Rasmus Borregaard Winther (born 17 November 1999), better known as Caps, is a Danish professional League of Legends player for G2 Esports, and is widely considered the greatest western player of all time.[3]
| Caps | |
|---|---|
 Caps with G2 Esports in 2023 | |
| Current team | |
| Team | G2 Esports |
| Role | Mid laner |
| Game | League of Legends |
| League | LEC |
| Personal information | |
| Name | Rasmus Borregaard Winther[1] |
| Nickname(s) | Claps, Craps,[2] Baby Faker |
| Born | 17 November 1999[1] |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2015–present |
| Team history | |
| 2015 | Enigma Esports |
| 2016 | Inspire eSports |
| 2016 | E-corp Gaming |
| 2016 | mousesports |
| 2016 | Nerv |
| 2016 | Dark Passage |
| 2017–2018 | Fnatic |
| 2019–present | G2 Esports |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| |
Career
edit2018 season
editDuring the 2018 EU LCS Season, Caps managed to win both the Spring and Summer Split with his then team, Fnatic. In both splits, he secured a spot on the 1st All-Pro Team. Additionally, he managed to win the title of most valuable player (MVP) in the Summer Split.
At the 2018 World Championship, Fnatic was seeded into Group D alongside 100 Thieves, Invictus Gaming, and G-Rex. They picked up five wins in the group, allowing them to advance into the knockout stage of the tournament. In the quarterfinals, Fnatic defeated EDward Gaming by 3–1. Caps' performance on Azir and LeBlanc helped Fnatic win the semifinals against Cloud9 without losing a single game.[4] After this they were swept 3–0 in the world final by their group rival Invictus Gaming.
2019 season
editAhead of the 2019 season, Caps left Fnatic to join rival European organisation G2 Esports. G2 Esports dominated the Spring split in the newly rebranded League of Legends European Championship, going 13-5 during the regular season, with Caps winning MVP of the split. In combination with his MVP win during the 2018 EU LCS Summer Split, Caps became the first player ever to win back-to-back MVP titles on two different teams. G2 did not drop a single game in the playoffs, making them the first-ever winners of an LEC Split and granting them an immediate invite to the 2019 Mid Season Invitational.
At the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational, G2 Esports defeated Team Liquid 3–0 in the finals as Caps was rewarded with the MVP of MSI 2019. This marked the first time a European team had won an international Tournament run by Riot Games since Fnatic had won the Season 1 World Championship, and the first time ever a non-Asian team had won MSI.
In the League of Legends European Summer Split 2019 the current MSI 2019 champions returned to dominate the Summer Split all the way to the end. Caps and G2 beat his old team Fnatic 3–2 in a best of five. This gave G2 Esports the first seed to represent Europe in the 2019 League of Legends Worlds Championship. There, the team managed to go to the finals against FunPlus Phoenix, but was defeated 3–0, with Caps's Pyke and Veigar picks rendered ineffective. This made Caps the first European player to ever play (and lose) two Worlds Finals in a row.
2020 season
editIn the pre-season between 2019 and 2020 Caps switched his position from mid lane to bot lane. Once again Caps and G2 ended up taking first place in the regular season. When playoffs arrived, G2's first matchup was against rookie squad Mad Lions. G2 lost this series 2–3, which lead to G2 having to play in the losers bracket to reach the finals. This went easy enough with G2 winning both the series against Origen and the rematch against MAD 3–1. In the finals against Fnatic, G2 showed what they could do and swept Caps' old team 3–0. After this success however Caps decided to swap back to the mid lane ahead of the LEC 2020 Summer Split.[5]
In the LEC 2020 Summer Split, Caps and G2 Esports, managed to win once again the LEC Champion title and qualify for Worlds 2020.
