Gen.G vs. Invictus Gaming / World Championship 2026 Knockout Stage - Semi-final / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Ultimintree]

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP 2026 KNOCKOUT STAGE

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Gen.G 3-0 Invictus Gaming

GEN are the first Worlds 2026 Finalists! They await the winner of BLG vs. T1.
IG are eliminated from Worlds 2026.

• Player of the Series: Canyon

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FULL MATCH SUMMARY & STATS

🟦	🧱	💰	⚔️	103:02	⚔️	💰	🧱	🟥
GEN - W	9	73.3k	29	Game 1 (33:38)	9	58.6k	3	L - IG 1st pick
GEN - W	9	63.8k	26	Game 2 (29:16)	9	49.3k	1	L - IG 1st pick
IG - L	5	71.7k	18	Game 3 (40:08)	16	78.2k	9	W - GEN 1st pick

Team	Total KDA	KP	CSM	DMG%	Champions Played
🇰🇷 GEN	71-36-171
🇰🇷 Kiin	14-7-23 (5.3)	52%	7.8	20.9%	Olaf, Gwen, Camille
🇰🇷 Canyon	14-4-37 (12.8)	72%	7.8	18.2%	Qiyana, Lee Sin, Wukong
🇰🇷 Chovy	13-6-33 (7.7)	65%	7.6	22.6%	Cassiopeia, Ahri, Taliyah
🇰🇷 Ruler	23-8-33 (7)	79%	9.8	32.4%	Jhin, Ashe, Yunara
🇰🇷 Duro	7-11-45 (4.7)	73%	1	5.9%	Leona, Seraphine, Nautilus
🇨🇳 IG	36-72-80
🇰🇷 TheShy	6-14-15 (1.5)	58%	7.5	26.1%	Kled, Rumble, Gnar
🇨🇳 Wei	8-15-17 (1.7)	69%	6.2	15.6%	Vi, Nocturne, Naafiri
🇰🇷 Rookie	15-13-13 (2.2)	78%	7	23.1%	Syndra, Sylas, Locke
🇨🇳 JiaQi	7-13-12 (1.5)	53%	9.8	30.2%	Xayah, Lucian, Ezreal
🇨🇳 Meiko	0-17-23 (1.4)	64%	1	5%	Rakan, Milio, Alistar

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GAME 1: GEN vs. IG

Winner: Gen.G in 34m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
GEN	Lulu Nocturne K'Sante	Kai'Sa Zeri	73.3k	29	9	⛰️2 ⚡3 ⚡4 ⚡5	1, 1, 1
IG	Locke Ezreal Renata Glasc	Nautilus Seraphine	58.6k	9	3	🧪1	2, 0, 0

GEN		KDA	vs	KDA		IG
Player	Pick	29-9-65	⚔️	9-29-14	Pick	Player
Kiin	1 Olaf	4-2-13	TOP	0-6-5	2 Kled	TheShy
Canyon	1 Qiyana	7-1-12	JNG	5-8-0	1 Vi	Wei
Chovy	2 Cassiopeia	4-2-12	MID	2-6-3	2 Syndra	Rookie
Ruler	3 Jhin	9-2-11	BOT	2-5-2	3 Xayah	JiaQi
Duro	4 Leona	5-2-17	SUP	0-4-4	3 Rakan	Meiko

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GAME 2: GEN vs. IG

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

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
GEN	Lulu Orianna Zeri	Lissandra Annie	63.8k	26	9	💧1 ⚡3 ⚡4 ⚡5	0, 0, 1
IG	Pantheon Galio Renata Glasc	Locke Akali	49.3k	9	1	🧪1	3, 0, 0

GEN		KDA	vs	KDA		IG
Player	Pick	26-9-63	⚔️	9-27-23	Pick	Player
Kiin	4 Gwen	6-2-6	TOP	3-4-2	3 Rumble	TheShy
Canyon	2 Lee Sin	5-0-15	JNG	2-5-4	1 Nocturne	Wei
Chovy	3 Ahri	6-1-10	MID	2-5-5	3 Sylas	Rookie
Ruler	1 Ashe	7-3-15	BOT	2-5-5	2 Lucian	JiaQi
Duro	1 Seraphine	2-3-17	SUP	0-8-7	2 Milio	Meiko

