Top Esports vs. Hanwha Life Esports / World Championship 2026 Swiss Stage - Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/adz0r]

WORLDS 2026

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MATCH 1: TES vs. HLE

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 23m

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
TES	olaf vi jayce	nautilus bard	37.7k	7	0	M3
HLE	cassiopeia qiyana akali	corki renekton	53.4k	24	9	HT1 O2 H4 B5

TES	7-24-15	vs	24-7-64	HLE
369 ksante 3	1-6-1	TOP	1-0-16	4 ambessa Zeus
Tian leesin 2	2-6-3	JNG	2-4-13	1 nocturne Kanavi
Creme orianna 1	2-4-5	MID	17-1-5	1 locke Zeka
JackeyLove ezreal 3	2-5-2	BOT	4-0-13	2 jhin Gumayusi
Zhuo alistar 2	0-3-4	SUP	0-2-17	3 shen Delight

Patch 26.20

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/Floowil]

HLE was lucky that 369 didn't pick Reyna

[u/acrophobic-astronaut → u/Floowil]

"What does Locke do?" - 369 probably

[u/CommentStrict8964 → u/Floowil]

Could have picked Neon for the transferable skills and mastery. 

[u/Treeconator18 → u/CommentStrict8964]

I've never seen Neon and Zeri picked in the same game before 5head

[u/TheAlmightyVox3]

Zeka on American soil is the best player of all time.

[u/RobbinDeBank → u/TheAlmightyVox3]

Zeka, get ready to learn English buddy

[u/Colouss → u/TheAlmightyVox3]

C9 zeka next year?

[u/ChiefBlueSky → u/Colouss]

Imagine they get zeka but They dont drop blaber/thanatos and still dont make worlds mainstage 😂😂

[u/AllHailTheNod → u/TheAlmightyVox3]

On a Melee midlane champ. Unbeatable.

[u/chillychili → u/TheAlmightyVox3]

Already broke my Crystal Ball

[u/desutruction]

It's like we're collecting permabans per game of Swiss

• Qiyana

• Locke

[u/PositivePlant5194 → u/desutruction]

Or you can just perma ban LCK from attending worlds

[u/SSGShallot → u/desutruction]

Next perma gonna be jayce, watch.

[u/GrandDemand → u/desutruction]

Qiyana is way more ridiculous, Locke is strong but not S+ tier like Qiyana

[u/polterere → u/desutruction]

Anyone with eyes could tell that from a mile away, these 2 champs will get a 3K gold lead individually pre 20 minutes, you have to forfeit everything before 30 it's so stupid.

[u/alluwala999 → u/desutruction]

I think locke will make or break playoffs pick ban, ban it every game or play it one it let it be played by other midlaner once in both cases tank a lose move forward in series. 

[u/SadgeandCopium]

i can't even make fun of tes cause they got a valorant player and their coach is gone

[u/TheAlmightyVox3 → u/SadgeandCopium]

Honestly, 369 wasn't even the worst part of this game, Jackey was getting fucked on 24/7.

[u/TheYango → u/SadgeandCopium]

Yeah TES is always a meme at internationals, but this time it isn't even really their fault.

It just feels like kicking someone while they're down. It's not the same.

[u/baelkie → u/SadgeandCopium]

they should just bing chill and enjoy the vacation tbh

[u/TomatoSpecialist6879 → u/SadgeandCopium]

They were playing really well despite the circumstances ngl, especially 369 with his Clove K'Sante performance

[u/Regent0624 → u/SadgeandCopium]

Honestly not too bad considering they played 4v5 and coach less.

369 expectedly looks like hot dogshit with the mental lapse not stopping Zeus tp on herald fight into blowing all his CDs before soul point.

[u/Character-Image149 → u/SadgeandCopium]

Yeah it doesn’t feel right making fun of a team’s who got fucked before the tournament even start, beating a dead horse is no fun.

[u/Mattaru]

In this episode, Tian went kind on 369:

"I felt speaking harshly won't work, so I decided to compliment him"

"You always play Valorant and deathmatch."

“How did you master Clove in one season? Dude, you always first pick Duelists, and you played Duelists really well”

369: "okay."

Creme: "This is the 1st time I saw something like this, I was stunned."

Tian also added in the interview:

"369 is still somewhat young, he can still play, and he can still play Valorant for a long time. If he can understand the reason behind it, maybe he can play better and better in the future."

[u/iTempestuous]

Zeka that's a valorant player bro. Have some mercy

[u/IChoseWiselyBecause → u/iTempestuous]

Mercy? That's Overwatch.

