This Sunday, Rasmus “Caps” Winther entered a whole new realm. His induction into the Hall of Legends, the League of Legends pantheon, alongside Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok and Jian “Uzi” Zihao is the culmination of an unrivaled domestic reign coupled with a string of spectacular achievements on the international stage.
Over the past ten years, Caps has earned the recognition of the entire LoL community. From South Korea, whose dominance has been challenged from time to time by Caps, such as at the 2019 MSI or the 2026 First Stand, to North America, which has often served as the whipping boy for the king of Europe.
Recognition Even Outside Europe
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I’ve faced a lot of midlaners throughout my career, but what really stands out about Caps is how unconventional his plays can be, while still having a very high success rate with them,” says Jeong “
” Ji-hoon, a legitimate contender for the title of world’s best player for several years now.
“I do remember the first time I scrimmed against Caps,” adds the player who has faced the Dane eight times, winning six of those matches. “The way he would find these unusual angles and somehow break through situations from them was really impressive. That stuck with me.”
A 2017 Worlds champion with Samsung Galaxy before moving on to Team Liquid, where he still plays, veteran Jo “
” Yong-in believes that, despite that title, Caps “
has accomplished much more than I did.” Beyond his 17 LCS EU and LEC titles, “
he was always the biggest threat to the Asian teams,” the support player emphasizes. “
So, I think he’s done more than I have so far. He’s a really great player. I’m very glad that he’s the third Hall of Fame inductee.”
Even in Brazil, Caps is considered a role model. FURIA midlaner Arthur “Tutsz” Machado says: “Caps has always been a midlaner I look up to. What stands out most to me is how consistently he pulls through in tough situations and the fact that you can never count him out. Even if he starts a game 0/3, he consistently comes back and completely takes over the game.”
Testimonials from Caps' Teammates
But those who speak most highly of Caps are still the people who have played alongside him. The midlaner is, first and foremost, an exemplary teammate. “Caps is a gift of a teammate; he’s insane on the Rift and off it as well, he’s a very professional guy and a really good person,” says Víctor “Flakked” Lirola, who learned from him in 2022 during his first season in the LEC.
For Raphaël “
” Crabbé, “
he’s a role model because he’s a player who knows how to be both very serious, passionate about the game and competition, always looking to improve, but it’s also a lot of fun to work with him. It’s a pleasure because he’s someone who’s pretty funny, often in a good mood, and who’ll bring a great vibe to all the scrims. Overall, he’s a player who, you can just tell, enjoys playing League of Legends and shares that enjoyment with others.”
It’s a trait that G2’s midlaner has actually been cultivating for over ten years, even before his debut in the TCL. “Back then, he was just a young kid who had a lot of fun playing LoL and was really passionate about it. He was all about mechanics and fighting everything, which was always fun,” says Benjamin Ruberg “Visdom” Larsen, who competed in a tournament with Caps in 2015.
Just one year later, Caps had already caught the Danish support player’s eye. “The main moment when I realized he could potentially be a game-changer was when I had to play against him a year later in 2016. By then, he’d gained a bit more experience, and I had to face him in the TCL, where even at that point, his mechanics were terrifying to play against.”
A Light and Simple Player
Despite his status, Caps has also remained a down-to-earth player. “For me, what’s striking about Caps is that he’s been the best player in the league for years, and yet he’s probably the most humble player in the league as well,” explains Targamas. But what naturally stands out in conversations with his teammates is, of course, above all his exceptional skill level.
“He’s a midlaner who has revolutionized the mid lane in Europe. He’s a player with a perfect understanding of what he can do on the map, of his limitations—whether it’s his champion or what he can contribute to the map, and the resources he can secure. And that’s what has always defined Caps’s playstyle for me. He’s a player who will always find a way to be useful in the game.”
Flakked adds: “The most outstanding thing to me was his in-game communication; I’ve never seen anyone communicate with such confidence and efficiency.” His former Fnatic teammate, Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau, also had this to say about him: “I think he was able to convey critical information in a casual, light-hearted manner. It's a skill I haven't mastered yet, but it was always easy to play with him because of that. He truly deserves it.”
And while there are already many contenders for the HoL, the pro players themselves endorse the choice made by the fifty or so voters. In a previous interview, T1’s legendary support player, Ryu “
” Min-seok, had already revealed that he would choose G2’s midlaner this year.
“It’s totally deserved if he’s inducted into the LoL Hall of Legends because I think he might be the most successful Tier 1 player in LoL,” Targamas agrees. While he doesn’t have Faker’s international track record, “the fact that he’s dominated his region for nearly 10 years now—that’s unprecedented in LoL.” Caps isn’t the first HoL player to have never won Worlds, since Uzi has also chased that holy grail his entire career without ever being able to reach it.
Fun Facts About Caps
Flakked: In G2 we had an agreement that if anyone in the team faced someone on the enemy team in SoloQ, after the game the winner had to go for a handshake. Funny thing is that caps would come giggling after a win and he's a top-tier ragebaiter to the point that could get people triggered.
One day I locked myself in the bathroom for like 30 minutes and he was door camping me and I couldn't even believe it. In another SoloQ where i won against him, he locked himself in his own room, so we had to handshake through the window.
Targamas: I’ll always remember the 2022 MSI, when we arrived on the first day of the group stage. We played against T1 and RNG. That was the year after G2 failed to qualify for the International. We’d gone through a rebuild in 2022, so this was our first international tournament. So on that first day, we won the BO1s against T1 and RNG.
And I’ll always remember that when we went back to the locker room, Caps took off his jersey and started dancing and jumping all over the place. He was really hyped up at that moment. And for me, even today, because the impact of those best-of-one matches is minimal. They were group stage best-of-ones that, in the end, didn’t mean much. But for him, what it meant to beat Asian teams, I think that really speaks to his level of motivation and just how much he wants to beat Asian teams.
This, despite the fact that at that point, he’d already won the MSI and had already reached two Worlds finals, so he had nothing left to prove at that level. But the fact that he was still that hyped up just for some BO1s, to me, that really stood out, and I think it’s absolutely incredible; it really sums up what kind of player Caps is.”
