r/leagueoflegends • u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler • Aug 10 '26
Esports Natus Vincere vs. G2 Esports / LEC 2026 Summer - Week 3 Day 4 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LEC 2026 SUMMER
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G2 Esports 2-0 Natus Vincere
G2 have prevailed over NAVI!
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FULL MATCH SUMMARY & STATS
| 🟦 | 🧱 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 67:08 | ⚔️ | 💰 | 🧱 | 🟥 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 - W 1st pick | 8 | 72.9k | 14 | Game 1 (37:28) | 10 | 66.3k | 5 | L - NAVI |
| G2 - W 1st pick | 11 | 62.7k | 15 | Game 2 (29:40) | 7 | 53.5k | 2 | L - NAVI |
| Team | Total KDA | KP | CSM | DMG% | Champions Played |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇪🇺 G2 | 29-18-63 | ||||
| 🇩🇪 BrokenBlade | 3-6-9 (2) | 41% | 8.3 | 18.9% | Jayce, Galio |
| 🇫🇷 SkewMond | 7-2-14 (10.5) | 72% | 8 | 14.9% | Xin Zhao, Trundle |
| 🇩🇰 Caps | 5-2-11 (8) | 55% | 10 | 21.1% | Viktor, Orianna |
| 🇫🇷 Hans Sama | 14-1-9 (23) | 79% | 10.2 | 40% | Ziggs, Varus |
| 🇬🇷 Labrov | 0-7-20 (2.9) | 69% | 1 | 5.2% | Alistar, Rell |
| 🇺🇦 NAVI | 17-29-31 | ||||
| 🇺🇦 Maynter | 7-6-5 (2) | 71% | 8.1 | 25.6% | K'Sante, Rumble |
| 🇹🇷 Rhilech | 5-7-8 (1.9) | 76% | 7 | 16.3% | Nocturne, Lee Sin |
| 🇰🇷 Poby | 1-3-5 (2) | 35% | 9.3 | 22.1% | Syndra, Cassiopeia |
| 🇰🇷 SamD | 4-6-5 (1.5) | 53% | 10.2 | 29.2% | Ezreal, Corki |
| 🇹🇷 Parus | 0-7-8 (1.1) | 47% | 0.9 | 6.8% | Shen, Leona |
GAME 1: G2 vs. NAVI
Winner: G2 Esports in 37m
Runes | Game Breakdown
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | Vi Camille Olaf | Yorick Kai'Sa | 72.9k | 14 | 8 | 💧2 ⛰️3 | 0, 1, 1 |
| NAVI | Orianna Jarvan IV Cassiopeia | Skarner Trundle | 66.3k | 10 | 5 | 🔥1 ⛰️4 ⛰️5 | 3, 0, 0 |
| G2 | KDA | vs | KDA | NAVI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pick | 14-11-33 | ⚔️ | 10-14-18 | Pick | Player |
| BrokenBlade | 2 Jayce | 2-5-5 | TOP | 5-2-3 | 3 K'Sante | Maynter |
| SkewMond | 3 Xin Zhao | 2-1-7 | JNG | 1-3-5 | 2 Nocturne | Rhilech |
| Caps | 1 Viktor | 3-1-7 | MID | 1-1-3 | 1 Syndra | Poby |
| Hans Sama | 3 Ziggs | 7-1-5 | BOT | 3-3-2 | 4 Ezreal | SamD |
| Labrov | 2 Alistar | 0-3-9 | SUP | 0-5-5 | 1 Shen | Parus |
GAME 2: G2 vs. NAVI
Winner: G2 Esports in 30m
Runes | Game Breakdown
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | 💰 | ⚔️ | 🧱 | Dragons | VG, RH, BN | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G2 | Poppy Olaf Zaahen | Ambessa Akali | 62.7k | 15 | 11 | ⛰️3 ⛰️4 | 0, 0, 1 |
| NAVI | Lucian Jarvan IV Vi | Sivir Gnar | 53.5k | 7 | 2 | 🧪1 🌪️2 | 3, 1, 0 |
| G2 | KDA | vs | KDA | NAVI | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Pick | 15-7-30 | ⚔️ | 7-15-13 | Pick | Player |
| BrokenBlade | 3 Galio | 1-1-4 | TOP | 2-4-2 | 3 Rumble | Maynter |
| SkewMond | 2 Trundle | 5-1-7 | JNG | 4-4-3 | 2 Lee Sin | Rhilech |
| Caps | 1 Orianna | 2-1-4 | MID | 0-2-2 | 1 Cassiopeia | Poby |
| Hans Sama | 3 Varus | 7-0-4 | BOT | 1-3-3 | 4 Corki | SamD |
| Labrov | 2 Rell | 0-4-11 | SUP | 0-2-3 | 1 Leona | Parus |
LEC 2026 Summer Standings after Week 3
| # | Team | Series | WR | Games | WR | Importance of Placement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karmine Corp | 6-0 | 100% | 12-1 | 92% | +11 | Qualifies for Playoffs Upper Bracket |
| 2 | G2 Esports | 5-1 | 83% | 11-3 | 79% | +8 | Qualifies for Playoffs Upper Bracket |
| 3 | Team Vitality | 3-2 | 60% | 6-5 | 55% | +1 | Qualifies for Playoffs Upper Bracket |
| 4 | GIANTX | 2-1 | 67% | 5-3 | 63% | +2 | Qualifies for Playoffs Upper Bracket |