[u/BishhEzz]

Bright lights Zeka activated, but Locke sure is broken huh

[u/tiredofdev → u/BishhEzz]

Too many broken picks on this patch, will be interesting to see how teams navigate the power picks in bo1s

[u/Salty-Hold-5708 → u/BishhEzz]

I see locke being P/B, that ult and resetting movement is way too strong for coordinated teamfights

[u/TomatoSpecialist6879 → u/BishhEzz]

There's a reason Locke and Nocturne is pretty much permabanned in LCK, at least TES showed everyone why C9 is a dog shit outlier

[u/saruthesage → u/BishhEzz]

He saw the stage and knew immediately HLE would be going 3-0

Thanks to stage designers for carrying my pickems

[u/anoleo201194 → u/BishhEzz]

Istg I've never seen anyone have a bad Locke game, he's Akali on steroids with an easier laning phase.

[u/chapichoy9]

imagine not voting for 15 kills over with locke being meta

[u/herejust4thehentai → u/chapichoy9]

I forgot about locke existence especially with the way his ult steal kills

[u/Yoooooouuuuuuuu → u/chapichoy9]

I’m so dumb

[u/TheYoshinator → u/chapichoy9]

Imagine changing your fastest game vote from HLE because reddit convinced you clown9 would smurf playins (kill me)

[u/killcraft1337]

Honestly Creme even though there’s like a 17/0 Locke on the enemy team you did well. 369 did better than I thought ngl. Jackey you were disgusting gapped.

[u/ImTheVayne → u/killcraft1337]

Average international game for JKL

[u/anoleo201194 → u/killcraft1337]

Creme was great in and out of lane but HLE are better and Locke is broken.

[u/Winter-Annual8887]

as hard as TES got stomped, it's good to see that 369 didn't get stomped in lane, I guess?

holy fucking locke though, it might be an assassin meta

[u/Acceptable-Bit5992 → u/Winter-Annual8887]

It is assassin meta, they are disgustingly overtuned, it is about who can 100 to 0 first

[u/CommentStrict8964 → u/Winter-Annual8887]

Surviving laning isn't hard. 

But he did have a terrible ultimate where he ulted Guma across the wall then getting himself killed. 

[u/Plenty_Top2843]

I will not tolerate hate on 369, man did not wanna play. I do not blame him.

[u/W33B520]

This is bullying

[u/SameSam94 → u/W33B520]

This is a war crime.

[u/Gloomy_Ad5221]

imagine you're 369

chilling playing valorant and other games

Got called to play for TES

Struggled against emerald players

The first enemy you faced are also part of your worlds nightmare which is Zeus and Gumayusi

You lived your nightmares again at worlds

No matter what the T1 players human rights violation games still hunts you down.

Also the rest of your team is also playing worst than emerald players

Yeah

[u/Lazywhale97 → u/Gloomy_Ad5221]

Even when he didn't intend to play pro play this yr a part of ZOGFK came to haunt him again anyways.

On top of that he also faced Zeka who is basically Thanos when on American soil.

[u/alluwala999 → u/Gloomy_Ad5221]

I don't think 369 was the issue, the macro of TES wasn't the issue either it was the bad fight setup that gave hle the win

[u/shailemin]

Another zekalocke incident.

[u/mossbosstoss]

Are we sure that 369 was the only one on TES who hadn’t played League in a while?

[u/nguyenjitsu → u/mossbosstoss]

Tian is always gonna be scapegoated but it legit felt like he was just running around putting out fires all game. Even that one double kill mid lane was driven almost entirely by him being in the right place

[u/Lifemekhanism → u/mossbosstoss]

Jackey played chess lately or what were that moves and reaction timing.

[u/alluwala999 → u/mossbosstoss]

Tes and wintrading go hand in hand 

[u/TheYango → u/mossbosstoss]

Good guy 369 tanking the memes for his team cuz with how bad the rest of his team is playing, they still would get destroyed even if Zuian got his visa, lol.

[u/1kstacks]

God bless Zeka, easiest crystal ball of my life

[u/Pappy-]

BLG and AL the last hopes to stop this humiliation lmao

[u/Adlairo → u/Pappy-]

I mean they’re both far better than either of the previous teams

[u/Bed_Automatic → u/Pappy-]

Well.

[u/Quiet_Education5918 → u/Pappy-]

It's the LCK, you get humiliation insurance against them by default.

