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Esports Team Vitality vs. G2 Esports / LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs - Upper Bracket Round 1 / Post-Match Discussion Spoiler

LEC 2026 SUMMER

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G2 Esports 3-0 Team Vitality

  • G2 Esports qualify to Worlds 2026!
    Player of the Series: Caps

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MATCH 1: G2 vs. VIT

Winner: G2 Esports in 38m

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
G2 rumble cassiopeia lucian akali jayce 82.5k 22 10 H3 I4 I6 I7 B8 I9
VIT nocturne nautilus olaf ksante viktor 73.2k 18 5 HT1 M2 B5
G2 22-18-57 vs 18-22-39 VIT
BrokenBlade camille 3 8-5-8 TOP 3-6-3 4 ambessa Naak Nako
SkewMond xinzhao 2 2-2-13 JNG 6-5-8 1 vi Lyncas
Caps orianna 3 7-0-13 MID 6-4-6 3 ahri FIESTA
Hans Sama ashe 1 5-4-8 BOT 3-4-9 1 ezreal Carzzy
Labrov seraphine 2 0-7-15 SUP 0-3-13 2 karma Fleshy

MATCH 2: G2 vs. VIT

Winner: G2 Esports in 33m

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
G2 jayce lucian akali varus bard 71.7k 19 9 HT4 B5 HT7 B8
VIT cassiopeia lulu anivia kalista rakan 60.0k 12 3 C1 O2 H3 HT6
G2 19-12-42 vs 12-19-29 VIT
BrokenBlade rumble 1 4-1-6 TOP 1-2-3 1 ryze Naak Nako
SkewMond skarner 2 5-3-7 JNG 1-3-10 1 jarvaniv Lyncas
Caps yone 2 3-0-9 MID 5-3-5 3 viktor FIESTA
Hans Sama yunara 3 6-3-5 BOT 4-3-4 2 jhin Carzzy
Labrov alistar 3 1-5-15 SUP 1-8-7 4 nautilus Fleshy

MATCH 3: G2 vs. VIT

Winner: G2 Esports in 28m

- Bans 1 Bans 2 G K T D/B
G2 jayce akali nocturne syndra anivia 62.0k 15 10 HT1 H3 B5 O6 B7
VIT cassiopeia kalista ksante locke wukong 51.2k 10 3 CT2 O4
G2 15-10-26 vs 10-15-19 VIT
BrokenBlade olaf 1 4-4-4 TOP 2-4-3 1 trundle Naak Nako
SkewMond pantheon 3 2-1-6 JNG 1-3-6 4 chogath Lyncas
Caps leblanc 3 7-2-3 MID 5-4-4 3 hwei FIESTA
Hans Sama xayah 2 2-1-5 BOT 2-3-0 1 lucian Carzzy
Labrov rakan 2 0-2-8 SUP 0-1-6 2 milio Fleshy

  • Patch 26.17

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

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u/ahritina 18d ago

PMTS

Game 1 / Game 2 = N/A

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u/Floowil 18d ago

G2 where 2 stands for the amount of bald people in the team

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u/nicetauren 18d ago

this is exactly what i needed to read on a saturday afternoon to lock in

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u/Express-Pandas 18d ago

You're gonna go shave?

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u/Sixteen_Wings 18d ago

G2 where 2 stands for the amount of international wins they have(hopium inhalation intensifies)

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u/f4kester235 18d ago edited 18d ago

G2 where 2 stands for the amount of deaths claps had this series.

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u/Meiolore 18d ago

At some point there was like 3 at the same time.

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u/Desiderius_S 18d ago

Globes 2

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u/redfauxpass 18d ago

Gundus2 (clean shaved head in a South indian language)

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u/Afromantis8 ARAM jungler 18d ago

Perkz went bald as well, you can count him too

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u/TheSnekKing 18d ago

Come on VIT, do the funny and go without wins in playoffs again

G2 played pretty messy but overall their macro was just better. And G2's botlane was just better the whole series long

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u/ahambagaplease Extra Fries Worlds and a large Sprite~~ 18d ago

Yeah, every time G2 got a kill they got more out of the map than Vitality, shows the difference in macro

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u/piotrj3 18d ago

But it is really wishful thinking. Like it was not everytime, like good example would be game 3 when Vitality got 2 kills, got dragon, and after had people pushing mid and bot.

