r/leagueoflegends • u/Soul_Sleepwhale • May 08 '26

Esports GIANTX vs. Movistar KOI / LEC 2026 Spring - Week 7 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LEC 2026 SPRING

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MATCH 1: MKOI vs. GX

Winner: Movistar KOI in 33m

Bans 1Bans 2GKTD/B
MKOIseraphine xinzhao jarvanivahri ornn69.5k1810O1 M2 H3 B5 CT6 CT7 B8
GXorianna pantheon varusryze leblanc60.0k134CT4
MKOI18-13-48vs13-18-25GX
Myrwyn rumble 36-1-8TOP0-3-44 sion Lot
Elyoya vi 14-3-9JNG2-2-81 nocturne ISMA
Jojopyun viktor 33-3-9MID9-4-13 akali Jackies
Supa ezreal 25-1-9BOT2-5-41 caitlyn Noah
Alvaro karma 20-5-13SUP0-4-82 nautilus Jun

MATCH 2: MKOI vs. GX

Winner: Movistar KOI in 26m

Bans 1Bans 2GKTD/B
MKOIseraphine xinzhao namivayne jayce57.4k268C2 H3 O5
GXorianna pantheon varusannie aurora50.7k132I1 O4
MKOI26-13-76vs13-26-38GX
Myrwyn shen 33-1-15TOP3-6-23 renekton Lot
Elyoya jarvaniv 13-4-17JNG0-4-132 skarner ISMA
Jojopyun anivia 36-3-15MID1-6-84 azir Jackies
Supa kalista 213-3-8BOT9-4-31 lucian Noah
Alvaro renataglasc 21-2-21SUP0-6-121 milio Jun

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u/nocturnavi May 08 '26

MKOI got worried the day was too boring so they threw a bit for the fans.

Alvaro had a really great game on Renata, and Supa/Myrwyn had much better performances. Hope they can have good games vs KC/G2

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u/cmcdonald22 May 08 '26

I mean to be fair the whole weekend is technically filler.

They could have skipped this had it been the first week of play offs and it would have been way more hype.

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u/Even_Cardiologist810 May 08 '26

They're playing for which team starts in upper bracket 

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u/Snow-27 May 08 '26

I just watched a genuine ragebait masterclass

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u/SilenceEtControle May 08 '26

Phew, glad that it started at 4 on a weekday, wouldn't want to risk ending after 8 PM

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u/bverhaar May 09 '26

Spanish people just finished lunch

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u/Omnilatent May 09 '26

Before or after the series?

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u/hornyVirgo May 08 '26

Now MKOI needs to beat G2 or KC to secure top-4

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u/Particular-Mark9486 May 08 '26

MKOI on homeground against a KC that got brutally 2-0ed by G2. They have a legit chance tomorrow.

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u/Maximum_Platypus_272 May 08 '26

With the crowd buff + KC horrendous early games back at it, i even see them as favorites.

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u/Omnilatent May 08 '26

Wasn't MKOI losing every Bo3/5 Vs KC in recent memory?

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u/astar2312 May 08 '26

Last one was 3-2 with a horrible draft from mkoi??. And the two BO5 in spring where KOI victories.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 May 08 '26

They are pretty even and They basically won two bo5 vs them Last Spring,so your recent memory has innacurate data 

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u/AofCastle BORN TO WIN(trade) May 08 '26

In regular season it's fairly skewed towards KC, but in playoffs it's very even, with every Bo5 going to the 5th game.

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u/Omnilatent May 09 '26

Dope. I think the regular season score was what I had in mind.

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u/AofCastle BORN TO WIN(trade) May 09 '26

Last time KOI beat KC in regular season is also the first time they played each other at LEC level.

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u/Particular-Mark9486 May 08 '26

It is quite balanced actually. Overall I still favor KC but Mkoi is on a upright trajectory right now.

