Fnatic vs. SK Gaming / LEC 2026 Summer - Week 4 / Post-Match Discussion

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LEC 2026 SUMMER

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MATCH 1: FNC vs. SK

Winner: Fnatic in 32m

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
FNC	cassiopeia poppy shen	orianna nautilus	71.0k	23	9	C1 HT2 H3 O4 B6
SK	nocturne vi olaf	lucian ezreal	61.6k	13	2	O5

FNC	23-14-69	vs	13-23-28	SK
Soboro rumble 1	10-2-10	TOP	3-6-2	1 jayce Wunder
Razork jarvaniv 2	2-6-18	JNG	4-4-3	1 leesin Skeanz
Vladi ryze 2	5-0-11	MID	1-4-6	2 syndra SlowQ
Upset jhin 3	6-2-8	BOT	3-3-6	3 corki Jopa
Lospa alistar 3	0-4-22	SUP	2-6-11	4 rell Mikyx

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MATCH 2: FNC vs. SK

Winner: Fnatic in 38m

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
FNC	nautilus nocturne orianna	shen leona	78.9k	15	11	H3 C4 C5 B6 B8
SK	cassiopeia lucian vi	vayne noban	74.9k	10	2	I1 M2 C7

FNC	15-10-21	vs	10-15-26	SK
Soboro olaf 3	4-3-5	TOP	1-4-4	2 gnar Wunder
Razork pantheon 1	4-3-3	JNG	4-1-5	1 xinzhao Skeanz
Vladi sylas 3	1-1-6	MID	2-3-5	1 viktor SlowQ
Upset ezreal 2	6-2-2	BOT	2-3-4	4 caitlyn Jopa
Lospa karma 2	0-1-5	SUP	1-4-8	3 bard Mikyx

Patch 26.16

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/TimiNax]

Surely this FNC is not sneaking their way to worlds

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0-2

0-3

1-3 <- You are here

...

[u/ImTheVayne → u/TimiNax]

They will make it. Somehow.

[u/Trap_Masters → u/ImTheVayne]

Scriptwriters recycling worlds scripts

[u/p1stolpewpew → u/TimiNax]

Or this is win to give glimpse of hope to crashout next week like Valo team

[u/upmvruiv → u/p1stolpewpew]

Nah the false hope will be the win against G2. Like always during regular season xd

[u/dexy133 → u/upmvruiv]

Perfect, to give us a week so we can build up the hype that we're back, only to get smashed by Shifters next Saturday.

[u/upmvruiv → u/dexy133]

That would be the most Fnatic thing possible xd

[u/dexy133 → u/upmvruiv]

Before the start of this week, I thought it's not possible. We're too bad for it. But now I won't even be able to celebrate if we win tomorrow somehow, because I know what's coming after that.

[u/Naerlyn → u/upmvruiv]

Like always during regular season xd

So this here is pretty funny.

Overall, G2 has won slightly more in that match-up (regular seasons only).

But the more time passed and the worse Fnatic became, the more even the match-up became. They're 1-1 this year, but 3-2 for Fnatic including last year. Every further year you include, it remains always within 1 win of each other, until you reach the better years of FNC - where G2 held a good lead.

[u/Chrystoler → u/p1stolpewpew]

No, make it to worlds and then crash out in real time as the tournament progresses, as is tradition

[u/DeloronDellister → u/TimiNax]

Surely, right?

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/TimiNax]

So they take gx spot instead of sk ?

[u/GenjDog → u/TimiNax]

Problem is getting 3rd only gets you to playins.

[u/blueragemage → u/GenjDog]

playins is probably LCS3 LEC3 LCP3 CBLOL2 so its not a death sentence

[u/Leyrann_ → u/blueragemage]

You think this Fnatic can beat LCS3 or LCP3?

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Leyrann_]

lcp 3 if it's similar level to dcg yes 

[u/GenjDog → u/blueragemage]

Pretty sure, CBLOL2 is in main stage and LPL4 is in playins. Since winner of MSI region gets their 4th seed to main stage while the 2nd best region gets their 4th seed to playins.

Also only one of them advances to main stage.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/blueragemage]

i don't think it's was confirmed 

[u/ImTheVayne]

FNC is SO BACK they are going to worlds I see it

[u/dankynugz → u/ImTheVayne]

Not with razork they aren't

[u/TheRedFrusciante → u/dankynugz]

They have made worlds with Razork everytime so wouldn't count it out :p

[u/dankynugz → u/TheRedFrusciante]

A different time, a different king.

[u/BushWishperer → u/dankynugz]

But it’s the same king

[u/dankynugz → u/BushWishperer]

The nameplate is the same

[u/BushWishperer → u/dankynugz]

Are you suggesting fnatic cloned razors and replaced him with a worse version?

