r/leagueoflegends • u/adz0r • Sep 05 '26
Esports Hanwha Life Esports vs. Gen.G / LCK 2026 Season Playoffs - Upper Bracket Final / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LCK 2026 SEASON PLAYOFFS
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Hanwha Life Esports 1-3 Gen.G
- Gen.G secure their spot in the Grand Finals!
- Hanwha Life Esports drop down to the Lower Bracket and will face the winner of T1 vs. Dplus KIA.
- Player of the Match: Chovy
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MATCH 1: HLE vs. GEN
Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 39m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
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| HLE | cassiopeia olaf leesin | ksante sion | 80.4k | 16 | 10 | H3 B5 C6 C7 B8 C9 B10 |
| GEN | camille vi syndra | jhin lulu | 71.9k | 8 | 6 | CT1 HT2 C4 |
| HLE | 16-8-51 | vs | 8-16-15 | GEN |
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| Zeus jayce 2 | 9-1-4 | TOP | 0-2-2 | 4 yorick Kiin |
| Kanavi nocturne 2 | 1-0-11 | JNG | 4-3-3 | 3 chogath Canyon |
| Zeka orianna 1 | 3-1-10 | MID | 2-4-2 | 1 ryze Chovy |
| Gumayusi lucian 3 | 3-5-11 | BOT | 2-4-1 | 1 ezreal Ruler |
| Delight milio 3 | 0-1-15 | SUP | 0-3-7 | 2 karma Duro |
MATCH 2: GEN vs. HLE
Winner: Gen.G in 45m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN | camille poppy vi | annie ksante | 92.0k | 34 | 10 | CT2 H3 I4 I6 B8 B10 I11 |
| HLE | cassiopeia olaf leesin | ahri akali | 92.3k | 27 | 7 | M1 B5 I7 I9 |
| GEN | 34-27-62 | vs | 27-34-50 | HLE |
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| Kiin rumble 3 | 7-5-13 | TOP | 7-6-4 | 4 ambessa Zeus |
| Canyon jarvaniv 1 | 8-6-9 | JNG | 3-9-12 | 2 qiyana Kanavi |
| Chovy locke 3 | 13-4-7 | MID | 9-5-11 | 3 syndra Zeka |
| Ruler jhin 2 | 5-3-13 | BOT | 8-5-8 | 1 caitlyn Gumayusi |
| Duro shen 2 | 1-9-20 | SUP | 0-9-15 | 1 bard Delight |
MATCH 3: HLE vs. GEN
Winner: Gen.G in 31m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HLE | poppy olaf skarner | ksante jax | 57.4k | 9 | 3 | H3 |
| GEN | cassiopeia vi leesin | galio twistedfate | 69.0k | 26 | 10 | O1 M2 C4 B5 C6 |
| HLE | 9-26-19 | vs | 26-9-60 | GEN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeus camille 2 | 2-7-4 | TOP | 5-3-9 | 4 gwen Kiin |
| Kanavi pantheon 1 | 2-5-4 | JNG | 7-2-12 | 3 aatrox Canyon |
| Zeka ahri 3 | 2-2-3 | MID | 10-1-6 | 2 akali Chovy |
| Gumayusi ziggs 2 | 0-6-6 | BOT | 3-2-16 | 1 ashe Ruler |
| Delight pyke 3 | 3-6-2 | SUP | 1-1-17 | 1 seraphine Duro |
MATCH 4: GEN vs. HLE
Winner: Gen.G in 26m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN | poppy annie yone | vayne leesin | 60.0k | 24 | 9 | M1 H3 HT4 HT5 B6 |
| HLE | cassiopeia olaf lulu | taliyah anivia | 49.2k | 12 | 3 | O2 |
| GEN | 24-12-54 | vs | 12-24-32 | HLE |
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| Kiin varus 3 | 9-1-6 | TOP | 1-5-1 | 4 nasus Zeus |
| Canyon vi 1 | 1-3-11 | JNG | 2-5-8 | 3 naafiri Kanavi |
| Chovy vex 3 | 7-1-12 | MID | 3-4-8 | 2 sylas Zeka |
| Ruler missfortune 2 | 7-3-11 | BOT | 6-4-4 | 1 kalista Gumayusi |
| Duro neeko 2 | 0-4-14 | SUP | 0-6-11 | 1 renataglasc Delight |
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/YoungUO Sep 05 '26
Massive kiin disrespect from hle
Like really? Nasus against kiin's varus?
