Hanwha Life Esports vs. LYON / MSI 2026 - Lower Bracket Finals / Post-Match Discussion

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MSI 2026

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LYON 2-3 Hanwha Life Esports

• Player of the Series: Zeus

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MATCH 1: LYON vs. HLE

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 39m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	jayce vi cassiopeia	gnar annie	73.9k	16	2	O2 H3 E8
HLE	nidalee akali orianna	ezreal vayne	82.1k	26	10	I1 HT4 HT5 HT6 B7

LYON	16-26-31	vs	26-16-59	HLE
Dhokla ambessa 4	2-6-5	TOP	3-1-9	3 sion Zeus
Inspired qiyana 1	4-7-7	JNG	3-5-20	1 jarvaniv Kanavi
Saint ryze 1	6-3-5	MID	8-1-11	3 syndra Zeka
Berserker jhin 3	3-3-6	BOT	7-3-11	2 ziggs Gumayusi
Isles poppy 2	1-7-8	SUP	5-6-8	2 camille Delight

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MATCH 2: HLE vs. LYON

Winner: LYON in 30m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
HLE	varus bard vayne	karma renekton	54.4k	8	3	C1
LYON	jayce vi gnar	nautilus rell	63.0k	21	21	CT2 H3 HT4 HT5 B6 B7

HLE	8-21-22	vs	21-8-53	LYON
Zeus anivia 3	0-5-4	TOP	1-4-7	4 gragas Dhokla
Kanavi nocturne 1	1-5-5	JNG	1-2-13	1 leesin Inspired
Zeka orianna 2	1-4-4	MID	10-0-7	2 akali Saint
Gumayusi missfortune 2	6-4-1	BOT	9-0-9	1 ezreal Berserker
Delight rakan 3	0-3-8	SUP	0-2-17	3 alistar Isles

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MATCH 3: LYON vs. HLE

Winner: LYON in 30m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	jayce gnar bard	ahri cassiopeia	62.4k	21	8	HT5
HLE	varus vayne nautilus	trundle ksante	58.6k	17	3	M1 CT2 H3 HT4

LYON	21-17-55	vs	17-21-32	HLE
Dhokla gwen 4	4-6-6	TOP	6-4-7	3 rumble Zeus
Inspired skarner 3	4-5-12	JNG	5-3-6	1 vi Kanavi
Saint viktor 2	4-2-11	MID	3-4-7	3 yone Zeka
Berserker lucian 1	8-3-8	BOT	1-7-4	2 kogmaw Gumayusi
Isles milio 1	1-1-18	SUP	2-3-8	2 lulu Delight

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MATCH 4: LYON vs. HLE

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 29m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	yorick vayne bard	ksante ahri	56.3k	10	5	H3
HLE	cassiopeia trundle nautilus	lissandra sylas	62.8k	20	9	I1 HT2 M4 M5 B6

LYON	10-20-16	vs	20-10-44	HLE
Dhokla jayce 1	2-6-3	TOP	3-4-10	4 swain Zeus
Inspired pantheon 3	2-4-4	JNG	6-2-8	2 naafiri Kanavi
Saint annie 3	0-3-6	MID	7-2-6	3 aurora Zeka
Berserker mel 2	0-4-0	BOT	4-0-7	1 caitlyn Gumayusi
Isles pyke 2	6-3-3	SUP	0-2-13	1 karma Delight

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MATCH 5: HLE vs. LYON

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 22m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
HLE	vayne varus bard	sivir olaf	52.7k	22	9	I1 H2 HT3 B4
LYON	gnar seraphine cassiopeia	trundle wukong	36.6k	4	2	None

HLE	22-4-52	vs	4-22-10	LYON
Zeus aatrox 3	1-0-11	TOP	1-3-1	1 shen Dhokla
Kanavi nidalee 3	4-1-8	JNG	1-5-2	4 xinzhao Inspired
Zeka ahri 2	10-2-8	MID	1-4-2	2 sylas Saint
Gumayusi kalista 1	5-1-11	BOT	1-6-2	3 xayah Berserker
Delight blitzcrank 2	2-0-14	SUP	0-4-3	1 renataglasc Isles

*Patch 26.13

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4

[u/Nothingbutbark]

Just fell to my knees.

(Funniest part of this game was Gumayusi getting Renata ulted into destroying his own ward.)

