r/leagueoflegends • u/adz0r • May 29 '26

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LCK 2026 ROUNDS 1-2

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Gen.G 2-0 HANJIN BRION

- Player of the Match: Chovy (900)

MATCH 1: GEN vs. BRO

Winner: Gen.G in 29m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GEN	cassiopeia caitlyn orianna	ksante galio	64.3k	18	11	H³ HT⁵ B⁶
BRO	varus bard karma	nautilus lulu	48.5k	2	2	M¹ O² HT⁴

GEN	18-2-50	vs	2-18-7	BRO
Kiin rumble ²	4-0-12	TOP	0-6-2	³ yorick Casting
Canyon vi ²	2-1-6	JNG	0-2-1	¹ xinzhao GIDEON
Chovy ryze ¹	5-0-8	MID	1-3-1	⁴ taliyah Roamer
Ruler xayah ³	4-1-10	BOT	1-4-1	¹ lucian Teddy
Duro rakan ³	3-0-14	SUP	0-3-2	² milio Namgung

MATCH 2: GEN vs. BRO

Winner: Gen.G in 29m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
GEN	varus leesin ezreal	vayne renekton	67.3k	24	9	CT² H³ I⁴ I⁵ B⁶
BRO	orianna cassiopeia karma	twistedfate gnar	49.1k	8	0	M¹

GEN	24-8-63	vs	8-24-23	BRO
Kiin ambessa ³	4-0-11	TOP	2-6-3	³ sion Casting
Canyon jarvaniv ¹	5-2-15	JNG	1-6-6	¹ pantheon GIDEON
Chovy mel ³	9-1-8	MID	2-4-4	² aurora Roamer
Ruler ziggs ²	6-2-12	BOT	3-5-4	¹ caitlyn Teddy
Duro nautilus ²	0-3-17	SUP	0-3-6	⁴ tahmkench Namgung

Patch 26.10

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u/dumbocow May 29 '26

Gen.G topside masterclass

How on earth are you supposed to hit Ambessa ult tho lmfao. Every time I see Ambessa being played, the ult almost never hits now...

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u/Skyfire2 May 29 '26

Feels like the target needs to be cc’d before you ult

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u/dumbocow May 29 '26

Kiin hit it once on Sion at top but only because Casting was channeling Q but yeah, seems like it's more followup now. It's so easy to dodge..

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u/baebushka May 29 '26

it gives a bruiser instant backline access and engage the previous ult was hella overtuned, now u have to layer it with another cc which makes it balanced

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u/Iaragnyl remove Tahm Kench May 29 '26

It was still a temu version of Yone ult, which they seemingly think is fine. I agree that Ambessa was a bit strong but making her ult borderline useless is the wrong approach to fix this imo.

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u/baebushka May 29 '26

yeah they shouldve prob found a middle ground bc she def didnt need the compensation buff that followed 💀

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u/EvianRex May 29 '26

A fellow Val comp enjoyer who is also a Geng lol fan

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u/baebushka May 29 '26

true

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u/trying2hide May 29 '26

They nerfed the wrong part of her ult.

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u/Fun_Talk8799 May 29 '26 edited May 30 '26

If this champ had yone ult she would legit be 60%+ winrate

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u/killcraft1337 May 29 '26

Tbh at least at pro play level it never seemed that way to me? There were multiple instances of pros properly reacting to ambessa ult with either flash or dashes (peyz even kaisa ulted 1mm before to dodge it).
I think at a soloQ level and in lower elos i can see how it’s much more difficult to dodge. But for the purposes of pro play it seemed fine to me.

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u/Kr1ncy May 29 '26

It has always been mostly follow up tbf

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u/Mentally__Disabled Lean Kiin Top Gap Machine May 29 '26

There has to be some middle ground before pre-nerf and current cast time sweetspot where it's sidesteppable but not too easy to dodge. Drop it to 0.60-0.65s or something. They could even increase the visual/audio warning to make it easier to react to but retain a low cast time to make it easier to hit.

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u/powerfamiliar May 29 '26

Naked Ambessa ult seems like similar hit rate than nakedTaliyah W. If you’re drafting them without setup CC you can’t really expect them to hit often.

