G2 vs NAVI Highlights: G2 Win 2-0, LEC Summer Season 2026 Week 3
TL;DR
G2 Esports won the best-of-three LEC 2026 Summer Season series 2-0 against Natus Vincere on Patch 26.15. G2 did not drop a game, winning the kill count 29-17, with no game longer than 37 minutes.
Watch on YouTubeNatus Vincere and G2 Esports played a best-of-3 in the LEC 2026 Summer Season on August 10, 2026, on Patch 26.15.
Natus Vincere entered at 2-1 in fourth, while G2 Esports was 4-1 in second.
Over their last two series at LEC 2026, Natus Vincere beat Shifters 2-0 and SK Gaming 2-1, and G2 Esports beat SK Gaming 2-0 and Team Heretics 2-0.
G2 Esports had BrokenBlade in the top lane, SkewMond in the jungle and Caps in mid, with Hans Sama and Labrov in the bot lane. Natus Vincere answered with Maynter, Rhilech and Poby, plus SamD and Parus in the bot lane.
Memento, Perkz, and Rodrigo were G2 Esports' coaches for the event. GotoOne, Lopon, and TheRock were Natus Vincere's coaches for the event.
Natus Vincere and G2 Esports had met 3 times this year, with G2 ahead 2-1. G2 Esports won the teams' only meeting in the previous six months.
Series result
NAVINatus Vincere
0 - 2
G2 Esports win
G2G2 Esports
Picks & Bans
2 games
G2 Esports
Natus Vincere
Draft read
G2 Esports saw BrokenBlade on Jayce and Galio across the series. Across the series, Caps played Viktor and Orianna for G2. Natus Vincere banned Jarvan IV twice.
Game 137:28
G2 Esports won
Game 1 was the longest game of the series at 37:28. G2 Esports won from blue side. First pick went to G2. By 15 minutes, Natus Vincere had a 932 gold lead, but G2 won the game. In lane, BrokenBlade on Jayce trailed the opposing laner by 800 gold but led by 5 CS. G2 finished 4 kills and 6.5k gold ahead. They led 1-0 in Rift Heralds and 1-0 in inhibitors. NAVI still led 3-0 in Void Grubs. They took first blood and the first dragon, while G2 took the first Rift Herald, Baron, and tower.
Hans Sama led the damage chart for G2 on Ziggs, finishing 7/1/5 with 41,128 damage and 393 CS. BrokenBlade followed with 25,266 damage and a 2/5/5 line on Jayce. For NAVI, SamD led the damage numbers with 25,748 on Ezreal and a 3/3/2 line.
Kills
14:10
Gold
72.9k:66.3k
Towers
6:4
Dragons
2:3
Barons
1:0
Game 229:40
G2 Esports won
Game 2 was the shortest game of the series at 29:40. Playing blue side, G2 Esports won Game 2. G2 drafted with first pick. At 15 minutes, G2 led by 3,270 gold. In lane, Hans Sama on Varus led the opposing laner by 989 gold and 28 CS. At the end, G2 was 8 kills and 9.2k gold ahead. G2 was ahead 3-0 in inhibitors. Natus Vincere had the edge 3-0 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. G2 drew first blood and was first to the Baron and the tower, while NAVI was first to the dragon and the Rift Herald.
On Varus, Hans Sama topped G2's damage output at 35,583 and finished 7/0/4 and 290 CS. A 2/1/4 game on Orianna brought G2 another 15,843 damage from Caps. Maynter was the top damage source for NAVI, putting up 18,420 on Rumble in a 2/4/2 game. SamD added 16,773 damage for NAVI on Corki, ending at 1/3/3.
Kills
15:7
Gold
62.7k:53.5k
Towers
11:2
Dragons
2:2
Barons
1:0
Series read
G2 Esports won both games, so the best-of-3 never reached a deciding map. Every game in the series was won from blue side. Every game in the series was shorter than the game before it. Hans Sama produced the series' highest damage total, recording 76,711 for G2. Across the series, Hans Sama recorded 14 kills and 9 assists for G2. SamD gave Natus Vincere 4 kills and 5 assists across the series.
Next up
Up next: G2 Esports vs Shifters in Summer Season, set for August 15.