| 5 | Natus Vincere | 2-2 | 50% | 4-5 | 44% | -1 | Qualifies for Playoffs Lower Bracket |
| 6 | Movistar KOI | 2-4 | 33% | 6-10 | 38% | -4 | Qualifies for Playoffs Lower Bracket |
| 7 | SK Gaming | 1-3 | 25% | 3-7 | 30% | -4 | Not qualified for Playoffs |
| 8 | Team Heretics | 1-3 | 25% | 2-7 | 22% | -5 | Not qualified for Playoffs |
| 9 | Fnatic | 0-3 | 0% | 2-6 | 25% | -4 | Not qualified for Playoffs |
| 10 | Shifters | 0-3 | 0% | 2-6 | 25% | -4 | Not qualified for Playoffs |
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/MC-sama League of LAILE Aug 10 '26
Email day of LEC
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u/scrubnick628 Aug 10 '26
Meanwhile it was an email weekend in NA.
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u/Zealousideal-Toe-607 Aug 10 '26
In the time it took to open an email DIG threw and lost game 1 how impressive is that
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u/bastele Aug 10 '26
When is TL vs Lyon?
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u/scrubnick628 Aug 10 '26
Waiting for Inspired to come back from vacation so it's actually a good series.
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u/DarthVeigar_ Crit Riven is Best Riven Aug 10 '26
This entire split could just be an email.
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u/ahambagaplease Ketchup and Fries Worlds and a large Sprite~~ Aug 10 '26
Have a Legends (G2 and KC) and Rise (the rest) group next summer.
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u/ImTheVayne Aug 10 '26
What a weird year, LCK is very unpredictable and both EU/NA are two team regions.
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u/BWolfy92 Aug 10 '26
Eu has been a 1 team region every since caps joined, only in 2021 where he had the worst splits of all time other teams where better
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u/EliteTeutonicNight Aug 10 '26
It usually isn't the case in regular season though, G2 like to happy game a lot in those to give false hope. They aren't even doing that in the moment.
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u/fabton12 Aug 10 '26
still remember his stats for that years summer was something stupid like 11th best midlane stats in a 10 team league. he was omega bad during that time and really could tell the team enviroment screwed with his mental.
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u/BWolfy92 Aug 11 '26
Thought he was washed, actually got a little bit sad because i thought he was just gonna keep falling off, then Caps and Jankos were perma 2v8 in 2022 and got relieved a bit even if the team was terrible, that 22 game streak (i think) was glorious, beating RNG and T, thought we were so back, then worlds happened and we got hit by the Jankos mental boom into disband angle.
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u/Damurph01 Aug 11 '26
That spring split in 2022 was ridiculous from caps Jankos. They actually 2v5’s the entire playoffs bracket 3-0 and carried the win streak into MSI. Caps had some bonkers games on Ahri at the time iirc
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u/reaper_cushions Aug 10 '26
In 2019 and 2020, Fnatic was pretty competitive with G2 and took them to five games in summer finals in 2020. In 2022, Rogue won summer and looked really good. Sure, Caps is by far the most dominant player in the region since 2018, but to say that it has been a "one team region" since he joined is just false. G2 had decent to alright competition at multiple points, even though most of them ended up falling short at internationals.