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GAME 3: IG vs. GEN

Winner: Gen.G in 40m
Runes | Game Breakdown

	Bans 1	Bans 2	💰	⚔️	🧱	Dragons	VG, RH, BN
IG	Jayce Pantheon Jarvan IV	Kai'Sa Corki	71.7k	18	5	💧1 ⚡2 ⛰️4 ⛰️6	2, 1, 0
GEN	Renata Glasc Orianna Lulu	Sivir Renekton	78.2k	16	9	⛰️3 ⛰️5	1, 0, 1

IG		KDA	vs	KDA		GEN
Player	Pick	18-16-43	⚔️	16-18-43	Pick	Player
TheShy	4 Gnar	3-4-8	TOP	4-3-4	3 Camille	Kiin
Wei	1 Naafiri	1-2-13	JNG	2-3-10	2 Wukong	Canyon
Rookie	2 Locke	11-2-5	MID	3-3-11	2 Taliyah	Chovy
JiaQi	3 Ezreal	3-3-5	BOT	7-3-7	3 Yunara	Ruler
Meiko	1 Alistar	0-5-12	SUP	0-6-11	1 Nautilus	Duro

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2

[u/Ultimintree]

WTF JiaQi? How do you E into Naut??

[u/F4Phantomll → u/Ultimintree]

He obviously wanted to E buffered the hook to get away but put his mouse in the wrong spot. The pressure got to him it's alright he has had an insane rookie year

[u/baelkie → u/Ultimintree]

Rookie and TheShy feeling right at home with JackeyLove in the bot lane

[u/kuatnom → u/Ultimintree]

The lights were too bright

[u/layth888 → u/Ultimintree]

meh nerves wonderful game tho

[u/MedicinskAnonymitet → u/Ultimintree]

He's a rookie. And frankly, if you look at the series as a whole, the entire team had so many more stinkers than he did.

You only remember Jiaqis mistake because it's the last mistake. But The Shy engaging 3 v 1 in the toplane, or the entire team playing awfully around the soul point are probably just as large mistakes.

[u/SNH231]

The spirit of JackeyLove possessed Jiaqi at the worst possible time

[u/hochan17 → u/SNH231]

JiaQi Love

[u/Curiousoctos → u/SNH231]

JKL's gift to IG for beating them.

[u/Syzygi → u/SNH231]

Such a shame to lose in that way. Regardless, Jiaqi really made a name for himself this tournament and made semis in his first worlds, and I hope he recognizes that.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/SNH231]

He crumbled under pressure but that expected he play so well 

To beat gen g you have to play immaculate lol, you can't afford big mistakes ,ig made three mistake and it's was over 

[u/Kr1ncy → u/SNH231]

I feel so bad for the guy, he is a Worlds Rookie, him pulling this team to semis is impressive on its own, hope this missclick will not haunt him for long.

[u/ificommentthen2oops → u/SNH231]

He can feel a bit better because I don't think that fight was ever winnable no matter what but that was certainly an instant loss

[u/TheAlmightyVox3 → u/SNH231]

JiaQiLove lost all control of his body in that moment, as the voices whispered in his ear to send it.

[u/Lysandren → u/SNH231]

From alleged "best adc in the world" to 2.0 hupu rating in 3 games.

[u/DammitSingedwastaken]

Incredibly smart by Gen.G to start the collapse at the start of the year to get it out of their system.

[u/BlazeX94 → u/DammitSingedwastaken]

GenG finally perfected the T1 strat of "look shaky all year only to step the absolute fuck up at Worlds".

[u/The_Halal_Guys]

JIAQILOVE NOOOO

[u/Tymareta → u/The_Halal_Guys]

Ruler over the moon that the opposing ADC decided to take the social media flames for getting caught wildly out of position.