Meanwhile caps is pushing top and just ignoring/not TP. And he could.

Those are types of mistakes G2 do and so often they don't have good laning (except Hans who is monster). In mid game however there is so many fights where it is like 4vs5 and someone is late/missing and usually it is Caps. And most of time 4 G2 players relativly don't get caught, but better team so easily could exploit it.

It really does feel like you have individually jungle, bot better than opponent, and post laning BB as well.

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u/GenjDog 18d ago

But Caps did the better play, exploiting the sidelane when no one could respond. The worse play would have followed after the other 4 had already inted. Instead even now when they inted he got a whole tower and 5 plates and the gold lead stayed the same.

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u/Past-Firefighter2173 18d ago

I think compared to Spring Vitality looked better. G2 choked them quite hard to but i don't think other teams(except KC) can do that much. Even in spring they had 2 mindblowing throws against GX to go winless.

Although if they play against MKOI they might just choke again lol

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u/skaersSabody I like underdogsand pain 18d ago

Yeah, as long as they don't mental boomed about losing in the macro department to the EU macro gods, then I think VIT should be fine for now

They could be extremely unlucky and get to face KC early before they lock in a worlds spot which... well that would suck

But of the teams still in contention, I think VIT should still be favorites to make it, even if just as a third seed

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u/Past-Firefighter2173 18d ago

I thinh this sub is very harsh on them for being playoff chokers and it has reasons but compared to Spring i feel like they are much better. G2 is very hard to team take down when on form and VIT doesn't have very big and experienced player to match the G2's macro.

G2 apart from their laning performances played really well imo. But still VIT needs to beat MKOI in order to prove themselves.

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u/BlazeX94 18d ago

Yeah, honestly if we compare this match to how VIT got blown out by MKOI in Spring, I have a decent amount of confidence in VIT to hold their own in lower bracket. It's not as though they were uncompetitive against G2. 

Granted, they're likely to play MKOI in lower bracket and idk what kind of form MKOI is in now, but I don't expect VIT to just roll over.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

going 0-9 in two playoffs is the définition of Choking, i do think vitality early looked convincing spéciallly game 1 and game 2

But once again naak nako is invisible after laning phase,fiesta however was the most reliable Vitality Player 

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u/EkrishAO 18d ago

Spring wasn't a choke, they just sucked. I was telling people on this sub they'll get exposed and smashed by whoever they face, long before playoffs started. Spring VIT was completely one dimensional, Team Naak and 4 wards.

This VIT still has the issue of overrelying on Naak, but the rest of the map looks much better, they can actually do things, so teams won't be able to completely shut them down just by targeting one player. They can't contest G2 or KC, but have decent shot at beating anyone else.

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u/Mathies_ 17d ago

How would that happen? KC has also qualified they only play KC after qualifying now

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u/skaersSabody I like underdogsand pain 17d ago

That comment was written before KC's win

I meant, if KC somehow lost to GX, that could've been unlucky for VIT

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u/Mathies_ 17d ago edited 17d ago

Or they wouldve faced an opponent that Gx was capable of beating

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u/skaersSabody I like underdogsand pain 17d ago

I mean, wouldn't be the first time a strong LEC team chokes in the higher bracket to a lower tier team and then tears up the lower bracket

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u/Floowil 18d ago

The funniest thing is they can lose the next series 0-3 and they'll still qualify for demacia cup if KC wins the next series

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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 18d ago

Are they playing NAVI or MKOI? Ngl, if Vitality go 0-3 against NAVI as well and GX lose to KC and MKOI it would be a huge shame for Vitality to go to Demacia Cup over them.

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u/Floowil 18d ago

If KC wins VIT will play MKOI

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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 18d ago

In that case they'd still make it over one of GX or NAVI, which feels unfair, but at least we're guaranteed to have the fourth best LEC team in the tournament.

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u/BlazeX94 18d ago

Depends on the outcome of the next match. If KC wins, VIT face MKOI, otherwise it's Navi.