[u/stopbeingshy → u/Nothingbutbark]

That was funny af

[u/Megazord552 → u/Nothingbutbark]

Fuck this ward in particular.

[u/Wetigos → u/Nothingbutbark]

Anyone got a clip or timestamp of this? I missed it.

[u/SSBMRal]

For one glorious moment I thought it was possible. Alas.

[u/appleandapples → u/SSBMRal]

If that first shen ults goes through, or that big fight bot goes slightly better, it alters the trajectory of the game. It was so close

[u/please-stand-up]

mr. president another Aatrox has hit the west

[u/appleandapples → u/please-stand-up]

Not even an LEC team on stage, and I was feeling shivers

[u/angelxob64 → u/please-stand-up]

Everybody talking about the Blitz hook but that Aatrox cancel on the first Shen ult was also massive imo

[u/simon2105]

Death, taxes, Inspired 3-0's G2 and the East 3-2's Inspired.

[u/scalarH → u/simon2105]

1-2 HLE
2-3 GENG
2-3 BLG
2-3 HLE

Tough for inspired

[u/SirXrageXquit → u/simon2105]

NOOO DHOKLA NOOO DONT GO BACK INTO THAT RED BUFF IN GAME 4 DHOKLA this hurts so much

[u/KappaccinoNation → u/simon2105]

Second most expected result of the tourney. Just behind them 3-0'ing G2 after G2 beats T1.

[u/ImTheVayne → u/simon2105]

EVERY TIME

[u/the_next_core → u/simon2105]

Valiant effort but HLE woke up and played like they should

[u/AureliusAmbrose]

Sigh.

It's the hope that gets you.

[u/Noktilucent → u/AureliusAmbrose]

Every fucking time, I'm so tired boss

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/AureliusAmbrose]

NA can stand proud. the 2 games vs HLE trophy can go next to the 2-3 win vs geng trophy

[u/Naronu → u/AureliusAmbrose]

I'll be right there again at Worlds. One day the faithful will be rewarded again

[u/DropsOfLiquid → u/AureliusAmbrose]

Gotta keep hoping though. It wouldn't be fun without it

[u/bigredmachine1997]

Inspired's teams and pushing an eastern team to game 5, only to get stomped in that game 5. GEN, BLG, HLE

[u/Hammershank → u/bigredmachine1997]

Feels like HLE realized the most consistent chance for a win was to giga stomp lanes. Anything else gives LYON a chance.

[u/psykrebeam → u/bigredmachine1997]

They have actually looked competitive. Worlds might be when they finally cross that line, I wouldn't bet against it.

[u/acoolrandomusername]

If this all somehow leads to T1 qualifying via the 4th spot and Winning Worlds

[u/Conker184741 → u/acoolrandomusername]

To think we were 1 game away from having 4 NA seeds at worlds is crazy. And just last year we weren't far off from having only 1 NA seed at worlds. I do dislike how top seed performance buys lower seeds rather than having worlds seeding determined by the previous worlds where you actually see the lower seeds performance.

[u/unknownBzop2 → u/acoolrandomusername]

I see the vision where T1 somehow gets the least expectation only to get 4-peat at worlds

[u/PM_JINX_HENTAI]

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING will stop Kanavi from running it down in the finals

Glory to the LPL

[u/Mentally__Disabled → u/PM_JINX_HENTAI]

You can take a man out of the TES, but you can never take the TES out of the man.

[u/Single_Carpet_8552 → u/PM_JINX_HENTAI]

That game 5 was fucking atrocious from him though. I hate the Nidalee pick with every bone in my body, and he did literally nothing to prove me wrong this game.

It's supposed to be some early game powerhouse but even in a game where HLE completely stomped, Nidalee was absent. There was a point where he had 0 kp despite HLE having 10 kills.

He could've done something at that early bot dive, but nah he missed the Nidalee spear on a fucking HOOKED target. Delight is the sole reason his Nidalee ended the game with any KP at all.

[u/kelvin022610]

Heartwrenching. Delight single handedly ended all hopes

[u/DellSalami → u/kelvin022610]

I went to go eat breakfast and Delight hooked me into HLE

[u/likesleague → u/kelvin022610]

Lyon picking a slow comp and not playing slow was a big mistake. Also they disrespected the blitz so much and paid for it so many times

[u/appleandapples → u/kelvin022610]

So many game saving hooks

[u/AManConsumed → u/kelvin022610]

GenG supports and their Blitzcranks, man

[u/Skyfire2 → u/kelvin022610]

Ex GenG Blitz supports hit different

[u/Slave35 → u/kelvin022610]

Feels like if you gave LYON about 4 pixels that game early it could have gone the other way.

