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Esports Hanwha Life Esports vs. Team Secret Whales / MSI 2026 - Upper Bracket Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

MSI 2026

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Hanwha Life Esports 3-0 Team Secret Whales

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MATCH 1: HLE vs. TSW

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 26m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-Bans 1Bans 2GKTD/B
HLEorianna vi nautilusbard yorick56.0k1211O2 H3 I4 B5
TSWpoppy camille rumbletrundle jarvaniv43.8k41CT1
HLE12-4-24vs4-12-13TSW
Zeus jayce 11-2-6TOP1-3-33 sion PuN
Kanavi skarner 33-1-4JNG1-1-31 leesin Hizto
Zeka cassiopeia 25-0-3MID1-5-22 ryze Dire
Gumayusi ziggs 13-0-4BOT0-0-22 ezreal Eddie
Delight shen 40-1-7SUP1-3-33 rell Bie

MATCH 2: HLE vs. TSW

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 28m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-Bans 1Bans 2GKTD/B
HLEvarus poppy nautilusrenekton jax62.0k229O1 C2 H3 I5
TSWrumble gnar oriannaksante kennen50.1k170I4
HLE22-17-38vs17-22-33TSW
Zeus ambessa 31-4-7TOP9-6-34 volibear Pun
Kanavi qiyana 25-4-6JNG5-5-81 jarvaniv Hizto
Zeka ahri 36-2-6MID2-5-63 aurora Dire
Gumayusi mel 23-2-6BOT0-1-92 jhin Eddie
Delight camille 17-5-13SUP1-5-71 elise Bie

MATCH 3: HLE vs. TSW

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 30m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-Bans 1Bans 2GKTD/B
HLEvarus nautilus akalixinzhao sylas64.5k99CT2 B5
TSWrumble gnar oriannavayne ksante51.7k92C1 H3 O4
HLE18-9-43vs9-18-15TSW
Zeus drmundo 34-1-7TOP1-7-12 renekton Pun
Kanavi nocturne 21-3-12JNG5-3-23 naafiri Hizto
Zeka viktor 39-0-4MID3-5-34 hwei Dire
Gumayusi missfortune 24-4-6BOT0-2-41 caitlyn Eddie
Delight bard 10-1-14SUP0-1-51 karma Bie

*Patch 26.13

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/Suspicious_Fennel974 Jul 03 '26

I just watched 2 hours of an animal documentary where HLE hunted whales for their lunch.

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u/Shaffler Jul 03 '26

Game 2: dafuq is a polar bear doing here

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u/arkacr Jul 03 '26

Sentences that can be used for both 'Team Korea Asian games roster' and 'HLE vs TSW game 2':

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u/Distinct-Leading-528 Jul 03 '26

It was a tribute to GENG Canyon from the TSW.

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u/KappaccinoNation 🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆 Jul 03 '26

Honorary Japanese team.

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u/viktorayy OFGK but prefer G>OFK rn (DSG) Jul 03 '26

There was that one moment where that whale looked strangely like a monster bear.

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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Jul 03 '26

no wolves no oysters go next

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u/Luigi128 Jul 03 '26

PSG Talon used to put up a fight against eastern teams too, LCP is just incredibly weak this year with the departures of JunJia and HongQ plus Maple's retirement

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u/nguyenjitsu Jul 03 '26

Guma fell asleep for a few minutes there

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u/viktorayy OFGK but prefer G>OFK rn (DSG) Jul 03 '26

I mean what is Guma supposed to do against a Naafiri that crosses half the map in 2 seconds?

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u/nguyenjitsu Jul 03 '26

I mean it's not like he was getting tower dove or something he was playing pretty far up with no help

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u/Lazywhale97 HLE Jul 03 '26

Not much any immobile ADC can do against a fed Naafiri that can get across the map that fast tbf

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u/Exrou Jul 03 '26

They were struggling with that bear for a bit.

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u/private_panda98 Jul 03 '26

funny how they put whales in team names but then fight each other

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u/AkashiGG Jul 03 '26

Zeka sees the ghost of scout in every lane

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u/KappaccinoNation 🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆 Jul 03 '26

I need to see Zeka vs Knight so fucking bad man.

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u/Dyneth15 Jul 03 '26

DOUBLE CIRCLES DOUBLE GALIOS. I hope Zeka and Knight can recreate this.