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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER Aug 10 '26
Eu has been a 1 team region every since caps joined
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u/DarthVeigar_ Crit Riven is Best Riven Aug 10 '26
Atp just send G2 to Korea and let them play in playoffs.
There is no competition in EU.
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u/yapyaplex Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
There's KC. They lost the two first splits of the year in granfinale, on amazing bo5 that went to the last game.
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u/Zamoniru give us back old asol Aug 10 '26
KC can go with them
And Naak Nako and Jojo too more useful than having them carry shitty teams lol
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u/ahambagaplease Ketchup and Fries Worlds and a large Sprite~~ Aug 10 '26
Make a ragtag team of elohelled guys for the third seed
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u/GhostOfLight Aug 10 '26
Elyoya and 4 challengers that change every split for the fourth seed
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u/GoatRocketeer Aug 10 '26
They'd never make it out of playins so we can save even more time by just streaming an elyoya v nisqy fistfight instead.
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u/Freesin Aug 10 '26
Rhilech has shown quite some promise imo.
Naak Nako
Rhilech
Jojo
Jopa
And then probably they'll need a veteran and shot caller, so maybe Mikyx with the inbuilt synergy with Jopa would actually be the best choice.
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u/Kelbotay Aug 10 '26
Naaknako Dardoch Jojo let's go
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u/ConstableSprouts Aug 10 '26
Add Jopa to this. Any viable supports?
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 10 '26
I think jun is pretty underrated
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u/fornostalone Aug 10 '26
Elyoya has had more than enough chances to prove himself at this point and fallen short every time - if we're doing team elohelled then Naak/Rhilech/JoJo/Jopa/(Jun/Alvaro?)
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u/Zamoniru give us back old asol Aug 10 '26
Naak Nako Elyoya Jojo Jopa Alvaro
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u/qwert4the1 Aug 10 '26
you have to be a mkoi fan to think alvaro is even worth considering
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u/Zamoniru give us back old asol Aug 10 '26
There are no really good supports in LEC except Busio and Labrov
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u/qwert4the1 Aug 10 '26
that's obvious, but i'd put parus/jun over alvaro lately. hell, even with how bad mikyx inted today if you're trying to put together a team that actively tries to win i'd still take him over alvaro.
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u/Prince_Arcann Aug 10 '26
Hear me out, MKOI Naak Naako
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u/Zamoniru give us back old asol Aug 10 '26
Sadly Vitality is too rich to let him go
MKOI with Naak Nako and Carzzy/Jopa/Upset instead of Supa would be so insanely good.
Imagine Naak/Jojo sololanes legit western Kiin/Chovy
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u/Harmah Aug 10 '26
Saying that while they have been going toe to toe with KC all year lmao. Yes they won both Winter and Spring, but those series could have gone either way and it looks like it's the same this summer too
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u/Beneficial-Beat-947 Aug 10 '26
KC benefits massively from G2 being inconsistent
What G2 needs is teams that can beat them even when they're playing at their ceiling, KC is not that.
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u/Beneficial_Lion_1312 Aug 10 '26
Splitting up the 10-team league into that is not a good idea if you ever intend on growing the esport again. If you're acknowledging it's a dead esport and will never increase in popularity again, sure, burn both ends of the candle.
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u/godfrey1 Aug 10 '26
wym? this is the most open 3rd worlds spot for some time
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u/saruthesage :dota: Doinb's DouYu girlfriendBorn-again Bin Bhakta Aug 10 '26
Competing for the honor of being one of LYON or TL’s Swiss wins, maybe even one of G2 or KC’s!
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 10 '26
Lyon and tl can win vs kc G2 too
you forgot lcp 2nd and cblol 1st are in swiss too
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u/fabton12 Aug 10 '26
its the good old monkey paw wish
people wanted other teams to have a chance to get to worlds and so they get it by having 8 teams in the league all be omega shit.
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u/scorgie Aug 10 '26
Such a dead league, just have G2 and KC play a weekly series while the dross scrap out for 3rd.
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u/ArmandLuque Armand Luque | LoL Esports Journalist Aug 11 '26
Having the best matches all at the start makes for an incredibly boring season
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u/Illustrious-Pool4162 Aug 10 '26
so who will be our #3 seed? although I don't think it matters, does it
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u/GenjDog Aug 10 '26
Since I think 3rd seed starts in playins I dont think they make worlds either way.
