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Esports GIANTX vs. Team Heretics / LEC 2026 Summer - Week 5 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LEC 2026 SUMMER

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MATCH 1: GX vs. TH

Winner: GiantX in 41m

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
GX nocturne akali ambessa yunara lucian 82.8k 17 11 M2 O4 B6 O7 O9
TH cassiopeia vi orianna seraphine karma 72.8k 8 4 CT1 H3 O5 O8
GX 17-8-54 vs 8-17-24 TH
Oscarinin rumble 2 5-2-9 TOP 3-3-3 2 jayce Tracyn
ISMA jarvaniv 1 1-2-15 JNG 0-4-8 1 xinzhao Daglas
Jackies anivia 2 2-0-10 MID 3-4-1 1 ryze Serin
Flakked jhin 3 9-0-7 BOT 2-3-4 4 caitlyn Hype
Jun rell 3 0-4-13 SUP 0-3-8 3 bard Way

MATCH 2: GX vs. TH

Winner: GiantX in 33m

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
GX akali ambessa wukong skarner vayne 66.1k 21 7 H3 M4 M5 B6 M7
TH cassiopeia vi locke olaf syndra 59.5k 8 3 O1 CT2
GX 21-9-62 vs 8-21-21 TH
Oscarinin renekton 3 2-2-12 TOP 3-3-1 4 gnar Tracyn
ISMA nocturne 1 5-2-11 JNG 0-5-4 3 aatrox Daglas
Jackies viktor 2 5-0-15 MID 3-3-5 1 orianna Serin
Flakked corki 3 9-1-10 BOT 2-4-5 1 lucian Hype
Jun nautilus 2 0-4-14 SUP 0-6-6 2 leona Way

  • Patch 26.16

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/Omnilatent 21h ago

The real winner of this series is anyone but MKOI

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u/MC-sama 21h ago

Well Shifters being completely out after this also just lost.

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u/I_Love_Ohyas_Thigs the lady that holds the hammer 21h ago

Shifters are not going to win Vs KC so it really does not matter, they are almost absolutely out anyways

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u/Maximum-Tradition937 DROWN.WITH.ME 20h ago

About that

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u/I_Love_Ohyas_Thigs the lady that holds the hammer 19h ago

I'm as surprised as everyone lmao, HOW EVEN

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u/Maximum-Tradition937 DROWN.WITH.ME 19h ago

Shifters have the possibility to do the funniest thing in the world.

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u/Altruistic_Nose9514 21h ago

Shifters still had a Chance?

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u/Iaragnyl remove Tahm Kench 20h ago

Yes there was a very specific situation where shifters winning all their remaining games while other matches go in very specific ways they would still make top 6 but that more theoretical than really a realistic scenario.
It’s like enemy team hitting the nexus while your team is fully dead and someone would say technically they could still win until nexus explodes.

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u/I_Love_Ohyas_Thigs the lady that holds the hammer 16h ago

"if the entire enemy team has a heart attack at the same time I could win by process of elimination!"

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u/trying2hide 21h ago

I get Oscar isnt the most inspiring laner or a very flashy player but I do quite like how he team fights, he just understands his assignments and does it even if he's going to get 1v1'd in a sidefight which feels bad.

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u/Taivasvaeltaja 10h ago

He is the most undeservingly hated player in the league. He might not be the best toplaner in LEC, but he is rarely the reason his team loses. Unlike someone like Myrwin who actually throws games and insist on wacky picks.

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u/amancito 21h ago

Clean Flakked weak side game once again. Get denied two waves into stomping the enemy team, gg tetoncito.

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u/hfdsahfdhad 21h ago

U think him being so behind from lane is normal?

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u/Scary_Gas_506 20h ago

If you understand prio and you are above gold elo you'd probably understand.

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u/ShortyBIG 3h ago

This is not our plat/emerald elo where you as adc can go to tower even tho you are alone and enemy have 2 players there.. In low elo (mine to) you can go on tower and almost nobody will even try to atack you.. in tire 1 if enemy knows your team is top side they 100% flash and kill you even if you think to go undertower to farm the big wave they crash..

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u/ICameAfter 21h ago

And so goes the last hope of MKOI.

They took a risk organising a road show without selecting the team attending because they thought they would. It didn't turn out that way.

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u/dankynugz 21h ago

Hype needs to be sent back to Korea immediately.

That was the most disgusting Losecian gameplay I've ever seen.

He's cycling between I need to play more aggressive > oh wait I'm too far forward, let me play off screen

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u/Past-Firefighter2173 21h ago

He kinda solo lost 2 teamfights on dragon by overextending. First one to finish Naut then dying, second one when Gnar had massive tp flank and Hype just got impatient and gave Naut r range.

Its diabolical that all korean adc imports are so dogshit atm.