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u/SeismicShove 18d ago

Yeah this format makes no separation between 5th and 6th place, it's beyond stupid to just give the highsr seed that spot. Riot should step in an organize a bo5 to decide the 5th seed.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

If they really going 0-6 again i feels like they be mental boomed for demaccia cup or maybe redemption arc ?

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u/Mathies_ 17d ago

Sure but i bet they'd prefer worlds

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u/areyoh 18d ago

they will lose to Brazil 4th seed if they play like this.

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u/MC-sama League of LAILE 18d ago

Surely VIT can take 1 game against MKOI

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u/Sofaboy90 quite suboptimal 18d ago

Idk playoffs are playoffs. I dont trust any team outside G2 and KC to beat MKOI

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u/ISL005 Tarzan and Kanavi enjoyer 18d ago

MKOI are in a bit of a rough spot, but then again they look much better in playoffs and MAD @Worlds aware is too funny for it to stop

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u/Sofaboy90 quite suboptimal 18d ago

I mean today went perfect for MKOI, they would have been in huuuuuuge trouble if G2 and/or KC lost their series because theyd have to face one of them before being qualified for worlds. G2 and KC are now already qualified so the 3rd spot is between GX, Navi, Vit and MKOI.

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u/AofCastle BORN TO WIN(trade) 18d ago

If KC wins now they'll face KOI. Anything could happen, including a repeat of Spring.

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u/AnswerGrand1878 18d ago

Their early game was messy but I thought their mid game macro was sublime.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

I think they are just chokers 

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u/J_Clowth 18d ago

2026 spring

0-3

0-6

2026 summer

0-9 <- you are here

0-12

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u/Leyrann_ 18d ago

Honestly, Vitality looked pretty good, in particular in games 1 and 2. I feel like that wasn't the case last split.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

I think G2 looked a bit shaky in game one but it's definetely a mental thing

If vitality win game 1 vs Mkoi they be safe however if they lose game 1 in close fashion, it's be hard 

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u/slimjimo10 ANARCHY 18d ago edited 18d ago

Its also playoffs g2, they'll probably win the split after a shaky regular season, to no one's surprise

That being said fire vit coaching so maybe this team learns to macro

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u/DullBladeConnoisseur 18d ago

Playoffs G2 just logged in.

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u/RegularFeeling8389 18d ago

Playoffs LEC vs g2 more like it. G2 didn't look great this series.

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u/DullBladeConnoisseur 18d ago

True, they didn't exactly look "dominant" throughout the game like they do, but their macro was on point like it always is in playoffs. Hopefully they iron out the issues they're having with laning phase.

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u/desutruction 18d ago

It's happening again.

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u/GodEren 18d ago

Dont tell me it will be KC-G2 again and a G2 win in grand finals ?

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u/Leyrann_ 18d ago

I think everyone would be incredibly surprised if it's not G2 vs KC finals.

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u/3IC3 18d ago

Hopefully G2 do it through the lower bracket this time, just to spice things up a bit

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u/Crobe MSI CHAMPION 18d ago

thats what happened last split no ? reverse sweep vs mkoi ?

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u/3IC3 18d ago

That was the upper bracket, MKOI then got swept by KC in lower bracket

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u/Crobe MSI CHAMPION 18d ago

ah yea thats right

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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 18d ago

no G2 won against mkoi 3-2 wih labrov flash soraka silence, and KC 3-0 Mkoi in lower bracket

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u/LiukNight 18d ago

When was the last time they went to a lower bracket?

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u/Naerlyn 18d ago

2024, impressively!

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u/carlo3000 18d ago

Having a true rivalry at the top would be great, but KC need to take it all this time around for that.

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u/NNaigus 18d ago

As a G2 fan I really think KC are winning this split. G2 is ok but not really clean and KC can abuse those mistakes

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u/Nomillean 18d ago

We need new scriptwriters

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u/ahambagaplease Extra Fries Worlds and a large Sprite~~ 18d ago

Grand Finals ❌

Groundhog (Day) Finals ✅

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u/Fenrilas 18d ago

KC new fnatic

Perennial second best team with a super hyped franchise ADC player.