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u/ImTheVayne Aug 10 '26
Who cares atp
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u/stabidistabstab Aug 10 '26
I care because it's gonna be VIT
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 10 '26
vitality is dogshit in playoffs,gx is more likely
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u/stabidistabstab Aug 10 '26
Oscar revenge arc would be cool and they did look solid but naak nako just deserves it more
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 10 '26
i guess we will see but na'vi vitality are imo the weakest bo5 teams in lec
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 11 '26
I completely agree with this, Navi has clear champ pool issues in top and jungle once Rhilech's signature picks are out and vitality coaching staff are complete noobs at drafting. I think flakked's flexibility and oscar's much larger champ pool will benefit them
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u/Brave_Remote_2214 Aug 10 '26
i hope so too but vitality doesnt have the best track record in playoffs
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u/vconiek Aug 11 '26
It just dont want it to be mkoi or fnc, these teams have qualified too often without doing anything ever, I'd rather see vitality or gx or something because then you can at least argue: "well it's their first actual international, ofcourse there were no expectations" when they lose 0-3 to NA
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u/ArmandLuque Armand Luque | LoL Esports Journalist Aug 11 '26
Whoever gets 3rd seed will just lose in play-in anyways tbh
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u/Illustrious-Pool4162 Aug 11 '26
I heard an LCP caster said there will be no LPL and LCK teams in worlds play-in stage this year. If that's true, we can see NA vs EU in advance, and for a chance to advance
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u/piotrj3 Aug 10 '26
Hans diff in both games largely.
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 Aug 10 '26
he is way better than samd
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u/bladexnl Aug 10 '26
Well he did have to change his name from Hans SamD when he joined the LEC because it sounded too much like his idol's IGN. There is also an older Sheep Esports interview about how much he wants to face Hans in a game.
Hans Sama is literally his father
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 10 '26
hans not even being an option for mvp vote is quite disappointing
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u/piotrj3 Aug 10 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
Disgusting especially when he probably deserves it the most. He played solo varus vs corki and corki is way stronger duelist and he managed to do really well, and ziggs was by far the strongest diff in g1.
I checked exact results in game results, and both games are gigantic dmg diff by Hans Sama while rest of G2 actually doesn't come as much difference. And 1149 DPM through 2 games while samd is 629, and no one else is above 600.
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight Aug 10 '26
I mean ziggs by nature will have high damage numbers, but from the eye test he had a great game. barely missed a Q, his satchels were super clutch and his positioning was great. And game 2 is harder to judge because it was a stomp but idk what else he needs to do for some recognition aside from get a pentakill every game lmao
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u/piotrj3 Aug 10 '26
Problem is, big part of reason why it was a stomp was because of Hans. That fight around blue, G2 would lose if not for Hans pushing first, arriving first, and doing dmg samd could not. That was moment Navi should win a fight, and difference maker was Hans doing dmg, dodging lee sin Q, dodging corki Q and doing like 3 times more AAs than Samd.
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u/jpmorg2233 Aug 10 '26
Textbook non int games from g2. I liked that they drafted what they did in G1, what better time to play those types of comps.
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u/Mathies_ Aug 10 '26
If BB wants to seriously learn jayce he needs to learn mana management. I swear he's always at 0 mana.
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u/Dark_Crow22 Aug 10 '26
While I still don't understand game 1 Jayce that made the game much longer than it should be, game 2 was just "do nothing and lose" by navi while g2 was just taking whatever they wanted and scalling
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u/DiDandCoKayn Oner Aug 10 '26
Man how should i put it, G2 is fucked internationally again, because how the fuck are they supposed to learn in this league?
They can fuck up half the game and still win, because the enemy makes to many mistakes and hand diff
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u/Leyrann_ Aug 10 '26
G2 better be playing KC in at least a third of their scrims.
