G2 Esports had a valiant run at the Mid-Season Invitational 2024. After sweeping away PSG Talon and Top Esports, they were defeated by T1 and finished fourth. But despite not reaching the podium, one of their players finished the event in third place in terms of KDA.
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Surprisingly, it's not one of the G2 carries, but their jungler Yike, who climbed all the way to third place in KDA ratings. He finished the tournament with a 5.6 KDA score, according to League of Legends stat site, Oracle's Elixir.
This means that Yike finished just below MSI 2024 champions Chovy and Peyz, who finished in second and first place respectively. However, their KDAs were not much higher than that of the European jungler. Peyz, the ADC who broke a record for most kills in a single international match in the finals, had a KDA of 6.3 at the end of the event.
Luckily for European fans, Yike isn’t the only one in the top 10. Fnatic’s Jun came in sixth with a 4.8 rating, and even Caps, BrokenBlade, and Inspired made the list. That said, it’s clearly not KDA that wins you games, but teamwork. Bilibili Gaming made it to the finals via the lower bracket, but their best player KDA-wise is Elk, who finished 14th on the list. BLG, however, were crushed in their loss in the grand final, which hurt their individual stats.