G2 Esports Confirms Caps Will Join, Perkz To Move To Bot Lane

One of the stranger rumors to appear during the League of Legends off-season has to be that Fnatic’s superstar mid laner and Worlds finalist Rasmus “Caps” Winther would be leaving the organization and signing on with G2 Esports. The strangeness comes not from the fact that Caps would leave Fnatic, but about what would happen to current mid laner Luka “Perkz” Perković, who was rumored to remain with the team not as a substitute mid laner, but as their new AD Carry.

Now, G2 Esports has confirmed the news, along with the signing of new support player Mihael “Mikyx” Mehle from Misfits, that Perkz will indeed be shifting to the bot lane for the 2019 season, with Caps taking his spot in the mid lane.

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— G2 Esports (@G2esports) November 29, 2018

With both of the absolute strongest mid lane players on the same roster, the LEC, or League of Legends European Championship, is going to undergo possibly one of the most drastic shakeups in recent history. Fnatic has set the precedent of using players in roles they aren’t set in, with both top laners Paul "sOAZ" Boyer and Gabriël "Bwipo" Rau appearing on the roster at the same time in a meta that saw AD Carries like Martin "Rekkles" Larsson pushed aside.

All the remains to be seen is whether Perkz can successfully make the transition to his new role well enough to continue dominating the LEC, or if G2 Esports will need to look for a more seasoned AD Carry before the season begins in earnest.