Caps (gamer)
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 | November 17, 1999[1] |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 2016–present |
| Team history | |
| 2016 | Dark Passage |
| 2017–2018 | Fnatic |
| 2019–present | G2 Esports |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Career edit
2018 season edit
During 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's 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 edit
Ahead 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 League of Legends Worlds Championship 2019. 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 edit
In 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 edit
After 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 edit
Caps 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 | Mid-Season Invitational | World Championship | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Winter | Spring | Summer | Finals | ||||
| Fnatic | 2017 | EU LCS | — | 3rd | 3rd | — | Did not qualify | 5th–8th |
| 2018 | EU LCS | 1st | 1st | 3rd–4th | 2nd | |||
| G2 Esports | 2019 | LEC | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | ||
| 2020 | LEC | 1st | 1st | None held[a] | 3rd–4th | |||
| 2021 | LEC | 3rd | 4th | Did not qualify | Did not qualify | |||
| 2022 | LEC | 1st | 2nd | 3rd–4th | 11th–14th | |||
| 2023 | LEC | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | 5th–6th | 9th–11th | |
| 2024 | LEC | 1st | ||||||
Awards and honors edit
- International
- One-time Mid-Season Invitational champion – 2019
- One-time Mid-Season Invitational MVP – 2019
- Two-time Rift Rivals champion
- LEC
- 11-time LEC champion – Spring 2018, Summer 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2019, Spring 2020, Summer 2020, Spring 2022, Winter 2023, Summer 2023, Finals 2023, Winter 2024
- Three-time LEC season MVP – Summer 2018, Spring 2019, Summer 2020[8]
- Four-time LEC Finals MVP – Summer 2020, Spring 2022, Winter 2023, Finals 2023
- Nine-time LEC First All-Pro Team
Notes edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Rasmus 'caPs' Borregaard Winther" (in Danish). Red Bull. Retrieved August 6, 2021.
- ^ Erzberger, Tyler (November 8, 2019). "Claps or Craps? The alter egos of a League of Legends star". ESPN. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
- ^ "Perkz, Caps to switch positions once again for 2020 LEC Summer Split". Dot Esports. May 6, 2020. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
- ^ "fnatic trounces cloud9 3-0". espn.com. February 5, 2020.
- ^ Fabian 'GrabbZ' Lohmann [@G2GrabbZ] (May 6, 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). from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "LoL: Worlds 2020 | G2 Esports vs Damwon Gaming Semifinal Recap". October 24, 2020.
- ^ Rand, Emily (April 23, 2020). "Riot cancels Mid-Season Invitational, announces changes to worlds". ESPN. from the original on March 7, 2023. Retrieved March 7, 2023.
- ^ LEC [@LEC] (September 6, 2020). "The @Kia_Motors MVP of #LEC Summer 2020: @G2Caps! https://t.co/mAcEGcVNRi" (Tweet). from the original on September 6, 2020. Retrieved June 14, 2021 – via Twitter.
External links edit
- Matchhistory lolvvv.com
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