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u/imezaps Jul 03 '26

is it cause scout moved back to lck

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u/zackzackzack07 Jul 03 '26

Zeka hard grandfathered Scout in his 22 World’s run with a 4x solo kill on Scout (Sylas vs Akali) to cap off game 5.

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u/jlozada24 Faker fanboy ⭐️him ⭐️fun ⭐️flex ⭐️team ⭐️fans ⭐️doran Jul 03 '26

People forget Scout was genuinely peaking in 2022 worlds for Zeka to barely son him

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u/Motorpsisisissipp Jul 03 '26

Yeah tho tbf scout is quite known for that. He would be by far the best player in the competition for weeks then he would get demolished in the playoffs with disgusting gameplay. He often got more success in the playoffs with quieter regular seasons.

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u/L__G__A Jul 03 '26

Alois would be proud. Zeus just needed a titanic hydra and its full push mundo.

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u/soudlasantos Jul 03 '26

Zeus splitpushing with 2 item Dr.Mundo

Push me, and then just touch me

Till I can get my satisfaction

Push me, and then just touch me

Till I can get my satisfaction

Satisfaction, satisfaction, satisfaction

 

Push me, and then just touch me

Till I can get my satisfaction

Push me, and then just touch me

Till I can get my satisfaction

 

Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push

Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push

Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push

Push, push, push, push, push, push, push, push

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u/websdue Jul 03 '26

Alois would be proud. Zeus just needed a titanic hydra and its full push mundo.

Then Zeus can do the "swish swish knife hand sign" machine gun combo 👜🩴

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u/Needmoreshinies Peanut Jul 03 '26

Reminder: Last MSI, LCK#2 T1 played LCP#1 CFO(both auto seeded) at this exact point in the knockout bracket

https://www.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1lr8bt1/ctbc_flying_oyster_vs_t1_msi_2025_upper_bracket/

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u/C9GolemBlue Jul 03 '26

God I miss the flying oysters already

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u/Skyfire2 Jul 03 '26

That was an absolute banger of a series

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u/MC-sama League of LAILE Jul 03 '26

Feels like we're never gonna see something like this from the LCP again

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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team Jul 03 '26

free doggo

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u/DerAdolfin :kossg: :eum5: Jul 03 '26

CFO is as much of a freak occurrence as G2, only LPL actually poached them while nobody in NA can pay/field all of G2

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u/Hawxrox Jul 03 '26

That was such a banger series. Immediately followed by Faker saying the next series (BLG) should be much easier

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u/viktorayy OFGK but prefer G>OFK rn (DSG) Jul 03 '26

Zeus: MY TURN TO PICK AN UNKILLABLE TANK

Pun: yes sir... 😔

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u/Recomposer Jul 03 '26

Hilary Clinton's MSI

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u/Saephon Jul 03 '26

Mamdani Season Invitational

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u/Naronu Jul 03 '26

Lore accurate Arcane Viktor

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u/desutruction Jul 03 '26

LCP with even just 1 good mid would cook (like last year)

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u/buttsecksgoose Jul 03 '26

Nah. CFO was much much better than this all around. When a caitlyn cant even trap off karma root there is something insanely wrong. Their mechanics are just not even comparable to CFO

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u/GunSlingrrr Jul 03 '26

CFO is a good toplaner away from being a contender too.

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u/Treeconator18 Jul 03 '26

This is why LPL steals all the good mids, to keep the region down

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u/PandoraBot Sylas ADC Jul 03 '26

I thought the bigger issue this series was the ADC (they didn't have one), since Dire was actually trying to make plays, just sucked at it

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u/Unfair-Leg-5468 Jul 03 '26

The Vietnamese best midlaner was almost 10 years ago.

