G2 vs KC Highlights: KC Win 2-1, LEC Summer Season 2026 Week 1
TL;DR
G2 Esports and Karmine Corp met in a best-of-three LEC Summer Season series on Patch 26.14. G2 Esports' previous series was a 2-0 win over Team Vitality in Summer Season. Karmine Corp's previous series was a 2-0 win over Movistar KOI in Summer Season.
Watch on YouTubeThe video above covers the full best-of-three LEC Summer Season series between G2 Esports and Karmine Corp. The final score, full Picks and Bans, and game-by-game results are below.
Karmine Corp's lineup featured Canna (top lane), Yike (jungle), kyeahoo (mid lane), Caliste (bot lane), and Busio (support). G2 Esports' lineup featured BrokenBlade (top lane), SkewMond (jungle), Caps (mid lane), Hans Sama (bot lane), and Labrov (support).
G2 Esports' previous series was a 2-0 win over Team Vitality in Summer Season. Karmine Corp's previous series was a 2-0 win over Movistar KOI in Summer Season.
G2 Esports and Karmine Corp had no recorded recent head-to-head meeting before this series.
Series result
G2G2 Esports
1 - 2
Karmine Corp win
KCKarmine Corp
Picks & Bans
3 games
G2 Esports
Karmine Corp
Draft read
BrokenBlade moved between K'Sante and Kled and Anivia across the series for G2 Esports. Caps moved between Ahri and Akali and Galio across the series for G2 Esports. Karmine Corp banned Locke 3 times and Ezreal twice.
Game 131:12
Karmine Corp won
Game 1 was the shortest game of the series at 31:12. Karmine Corp won from red side. Karmine Corp finished 19-6 in kills and 64.5k to 54.0k in gold, a margin of 13 kills and 10.5k. Karmine Corp led 8-2 in towers, the only Baron, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 1-0 in inhibitors. G2 Esports had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs. Dragons finished 3-1 for Karmine Corp. G2 Esports secured first blood, while Karmine Corp secured first dragon, while Karmine Corp secured first Rift Herald, while Karmine Corp secured first Baron, while G2 Esports secured first tower.
Caliste led the damage chart for Karmine Corp on Viktor, finishing 6/0/4 with 24,300 damage and 322 CS. kyeahoo added 20,982 damage on Sylas and ended the game 4/0/11. Caps was the top damage source for G2 Esports, putting up 18,180 on Ahri in a 1/4/4 game.
Kills
6:19
Gold
54.0k:64.5k
Towers
2:8
Dragons
1:3
Barons
0:1
Game 235:01
G2 Esports won
Hans Sama and SkewMond combined for zero deaths in Game 2. Playing red side, G2 Esports finished Game 2 in 35:01. At the end, G2 Esports led 19-9 in kills and 73.6k to 66.2k in gold. The final gaps overall were 10 kills and 7.4k. G2 Esports led 11-2 in towers, 2-0 in Barons, 1-0 in Rift Heralds, and 3-0 in inhibitors. Karmine Corp had the edge 2-1 in Void Grubs. Dragons finished 4-1 for G2 Esports. Karmine Corp secured first blood, while Karmine Corp secured first dragon, while G2 Esports secured first Rift Herald, while G2 Esports secured first Baron, while G2 Esports secured first tower.
On Ziggs, Hans Sama topped G2 Esports' damage output at 35,342 and finished 4/0/5 and 346 CS. BrokenBlade followed with 26,728 damage and a 4/2/8 line on Kled. Karmine Corp got its highest damage total from Canna, who dealt 27,616 on Renekton and finished 1/4/3. Caliste added 24,963 damage for Karmine Corp on Kai'Sa, ending at 4/2/2.
Kills
9:19
Gold
66.2k:73.6k
Towers
2:11
Dragons
1:4
Barons
0:2
Game 343:51
Karmine Corp won
Game 3 was the longest game of the series at 43:51. Karmine Corp took Game 3 from red side. The final scoreboard showed 27-21 in kills and 95.7k-84.9k in gold for Karmine Corp, leaving differences of 6 kills and 10.8k. Karmine Corp led 9-8 in towers, 3-0 in Void Grubs, and 2-1 in inhibitors. G2 Esports had the edge 1-0 in Rift Heralds. Dragons finished 5-2 for Karmine Corp. G2 Esports secured first blood, while G2 Esports secured first dragon, while G2 Esports secured first Rift Herald, while G2 Esports secured first Baron, while G2 Esports secured first tower.
Caliste's Caitlyn dealt a team-high 48,348 damage for Karmine Corp, alongside a 10/7/7 scoreline and 447 CS. A 5/1/14 game on Yone brought Karmine Corp another 46,882 damage from Canna. For G2 Esports, Hans Sama led the damage numbers with 51,852 on Lucian and a 13/5/4 line. SkewMond's Olaf supplied 31,768 damage and finished 5/3/8 for G2 Esports.
Kills
21:27
Gold
84.9k:95.7k
Towers
8:9
Dragons
2:5
Barons
2:2
Series read
Every game in the series was won from red side. Every game in the series was longer than the game before it. G2 Esports lost the series yet finished ahead in towers (21-19) and Barons (4-3). The kill margin moved from 13 in Game 1 to 6 in Game 3, while the final gold gap changed from 10.5k to 10.8k. Caliste produced the series' highest damage total, recording 97,611 for Karmine Corp. Caliste gave Karmine Corp 20 kills and 13 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 24,300 in Game 1 to 48,348 in Game 3. Hans Sama gave G2 Esports 18 kills and 9 assists across the series. Their damage moved from 9,947 in Game 1 to 51,852 in Game 3.
Next up
Next on the schedule: Karmine Corp vs Natus Vincere in Summer Season, set for August 1.