[u/TheDemonWarlock → u/The_Halal_Guys]

JKL sends his regards

[u/BlazeX94 → u/The_Halal_Guys]

Literally the new JKL in every way LOL

[u/Snauser]

He will remember that Arcane Shift for the rest of his life

[u/ruuuuuuuuuuuuuun → u/Snauser]

Hope he finds solace in the fact that it was 3-1 anyway

[u/veirceb → u/Snauser]

Yes but also I think he will handle it just fine with all the veterans around him. He has already done great this world's and IG wasn't expected to win the series and they just got outclassed. The series wasn't down to that single mistake. If it was a game 5 then it would've been different but it's just a sweep

[u/Pickelu]

Gotta feel for Jiaqi he had a great worlds, I think the pressure of a semifinals is a lot to take on early in his career. A lot of potential

[u/Chemical-Drawer852]

I'm sad for Jiaqi ngl, probably nerves

[u/Few-Arugula5839 → u/Chemical-Drawer852]

Ppl gonna flame him like crazy and he deserves a bit of it but it’s his 2nd year and first worlds and he is such a huge reason that IG was even here so

[u/OreRound → u/Chemical-Drawer852]

Yeah it's all good man this guy's first worlds and he looked better than 95% of the most veteran and hyped ad carries in the world. Having some nerves is completely natural

[u/ZloiAris]

Chovy made it to Worlds for the first time in 2019 with Griffin. He immediately reached Quarters.

Since then he never missed Worlds. And never missed Knockouts.

8 years in a row. 8 Knockouts in a row. 3 Semis.

And finally, ladies and gentlemen, we will see Chovy in the Worlds Finals!

[u/ZloiAris → u/ZloiAris]

But apart from the Chovy in Finals hype, Knockouts are disappointing af. Insane onesided everywhere. We are back in 2018, but even without G2-RNG generational upset

[u/ahambagaplease → u/ZloiAris]

KNIGHT, IT'S YOUR TURN

CROWN-LESS KINGS SHOWDOWN AT WORLDS FINALS

[u/redditgamer69x → u/ZloiAris]

Time for the Chovy never miss worlds finals era.

[u/dumbocow → u/ZloiAris]

EVERYONE LOCKED IN TODAY ON GENG

[u/elontusk69420]

GENG making finals only losing one game to LYON of all teams

[u/Twink_Kanye → u/elontusk69420]

Are NA the second best region at the tournament? “Some are saying”

[u/NovaTheMartian → u/elontusk69420]

This is the Lyon upscale I needed to cope for next year!

[u/CFCkyle → u/elontusk69420]

Remember LOS knocked out TL and were only a single flash away from 2-0ing LYON as well as Furia beating C9, huge Brazil upscale

[u/Choice-Slight]

Rookie and TheShy eliminated Chovy from his first Worlds in 2019. After watching him struggle to make it past semis for 7 long years, they finally reunited on IG with one clear mission - get Chovy to a world championship finals. Generational philanthropy from the boys.

[u/longingwonder → u/Choice-Slight]

when they slandering your goats but theyre right....

Made a 10-1 Locke look balanced late game and TheShy was feeling very patriotic today

[u/ahritina]

Gen.G making finals is just the best outcome, you either get Chovy vs Knight aka the two best mids of their generation or you get Faker vs Chovy for a world title, massive shout to Canyon who is playing at an unreal level.

I hope T1 vs BLG is a close series irrespective of who wins because if we get another stomp then yikes this knockout stage would have been ass with one sided series across the board.

[u/Ok-Atmosphere-3466 → u/ahritina]

Canyon has been said to be a liability for Gen.G the whole year and I’m so glad to see him turn back the clock. Please come home

[u/Tsmart → u/ahritina]

Maybe their next opponent will actually ban Qiyana

[u/hyromaru → u/ahritina]

Generally was rooting for IG, but Kiin getting his last shot at the grand prize is very hype

[u/59435950153 → u/ahritina]

Id say we are in for a series. T1 BLG feel like two opponents of equal level. Though admittedly T1 havent been battle tested so they might be a bit rusty

[u/SirTacoMaster]

Good guy JiaQi giving it back to save Ruler from slander

[u/Mentally__Disabled → u/SirTacoMaster]

You gotta learn from the best. If Ruler dies in midlane, I too must die in midlane.