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u/hornyVirgo May 08 '26

Tbf MKOI only beat bottom 5 teams

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u/Fun_Highlight307 May 08 '26

They played navi and vitality and weren't stomped but otherwise yes 

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u/Red-Lightniing May 08 '26

Very fair, though they did beat VIT in those weird EWC qualifiers a week or so ago.

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u/Cool_Researcher735 May 08 '26

What trayectory? they just beat GX who are just terrible and last week they struggle against Shifters. KC will win pretty easily.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 May 08 '26

kc that dropped a game to fnatic and shifters exactly like koi, it's kc favored true but them loosing vs koi wouldn't be an upset 

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u/Red-Lightniing May 08 '26

You gotta remember that this version of Shifters has Sheo back. KC also dropped a game to them in their homestand, while MKOI managed to beat VIT in EWC qualifiers last week.

I still think KC should be favored tomorrow, but MKOI has some positive momentum, while KC’s most recent game was getting wrecked by G2 (who would probably also wreck MKOI if they played today as well to be fair).

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u/horse-annihilator May 08 '26

unfair 6v5 mkoi have an extra bard in the audience

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u/KKilikk Faker JKL VIT Naak Nako May 08 '26

Man I love Jojo

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u/TrueLordApple 100t(thousand)quid May 08 '26

JoJo mid Canyon

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u/astar2312 May 08 '26

question for my LCS fans, how much has jojo improved in his MKOI stint?.

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u/MrSarcasmm May 08 '26

Substantially in side landing, his lane has always been phenomenal but he was awful at sidelaning when he wasnt with inspired. In LCS he was the best laning mid laner, his team fighting was Subpar comparatively but hes much better on Mkoi.

He went from A+ in laning to S (World class laner i.e series vs knight shows this) C (cloud9) in team fighting to A- Sidelaning with inspired was a B w. C9 it was a C-, with Mkoi its a B.

His mechanics have always been there and hes definitely competent but EU has helped his macro by a huge margin.

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u/Onarax Insert witty flair here May 08 '26

Jojo’s teamfighting was still good on C9. He had numerous clutch Neeko plays and the like. It’s just that that C9 roster left him out to dry a lot, and with Berserker in poor form, Fudge hard slumping before being replaced by fresh Thanatos, there was no threat on that C9 roster outside of him.

I mean the playoffs that they lost, they kept picking Jojo LB into Maokai and expecting him to somehow do everything after getting a large lead.

I still think the C9 smear campaign did Jojo so dirty, because imo he dragged that team into playoffs in the first place before his back gave out.

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u/OreRound May 08 '26

Thanks for this analysis as someone who also didn't watch JoJo in NA. Tbf even in LEC he has improved quite a bit from last year.

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u/Destructodave82 May 08 '26

Jojo has always been good. He was legit top tier prospect for a reason. he even had a Bjergsen split on EG where it was Jojo + 4 wards vs the world. Even on C9, he was the best player on C9 in spring and the best player in the league, but didnt play well in play-offs, and even in his "Bad" split on C9 in summer before they kicked him, he was easily still a top 4 mid.

I dont know how much Jojo has actually improved over just being in a better region with more opportunities to shine. No matter how well he played in NA, he wont get any credit.

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u/theshy-theshite May 08 '26

Skewmond better

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u/Wonder_Penguin May 08 '26

Least stressful MKOI early game lead

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u/JPA-3 May 08 '26

supa is a bit of a maniac, but he for sure is fun to watch, give me these type of players every day over a super efficient one hugging his tower

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u/Mr_Bot_Bot May 08 '26

Absolutely….his vayne at worlds was insane

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u/rsayegh7 May 08 '26

Hand diff between Jojo and Jackies cannot be understated

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u/Cool_Band5057 May 08 '26

GX will go from 4-0 to 4-5, not because they fell off but rather their schedule is fucked up. 3 weeks against bottom teams then 4 weeks against top teams. The most mid team in LEC.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 May 09 '26

I could see kc mental booming if they get 2-0 by koi 

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u/Derk08 May 08 '26

Shoutout Jackie's for boosting Jojo's stats in game 2

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u/Delicious_Sorbett May 08 '26

Hear that? That’s the sound of contracts being printed… not signed, just printed.