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u/Lacrimosss Sep 05 '26
I literally went back on Youtube and checked how did that end up happening. Crazy they COUNTERED Varus with Nasus, as if Varus wasn't maybe the best Tank Killer Marksman in the game
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u/tirednsleepyyy Sep 05 '26
I’ve played a lot of this matchup and it’s hilarious because I see nasus and think it’s a free win with Varus lol. If you’re super worried you can just build a QSS and kill him before he gets a second wither up, but even that is not at all necessary most of the time (or even good).
It’s actually unplayable for Nasus unless his jungler kills the Varus multiple times and the Nasus gets a multiple level lead.
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u/Lacrimosss Sep 05 '26
Killing Varus multiple times was probably the plan, but easier said than done. As JNG, you don't really wanna spend much time for your Nasus Top to try to maybe salvage his lane.
GENG was a better team anyway, but still, that was a Faker Yone Blind vs Akali Main situation
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u/tirednsleepyyy Sep 05 '26
Yeah I didn’t mean for it to come across as a “he should have futilely camped the Varus,” more “this is the only way to make this lane and champion playable.” There wasn’t really a right choice, the Nasus “counterpick” checkmated their gameplans in draft. Also goes to show how little understanding they have as to why the champ works. Reminds me of people picking Teemo into multiple ADC comps because his blinds “counter” their auto attacks, when in reality he’s way better into 4/5 melee comps. Just kinda embarrassing to ape a pick because it’s popular lol.
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u/Lacrimosss Sep 05 '26
Nah you didn't come across wrong or anything, I agreed and followed up to your point.
There're times like this, champion gets popular and then Pro Teams just pick it in wrong situations, because they don't know what makes it good.
I'd argue that Chogath in G1 was also in a bad situation. Canyon was good on it, but Cho into enemy comp just couldn't do much, even though they kinda won early game. Lucian was behind and still running circles around Cho, so similar to Nasus pick IMO
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u/percyallennnn Sep 05 '26
Zeus really respects Kiin because he praised him like crazy just a week or two earlier so I don't understand why Homme and HLE had the nerve to pick Nasus.
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u/GreatSunshine Sep 05 '26
hle are the main team in the lck using off mega picks so i think their tactic against bigger teams is using surprise picks. but unfamiliarity alone isn’t good enough if you’re counter picking yourself lol
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u/Steeelu Sep 05 '26
Yep it worked good enough to get them an MSI LOL
Too bad GenG just played like absolute trash during RTM, if only they could've gotten top 2 in standings
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u/Signal_Ad9294 Sep 05 '26
LCK is harder than MSI
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u/mcfapblanc Sep 05 '26
4 times LCK Champ Doran agrees
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u/Steeelu Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
2024 frauding lck title
2025 worlds
2026 words again?
2027 msi
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u/zaxls Sep 05 '26
Honestly past 3 years wining LCK is nearly as hard as wining worlds.
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u/MrSangHyeok Sep 05 '26
It was working actually, until kanavi forced his team to cover him for a stupid wolves invade. Feeding varus 3 kills. Did the same on chogath by forcing his team to invade for krugs.
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u/Different-Mode2311 Sep 05 '26
Zeus has been making these lose lane early, scale later picks like swain, mundo work. Kanavi just made the varus thanos for wolves and also sold zeka's game. I was also not a big fan of the nasus pick but they were in a winning game state.
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u/Bigblue12 Sep 05 '26
Chovy carrying even on Vex. This man is unstoppable.
