G2 vs FLY: The two Western hopes collide – Worlds 2025 Swiss Stage Preview

The League of Legends Worlds 2025 Swiss Stage is resuming the action with one of the most important series for Western fans in recent history. FlyQuest, who made it to the top eight last year, will go up against G2 Esports, who have failed to get through the swiss stage over the past two years. With a qualification at stake and the pride of representing their own region, who is currently more likely to go through and what are the key factors of this series? We’ll break it all down in our preview.

G2 vs FLY – The runs so far

G2 Esports entered the Swiss Stage with an immediate tough opponent, LPL’s Top Esports. Even though G2 put up a good fight to resist, the team clearly struggled to match TES, who won through better teamfight execution.

In the two following matches, however, G2 was able to bounce back, first defeating their home rivals MKOI and then taking a decisive win over BiliBili Gaming. The LEC representative, despite falling behind at the start of the game, played it slowly and used their team composition advantage as well as the Poppy-Anivia combo to scale up and lock down BLG’s key threats. With those two wins, G2 have now a much higher chance of getting to the long-awaited top eight.

Worlds is back AND we play FlyQuest?!

Tomorrow is gonna be fun 🔥 pic.twitter.com/K2OZTBqqBG

— G2 League of Legends (@G2League) October 21, 2025

FlyQuest, similarly, had a tough round 1 opponent, followed by two easier matchups. The LTA squad lost to T1, who had built strong momentum from the play-in series against IG, to then pick up wins against Vivo Keyd Stars and Team Secret Whales. With the EU-NA rivarly ignited at such a key moment for both teams, the draw might have been written in the stars.

Jungle will be the deciding factor

Judging the two teams’ performances so far, the squads have been trying to maximize their own advantages by coming up with innovative answers. FlyQuest were one of the first to adopt the Mordekaiser counter against Sion, who has been arguably the most prioritized champion in the Swiss stage, whereas G2 have tried to come up with team compositions that were able to counter the heavy engage and beefy frontlines of the current meta.

The EU team has struggled more to keep up in terms of early game proactivity. This was clear in the series against both LPL teams. G2, however, has looked more composed in their teamfighting and their win against BLG is a major confidence boost.

Wake up early and remind EU it's not 2019. pic.twitter.com/oo49IFnISY

— FlyQuest First & Only LTA CHAMPIONS (@FlyQuest) October 22, 2025

The key matchup of the series will be the jungle. Inspired and SkewMond are two core members of the respective team and their performance will likely dictate the outcome of the series. On one hand, you have the best Western jungler of the past few years. On the other, you have a rising talent who can pull out similar performances but has also lower lows.

Drafts will play a major role in this series. With the elimination series moving to Fearless Draft Best-of-threes, it will be important to keep a consistent gameplay with different team compositions and also be aware of the pocket picks. FlyQuest is able to pull out singular counters that could swing the lane matchup into one’s favor while G2 Esports seemed more comfortable in playing different team compositions to a competitive level.

Predictions

Overall, the matchup is expected to be a close one and much different from the G2 vs FLY series we had at MSI earlier this year. Both teams come with strong momentum and with several days of break, they must have come prepared to the series.

G2 Esports is slightly favored in the matchup due to how the team has performed so far and their win against BLG must not be overlooked. Yes, you could argue that BLG has looked great in the Swiss stage but they basically hard trolled one series and their gameplay has been strong, even in the loss to G2.

As long as there is delusion, there is hope pic.twitter.com/9gTtiqW0An

— G2 League of Legends (@G2League) October 13, 2025

FlyQuest, on the other hand, were dominated by T1 and then had two convincing wins against weaker opponents. Their gameplay has yet to be put to the test and we still have to see if FLY has the ability to play from losing situations. They tried against T1 and it backfired heavily, with messy teamfights.

The needle can easily swing in any of the two’s favor, depending on how the junglers and the drafts play it out. However, based on the recent history and the gameplay shown, G2 might take their revenge and finally head to the quarterfinals after three long years. Regardless of the outcome, Western fans should rejoice: someone will be going through.