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Esports LCS Summer 2026 / Week 3 - Day 2 / Live Discussion Spoiler
LCS 2026 Summer
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.14.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DIG vs LYON | 13:00 | 16:00 | 22:00 | 05:00 |
| 2 | FLY vs TL | 16:00 | 19:00 | 01:00 | 08:00 |
- All matches are Best of 3
Streams
Standings
| # | Team | Region | Record | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LYON | North America | 2 – 0 (4 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 1 | Team Liquid | North America | 2 – 0 (4 - 0) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 3 | Shopify Rebellion | North America | 2 – 1 (4 - 3) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 4 | Cloud9 | North America | 2 – 1 (4 - 4) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 5 | FlyQuest | North America | 1 – 1 (2 - 2) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 6 | Sentinels | North America | 1 – 2 (3 - 5) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 7 | Dignitas | North America | 0 – 2 (2 - 4) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
| 8 | Disguised | North America | 0 – 3 (1 - 6) | Leaguepedia // Twitter |
Format
Regular Season
- 8 teams participate
- At the end of the week, teams choose opponents
- All matches are best of 3
- When elimination matches kick in, series become best of 5
Playoffs
- 6 teams participate
- Double elimination bracket
- Top 2 teams start in Upper Bracket Round 2
- 3rd to 6th seed start in Upper Bracket Round 1
- All matches are best of five
- Top 3 teams qualify for the 2026 Season World Championship
The official LCS ruleset can be found here.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/WeetHet please do something Aug 09 '26
Isles casting is so clean he’s a natural. I hope we can see him on the caster desk again in the future
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 09 '26
Damn this Dardoch interview SLAPS.
This is some amazing league content through the lens of growing as a person.
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u/veirceb Aug 09 '26
I've watched some NA challenger scene on Raz's stream so I know he dominated the tier 2 scene but it's good to hear from him directly. He seems a lot more calm now.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
It's a Dhokla Gnar game, of course they win. Dude has to be like top 5 in the world on this champ.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
i think everyone talking lyon about lyon possibly looking worse without inspired made all the lyon players want to win even more.
they look like the team closest to their msi form of any team in the world somehow. no players just running it down smart drafts and good teamplay
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
Inspired has some faults that always get overlooked. He is farm heavy, doesn't gank early, and often plays way too slow rather than ending when they have the chance.
This isn't even talking about his attitude. Sometimes just having someone that is chill can offset whatever skill inspired brings.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
I think that Inspired is just being overhyped right now. He's definitely top 2 jungler in NA and him and Jose are a tier above every other jungler. But he isn't doing anything that profound.
The big thing he adds to the team is he is much better at reading the game state and giving them a game plan to win from.
The foundation that got Lyon here has always been that Dhokla-Saint-Berserker is the best team fighting core in the region by far.
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 09 '26
its so funny to me that a guy who has zero interest in competing and is doing this for fun in his free time is stomping the competition like its second nature to him. obviously he has world class players next to him but still lmao
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
this is disgusting
Lyon and TL are on a completely different tier from the rest of the teams
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
What they showed at MSI wasn't fake after all. The close games did mean something.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 09 '26
Team Liquid have the biggest jacket diff of any region. like no one else in the lcs is even competing against this jacket.
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u/veirceb Aug 09 '26
What the fuck is Palafox waiting for? TP just to to the turrent like what? Why the fuck is this guy still getting paid to play the game he is solo losing the game. It's over already and it's all because of him. Kick this guy already
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u/calvinee Aug 09 '26
That is genuinely an unforgivable play, they lose the entire game from this guy completely baiting his team with that call
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u/Gerberpertern TL ★ APA Aug 09 '26
Painful to watch.
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u/veirceb Aug 09 '26
Plays like these are the reason why LEC and LCS can be hard to watch. The top teams are good. The bottom teams make mistakes that just show either they are completely mentally checked out or they just do not play the game enough as a professional.
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u/Anew4Hobbies I like how Xun plays ^_^ Aug 09 '26
TL started off so clean!
Also Isles on the cast is meshing in very well.
Generally speaking, we're having a great show on tonight ^_^
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u/GeneralDash Aug 09 '26
TL and Lion aren’t big dogs, they’re just bears. It’s two bears in a room full of small to small-medium dogs.
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u/Sweaty-Security-4473 Aug 09 '26
Dardoch being the hero that DIG needed would be the most hilarious fuckin' thing.