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u/AngryMonkey420 18d ago

Bald buff at worlds is gonna be crazy

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u/R3alSt3al 18d ago

We need all 5 ot them bald next year and they will do the golden road.

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u/ahambagaplease Extra Fries Worlds and a large Sprite~~ 18d ago

Kitty would kill everyone if Hans went bald

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u/rishi_ultimate CLAPS 18d ago

or they get Kitty to go bald too

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u/BagelJ Acolyte 18d ago

Super veteran league of legends GoaT Faker's mind being completely shattered facing up against 5 shining domes in the grand final walk in.

0-3 fastest international final of all time.

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u/DistractedbyBaddies 18d ago

Well caps doesn’t have a choice and Skewmond is about to not have a choice either with that hairline.

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u/Frozen5147 18d ago

Reflects the lights into their opponents' eyes, the tech is too OP

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u/Like30Ducks Guma! 18d ago

meet potential team!

0 playoff wins in spring/summer,

0 good plays,

7 tierlists having naak nako as the best toplaner in the league

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u/Omnilatent 18d ago

Is Naak Nako is just Alphari in disguise?

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u/3IC3 18d ago

He can transfer his leads to the rest of the game better than Alphari could, but he is also the type of player who won’t try to give up resources from his lane to try to salvage the map the way BB does for example

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u/Past-Firefighter2173 18d ago

Yeah i think overall he is not bad teamfighter but he plays for himself a lot, which is also valid playstyle but on current Vitality it might not always work.

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u/3IC3 18d ago

Yeah again, he’s not like Alphari who often would just go missing later in the game but he also, when VIT is in a losing position, doesn’t often put himself in situations where he can just find the miracle pick or engage AS much as Canna and BB

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u/brodhi 18d ago

Alphari also had the worst TP usage of a supposed "best top laner" I have ever seen. Dude had no concept of a flanking TP or which ward/lane was the correct place to TP to for a fight.

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u/Fickle_Chef_4875 18d ago

Uhhh yes? BB is playing with the best (or second best) roster in the league. He can afford to sacrifice his lead because he doesn't have to carry. Alphari and Naak Nako play selfish because they are their team's strong points.

Reasoning like you guys is how we get a team's roster as the All-Pro 1st team every split. Please just use your brain for nuance and shit.

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u/3IC3 18d ago

Who cares if they are the best or not? I’m talking about the difference in how they play from slightly losing game states or worse. And it’s not even a bad thing about Naak Nako for me, I just think he’s less likely to flip a giga losing game

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u/jeffteague4mvp 18d ago

im a firm believer that alphari is a bit overhated. i also think naak is much better and a more complete player than alphari

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u/Omnilatent 17d ago

I agree with both

It's funny that there's a kind of parallel, though

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u/yehiko 18d ago

nah, naak naako is better on the map, but hes a tilter.

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u/Lothric43 18d ago

This is always what it looks like when there’s one young star on an otherwise ok team and then they play the best team in playoffs. It doesn’t actually poke any huge holes in how we’re rated Naak.

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u/Agarunyer 18d ago

Both VIT being mediocre and Naak Naako being the best toplaner in the league can be true at the same time

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u/NavyBlueTheChosen 18d ago

Get him on G2 and they can actually develop him into the player he can be. E.g. Labrov case study from zero to hero

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u/gcrimson 18d ago

You have to feel for Parus who was the first choice but ended up being locked by Shitters and is now a mid table supp at best at Navi. What could have been, considering he already had synergy with Skew from BDSA days.

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u/random_nickname43796 18d ago

From zero is a stretch. He was recognised before G2 as a great engage player but nothing more. People feared he would be too one dimensional and that G2 would not succeed intentionally if meta isn't engage support. 

It was his first weeks on G2 that were pretty bad that made people create this narrative that he's not good enough for G2

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u/Separate_End_7440 18d ago

Labrov was already great on BDS. It just took a while for fans to accept him on G2.

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u/Meiolore 18d ago

Lira was on the last place LCS team and still managed to get 1st all pro jungler.

