End of international events between the Spring and Summer Split for G2 Esports, with the Mid-Season Invitational and the Esports World Cup now behind them. That means it’s time for the usual post from the team’s General Manager, Romain Bigeard, who shared on Tuesday Samurais' scrim results — a 58% win rate over the period. While that’s lower than what they posted during the Spring Split, it’s understandable given that G2 scrimmed the best teams in the world, such as Gen.G, Bilibili Gaming, and Solary.

In Spring 2025, G2 had recorded a 61% win rate over 253 scrim games. During this shorter period of just over a month, they played 96 scrims, winning 56 and losing 40. On stage, between Vancouver and Riyadh, they played 30 official matches in just three weeks — a valuable experience considering the level of competition they faced across both tournaments, G2's GM said: "So MSI into EWC was a LOT of valuable experience and practice, right on time for Summer. And we needed it!".

A tough run in the knockout stage

After their win against GAM Esports in the MSI Play-In and qualification for the Knockout Stage, G2 first faced Gen.G in Round 1 — a logical 3-1 defeat against the team that would eventually go on to win the tournament. However, it was a rough period for G2 both on stage and in scrims, with four consecutive scrim losses against T1, Gen.G, Anyone’s Legend, and even Team Liquid. When they returned to the MSI stage to face FlyQuest, G2 were clean-swept 3-0.

Back in Europe, G2 had the opportunity to scrim against Movistar KOI, a matchup they largely dominated with a 10–3 record overall. However, they also suffered a heavy 0–6 loss to Karmine Corp before flying out to Saudi Arabia. Things went more smoothly there, both in scrims and on stage: G2 made it through the Play-In, took down Bilibili Gaming in the quarterfinals, then fell to Gen.G in the semis and to T1 in the third-place match.

Romain Bigeard also spoke about the team’s disappointment with their performance at MSI, stating: “For our first event against other regions, it was not working the way we wanted.” He added that things went better at the Esports World Cup and that the players genuinely enjoyed the experience. He concluded by saying that the team now needs to capitalize on this international exposure to perform in the LEC Summer Split and qualify for Worlds in China — where they hope to face LCK and LPL teams once again.