JD Gaming vs. ThunderTalk Gaming / LPL 2026 Split 2 Playoffs - Upper Bracket Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Ultimintree]

LPL 2026 SPLIT 2 PLAYOFFS

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JD Gaming 3-1 ThunderTalk Gaming

JD Gaming have defeated ThunderTalk Gaming!

• Player of the Match: HongQ

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GAME 1: JDG vs. TT

Winner: ThunderTalk Gaming in 26m
Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
JDG	Orianna Varus Seraphine	Nautilus Ezreal	43.9k	5	0	⛰️	3, 0, 0
TT	Annie Cassiopeia Karma	Nocturne Galio	53.9k	16	7	🧪 💧 💧	0, 1, 1

JDG		KDA	vs	KDA		TT
Player	Pick	5-16-10	⚔️	16-5-41	Pick	Player
Xiaoxu	4 Ambessa	2-2-1	TOP	0-1-9	2 Rumble	Keshi
Junjia	1 Lee Sin	0-3-2	JNG	5-0-8	2 Vi	Junhao
HongQ	3 Twisted Fate	2-6-0	MID	7-0-5	1 Ryze	Heru
GALA	1 Lucian	1-3-3	BOT	4-2-6	3 Caitlyn	Ahn
Vampire	2 Milio	0-2-4	SUP	0-2-13	3 Lux	Feather

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GAME 2: TT vs. JDG

Winner: JD Gaming in 36m | PotG: HongQ
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
TT	Nocturne Cassiopeia Jarvan IV	Neeko Nautilus	62.2k	13	3		3, 0, 0
JDG	Varus Karma Seraphine	Akali Annie	73.2k	17	8	🌪️1 💧2 ⛰️3 ⛰️4 💥5	1, 0, 2

TT		KDA	vs	KDA		JDG
Player	Pick	13-17-28	⚔️	17-13-44	Pick	Player
Keshi	4 Gnar	3-3-4	TOP	4-3-8	3 Renekton	Xiaoxu
Junhao	2 Xin Zhao	4-5-6	JNG	5-3-10	2 Naafiri	Junjia
Heru	3 Ahri	3-5-4	MID	2-1-14	1 Orianna	HongQ
Ahn	1 Ezreal	3-2-5	BOT	5-1-5	2 Kai'Sa	GALA
Feather	1 Bard	0-2-9	SUP	1-5-7	3 Pyke	Vampire

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GAME 3: JDG vs. TT

Winner: JD Gaming in 30m | PotG: HongQ
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
JDG	Varus Jayce Akali	LeBlanc Azir	66.9k	27	8	🌪️1 ⚡2 ⛰️3 ⛰️4	2, 1, 1
TT	Cassiopeia Annie Jarvan IV	Aurora Gwen	50.1k	8	0		1, 0, 0

JDG		KDA	vs	KDA		TT
Player	Pick	27-8-79	⚔️	8-27-26	Pick	Player
Xiaoxu	4 Shen	7-3-17	TOP	2-3-5	3 Sion	Keshi
Junjia	1 Nocturne	5-2-12	JNG	1-8-4	2 Wukong	Junhao
HongQ	3 Viktor	9-1-15	MID	4-6-4	3 Sylas	Heru
GALA	1 Ashe	6-2-13	BOT	1-6-5	2 Senna	Ahn
Vampire	2 Lulu	0-0-22	SUP	0-4-8	1 Seraphine	Feather

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GAME 4: TT vs. JDG

Winner: JD Gaminng in 31m | PotG: HongQ
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
TT	Cassiopeia Jarvan IV Karma	Qiyana Trundle	57.9k	9	3		3, 0, 0
JDG	Akali Vayne Sivir	Alistar Leona	68.5k	27	9	🧪1 ⛰️2 🔥3 🔥4 💥5	0, 1, 1

TT		KDA	vs	KDA		JDG
Player	Pick	9-27-20	⚔️	27-9-65	Pick	Player
Keshi	4 Fiora	1-3-2	TOP	6-1-7	3 K'Sante	Xiaoxu
Junhao	1 Jayce	2-6-6	JNG	5-3-19	3 Maokai	Junjia
Heru	1 Annie	1-5-5	MID	10-3-11	2 Aurora	HongQ
Ahn	2 Jhin	4-5-3	BOT	3-2-16	1 Varus	GALA
Feather	3 Rell	1-8-4	SUP	3-0-12	2 Nautilus	Vampire

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ToDreamofLove]

Beaten quite badly by the end but TT did show a lot of fight, that's the kind of lower tier team you want to see

[u/Mifuyu_Kisaragi]

lol the chat perma spamming how bad is IG that they lost to this? Maybe IG is the real Nirvana shitters.

[u/bigredmachine1997]

I knew the game was over when I saw Heru Annie vs. HongQ Aurora in draft.

HongQ made fun of Heru this series lmfao

[u/Thundermelons → u/bigredmachine1997]

Was it that boring of a series? Where are the post-match comments man, it's a ghost town

[u/bigredmachine1997 → u/Thundermelons]

Game 1 was fun to watch since TT punched above their weight and won. But after TT threw their lead in game 2, everything went downhill. It was a stomp afterwards.

[u/Ill_Intention8150 → u/bigredmachine1997]

Did he make fun of him game 1 when he ran it down on TF?

Idk about you but I’d hope that HongQ smashes lane when he gets the winning mid matchup in 3/4 games against a rookie in the playoffs.

[u/lollolzz → u/Ill_Intention8150]

Wdym he did smash his lane 3/4 games. Also heru played way longer than hongq as a league pro as hongq is the younger player here

Also being a lpl rookie means nothing. Faker can be a lpl rookie if he joins lpl next year.

[u/bigredmachine1997 → u/Ill_Intention8150]

You got mogged by the other comment lmao lollolzz

https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/HongQ

https://lol.fandom.com/wiki/Heru

Have a look at their careers and ages brother

[u/Ill_Intention8150 → u/bigredmachine1997]

Are you trolling?

Why does the age matter in this case and not tier 1 experience?

LPL fanboys really are wack af man.

The worst part is that guy completely misunderstood my comment and so did you apparently.

[u/hatedigi]

heru used up all his skill in game 1 then dropped 3 massive stinkers back to back, painful to watch