Rasmus Borregaard Winther (born 17 November 1999), better known as Caps, is a Danish ''League of Legends'' player for
G2 Esports
G2 Esports (G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', '' Valorant'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', '' Rainbow Six Si ...
.
Career
2018 season
During the 2018
EU LCS
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Season, Caps managed to win both the Spring and Summer Split with his then team,
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
. 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
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
was seeded into Group D alongside
100 Thieves
100 Thieves, LLC is an American lifestyle brand and gaming organization based in Los Angeles, California, founded in 2017 by Matthew "Nadeshot" Haag and Dan Gilbert. The organization competes in several video games, including ''Apex Legends' ...
,
Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming (IG, sometime stylized as iG, zh, s=iG电子竞技俱乐部, l=iG Esports Club) is a Chinese multi-game esports organization founded in 2011 by businessman Wang Sicong. They are primarily known for their ''Dota 2'', ''League ...
, and
G-Rex
G-Rex, officially G-Rex Gaming and previously Raise Gaming, was a professional esports organisation based in Hong Kong. Its parent company was Emperor Esports Stars, a subsidiary of Emperor Entertainment Group. It had a ''League of Legends'' ...
. They picked up five wins in the group, allowing them to advance into the knockout stage of the tournament. In the quarterfinals,
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
defeated
EDward Gaming by 3–1. Caps's performance on Azir and LeBlanc helped
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
win the semifinals against
Cloud9
Cloud9 Esports, Inc., or simply Cloud9 (C9), is an American professional esports company based in Santa Monica, California. The company was originally founded as a professional ''League of Legends'' team by Jack and Paullie Etienne in May 201 ...
without losing a single game. After this they were swept 3–0 in the world final by their group rival
Invictus Gaming
Invictus Gaming (IG, sometime stylized as iG, zh, s=iG电子竞技俱乐部, l=iG Esports Club) is a Chinese multi-game esports organization founded in 2011 by businessman Wang Sicong. They are primarily known for their ''Dota 2'', ''League ...
.
2019 season
Ahead of the 2019 season, Caps left
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
to join rival
European organisation
G2 Esports
G2 Esports (G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', '' Valorant'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', '' Rainbow Six Si ...
.
G2 Esports
G2 Esports (G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', '' Valorant'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', '' Rainbow Six Si ...
dominated the Spring split in the newly rebranded
League of Legends European Championship
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, 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
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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
The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for ''League of Legends'', the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split ...
, 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
Riot Games, Inc. is an American video game developer, publisher and esports tournament organizer based in Los Angeles, California. It was founded in September 2006 by Brandon Beck and Marc Merrill to develop ''League of Legends'' and went on ...
since
Fnatic
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
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
Fnatic (pronounced "fanatic"; also stylized as fnatic or FNATIC) is a professional esports organization headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Founded 23 July 2004, the team has players from around the world, across a variety of games, such ...
3–2 in a best of five. This gave
G2 Esports
G2 Esports (G2) is a European esports organization headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with players competing in ''League of Legends'', '' Valorant'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', '' Hearthstone'', ''Rocket League'', '' Rainbow Six Si ...
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
FunPlus Phoenix (FPX) is a Chinese professional esports organization owned by video game developer FunPlus. It has teams competing in ''League of Legends'', ''Valorant'', '' Counter-Strike: Global Offensive'', ''Fortnite Battle Royale'' and '' ...
, 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
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
Origen of Alexandria, ''Ōrigénēs''; Origen's Greek name ''Ōrigénēs'' () probably means "child of Horus" (from , "Horus", and , "born"). ( 185 – 253), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and the ...
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.
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
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, 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.
2021 season
After worst placement the organization has ever seen the players didn't qualify for either MSI nor Worlds. The roster would go on to bench players Wunder, Rekkles and Mikyx.
2022 season
Caps started 2022 spring split with mostly new squad consisting of Sergen "Broken Blade" Çelik, Victor "Flakked" Lirola and Raphaël "Targamas" Crabbé. 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.
Tournament results
Dark Passage
* 1st - 2016 TCL Summer
Fnatic
* 5–8th –
2017 ''League of Legends'' World Championship
* 1st –
Rift Rivals 2018 NA-EU
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Typical rift features are a central linear downfaulted depression, called a graben, or more commonly a half-graben wi ...
* 1st –
2018 EU LCS Spring
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* 1st –
2018 EU LCS Summer
The ''League of Legends'' EMEA Championship (LEC) is the professional ''League of Legends'' esports league run by Riot Games in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region, in which ten teams compete. Each annual season of play is divid ...
* 2nd –
2018 League of Legends World Championship
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G2 Esports
* 1st –
2019 LEC Spring
* 1st –
2019 Mid-Season Invitational
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* 1st –
2019 LEC Summer
* 2nd –
2019 League of Legends World Championship
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* 1st -
2020 LEC Spring
* 1st -
2020 LEC Summer
* 3rd-4th -
2020 League of Legends World Championship
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* 1st -
2022 LEC Spring
Individual Awards
*2020 LEC Summer MVP
*
2019 Mid-Season Invitational
The 2019 Mid-Season Invitational was the fifth Mid-Season Invitational (MSI), a Riot Games-organised tournament for ''League of Legends'', the multiplayer online battle arena video game. The tournament was the culmination of the 2019 Spring Split ...
MVP
*
2019 LEC Spring MVP
*
2018 EU LCS Summer
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MVP
*
2022 LEC Spring Finals MVP
References
External links
Matchhistorylolvvv.com
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Fnatic players
League of Legends mid lane players
League of Legends AD Carry players
Danish esports players
Living people
1999 births
Twitch (service) streamers
G2 Esports players