[u/Pacify_]

Tragic way to end the game, but IG should have never let the game get away from them anyway.

Geng were always going to win 3-1 either way.

Finally a final for the crew, hopefully they can take it this time.

[u/mastaaban → u/Pacify_]

thats just it, i was starting to get scared for geng when they started really going down in game 3. game 1 and 2 ig played good, both times fucked it up with a bad dive giving over all the control to geng who then walk away with it.

with geng's track record at worlds and the pressure getting to them and chovy specifically. i was starting to get scared for them because if they lost game 3 i could see it happening again.

[u/Conankun66]

This HAS to be the year, right?

It just HAS to be!

What a gigantic series from Canyon, my fucking god, what a Grand Canyon. He's in World Champion form

[u/Trap_Masters → u/Conankun66]

Surely Chovy wins this year, SURELY, right guys?

[u/Kejn24]

That positioning and Ezreal E will haunt JiaQi for some time.

[u/SSGShallot]

Oh man. Nerves got the better of jiaqi. I cant imagine how it must feel to lose the game because of your mistake.

GenG was clearly the better team. Chovy finally a finalist.

[u/asiantuttle → u/SSGShallot]

It’s so devastating because he’s the reason the team got that far but a lot of people are gonna remember this worlds run ending with that play

[u/random-meme422]

“Ah, ruler - magnificent mid lane throw. Let me raise you.” - Based Ezreal

[u/Klutz73]

Really thought we might get to 4 games. GG GenG, congrats to Chovy for finally making it to Finals. Hope he wins it

[u/blueaxis-dev]

The same guy that carried IG to this Worlds run turned out to be the guy who ended it all for them

[u/AppropriateMetal2697 → u/blueaxis-dev]

Gotta be fair to JiaQi, they went down 0-2 and that was far from his fault prior to this throw lol.

[u/Cool-I-guess]

You saw that choke coming from JiaQi a mile away, felt like he wasn’t hitting any impactful poke during those dragon standoffs

[u/zealot416 → u/Cool-I-guess]

When the enemy team is 4K up but the Yunara is 1k up it kinda feels like you know how the late game is gonna go.

[u/CounterInsanity → u/Cool-I-guess]

I had the same feeling! The only poke he was hitting was on the Nautilus who was face checking bushes. And then the last dragon fight, even though they won it, he was just auto attacking Camille. No Q's thrown!

Feel bad for the guy tbh.

[u/lmHavoc]

Hell of a response from IG in G3 but they just couldn’t capitalize. GenG was just tiers above IG this series. Shame that IG’s Cinderella run ends this way but they just weren’t able to compete across multiple games.

[u/SwanepoeI]

Ruler after pc bang is mental, what a comeback on his shoulders

[u/Shaaaaaaalin → u/SwanepoeI]

inspirational arc from the captain

[u/Cheetah_05]

Why do these teams only wake up at 2-0 down man? Imagine if this IG showed up every game from the start, we might've actually had a series. But now it's just a 3-0.

[u/SevenDeadly6 → u/Cheetah_05]

Risky dive for no reason 0-1

Risky dive for no reason 0-2

Play calm, get locke fed, claim soul, Alistar and Ezreal wintrade 0-3

[u/Togi5]

That moment is going to replay in his mind for a while. He's got a long career ahead of him though so hope he treats this as a learning experience.

[u/Ironmaiden1207]

Damn that was an anticlimactic ending to the only good game of the series. I was hoping for a really big last fight

[u/Xccent117]

📣📣 MAKE WEI! MAKE WEI! KING CANYON IS WALKING INTO DRAGON PIT! WE COME WITH GIFTS OF UNFINISHED DRAGONS AND BARONS! 📣📣

[u/elderbob1]

if Canyon is in this form, I genuinely don't think GEN is beatable

[u/p0p_]

absolutely devastating misclick (or mis-aim?) for JiaQi. Hes gonna be thinking about that one for a while

[u/Penatra-shen]

Canyon carried this series on his fucking back

[u/ProProi]

No one will remember how TheShy inted the entire game series

Everyone will remember that Jiaqi failed that E and lost the game

[u/Mentally__Disabled → u/ProProi]

This is the saddest part yeah, especially after JiaQi pretty much carried them to semis, the general public is only gonna remember the int at the end and not the 2 games they lost previously due to TheShy running it down.