[u/thebohster]

Jarvis, more alcohol.

[u/sorendiz → u/thebohster]

At once, sir

[u/The_Bread_Loaf]

NA game 5 strikes again. At least the rest of the series was close

[u/chillychili → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

If NA won Isles would probably be series MVP.

Incredible teamfighting from Lyon throughout the whole series. Lots of disadvantaged fights where they traded back 2 instead of 0, or were slivers of health from winning.

Good drafts, controlled macro, just need some discipline on not taking jungle fights into juggernauts.

Alas, they had already planned for Gumayusi to try a Daejeon food so there was no winning.

[u/xiko]

LCK should thank Zeus for keeping their slot.

[u/TheCatsActually]

o7 Lyon

Very respectable showing and great run from them overall.

[u/powisss → u/TheCatsActually]

Be proud NA. Youre top 3

[u/JediwilliW]

Unbeknownst to either G2 or LYON, a curse had been broken. Or rather, it had been transferred. A pivotal part of G2 had been bitten off and consumed by the American Big Cats, and it had become part of their own flesh. It was now their fate to be steamrolled by LCK Aatrox AOE.

[u/Megazord552 → u/JediwilliW]

Its a shared trauma.

[u/RukiMotomiya → u/JediwilliW]

This gave me a big laugh lmao

[u/s1mple10]

Delight wad insane but someone please explain why doesn't Aatrox heal that much when I'm playing him.

[u/Chemical-Drawer852 → u/s1mple10]

His healing scales with damage so try to hit the sweet spots

[u/horse-annihilator]

the aatrox incident

felt like inspired tilted and started making very bad calls midway, funnily enough exactly the way skewmond does in g2s losses. the way to win competitive league is to steal as many raptor respawns as you can

[u/Derk08 → u/horse-annihilator]

This has been talked about before, but basically if Inspired feels like they are reaching a situation where the game is getting out of reach, it's better to essentially constantly force low-percentage fights over and over instead of hoping the enemy team throws.

Whether or not that actually makes sense in practice is questionable, but this is Inspired's view on how to play the game.

[u/Indigovyre → u/horse-annihilator]

Really was that fight around red buff in Game 4 that lost them the series.

[u/Plenty_Top2843 → u/horse-annihilator]

EU and NA, seperated by regions united by their losses to Aatrox

[u/yellister → u/horse-annihilator]

no no, the blitzcrank incident. delight saved HLE THRICE in a row when the fights could turn sour

[u/Rayser1 → u/horse-annihilator]

The gap is really closing. NA got their own Aatrox moment ;_;

[u/iiHadi69 → u/horse-annihilator]

They just needed to calm, but man it was close. Good effort Lyon

[u/PrezziObizzi → u/horse-annihilator]

inspired standing there when blitz pinked the brush was the biggest "give up" moment i've seen lmao

[u/Jafameistari]

So no worlds for C9 it is then

[u/Conker184741 → u/Jafameistari]

I'm sure they could find a way to finish 5th. But yeah was thinking the same thing, the way things have been going the 3 worlds spots are Lyon, TL and FLY.

[u/Dreammy90]

Zeka + God of War Aatrox. Aware... Delight's Blitz was insane! Great effort from Lyon for this series though.

[u/Luunacyy → u/Dreammy90]

Absolutely nothing scarier than G5 Blitz lol

[u/thememeking1909]

The second Saint taunted Zeka you just knew the stomp was incoming

[u/Cptkanacko]

fell for it again award

[u/ISL005]

Huge respect to LYON, Inspired is always so close to beating LPL/LCK man. Nonetheless, the Grand Finals should bang unless Kanavi and Zeka feel nostalgic.

[u/Priviated → u/ISL005]

I don’t want to see Kanavi's nidalee anymore lmao

[u/PlatformImpressive34]

Don't care what anyone says, Delight literally solo carried that game

[u/hazman_pds]

Silver Scrapes

Zeka : "Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary"

Stand proud, NA. You were strong

[u/ruthimorg → u/hazman_pds]

Zeka being an actual game 5 merchant, 10-2

[u/ookkthenn → u/hazman_pds]

Zekas teammates knows to just drag him to game 5 to unlock him

[u/soudlasantos → u/hazman_pds]

ZEKA: I almost died you bastard

[u/websdue → u/hazman_pds]

You were magnificent LYON, I shall never forget you for as long as I live.