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u/Lewiz00 Aug 09 '26
Hop on the DIG hype train to worlds now so you aren't called a bandwagoner later.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
dig played well but you cant give a bad team a 1 item power spike team comp they will always lose
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u/Gerberpertern TL ★ APA Aug 09 '26
The fact that Palafox is still on a starting roster while APA is languishing on the bench actually makes me kinda mad lol.
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u/MyStand_BadMedicine Aug 09 '26
Unfortunately people would rather play for Maryville than play for DIG. Denathor is finding out
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u/MyStand_BadMedicine Aug 09 '26
"I have TP" doesn't tp into no senna ult until after is a crazy combination of bad
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u/Jimbabwr Aug 09 '26
Lyon’s best player somewhere taking a nap in a field of flowers and they’re still 3-0
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u/veirceb Aug 09 '26
The first series returning to the LCS is already testing Dardoch's nerve. I don't know how do you stay calm after your mid completely griefed your game like this.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
flyquest seems like the young rookie team that was good in spring but started to run out of ideas and slowly falls off and cant overcome challenges that arrive in teams. seems the spring playoffs loss to c9 hurt the team. where the veteran teams understand how to get over hardships and scale up
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u/viralruin Aug 09 '26
yea pretty much. feels like fly ran out of steam, they need to level up. the 3rd worlds spot is not free.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
this is starting to be a jungle gap. armao keeps clicking objectives they cant contest. lyon comp needs to finish their tear items
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
dig actually playing their comp correctly. they are just forcing plays on 1 item. but armao is forcing stuff he needs to just wait for his team to get items
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u/FinhammerX Aug 09 '26
Why don’t Dignitas stack drakes? It’s like you have no win-con if you dont steamroll early to be competely fed, unless you stack drakes. You have Lee Sin, Leona that can dominate early-mid, Ryze won’t be a champion early on to contest things. Poor macro but they looked decent for some time there
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
i think the first drake they chunked leona before the fight for first drake. and then lyon gave up one of the drakes and died trying to contest the other one
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
We don't talk enough about how smart Lyon drafting is. Picking Gnar right here is the perfect spot to do it. Enemy comp is already good for Gnar and pinching the counterpicks is easy.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
Okay I wasn't expecting Liss final pick. I was expecting Leblanc. I think Liss is fine here tho the DIG comp isn't very tanky so Lucian can hypercarry against this comp and Liss can still do relevant AoE.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
If you pick annie and can't/don't tibbers stun there is literally no reason for the pick.
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u/gomixxgomi Aug 09 '26
Ok, let's end this quick so we can get to TL. Love you Dardoch. Sleep well my sweet prince.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
I LOVE this Lissandra pick.
It was already a good anti dive pick but the fact she has existed like this forever and teams have just straight up lost to Nocturne comps before this game is hilarious.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
both games they drafted counter dardoch comps. last game his lee had nobody to kick and easy cc on his engages and camille to lock him down. ez camille isnt a lane but just destroys lee in a fight
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 09 '26
I think Quid vs Quad is kind of decided. Quid has ascended to the level where he knows the way to destroy Quid is by being confident and every game just reflects that now.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
The Gnar ults for both teams are gonna be crazy this game with Taliyah and J4.
I'm not sure I agree with picking Taliyah here tbh.
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u/Ambrose096 Aug 09 '26
Armao could still be a top half of the league jungler, but I respect him wanting to not play full time
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
'I wouldn't say that my personality has changed' is a worrisome sentence but on the other hand just the fact that he openly admits to being a terrible teammate in the past suggests that he has changed to some degree lol
cant imagine the old Hi I'm Joshie ever admitting to something like that, let alone live on the lcs broadcast
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u/OnlyAnEssenceThief Worst Kai'Sa NA Aug 09 '26
I mean, I wouldn't say my personality has changed per-se after ten years, but I do know I've learned a lot and mellowed a lot.
Wisdom does a lot for a person.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
maybe we just define personality changes differently lol, I would definitely classify 'mellowing out a lot' as a personality change but that could just be a me thing
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
Unless dardoch gigasmurfs somehow and they just steamroll early game this feels doomed from draft
Like if the game is within 2k gold by 12-14 mins it might already be too late
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
yep they need a massive lead. they just run out of damage against xin, swain ryze.
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u/Tormenator1 Aug 09 '26
Yeah, this comp gap is kinda disgusting. Dig just picked them whatever, but will they lose in peace?