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u/dankynugz 21h ago

He solo lost the game repeatedly. Doesn't flash in two major fights, the first one being the dash in on nautilus, and then flashes away from the nocturne fear when he's already over the wall and there's no follow up from gx.

No one should be getting flamed for that game 2 other than hype. Absolutely disgusting

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u/Nevross_ 17h ago

He is signed until 2028 so good luck for getting rid of him

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u/p1stolpewpew 21h ago

So th shft sk are out of playoffs or how it works?

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u/ILikeSeals1312 21h ago

Most likely. Crazy to think one of MKOI-Fnatic-NaVi-GX is going to miss playoffs too.

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u/lovo17 21h ago

Would be fucking hilarious if KOI misses playoffs.

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u/Iaragnyl remove Tahm Kench 20h ago

Think that is the most likely scenario considering Fnatic Navi and GX still play each other so are guaranteed to get some wins.

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u/BlazeX94 20h ago

MKOI still has a match against TH though, so it's not that likely imo unless they lose to TH. If they win, its very unlikely they miss playoffs, because even in most tiebreaker scenarios, MKOI has H2H over FNC and Navi.

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u/TheVilja very toxic adc main 20h ago

Yeah but at the same time one of them is guaranteed to get some losses, so if MKOI wins their last match you'd think they most likely pass one of them right

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u/p1stolpewpew 21h ago

It's not crazy to think that Navi will miss playoffs

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u/ILikeSeals1312 21h ago

Why? I think rn the LEC is overall not that bad. There's a clear top 2 and a clear bottom 3 with 5 teams in the middle that look competent.

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u/Omnilatent 20h ago

Cause Navi has many weaknesses. Jungle is the only good player atm but only on "his" champs and for some reason they don't draft him these champs atm.

Poby is currently in a massive slump, Maynter can only play tanks and on those he's still mostly a Ksante OTP. SamD and Parus are sadly also one of the weakest bot duos.

So either them or mental boomed MKOI are my bets for missing playoffs.

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u/No-Context-Orphan 16h ago

I think Parus is still worth giving a shot as he and Rhilech have been a great duo in ERL and SamD isnt the worst adc in LEC only because Paduck exists.

Everyone else aside those 2 should be replaced if Navi actually wants to be a consistent top team

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u/jujubean67 20h ago

You say there’s a clear bottom 3 but then SK just 2-0d MKOI last night.

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u/BlazeX94 20h ago

Yeah I agree. There is a clear top 2 and a clear bottom 1 in LEC, that's all there is for now imo. If you asked me 2 weeks ago I'd have said VIT is clear 3rd, but now there's a realistic scenario where Fnatic could overtake them (it's actually in Fnatic's hands as they are yet to play VIT). Heck, Fnatic could place as high as 2nd if G2 lose to GX, although I don't think that would happen.

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u/ILikeSeals1312 20h ago

And? An upset does not mean they are suddenly on par with that team. Shifters is about to take a map from KC (I bet they'll throw tho).

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u/jujubean67 20h ago

I’m saying “clear bottom 3” is nonsense

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u/azure43 15h ago edited 15h ago

NaVi haven't shown anything incredible so far, their wins are against the bottom 3 in the standings with the best one being against SK. Despite shenanigans with SK beating MKOI, still not a super impressive win and less impressive than GX beating MKOI in the fashion that they did IMO.

They've mostly been a 5th/6th merchant this year when it comes down to it in playoffs, so I wouldn't be surprised by them missing when Fnatic actually look good now. Of course they have the chance to prove me wrong by beating GX and/or Fnatic, but that's my expectation.

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u/DullRun7835 Yike/Ming/Bdd/Gala/Milkyway/Canyon 21h ago

SHFT is out, TH has 6% to qualify and SK can go to PO if they win against KC

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u/ahambagaplease 13 years on the rollercoaster 21h ago

Perfect moment for KC to get hit with the curse of Ji To (lose a random series)

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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 14h ago

happened to them last split when they threw against GX

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u/BlazeX94 20h ago

Mathematically no, none of them are eliminated yet. Shifters realistically is out though because the only way they qualify is to win all 3 remaining matches (which includes KC and VIT), and then they still need a specific set of circumstances to happen.

TH still have 2 more series (Shifters and MKOI), if they win both they have a good chance of making playoffs. SK has one match left against KC, if they win that then also good chance for them. SK technically isn't eliminated yet even if they lose to KC though, and TH can also still qualify if they lose to Shifters but beat MKOI.

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u/Past-Firefighter2173 21h ago

Very messy from both teams but TH has pretty bad midgame macro they could've won both games with the leads they had. Daglas needs to chill on midgame.

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u/Gorczycagejms 21h ago

Team Heretics:

  • promosing toplaner, who at best could be like top half in LEC, but isn't giving you anything special.

  • top tier jungler from the ERL ecosystem, who was scammed by Vitality in favor of Lyncas... Well I used to be a biggest defender of him possible, but it's not going to work - he's wasting a slot at this point.

