H2 WHAT ? H2K
Last year, H2K was a newcomer in the LCS, Hjarnan and Febiven were the carries of the team in Challenger Series and Kasing was not even there.
Then, the team qualified for the LCS, Febiven left for the newly rebuild Fnatic and Kasing came some times after. The team changed, but their strenght was still there, they were even better than they seemed in the Challenger Series and they began to show up really strong.
In the end, H2K qualified for Worlds and, despite not performing that well, H2K left with a really good experience, even facing SKT in the group stage.
Of the 3 Europeans teams, H2K was the only one leaving early and, with their Worlds gone, the team needed to focus again on Europe.
After many weeks and months, H2K finally announced a new roster, with only Ryu and Odoamne remaining. Their genius botlane was not there anymore and it would be really hard to replace them. But H2K replaced them, perfectly, with the arrivals of Forgiven and Vander. Jankos also signed to replace Loulex, marking a big addition to the new roster.
At the beginning of the Split, Fnatic and Origen were still the big favorites, especially after their performances at Worlds. Fnatic saw their Korean top side leaving for America and brought back another Korean duo while Origen only added PowerOfEvil to their roster, making them the contender number 1.
Then, H2K and Vitality were destined to face eachother for the third place. But reality is different than expectations, and today, H2K is on the top of the standings and could be crowned as the new Kings in Europe.
But before that, they will have to face others talented teams and surprises to achieve that. Yes Fnatic and Origen are struggling, but they begin to look stronger. And then, Vitality and G2 Esports are looking to take the crown too, and G2 is not only the biggest surprise so far, but probably the strongest team alongside H2K and they could clearly pretend to the title.
With a lot of issues and problems since the start of the season, H2K still managed to make his way through the top. Ryu was not there for few games, replaced by Selfie, who did a great job, and Forgiven was still under a possibility to not end the season and the playoffs few days ago.
Right now, things are different, H2K has no problems left outside of the game. They still have works to do inside it but they perform well and if things goes on this way, H2K is the big favorite to succeed to Fnatic and lead the charge of Europe till Summer.
H2K is on the way for the crown, but the road has not reach his destination yet and they will have to be careful to achieve it. After all, the path is still uncertain.
Kevin Fischweiler
Credits to Lolesports for the picture