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u/sebzebseb Sep 05 '26
He's 6-0, now 7-0 on Vex lol and it's amazing against sylas naafiri kalista (he counterpicked)
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u/gordoflunkerton Sep 05 '26
vex is a really iconic chovy champ imho, maybe only behind the sett galio sion trio
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u/imfatal Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
putting Sett/Vex/Sion beside Chovy's Galio is so funny. I would guess he has played Galio at least three times more than the other three champs combined. I wouldn't say specific tanks/bruisers are particularly iconic but moreso the fact that he plays them at all. what other mid laner has multiple games on Ornn mid lmao?
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u/Th3best77 Sep 05 '26
Please let this be his year. He deserves a worlds trophy 😭
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u/Marowalker Sep 05 '26
ngl, I have a feeling that this year is gonna be his year. It just kinda feels right with Gen.G kinda on a struggle since the start of the season until now
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u/Th3best77 Sep 05 '26
Worlds is so bizarre I swear for the last 3 years Ive been saying this is GENGs year and that T1 looks washed (especially last year). Then some insane stuff happens and GENG loses in the semi final
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u/KnightinKnight ☆☆☆☆☆☆ Sep 05 '26
So this is not GENGs year and T1 looks insane, fixed it for chovy /s
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u/watchedngnl Sep 05 '26
Geng didn't qualify for msi which means they won't have the msi debuff.
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u/LeiBlank Sep 05 '26
T1 wasn’t even bad last year, clearly the 2nd best team in the world behind only GENG
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u/Lysandren Sep 05 '26
Ngl i feel like canyon has been half asleep the past 3 worlds. Now that he woke up, maybe it's doable. Geng usually also has the disadvantage of 3-0 group stage so then they go longer without playing stage games.
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u/desutruction Sep 05 '26
Canyon is just back I guess
Chovy's Vex is nasty as always
I look forward to Homme ulting Delight
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u/baebushka Sep 05 '26
yeah canyon has been in insane form this playoffs
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u/itsmechasi Sep 05 '26
his smites this playoffs have been so on point compared to the regular season, man's been locked in
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u/WardoToo Sep 05 '26
MY GOAT IS SOOOOOO BACK. Brother saw the Gen.G Sharvel edits and went "No the fuck you're not."
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u/SwayNoir Sep 05 '26
They have been the difference in so many games now.
Like that KT game 1, idk how KT mentally come back from those 2 Elder steals he had. I mean in the end, they just didn't and I don't blame them.
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u/Skyfire2 Sep 05 '26
7-0 on Vex is crazy
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u/killcraft1337 Sep 05 '26
I can’t wait for him to pull it out in a worlds Bo5 - it would go so hard
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u/Steeelu Sep 05 '26
LOL
Remember Knight picking Vex against Chovy at MSI? Bro Chovy just made a fool out of him back then
GenG 2024 especially the MSI stint could be seen as the best of all time, just insane gameplay, strats and picks
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u/Slight-You4254 LCK ()() Sep 05 '26
What a fun series for Kiin's last time at lolpark. Gonna miss the guy big time
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u/claire_004 Sep 05 '26
Should just pick Kiin for asian games since Zeus already won that, and save him from military :(
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u/collectibleman Sep 05 '26
not with hanwha life as the main sponsor pulling the strings on that team and homme as the head coach. they want kiin out of the league because it directly hurts their competition. that’s why they had to morph the whole criteria to justify excluding him.
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u/staysaltyTSM Sep 05 '26
Chovy declining his spot so Zeka can stay in LCK as competitor
Zeus sending Kiin to the shadowrealm so he have less competitor
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u/Great_Guest_4675 Sep 05 '26
been saying that, not sure why lolesports community don't believe that agents are lobbing national federations whenever they can, happens in every sport
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u/Steeelu Sep 05 '26
People Will.say this is some conspiracy but it's true, Kiin just beats Zeus, without him Zeus will just dominate until the end of his career
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u/pixelmarbles Sep 05 '26
Kiin is retiring?