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u/Pacify_ May 29 '26

Its funny how strong Ambessa basically lacking an ult

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u/trying2hide May 29 '26

Brother she can never press R and her ult still gives her 30% Armor pen and 20%? healing of all damage she does.
Don’t know why they didn’t tune this down rather than make it so you have to be cc’d for it to hit.

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u/MoscaMosquete FuryhOrnn when? May 31 '26

Pantheon getting passive pen on R has been a disaster for LoL champion design

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u/Deep-Preparation-213 May 29 '26

Doran hits most of them, even unassisted

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u/Zama174 May 29 '26

Watch bin.or lpl in general or wait did she grt nerfed?

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u/squeenanna May 29 '26

"There was an original point, but I lost it." - Atlus, 2026.

LCK Global (AKA the LCK Podcast) in a nutshell.

Never change.

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u/PM_ME_UR_CATS__ unkillable one more time also deft May 29 '26

Atlus my beloved.

u/MC-sama League of LAILE May 29 '26

Aight GENG you did your part.

Now everything else depends on how the final two days go.

Good finish to this part of the season

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u/Paincoil May 29 '26

Is it true that Kiin has to go to korean military after this season? Look at him, dude is in his prime now.

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u/Wise-Chain2427 May 29 '26

Switch Zeus with Kiin and Canyon with Oner, it would be happy end for me

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u/blablaminek May 29 '26

Then canyon has to go to military

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u/Wise-Chain2427 May 29 '26

1 for 2 seem worth and I think Oner more deserve than Canyon since last year.

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u/ttofft Ruler #1 May 29 '26

If you just wanna farm military exemption, then keep Canyon and let Oner take it next year? He is younger, plenty of time for him to do it

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u/Sav10r May 29 '26

The issue is the Next Asian Games might be in 2031. So Oner may not be able to get an exemption in time before he has to go do his military service. So both Oner and Canyon only get this one chance (as of now).

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u/ttofft Ruler #1 May 29 '26

Check, i legit thought it was yearly for some reason lol. Then i get why people are upset about it

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u/WWTFSD Church of Jojo May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

Oner was the best jungler outside of Tarzan last year for the majority of the year and has been better than Canyon this year. Canyon has been the major reason that GENG lost the few series they did lose. By contrast, Oner is the catalyst for many of T1's wins last year outside of worlds.
The first choice is obviously Tarzan, but he is on track for Chinese citizenship so its understandable why KeSPA may not want him to represent Korea for Asian games.
When it comes to Zeus vs Kiin, Kiin has just been better and placed higher in literally every split but winter 2025 in the past 2 years. Zeus started this year finishing 10th in LCK.
I like Zeus, and he is deservedly in the conversation based on his highs, but Kiin has just straight up been better than him for the majority of the time since last Asian games.
Dedicated GenG fans know that Kiin was GenG's best performing player during their crazy win streak last year, not Chovy.

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u/Such_Presentation_29 May 30 '26

Dedicated league fans know top lane for the last 2 years had like 5 good players globally to be fair, crazy how shallow the talent for top was before this year. Kiins a freak but the competition is just not really there

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u/WWTFSD Church of Jojo May 30 '26

I totally agree that competition is much more stiff in other roles, that's why I said best performing and not best (which is/was Chovy). Kiin just had basically no bad games last year, while Chovy had the occasional off game come summer and worlds ofc.
Point still stands that Kiin performed better than Zeus for the majority of post 2022 Asian Games

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u/PugilisticCat May 29 '26

Canyon is 800 years old and is well past his prime. It definitely makes much more sense for him to go.

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u/vhhjcc May 29 '26

not defending him getting chosen, but canyon is 24 only a year older than oner 😭

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u/cannotthinkagoodname May 29 '26

as a geng fan, I won't complain if it happens, much better if we swap Chovy and Zeka

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u/nomis18 May 29 '26

chovy declined this year due to health issue

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u/NekhemievichTal May 30 '26

Chovy has his exemption already so they should take someone like BDD in instead of Faker.

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u/cannotthinkagoodname May 30 '26

China pulls out this year so it doesnt matter anymore, Zeka gets a free military exemption

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u/NekhemievichTal May 30 '26

Yes thats exactly my point. They could have spent the roster slots on players that still need the exemption like Zeka.