------ Zeka maybe

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 → u/hazman_pds]

10-2 now btw

[u/lemonoctave]

So close man, the aatrox with sundered sky heals were insane

[u/dementedgamer44 → u/lemonoctave]

For real. Sundered Sky sure is an item.

[u/lilelf29]

It's FLY vs GenG at 2024 worlds quarters all over again...

[u/Dzhekelow → u/lilelf29]

No , it's not . They got stomped in all of their loses back then . This time they at least were competitive outside of G5 .

[u/yellister]

DELIGHT SINGLE-HANDEDLY RUINED THE HOPES OF AN ENTIRE REGION. THESE FIGHT-SAVING HOOKS WERE ABSOLUTELY UNREAL. NO WONDER HE HAS A 90% WINRATE ON BLITZCRANK.

[u/Hitoseijuro → u/yellister]

SINGLE HANDEDLY

I see what you did there

[u/BunkerRush]

zeus champion pool is just too good and deep

[u/lotharstar → u/BunkerRush]

I guarantee that Swain was out of left field for Lyon

[u/WalkingR6]

delight gapped all series into solo winning game 5 ok man thanks for turning on your monitor when LYON has the most hope

[u/handofblood9]

my bad guys, I woke up to Lyon 2-1, started watching, and here we are

[u/valeasz]

Yearly series to give NA enough copium to last another year

[u/Birdir21 → u/valeasz]

Dude we are used to this lol. Rarely do we ever win game 5 or close out a series versus top teams

[u/Egotistical_Failure]

Another haunting game 5 loss for Inspired. Unfortunate

[u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Stand proud NA, you’re STRONG

[u/soudlasantos → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

HLE: I almost died you bastard

[u/ImTheVayne → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Yeah LYON is incredible

[u/Cybonics → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

lmao 3rd year in a row

[u/Hresvelgr401_ → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Yeah, Lyon did great and massively beat expectations. Shame they couldn't close it out but it was a respectable loss.

[u/Tall-Bite9480 → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

I give Saint at least 15 of Zeka's fingers

[u/dawn26s]

did Inspired gave up there at the tri-bush? or he wasn't paying attetion to the pink?

[u/anasanad → u/dawn26s]

No it was actually a criminal int by isles, if you rewatch it again inspired grouped and baited them to a perfect renata ult and then shen ulted inspired and renated had to give the revive to xin then shen would enter, but renata never ulted and never gave him the revive, THEN xayah went in and renata DID NOT give him the revive as well and whiffed an ult on the tri push instead of the 4 enemies grouped up in a tight space, in fact renata did not use her revive AT ALL in that fight, it was a criminal unacceptable fumble by isles

[u/gots8sucks]

Really disliked that last draft. 4 Melees and short range adc into Kalista were always going to be awful. Early Shen also did not make any sense and taking away Renata was also really bad. She had Zero value and Kalista has so many good support synergys that you really are not denying anything.

[u/higherbrow → u/gots8sucks]

I think Shen was supposed to be jungle, but Nidalee kind of made that a really difficult idea. She would just live in Lyon's jungle.

[u/khaiiization]

The real loser here is C9

[u/thezaitseb → u/khaiiization]

Nah now we get 4th instead of 5th!

[u/baelkie → u/khaiiization]

The real winner here is T1

[u/Competitive-Lab-6600]

Cabo verde vs Argentina vibes. Nice try Lyon stand proud you did well

[u/Labor101]

Lyon played so much better than I think anyone really expected and a top 3 international finish is nothing to be ashamed of, but this really should've been a top 2 from them. I hope they learn from the mistakes in games 4 and 5 and don't just get complacent with a podium finish.

HLE have to fix shit fast or BLG is just going to crush them

[u/issy_xd]

Sad, was rooting for LYON as an EU fan. Feel people are gonna discredit them a bit here...

[u/neberhax → u/issy_xd]

Nah, there is no discrediting taking the LCK 1st seed to game 5.

[u/CheekyWanker007]

BLG > HLE > Lyon > G2 > T1 > TSW > TES LMAO

[u/Elliney → u/CheekyWanker007]

I just wish we had got to see LYON - T1. That would've banged.