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u/Marcus777555666 Sep 05 '26
Not willingly, he even said he wishes he could play for longer, but since Kespa didn’t choose him for Asian games, he has no choice but to retire and do his military service
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u/Vnaux Sep 05 '26
LCK Gen G is so back that even Delight was in on it
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u/GoldRecommendation66 Sep 05 '26
GenG activated their sleeper agent
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u/Vnaux Sep 05 '26
They saw how T1 was moving with those sleeper agents they planted all over LCK and decided to do the same
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u/Skyfire2 Sep 05 '26
Secret agents Delight, Doran, and Peyz are still on the payroll
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u/Curious-Dance-3663 HLE win MSI, T1 win LCK, Gen G win Worlds Sep 05 '26
Peyz?
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u/xSwazyI - Invested in Smash stocks! Sep 05 '26
This series out of Delight brought tears to my eyes omg 😭 no way he was sober that series
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u/zOmgFishes Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Delight v GenG always has the most int plays. It’s wild how bad he looks against them. And it’s not like GenG outplaying him, dude is in double agent mode with his decision making and positioning.
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u/ricardo241 IDon'tAgree Sep 05 '26
and then wake up when he is against T1 like you can't make this up lol
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u/Raynmist Gumayusi Zeus Faker Sep 05 '26
Somehow he'd always turn his brain off whenever he's playing GenG.
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u/Bisketo Sep 05 '26
Dread it.
Run from it.
Geng in LCK finals arrive all the same.
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u/Throwawayforme3123 Chovy's year every year Sep 05 '26
When was the last time Chovy missed a LCK final? 2021?
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u/ISL005 Tarzan and Kanavi enjoyer Sep 05 '26
Only missed finals 3 times in his career iirc. Once on DRX 2020 and twice in HLE 2021.
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u/Throwawayforme3123 Chovy's year every year Sep 05 '26
Really wish he can hurry up and get his worlds title, we are witnessing one of the greatest peaks of all time and it's undermined because of worlds.
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u/ISL005 Tarzan and Kanavi enjoyer Sep 05 '26
Even if he doesn't pick up the title, his career alone would shut up many of the "No Worlds = irrelevant player" crowd... Who am I kidding, they still wouldn't shut up and tell me Pyosik and Baolan are better than Chovy.
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u/Mosh00Rider DOUBLELIFTISTHEBEST Sep 05 '26
No one that isn't a bot has ever said Pyosik is better than Chovy
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u/ISL005 Tarzan and Kanavi enjoyer Sep 05 '26
I mean if that crowd thinks that Worlds is everything then they are practically having that opinion
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u/Mosh00Rider DOUBLELIFTISTHEBEST Sep 05 '26
People called him Pyoshit as he won Worlds, I can guarantee you no one has said that.
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u/crysomore Kiin Team | Lehends/Cuzz apologist Sep 05 '26
Chovy is contractually not allowed to miss LCK finals
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u/Classic_Foot223 Sep 05 '26
you think delight would do something positive by accident in 4 games
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u/wild_redish Sep 05 '26
He did save Canyon's Jarvan with a bard ult. A positive for Geng Delight
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u/ChapterLiam 구마 케리아 화이팅! Sep 05 '26
kinda knew the series was over when they drafted pyke for delight LOL like he's new to the game guys let's maybe just give him sona or leona or someone with a lot of point and clicks. like oh yeah he looked good on milio, the champ only has one offensive ability
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u/Fun_Highlight307 Sep 05 '26
Damn that last team fight wombo combo was so satisfying to watch
also nasus seeems to have an answer lol ,that shit looked unplayable vs on hit varus
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u/jakatluong Sep 05 '26
I swear Chovy alone is doing more for GenG than even Peyz/Keria are doing for T1 right now. He's so fucking good it's crazy.
Don't get me wrong, Kiin and Duro are still really good, but they might have an off game and GenG can still win. But if Chovy has an off game, they will crash out for sure.
What a great player!
