After facing a narrow loss last gameweek, Fnatic was desperate to turn the points table around. It achieved that successfully with a storming win over Astralis. Fnatic now stands fourth in the table, with three wins after six matches.
Astralis is still in search of some forward momentum as it lost its fifth game of the tournament. Astralis will have its toughest game of the season against the in-form Rogue in the next fixture.
Fnatic has had a tumultuous offseason. The European League of Legends heavyweights had a lot to prove going into the LEC 2021.
The loss of big names like Martin “Rekkles” Larsson and Tim " Nemesis " Lipovšek had a big impact on Fnatic’s roster shortly before the new season began.
After its win against Astralis, Fnatic is back in the title race. They are set to face G2, the table-toppers, in the last game of gameweek 3.
Fnatic thrashed Astralis to claim the fourth spot after W3D1 of League of Legends LEC 2021
The last League of Legends clash of the day was in favor of Astralis from the first minute of the game.
Astralis’ bot laner Jesper “Jeskla” Klarin Strömberg made an early roam to get first blood. Fnatic, lead by jungler Oskar “Selfmade” Boderek responded strongly.
After the 10-minute mark, the game turned into a kill fest. There were18 kills within 15 minutes. None of the teams looked stable at one point in time. The sloppy play between Fnatic and Astralis was clear by looking at the gold difference.
After 28 minutes of a 44-kill bloodbath, Fnatic finally came out on top. The game was decided mainly on the superiority of teamfights. It was a “disgraceful” display from the European League of Legends squads.
Fnatic’s top laner Gabriël “Bwipo” Rau had this to say in the post-match interview:
Fnatic’s Turkish mid-laner Yasin “Nisqy” Dinçer was the most valuable player of the match after a strong performance with Azir in the late game.
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