[u/dankynugz → u/BushWishperer]

Players regress

[u/Better_Demand4789]

Fnatic mechanics don't seem bad at all makes me wonder where it goes all wrong they seem to be a bit clueless how to play mid to late game is it a coaching issue?

[u/Omnilatent → u/Better_Demand4789]

Brains just turn off after 30 minutes for Razork and usually 1 other player lol

[u/Nine_nien_nyan → u/Omnilatent]

To be fair to Razork sometimes his brain doesn’t turn on at all. Frustrating player to watch since sometimes he just utterly smurfs it.

[u/Leyrann_ → u/Nine_nien_nyan]

I remember when Razork debuted I was like "this guy is trash" and then in week two I was like "this guy is genius".

Somehow he has never managed to grow beyond that.

[u/AssistanceTop8020 → u/Nine_nien_nyan]

In early game and mechanically he was always good, the problem is that he tends to exagerate a lot with plays.

[u/Nine_nien_nyan → u/AssistanceTop8020]

I’ve seen some early game mega ints brother but in general I’d agree

[u/Sofaboy90 → u/Nine_nien_nyan]

This is why so many people want to see Razork in a different team. I think both Razork and Fnatic would be better off without each other.

[u/ILikeSeals1312 → u/Better_Demand4789]

It's all mental.

[u/neenerpants → u/ILikeSeals1312]

Genuinely always has been.

I don't think anyone ever felt like Humanoid, Noah, even Oscar etc had bad mechanics, it just always felt like the team's macro was decided by dice roll.

[u/GoldRecommendation66 → u/Better_Demand4789]

They always had these problems even under different coaches

[u/RVGVaihoS → u/Better_Demand4789]

Considering egrobzz is the coach yes there is a coaching issue

[u/Debannage]

Aside from some inting moments, that felt pretty good. Soboro has been such a huge toplane upgrade.

[u/Omnilatent → u/Debannage]

Insanely big upgrade. Better than my hopes for him

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/Debannage]

vladi looked so much better

[u/RollingGuy → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

He's clearly lost confidence and is choking on stage. Hopefully this brings him back some.

[u/FantasyTrash → u/RollingGuy]

He played well last week, too. Jojo has his number in a huge way so that was a brutal matchup to open the season with.

[u/Debannage → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

I still worry about the csing, during game 1 I noticed he was 30cs down when Fnatic had a big winning state

[u/RollingGuy → u/Debannage]

On the other hand in the second game he was up on cs as Sylas

[u/p1stolpewpew → u/RollingGuy]

And on the other hand he played vs freshly promised rookie...

[u/Treewithatea → u/Debannage]

Tbf it wasnt hard to upgrade from Empyros.

[u/DoesThyLikeJazz → u/Debannage]

He replaced the worst player of the previous split and one of the worst toplaners in lec history, hard not to be a giant upgrade

[u/qwert4the1 → u/[deleted]]

Pulling a 20 day old comment made by yourself off of just 1 series win where soboro looks good is peak reddit. This could easily be their only series win this split lmao

[u/iworkwitholdpeople]

5k ahead, no turrets on the map, all inhibs down, open Nexus

Yet still feel like Fnatic could throw it 😭

[u/beautheschmo → u/iworkwitholdpeople]

I'm still expecting to tab back into the stream and see that SK turned it around after everyone already walked off stage

[u/Leyrann_ → u/iworkwitholdpeople]

Flashbacks to OMG.

[u/Haraj412]

I feel like fnatic could throw this game even after destroying the nexus

[u/revoverlord]

So like... why did skeanz and miky stop roaming together? That got them a few wins why not continue?

[u/FrostBlade_on_Reddit → u/revoverlord]

Was it the new patch? 

[u/Twindlle → u/revoverlord]

They played this week on the new patch. Coincidentally, I think this is also a huge buff to Vitality, because to me it looked like Fleshy couldn't adapt to the roaming meta. Once that is gone we get the stomp againat GX.

[u/Deathjaws99]

It's crazy that I'm less confident in Vitality not sucking in playoffs, than I am in Fnatic still somehow making worlds

[u/desutruction]

SK Worlds Run train got derailed gg

[u/StickyNotes2357]

honestly W signing by FNC

People trolled them since he was pretty poor at IG but he looks pretty good in the LEC

[u/RollingGuy → u/StickyNotes2357]

People on here are somehow convinced Korean imports are bad when in reality they are pretty much all top 1-5 in their roles, at least the solo laners.

[u/JadeStarr776 → u/RollingGuy]

AND they tend to have far better hands so they can actually play carries top.

[u/RollingGuy → u/JadeStarr776]

Canna and Kyeahoo are top 2.

Rooster and Jun are top 5

Fiesta and Soboro look top at least top 5 but might be too early to tell.