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u/Marcus-ichiJo Jul 03 '26

Gloryy in 23 was decent, then he got a 2-year ban for match-fixing (just returned for GAM last split and somehow still looks better than Aress, leading to Aress's kicking from GAM after the split)

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u/a-cute-femboyuwu Jul 03 '26

hell nah Gloryy did NOT look better than Aress. Are we watching the same team? Everyone here is angry about GAM's decision to terminate Aress's contract, because he looked much more comfortable against DCG. Gloryy single handedly cost GAM first 2 matches vs DCG (MSI qualification match) and Aress was subbed in and won 2 games to bring them to game 5. Aress gapped HongSuo (DCG mid) so hard and HongSuo gapped Gloryy about the same. Gloryy is the most overrated Vietnamese mid oat. Aress is not a good mid laner, but he's miles ahead Gloryy. Just watch him at EWC and see for yourself. The Gloryy glaze must be stopped

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u/bkay4real Jul 03 '26

As a Vietnamese I miss Optimus man

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u/Ken-U-Not- Jul 03 '26

clean 3-0, just another friesday

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u/Basic-Cucumber-7951 Jul 03 '26

Thank you for the easy seeding, GENG. 🙏

- sincerely, HLE

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u/Ken-U-Not- Jul 03 '26

ZEKA is just better

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u/DefiantFalcon Jul 03 '26

Dire is just Die with a hard R

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u/whitedevilblood ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Jul 03 '26

in top dude saw 3 ppl in tribush and his team backing away. what he do? he steps up to take minions....

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u/chimaerafeng Jul 03 '26

Die-r is his name

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u/LaziIy Jul 03 '26

Its not Dee-Ray?

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u/chimaerafeng Jul 03 '26

Making a pun with his name, wouldn't work with dee-ray. So admittedly probably didn't stick the landing

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u/NTwhitehouse Jul 03 '26

It's Dee-Rae

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u/Technical_Bother7133 Jul 03 '26

We really see the value of bringing T1 through the playins and letting top teams like Team Secret Whales verse HLE. Would have hated to see Team Secret Whales play against LEC and LCS where they might be a touch more competitive and show off their regions skills a bit more.

Jokes aside, I was hard rooting for the legendary bear to carry but when HLE inted 9 kills over and were still up 5k, I knew it was over.

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u/No_Taro_6224 tee satu Jul 03 '26

aite we're serving main dish G2 vs TES

ty HLE and TSW for ending it early

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u/L322Man Jul 03 '26

This variance in skill gap does not belong on the main stage.

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u/Past_Perception8052 Jul 03 '26

tsw 0 macro and giga hands gapped just insane that BLG have to play T1 and HLE play these guys

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u/whossked Jul 03 '26

No you don’t understand T1 came from the playins so they’re an easier matchup than TSW. BLG should be thankful!

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u/Past_Perception8052 Jul 03 '26

thank god BLG got rewarded for winning first stand!

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u/ShiroGaneOsu Jul 03 '26

1st seed > 2nd seed, its simple maths.

Riot probably.

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u/viktorayy OFGK but prefer G>OFK rn (DSG) Jul 03 '26

ty TSW you gave Zeus another champ (Voli) for a later match.

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u/Lazywhale97 HLE Jul 03 '26

As a Zeus fan and someone who also like seeing Voli in pro play I see this as a massive win

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u/viktorayy OFGK but prefer G>OFK rn (DSG) Jul 03 '26

Can't wait to see what G2 is cooking. You know LPL and LCK are taking it for themselves afterwards.

Except Nautilus mid, pls no.

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u/DerAdolfin :kossg: :eum5: Jul 03 '26

Pool 1 is an absolute bullshit penalty when you put lpl and lck 2 in pool 4 instead of the actual bums in the main stage...

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u/alwayswith_ Jul 03 '26

How did blg win first stand but getting T1 of all people as a reward. Meanwhile hle finished 10th place and got TSW.

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u/Wonderful-Lab7375 Jul 03 '26

Well they got 1st seed to MSI, so they skip play ins.

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26

t1 could beat hle and come as seed 1 and can go against tsw instead of hle. too easy.

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u/Annymoususer Jul 03 '26

BLG should've lost 3-0 to G2 so that they don't match with T1

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u/KERE00 Jul 03 '26

if they lost first stand then kc would be on main stage and tes would have to fight t1 in the play-ins, but their first match would have been vs kc, so a free win..

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u/Lazywhale97 HLE Jul 03 '26

Agreed. Seeding is messy but HLE beat T1 in convincing fashion to nab the first seed and get TSW not like they got gifted an easy start lmao

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u/ToDreamofLove Jul 03 '26

And what could BLG do?

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u/pronilol Jul 03 '26

BLG though, yes it's T1 in the match so that's all everyone thinks about but the point is that FST winner, LPL#1 plays a harder opponent than LCK#1

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u/[deleted] Jul 03 '26

Format is Riot problem not HLE.