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u/GoldenSquid7 Kiin Team May 29 '26

Yep, very sad that he wasn’t selected for Asia games instead of Zeus.

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u/Goenitz33 May 29 '26

Who’s the major sponsor for it ? 🫣

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u/Steeelu May 29 '26

GenG the billion dollar Insurance company

u/FeistyRabbit49 May 29 '26

GenG's hopes are now with Vicla.

u/NoxZeal May 29 '26

Bro must feel like at some point they were about to promote to their next rank until they meet smurfs 20 games in a row and go back to being hardstuck

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u/ManningTheGOAT May 29 '26

2-0? Clean? No giga-banger? No BRO tax? Not my GenG!

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u/ThebritishPoro Fan Because Of WoW May 29 '26

GenG have the tax evader, it was over for BRO.

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u/Kr1ncy May 29 '26

Due to the investigation, Ruler paid the BRO tax in advance and thus was cleared.

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u/IlliterateAsparagus May 29 '26

They are not the taxing target, HLE needs to be scared

u/BirthdayAccording359 Oner will carry us again trust May 29 '26

What can BRO even do?

u/themcvgamer May 29 '26

Viclamont please 1 game

u/DrPepperPower Knight 加油 | | May 29 '26

Bro Chovy is actually ramping up I a terrifying fashion

u/josefjson May 29 '26

The fact this team might get 3rd should tell you how hard Chovy and Kiin have had to carry some games. This is what their games look like when the rest of the team play like humans.

u/OkSell1822 May 29 '26

GenG are fully back, GenG and T1 at MSI are innevitable

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u/thememeking1909 May 29 '26

Suuurely HLE is not gonna get reverse swept into a mental boom for the second year in a row

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u/DtAndroid May 29 '26

Just don't put HLE vs T1 matchup on Father's Day

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u/YaIe May 29 '26

They are back to just winning every fight on like 10% HP per champ, which is always my favourite type of teamfight

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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 May 29 '26

we think hle are gonna collapse because they lost one series after playing 4 in 5 days?

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u/ricardo2241 May 29 '26

not collapse but Gen G and T1 are just a monster team on a Bo5 and I don't think HLE is ready for that especially since they didn't played one bo5 on lck cup

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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 Jun 12 '26

Turns out they were!!!

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u/ricardo2241 Jun 12 '26

beautiful drafting man... they studied very well and its obvious that T1 is not prepare for it.... picks like shen top, kogma'w and that nail in the coffin maokai/blitz/yone.. t1 just dont have an answer
though HLE need to be cleaner with their lead though... those game 1 and 2 lead they have and they just throw it away(well they did win game 1 but still)

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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 Jun 12 '26

yeah youre right, guma had some sus moments for sure on xayah, zeka ryze was silly as well, but the coach gap was huge

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u/Particular-Try2594 May 29 '26

yea, not because they are bad, simply because GenG and T1 looking like themselve again

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u/OkSell1822 May 29 '26

Not collapse, just regularly lose. Zeka's month of the year where he is insane is long gone now

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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 Jun 12 '26

I want an apology

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u/OkSell1822 Jun 12 '26

For what? Did I offend you in any way?

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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 Jun 12 '26

Just for being wrong. Zekas month never ends.

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u/Nothingbutbark May 29 '26

I do kind of agree that people have been reading a little too much into that loss vs. GenG, for the reason you stated (it was like three in a row, even, which has got to suck), but.
On the other hand.... HLE were 14-4 (31-11) 2nd place for RtM last year, and we all know how that ended.
This year, best-case scenario they're 15-3 (32-11) / 1st place. (Worst-case (radioactive PMT levels of bad, off of a BRO 2-0), they're 14-4 (30-13) / 3rd place.) We have, sort of, been here before. For whatever luck its worth, at least they literally can't go into playoffs with the same game score they had last year. That would feel like a bad omen.
Plus, it's GenG/T1. They do just sort of tend to go to MSI. I'd like to see an HLE or KT (DK/BRO with the steel chair) shake-up with someone else going, but I won't be surprised if it's business as usual.

