G2 Perkz could soon be one of the most valuable players in esports, if reports that he is being shopped to Cloud9 for US$5million are right. Cloud9’s official Twitter account posted a gif of. Blaber really has evolved, and I thank Perkz. Same with everyone really. Blaber looks so much more consistent, Fudge is really starting to come into his own as a talent, Zven no longer has to try to be a primary carry and can instead shine as a secondary carry (not saying he can’t be the primary, but he looks so much better when he’s splitting resources), and Vulcan’s movement. Following these performances, PerkZ took his official Twitter account to mock himself and share his reaction to his performance. In the tweet, PerkZ mocked himself by saying that he is still getting carried by Zven and mithy after few years and admitted that he played poorly in his opening matches. In this way, he criticized himself.
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| Luka Perković | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hometown | Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Uma Jan[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | LCS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Cloud9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Games | League of Legends | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Mid Laner AD Carry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | GSI Gaming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Gamers2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Millenium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Gamers2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | G2 Esports | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Cloud9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luka Perković, better known as Perkz (previously stylized as PERKZ and before that as PerkZ), is a Croatian professional League of Legends player for Cloud9. He is the only player to ever win eight LEC titles, which he did with G2 Esports.
Career[edit]
2014 season[edit]
PerkZ joined GSI Gaming midway through the season, and there played alongside P1noy and Hiiva, among others. With the team, he competed at DreamHack Summer 2014, though they did not make it past the group stage.[2] PerkZ also won EpicGear Cup 16 and came 2nd in EpicGear Cup 17 with the team before they disbanded later on in the year.
2015 season[edit]
At the start of the season, PerkZ joined Gamers2. He participated at International Invitational Tournament 4 with the team and later the EUCS Spring Qualifier on the same roster as beansu, Obvious, Kobbe and kaSing, though they were beaten by Team Nevo in the final of their qualifier bracket. He then left the team, joining Millenium soon after.
With Millenium, PerkZ and the roster finished 2nd at Gamers Assembly 2015 behind only Origen, though he stopped playing with the team before DreamHack Tours 2015 due to exams. Not long after, PerkZ officially left the team.
At the start of the next month it was announced that PerkZ would be rejoining Gamers2, who had retained their Challenger Series spot for the EUCS Summer Season. In October, Gamers2 rebranded themselves to G2 Esports.
2016 season[edit]
G2 Esports quickly rose to prominence and recognition in the EU LCS. Perkz was playing well in the mid lane, G2 being consistently tied for first place after each week until the end of the split, when they held first place. The playoffs also saw them strong, as they defeated both Fnatic and Origen 3–1 to win the season and secure an invitation to the 2016 Mid-Season Invitational.[3]
Going into MSI, G2 Esports was seen not to win, but to come in second place to the Korean representatives, SK Telecom T1.[4] However, the team lost their first four games of the round robin and ultimately finished in fifth place, ahead of only SuperMassive eSports, and out of playoff contention—importantly, this placement meant that Europe would forfeit their Pool 1 seed at the World Championship. In a statement published partway through the second day of play, G2 stated that their players had taken vacation time after a 'rigorous Spring Split”. AD carry Emperor later stated that there had been an internal conflict within the team one day prior to the start of the event.
2019 season[edit]
Caps was traded from LEC rival Fnatic to G2, resulting in two mid lane players on the same team. Perkz swapped to the AD Carry position, replacing his teammate Hjarnan.[5] G2's 2019 season was very successful, with the team winning the Mid-Season Invitational and making it to the 2019 League of Legends World Championship finals, where Perkz and the rest of G2 were defeated by FunPlus Phoenix.
2020 season[edit]
For the 2020 season, Perkz moved back to the mid lane, swapping positions with Caps.[6] After the spring split had ended, Perkz swapped back to the bot lane.[7]
In the middle of the LEC 2020 Summer Split, Perkz had to take a break because of stress.[8] Perkz came back after 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 eliminated in the semifinals against Damwon Gaming of the LCK (Korean League). Damwon would go on to become champions of the entire tournament, while G2 finished in the 3rd-4th position.[9] Following the disappointing loss, Perkz and G2 decided to part ways in November 2020. On November 20, Cloud9 announced Perkz as their new midlaner, replacing Nisqy.[10]
2021 season[edit]
In 2021, Perkz joined Cloud9, ending a 5 year tenure on G2 Esports. On Cloud9, Perkz reached the lock-in finals and led Cloud9 to a first place finish in the regular season and first place in the 2021 LCS MidSeason Showdown. Perkz was awarded Player of the Series for his performance in the finals against Team Liquid. Perkz is now the second player to have ever won both a LEC and a LCS championship title, along with Jesper 'Zven' Svenningsen.
C9 Perkz Twitter
Tournament results[edit]
G2 Esports[edit]
- 1st— 2016 Spring EU LCS
- 5th–6th— 2016 Mid-Season Invitational
- 1st— 2016 Summer EU LCS regular season
- 1st— 2016 Summer EU LCS playoffs
- 1st— 2017 Spring EU LCS regular season
- 1st— 2017 Spring EU LCS playoffs
- 2nd— 2017 Mid-Season Invitational
- 2nd— 2017 Summer EU LCS regular season
- 1st— 2017 Summer EU LCS playoffs
- 2nd— 2018 Spring EU LCS regular season
- 2nd— 2018 Spring EU LCS playoffs
- 3rd–4th— 2018 League of Legends World Championship
- 1st— 2019 LEC Spring regular season
- 1st— 2019 LEC Spring playoffs
- 1st— 2019 Mid-Season Invitational
- 1st— 2019 LEC Summer playoffs
- 2nd— 2019 League of Legends World Championship
- 1st— 2020 LEC Spring regular season
- 1st— 2020 LEC Spring playoffs
- 3rd— 2020 LEC Summer regular season
- 1st— 2020 LEC Summer playoffs
- 3rd–4th— 2020 League of Legends World Championship
Doinb Perkz Twitter
Cloud9[edit]
- 1st — 2021 LCS Spring regular season
- 1st— 2021 LCS MidSeason Showdown
References[edit]
- Explanatory notes
- Sources
G2 Twitter
- ^Esguerra, Tyler (6 May 2020). 'Perkz, Caps to switch positions once again for 2020 LEC Summer Split'. Dot Esports.
Welcome back, Uma Jan and Claps.
- ^AB, DreamHack. 'Dreamhack DreamHack Summer 2014'.
- ^Sport1.de,. 'League of Legends MSI 2016: G2 Esports im Portrait'.
- ^'PerkZ on G2's lack of MSI prep: 'We decided...taking that vacation would be maybe better for us'.
- ^https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/the-biggest-league-of-legends-roster-swaps-of-the-offseason
- ^https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/28497433/g2-perkz-caps-swap-positions
- ^Kristine Tuting (8 May 2020). 'G2's Perkz and Caps will once again swap roles for LEC Summer Split'. One Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^https://twitter.com/G2Perkz/status/1276962724833042437?s=20/
- ^https://estnn.com/lol-worlds-2020-g2-esports-vs-damwon-gaming-semifinal-recap/
- ^Perkz joins C9
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