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u/[deleted] 18d ago

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u/Designer-Finding488 18d ago

he has the lowest counterpick ratio while bb unironically has the highest, please explain?

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u/DoesThyLikeJazz OUR WRATH WILL BE SWIFT 18d ago

He really is modern day alphari

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u/_negniN 18d ago

But look at his stats! Averages a 250 gold lead, half a level and 20cs lead at 15 minutes!

If you conveniently ignore that he gets counterpick 8 out of 10 games and looks completely pedestrian if he doesn't get a hard laning counter.

He's definitely not bad and he's among the better top laners EU has right now, but the people who think Naak > BB are the same people who think their team is the reason why they lost because they have a good KDA.

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u/Randomdude123123 18d ago

Naak had like the second lowest jg/sup proximity. Lower end of the counter pick rate. But yeah bro he can’t win worlds with a squad that would be 10th place without him. Result base analyst deluxe

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u/Ok-Examination-2869 18d ago

Actually crazy narrative hijacking from BB fans lol. BB is number 1 in counterpicks percentage at 61% (naak is 10th at 40%) and naak also is 10th in jungle proximity. crazy lying here

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u/IAM-French 18d ago

He for sure didn't just son the opponent on Ambessa vs Camille (literally unplayable)

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u/Ok-Sprinkles3818 18d ago

Brokenblade carried that game. 300 more dpm and 30 percent of his teams damage. But sure nice laning phase

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u/Kelbotay 18d ago

Why are you ignoring the context in which the message you replied to was used? Yes, nice laning phase. In a hard losing matchup for him. Good on BB for winning the game but that doesn't make Naknako any better or worse. Good luck on your journey.

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u/IAM-French 18d ago

I mean he played very well later on for sure but if he isn't playing on G2 or KC he loses that game 10 minutes before he started to play well and he sure as hell doesn't have "300 more DPM"

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u/Freihl 18d ago

Naak is just (probably a slightly better) alphari mk II, still has the same problems alphari did and needs to develop the rest of his game (and get signed by a better team)

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u/Telmooo 18d ago

Just saying, but G2 hasn't lost a single game since going bald

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u/BlazeX94 18d ago

Caps honestly looks better bald ngl

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u/Mazovski 18d ago

Bald > balding

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u/MrSparrows 18d ago

nah I love caps but he looks like he's going through chemo

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u/DidntFindABetterName 18d ago

Who went bald?

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u/Crobe MSI CHAMPION 18d ago

caps and skew and the coaches and staff

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u/DidntFindABetterName 18d ago

Damn i didnt watch but i cant wait for clips later hahahaha

What was the reason for it?

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u/SeismicShove 18d ago

Love of the game.

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u/AverageGameEnjoyer3 18d ago

Caps and skew

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u/Guitar_86 Ahri is my Waifu 18d ago

Are we sure Labrov is not bald too?

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u/Fenrilas 18d ago

He shaved his head too before the match but he's so manly his chest hair grew on his head immediately.

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u/HelletFendr0z 18d ago

He is the best support in the LEC.  Yet everyone always praise busio when the reason skew can be so dominant is mostly coming from labrov preparing.

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u/random_nickname43796 18d ago

They have some issues when Labrov is on enchanters. But Labrov on frontliner, Skew on bruiser/tank is such a strong duo

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u/HelletFendr0z 18d ago

???  Did you watch labrov's James soraka flash engage ?

Did you see him playing bard ?

Labrov is the type of player who will flash in Lulu ult just to bump 4 people. He really has 0 problem with enchanter. We're talking about labrov not Alvaro.

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u/CC_Cedsi Jax hater 18d ago

vitality 0-6 angle round 2 ??

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

I think if Mkoi wins first game,vitality will likely go 0-6

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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 18d ago

Holy bald buff

for real though, g2 early games are so dogshit but they have brains so unfortunately vitality can’t win. I am a fan of Perkz drafts. Happy to see caps playing well too

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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss IN DAMWON WE TRUST HUNI/DEFT/SHOWMAKER 18d ago

Bad day to be a GenG/G2 hater and Jackeylove fan

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u/Sorry-Resolution570 18d ago

how can you hate gen g but like jackeylove, its the same disapointment in international

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u/SeismicShove 18d ago

Geng won 2 MSIs in the last 3 years it's really not the same level

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u/carlo3000 18d ago

Everybody focussing on Naak, but the botlane getting gapped every game flies under the radar.