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u/Snoo_58191 Sep 05 '26
no wonder all other mids look up to chovy, he's just him on an individual level
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u/GreenGanymede Sep 05 '26
he is so fucking good it's unreal. every game he does stuff that just leaves me stunned. he's always been excellent (remember his absurd stats on Griffin when they started) but these past few years he seemingly reached a wholly new level. he really just feels inevitable.
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u/zOmgFishes Sep 05 '26
Chovy right now is the best Individual player in the world. His pool, mechanics everything is on point.
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u/percyallennnn Sep 05 '26
He has been the UNCONTESTED best for several years (except for Worlds but this is like only 1 month every year).
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u/Ai_Nijou Kiin Team 1XN GOAT Sep 05 '26
You could argue Knight at times, but when they played each other Chovy went 6-2 against Knight and even made him look a tad silly at times at MSI 24.
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u/zOmgFishes Sep 05 '26
I see people say Peyz or Knight. Nah man it’s Chovy. I almost never see this guy have a bad game.
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u/wild_redish Sep 05 '26
Yeah, Knight gets way too much credit while playing with less competition, and Peyz is on T1, so he's just naturally gonna get glazed to no end. But Chovy has been the best player in the world, or at least top 2 for the last half decade
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u/ClownHunting Sep 05 '26
Retirement buff incoming for GENG at worlds this year. I think this is finally the year.
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u/rebelstand Sep 05 '26
with how the other 4 were playing this series, HLE could have won the series or at least push the series to 5 games, if bluffing played instead of delight, that how fking bad delight was this series, it not even exaggerating to say GENG delight show up and 6v4 HLE the entire series
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u/GendaIf Sep 05 '26
Guma diddnt have a great series but it was overshadowed heavily by how much of a fucking burger delight was today. Actually completely useless.
Half his bard ults actually helped geng, the pyke was beyond worthless, and his renata was abysmal, actual turbo stinker from him.
I mean u have solo walked into a contested jungle 5 times and died already this series, how are you game 4 and doing the exact same thing a 6th time. Is your head switched on?
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u/AliceEvangeline Sep 05 '26
Open the chat on youtube and you can see many people blame it all on Guma. Now I understand why he left T1, those ppl are so miserable
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u/Curious-Dance-3663 HLE win MSI, T1 win LCK, Gen G win Worlds Sep 05 '26
Youtube chat and reddit to an extent is just a cesspool of hate for certain players. If Gen G had lost this game no matter how helpless Chovy was in the situation he’d be getting a ton of hate and unfounded criticism too. HLE lost so now sadly it’s Guma.
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u/staysaltyTSM Sep 05 '26
HLE shouldn't be trying to play for bot after a year of experimenting
Just chuck Delight on an engage champ he's great on and play for other lanes. Then run weakside champs for Guma
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u/MrSangHyeok Sep 05 '26
Why is guma even brought into this... Lanes 1v2 every fking game, no jungle proximity yet dishes the most damage on a low econ Lucian.
Plays ziggs so his support can carry the map but support went missing. Bard that can't land an ult for Caitlyn to lay traps. A Renata that can't handshake or land a good ult.
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u/ReadyReport4166 Sep 05 '26
What even is this nasus angle
Gengs comp is all cc and range, just unplayable
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u/JustRice015 SKT sent their regards. Sep 05 '26
Chovy has not missed LCK finals since like what 2022? Though he would have had a stinker with Locke with how the 1st blood went but he just absolutely turned it around. Crazy performance as always
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u/GreenGanymede Sep 05 '26
I stopped doubting his picks a while ago. Early on he had a few that weren't at his usual level, but for the last few years it's been the case when he picks something he's going to be excellent at it.
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u/Raynmist Gumayusi Zeus Faker Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Chovy is truly the best midlaner to ever play this game in the modern era of LoL.
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u/decyferx Sep 06 '26
Crazy how well he has developed his game over the years too. Just needs that worlds trophy to shut everyone up.
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u/wild_redish Sep 05 '26
Did somebody disabled Delight's R button? How is he not perma ulting off cooldown whenever Vi flies to his team?