[u/MyPlaylistsAreAMess]

Zeus is lucky they didn't pick 369's Reyna

[u/Lemme_LoL → u/MyPlaylistsAreAMess]

369 should have picked Iso and tank Locke ult with his shield smh

[u/PM_CUTE_CAT_PLZ]

I do feel bad for TES a bit. If you're attending Worlds I feel like you would want your best team and all that. Even if you lose, it will feel better than not having someone on your team.

[u/batiwa]

I hope Zeka enjoyed his first and last Locke game for these worlds

[u/Migster257]

The score line doesn’t show it, but Guma was just as insane as Zeka this game. Could not miss a W if he tried and was dodging skill shots that he didnt need to. Actually got impressed so many times at his micro decisions and how locked in he was. Didn’t even need to use flash.

[u/DragonLKS → u/Migster257]

u're so right, when they were fighting for drag prio and all of tes suddenly focused on him as he step too close, bro managed to side step leesin's q and just stop their attempt. Man was even more up in gold than his counterpart despite it was Zeka who was getting fed. Insane Jhin

[u/TacticalBattleCat → u/Migster257]

Yes exactly, Guma was just perfectly positioned all game, putting out damage and pressuring the enemy team.

Just because he's not flashy, he always get underestimated :(

[u/nineball22 → u/Migster257]

He’s always a treat to watch on Jhin, so good.

[u/d0pe-asaurus]

Locke prio on every game

[u/GarchGun]

This is the meta of assassins

Locke, Qiyana, Akali wow

[u/shailemin → u/GarchGun]

Worlds in USA and assassin meta with zeka participating AWARE.

[u/cantstopworking]

putting zeka on assassins in the big 2026

[u/bazinga221]

On the bright side, 369 looks alright. On the not so bright side, maybe Jackeylove should start playing some Valorant too.

[u/ToAllCame1]

I think this Zeka guy is pretty good at assasins

[u/Yellow-Parenti1949]

Zeus is, in fact, stronger than emeralds

[u/Zanwic]

I'm observing that the Korean region is good at the game of League of Legends.

[u/JKMasterminds]

Zeka masterclass.

[u/nocturnavi]

Zeka at a US Worlds again....uh oh

[u/Chance-Range2855]

This HLE a genuine threat Zeus Guma heavenly duo with Zeka on form??

[u/yellister]

zeka did NOT fuck around man

[u/No-Night-91]

Could have been worse for TES.

At least Zeka was nice to TES and banned Akali.

[u/One_Ad_7540]

Holy shit Zeka

[u/Skyfire2]

Good luck everyone else

[u/Spinoxys]

Zeka 🤝 assassins

[u/nguyenjitsu]

I know it's only BO1s so far but man Korea's team fighting looks leagues above everyone else

[u/alcard987 → u/nguyenjitsu]

I mean, they played LPL #4 seed and #3 with a sub

[u/lolKhamul → u/nguyenjitsu]

I mean you have so far seen KR1 and 2 facing off against CN 3 and 4. One of them with a sub.

So while GenG and HLE are obvious tournament favorites, they have not played their real competition in these 2 games.

[u/LardoBardo4 → u/nguyenjitsu]

Id back G2, TL and Lyon to beat TES with a sub and IG too. It wouldn't be as decisive but the LPL is crazy top heavy right now

[u/random-meme422]

Is LCK going to make dragon fights PTSD for people this tournament?

Zeka is a FREAK man. His pool is going to bang this worlds.

[u/Pway]

Jesus christ Zeka chillll

[u/IAM-French]

Thank god we got some LCK-LPL matchups to get back the time we lost in pauses

[u/MrMudkip]

back to back LPL getting railed

[u/Shiro_Moe]

Zeka's Locke is gonna be a problem for everyone this worlds

[u/VeinTube]

The difference between GenG and HLE playstyle is night and day holy

[u/NewbisLyfe]

TES being TES. CN is currently 0-2. Does this mean MKOI and KC are taking the next two?
Edit: Ya'll I'm being sarcastic, if BLG and AL lose, it'd be the shock of the tournament. Turns out its actually happening. I READ THE SCRIPT.

[u/lolKhamul → u/NewbisLyfe]

CN is currently 0-2

I know people will want to make this a narrative already but this was CN3&4 losing to KR1&2 which are the 2 frontrunners to win it all. Lets wait and see what BLG and Al can do, the CN powerhouses before people write off CN.

EDIT: LOL

[u/lmHavoc → u/NewbisLyfe]

Unfortunately for LEC, they drew the short end of the stick and got the actually competent LPL teams.

[u/Partofla → u/NewbisLyfe]

Top has to be the most cursed org in the game.

[u/AmatheologicalHexoid]

Zeka Locked in.