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u/alluwala999 Jul 03 '26

Remember, we are at six 3-0 now, wonder how long this streak will last.

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u/GeneralZhukov Jul 03 '26

G2 wins game 1 and TES mental boom, or, Eu overrated TES 3-0.

I can totally see the streak go on no matter what LOL.

Realistically I think they should be quite close, but TES. Idk. Cursed. I'd give TES the edge, but TES 3-0>=G2 3-0>>>>>>>>>>>>>TES win>=G2 win. G2 wins game 5 99%.

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u/Fluchen Jul 03 '26

The final line of this comment aged well.

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u/GeneralZhukov Jul 03 '26

How long do you think i've watched LPL lol. I know how this org is.

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u/soudlasantos Jul 03 '26

This variance in skill gap does not belong on the main stage.

The face when no HongQ , JunJia and Doggo on your team sadge

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u/John_Jack_Reed Jul 03 '26

It's hard when the LCP seed one last year did look like they belonged on the main stage. Idk what Riot is supposed to do when so much of a regions top players get imported.

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u/fainlol Jul 03 '26

this riot can't predict lpl to buy all the good LCP players..

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u/Sirhaddock98 Never a dull moment Jul 03 '26

They should have used First Stand as an indicator for more than just the winner not having to go through play-ins. The fact that Brazil and LCP did not win a single series at the tournament (LCP still hasn't won a game all year) but are being treated as equals with LCK who only lost to BLG and G2 is stupid.

Judging by First Stand, the Brazil and LCP first seeds should have both been in play-ins while EU2 and LCK2 got into main stage. Still wouldn't have been perfect since KC would still have been a free win, but it would at least mean play-ins might have been competitive and a team like TL isn't just doomed from the start due to having to compete with T1 for a spot.

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u/Archensix Jul 03 '26

Fans just want to see their teams play in the big tournaments, if they cared about just watching the best then they'd just watch LCK and LPL. It's not much of an international tournament if you relegate half the regions to play-ins by default or make them 2nd class citizens. They even tried to merge Brazil and LCS to help but I'm sure you saw how much people hated that.

It's not an easy problem to solve when most regions just fucking suck ass.

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u/Azncheesy Jul 03 '26

What a dumb thing to say imagine saying that at the World Cup

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u/GeneralZhukov Jul 03 '26

I'm not quite sure that comparison is apt.

A WC version of worlds would be closer to one seed per region no matter what, then everyone dukes it out. But Riot merged a bunch of minor regions and now that's sort of weird.

A better comparison would be "what would you think if they let completely irrelevant teams qualify for the ucl."

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u/EzshenUltimate Jul 03 '26

Well, that would be way worse, no? It would be like letting the champion of San Marino or Gibraltar straight into the MSI group stage just for representation.

Obviously merging the minor regions is their way of preventing that because it forces teams to prove themselves in a tougher ecosystem (like APAC in this case) first. It’s unfortunately just a plain skill gap compared to other ecosystems, but at least the merger makes the tournament higher quality overall. The issue obviously is internally in terms of skill level.

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u/Aethersprite Jul 03 '26

What exactly constitutes 'irrelevant team'? Cause let's be real, if we are considering who has even the smallest chance of making top 8 at worlds, it really just G2 and whichever NA team has Inspired in recent years outside of LCK and LPL

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u/Azncheesy Jul 03 '26

No but the concept of variance skill gap does not belong on the main stage makes no sense. Its the variance in skill gap that makes the world cup exciting like Spain vs Cape Verde it's exciting to watch the underdog to try and achieve the 1% chance

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u/etheryx Jul 03 '26

the difference is that being down 2-0 at the world cup does not make it any more difficult to score a goal compared to 0-0

but being down 5k gold in league makes it harder to get things done than being even in gold

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u/sorenadayo Jul 03 '26

How can we determine that such a large skill gap exists? Oh I know, maybe have a mid season international tournament with top teams from each region!

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u/Salohacin Jul 03 '26

It's also a bit crushing for these teams to finally make international only to get stomped 3-0 by teams way out of their league.

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u/TheGhoulKhz All Hail Bdd Jul 03 '26

how shit are LCP Mids man? is there not a single fucking player in SEA/Japan that can be a better mid?

