 27 minutes, when G2 finally found its first tower kill followed by a 3-for-1 fight at Baron. It was the Unicorns who took the subsequent fight 5-for-1, however, granting them a Baron kill. G2 did a solid job of defending against the buff, only to give up an inhibitor in a poor objective trade in the late game. This opening allowed UOL to take the game after winning the ensuing Baron fight, destroying the Nexus at the 39-minute mark.
The early stage of Game 4 was all about the mid lane, as G2's Luka "Perkz" Perković's LeBlanc acquired a huge CS lead and picked up a solo kill on the Talon of Fabian "Exileh" Schubert. UOL still felt confident enough to start a Baron attempt after getting a pick at 32 minutes, but G2 turned the play into a 5-for-1 teamfight win, taking an inhibitor and Baron kill as a result. This left G2 with little resistance as it barged into the base to take the Spring Split Championship at 37 minutes, completing the 3-1 series win.
This victory also secures G2 a spot at the Mid-Season Invitational, which kicks off with the Play-In stage on Friday, April 28 at 2p.m. ET.