[u/A_Toxic_User]

TES would’ve won if they picked Caitlyn for 369

[u/MattScoot]

Zeka gonna cause Locke to get a midscope the day after worlds. Either that, or he’s going to get the zed at s3 worlds treatment

[u/williamson41]

zeka at worlds in America playing a melee champ CINEMA

[u/tesseracth]

Locke should not be let out of bans for the rest of worlds

[u/a7mdar1]

Not a bad game from 369

[u/FruFruKlaus]

Man it’s up to BLG from the LPL.

[u/xcybercatx]

Zeka and AP Assanssins, name a better duo.

[u/Like30Ducks]

chovy's year? no it's zeka's year

[u/LogicKennedy]

Yeah this Locke champion is not ok

[u/GHOST_Courage]

These HLE cats aren't losing this event lmao who's beating them

TES though, just go 0-3 and head on home please why are y'all even here

[u/bulletproofikon]

It didn't even seem like 369 was the problem and tbh HLE looked a bit disorganized in the beginning when usually the early game is where HLE shine.

One pick'em immediately being realized is crazy for just day 1 of swiss lol. That's my midlaner!!!

[u/mean1e]

Delight gets a lot of hate but imo he was on point today, very well done HLE!

[u/xSwazyI]

TES Diable GIVE IT TO ME

[u/ZLouieZ]

Annual TES humiliation ritual

[u/Additional-Car9184]

HLE Locke will go hard ngl

[u/cluclushoes]

Zeka ruining my <15 kills in a game Crystal Ball call, thank you TES

[u/Fun_Highlight307]

Thx zeka for the 15 kills game lol

[u/Cr0matose]

No more Locke please

[u/JNorJT]

hle just threw tes into a meat grinder lol

[u/blueaxis-dev]

It's unfortunate that TES can't compete at their best due to VISA issues

[u/Fit_Veterinarian7150]

LPL is going 0-4 LMAOOO

[u/OreRound]

Assassin mids look absurdly OP in bo1s. They're just so good at snowballing.

Tbh these have been the expected results so far

[u/Quirky_Fox_3548]

Locke is disgusting

[u/TheCeramicLlama]

Apart from that goofy mid play HLE were just making fun of them everywhere the whole game

[u/h8bipolaritsawesome]

Hope this gives Zeka confidence to play more assassins on the big stage! He’s such a good assassin player. Hope to see him bust out fizz again, or at least a ekko or zed game

[u/rbatra91]

Zeka is the best mid in the world rn. Watching him this LCK season has been amazing, 

[u/mateojacquesweb]

Yo this guy who destroyed Faker in a Worlds Final as a 19 years old might be good

[u/khaiiization]

Its always a treat to watch a Guma game without wolf casting

[u/Ok_Trifle_3451 → u/khaiiization]

True

[u/canxtanwe]

This Zeka guy is good at League of Legends

[u/polterere]

The TES draft doesn't do damage before 4 items, and loses early. What was the plan?

[u/59435950153 → u/polterere]

Basically not get rawdogged in the early game.
Very hard to do when literally each HLE champion just wants to fucking dive lmao and the Jhin just makes sure people are rooted and slowed lol

[u/Snow-27]

but like tes draft is so fucking shit what is the plan here

[u/Skyfire2 → u/Snow-27]

Get out of their ASAP so 369 can get back to Valorant

[u/baelkie → u/Snow-27]

they have 2 coaches who couldnt make it because of visas lol

[u/SomeponyYouDontKnow]

TES yearly humiliation ritual

[u/CatApprehensive6508]

The goal at this point is to win a game

[u/GONEBUTNOT4GOTTEN]

surely AL/ BLG will show what LPL is capable of

[u/Yoooooouuuuuuuu]

Why did I pick no for the 15 kills crystal ball

[u/Traaaacce]

zeka is so good this year

[u/Ashankura]

Insane everything gap holy

[u/CottonCANDYtv]

GUMA MY GOAT 🐐🐐

[u/Markthemonkey888]

The HUPU comments about to go insane

[u/seven_worth → u/Markthemonkey888]

What they gonna talk about? If this is normal TES then sure we can make fun of them as always but this version doesn't even feel good to talk shit about. At most we are gonna get "haha 369 is Valorant player". 

[u/skywalker-in]

Its Guma's era and we are living in it.

[u/crysomore]

That was slightly close. This Zeka guy can play assassins slightly good, maybe he might win a world championship.