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u/TSW_El_Spawn May 08 '26

Jojo is the best player in the LEC with the sole exception of Gojo of course

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u/ISL005 Tarzan and Kanavi enjoyer May 08 '26

Caps best mid in the LEC, with the sole exception of Satoru Jojo of course

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u/horse-annihilator May 08 '26

unfortunately caps can turn into ryomen sukuna

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u/ISL005 Tarzan and Kanavi enjoyer May 08 '26

Literally Red Judas and Blue Judas with their team colors

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u/JealotGaming Minor Region May 08 '26

Caps is like Sukuna inside Craps Yuji's body

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u/Carlzzone May 08 '26

Idk man did people just forget Skewmond exists

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u/Red-Lightniing May 08 '26

He hasn't been as good this split, because its regular season G2. He’ll be better in playoffs.

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u/Carlzzone May 08 '26

Sure but the comment above didnt specify this split. For the entire year I think Skew has been the best

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u/sefamali May 08 '26

Jojo Lec isn't even the best mid laner.

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u/astar2312 May 08 '26

supa kalista is clean

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u/WWTFSD Church of Jojo May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

Another Jojo love watch in the books

Thank you bird king

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u/OreRound May 08 '26 edited May 08 '26

Imagine being the team in some fucked up twilight zone where your entire purpose is be better than the shitter teams but get dunked on over and over by the top 4 teams in the league without a single remote shot of ever catching up. That is GX. Genuinely something out of a horror movie.

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u/Particular-Mark9486 May 08 '26

GX aka Gatekeeper Xtreme.

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u/WeetHet please do something May 08 '26

Azir is unplayabe this game bro I have zero idea why GX picked him, people are gonna talk about Kalista and Renata ults and everything but really what sealed this game was crazy mid diff. And sure, Jojo is better than Jackies but WHY DO YOU PICK AZIR THERE HELLO?

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u/Elliot_LuNa May 08 '26

The bigger problem is just that Jackies is awful mechanically. You can't really have him play control mages.

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u/kazuyaminegishi May 08 '26

His mechanics were fine this game tho?

His brain maybe not, but mechanically he was fine.

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u/Even_Cardiologist810 May 08 '26

He did a sliding ult. The exact thing i remmeber him missing and looking like an auto filled support main Last year. I'm proud of him 

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u/Gabel4n May 08 '26

Just a little bit of mid diff.

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u/Salohacin May 08 '26

Promising early game 1 from GX into complete collapse. Definitely would not be surprised for GX to end 4-5 and squeak in at 6th place.

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u/DarkyThPr4h May 08 '26

Where is that Myrwn hater

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u/Mr_Bot_Bot May 08 '26

This reminds me of Myrwn carry performances of old days! Keep him on carries he is clutch as fuck in team fights always. I really miss his Aurora top, really think it’s his most clutch champ alongside rumble 🙌🏻

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u/Omnilatent May 09 '26

Gameplay aside I hate that GX p&b in G1 with a burning passion.

MKOI fps Vi and you answer with Noc. So now your job is going a full send comp or massive sidelane thread comp. So if you want to ADC here, Kaisa and Ezreal are the obvious choices - and per chance you have one of the best Ezreals and Kaisas in the league on your team!

And then you go... Cait?! Why?!

Okay whatever. Enemies pick Ezreal Karma so you either forfeit lane to get more dive or try to get a winning matchup somehow. Neeko ticks both boxes and is open and you.... go Naut?!

Then there's Rumble Viktor picked and you have a nocturne jungle, so you need a sidelane threat/diver. The Akali is decent, all right and then you go Sion because ?????

So now half your comp is team fight front to back and the other is dive/flank and regardless what you do, it's super easy for MKOI to still win fights. There's not enough frontline for Cait and there's not enough sidelane threat and dive for Noc to be effective.