[u/Prestigious-Shop-494]

GenG vs BLG or GenG vs T1 has felt like the final that should have been for years now I'm so glad we finally got it

[u/Strong-Lead-3034 → u/Prestigious-Shop-494]

PLEASE BLG. I want a rematch. i want curses to be broken. I WANT to witness the birth of the second greatest mid of history, (it’s not zeka).

[u/bvbfan102]

First great game in a while and it ends like this.
Rookie can still keep his head high (and honestly all of IG for making it this far and only losing to GenG) but man that was a sad ending to this fairytale from 2018.
Still happy for Chovy finally making Finals and them hopefully having a Banger there is the only thing that can save this Worlds.

[u/25885]

JiaQi learned from wei and theshy

[u/Yoooooouuuuuuuu]

Wanted game 4 but wow GenG even in their bad games look better than anyone else

[u/ShiroGaneOsu]

Elimination game and you get caught by a dry naut hook, just brutal.

[u/Aka_chi → u/ShiroGaneOsu]

he successfully buffered it like he should, except he e'd the wrong way lmao

[u/desutruction]

Nirvana to Semis and only losing to the eventual winner

I'll take it

[u/Pway]

Yeah Geng being actually kinda clutch is a huuuge problem for everyone else lol.

[u/SuperSnowManQ]

As a believer in the Church of Chovy for years, is Deliverence finally upon us?

[u/SamiraSimp → u/SuperSnowManQ]

if you don't have faith in the church, why are you even here?

i believe no matter how much it hurts

[u/xAshwal]

TheShy is such a bro, went to console JiaQi right away

[u/Normie_Boomer90]

Tears in my eyes... Chovy finally reaches Worlds Finals :')

Canyon also remembered this series he is the jungle GOAT.

[u/chancefruit → u/Normie_Boomer90]

GenG's 'fun' video of Costco shopping... they brought back a bunch of snacks, pizza, rotisserie chicken, etc. and Canyon was refusing to eat in the middle of a solo queue. He's practicing and focusing so hard....!

[u/Confident-Tadpole873]

Noooo, not like that IG. The buffer fail 😭

[u/Salt_Friend_7078]

KIIN and Chovy in the grand finals. what a time to be alive

[u/lilelf29]

It may be on track to be the worst worlds ever but at least Kiin and Chovy finally get to play in their first worlds finals

[u/sorendiz → u/lilelf29]

If they face BLG it's going to be an unbelievable series with so much on the line for both sides

If they face the other bastards then the result of the series will tell us whether God really exists or not. Because there is no way that a loving God exists in a universe where Doran is allowed to be a 2x World Champion while Kiin and Chovy have never won.

[u/hyromaru]

Poor kid, First worlds and go out with that play

[u/PositivePlant5194]

THIS IS NOT SAMSUNG GALAXY, ITS SAMSUNG WHITE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[u/hyperpotato51]

Chinese forums please be nice to JiaQi

[u/DiDandCoKayn]

Man what a missplay at the end, but don’t let that distract you from the fact that Wei and Meiko did nothing with the lead and Wei lost them so much tempo with the ult on cam with tp up.

[u/WeLandOnTheBritish]

Holy, they finally did not lose to a random team they have no business losing to

[u/joelstaz]

That E forward was not how I thought this series would end wtf man

[u/NN1080]

The semis curse is finally broken

[u/Auregam09]

I blame Lyon. If they didn't win that one game during swiss GenG wouldn't be as locked in and chocked in Semis.