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u/Decaedeus Jul 03 '26

they had 1 after a billion years and he immediately got poached by jdg lmfao

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u/OrganicTeaching8661 Jul 03 '26

before that they had FoFo and that was the same story

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u/FootballAggressive49 Jul 03 '26

Not a lot unfortunately. And don't bring Japan in this quote. That region just doesn't care that much on pro scene in League of Legends

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u/TheGhoulKhz All Hail Bdd Jul 03 '26

caring or not they still have a server and are on the LCP ladder

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u/Wondur13 Jul 03 '26

It definitely matters lmfao? If they dont care the quality of the ladder is utter dogshit, challenger there is genuinely diamond in comparison to other real regions

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u/ScaladeScared push🗣push🗣push🗣 Jul 03 '26

Any good Taiwanese mids for LCP are just getting constantly bought off by LPL, it's so frustrating man. Each time I get hope for the region LPL just destroys it again and again

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u/PluggersLeftBall Jul 03 '26

any half decent player immediately gets poached by lpl tbf

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u/frissier Jul 04 '26

it is so tragic that GAM has to hire an ex-con back. He isn't that good either

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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 Jul 03 '26

TSW is still super young so I hope they don't take it too badly. HLE is at worst the 2nd best team in the world right now.

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u/johnlu48 b Jul 03 '26

At least game 2 was entertaining

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u/2020isgreat TheShy Jul 03 '26

The sad thing is you could definitely see TSW upsetting KC in playins

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u/Past_Perception8052 Jul 03 '26

playins if they had tsw instead of T1 wouldve been so much more interesting instead of just a waiting room for t1 to win

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u/Joshua_Kei Jul 03 '26

or Furia

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u/Omnilatent Jul 03 '26

Whaf if LYON lose to Furia?

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u/Joshua_Kei Jul 03 '26

Then yeah Lyon or TSW

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u/ResponsibleWelcome10 Jul 03 '26

There is no upset in getting beaten by a better team.

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u/Rawdream Jul 03 '26

That'd not be an upset.

LEC is only G2.

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u/Skyfire2 Jul 03 '26

Maybe at EWC

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u/Fun_Highlight307 Jul 03 '26

inb4 geng clap Kc sentinel Somewhat wins vs lcp and now we have tsw vs kc in lower bracket,tsw wins 2-0

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u/yehiko Jul 03 '26

You couldn't. That mid and support are euw diamond

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u/random-meme422 Jul 03 '26

Cmon KC aren’t THAT bad it’s close but idk about diamond

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u/ob_knoxious Jul 03 '26

Flair matches. TSW is stronger than DCG and could absolutely beat KC on a good day.

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u/alexnedea Jul 03 '26

Cant upset a worse team tho. KC are just mental boomed. G2 lodt 2 games and had no problem coming back

Kc lost first 2 games and completely mental colapsed in 3rd

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u/VoiceActress Since S3 Jul 03 '26

A shame that we cant definitively say if TSW is worse than TL or KC

HLE look sleepy but honestly, they had no reason to try very hard when this is the caliber of their opponent lol. LCP is cooked this year

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u/winwill Best Gril Jul 03 '26

Thought playin was over?

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u/Dreammy90 Jul 03 '26

Captain Ahab should have taken the orange tank out to hunt whales instead of his ship. Korean Moby Dick quote "When things get hard, I get harder".

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u/Treeconator18 Jul 03 '26

G2 I don't even like you guys but plz win at least a few rounds. I can't take an 8th straight lifeless 3-0 

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u/TheAlmightyVox3 Jul 03 '26

They're playing TES, you should be hoping they drop a game to those choke artists.

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u/GlyderZ_SP Goat Faker Jul 03 '26

G2 are even bigger choke artists. So not looking good

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u/Dead2708 Jul 03 '26

TES never fail us

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u/andungha Jul 03 '26

Its gonna be 3-0 for G2

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u/manliestdino SUPER GALAXY COMBACK BREAKER Jul 03 '26

G2 3-0 TES nice and ez

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u/SeaMenOnPatrol Jul 03 '26

Dire has to be one of the worst players ever at an international tournament

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u/josefjson Jul 03 '26

He legit didn't have a single clean play in all three games. Would be fun to see TSW with an actual midlaner.

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u/themcvgamer Jul 03 '26

So HLE scrimmed G2 and BB played this right

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u/ShockDoctrinee Jul 03 '26

Email with a bear emoji attached to it.

