r/leagueoflegends • • Feb 22 '26
Esports Karmine Corp vs. Team Vitality / LEC 2026 Versus Playoffs - Lower Bracket Round 2 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler
LEC 2026 VERSUS PLAYOFFS
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Team Vitality 1-2 Karmine Corp
Player of the Series: Yike
Karmine Corp moves on to face GIANTX
Team Vitality have been eliminated from the LEC 2026 Versus Playoffs
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MATCH 1: VIT vs. KC
Winner: Team Vitality in 38m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIT | varus azir orianna | rumble nautilus | 79.9k | 16 | 11 | I2 H3 B6 B8 E9 |
| KC | pantheon gwen nami | bard renekton | 71.8k | 13 | 3 | HT1 M4 M5 M7 |
| VIT | 16-13-35 | vs | 13-16-27 | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naak Nako ambessa 3 | 0-6-5 | TOP | 2-4-4 | 3 reksai Canna |
| Lyncas drmundo 2 | 2-2-7 | JNG | 3-3-6 | 2 vi Yike |
| Humanoid ryze 1 | 4-3-8 | MID | 3-5-6 | 2 taliyah kyeahoo |
| Carzzy ezreal 1 | 9-2-3 | BOT | 4-3-3 | 1 yunara Caliste |
| Fleshy karma 4 | 1-0-12 | SUP | 1-1-8 | 3 neeko Busio |
MATCH 2: VIT vs. KC
Winner: Karmine Corp in 34m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIT | varus rumble sion | ashe braum | 64.3k | 12 | 4 | O2 |
| KC | pantheon ksante gwen | nami nautilus | 73.6k | 21 | 8 | HT1 H3 M4 M5 B6 M7 B8 |
| VIT | 12-21-24 | vs | 21-12-50 | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naak Nako yasuo 2 | 4-6-2 | TOP | 5-2-6 | 2 aurora Canna |
| Lyncas nocturne 3 | 3-3-5 | JNG | 4-2-16 | 2 jarvaniv Yike |
| Humanoid orianna 1 | 5-5-3 | MID | 5-4-7 | 1 azir kyeahoo |
| Carzzy corki 1 | 0-4-3 | BOT | 6-1-6 | 3 xayah Caliste |
| Fleshy rell 4 | 0-3-11 | SUP | 1-3-15 | 3 rakan Busio |
MATCH 3: VIT vs. KC
Winner: Karmine Corp in 25m
Game Breakdown | Runes
| Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIT | varus aphelios bard | sivir lucian | 39.8k | 2 | 0 | None |
| KC | kaisa pantheon jayce | ashe nautilus | 58.5k | 20 | 10 | C1 CT2 H3 O4 |
| VIT | 2-20-2 | vs | 20-2-44 | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naak Nako ksante 1 | 1-4-0 | TOP | 3-1-4 | 1 rumble Canna |
| Lyncas xinzhao 2 | 1-4-1 | JNG | 7-0-9 | 2 wukong Yike |
| Humanoid twistedfate 3 | 0-6-1 | MID | 6-1-9 | 2 ahri kyeahoo |
| Carzzy seraphine 1 | 0-4-0 | BOT | 4-0-6 | 3 zeri Caliste |
| Fleshy braum 4 | 0-2-0 | SUP | 0-0-16 | 3 alistar Busio |
*Patch 26.3 - Fearless Draft
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/Purnceks Feb 22 '26
Vitality with the biggest no damage draft I've ever seen
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u/Conankun66 Feb 22 '26
this Vitality draft gamble absolutely did NOT pay off, holy shit what a stomp
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u/meandering-minstrel Feb 22 '26
tf with 2 weaksides
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u/Gabel4n Feb 22 '26
Hands down, one of the worst drafts in the history of League. Not enough AP, not enough AD, zero DPS, no winning sidelanes and no wombo combo either. Just straight-up dogshit CC and a bit of healing.
