H2K Make a Ridiculous Comeback in the EU LCS

Sometimes the game just gets away from you. Sometimes, literally everything goes wrong, and you find yourself staring down the barrel at what will almost certainly be a loss. In these situations, it’s very easy to just pack it in, roll over, and let the enemy team finish the game. No-one would blame a team for thinking there’s no hope, when they are down in kills, objectives, and have a massive gold deficit. Luckily for H2K, their new jungler Ilyas "Shook" Hartsema does not like to give up easy, and a clutch Baron steal allowed H2K to start to turn things around.

Despite losing the Baron, Giants were still in a very good position to close out the game, and they began to pressure the base of H2K. with a man advantage, Giants should have been able to end it there, but good minion targeting by H2K’s AD Carry Patrik "Sheriff" Jírů forced Giants to contend with more than they could handle, forcing them away from the nexus. When they attempted to regroup, they ran straight into a trap, as Sheriff took down three members of Giants and H2K held the base for the time being.

With the base relatively secure, H2K push out long enough to secure a second Baron, giving them a greater ability to defend their base, but more importantly, denying the pushing power from Giants. This stalled the advance of Giants long enough that they decided to pull back for now, securing more neutral objectives and setting up to slowly pressure the base of H2K, rather than rushing in.

Finally, at the 49 minute mark, Giants go for the third Baron of the game, and this time Shook is unable to make a miracle steal. H2K is forced back into their base, and with a 4v5 defence situation looming, it seems that their luck had finally run out. Luckily for H2K, Sheriff had something to say about the whole situation, and in the chaotic team fight the ensued as Giants attempted to rush down the Nexus, Sheriff was able to position both himself and his abilities to cause maximum damage, taking down four members of the Giants squad and preventing them from ending the game then and there.

With Giants all dead, there was nothing to stop H2K’s mid laner Marcin “Selfie” Wolski from teleporting to the top lane, and pushing a group on minions into the base of Giants and ending the game. A long and tumultuous game ends with one player slowly destroying his enemy’s base while they can do nothing but watch in horror.

This match is over, H2K have pulled off the miracle defence and proven that you should never give up, even in the face of certain defeat. This isn’t the only epic match on the board for today however, for more EU LCS action, check out our match of the week, featuring a showdown between G2 Esports and Fnatic as they battle for possession of first place. To see how the teams are situated on the ladder, check out the Official Standings page, here.