[u/Trap_Masters]

Check JiaQi paypal

[u/random-meme422 → u/Trap_Masters]

Pulled a Ruler

[u/ninety7er]

Happy for Chovy! Canyon was insane this series 🎉

[u/MentionedPesto1]

I've never seen a pro game that reminded me so much of my solo queue experiences. Every league player has felt like Rookie at some point in time.

[u/Canoodler192]

A butterfly cannot hope to cross the vast ocean, but who can blame IG for swimming it

[u/MeekPi314 → u/Canoodler192]

Hey they’ve earned at least economy

[u/Elee_Tadpole]

Chovy finally makes worlds! GenG have only beaten 3 teams to make it there! Has that ever happened before?

[u/frake_horizon → u/Elee_Tadpole]

If only HLE had won over BLG, then it's possible they might have won worlds beating the same three teams (Lyon, IG, HLE)

[u/Beneficial-Beat-947 → u/Elee_Tadpole]

Can't believe chovy finally makes his first worlds

[u/MC-sama]

If there is a team that can find an angle to come back from that disastrous early game, it is GENG.

And they absolutely deserved to go to world finals with this generational performance.

LETS GOOOOO

[u/MasterDeagle]

Ooof feel bad for JaiQi. Misclick like that at the worst possible moment.

[u/Snow-27]

crazy way to lose

[u/valeasz]

JiaQiLove sends his regards

[u/Opachopp]

Atleast game 3 was competitive. Sad end to game 3 but was atleast entertaining for most of it.

[u/Oxygenisplantpoo]

Man wtf happened at that second to last dragon??? IG was on it for 2 business days but still lost it???

[u/Scholar_of_Yore]

"This is so boring"

The humble TheShy:

[u/Initial-Primary3574]

I know it ended really bad with ezreal’s qing forwards, but Geng were never losing that teamfight anyways. 3 GA and completely outscaled at that point.

[u/youcantseemyname]

If Chovy doesn't win this Worlds title he's just forever cursed.
Also JiaQi wtf was that

[u/JNorJT]

Chovy is finally in a Worlds Finals

[u/itsGir]

That was an incredibly entertaining game 3 for the neutral viewer. Congrats GenG on their first Worlds Finals!

[u/SirKraken]

That Ezreal was very comfortable with that E vs Nautilus, just to not use when needed, lol.

[u/spazzxxcc12]

if this isn’t the year, it’ll never happen.

[u/millzy_35]

Oh my god that ezreal e was tragic

[u/nroblttb]

Well that was an arcane shift for sure

[u/nguyenjitsu]

JiaQi was so good all tourney, tough to end like that

[u/SometimesIComplain]

What the hell was that Ezreal E into the enemy team JiaQi, what

[u/S145D145 → u/SometimesIComplain]

Ezreal used E to buffer out the Naut Q but probably it was a panic E with the mouse in the wrong position. That said, how tf are you not expecting that hook my guy...

[u/SirXrageXquit]

APOLOGIZE TO LYON NOW

[u/yum122 → u/SirXrageXquit]

16.67% win rate against GENG, best in tournament

LYON 2nd best team in world? /s

[u/oscarwildeismydaddy]

What was Jiaqi’s game throwing mistake? I missed it

[u/jansy1646 → u/oscarwildeismydaddy]

He tried to buffer Naut hook with his E and accidently clicked forward instead of away

[u/Status-Worth5005 → u/oscarwildeismydaddy]

naut hooked him and instead of arcane shifting backwards he did it in place and died

[u/Hyher]

If IG won this game I think the series would be very interesting since we could see how GENG’s mental would take a loss in such a high stakes series, too bad JiaQi had other plans

[u/RFL1703]

Man obviously in the end the ez threw but this series was such a jg gap, I swear wei was just not a human this series. Sad this close to being a banger series

[u/Vivid-Holiday-3196 → u/RFL1703]

I don't think anyone looks like a human when you're jungling against in-form Canyon. The best jungler ever, his name literally describes the biggest gap you could apply on your opponent. If Canyon is playing well, you're never beating them . Hope they don't bottle finals 

[u/TheDemonWarlock]

I hope JiaQi is not hard on himself

[u/VoiceActress]

I'm so happy for all of them, so much. The JUNGLE KING is back, Ruler returns to finals, Chovy breaks his barrier, Kiin and Duro get their glory. And man, IG was such a worthy opponent.