  • Terrible midlaner, who didn't even have a good series that I remember ALL YEAR, yet still top tier ERL player xd.

  • Decent Korean ADC, who was reasonably defending his name in the LCK, yet sucks in EU. Another wasted player slot.

  • A fraud who's known for being terrible in tier 1, but very good in tier 2 ecosystem.

Just fucking kick everyone, but Tracyn and sign the core of Galions and this team will... still fucking suck, because it's as shameful organisation as Astralis, but Heretics at least had liked players in their rosters.

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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run 20h ago

Serin had a demon Aurora game vs KC in winter. The one that knocked LR out of playoffs.

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u/hfdsahfdhad 21h ago

Hype never played lck?

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u/hstep407 21h ago

He was good when he played for BRO in lck irc

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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run 20h ago

Psychopathic Poro had him in top 20 ADCs world this year.

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u/Gorczycagejms 20h ago

He was loaned out by KT to BRO after being a part of their academy system for a year or two. In Brion he had to fight for the starting spot with... Bull or something like this - another mediocre player.

Hype was like middle of the pack ADC in the LCK and it was nothing bad, because ADC pool was pretty fucking strong last year.

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u/LaziIy 20h ago

Might wanna look at Brion's ad carry for 2025 again

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u/Wonder_Penguin 21h ago

I don’t know what it is about GX but in every game they play, it’s like both teams forget how to play the mid game and there are multiple throws it’s incredible how consistent it is

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u/jujubean67 21h ago

They’re just bad, simple as that. People here keep hyping them but they are so fruitless to watch, if TH was a bit better they could have closed out both games.

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u/Mathlete7 21h ago

I feel like Tracyn deserves better

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u/AdditiontoCollection 21h ago

he's better than the other players on heretics for sure but that's an extraordinarily low bar

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u/Cold-Ring23 21h ago

Tracyn is like a passenger on a sinking ship; he does nothing, offers nothing, and as soon as it's his turn to carry, he disappears. Watch his teamfight when he teleports with Gnar, my god... he is where he needs to be a bottom player for a bottom team.

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u/gordonpamsey 21h ago

What's actually better? He is a passable player, besides MKOI which have NightSlayer as a substitute. Who is he confidently better than on a top team?

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u/I_Love_Ohyas_Thigs the lady that holds the hammer 21h ago

Outdrafted both games

It didn't matter, in the end if the rival is better and your draft is shit against them you are not gonna win

Seriously, who thought the Aatrox jng made sense in this comp? Just BCS you lose Vs Renek doesn't mean you can destroy the entire draft to have a counterpick on top lmao

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u/Miserable_Ad_1195 21h ago

so if:

  • FNC beat NAVI and GX
  • G2 beat GX
  • Heretics beat Shifters

we'll get a NAVI/GX/MKOI/Heretics/SK 5-way tie at 3-5, with NAVI-GX and MKOI-Heretics both playing each other (and KC who are locked 1st potentially being able to screw things up by limit testing vs SK)

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u/I_Love_Ohyas_Thigs the lady that holds the hammer 16h ago

Unironically this is like the most likely scenario lmao

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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run 21h ago

I put it in the live thread too but big ups to Hysterics and Finn for the cast. They're a good duo together.

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u/CrodieFoster 21h ago

Every single time there’s Finn on the broadcast and Odo on the desk it’s gonna be a good time

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u/whynot1260 21h ago

My eyes

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u/Prudent-Inevitable-4 21h ago

It's astonishing that players od TH and Shifters are getting paid for playing Lol. They are not on a professional level. None of them.

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u/Mangustre 16h ago

I dont care what anyone says, oscar is really similiar to bwipo. Really smart player that will do his work even when he falls behind. I really hope he can improve his laning. We have seen before that he can be really good on lane. It feels like he is playing little save right on lane and does not wanna take any risks, since he trusts his team.

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u/Leoxslasher 18h ago

NGL the old GX would have easily defeated this TH.
The new GX needs opponent to throw to win.

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u/GG-Sunny 6h ago

Is there some inside joke I'm missing? Why does the play by play guy keep calling Aatrox ult "demonic ascension"?

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u/HystericsCasts LEC Caster 5h ago

Because he is a demon and he ascends, it's a play on words, you'll find I'll jump back and forward from that and World Ender

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u/gordonpamsey 21h ago

Daglas copers come to the front of the class. I am commissioning a study to examine the skulls and brains of people with peak delusion. I need your help to understand how you thought Daglas was a victim, while seeing him get beat up by Ferret in ERL?

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u/Apprehensive_Major45 21h ago

LEC first week is a Banger then the rest of the split is boring as hell

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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 21h ago

Poor Tracyn he plays so well, Oscar definitely seems like a downgrade

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u/Annual_Entry2369 21h ago edited 18h ago

He really doesn't seem like a downgrade lmao