G2 Swaps Head Coach Falco for Perkz

G2 Esports made headlines with its MSI 2026 performance. Now, the organization has announced a major roster change: Perkz will become Head Coach, while Falco is moving to an inactive status. Here’s everything to know about the move.

G2 LoL Benches Falco

On July 10, 2026, G2 Esports’ League of Legends team announced it would move its former head coach, Dylan Falco, to an inactive role. The Canadian pro has held a place on the roster for nearly five years, originally joining in December 2021. Before joining G2, he had experience under the Fnatic and EnVy banners.

G2 said goodbye to Falco in an X.com post, calling him “forever a G2 legend” and offering a salute. The organization confirmed, “Dylan Falco will be moving to the bench.”

In addition, it clarified that Falco has not fully left G2:

“Despite not being on the active roster, Dylan is still part of G2. A proper goodbye video will be posted when he officially leaves.”

G2 LoL Promotes Perkz to Head Coach

Shortly after, G2 revealed Croatian ex-pro Luka “Perkz” Perković will take over the Head Coach role. Perkz, who is widely considered one of the strongest European League of Legends players of all time, has a long history with G2 LoL. He has represented the organization since 2015, when it was still called ‘Gamers2’. In his prime, Perkz won the 2019 Mid-Season Invitational and placed 2nd in Worlds 2019. He was also known for his success at LEC regional events.

Perkz officially retired from competitive play over a year ago, but has stayed active in the League esports world. In 2025, he entered the entrepreneurship sphere with a line of esports cafes. Later, in early July 2026, Perkz announced his return to G2 as a positional coach.

In League, a positional coach is only responsible for developing a single in-game role. Perkz’s shift to head coach will elevate his influence from a single player to the entire team’s dynamic. In their reveal post, G2 Esports called Perkz the “Role-swap merchant” and said his Head Coach role will begin during the 2026 Esports World Cup.

G2’s General Manager reportedly commented: “We always look for ways to challenge ourselves to improve the team. We have never been afraid to make tough decisions if we believe there is a chance to go higher… After winter, we felt that we needed a change to help the team break another ceiling. That is why we added Perkz to create this change in our system.

Perkz brings a unique experience and set of skills, but we can’t go halfway and be indecisive between two visions for the roster, so we decided to empower Luka to take us to the next level…we feel Perkz is the staff lead we need right now.”

What Does This Mean for G2? Community Reactions

G2’s community, and the League of Legends community as a whole, seems split on the move. Some fans are questioning why the team removed Falco from an active status, especially since he had provided strong results. The team’s 4th place finish in MSI 2026, where it eliminated reigning Worlds Champions T1, clouds the situation further. The placement was notably strong for a Western team, since LPL and LCK generally dominate the sport, and marked the first time G2 had beaten T1 in years.

A post from @bookiebanditgg replied to G2’s original announcement by calling it “The dumbest […] thing I have seen on my timeline in maybe 3+ years,” earning over 1,300 likes.

User @Murk_Games calls the decision “confusing and interesting.” They note that “Dylan brought results and the team together […] Perkz definitely will fit in as he is at home in the org, but from our pov, he might have big shoes to fill.”

Another nuanced take from @3Ic3Fir3 pointed out, “Don’t think it’s fair to criticize the Perkz move, but just in general getting rid of your successful head coach with a proven track record and a (more often than not) winning formula is incredibly risky. Might pay off, who knows, but it’s for sure a huge risk.” Only time will tell if Perkz can live up to the community’s coaching expectations.

SK Gaming Wunder Comments on Perkz as Head Coach

Notably, SK Gaming top-laner Martin “Wunder” Hansen also commented about G2’s coaching change on his personal account. Wunder asked, “Why does everyone seem to think they know how good a coach is?” He referred to “a bunch of circle jerking coaches that think just because they have been doing it for years that an ex-pro player with no coaching experience can’t come in and be 1000x more influential to a team’s success, [I don’t get it].”

Wunder’s comment, which has received more than 230,000 views, drew mixed responses. Hansen humorously replied to one comment asking if he knew what the success rate of ex-pros without coaching experience is by saying, “Have you seen LCK and LPL teams recently, Mr Delulu?”

Pro Coaches Comment

Retired coach Peter Dun, who represented Evil Geniuses and Team Heretics, offered an alternative perspective. Dun has extensive experience in the LEC, and European League of Legends as a whole. He theorizes that Falco is “probably just taking a break before Summer and thus skipping EWC.” In addition, Dun wrote:

“If Dylan was not G2’s coach, [Karmine Corp] would have won 2 splits this year. And I don’t say this lightly, both series were close enough that coaching staff was the difference. It’s obvious what his impact [is]. G2 are not stupid.“

The post received over 2,600 likes and nearly 260,000 views.

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