At the 2020 League of Legends World Championship, G2 Esports was able to qualify for the quarterfinals, where they defeated GenG 3–0, but got eliminated in the semifinals by the eventual World Champions DAMWON Gaming and finished in 3rd-4th place.[6]
2021 season
editAfter worst placement the organization has ever seen the players didn't qualify for either MSI nor Worlds after losing 2-3 in a deciding match against Fnatic. The roster would go on to bench players Wunder, Rekkles and Mikyx.
2022 season
editCaps started 2022 spring split with mostly new squad consisting of Sergen "Broken Blade" Çelik, Victor "Flakked" Lirola and Raphaël "Targamas" Crabbé.[citation needed] While the spring regular split started off slowly, ending in a fourth-place finish, Caps and G2 won the playoffs after falling to the lower bracket and winning 12 consecutive games.
Seasons overview
edit| Team | Year | Domestic | International | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Split | Rift Rivals | Mid-Season Invitational | World Championship | |||||
| Winter | Spring | Summer | Season Finals | ||||||
| Nerv | 2016 | EU CS | — | — | 6th | — | — | — | |
| Dark Passage | TCL | — | — | 1st | |||||
| Fnatic | 2017 | EU LCS | — | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | Did not qualify | 5th–8th | |
| 2018 | EU LCS | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd–4th | 2nd | |||
| G2 Esports | 2019 | LEC | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||
| 2020 | LEC | 1st | 1st | — | None held[a] | 3rd–4th | |||
| 2021 | LEC | 3rd | 4th | Did not qualify | |||||
| 2022 | LEC | 1st | 2nd | 3rd–4th | 11th–14th | ||||
| 2023 | LEC | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 5th–6th | 9th–11th | ||
| 2024 | LEC | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 9th–11th | ||
Awards and honors
edit- International
- One-time Mid-Season Invitational champion – 2019
- One-time Mid-Season Invitational MVP – 2019
- Two-time Rift Rivals champion – 2018, 2019
- LEC
- Fourteen-time LEC champion – Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2022, Winter 2023, Summer 2023, Season Finals 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024, Summer 2024, Season Finals 2024
- Six-time LEC Finals MVP – Summer 2020, Spring 2022, Winter 2023, Season Finals 2023, Spring 2024, Summer 2024
- One-time LEC Season MVP – 2024
- Three-time LEC Split MVP – Summer 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2020[8]
- Eleven-time LEC 1st All-Pro Team – Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Winter 2023, Summer 2023, Winter 2024, Spring 2024
- Three-time LEC 2nd All-Pro Team – Summer 2017, Summer 2022, Spring 2023
- One-time LEC 3rd All-Pro Team – Spring 2020
- TCL
- One-time TCL champion – Summer 2016
- One-time TCL Finals MVP – Summer 2016
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Rasmus 'caPs' Borregaard Winther" (in Danish). Red Bull. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ Erzberger, Tyler (8 November 2019). "Claps or Craps? The alter egos of a League of Legends star". ESPN. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Perkz, Caps to switch positions once again for 2020 LEC Summer Split". Dot Esports. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2020.
- ^ "fnatic trounces cloud9 3-0". espn.com. 5 February 2020.
- ^ Fabian 'GrabbZ' Lohmann [@G2GrabbZ] (6 May 2020). "We were very close to sending Wunder to botlane but we decided to run it back with our 2019 roster for summer/worlds having the two best western mids and ads in the same team sure gives some headaches 🤡" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 23 January 2021. Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "LoL: Worlds 2020 | G2 Esports vs Damwon Gaming Semifinal Recap". 24 October 2020.
- ^ Rand, Emily (23 April 2020). "Riot cancels Mid-Season Invitational, announces changes to worlds". ESPN. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 March 2023.
- ^ LEC [@LEC] (6 September 2020). "The @Kia_Motors MVP of #LEC Summer 2020: @G2Caps! https://t.co/mAcEGcVNRi" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 6 September 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2021 – via Twitter.
External links
edit- Matchhistory lolvvv.com
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