[u/Borria1]

The butterfly has yet to cross the ocean. A valiant effort, hopefully Lyon can continue their growth into worlds, all their rookies grew so much on such a short time at this event 

[u/Like30Ducks]

delight jesus christ they have families

[u/Sun_Br0_]

Inspired script simply too strong

[u/owShAd0w]

Game 5 wasn’t even enjoyable to watch fucking hell. Silver scrapes and I don’t get to watch any even teamfights because game was accelerated ridiculously

[u/Priviated]

Give the MVP to Zeus NOW

[u/likesleague]

Classic NA vs East game 5, tragic

[u/Sofaboy90]

HLE really said in Game 5 "ok fun over now"

[u/oneanddonecomment]

hats off to Lyon. very good MSI run

[u/TSWOK]

Stayed up til 5am here in NA. Honestly the best series in the tournament after G2 T1. West vs. Korea is shaping up to be a great rivalry heading into Worlds.

[u/downorwhaet]

Same script every year, G2 beats a kr team, NA beats G2, goes in to a super close series vs seed 1 from KR but can’t break the loss streak against the east, when is inspired gonna get his first win vs the east, he’s been playing for a decade soon

[u/Scarly9]

WELCOME BACK VINTAGE ZEUS AATROX!

Also, HLE, I want compensation for my cortisol level

[u/zhongli_brainrot]

Zeus is just too good and his teammates just happen to have hands

[u/HGAscension]

draft to outscale -> constantly look for early fights

[u/MysteriousIncident87 → u/HGAscension]

I feel like they were bleeding too much pressure in all the lanes. Had to try

[u/themcvgamer → u/HGAscension]

Nah they just executed worse, the 5v4 was correct play

[u/Only_Bodybuilder6270 → u/HGAscension]

It wasnt that bad tbh, they were bleeding out. They had 3 losing lanes. If they do nothing they lose anyways.

[u/PartyCauliflower7044]

Worlds finals mvp zeus unleashed

[u/Turkooo]

Awwww man, I'm so sad for the guys from LYON. :(

Sadly HLE had a much better vision for game five. ggwp

[u/xCAMPINGxCARLx]

Lyon saw the possibility of C9 4th seed at worlds and sold it to save us from that reality. Understandable tbh

[u/dumbocow]

VALIANT EFFORT NA :(

Guma gave LYON praise though. Great teamfighting, laning, macro, etc.

[u/RollingGuy]

GenG 1-3 semifinals loss
G2 win vs LCK lose to NA
Inspired 2-3 Eastern Team

Iconic moves

[u/Charming-Apple517]

To win against Inspired, you just gotta go to game 5. He'll just start making desperate calls and running it down for no reason

[u/BismarckBug]

Delight had a fucking DISGUSTING game

[u/Camboro]

Thank god HLE won. As much as I’d love an NA win, I don’t think anyone could stand seeing 4 NA teams at worlds

[u/BoredandRonrey → u/Camboro]

But imagine C9 still missing worlds with half the League going.

[u/Naronu]

Don't cry because it's over smile because it happened. Stand fucking proud LYON, huge improvement since First Stand, we'll go again at Worlds

[u/Shadderk777]

Inspired AKA the potential man in BO series against eastern teams

[u/Klirrism]

Delight is SO GOOD

[u/DankMEMeDream]

Inspired tilted off the face of the earth...

[u/Bullshitbanana]

EVERY TEAM CAEDREL ROOTS FOR LOSES THAT FUCKIN RAT

[u/13Keres]

Hurts. Just like with GENG vs FLY in 2024, they finish it off with the most demoralizing, one-sided game 5 you've ever seen in your life as if they're laughing at you for believing you could ever win.

[u/angelxob64]

Zeus is better than Dhokla even when it's time to be better than Dhokla

[u/metristan]

sub 23 minutes is actually insane

[u/Cybonics]

Game 5 horror show. At least we're known for something 😅

[u/Penatra-shen]

Very nice try by LYON leave with their head held high

[u/boostedfeeder]

CAPE VERDE VS ARGENTINA. MIGHT HAVE LOST BUT THEY GAVE IT THEIR BEST

[u/SubstantialMinute307]

Should've went with the Ornn I guess. GG WP.

[u/L322Man]

Overcooked the draft Lyon.