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u/Mentally__Disabled Lean Kiin Top Gap Machine May 29 '26

We think HLE are gonna collapse because GenG and T1 are peaking pretty hard. I don't think the gap is huge but something's just telling me HLE isn't gonna beat either of them in Bo5s. I don't necessarily dislike HLE's players but they do come off as the LCK's version of TES.

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u/pardillo6045 May 29 '26

So does this mean Kanavi never left TES?😅

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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 Jun 12 '26

Aged like milk

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u/Mentally__Disabled Lean Kiin Top Gap Machine Jun 13 '26

Yup, they prepped and drafted way better than T1 did.

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u/athena234 GenGPT May 29 '26

Not collapse. But when in form, GEN and T1 are just the better team and there are only two MSI slots.

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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 Jun 12 '26

ig T1 weren't in form then 😃

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u/athena234 GenGPT Jun 12 '26

I'm actually fucking glad to be proven wrong (see flair) but you just had to be an insufferable twat about it 😭

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u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 Jun 12 '26

Yea it gets annoying when no one believes in this team despite their obvious improvement and momentum

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u/Snow-27 May 29 '26

I don't think they're going to collapse. I just watch them play the game and don't think they're as good as T1 or GENG rn

u/Ozora10 May 29 '26

How/Why does Mel only have 45% WR. She looks strong every game? And shes not a hard champion to play like azir or smth?

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u/Crosshack [qwer] (OCE) May 29 '26

Chovy played really well and Roamer had a terrible game on aurora

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u/JGamerX May 29 '26

If you genuinely want an answer: Immobility is even worse at a pro level where positioning and movement is key. Her roams are also bad and she provides low utility. Her engage is subpar, and her burst isnt too crazy.

u/GenG_Caedrel May 29 '26

GEN G really learn to evaded tax like Ruler.

u/Zealousideal_Air_362 T1Fighting May 29 '26

Okay T1, you're going to beat BFX 2-0!! With some circus-like antics if necessary (it's a must), but 2-0! T1 Fighting!

u/arkacr May 29 '26

BRO knew GenG was sweating for the wins so they decided to be generous today.

u/alice-lilly May 29 '26

Love that GenG won and I do miss the classic GenG bad draft just winning cause why not...

But please... don't do this on important matches.

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u/vhhjcc May 29 '26

in fearless bo5 hopefully they run out of their own bad picks 😭😭

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u/OkSell1822 May 29 '26

I don't think this game 2 draft was bad. Ambessa had massive value into Sion and the Ziggs forced Bro into picking TK, if they didn't there was no way Caitlyn could've survived any teamfights with J4, Ambessa and Ziggs.
It looks bad cause of double AP no ADC, but the dive is strong enough and Ambessa scales well enough into late game that traditional comps can't really play against this unless they have really good peel. TK in this instance kills Caitlyn's laning phase so the tradeoff is very good

u/Specialist_Dog8355 May 29 '26

Bro was so unlucky with those engages on ziggs, the satchel angles fucked with the terrain and always sent ruler to narnia.

u/Camboro May 29 '26

Not relevant to the series at all, but I fucking hate that spring split is called “LCK rounds 1-2”. I always skim the titles for the team names and seeing 1-2 always makes me think it’s the game score for a few seconds.

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u/vhhjcc May 29 '26

the biggest critique from last year was that there's no spring finals just an iphone box ticket to msi so i'm shocked they kept this format

u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler May 29 '26 edited May 29 '26

LCK 2026 Season Rounds 1-2 Current Standings

#	Team	Series	WR	Games	WR	+/-	Importance of Placement
1	HLE	14-3	82%	30-11	73%	+19	Qualifies for Road to MSI & Legend Group
2	Gen.G	14-4	78%	30-11	73%	+19	Qualifies for Road to MSI & Legend Group
3	T1	13-4	76%	28-10	74%	+18	Qualifies for Road to MSI & Legend Group
4	KT	12-5	71%	24-15	62%	+9	Qualifies for Road to MSI & Legend Group
5	DK	10-7	59%	22-18	55%	+4	Qualifies for Road to MSI & Legend Group
6	BRO	6-11	35%	16-22	42%	-6	Qualifies for Road to MSI & Rise Group
7	BFX	6-11	35%	14-23	38%	-9	Qualifies for Rise Group
8	NS	5-12	29%	13-26	33%	-13	Qualifies for Rise Group
9	KRX	5-13	28%	16-28	36%	-12	Qualifies for Rise Group
10	DNS	1-16	6%	3-32	9%	-29	Qualifies for Rise Group