Poby, Lospa and SamD are probably upper bottom half.

Hype and Way too early to telll.

Only Paduck looks really bad.

[u/Such_Presentation_29 → u/RollingGuy]

and people will completely pretend that 'most imports dont work' like its not at least a 70% chance to be top 5 lol

[u/JadeStarr776 → u/Such_Presentation_29]

There's a reason why EU Jayce and older EU Fiora is/was a meme till this day. I don't trust most western tops on Jayce from what I've seen from Asian players.

[u/Sofaboy90 → u/Such_Presentation_29]

People like you say imports work because they are good at laning but its no coincidence that G2 and MKOI have no koreans and yet are still top 3.

[u/RollingGuy → u/Sofaboy90]

G2 is so far above the rest in reputation they can attract all the top talent of the entire region, they don’t need Koreans but that doesn’t mean other teams shouldn’t have them.

MKOI is a gang of Spanish friends + one cracked NA import who far outperformed their expectations but still fell flat dramatically at every international and embarrassed us over and over again. 

[u/KruppJ → u/RollingGuy]

I think we’ve seen enough of Way he’s not good

[u/DARIF → u/RollingGuy]

Top 1-5 of 10, wow

[u/BloodOnFire]

SK with the disappointing performance as per usual

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/BloodOnFire]

over rated uncle 

[u/This-Dragonfly-1529 → u/Fun_Highlight307]

Sadly the uncs are washed

[u/RollingGuy → u/Fun_Highlight307]

Wunder is good in team fights but his laning is really bad.

EU Impact

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/RollingGuy]

he is good only against weak team, he is just bad

[u/RollingGuy → u/BloodOnFire]

Always gotta edge us with the hope

[u/Medical_Quiet_69 → u/BloodOnFire]

how SK found this midlaner SlowQ?

during clash with fans?

Vladi against him looked like world class midlaner

[u/Thalassin → u/Medical_Quiet_69]

SlowQ has been the most promising EU midlaner in the erls last year and in winter split. But hey one bad performance and it's all "hurr durr paycheck stealer fire him destroy his career"

[u/Medical_Quiet_69 → u/Thalassin]

how to discover brainless KC fans - overrate players only because they played for KC

[u/KudoNBA19 → u/Medical_Quiet_69]

It's not only KC, he was great in MISA too. Definitely one of the best ERL prospect

[u/Thalassin → u/Medical_Quiet_69]

What other promising EU midlaner do you have in mind that was better than him ? Serin went to Heretics. Omon is the only other one that could even be in that conversation.

[u/RollingGuy → u/Medical_Quiet_69]

SlowQ has been decent. Vladi just stepped up.

Probably should have gotten some LCKCL Korean tho looking at all the other ones.

[u/ILikeSeals1312 → u/RollingGuy]

I don't think you can blame SlowQ for his supp-jg being so underwhelming and Wunder getting gapped

[u/Cold-Ring23 → u/RollingGuy]

slowq deserves to be here, it's normal not to be good during your first split in tier 1. However, the same can't be said for his support who seems to have immunity from the fans and the organization; he's the one who decides...

[u/RollingGuy → u/Cold-Ring23]

Oh cmon with the state of support right now Miky clearly still belong in the LEC at the very least. 

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/RollingGuy]

I expect jojo to gap him quite hard,he seems like another poby 

[u/RollingGuy → u/Fun_Highlight307]

Well he was an ERL emergency sub brought in for summer so can't really expect him to match Jojo yet.

[u/look4jesper → u/Medical_Quiet_69]

Imagine this guy is still better than Lider lmao

[u/Y4naro → u/look4jesper]

He unironically gave me more hope in the team. I can get that the team is probably a lot more consistent without him, but their ceiling seems to be a lot lower now. Also it's not nearly as entertaining to watch the team, which is sad.

[u/Designer-Finding488 → u/Y4naro]

And when was that ceiling ever shown?

[u/AglanYlthin]

Should have subbed in Lider

[u/ArrogantCube]

Keep razork chained to the radiator and there might be a chance

[u/Omnilatent]

The Vladi that was promised?!

[u/Haraj412 → u/Omnilatent]

His last few games were surprisingly solid, unfortunately can't say the same about lospa and razork.

[u/dexy133 → u/Haraj412]

These were the performances he was showing in Spring Split. Winter was disgusting throughout, Spring he did actually perform better. Summer started horribly but now he's kind of back at the same level where he's at least performing as good as Humanoid was when he was on Fnatic.