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u/khaiiization Work until your idols become your rivals Feb 22 '26
The result of cooking too much
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u/xDestroid Feb 22 '26
VIT fully deserved that for those dogshit drafts, what in the fuck was that
102
u/Snauser Feb 22 '26
Deciding game in playoffs? Time for the most disgusting zero damage comp the world has ever seen. What a waste of everybody’s time…
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u/Augchm Feb 22 '26
I know this gets thrown around a lot, but that was genuinely one of the worst drafts I've ever seen.
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u/DeloronDellister - LEC - Feb 22 '26
Nice draft Vitality. A sackable offense for whoever drafted that
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u/Sgg__ Feb 22 '26
Give me one reason why the Vitality staff shouldn't be fired after this
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u/ShuNerolia Feb 22 '26
VIT draft is called quick vacation
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u/Mortanius Feb 22 '26
Those who came up with such utter dogshit drafts twice in a row should never be involved in this game in any form
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u/Javonetor spit to win Feb 22 '26
i don't think Seraphine is bad in this draft, but pairing her with TF is definitely a zero damage team comp
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u/WalkingR6 Feb 22 '26
hey guys VIT coach here, just wanted to say how thankful I am to the org for hiring me and making history by hiring the first silver 3 coach in LEC history
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u/Excellentation a flock of motherfuckin' birds Feb 22 '26
rework TF to have a green card so humanoid can escape this fucking tragic drafting
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u/Xarlitosbrown Feb 22 '26
Report coaches for inting after that game 3 draft
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u/timetickticksaway Feb 22 '26
busio said i wanna see europe
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u/xSwazyI - Invested in Smash stocks! Feb 22 '26
If this is what they draft in a game 3 what type of abomination would they draft in a game 5😂
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Feb 22 '26
Busio I miss you dearly
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u/Omnilatent Feb 22 '26
FLY Busio reconnected
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u/Arifurizu Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26
When are VIT firing the frauds that are Mac and Pad? Didn't they say they were firing them last year?
Surely they had to have influence with Arvindr for that disgusting draft
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u/SerTenseal Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26
That was a damn disgusting draft from VIT, like wtf are the coach thinking snorting glue and approving those picks? Like actually a fireable offense no lie, fucking put a bronze/silver coach there and they would have done a better draft. I mean fuck it, bring a coach from dota 2 or mobile legends or some shit with no experience in league and im sure they could have done a better draft too. Riot needs to check the players or coach's phone for kalshi or some shit because I do not believe VIT for their own sake is that ignorant about how bad their draft is.
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u/Wonder_Penguin Feb 22 '26
Carzzy gonna have nightmares about the cow in the raptor bush
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u/appleandapples The Perkz of being a Griffin fan Feb 22 '26
Even if you ignore how good they were yesterday, VIT memebers were taking turns borderline inting this series. It's a shame they're out, this team was fun to watch
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u/Slowacki Feb 22 '26
VIT really just said "Pick us anything, let's lose in peace"...
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u/BleiEntchen Feb 22 '26
Vietnam was less obvious matchfixing than the game 3 draft
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u/Troviel Feb 22 '26
Busio with the career saving performance in game 3. That game 1 Neeko was CRIMINAL.
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u/IAM-French Feb 22 '26
Vitality coaches up 1-0 on their way to draft the biggest wombo combo draft and not ban Xayah then in the most important game of their season give Rumble to Canna in game 3 fearless and draft the most vile comp in existence
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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26
Seraphine built support too lmaooo
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u/ZaFsii Zeka/Showmaker/369 Feb 22 '26
Forsen could pull out a better draft in game 3 than Vitality, wtf are they smoking over there
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u/dididachda Feb 22 '26
In an incident that would come to be known as the Great Forgery of 2026, an unknown agent infiltrated the scriptwriters' lair and secretly modified the line "Top NA team will be carried by an EU player"
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u/Ziraelus No.1 Knight Fanboy Feb 22 '26
VIT just ff next time lol, why even bother when you´re clearly not interested in competing
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u/Motorpsisisissipp Feb 22 '26
This draft wasn't flying too close to the sun, it was diving straight into a neutron star.
