Hanwha vs G2 at Worlds: Milio’s Risky Draft Shapes Game 2

TL;DR: Hanwha Life Esports’ Milio pick is a gamble at Worlds: Delight is 33.3% on the champion over 9G, against Rakan’s 39.1% global WR over 87G. For Game 2, the draft model gives Hanwha 39% and G2 Esports 61%, with G2’s stronger form and coordinated engage backing its advantage.

Compositions: Hanwha Life Esports vs G2 Esports

Milio gives Hanwha Life Esports tools to protect Lucian and extend his range, but Delight’s 33.3% Worlds WR over 9G makes the choice stand out as a risky, potentially deliberate answer to G2’s engage. Hanwha need Lucian and Milio to stabilize lane, then use Jarvan IV and Ambessa to start skirmishes while Swain absorbs pressure. In the late game, the team wants sustained fights where Milio can keep its carries alive.

G2 Esports have a more direct engage-and-pick composition. Camille can threaten a side lane, while Qiyana and Galio can collapse on targets; Rakan adds another way to force a fight around Xayah. Their early game can pressure lanes and create roaming opportunities, but the comp’s clearest payoff comes in mid-game skirmishes and coordinated late-game engages.

The pre-draft forecast expected Hanwha’s B1 to be Vi and G2’s to be Jarvan IV or Xin Zhao. Neither prediction was confirmed: Hanwha took Ambessa, while G2 chose Camille. The anticipated bans are not provided, so it is not possible to verify whether the suggested bans—Xin Zhao, Ashe, Jarvan IV, Vi, Ziggs, and Orianna—came out. Milio is the sharpest departure from the forecast, which focused on those contested jungle and mid options.

Key Picks and Stats

In top lane, Zeus’ Ambessa is 48.9% globally over 1416G and 52.9% at Worlds over 17G; his Worlds record on the champion is 50.0% over 2G, with a 5.0 KDA. BrokenBlade’s Camille is 53.0% globally over 491G and 50.0% at Worlds over 8G. Their global matchup data favors Camille at 63.3% over 30G, although both are 50.0% over 2G in the Worlds matchup.

In the jungle, Kanavi’s Jarvan IV sits at 50.4% globally over 1713G and 57.9% at Worlds over 19G. SkewMond’s Qiyana is stronger at 59.0% globally over 446G and 53.3% at Worlds over 15G. The global matchup numbers favor Qiyana 62.4% over 93G; the Worlds sample is only 2G, with Qiyana at 100.0%.

Mid is a clash between Caps’ 48.1% global and 72.7% Worlds WR on Galio, and Zeka’s Swain, at 48.6% globally over 35G. The matchup data favors Swain 70.0% over 10G, but Caps’ Worlds result gives G2 a notable counterweight.

Bot lane tilts toward G2 on the supplied numbers. Gumayusi’s Lucian is 48.8% globally over 1024G and 41.7% at Worlds over 12G; Hans Sama’s Xayah is 55.7% globally over 442G and 66.7% at Worlds over 6G. Xayah leads the global matchup 61.4% over 101G. At support, Delight’s Milio is 48.2% globally over 847G, while Labrov’s Rakan is 52.9% over 770G; Rakan’s global matchup WR is 60.9% over 87G.

Draft Edge

G2’s edge is the combination of better modelled champion results, a 57.0% duo-synergy signal, and multiple ways to engage onto Hanwha’s carries. Hanwha’s route is to survive the early pressure, use Jarvan IV and Ambessa to set fights on its terms, and let Milio protect Lucian. If G2 reaches the back line first, Hanwha’s weaker bot-lane matchup indicators become harder to overcome.

Polymarket Market

Polymarket gives Hanwha Life Esports 60% and G2 Esports 40% for Game 2, but the Series market is much more confident in Hanwha: 86% to 14% now. Before the match, the Series market was Hanwha 78% and G2 22%, a move of 8.0 percentage points toward Hanwha.

That split makes the market more optimistic about Hanwha in this specific game than across the series: its Game 2 probability is 60%, versus 86% for the Series. The prior result offers a plausible context: Hanwha won Game 1, 22-11 in 28:10. Yet the Game 2 draft model favors G2, and its engage tools offer a clear way to challenge Hanwha’s vulnerable bot-lane profile. The money-market odds disagree with the draft model, making this a meaningful tension rather than a settled prediction.

Prediction

The draft model’s baseline is Hanwha Life Esports 39% and G2 Esports 61%. G2’s form signal is 70.0%, against Hanwha’s 40.0%, and the matchup and champion indicators support G2. Hanwha’s Game 1 win and its positive Series-market movement are reasons not to dismiss its chances, but the draft still gives G2 the stronger route to force decisive fights.

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*Data: draftlol live draft model + Polymarket, draft close.*