{"id":2865,"date":"2020-02-21T19:54:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T19:54:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/g2-beat-excel-week-5"},"modified":"2024-07-20T03:59:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T03:59:18","slug":"g2-beat-excel-week-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ginx.tv\/en\/league-of-legends\/g2-beat-excel-week-5","title":{"rendered":"G2 Esports bounce back and take down Excel Esports in fifth week brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>G2 Esports; League of Legends team have bounced back to sit at the top of the LEC Spring Split table alongside Misfits after a successful match against Excel Esports.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LEC\/status\/1230938255434174466\"><twitter-widget class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden; display: block; transform: rotate(0deg); width: 500px; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; min-width: 220px;\"><\/twitter-widget><\/p>\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\" data-twitter-extracted-i1582315116475857786=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/G2esports?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@G2esports<\/a> are back and take down <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EXCEL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@EXCEL<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LEC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LEC<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rL7XCRbhIR\">pic.twitter.com\/rL7XCRbhIR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&acirc;&#128;&#148; LEC (@LEC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LEC\/status\/1230938255434174466?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>Week 4 saw the team award FC Schalke 04 their first win of the season in a huge surprise upset for the European superstar roster and Worlds 2019 finalists.<\/p>\n<h2>Draft<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"21-g2-excel-draft.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-cf.ginx.tv\/imgcdn\/lamg_--njnLfa2NrsUipi77mE6NNcwvd3ANQuud3OOI\/rs:fill:0:0:1\/g:ce\/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ2lueC50di91cGxvYWRzLzIxLWcyLWV4Y2VsLWRyYWZ0LmpwZw\" style=\"width: 600px; height: 111px;\" width=\"1024\" height=\"189\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/p>\n<p>With the LEC currently playing on Patch 10.3, nerfs and changes have seen the likes of Akali and Senna fall out of favour.<\/p>\n<p>The initial bans from G2 Esports were Ezreal, Rakan and Jarvan IV while Excel banned Syndra, Soraka and Aphelios.<\/p>\n<p>G2&#8217;s first pick was Miss Fortune for Rasmus &#8220;Caps&#8221; Winther in the mid lane while Martin &#8220;Wunder&#8221; Hansen was able to secure Aatrox as continue his undefeated streak on the champion.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.twitch.tv\/lec\/clip\/ElatedBashfulPterodactylChocolateRain\"><\/div>\n<p><a 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