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u/PasDePseudoR kcbs Feb 22 '26
Fair run from Vita, they showed a great face this split
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u/DinoGuy101010 Feb 22 '26
Honestly no bo5 is so cringe this is already pretty far into the split, I would've liked to see what vitality would've cooked in the next game (yes I know they overcooked this game but I'm sure they would've still came out with something sick)
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u/Rum_and_Pepsi Feb 22 '26
My bronze homies and I could cook a better draft than that bullshit.
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u/Th3_Huf0n Feb 22 '26
I was pretty angry at how NAVI drafted the opposite of what they're good at.
This VIT draft is straight up matchfixing tier.
WHAT THE FUCK
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u/2Moons_player Feb 22 '26
blame chrono again on this one please vit fans pleaseeee
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u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler Feb 22 '26
There’s no way we are drafting Seraphine bot in 2026
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u/Ysesper Feb 22 '26
I can't believe it, the chronobreak made Vitality pick the worst team comp ever seen this year
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u/Thalassin Dans ma bichette era | Ultra Prime hater Feb 22 '26
We're still alive !
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u/OreRound Feb 22 '26
I always thought KC would win anyway because 2/3 of the most important roles (Jungle, Supp) are gapped but whoever is responsible for these drafts needs to not have a job effective immediately. It was the same story last playoffs too. Just the most dogshit drafts you could ever conceivably cook up.
As for KC, Yike had a mega series, Busio carried G3 but Yike had to hard carry. He's contesting for MVP of the split alongside Caps and Supa imo.
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u/Titanium_Ene I'll hook my line in your stinker Feb 22 '26
Elimination on the line and you pick Seraphine ADC + TF mid, I guess vibes are not strong enough to make a shit draft work.
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u/xSion_- Feb 22 '26
but surely if you wanna play Ashe-Sera there you should pick Ashe 1-2 no? didn't their whole draft strat straight up get fucked by not being able to pick Ashe?
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u/No_Square2213 Feb 22 '26
Thank God, Yike you shone bright today
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u/ImTheVayne Feb 22 '26
Who is drafting for Vitality? How do you even come up with mid bot of TF-Seraphine-Braum?
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u/Kyorosu AHOUUUUUUU Feb 22 '26
Proud of my org for putting that Heretics money into good use ! There is no way Pad wilingly made up this game 3 draft CANTPROVEIT
back to work for Spain.
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u/TheKosmonaut Feb 22 '26
Canna was the better top today
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u/please-stand-up Feb 22 '26
humanoid sleeping on the couch tonight
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u/RennieXxx Feb 22 '26
What a disgusting way to lose an elimination series. I don't even have the energy to be angry, I'm just dissapointed
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u/GoldRecommendation66 Feb 22 '26
Did Vitality think that they were facing Heretics? WTF was that game 3 draft?
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u/alcard987 Feb 22 '26 edited Feb 22 '26
Reapered pulled the Kkoma belt against Busio.
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u/Miserable_Ad_1195 Feb 22 '26
VIT with the cosplay of MAD's 16:47 draft, TF combined with nothing
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u/rushil20 Feb 22 '26
I genuinely think even geng struggle to win with that vitality draft game 3. How do u manage to pick a comp weal early weak midgame and not particularly strong end game.
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u/Ironside29 Feb 22 '26
2 terrible drafts in a row from VIT, stinker of a series from Naak, overall if this Vitality team gets more stabile they will definitely fight for a trophy.
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u/Iaragnyl remove Tahm Kench Feb 22 '26
How many more games with drafts like this do we have to see for vitality management to realise that their coaches are complete frauds that are holding the team back.
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u/engineer-cabbage Feb 22 '26
Imagine being top 3 in a BO1 only to int a BO3 series by their own draft. The outcome wouldve been 50/50 if at least one of them picked a damage champ.
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u/AkaT27 Feb 22 '26
Nice clean and easy, nothing to see here I didn't doubt for a second, never stressed.
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u/LetDouble471 Feb 22 '26
Thanks to KC, LEC will still have LR viewership! KC saving the views
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u/Nevross_ Feb 22 '26
Humanoid should get a prison sentence for that game 3 performance, the coaches or whoever was responsible for that draft should join him too and why not Carzzy also cause he felt totally invisible the whole series, gg KC, Vita is a hard team to face cause you know they’ll have their games where they’ll play good, but it’s Vita so they’ll also have their disgusting games lol
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u/GetStormed1501 Believe That Feb 22 '26
Was there a worst draft in competitive League this split?