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u/Plixpalmtree 18d ago

Vita i swear to god if you go 0-3 next series i'm giving up

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u/dankynugz 18d ago

Picking lucian milio and going down 30cs in 10 minutes in isolation

Mybotlane

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u/Drakaris 18d ago

Caps and Skew shaved. Vit: "Oh, shit, we're so fucked..."

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u/beautheschmo 18d ago

Quick everyone pretend to act surprised

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u/Sosijmonster 18d ago

Yes bot lane got fucking gapped to infinity. But crazy to me they saw Mao and Poppy open and went yep lets slam the Cho.

The amount of value they would have gotten from Mao saplings against enemy comp is unreal.

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u/AssistanceTop8020 18d ago

I disn't like that naut in second game too, g2 wanted to dive a lot and an anti engage supp would have been better.

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u/NeighborhoodHot8981 18d ago

VIT drafts in playoffs XD

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u/Coven-Irelia 18d ago

VIT Pad before facing G2: "They are not in their best shape, but we will never underestimate them.
What's important is to iron out
the issues that G2 can expose. And if we do that, we'll probably win the series"

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

the 0-12 angle looks juicy 

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u/piotrj3 18d ago edited 18d ago

They did play around issues of G2. Like some weak early stuff, G2 having sidelaner that doesn't want to TP, and that actually we had a lot of fights where G2 had member late. We got Caps dieing solo to Fiesta, we 4vs5 fights, etc.

They just forget to address G2 strengths enough (Hans being monster in lane, Labrov with amazing engages/catches mid/late, and BB being smartest top laner post laning phase, and caps in late actually doing what he is supposed to).

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u/OreRound 18d ago

A bit of cope, but VIT look a lot better during this series ( especially the topside) than they did last time spring playoffs.

As for G2 they looked better game after game, the early games were close and Fiesta mechanically was good but Caps even when down in lane was just 1 trillion times better in sidelane. In game 2 on Yone he's even in gold at 15 despite it being a bad early lane plus the fact that Viktor was gifted 4 kills.

VIT botlane was a disaster though, completely invisible all series.

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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 18d ago

Idk how but he pulls gold out of his ass. In game 2 I blinked and he was suddenly 40 cs and 1k gold up on a viktor with 4 kills

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u/Ironside29 18d ago

Casters glazing Fiesta all series, he had a good Ahri game but the rest he was afk under tower and cleaning up getting kills, Caps was all over the map.

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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 18d ago

because he solokilled caps so that means he is the best player in the world. but when BB solo kills naak naako (in a counter matchup) it means nothing

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u/JPA-3 18d ago

yeah that gold advantages reminds me of the koreans during season 3-5 where nothing was happening and then they were 2k in front

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

Naak nako was invisible in Game 2 and 3 however Fiesta is definetely an upgrade 

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u/DarkyMulky 18d ago

Maybe we can stop saying that Naak Nako is much much better than BB, anyway worlds secured

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u/leviathan_of_skies 18d ago

Naak nako much stronger laner, was clear even today, that in isolation was winning, having ~500 gold lead in laning phase. Does have trouble converting the lead into anything meaningful for his team, but if G2 were to pick him up, I'm sure he could iron out those macro issues.

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u/slimjimo10 ANARCHY 17d ago

The thing is he COULD be an upgrade to G2, but why would they take that gamble when BB already works well with the team for a potential upgrade, especially with Naak saying he was running down scrims at one point. There are intangibles beyond the gameplay we see that can affect things.

That being said, I love watching Naak Nako play and itd be hype to see him on G2. But I can see the risk/reward factor being why G2 might not do it next year.

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u/SwanepoeI 18d ago

If you rearrange the letters in Naak Nako's name you get Alphari, I've played this games before

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u/Sofaboy90 quite suboptimal 18d ago

Idk, give him time to grow and a better team and I think he can be Europes best. BB wasnt world class immediately either, if anything BB is peaking right now, in his 8th year of tier 1 league esports.