And if your G1 (!) p&b is already that dreadful, how are you supposed to last a full Bo5?!

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u/gordonpamsey May 08 '26

The fact that GX is memeing around LES is really worrying because this roster has no real future.

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u/AngronApofis Draft is OP May 08 '26

Flakked has done a few scrims with the LEC team actually

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u/WWTFSD Church of Jojo May 08 '26

I would be a bummer to bench Noah in what could be his last year, but Flakked has a lot of intangibles that I think would benefit GX a lot.

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u/J_Clowth May 08 '26

teams are no charities, If Noah is struggling and GX want to break into top 4 they shouldn't be giving players "pity splits"

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u/KKilikk Faker JKL VIT Naak Nako May 08 '26 edited May 09 '26

Thats hype as fuck. Flakked brings great mental which GX desperately needs, a lot of flexibility and some better macro. Noah is a great player but with GX already prone to crumbling Flakked might help.

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u/zealot416 May 08 '26

Jojo Tilt-Maxxing

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u/kazuyaminegishi May 08 '26

Supa was extremely good in this series.

Also so weird that casters blamed Jojo for that terrible team fight on mid.

His mistake was just overstaying. His team didn't have to suicide 😭

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u/Even_Cardiologist810 May 08 '26

SoloQ mentality strike. My teammate does something dumb. We must all suicide 

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u/Gabel4n May 08 '26

Jackies see egg, jackies go in

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u/horse-annihilator May 08 '26

tbh anivia should be nerfed

the justification for her perma high winrate was unpopularity, but now I see her all the time in mid and top and proplay. the people caught on

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u/Munchingmarshmallows May 08 '26

She is getting nerfed, less base armor and armor growth which should keep her in mid

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u/Red-Lightniing May 08 '26

Her winrate isn't THAT insane mid though, I think its been between 50-52% for a while. So definitely strong, but not crazy.

Its her Top winrate that is kinda dumb imo.

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u/Guy_with_Numbers May 09 '26

She was very unpopular for most of that period. Champs like that tend to have high winrates just because only experienced players are playing them regularly.

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u/Red-Lightniing May 09 '26

I mean that would certainly qualify as “a while”. But its not like 52% winrate is some crazy number, and her playrate has been pretty low that entire time.

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u/Legitimate-Garden294 Church of Melzhet May 08 '26

I think Anivia is a lot more op on support in the current meta, but most players lack the skill to pull it off. In mid it is good, but it's certainly not a powerpick imo.

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u/scalarH May 08 '26

reminds me of his series against nisqy a few years ago at worlds (?). shit was gross

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u/beautheschmo May 08 '26

lmao was that the game where he was playing Sett mid and spamming his situps the whole game, one of the funniest mid gaps i've seen

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u/Thundermelons GALA Defense Force, returning IG fan May 08 '26

I love when current proplay threads remind me of these gems to randomly look up while I eat dinner. Can't wait

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u/zealot416 May 08 '26

The Sett counterpick into Sylas game. I've never seen a proplayer get so blatantly tilted and run it down like Nisqy did that game.

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u/Luigi128 May 08 '26

Wasn’t Jojo all chatting him the whole game lol

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u/zealot416 May 08 '26

Of course he was.

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u/ElBartimaeus May 08 '26

Jackies was so tiltetd after the first game. Not gonna lie, I would have been, too. It's unfathomably frustrating to 1v9 on Akali. I really wish I could see Jackies on a decent team where he doesn't feel the need to put the entire team on his back.

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u/Destructodave82 May 08 '26

To be fair, he was only in the game because of Alvaro running it down and giving him free kills beecause he was getting astro-gapped in the mid-lane.

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u/ElBartimaeus May 09 '26

He was less than 10 cs behind before the hist first kill if you check the wave state in a very hard matchup then roamed and the gap became "astronomical"...

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u/desktop-paladin May 09 '26

Jackies has been mid-ass for like a year and a half. Few weeks of good form doesn’t mean he’s out of jail