G2 Dylan Falco: “We are always underdogs coming to these tournaments, but […] I feel like we definitely have a chance to [beat the LPL and LCK].”
Interview conducted on First Stand Asset Day, March 15, 2026.
Q: Very tight schedule arriving in Brazil, but how are you guys feeling?
Dylan Falco: At least for us, I think the travel jet lag is probably pretty minimal compared to some of the Asian teams. The time change isn’t very big. It was a long travel — like a 24-hour travel to get here — but I think we handled it very well.
We’re sleeping well, and at least from playing the last couple of days, our condition seems pretty good. The city is beautiful, people here have been very nice so far, so we’re having a good time.
Q: Have you been there long enough to get a sense of G2’s strength relative to the rest of the tournament?
Dylan Falco: We’ve only really played a couple different teams, [since] we’ve only been here for two days. We haven’t lost much since the finals, but maybe we haven’t played all of the top tier teams here.
We come to these tournaments thinking we can win — I think that we had a lot of strong scrims even at Worlds against the top Asian teams, so it’s kind of similar here. A lot of it, for us, will [be down to] how we can draft and perform on the actual official days.
Q: Is the approach to winning scrims different at internationals? Domestically, G2 seems to get pushed by teams like KC in scrims, but always seems to earn a lot of credit for scrim results against LCK/LPL.
Dylan Falco: No, I think often scrim results and stage results at these internationals are pretty correlated, to be honest.
If you come to these events and you play a bunch of teams, the ones that end up winning the tournaments are usually pretty tough [in scrims].
So if we come to a tournament and, let’s say, have some really good scrim sets against the fourth, fifth, sixth place teams at Worlds and lose against the guy who wins the tournament and the games are very difficult, and then we end up getting 7th place, I don’t think that’s crazy. That’s not a crazy result.
I think at the end of the day, we are a strong team at these tournaments. We’re contenders to make it near the end. Maybe not contenders to win the whole thing, but contenders to make Top 4, to make Top 8, to take games in series off Asian teams — which we have done in these past couple of years.
So I think for us, it’s kind of expected when you’re on that level, and a lot of it comes down to our performance, how we can actually perform, and [how we] prepare for the actual important days.
Q: How stressful was that finals win compared to G2’s other major matches?
Dylan Falco: I was not super stressed during the finals — until maybe the Game 5 when we started throwing that one, because I felt we were playing well and were in control. I’m the type that, when we’re in control of the game, I believe in my team to actually win. Some of the people around me are worried because they wanted to see the Nexus fall, but I’m usually the guy behind stage who’s like, “That’s fine, we’ve got this.”
So until we maybe started throwing in Game 5, I was okay — but yeah, it can be stressful at these events. I’m kind of experienced now throughout the years, so maybe it’s a bit less stressful than it was in the first few times, I would say.
Q: And G2 has already made your hair go gray, so they can’t take anything else.
Dylan Falco: Yeah, for sure, for sure.
Q: How do you feel about TSW? How much research have you done, so far?
Dylan Falco: Yeah, definitely taking look at their games, I think they play very aggressively. They really have a different read of lot of the ways they draft — they draft for lot more engage, a more playmaking, they like to roam a lot. I think from a skill standpoint, I think we’re pretty heavily favored, and I would expect us to win.
But versus these very aggressive teams, it’s always a worry that, if they start getting momentum and you start kind of folding to their plays, they could start doing well — so we’ll definitely have to play very solid for that series.
Q: Is that style not Caps at his core? Highly aggressive, unique view of draft, and a willingness to roam?
Dylan Falco: Yeah, that is Caps. He likes to trade down to 0 HP level 1 in lot of matchups where other mid laners didn’t — that’s something he’s been doing from the very start of his career and I think it’s let him really understand the limits of the game.
I don’t think we’re as aggressive team though as some of these maybe Chinese or Vietnamese teams, from a whole five-man perspective. But of course, Caps will always try and pressure lane, and that’s why we play around him a lot.
Q: Exactly — it seems like, with BB and now Skewmond taking command of shotcalling, G2’s become less tied to Caps’ unique flair in-game. Would that be accurate?
Dylan Falco: Yeah, I would say Skewmond definitely the one in control of what happens in lot of the early game, but I think when we’re in a big arena and it’s 40 minutes, Caps is definitely has a big voice in all those clutch moments. That’s definitely how it feels these days.
Q: What’s your read of the gap between LCK and the rest of the regions? Are they really so far ahead?
Dylan Falco: I come from a time where winning a best of series against a Korean or Chinese team was never done — back in my early days of my career. So when we come to these events, and I see a lot of sample size of us playing against Asian teams, whether that’s in scrims or in stage, I always feel like we win on good days. We can win on a good day. It feels definitely doable.
I think we have like a very strong combination of talent from Western regions. Of course, we are always underdogs coming to these tournaments, but I definitely, at least at this tournament — especially when I feel like our form and condition is very good — I feel like we definitely have a chance to take series.
Q: With LYON in a different group, have you had a chance to look into them? Do you have a sense of NA’s level compared to EU?
Dylan Falco: We haven’t really scrimmed them and they’re not in our group, so I haven’t taken a deep look at them, to be completely honest. My gut read would be that the region’s a bit weaker this year with like the disbanding of FlyQuest roster because that one was actually quite strong. That was quite good.
And I think actually 100 Thieves at last Worlds was actually surprisingly good as well — we scrimmed against them quite a bit and I was… they definitely exceeded expectations. But my first read would be [that NA is] a little bit weaker but maybe they can surprise. I’m not speaking this with, like, a huge amount of conviction.
Q: How have you developed, as a team, to get to the level of consistency you have at internationals?
Dylan Falco: Behind the scenes, there’s just a ton of things that we come in to this tournament with a different understanding of.
MSI, we needed a complete different [reads on] some of our bot lane matchups, range supports, and how much laning matters — and swap stuff was incredibly important. Like, we lost many games against Asian teams just on these things alone. And the games we did take were the ones where that didn’t happen.
At Worlds, I think we were competitive till Top 8, even winning games in that series. But I think a lot of the team fighting situations in objective setups were just not good — whether that’s how we drafted for it or how we played it. And that’s what we spend a lot of time now working on.
And now, of course, I think in these tournaments, your preparation in the meta, your understanding of how to draft in Fearless, and set up all of your games in the Bo5s matter a huge amount — and I think can drastically swing series. There’s just a lot, right? We’re working on this every day.
I definitely feel pretty confident for this one, I would say.
Q: Please do well enough to meet LYON later on.
Dylan Falco: I would love [that]. I think we would both love that.
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