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The 2021 League of Legends offseason has been the craziest in the history of the game, with Luka “Perkz” Perković going to Cloud9 as one of the biggest roster swap yet.
Not a lot of fans would have expected the former G2 Esports mid and bot laner to join a team in the LCS, but now it has happened. Not only is Perkz one of the best players to ever join the LCS as an import, he is likely also one of the most expensive. According to the Twitter account LEC Wooloo, Perkz is getting paid $2.7 million each year on his new three-year contract.
[Rumour] Perkz salary at Cloud 9 is rumoured to be 2.7 million a year.
— LEC Wooloo 🇪🇺 (@LEC_Wooloo) November 29, 2020C9 Perkz Contract
While LCS salaries are not publicly known, this big number could very well be true. Rumors say that the asking price to buy out Perkz from G2 was at $6 million, which was on top of his salary. How much G2 earned from selling the Croatian superstar is unknown, but a lot of money has clearly been involved.
Perkz isn’t the only player in the LCS who is getting paid a lot of money each year. The average salary in the LCS has increased a lot over the past years, and in the 2020 season it was estimated to be around $400,000. The average doesn’t say how much the best players in the league are getting paid, but Perkz’s rumored salary might indicate what level the finances in the LCS have reached.
Perkz earns a bit less than TSM SwordArt in the LCS
While Perkz is certainly earning enough, he might not be the best-paid player in the LCS. When the signing of new Team SoloMid support player Hu “SwordArt” Shuo-Chieh got revealed in an article by The Washington Post, it was disclosed that his contract was for $6 million over two years.
This contract likely makes SwordArt the most expensive player in the LCS, following his recent run to the 2020 World Championship final with Suning.
If my educated guess is correct, SwordArt will be the highest paid player in the #LCS, even more than Perkz — although I don't think Perkz is that far behind.
Kind of crazy we went from Impact being the highest paid at ~$1.2 mil/yr to two players making give or take $3 mil/yr.
— Jacob Wolf (@JacobWolf) November 26, 2020As the 2021 season is approaching quickly, there probably won’t be any more signings of this caliber in the LCS but the salaries will likely increase even more next year.
What happened to Perkz?
In the 2021 League of Legends offseason, Perkz decided to leave G2 and Europe to join Cloud9 in North America. This is the first time Perkz will be playing in the LCS, and the expectations around him are enormous. He will be playing alongside his former teammate Jesper “Zven” Svenningsen, who has played for Cloud9 since November 2019.
Is Perkz a mid laner?
G2 Perkz Twitter
For the 2021 season, Perkz will once again be a mid laner. Perkz was originally a mid laner until Rasmus “Caps” Winther joined G2 from Fnatic. That move saw Perkz swap to the bot lane so G2 could fit in two of the biggest European stars on the same team. Perkz had a brief return to the mid lane in the 2020 LEC Spring Split, but ended the 2020 season back in the bot lane. At Cloud9, Perkz will be a mid laner exclusively.
Who is the leader of Cloud9?
The leader of Cloud9 is Jack Etienne, who is the co-founder and CEO of the organization. Looking at the League of Legends team, it is unknown who will act as the team’s in-game leader or shot caller. Perkz could be a good candidate to lead the squad in-game as he has a lot of experience and has played at the absolute highest levells of the game, having appeared in the finals of the League of Legends World Championship.
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| Luka Perković | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hometown | Zagreb, Croatia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Croatian | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Uma Jan[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Active | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | LCS | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Cloud9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Games | League of Legends | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Mid Laner AD Carry | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | GSI Gaming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Gamers2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Millenium | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Gamers2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2020 | G2 Esports | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020–present | Cloud9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Luka Perković, better known as Perkz (previously stylized as PERKZ and before that as PerkZ), is a Croatian professional League of Legends player for Cloud9. He is the only player to ever win eight LEC titles, which he did with G2 Esports.
Career[edit]
2014 season[edit]
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.[2] 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[edit]
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[edit]
Perks Twitter
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.[3]
Going into MSI, G2 Esports was seen not to win, but to come in second place to the Korean representatives, SK Telecom T1.[4] 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[edit]
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.[5] 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[edit]
For the 2020 season, Perkz moved back to the mid lane, swapping positions with Caps.[6] After the spring split had ended, Perkz swapped back to the bot lane.[7]
In the middle of the LEC 2020 Summer Split, Perkz had to take a break because of stress.[8] 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.[9] Following the disappointing loss, Perkz and G2 decided to part ways in November 2020. On November 20, Cloud9 announced Perkz as their new midlaner, replacing Nisqy.[10]
C9 Perkz Twitter
2021 season[edit]
In 2021, Perkz joined Cloud9, ending a 5 year tenure on G2 Esports. 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. 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.
Tournament results[edit]
G2 Esports[edit]
- 1st— 2016 Spring EU LCS
- 5th–6th— 2016 Mid-Season Invitational
- 1st— 2016 Summer EU LCS regular season
- 1st— 2016 Summer EU LCS playoffs
- 1st— 2017 Spring EU LCS regular season
- 1st— 2017 Spring EU LCS playoffs
- 2nd— 2017 Mid-Season Invitational
- 2nd— 2017 Summer EU LCS regular season
- 1st— 2017 Summer EU LCS playoffs
- 2nd— 2018 Spring EU LCS regular season
- 2nd— 2018 Spring EU LCS playoffs
- 3rd–4th— 2018 League of Legends World Championship
- 1st— 2019 LEC Spring regular season
- 1st— 2019 LEC Spring playoffs
- 1st— 2019 Mid-Season Invitational
- 1st— 2019 LEC Summer playoffs
- 2nd— 2019 League of Legends World Championship
- 1st— 2020 LEC Spring regular season
- 1st— 2020 LEC Spring playoffs
- 3rd— 2020 LEC Summer regular season
- 1st— 2020 LEC Summer playoffs
- 3rd–4th— 2020 League of Legends World Championship
Cloud9[edit]
- 1st — 2021 LCS Spring regular season
- 1st— 2021 LCS MidSeason Showdown
References[edit]
Perkz Lol
- Explanatory notes
Perkz Twitter Lol
- Sources
- ^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.
- ^AB, DreamHack. 'Dreamhack DreamHack Summer 2014'.
- ^Sport1.de,. 'League of Legends MSI 2016: G2 Esports im Portrait'.
- ^'PerkZ on G2's lack of MSI prep: 'We decided...taking that vacation would be maybe better for us'.
- ^https://dotesports.com/league-of-legends/news/the-biggest-league-of-legends-roster-swaps-of-the-offseason
- ^https://www.espn.com/esports/story/_/id/28497433/g2-perkz-caps-swap-positions
- ^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.
- ^https://twitter.com/G2Perkz/status/1276962724833042437?s=20/
- ^https://estnn.com/lol-worlds-2020-g2-esports-vs-damwon-gaming-semifinal-recap/
- ^Perkz joins C9
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