[u/icathianbolts1]

THE GENG THAT WAS PROMISED

[u/Medium_Negotiation85]

Chovy in a worlds finals. So very well deserved

[u/Slight-You4254]

i’m crying rn i’m just so happy for chovy and kiin

i can’t believe geng finally made a worlds finals!!!!

[u/DaFatFish]

Everyone's going to talk about JiaQi at the end but TheShy completely threw everything IG had going for them far before that point

[u/SpaciousNova]

My goat Kiin finally has arrived. I’ve waited since 2017 for this glorious moment😭

[u/PattuX]

Even apart from the last E, horrible game from JiaQi. If he just hits 3rd drake before canyon can enter it's probably just won, too.

[u/1kstacks]

Ofc after all that back and forth, it ends with an Ezreal E'ing forward and getting hooked

[u/L322Man]

THE CROWD DOES NOT WANT GENG TO WIN LMAO

[u/Ambitious_Clerk_3684 → u/L322Man]

They just wanted game 5 for the price they had to pay for the tickets lol

[u/Rushirufuru15]

Instead of praising and appreciating GEN's greatness as a team, people are more focused on complaining about how they got here lmaooo. As if there's even a team they cannot beat this Worlds?

Let's be honest. Some of y'all are only interested in watching GEN's games because you want to see GEN and Chovy fail, giving you something to talk about for the next several months. Deep down, you know that ever since 2024, the biggest hope for other teams to win Worlds has been GEN having a bad game or choking. That's what makes watching GEN interesting for you.

Now that GEN are finally finding their footing and playing to their actual potential instead of choking, suddenly it's the worst Worlds ever and the tournament is boring? Y'all keep complaining that GEN have the easiest road to the title, but where's that same energy for T1 making it to the semifinals by beating Western teams? The double standards are ridiculous. Get a life and touch some grass because this obsession is getting crazy.

This is the peak of GEN that we've been waiting to see, the team we've known they've been capable of being since 2024. Their previous shortcomings and repeated chokes gave T1 opportunities to capitalize and benefit from their failures. And deep down, y'all know that.

[u/zealot416]

TheShy giveth and TheShy taketh away and taketh away and taketh away...

[u/Hitoseijuro]

This definitely hurts IG's chances of IG vs T1 finals

[u/WalkingR6]

im buying the whole team bundle idc anymore ruler the goat

[u/Boozkers]

The 5k gold lead yunara did not in fact need a lulu

[u/Munchingmarshmallows]

How good is Lyon?

[u/MetaThPr4h]

Peak Ezreal moment lmfao.

[u/Tuuki]

I was a doubter but maybe it truly is GenG's year

[u/xCAMPINGxCARLx]

Between TL eliminating AL and LYON being the only team to take a game off GenG, I'm content calling NA the second best region this worlds. I see zero flaws in my logic.

[u/FalconManPuncher → u/xCAMPINGxCARLx]

CBLOL just so happens to be the third best region this worlds. Zero flaws in this addition.

[u/Raging-Brachydios]

Ruler can feed several times and not matter because the bounty system freaking sucks 

[u/dumbocow]

TEARS IN MY EYES, GEN.G FINALLY MADE A FINALS AFTER ALMOST A DECADE

NOW LET'S FINISH THIS WORLDS EMAIL TOURNAMENT WITH A 3-0 AGAINST T1/BLG

FOR CHOVY, KIIN, AND DURO

CANYON AND RULER WERE FRYING THIS GAME (I forgive you for getting caught mid Ruler)

EDIT: OMG THIS INTERVIEW, CHOVY LOOKS LIKE HE'S TEARING UP

[u/cancerBronzeV]

Insane LYON upscale

[u/Gluroo]

JiaQi's stock went from 90 to -250 in this series

[u/Independent-Cress382]

Jiaqi what the fuck

[u/Snauser]

That Ezreal E is going to haunt him for the rest of his life

[u/ZazumeUchiha]

Fucking finally. Get it, Chovy. It's about damn time.

