Team Vitality and Fnatic took the stage for their match at the Riot Games Arena in Berlin on the second day of the LEC Winter Split 2024. Fnatic came out on top in convincing fashion, securing their second win, with a phenomenal performance on Humanoid’s Azir. of the season.
The team is behind Vitality
We continue to witness an exciting duel between two well-known teams: Fnatic and Team Vitality in this new evening of competition in the prestigious framework of LEC Winter Split 2024. On the one hand, we have Fnatic, the European runner-up who started this season with a convincing win against Carmine Corp, and once again showed their skills and team cohesion, especially in the mid game. This early success cemented his reputation and laid the foundation for a potentially exceptional season. Fnatic arrive on the scene tonight determined to continue their momentum and confirm their status as title contenders.
On the other hand, we have Team Vitality, who had a more mixed start to the season after losing to GiantX. There were a lot of mistakes on the Hive side, individual mistakes that shocked the team’s fans a bit, but still, they also showed moments of brilliance and good potential. Hylisang and his teammates face a big challenge and a chance to get back into the competition. A match against a team like Fnatic is the perfect opportunity for the French organization to prove their worth and show that they are a team capable of overcoming the odds.
Destructive humanoid
Fnatic and Team Vitality go head-to-head on the field, with the game starting in Team Vitality’s favor, largely due to Douglas’ strong showing in the jungle and botlane, falling somewhat behind his counterpart before the 10 minute mark. Fnatic slowly start to wake up, reducing their lag and even managing to take a slight lead in terms of gold. Around the quarter hour, Fnatic put strong pressure on the lane, accumulating resources and experience. Vitality responded by capturing another dragon, but with the gap in gold growing, the game was clearly dominated by their opponents. Hive resists as best as possible, especially thanks to Vetheo who achieves a double kill in midlane. However, the French midlaner is still significantly behind by over 3k gold on Humanoid, which will be important after the delay.
Fnatic keeps up their pressure on the side lane, even outpacing Team Vigor to get some objectives. A crucial team fight takes place in the midlane, mastered brilliantly by Fnatic, who seizes this opportunity to grab the first nashor of the game. They don’t hold back in their attack and even manage to thwart Team Vitality in its attempt to capture the third dragon, thanks to the humanoid causing devastating damage to the bees. The match is moving towards a show of force from Fnatic, who penetrates the opponent’s base and destroys three blockers. With another attack focused in the midlane, Fnatic sealed their victory, thus recording their second win in this Winter Split.
Week 1 Match Results – Day 2
14 January Sunday
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GIANTX
BDS
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MAD Lions KOI
SK Gaming
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G2 Esports
Carmine Corp
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obsessed
Team spirit
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snap
Team heretics
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2024 LEC Regular Season Standings
| order | teams | victories | Defeat |
| 1 | SK Gaming | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | obsessed | 2 | 1 |
| – | G2 Esports | 2 | 1 |
| – | MAD Lions KOI | 2 | 1 |
| – | Team BDS | 2 | 1 |
| – | Team heretics | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | GIANTX | 1 | 2 |
| – | snap | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Carmine Corp | 0 | 3 |
| – | Team spirit | 0 | 3 |