G2 vs SHFT Highlights: G2 Win 2-0, LEC Summer Season 2026 Week 4
TL;DRG2 Esports swept Shifters 2-0 in the best-of-three LEC 2026 Summer Season series on Patch 26.16. G2 did not drop a game, winning the kill count 32-26, with no game longer than 48 minutes.
Watch on YouTubeG2 Esports and Shifters played a best-of-3 in the LEC 2026 Summer Season on August 15, 2026, on Patch 26.16.
G2 Esports entered at 5-1 in second, while Shifters was 0-4 in tenth.
At LEC 2026, G2 Esports beat Team Heretics 2-0 and Natus Vincere 2-0 in their last two series, while Shifters lost to GIANTX 1-2 and SK Gaming 0-2.
Shifters played nuc in mid alongside Rooster in top and Sheo in jungle, with Paduck and Stend in the bot lane. For G2 Esports, BrokenBlade, SkewMond, Caps, Hans Sama and Labrov started from top lane to support.
Memento, Perkz, and Rodrigo were G2 Esports' coaches for the event. Cabochard, Jujutw0, MenQ, and Striker were Shifters' coaches for the event.
G2 Esports and Shifters had met 2 times this year, with G2 ahead 2-0. G2 Esports won the teams' only meeting in the previous six months.
Series result
G2G2 Esports
2 - 0
G2 Esports win
SHFTShifters
Picks & Bans
2 games
G2 Esports
Shifters
Draft read
Across the series, BrokenBlade played Olaf and K'Sante for G2 Esports. Caps moved between Orianna and Ahri across the series for G2. Shifters banned Jarvan IV twice.
Game 148:42
G2 Esports won
Game 1 was the longest game of the series at 48:42. Playing blue side, G2 Esports won Game 1. First pick went to Shifters. By 15 minutes, Shifters had a 1,166 gold lead, but G2 won the game. In lane, Rooster on Jayce led the opposing laner by 2,402 gold and 38 CS. At the end, G2 was 3 kills behind but 2.4k gold ahead. G2 led 5-1 in inhibitors. Shifters had the edge 2-1 in Void Grubs and 1-0 in Rift Heralds. They took first blood and the first Rift Herald, Baron, and tower, while G2 took the first dragon.
On Varus, Hans Sama topped G2's damage output at 28,288 and finished 5/3/4 and 506 CS. Shifters got its highest damage total from nuc, who dealt 68,159 on Viktor and finished 7/2/7. Rooster's Jayce supplied 47,922 damage and finished 8/3/7 for Shifters.
Kills
16:19
Gold
93.7k:91.2k
Towers
11:7
Dragons
4:4
Barons
2:1
Game 236:25
G2 Esports won
Game 2 was the shortest game of the series at 36:25. G2 Esports took Game 2 from blue side. G2 drafted with first pick. At 15 minutes, Shifters led by 369 gold, but G2 won the game. In lane, Labrov on Lulu trailed the opposing laner by 393 gold and 4 CS. The final gaps left G2 9 kills and 12.2k gold ahead. G2 was ahead 1-0 in Rift Heralds and 1-0 in inhibitors. Shifters came out ahead 3-0 in Void Grubs. They took first blood, while G2 was first to the dragon, the Rift Herald, the Baron, and the tower.
Hans Sama's Yunara dealt a team-high 38,307 damage for G2, alongside a 10/1/3 scoreline and 411 CS. A 2/1/8 game on Ahri brought G2 another 23,309 damage from Caps. For Shifters, Paduck led the damage numbers with 26,221 on Lucian and a 3/4/2 line. nuc followed for Shifters with 23,347 damage and a 2/3/3 line on Anivia.
Kills
16:7
Gold
74.6k:62.4k
Towers
9:3
Dragons
3:2
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. nuc topped the series damage chart with 91,506 for Shifters. Across the series, nuc recorded 9 kills and 10 assists for Shifters. Rooster gave Shifters 9 kills and 9 assists across the series.
Next up
Next on the schedule: G2 Esports vs Fnatic in Summer Season, set for August 16.
