Perkz

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Perkz
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Perkz with G2 Esports in 2020
Personal information
NameLuka Perković
Nickname(s)Uma Jan[2]
Born (1998-09-30) September 30, 1998 (age 23)[1]
NationalityCroatian
Career information
GamesLeague of Legends
Playing career2014–present
Team history
2014GSI Gaming
2015Gamers2
2015Millenium
2015–2020G2 Esports[a]
2021Cloud9
2021–presentTeam Vitality
Career highlights and awards
Honors
Esports
League of Legends
World Championship
Runner-up 2019 Europe
Mid-Season Invitational
Runner-up 2017 Brazil
Winner 2019 Taiwan & Vietnam
Intel Extreme Masters
Runner-up 2017 Katowice

Luka Perković (born September 30, 1998), better known as Perkz (previously stylized as PERKZ and before that as PerkZ), is a Croatian professional League of Legends player for Team Vitality. From 2015 to 2020, Perkz was a member of G2 Esports, when the team became the first European organization to win the Mid-Season Invitational in 2019. He reached the World Championship final in 2019, and is the only player to ever win eight LEC titles. In November 2020, Perkz left G2 to join LCS organization Cloud9 for the 2021 season.[3] He is widely regarded as one of the best western players in league of legends history.[4]

Career[]

2014 season[]

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.[5] 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[]

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[]

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.[6]

Going into MSI, G2 Esports was seen not to win, but to come in second place to the Korean representatives, SK Telecom T1.[7] 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[]

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.[8] 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[]

For the 2020 season, Perkz moved back to the mid lane, swapping positions with Caps.[9] After the spring split had ended, Perkz swapped back to the bot lane.[10]

In the middle of the LEC 2020 Summer Split, Perkz had to take a break because of stress.[11] 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.[12] Following the loss, Perkz and G2 decided to part ways in November 2020.[1]

2021 season[]

On November 20, 2020 Cloud9 announced Perkz as their new midlaner, replacing Nisqy.[13] 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.[14] 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.[15]

Tournament results[]

G2 Esports[]

Cloud9[]

  • 1st — 2021 LCS Spring regular season
  • 1st —

References[]

Explanatory notes
  1. ^ Known as Gamers2 in early 2015
Sources
  1. ^ a b Newell, Adam (17 November 2020). "Perkz officially departs from G2 Esports". Dot Esports. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "LEC superstar Perkz officially joins Cloud9 | ONE Esports". www.oneesports.gg. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Caps passing Perkz as greatest western LoL player – Amazing & Munchables". Dexerto. 23 October 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  5. ^ AB, DreamHack. "Dreamhack DreamHack Summer 2014".
  6. ^ Sport1.de,. "League of Legends MSI 2016: G2 Esports im Portrait".
  7. ^ "PerkZ on G2's lack of MSI prep: 'We decided...taking that vacation would be maybe better for us'".
  8. ^ Heath, Jerome (6 January 2019). "The biggest League of Legends roster swaps of the offseason". Dot Esports. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  9. ^ "G2's Perkz and Caps swap positions". ESPN.com. 16 January 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ @Perkz (27 June 2020). "I'm so happy we won today with good performance! I've been having a bit hard time dealing with stress so I will b…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "LoL: Worlds 2020 | G2 Esports vs Damwon Gaming Semifinal Recap". Esports News Network | ESTNN. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2021.
  13. ^ Perkz joins C9
  14. ^ McIntyre, Isaac. "Perkz delivers on LCS promise, leads Cloud9 to Spring title: final placements & recap". dexerto.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
  15. ^ Esguerra, Tyler. "Only 2 mid laners have won the LEC title over the past 8 splits: Caps and Perkz". dotesports.com. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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