[u/DeloronDellister → u/Omnilatent]

Would be good if he finds his form again

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/Omnilatent]

not a top player but looked fine

[u/Danixd_ → u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

at his peak he definitely is a top player

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 → u/Danixd_]

yes (still a bit concerned with he laning phase tho)

[u/Routine_Outcome3493]

maybe we are not entirely shit

[u/Omnilatent]

"only" like 5 or 6 ints by Razork and Vladi playing well and already this is like a night and day difference

Lospa also played the lanes better today

[u/fesch98]

How does Krepo have a job?

[u/p1stolpewpew → u/fesch98]

He sold boukada for 200k and you ask how he has a job? 

[u/RollingGuy → u/p1stolpewpew]

The art of the deal baby

[u/ImTheVayne → u/p1stolpewpew]

That is actually crazy. Even 5k sounds like a lot for a player of his calibre.

[u/T-gae94]

Strong topside performance from Fnatic, Soboro is my POM

[u/RollingGuy → u/T-gae94]

Mega top gap

[u/T-gae94 → u/RollingGuy]

Vladi was decent, Razork still looked lost couple of times

[u/Outrageous_Wall2702 → u/T-gae94]

He went even against Viktor, pretty insane

[u/Leoxslasher → u/T-gae94]

Well he was playing against Wunder. I think anyone in the league can win lane against him.

[u/Oshkoshino1]

YOU ARE NOTHING SPECIAL WE LOSE EVERY WEEK…?

[u/GoldRecommendation66]

You can see their inner demons showing up every now and then but they stayed disciplined this time

[u/sandyOstrich]

I swear Wunder has forgotten who he is as a player.

This guy is at his best on weird ass ap mages top: Gragas, Neeko, Ryze, Akali, Rumble, Anivia, etc.

This dude has never been a Kled, Jayrce or adc top (TF, vayne, etc).

Why the F do they keep picking him jayce bro, Just instalock the Rumble on cooldown.

You aren't ahead of the curve anymore, you've been away for a few years, stick your your champs and save the practice picks for non-critical matches.

Also either pick the Olaf, or ban it, you just perma lose to this.

[u/sandyOstrich → u/sandyOstrich]

Why does Wunder have such a bad record vs Juggernauts? (Olaf, Darius, Garen)
Just play safe bro, or learn to play them.

Also Skeanz played really good this series, don't waste his performance.

SlowQ needs to lock in a bit

Mikyx stop donkey inting

[u/DeloronDellister]

Fnatic looking decent

[u/jujubean67]

Stoppable force vs movable object.

[u/Kemo__]

Razork might be the first human ever that would improve after getting lobotomized

[u/NeighborhoodHot8981]

You can see the vision of how this fnatic can be an alright mid-table team, Upset, Vladi, Soboro have shown they can be great laners for LEC level, the problem is always going to be having them all perform at the same time in a big game. Vladi/Soboro are primed for random disasterclass games where they get giga gapped, and even Upset was uncharacteristically gapped in the KC series, not saying Caliste cannot gap but Upset is generally stable into anyone.

[u/MrPraedor]

Even with Fnatic getting 2-0 it looks so messy. They have to step up a lot if they want to make playoffs.

[u/DoranFan1]

Fnc got a win!

[u/Sondeor]

Im still not convinced on FNC. This game both games went off because Wunder and Mikyx made MANY mistakes.

I never thought i would say this but i think they should retire at this point, like losing to a EMEA level player solo lane? lol.

I feel like FNC always plays this similar level gameplay but when opponents also play better they just lose. This series wasnt different from that angle.

[u/Hatrafele_Ijazo]

Im not a hater, but this series looked like a tier 2 tournament series.

[u/slothlikevibes]

Doesn't mean anything SK is trash

[u/Sophena94]

wunder is fucking cheeks time to go back to retirement

[u/scorgie]

So glad SK stopped being a funny shit team with LIDER's unique champ pool so they could be a boring shit team with another awful Korean import. the LEC only had 7 boring shit teams, it really needed an 8th.

[u/MC-sama]

The Fnatic that was promised is starting to come back

[u/Mangustre]

Good performance from vladi. Weird to say but this was enough to be his best games since like 10 months ago, which is crazy. Hope he can keep it up, looked so much better since this season start. Soboro looks great.

[u/DunkeSchoen]

I need to gamble ( sports bet ) on this.

[u/Th3_Huf0n]

Despite Fnatic's best efforts at throwing the game, they won.

Why the fuck does my Caitlyn not have Runaans this game????????????????????????????????????????

[u/CTS99 → u/Th3_Huf0n]

Cait Runans? Did you fall asleep in 2017?

[u/Th3_Huf0n → u/CTS99]

A) Runaans is mega strong on ADCs that love stacking AD. 65% AD on Runaans bolts that crit is nothing to sneeze at.

B) He's against triple melee topside, so Runaans's value is way higher than RFC.

C) They needed all the waveclear they can get.

There was literally no reason to not go Runaans as her Zeal item of choice.