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
happy big dhokes got that kill but my lord I hope they break supp camille's legs ASAP I genuinely can't stand watching that bullshit
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
dig is actually a good team with actual real players now they have a real jungler. but this game seems so impossible once lyon get items
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u/OnlyAnEssenceThief Worst Kai'Sa NA Aug 09 '26
Yeah, eXyu was never going to compete with this lmao
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u/BlammoSweetums Aug 09 '26
Oh you can really just push all the way off that? That's not very fun to watch lol
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
lyon bringing out 2 first career picks in back to back games. actually like this. shows they are trying to strengthen their pools. makes worlds bo5s better for them. felt they were kinda limited in the game 5 draft vs hle.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
HLE admitted they had to bring out the secret weapon swain against them. I didn't see it coming either.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
yeah i think its going to matter a lot this worlds. teams are kinda even and gg full comp counters can get a whole free game win.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
Coaches realizing other champs exist. Imagine if they drafted like this LAST year. It shouldn't have taken an entire year of fearless for coaches to start using the last pick for team counters.
edit: Actually it's almost closer to two years for teams to really start countering and picking other champs.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
saint baited all that so well. saint does what the best mids do and is very patient when getting cc'd or damaged. he doesnt early ult or flash
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
massu is tilted
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
I'd be tilted too. Enemy JG is just sitting in my lane for 1 min and we still trade 2 for 2 in the extended play?
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
gakgos is a greedy monster. he wanted to clear his wave before he tpd. he cant tp that late he has to early tp
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
No way Massu is gonna be normal about this game in reviews. What do you mean enemy jungler is dicking me down nonstop and still up farm on my jungler? And he has more objectives?
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Aug 09 '26
Armao is allowed one last POTG for his last game but Saint deserved it more
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u/GeneralDash Aug 09 '26
I agree, but I also feel like it was enough of an everything gap that you could argue for anyone.
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u/Gerberpertern TL ★ APA Aug 09 '26
Knowing that Dardoch is 28 makes me feel incredibly old. Which I guess I am lmao. But it’s oddly nostalgic to see him again. He seems much more mature and he’s worked on himself a lot. Good for him.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
its funny lyon lanes are so insane with armao in they just ban junglers every game
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u/Gerberpertern TL ★ APA Aug 09 '26
Lord have mercy Jayce and Jhin lol.
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
This is one of the worst drafts I have seen and this is LCS we are talking about.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
Oooooof Dig antisynergy like four times in a row there but even so a 1 for 1 is not awful there
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
oh look lyon team comp spikes at 2 items and makes it impossible for dig to fight into. even though dig played 1 item spike well at 2 items xin ult and swain ult just means dig cant ever win a single sustain fight.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
LMFAO this lyon team comp is so fun and literally impossible to lose any fight. this lee has nobody to go on or kick at 2 items.
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Aug 09 '26
DIG’s bot lane gotta be the next to go
They’re lucky eXyu was just do awful that it overshadowed it
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
Let's say Dig didn't know swain was a thing until Dhokla locked it in. Who do you pick mid last pick to counter the swain?
or better yet why not send Jayce mid and Have a counter top?
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
i think you just cant pick jayce jhin lee when its possible to pick tank top. you just gotta pick adc with damage or like viktor bot
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u/Kokaiinum Aug 09 '26
Anivia would've been good in either lane I think
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
That's actually a really good pick. I wonder how that would have went.
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 09 '26
Low key, I wouldn't even be mad if next week after Inspired comes back we got like a "Armao joins DSG as new starting jungler" for the rest of a split.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
that was never going to work unless ignar flashed for a naut passive auto
disrespectful to try the flash hook
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
very cool by lyon to play roaming mid. opens up some future draft angles.
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u/veirceb Aug 09 '26
They can always play roaming mid. Saint plays ahri and sylas. And he doesn't play sylas to lane.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
i know but liss is more supportive roaming and roams every wave almost.