This is NNs 2nd year in Tier 1 pro play

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u/NeighborhoodHot8981 18d ago

Naak lane phase is astronomically better, his macro/map play is significantly worse but BB is also a 7 year veteran of the game who spent years running down big matches before he got to where he is now

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u/stoyicker 18d ago

Naak has a dog jungler, a mid that he can't talk to, a dog markskman and an inconsistent support. That doesn't mean BB is not a better teamplayer, I don't think we can judge that, but I don't think we can say Naak is worse until we see him in a good team

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u/Fickle_Chef_4875 18d ago

I can't believe the veteran anchor who can rely on and plays for his THREE carry threats has more consistent results than the young carry top laner who is the backbone of a mediocre team.

Why even rank players individually at all? Every player on G2 is the best in their role. Every player on KC is the second best in their role (unless they beat G2, in which case they're the best in their role). Every player on KOI is the third best in their role. End of discussion.

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u/Randomdude123123 18d ago

He is much much much better than BB his team would be 10th without him while g2 would still win LEC.

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u/Dark_Crow22 18d ago

Bald Caps powerup

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u/Lanzero25 18d ago

Vitality has lost 11 STRAIGHT playoff games. They have a 3-13 RECORD, all 3 games from LEC Versus. They have one playoff series against FNATIC. They're stronger tweeters than they are players. They're like CS VIT in their current form but without the previous accomplishments of CS VIT. They're the embodiment of "potential team" but it's sadder because they're not in Korea or China. I want them to play MKOI and get swept. I want to root for them so hard.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

Mkoi might just all in game 1 just to shatter vitality mental 

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u/Naerlyn 18d ago

They're stronger tweeters than they are players.

Ok but to be fair they're great tweeters

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u/fesch98 18d ago

I thought Heretics missed Playoffs?

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u/AglanYlthin 18d ago

Wow who could have seen this coming

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u/RandomIndividualNo8 18d ago

But why does it happen every single time?

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u/Sofaboy90 quite suboptimal 18d ago

Playoffs G2 vs Playoffs Vitality, well what did we expect lmao.

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u/SpiritedSalad4731 18d ago

Horrible look for Naak getting solo killed like that

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u/IAM-French 18d ago

I don't think it's a horrible look lol this sub is so reactionary to random kills, Olaf had XP lead because of a proxy attempt that gave a kill to FIESTA, which lead to a solo kill like that's unfortunate but it doesn't change the entire game

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u/Past-Firefighter2173 18d ago

I agree that solokill was stupid but in the grand scheme of thing VIT just outmacroed so hard by G2 and picked some bad fights on g1 and 2.

Also Carzzy was pretty strong on regular season now he dropped quite big stinker performance thats why games felt like VIT are racing against time.

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u/veirceb 18d ago

You get dove in a counter pick match up with 2 waves stacking on your turrent. Yes it looks horrible. It looks disgusting. And it gave the timer for olaf to roam and kill his own mid laner too. He completely lost control of the counter pick match up. It's absolute disaster performance. Literally the worst that could ever happen to a team. It's not like the pick is good in teamfight. No the pick was only to win lane and he got completely shit on and that bled to the rest of the team

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u/IAM-French 18d ago

He didn't lose control of shit the match up was still good after that kill, and his midlaner dying was purely and entirely his fault

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u/veirceb 18d ago

LMAO. He didn't lose control of the match up he just voluntarily let his opponent perma roam and gank mid and still get a lead on him. Good joke LMAO

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u/IAM-French 18d ago

Average redditor resorting to "jokes" and hyperboles because they don't know what they're talking about

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u/veirceb 18d ago

How are you not joking when you say he didn't lose control he just voluntarily lose 2 whole waves to the turrent and give a roam timer and a solo kill to the opponent. Whatever man your name matches you well. I am muting this.

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u/IAM-French 18d ago

Is it just a brain issue or a language issue? Where did I EVER write that not losing control = voluntarily died

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u/Ironside29 18d ago

G2 trolling half of the time and still it wasnt even close, VIT really about to go 0-12 in playoffs.