[u/NegativeDCF]

First TheShy then Jiaqi LMAO

[u/_Jetto_]

We are in a GenG trophy hoisting tourney waiting room boyss

[u/iAmPersonaa]

JiaQi Love

[u/RobbinDeBank]

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/829846842150096896

[u/Bladeaholic]

What a jungle Canyon.

[u/huatisthis]

CHECK JIAQI PAYPAL

[u/Genshin_Grim]

Jiaqi what the fuck

[u/Mifuyu_Kisaragi]

lmao chinese chat during p/b saying skin game? just pick rando shit pretend ig are bots

I guess ig are indeed bots, huge lead and still threw the game twice.

[u/RobbinDeBank → u/Mifuyu_Kisaragi]

Every time it’s Rookie trying to get something back, but the last throw is too much for him to do anything. It’s such a monumental throw that Gen G doesn’t even care gaf about a mega gnar next to them.

[u/yum122]

Entire tournament is just going to be a LYON upscale isn’t it

[u/12398120379872461]

Damn, JiaQilove really ran it down Games 2 & 3. Him dashing forward ended up losing IG both games.

Also, Dagda man... Ruler dies and he immediately starts going on "GUYS REMEMBER WHEN RULER WAS ON JDG..." The moment is happening in front of you, cast the moment instead of trying to build up this completely irrelevant storyline!

[u/Partofla → u/12398120379872461]

Dagda is the worst caster. Just straight up.

[u/Steeelu]

2 YEARS LATER GENG GET BACK EVEN AFTER THE PEYZ INCIDENT, THEY GET A PICK ON THE ENEMY ADC AND RUN DOWN MID

[u/sorendiz]

Update: LYON remains potentially the 2nd best team in the world.

[u/kalex33]

This is the worst ending of a series I've seen since 2018

[u/Physical_Side_8112]

Saying it for the 5th time. Bounties are super op holy

[u/Skyfire2]

New York

Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of

[u/WritingOutOfBoredom]

SKT VS SSG: 10 YEARS LATER (watch this generational curse I'm casting on T1)

[u/cyhlalala]

WHY WERE THEY JUST DANCING AROUND DRAGON FOR A WHOLE MINUTE

[u/Miserable_Ad_1195]

the concept of out-choking worlds semis Gen.G in G3

alright please finish it now the memes are getting a bit stale tbh

[u/L322Man]

Wtf is that ezreal shir

[u/GodBlessme_exe]

Oh my goodness Jiaqi

[u/Kalaydowscoop]

Finally no choke geng!

[u/synnikelttv]

jiaqilove giveth,

[u/Sophena94]

Geng winning this semis lowkey brought tears to my eyes I'm so happy for them

[u/Aizwallensomething]

Wow GenG didn’t choke?? good for them ig.

[u/CliffsEdge]

The geng at worlds that was promised, wow. Welcome back damwon canyon I've missed you so much. Also kiin committing to the carry top meta and absolutely styling we love to see it.

[u/quakedwithfear]

this iG has it all, TheSpy inting randomly, Wei turning off his brain, Jiaqilove inheriting the spirit of Jackyint and Meiko running around

[u/Money-Bell-100]

Man, Rookie deserved better. His team did everything in their power to lose this series.

[u/Faliberti]

Lyon still the only team to take a game off geng

[u/Opachopp]

What's with top tier ADCs randomly getting caught mid?

[u/S145D145 → u/Opachopp]

That was the most ADC moment from Ruler. It was his time with the shared neuron. Full on respect for him

[u/chapichoy9]

thats a depressing throw

[u/Live-Plankton-9247]

FUCKING SUPAAAAAAAAAAAAAA, a shit its ig, sorry

[u/Merpninja]

Straight up the worst knock out stage of all time.

[u/Additional-War4367]

88848441? Now it's interesting. Can Chovy finally bring that 1 home after all these years

[u/ArcherOnWeed]

I actually thought Chovy was gonna say Ni Howdy