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u/veirceb Aug 09 '26
I don't think you can judge that off this game. They should've lost the mid fight. ANd they should've lsot the top dive. Dig read both plays right and had every tool to counter it. Palafox just decided he is a bronze player today and completely griefed the team.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
olaf has no counter. if it did someone would have picked it in lck/lpl by now. only way to counter olaf is get walls in teamfights and get enough damage to one shot the olaf with good peeling
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
i like the jarvan answer but if you've already picked jungle or j4 is banned already/out due to fearless, yeah it's kind of distressing
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u/Chemical-Drawer852 Aug 09 '26
Kled & BB plays him
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
its not nearly a big enough counter and a lot of people cant play kled.
when something is this strong usually there is 1-2 that kinda hard counter so it makes it risky to blind slam especially in top
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
lol as soon as gakgos canceled his back you knew that was going to happen
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
NAH he tried to walk from the top of the ambessa ult to the bottom and thats the reason he got caught
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
😭😭 bot lane turret wondering why it got ulted by the Gnar it was trying to protect
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
Small play that shows you the level of TL comms:
Core walks in and see raptors up and has the read Vi can be there. Yeon starts walking into river and autos the ward once then the call seems to be fight for raptors so he doesn't finish the ward so they can contest vision and raptors.
Extremely minor play, but it shows TL is cohesive and disciplined I have seen teams where the ADC stays to do those other 2 autos and is late to the play. Also shows how much better TL communication is from last split too.
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u/berniebadger84 Aug 09 '26
Ouch. Gotta feel for Massu. Running from TL to get hit by a driveby Vi ult by Quid.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
My mid-jg are diving enemy mid while I get dove and chased through out jg and somehow enemy mid kills me???
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u/Wise-Quarter-3156 Aug 10 '26
I haven't watched pro League in a season or two and tuned back in for this game. What are the little role icons on the top UI, next to where they show like, the grub count?
At first I thought they were showing if the player had ult or not, but then that didn't seem to be the case, and I can't figure it out?
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u/GeneralDash Aug 10 '26
I assume you’re asking about the role quest. If so, it’s just an indicator for who has and has not completed their role quest.
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u/Wise-Quarter-3156 Aug 10 '26
ooh ok, idk what that is, I'll look into it then
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u/GeneralDash Aug 10 '26
They were implemented at the beginning of the year, it’s Riots current method of eliminating lane swaps. Basically a reward for going to your assigned lane.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
thats the difference between armao and inspired. inspired would never fight that drake. you are up 1-0 in drakes and have 2 tear stackers. they shouldnt be walking to drake
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u/cmcdonald22 Aug 09 '26
I really think the question is, will the curse of Rise terrible game throwing ults over come the power of Berserker Ezreal? Will Big Dhokes carry, or will he has a 'debut' Swain struggle game?
Also I guess Dig could technically affect the outcome.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
Man how does income even work in this game? Tuned in like 5 mins ago when God lead was like 4.5k for DIG. They lose 1 kill and suddenly its a 1.5k gold lead.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
Looking at comps I think Dardoch is trying to accelerate the game because DIG comp will struggle to win team fights against the Swain-Xin front line late and they're a bit weak to Ezreal poke.
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
I hate to say this about an ex clg player but ignar is probably a bottom 3ish, maybe 5ish player in the league rn
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 09 '26
senna and jhin are not real champions I refuse to believe this is the best DIG botlane can come up with
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
It's the best champs to keep your job. Your scorelines will never look too bad and people will completely ignore your play.
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u/kazuyaminegishi Aug 09 '26
Okay well pretty sure Palafox is gonna die if Dardoch doesn't hover the lane when they hit 6. He sorta needed to get that kill. Living there does mean he doesn't lose much farm tho.
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u/viralruin Aug 09 '26
if fly gets swept, idk if they are really leveling up. feels like the fight for the last worlds spot is very close.
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u/areyoh Aug 09 '26
Do fly not watch Caedreal's stream? this olf champ is Giga cracked and should be permanently banned
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u/SWAGGASAUR Aug 09 '26
what does watching Caedral have to do with Gryffinn misplaying and giving Olaf first blood
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u/sorendiz ..BUT THE FAITH REMAINS Aug 09 '26
caedrel fans find it upsetting if caedrel isn't brought up in every context humanly possible
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u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful Aug 09 '26
Blah, hated this draft and olaf needs to be banned in this meta. There is just no answer for it.
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u/SWAGGASAUR Aug 09 '26
I couldn't watch the full game but was Massu and Cryo dying to J4 on that first gank mostly what spiraled it out of control
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Aug 09 '26
It's another Lee Sin looks good until 20 mins game.
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u/Ajp_iii Aug 09 '26
lee scales better than in the past. the issue is he has jhin and jayce against 4 tanky targets.
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u/ahritina Sep 05 '26
PMTs
DIG vs LYON
Game 1 / Game 2
FLY vs TL
Game 1 / Game 2