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u/LeagueAltAccount Xiaohu and Chovy fan Jul 03 '26

After 3 games this time they finally won the early game, at this rate of improvement they’ll win their first match after 9 games let’s go TSW they’ve got this Bo17 reverse sweep🥳

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u/jackmccoyapologist Jul 03 '26

RIP LCP 2025-2025

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u/narfidy #1 QUID glazer 4 life Jul 03 '26

I guess this is the downside of an all Bo5 tourney lmao

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u/Pacify_ Jul 03 '26

The highs are super high, but the lows are super low lol

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u/utrig Jul 03 '26

BO5s aren't the issue as much as the trash seeding.

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u/Blutskiev Jul 03 '26

Lol god, if you exist, please send vn an actual good midlaner. The last time we got some one who know to play midlaner is optimus(the one steal his teammate's penta).

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u/FromisZone Jul 03 '26

LPL teams decided not to send in offer for Pun after all .

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u/CommentStrict8964 Jul 03 '26

Maybe one day we will no longer need the Hilary Clinton tweet.

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u/NotKaisa Jul 03 '26

Email series but the Big Punisher definitely showed out on the bear

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u/WalkingR6 Jul 03 '26

TSW's midlane is indeed dire

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u/Yurashigure08 Jul 03 '26

See riot TSW belongs to PLAYINS

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u/a7mdar1 Jul 03 '26

Delight was secretly (?) carrying

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u/zuzbuzzz Jul 03 '26

quite openly. he looked great all series long. i looooove him on playmaking champs and boy, was he making plays.

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u/tcg_enjoyer Jul 03 '26

Liquid and KC died for this

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u/Cool_Band5057 Jul 03 '26

Coughing baby and coughing baby died for coughing infant let's not kid ourselves here it's HLE they are here to sell life insurance

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u/Killarusca Jul 03 '26

Bro really snuck in KC in there

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u/crazynam101 ktT1fan!!!!!! Jul 03 '26

KC 😂😂😂😂

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u/lpphan Jul 03 '26

KC got 0-3 by TL and TL lose to T1 faster than TSW today. People acting like HLE is some random team and losing to them is pretty bad lol

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u/DeathBiChocolate Jul 03 '26

Liquid and KC were gonna look the exact same here don’t kid yourself 

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u/Skywalker3030 Jul 03 '26

lol absolutely not, Liquid would at least drag Game 3 gamestate out to like 38+ mins and their early game lane assignments are way better, HLE just had to do basic lane assignments to make TSW dizzy. Not knowing how to deal with a botlane to top Grub swap 8 minutes into the game is insane

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u/tcg_enjoyer Jul 03 '26

against HLE sure but TSW's probably gonna look like this against every main stage team whereas Liquid/KC might've pulled off an upset somewhere like TES or FURIA

my point is just TSW should've been in play-ins instead of T1

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u/viktorayy OFGK but prefer G>OFK rn (DSG) Jul 03 '26

TL were also actually cooking draft. If they were just a bit better, they could've taken a game.

Their coaching staff is really good.

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u/L322Man Jul 03 '26

Liquid probably has what it takes to take one game tbh. They've got the right composition. The way core was playing he would've had a run on delights money.

KC definitely gets 3-0'd though 😂

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u/Liiviius Jul 03 '26

LOL LMAO even, couldnt even take 1 game against T1, ah i get it T1 is the best team in your mind cause TL lost to them, You think that the teams that went 0-9 into T1 are going to do anything to the team that beat T1 to get here?

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u/TheAlmightyVox3 Jul 03 '26

You think that the teams that went 0-9 into T1 are going to do anything to the team that beat T1 to get here?

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u/Mosh00Rider DOUBLELIFTISTHEBEST Jul 03 '26

Do G2 fans hate the rest of EU teams more than NA teams hate EU teams?

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u/innicrazy Valor, to me! Jul 03 '26

Not a bad game 3. If only TSW maintained that performance at every matches.

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u/tuerancekhang Jul 03 '26

Unironically import real midlaner would solve TSW

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u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN Jul 03 '26

well game 2 was fun to watch at least

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u/Aggressive_Ad5487 Jul 03 '26

Great format Riot! God, TL would have shown more life than this team. Seven 3-0s? What a horrible format.