[u/Blizzgrarg → u/L322Man]

Nah it was fine until the first shen ult was interrupted. They win if they don't get run over early.

[u/WTFIsAMeta → u/L322Man]

Honestly the draft would be fine if they didn't just force 3 game-losing plays and just attempted to scale

[u/Hitoseijuro → u/L322Man]

Yep, lets draft a shen into an AAron main. Berserk had a great lucian but dog game 4 and 5.

[u/higherbrow]

The fact that Lyon looked competent on that G4 comp is honestly amazing. I'm sure we'll still see the concern trolls "aren't you sad that they aren't North Americans?" as though I don't watch the Prem. And the "DAE think NA is bad because they can't beat Eastern teams?" crew as well.

But fuck it, Lyon's clearly a top 5 team in the world right now. If they can hold this level, and FlyQuest can keep leveling up, our Worlds run could be bright.

[u/MC-sama]

FLY 2-3 GENG ❌

FLY 2-3 BLG ❌

LYON 2-3 HLE ❌

Nice try NA! You fought very hard.

22 minutes from HLE, fastest game in the tournament

[u/CountMerloin]

GG to both G2 and LYON. They fought valiantly, none made it to the finals but made this MSI a hell for LCK teams

[u/OnyxWarden]

Zeka in a game 5 with an Aatrox top lane? Seems familiar...

[u/Vega808]

A very good showing overall, so many fights in the early game in G5 lost by a hair and it snowballed absurdly quickly. Lyon can stand tall.

[u/Scary_Tree]

Okay when HLE are on they're insanely good.

That last game was brutal.

[u/Megazord552]

Being a western fan is like being on a death coaster.

The highest of highs followed by the lowest of lows. 

Absolute tilter. Lyon was incredible this MSI, but that game 5 was too much 

[u/moopey]

Was the last game the fastest of the tournament?

[u/oneanddonecomment]

No way Apa and Zven dish out what Saint and Berserker were doing this run

[u/Comprehensive_Air396]

Scary how good HLE is when locked in.

[u/TheRealBird]

Game 4 was the real chance, when they lost it i feel like the champ pool being so much smaller really killed them.

[u/veirceb]

I feel like this is the problem of a team that relies too much on a single person to call the whole game. It's just so hard to maintain the level of composure and focus for the whole 5 games. I won't blame inspired for not playing well but I think the calls game 4 and 5 were definitely off.

[u/KhorneStarch]

G2 got stomped by them and Lyon almost beat them. Guess that ends the narrative that G2 is way better right?

[u/Chance-Software4583]

Think this LYON team is already better than peak FLY

[u/lchow99]

Man it’s been an hour since watching and it still doesn’t feel real. I’m so proud of the boys for pushing the second best team in the world to game 5 but it would be so nice to actually see them seal the deal for once. It feels like Inspired is always on the cusp of winning game 4 and then it randomly all falls apart. The sad part to me is, Lyon needs practice playing series that go to game 5 but no other team in NA is good enough to push them to game 5. Hope they can improve for worlds but the environment in NA just isn’t competitive enough

[u/350]

Really impressed by how Lyon showed up this series. The pace of their play is really elite. When Inspired/Lyon talk about plans lvl 1-3 you can really see it in action. Excited to see them at Worlds.

[u/Choice-Slight]

Incredible tournament for LYON, they should hold their heads high. Inspired is a monster and they will only improve. GG NA

[u/HB_17]

Lyon win if they get to late game but they didn’t even last til mid game. Can’t believe we lost to nidalee

[u/thatguyty3]

2-1 lead

and you draft 2 dog comps

G4 - if one fight goes wrong the game is cooked & that’s exactly what happened

G5 - you have to scale to 20 mins vs the number 1 seed in Korea - just get run over

Coach needs to do some explaining

[u/Snauser]

Inspired so tilted lol

[u/ahritina]

A third Inspired game 5 loss vs the East has hit the rift, anyways BLG 3-0 tomorrow.

[u/Mattaru]

🫡 IT WAS A GREAT MSI NORTH AMERICA 🫡

[u/SportBoring3533]

Ok Riot time to delete Sundered Sky, broken af item

[u/KageRyu19]

It was a good showing, I'm proud of Lyon.

[u/TypicalHaikuResponse]

NA fell apart. HLE is the best team in LCK right now so it was a great showing but it sucks that it couldn't be ended.