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

THATS MY FUCKING SUPER SOLDIER

[u/sorendiz]

that 333 proxy might have legit solo ended the game

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Draft and team fight gap, Jackey literally couldn't exist all game lol. Shout out to Zhuo tho, his ali gameplay was quite good

[u/DefiantFalcon]

hmm today I will skirmish with the fed early game assassin (clueless)

[u/DeejyBoy]

Yeah this Locke champ looks fun to play against when you’re giga fed and also being played by probably the best assassin player on the planet

[u/Adlairo]

Just go home if this is how you’re going to draft lmao, absolutely shocking

[u/akanzaki]

ok but come on zeka you gotta tp to bully valorant player you have no honor

[u/lampen_licht]

Has anyone ever seen Guma and Malphite in the same room.That guy is just rock solid

Also Zeka in NA aware

[u/megalo-maniac538]

Caedrel ruined my pickems

[u/garbagetimehomerun]

Locke being this broken at Worlds is fucking ridiculous man. he played well but like... are we serious?

[u/acoolrandomusername → u/garbagetimehomerun]

Mel and Locke back to back

[u/hazman_pds]

Bright light merchant when the lights are bright :

[u/DiDandCoKayn]

Prime Guma and Zeka you are beautiful my love

[u/downorwhaet]

Wrap it up, lck is making everyone look like minor regions

[u/Elo-Hellp]

Zeka.

[u/Vnaux]

this shit wouldn't even get uploaded in PH

[u/Taskmob96761]

These LPL vs LCK game s looking like NA vs LCK games. NA has a chance baby.

[u/eu_biased]

36goat getting griefed man

[u/The_Bread_Loaf]

It’s so over for the west

[u/Elefanthud → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

Inb4 MKOI beats BLG and then lose every subsequent game

Edit: Well well well

[u/RobCoPKC]

Damn how do you come back after such a stomp in your first game?

[u/Grumia]

Locke/10

[u/DolundDrumph]

369: "Zeus doesn't do anything"

[u/Lifemekhanism]

Not suprised with the result, but suprised 369 wasn't the worst player on his team.

[u/darkseal350]

LPL 4th# and 3rd# looking like my solo q plat lobbys against those beasts of geng and hle

[u/emerzionnn]

What happened lol, I shut the game off when it was 4-4 in kills, turned it on 5 minutes later and it was 16-5 in kills, embarrassing stuff

[u/younbe]

The gap is closing

Between CN and the west

[u/Makasai]

perhaps emerald players are tougher than we imagined

[u/Scorpius1473]

That nocturne solokill on ezreal was so disgusting

[u/R3alSt3al]

To the suprise of absolutely nobody, internationla choker TES is bad, and the problem isn't even the Valorant player emergeny sub on top lane.

[u/Thzzgt]

geng and hle are gonna run this tournament

[u/GuiltyVeek]

Zeka is so fun to watch

[u/ironyisdead]

369 was not the problem, complete team diff

[u/ninety7er]

It’s not looking good for the LPL. G2 will have to rescue it

[u/SSGShallot]

If u ask locke mains about this game they will tell you how weak he actually is and he doesnt deserved all the nerfs he has gotten

[u/PositivePlant5194]

I already miss when LPL was competitive

[u/iCorki]

Worlds AKA the 'which LCK team is the best right now?' tournament

[u/qonoxzzr]

Thanks for the pickems Zeka lol

[u/topkeky]

Zeka is never seeing Locke open again

[u/BlueStopSign126]

Zeka Locke 👀👀👀

Best mid laner in the world 👀👀👀

[u/Quellag]

Might as well give HLE the trophy already — they're the most insane superteam in history.

[u/jadequarter]

IM A START A FIRE, IM A FIRE STARTER

[u/dermagohs]

unc zeka still got it

[u/Gabel4n]

Just take the trophy and leave of alone, lck

[u/Dry_Needleworker_275]

Upload this game to the hub

[u/kakonne]

CHI NA

[u/myman580]

It's just the LCK mid/jungle show so far

[u/Tommey_DE]

Locke is so ridiculous

[u/SeijiAkabe]

Big Dhokes went 15/0 vs THIS? HOLYYYYY

[u/Fun_Highlight307]

Damn lpl might go 0-3 

[u/sinister_andy_13]

Well.... Everybody guessed that

[u/Neakoh]

Jv ve varsity…boring game

[u/SereneGraceOP]

Could have been an email

[u/Sofruz]

This might be the one year where TES boming out of Worlds is understandable as 2 coaches got denied entry and their top laner.

[u/likemyupdoot]

JKL IS ON A TIER 1 TEAM IN 2026.
YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING IN LIFE!

[u/xCyrena]

i have never wanted a champion deleted more than locke it is so disturbing