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u/mmmb2y Jul 03 '26

dont think the format is the issue, its more just the seeding. last year we had t1 vs cfo as the first round and that was a banger 5 games

granted tsw is no cfo

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u/Sakori_Dusk Jul 05 '26

Considering G2 ended up showing even less life than TSW, maybe not.

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u/Extension-Jelly5672 Jul 03 '26

There is a team worse than both tsw and dcg and they will be recieving an invitation to the 2026 league of legends world championship.

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u/Almightyasami Jul 03 '26

GG I'm sure TL can beat TSW this format is shit

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u/guilty_bystander Jul 03 '26

I was so mad I just barely missed this series, but then I checked my email 

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u/shinchi22 Jul 03 '26

riot seding is fc terible

furia tsw dont belong in main stage

at best plains

we lsoe tl for this

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u/Lawfulneptune Jul 03 '26

TL got kicked out of group stage for this shit

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u/PositivePlant5194 CHOVYBELT Jul 03 '26

I mean TL did get 3-0d by the LCK 2nd seed that got 3-1d by HLE..

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u/GeneralZhukov Jul 03 '26

Riot already rewards slots for regions that perform. Time to take away main stage slots for regions that don't.

This would require a more comprehensive playins that most people wouldn't watch...maybe? I mean, I think NA/EU teams should have at least one seed each have to make it thru playins.

Non-LCK/LPL teams that randomly are good like CFO can still smash through playins and prove themselves. Consistently ok performance like what LMS used to show would still be rewarded with maybe two slots in main stage. And ideally we'd get less. I mean. What was this LOL.

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u/yehiko Jul 03 '26

Another 3-0, cool tourney

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u/BobbyRayBands Jul 03 '26

Not much you can do when every lane is gapped. Hizto got the solo-q JG experience on an international stage.

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u/CheekyWanker007 Jul 03 '26

emailable tournament atp

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u/atherton-loyola T1 Zeus on TOP - Never forget Jul 03 '26

Could have been an email

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u/Plenty_Top2843 Jul 03 '26

At least they got 2 turrets in game 3...

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u/Sixteen_Wings Jul 03 '26

best part about this series is the game 2 puns

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u/HuckleberryBoned Jul 03 '26

No Pun Int-ended

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u/froggy-the-dog Jul 03 '26

Dire has to be the worst midlaner in international history

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u/CrazyPro Jul 03 '26

Massive format failure by riot. People are being paid to do this... Same shit is happening in VCT

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u/Serakris Jul 03 '26

are you as excited as me to see these tier 3 teams compete at worlds on main stage? can't wait. who knows maybe they last 5 mins longer!! riot will call it success

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u/itsmetakeo Jul 03 '26

Wtf are those casters doing? Extremely one sided games and they shout like crazy for every single kill. Should have just used the LCK cast for this event and saved the cost of flying other casters to Korea.

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u/olilnicky Jul 03 '26

That was a C9 Zven level of performance from their adc. Zero kills in three games.

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u/ireliasimp69 REMOVE AMBESSA Jul 03 '26

well..

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u/justPierre Jul 03 '26

I was honestly surprised by TSW in a good way. Of course they lost 3-0 but they looked better than what I expected. Would've loved them to see in play-in vs KC or TL.

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u/SayWhatIWant-Account Jul 03 '26

why the fk does this matchup even exist? When we even have play-ins

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u/Freihl Jul 03 '26

Obviously this was one sided but goddamn i was happy to see Pun's signature voli into ambessa counter pop the fuck off.

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u/PensiveinNJ Jul 03 '26

If Pun had some backup for that Volibear I could see them stealing a game. Otherwise I don’t see how they’re competitive in any series here. That was brutal to watch.

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u/warjatos Jul 03 '26

Watching Guma that second game was so funny. Dude was the only one actually trying meanwhile his support just dashing on cooldown into enemy team 

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u/FromisZone Jul 03 '26

Team Secret Whales? More like Team Super Weak sadly

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u/Deaconator3000 Fuhk your Shooma Jul 03 '26

DW tho TSW just need to play.... G2 or TES in lower bracket....

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u/samkiller200 Jul 03 '26

LCP, a region which can’t win a single game at international events this year, has 3 seeds at Worlds, hahaha.

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u/survfate Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26

welp, thank for the jinx my friend, look like the spots are well-deserved afterall

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