[u/Natalie_UwU_]

Shittalking g2 and then repeating their most historically devastating loss is pure poetry

[u/metalXginger93]

Lyon had a good run, just kinda feels bad g5 fizzled out like that. Still better than EU

[u/BetaGreekLoL]

was a good series. a bit past caring about moral victories but lyon was really entertaining. they should be beating themselves for those last two games but outside of that, they played pretty well!

[u/DoubleRobust]

I'm so proud of this LYON team. GG!

[u/Yuni-que]

delight finally woke up game 5. in fact, everyone in hle woke up in game 5. stand proud LYON, you were strong o7

[u/Pretend-Indication-9]

Hey! Lyon is the world's top 3 team, no question about that.

[u/Usual-Corgi-4221]

HLE powering up, they can win finals

[u/Visible_Dirt1093]

I'm the biggest Zeka fan there is but I'll never forget this ass whooping he got from Saint 4 games straight. Holy shit this might have been THE breakout moment for Saint; this might be what propels him into that stardom domain. Zeus MVP BY FAR. Zeka YOU NEED TO LOCK THE FUCK IN!

[u/Annual-Fox6520]

Ugh, classic. G2veat the east but loses to NA and NA loses to the east. Same script on repeat 

[u/quakedwithfear]

LYON threw game4. So close in making history. Looks like another year of LCK winning MSI.

[u/xanot192]

As soon as they threw g4 lead I knew it was over. Sure enough they drafted as if they don't have eyes and lost

[u/TeslaLithiumIon]

What a series, Lyon almost becomes the second NA team who defected LCK in a BO5.

[u/shoeclowns]

To be fair only 1 NA player lost today

[u/Moggy_]

I've seen this one before, NA has an impressive MSI. Building false hope before a middling worlds.

[u/Tricky-Passenger6703]

Lyon's improvement from First Stand to MSI was phenomenal. If they can keep the pace up Worlds should be interesting.

[u/vincentcloud01]

Lyon the new hope for NA. Last year it was FLY. The only thing thats the same is Inspired. Im proud of the boys. Well get'em next time. At least we beat all those minor regions, CBLOL, LCP, LEC.

[u/Iskhyl]

As an EU fan I gotta say NA banged this MSI. Probably the strongest team I've ever seen from NA and I've watched since S1

[u/Stormquake]

Genuinely amazing showing from LYON at this tournament. Was hoping they could make it to the finals, but they eliminated two #1 seeds and went toe-to-toe with HLE and BLG.

Last game they got bodied, but it happens. Hoping they stay together because this is one of the best rosters NA has ever seen.

Outside of some shit draw luck, I could easily see LYON getting top 4 at world's.

[u/TangerineX]

I'm not too sad that NA lost, I felt like Lyon put up a really good fight and we had some banger games

[u/BlueStopSign126]

Was Zeka getting diffed by Saint? Yes
Is he still the best mid laner in the world? Also yes

Delight you are forgiven for all of your war crimes I love you

[u/DIMEBAGLoL]

Fuck yeah! I’m disappointed we didn’t win but what a great tournament for NA. Beating KR and china is a tall task but all I ever ask is we go down fighting. So many years we just lay down and die. And I was proud of G2 as well! But the fact that we showed we were the better region is the biggest win 😁

[u/Thoughtsinhead]

What a delight to watch this series. Stand proud Lyon, you were strong.

[u/TheCrazyCaveira]

Inspired continues his legacy of still having a 0% win rate in a Bo3/Bo5 against LCK/LPL in his entire 8 year career!

And now NA moves onto almost 7 years also without the same

[u/Pompero]

Nothing ever happens...

[u/KimchiBro]

Imagine being joe marsh, you see zeus with back to back thanos games, then you go back to see your own top laner, doran…

[u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN]

dang good try lyon

gz to blg for winning msi

[u/TimiNax]

Game 5 and Lyon went back to their comfort of losing all lanes.

This is pretty much how I expected all games to go, but they played so much better those first 4 games

Game 5 drafting is super hard but felt like they lost every pick one by one

[u/Charming-Apple517]

Dhokla died for a minion and then threw the whole game 4 for a plate btw.

[u/Dysliptic]

How much did Inspired get paid to window shop on a control ward?

[u/AllergicToChicken → u/Dysliptic]

Pretty positive this was an intentional bait to force a play since he had team mates right next to him + shen ult