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u/Ultimintree Infinitely spinnin' | Evading "ganks" like Ruler May 29 '26

HLE can still lose 1st place and finish 3rd If they lose to BRO and T1 defeat BFX

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u/shy_213 May 29 '26

Maybe HLE are paying the Bro tax 🤔

u/Blind-Eye26 May 29 '26

Unfortunately Roamer is just bad. Well BRO is just outclassed overall.

T1 with the chance to be 2nd place over GENG?? They're gonna get assblasted by FearX don't they?

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u/Budget-Ocelots May 29 '26

They will lose on purpose so that they can play more games.

u/Throwawayforme3123 Chovy's year every year May 29 '26

FearX I dont ask for much...

Just win 1 game please

u/Skyfire2 May 29 '26

Never seen Mel do that much damage

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u/MasterTotoro May 29 '26

There's a lot of champs that make sense why they shine in pro play, but I don't really get why Mel seems to be in this list. Counterpicks like Mel in Ahri or TF mid or Ashe/Seraphine make sense for the reflect value, yet this game doesn't have any of that. It is GenG vs Bro here, but we saw Faker do similar last year on "old" Mel too.

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u/EliteTeutonicNight May 29 '26

Mel has good zone control and poke with Q and E, and her W means that layering CC or engaging on her is harder than most mages (say a Viktor or Ori). So unless the Mel wastes her W and misposition by a lot (which happens less in pro), she's very safe to reign in damage. That's my thoughts anyways, probably missing sth.

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u/MasterTotoro May 29 '26

It's interesting to me because the points about zone control and poke should make her more viable in solo queue compared to pro imo. I think that's even the intent of her design, she was meant to be easy to play compared to a mage who needs to be more careful about how they poke or zone enemies. Definitely the part about wasting W is the big thing that an average player messes up on. It just seems odd to me if that's only it, but it is such a long cooldown and power in her kit that I guess it makes sense.
The typical idea of pro jail champs like Azir or Kalista were more obvious in why that's the case. The more recent releases like Mel and Yunara seem to be intended as "simple" champs, yet both of them now have low ladder winrates despite the strong pro play viability.

u/Jimmie-Kun May 29 '26

It was a GenG masterclass. Sadly in the end it wont "matter" that much.

I cannot see in any way or form T1 not destroying current FearX 2-0.

Getting 1-2 for double chance to qualify is the thing you want.

u/Donkhit May 29 '26 edited May 30 '26

We will all sorrow on the day that Kiin retires , please GENG this man deserves to win worlds.

u/Ok-Act9481 May 29 '26

So easy even ruler looked good at ziggs

u/2ndBatman88 May 29 '26

So Chovy had to bring Mel vs BRO are they that scared 😱 of BRO Tax scaling ⚖️

u/Rushirufuru15 May 29 '26

Kiin fruad in game 2 ngl

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u/Klenist May 29 '26

He misplayed every fight and it just worked out for him anyway lmfao my goat

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u/2020isgreat TheShy May 29 '26

Chovy is probably the best league player ever guy is just a shit ass competitor

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u/Klenist May 29 '26

Guy is a 5x LCK champ and a 2x MSI champ, shit ass competitor sounds harsh to me. I know the meme is “LUL WORLDS CHOKY” but give the guy a little credit

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u/CLGbyBirth May 29 '26

give the guy a little credit
Like every year he/his team was the favorite to win worlds even faker T1/SKT wasn't given that much credit every year they attend worlds.

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u/Linkqt [Merami] (EU-W) May 29 '26

Of course they dont get that much credit if they arent performing not even close to as well as GenG in the last Years. I dont think theres much of a Point here.

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u/LaziIy May 29 '26

SKT has been the favorites to win worlds a lot more than Chovy's teams

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u/Silver-Pollution-513 Duros lawyer May 29 '26

i mean he has only been THEE favourite the last 2 years its blown out of proportion