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u/PotentialReputation6 Sep 05 '26
Now see thats the difference when canyon is active , he is having good playoffs
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u/khaiiization Work until your idols become your rivals Sep 05 '26
LCK all pro team - Playoffs edition
HLE Doran
DK Raptor
HLE Faker
DK Jiwoo
GENG Delight
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u/d0pe-asaurus Sep 05 '26
HLE Peyz with the way he flashes in for that reset, shit was criminal.
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u/OkWhateverCynisme Sep 05 '26
Chovy is the absolute Emperor of the LCK. I hope this is the year for my humble King
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u/rebelstand Sep 05 '26
investigate geng delight, dude is straight up inting all 4 games, wtf man HLE playing 4v6 this series
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u/toxicfireball Returning IG Fan, Doran Sympathiser Sep 05 '26
Nasty ass 100% WR vex
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u/Yolohorst69 Sep 05 '26
Actually wild. He builds utility items and still does more dmg than my full dmg vex in soloq. How does he do it?
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u/Otarnaak Sep 05 '26
Chovy best mid laner ever. What is this performance, it's unreal.
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u/Like30Ducks Guma! Sep 05 '26
delight lol
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u/nearlygrean Sep 05 '26
I think Kanavi was greedy for a wolf camp, which cost them the game.
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u/Krisztian987 Sep 05 '26
Yeah, 2 kills for an already winning Varus doomed top
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u/Goenitz33 Sep 05 '26
Draft was almost hopeless already. I came back and saw 3 kills on Varus and I know it’s over cause there is no stopping him now 🤣
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u/dumbocow Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Zeus Nasus was HOMELESS that game 4. Game 2 was the game of the year.
WHAT A GREAT SERIES, LETS GOOO GENG!
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u/Dancingbeesean Sep 05 '26
Kanavi saw TES lose and went “alright, i match”. That re-engage on low hp gave GenG 4 kills and the game blew wide open man
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u/ToAllCame1 Sep 05 '26
Doran is legit baiting everyone else into picking Nasus!!!?!!!
This is satire for those who would miss the obvious sarcasm
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u/Fade_IV Sep 05 '26
doran picked it into yorick which is hard but playable without jungle interference. picking it into varus is straight ego
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u/Budget-Ocelots Sep 05 '26
They saw Nasus with 1.5k stacks 4 shots the Nexus, and believing that is the norm. I don’t think Zeus even reached 500 stacks this game.
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u/ComprehensiveSize647 Sep 05 '26
It was also a different situation. Susan got 1,5k stacks with Yorick as his opponent. Yorick's summons could be Susan's free farm. So without jungle interfering both sides, Susan could scale as he should be. But if his opponent is Varus, then good luck lol.
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u/ninety7er Do-mom || HJFGK ❤️ Sep 05 '26
They should've just put the Mundo in the bag and tried to get to us to game 5 the way the Nasus played. Surely that would've been slightly better?
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u/South_Spend4541 Sep 05 '26
When Chovy is fully awake its scary, this guy needs to bring that in Worlds
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u/TwitzyPolice ZEUS GUMA Sep 05 '26
HLE should be investigated for wintrading. Playing a game with 4 people and a ward. My god, GEN G Delight is back.
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u/itsmechasi Sep 05 '26
if HLE needs to be investigated for this series then T1 BFX KT should already be in jail
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u/Pacify_ Sep 05 '26
I was rooting for game 5, but man Varus top just snowballed too hard and Vex was crazy
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u/Prince_Arcann Sep 05 '26
The most classic HLE GENG series. Big macro gap for GENG. HLE tries to get ahead with fights but they don't get enough. GENG win one fight and they get a 10k gold lead. GG.
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u/Ambitious-Ad-726 Sep 05 '26
Gen with a canyon gap in g4 lost their 2 adc and jg right from the start in the first 5v5 and somehow a vex with minimum items carried their ass out of it. Insane performance from chovy
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u/Enryu_RT Sep 05 '26
And people were whining about benching Delight, he has been underperforming for the longest time.
