A solid First Blood against South Korea's ROX Tigers couldn't help Europe's G2 Esports make a miracle run to the quarterfinals at the 2016 League of Legends World Championship. G2 sits at 0-4, while ROX moves to 3-1.
Some early moves and trades kept G2 competitive in the match until ROX's three-man push in the bottom lane around 15:30 proved devastating. The Tigers grabbed a few kills and towers while jumping to a 2.5k gold lead. Immediately following, ROX started setting up vision in G2's jungle, leading to more kills and pressure.
G2 tried to make plays, like a clever gank from behind the mid lane tower from top laner Ki "Expect" Dae-han, but ROX always found a way to trade or come out on top. At one point, after taking Baron, ROX was down two players and outnumbered. But ROX's players were still able to push off a healthy G2 Esports team. The Nexus, and the No.1 seed from Europe, fell at 35:19.