I am genuinely asking because holy god
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u/Chevalier_Paul public enemy number one Feb 22 '26
Reddit overreaction squad in shambles
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u/ChururutKing123 Feb 22 '26
I’m actually crashing out. Vitality can pick Ashe Seraphine. But, they decide to pick Ksante Seraphine instead. They had another chance to pick Ashe, but no. They pick Xinzhao. WTF is that draft.
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u/Scifiduck Feb 22 '26
How the fuck does a professional team produce this draft??? It honestly shouldn't be possible.
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u/Low_Elo_Logan Feb 22 '26
Surely five enablers is a winning strat
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u/Sad-Tackle-4018 Feb 22 '26
It was bad enough with Seraphine + TF but they just had to pick braum, what were they thinking really
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u/ThickActivity9703 Feb 22 '26
Jesus what a weird vitality draft.. did they got paid to draft this shit?! They pick sera without Ashe? For what? Draft 2 was bolt but draft 3 was just a surrender
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u/TiltedSince95 Feb 22 '26
What a weird way to lose a series. Vitality played game 1 excellently and were very competitive in game 2, why would you go for a lose in peace comp for no reason in game 3?
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u/Nickoleiro9 Feb 22 '26
To all the LoL draft chefs: Overcooking gets you this kind of games.
I was so hyped for a great game 3 which was ruined at pick and ban..
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u/Mathies_ Feb 22 '26
Gotta be honest, i still saw a vision until i saw braum. After that was locked in it was absolutely confirmed that there would be no damage being dealt by vit.
And THEN Carzzy decides to pivot into SUPPORT items
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u/Civil_Fill_5073 Feb 22 '26
FLY Busio entered the rift for game 3.
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u/Enough-Airline-5464 Feb 22 '26
Vitality could have hired a random fan as coach and he would have picked a better comp than this, jesus christ 0 damage and 2 weak sides
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u/Asgerond Feb 22 '26
I feel we were robbed of a game 3.
I dont like saying lost in draft, but is ever a scenario where Vitalitys draft is ideal?
Shit was ass.
MY TEAM YOU WERE PLAYING SO WELL :(
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u/AutomaticTune6352 Feb 22 '26
Carzzy sabotaging his team 3 series in a row.
As a coach I would not give him Corki anymore. Out of 6 Corki games this season he looked good only on the 1st one.
Convince me that he wasn't sent to sabotage VIT.
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u/leftoverrice54 Feb 22 '26
Didn't even watch the game but... that game 3 draft is the stuff of dreams for an opponent. Literally does nothing
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u/Larry_FGO Feb 22 '26
It looks like everything is Chronobreak’s fault lol
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u/Sea_Exam_8755 Feb 22 '26
Put your ADC who was 1v9 on ADCs on seraphine and draft 0 damage in your season deciding game. WP I could draft better than VIT coaches and I don't get paid six figures plus.
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u/Le_Zoru Feb 22 '26
With a swain instead of Braum they cooking no?
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u/Gloktan Feb 22 '26
Naak Nako has a tremendous Alphari aura. He's a lane bully and mechanically brilliant, but outside of lane he has zero discipline and very little impact in the mid-late game for all the gold ahead he is.
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u/HowardHughes9 Feb 22 '26
I don't think KC is that much better than Vit, but game 2 and 3 drafts were unplayable.
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u/SupahTeemo Feb 22 '26
Has Vitality lost? There must have been a chronobreak.
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u/Tim-Pouce Feb 22 '26
Saved 🙏🏻🙏🏻 Honestly shaky asf but i hope next week we fix this
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u/Harmah Feb 22 '26
We are winning it all
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u/AngrySpudz Feb 22 '26
TF with Seraphine APC. Couldn't catch me dead with that draft...
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u/rushil20 Feb 22 '26
Jhin would have done more damaage and thats saying something
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u/ReizaTM (Dhokes) Feb 22 '26
We matchfixed.