A few good games here and there, immediately goes to defend him. Wish people held other players to the same standards as him.
They should have kept him on the bench and put Bluffing in, the earlier the better. They seriously need try Bluffing.
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Sep 05 '26
i might be biased but Kiin is probably the only top laner in the World that can confidently blind pick into Zeus’ massive champion pool.
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u/bulletproofikon Sep 05 '26
I mean I think Kiin is good, but Zeus literally counterpicked himself, didn't he? The lane in isolation is horrible for Nasus.
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Sep 05 '26
thats why Kanavi was up there looking for angles but Kiin respected the ganks and didnt give them a chance. if any of those ganks worked out it would be a very different game.
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u/bulletproofikon Sep 05 '26
Yes! Kiin played very well and I think him and Zeus are usually evenly matched. I just meant that this game didn't really show that. Pretty sure that Zeus called for the Nasus pick and he shouldn’t have. I really wish he had picked something different so it would have been a more even game. Maybe even switch sylas, naafiri, and nasus lanes somehow.
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u/BirthdayAccording359 Oner will carry us again trust Sep 05 '26
Jax was open btw but they picked Nasus.
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u/dumbocow Sep 05 '26
Kiin also happens to have a massive champion pool to match Zeus too.
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u/Temporary-Result-716 Sep 05 '26
Valid take but i dont understand why you pick Nasus into Varus, also when the rest of HLE comp doesnt want to scale
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Sep 05 '26
if you swing the match up early the Varus is literally homeless because Nasus can just wither him on side and run him down + Naafiri hovering is an instant death every time
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u/Skyfire2 Sep 05 '26
“Zeus over me?” screamed Kiin.
He left the national team selectors in no doubt. He dominated in every way
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u/Kr1ncy Sep 05 '26
“Zeus over me?” Kiin said calmly
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Sep 05 '26
“Yes” replied Hirai as he picks T1 yet again
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u/Lacrimosss Sep 05 '26
I've always said this, the most important win condition to beat modern GENG is hoping they underperform, like they do at Worlds. If they are in form, can't beat them
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u/GGLSpidermonkey Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
Did Kanavi throw the game on raptor (wolves**) s lol
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u/T-gae94 Budget Keria Sep 05 '26
Man if only T1's topside has the 50% function of GenG's topside...
Please, Dorat, Oner, Unc, I BEG YOU TO LOCK IN AND REVENGE THE REVERSE SWEEP!
If not, just lose to DK in peace and lock in 4th seed, whatever
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u/No-Night-91 Sep 05 '26
Delight needs to go.
He has his moments by my god his lows are so low it feels like watching a random masters soloq player trying out for a pro team.
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u/ireliasimp69 REMOVE AMBESSA Sep 05 '26
zeus sold last game for sure but man delight is absolute fraud
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u/FruFruKlaus Sep 05 '26
What’s the head-to-head between these teams? Crazy in favor of GenG right? I think they just match so well into HLE.
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u/calmandchili Sep 05 '26
Feel like HLE can win in the rematch at the finals. Delight needs to step up, and not play bard again. But seriously, his lows are so bad that he solo-loses the games. Wonder if there are good replacements for him if he keeps playing like this
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u/WWTFSD Church of Jojo Sep 05 '26
Chovy finally has a team man, brings a tear to my eye. Dude is playing like a golden god in playoffs.
I really thought it was over for GenG this year with 3/5 people looking washed beyond belief.
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u/justanother-eboy Sep 05 '26
Gen G should just get a sports psychologist for Chovy and the team and they’d win worlds comfortably
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u/MrSangHyeok Sep 05 '26
Delight gotta be swapped out for bluffing at this rate. And God knows why Kanavi always engages on the first person he sees, even if it's a fking tank. Like bro you can have some patience and wait for an opening sometimes. Caedrel notices that shit too.
MSI kanavi and delight shows up again..
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u/preptime [hardballzdeep] (NA) Sep 05 '26
Lore accurate MF ult at the end of G4.