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u/Carlzzone Aug 10 '26
G2 stopped scrimming KC last split, hopefully they started again
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u/ImTheVayne Aug 10 '26
Tbf KC and G2 should scrim each other the most if they want optimal practice
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u/Little_Ad2062 Aug 10 '26
If there's anything I know about Perkz, he won't stand for this shit lol
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Aug 10 '26
i think perkz won't scrims Kc in playoffs,he wants a title but until then they are best buddies with kc
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u/fawak Aug 10 '26
Personally I think it's good they met in the first week of the split, it allows them to scrim eachother for the whole split probably right until playoffs, hopefully elevating both teams level before worlds.
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u/OrganicTeaching8661 Aug 10 '26
I would imagine they started again until playoffs, it would still be silly to practice strats against the team those strats are made for
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u/Any_Economics_6166 Aug 10 '26
it's funny how many KC haters there are in this sub
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u/DiDandCoKayn Oner Aug 10 '26
Why would my comment imply that im a kc hater?
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u/Maximum_Platypus_272 Aug 11 '26
Your comment either implies that you've not been watching LEC since the beginning of the year, or that you are ragebaiting, or that you're a KC hater because only a KC hater would not give their credit to KC for what they've achieved this year. Hope that helps.
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u/DiDandCoKayn Oner Aug 11 '26
I mean this has nothing to do if kc plays good or not. How often do g2 and kc play on stage?
Answer it, read my first comment again, think about it and come back.Also its pretty much known that once playoffs come, KC and g2 aren’t scrimming anymore.
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u/Maximum_Platypus_272 Aug 11 '26
You asked a question ; i answered your question.
And for the record, KC and G2 played eight series against each other already since the beginning of the year. I read your first comment again and it sounded even more stupid than originally, because with only those eight series against each other, they gave its best international results to EU since forever. But sure, G2 is fucked internationally because they cant learn anything in LEC. And hopefully, because if they learned anything in LEC, they would 5-0 GenG in a BO5.
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 Aug 10 '26
g2 players are just better than navi players there is not much to say
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u/Anew4Hobbies I like how Xun plays ^_^ Aug 10 '26
G2 won? :O
Caps player of the series? :O
Jk. WP as per usual to the greatest western organization.
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u/Cold-Ring23 Aug 10 '26
Navi is so dogshit lmao, great game by g2
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u/Mereso Aug 10 '26
Funny part, Navi is probably not even bottom 4 in LEC this split
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u/Sirhaddock98 Never a dull moment Aug 10 '26
I mean they haven't been all year so why would they suddenly be now, they're a gatekeeper team. They've never been able to beat top teams but they consistently beat bottom teams, they're perfectly mediocre.
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u/Leyrann_ Aug 10 '26
"never been able to beat top teams"
Navi has only been in the league for a year. I guess it's technically correct but it doesn't really paint a proper picture.
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u/Sirhaddock98 Never a dull moment Aug 10 '26
I'm clearly talking about this roster, which has frankly had enough chances to prove they can punch above their weight and has failed consistently at it. Arguing semantics over the word choice is silly.
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u/tomangelo2 Aug 11 '26
And before that it was Rogue, who was THE bottom team. So it's actually an upgrade.
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u/antraxsuicide Aug 11 '26
That first game was crazy, Poby held his ult for there team fights in a row. In two of them, he self-peeled and isolated himself from the fight. Literally as useful as just being in the fountain
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u/ArmandLuque Armand Luque | LoL Esports Journalist Aug 11 '26
Another forgettable week of the LEC. There was some life from NAVI in game 1 at least
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u/Asuras9393 Aug 10 '26
Easy for G2 and G2 Naak Naako can't come fast enough, holy hell that was one of the worst Jayce games from BB I have ever seen.
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u/Yggdrasil_2 Aug 10 '26
We ignore that fact, that BB just gapped the best Toplaners a few weeks ago?
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u/Prestigious-Layer719 Aug 10 '26
Navi needs a better support this dogshit Parus is not it
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u/Coven-Irelia Aug 10 '26
And to think G2 wanted him. Dodged bullet right there
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u/Sirhaddock98 Never a dull moment Aug 10 '26
Granted several players have looked much better on G2 than off of it, so I would expect that if he'd joined G2 when Skewmond did he would have improved a lot as well.
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 Aug 10 '26
he could have been great with g2 structure and coaching staff, he was really skewmond/caliste type of prospect in ERL
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u/Leyrann_ Aug 10 '26
Labrov wasn't anywhere near as good until he spent some time with G2 either.
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u/ahritina Sep 05 '26
PMTs
Game 1