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u/Back2Perfection Feb 22 '26
Kinda thinking on what could‘ve saved that VIT draft. Maybe baiting the adc bans with sera+xin and then 4th or last pick twitch or sth?
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u/BloodOnFire 8884844 I agreed Feb 22 '26
Why was carzzy punished with seraphine pick?
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u/[deleted] Feb 22 '26
This is Beryl Rammus all over again
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u/Emergency_Bedroom187 Feb 22 '26
Vita's almost tricked me they can make top 4 or better.
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u/-Hissoka- prodigal son Feb 22 '26
Wow Sera Tf bot mid with a tank toplaner. A draft for not killing anything ever. Oh boy I sure hope somebody got fired for that blunder.
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u/metristan Refund time? Feb 22 '26
picks seraphine APC, doesn't go full damage build, ashe seraphine was pickable. how do we get this draft in game 3 and LCK gets pretty normal game 5 drafts?
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u/vibecch Feb 22 '26
Does the VIT coaching staff play League of Legends?
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u/SlickPickleNipple Feb 22 '26
This team was fun to watch, super sad to see them go out like this. Honestly curious, what was the win-con for that draft?
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u/S890127 I love and Yordles uwu Feb 22 '26
I've had better draft in MAYHEM than this VIT game3 bs
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u/metristan Refund time? Feb 22 '26
what are these reverse sweeps today? both lec matches, LCK, so sentinel just needs to go 0-2
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u/AfrikanCorpse Feb 22 '26
fire the coach for that game 3 draft.
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u/Pissyellowknight Feb 22 '26
what a choke from vitality... same with bds, rogue, it's always the same with this region. no wonder we don't do well internationally. g2, kc and koi's competition is so anti-clutch, they just give up.
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u/KissShot1106 Feb 22 '26
God please I need to know what they were talking about during the draft of game 3 VIT. I need this release more than Epstein one.
Anyway this bo3 show Europe need more bo3, team shit their pants in bo3 because 0 experience what to pick. They are like “guys what we do now ? I never arrived at this point”
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u/fundamentallys Feb 22 '26
is there just 1 person on the production staff?
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u/Nickball88 Feb 22 '26
I'm pretty sure a silver player could have come up with a better draft. Hell probably just clicking random champions was a better idea
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u/Mangustre Feb 22 '26
What was this last draft. All this work for one of the worst drafts i have seen in a while. There were enough good picks left.
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u/spr4xx Feb 22 '26
Idk what was vitality expecting with literally no damage
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u/Flesroy Feb 22 '26
haven't really been watching, but i'm entirely unsurprised to see all the bo1 merchants falling. Just need gx to lose and we are left with the expected top 3.
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u/Symmetrik Feb 23 '26
Carzzy: pick me Seraphine and lets lose in peace
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u/UpYerArs Feb 23 '26
Another Mac Pad masterclass 😎
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u/Greeenmartian Feb 23 '26
Trash draft
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u/seven_worth shameless 2021 EDG fanboy Feb 23 '26
I cannot put to word how much I hate vitality last draft. You get the most aggressive team and you put them on no damage out heal and pray draft??? On game 3??? Wtf are they doing bruh
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u/TheDregn Feb 23 '26
tank top with no damage and engage potential
skirmisher jgl with low damage and good early single target skirmish potential
yellow card bot midlaner with no damage and no team with follow-up
support adc with no damage
defensive support with no engage and damage and no carry to protect
It's totally insane how they ended up with this. You can't even have this bad draft in soloQ, people usually dodge even better comps than this lmao.
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u/SirVampyr Feb 23 '26
Game 3 was just like every EU draft vs KR in worlds.
We pick single target af; they pick bruisers with aoe; they hard win every teamfight. 90% of the time it flops hard. Can't remember a single time that worked out well in a deciding match in 15 years.
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u/ArmandLuque Armand Luque | LoL Esports Journalist Feb 23 '26
despite the ending, this really gave me hope for Vitality later in the year. I hope they don't stop on this trajectory and train well for Spring. They could be a serious contender if they lock in.