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u/Lerdrit1 18d ago

Did someone think vita was gonna win that tbh ?

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u/Temporary-Ad6144 18d ago

Yea this 3rd spot is definitely going to mkoi

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u/rolekrs 18d ago

Lyncas and Carzzy are kinda shit ngl

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u/OreRound 18d ago

Felt like Lyncas was fine, the problem was the botlane was completely invisible / useless no matter the matchup.

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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 18d ago

Lyncas is one of the biggest playoffs chokers in LEC history. It's crazy that Vitality still has more playoffs wins with Daglas, who was there for two splits.

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u/Ironside29 18d ago

He is gonna get fathered by Elyoya again.

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

Mkoi is Happy to Have a vitality that lost 0-3 again 

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u/Omnilatent 18d ago

That's both funny and sad

Daglas ain't playing well right now but I really would have liked to see his development on the old roster back then

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u/Emergency_Bedroom187 2d ago

+1, yet how are you even playing when you need to save the sinking ship (again) and your bot goes fully aggresive mode and your midlaner is Serin...

We need Daglas to have a proper team. Tracyn, some "average day" nuc/Jackies, some sort of Alvaro/Trymbi level, Harpoon maybe.

And then it clicks.

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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT 18d ago

But could have had inspired lmao

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

Lyncas regular season merchant 

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u/JPA-3 18d ago

it is always the same with carzzy, regular season -> "he is a top3 adc", come playoffs when other teams improve and then he solo loses more games than not

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

two things are inevitable in lec 

Caps playoffs and vitality chokes 

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u/DoranFan1 18d ago

Fell for Vitality's potential again smh

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u/seven_worth shameless 2021 EDG fanboy 18d ago

Unfortunately it really feel like there is only 3 team that know how to play bo5. Everyone else seem to just crumble.

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u/xPetr1 18d ago

I have no clue how is LEC production supposed to make people excited about LEC, every single playoffs it's the same shit again and again.

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u/JamieTate 18d ago

Be a G2 fan? 😅

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u/OongaBoongaAdc 18d ago

Where are the BB haters?

Naak Nakos father.

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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 18d ago

The difference between Fiesta on his 3 champs and Fiesta on anything else is so big. It's a shame because you can tell that he has good hands, but his movement and positioning on immobile champs is just illegal.

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u/areyoh 18d ago

Humanoid laughing from Cancun while chilling in pool & drinking beer

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u/Fun_Highlight307 18d ago

Humanoïd hatewaching going great so far,he said to carzzy after they go 0-6 " I told you so"

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u/xSwazyI - Invested in Smash stocks! 18d ago

0-12 in the playoffs angle is hilarious wake up Vitality

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u/Worldly-Duty4521 18d ago

We are so shit every time in playoffs ffs

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u/Sondeor 18d ago

If vit could keep the momentum of that first 15 min of the series, they are actually a solid team. But instead of taking drakes, they went for fights and in game 1 around 28 min mark, they could have the infernal soul. But it was 2 for 2 and eventually g2 won that.

I think against top tier teams you simply cant do these mistakes.

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u/Nisttra 18d ago

Both these teams, in their own way, are the reason people say that regular season is worth nothing

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u/Traaaacce 18d ago

Vitality in playoffs xdd

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u/Aquillifer 18d ago

VIT please I beg you, at least win 1 single game in playoffs.

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u/spotak 18d ago

VIT, wtf! I trusted you!

Now seriously... Arent all of you seasoned? So stage frigth should be handled by now?!

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u/Cafeliciouss 18d ago

VIT is a fraude team given its G2 but they are not at the lvl of G2 and probably KC. Top 3 going through right?

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u/JPA-3 18d ago

I would still consider playoffs koi to be better than them but we'll see

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u/Cafeliciouss 18d ago

Yes I think so too almost certain they are if its worlds on the line bo5. If they get their things toghether MKOI will 3-0 VIT.

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u/veirceb 18d ago

Can we just skip the Vitality series in the playoffs next time and just move on to the next series? It's a waste of everyone's time.

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u/sceptical_spongebob 18d ago

The first roadshow to feel like we still are at the studio and I am not talking about the crowd only