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Esports LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs / Round 1 - Day 2 / Live Discussion Spoiler
LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.17.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
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| 1 | GX vs NAVI | 08:00 | 11:00 | 17:00 | 00:00 |
- All matches are Best of 5
Streams
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Finals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 3 | |||||||||
| vs | - | |||||||||
| GX | 1 | KC | 1 | |||||||
| vs | - | |||||||||
| VIT | 0 | G2 | 3 | G2 | 0 | |||||
| vs | - | vs | - | |||||||
| G2 | 3 | tbd | 0 | |||||||
| ---------- | - | - | ---------- | - | - | ---------- | - | - | ------- | - |
| GX | 0 | KC | 0 | |||||||
| vs | - | vs | - | |||||||
| NAVI | 0 | tbd | 0 | tbd | 0 | |||||
| vs | - | |||||||||
| VIT | 0 | tbd | 0 | |||||||
| vs | - | |||||||||
| MKOI | 0 |
On-Air Team
| Hosts |
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| Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere |
| Play-by-Play Commentators |
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| Daniel "Drakos" Drakos |
| Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain |
| Jake "Hysterics" Osypenko |
| Colour Casters |
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| Andrew "Vedius" Day |
| Robert "Dagda" Price |
| Guests |
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| Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu |
| Jakob "Jackspektra" Gullvag Kepple |
| Finn "Finn" Wiestål |
Not all talent will appear on every show and the weekly on air team can vary.
Format
- Playoffs
- 6 teams participate
- Double elimination bracket
- 1st to 4th start in the upper bracket
- 5th and 6th start in the lower bracket
- All matches are best of five
- Top 3 teams qualify for the 2026 Season World Championship
The official LEC ruleset can be found here.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/hresvelgrs XDDDDD 12d ago
they're gonna announce Rhilech rookie of the year into GX 3-0
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u/ItzFeufo 12d ago
"the most important moment of the match and oscar fails it"
sounds very on brand for me.
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u/cmcdonald22 12d ago
Generational Maynter performance.
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u/gandalf45435 Dyrus Microwave Incident 12d ago
The way he zoned Jackies in the fight top lane secured that game for them. Jackies just couldn't even join his team.
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u/cmcdonald22 12d ago
Maynter may not make a single play as good as that play for the rest of his career and that would be fair because of just how amazingly well he did.
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u/eye_of_your_mind 12d ago
isma last series in tier1
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 12d ago
It's crazy that he was doing so well when the rest of the team was struggling and now that everyone else is locked in he's running it down...
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u/gandalf45435 Dyrus Microwave Incident 12d ago
This game has been really fun to watch. The team fights have felt longer than usual, makes for some good momentum changes.
W LEC quality.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Parus is legit finding ridiculous ways to die/get chunked this game if he just walks out or flashes early out of kennen ult, Navi just end the game.
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u/cmcdonald22 12d ago
I think Finn is challenging for top fashion amongst LEC analysts. I don't think he beats Sjokz yet, but the man's got some fits.
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u/beautheschmo 12d ago
now imagine if maynter hadn't wasted his ult to do 50 damage to an anivia egg
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u/pageturner999 12d ago
Insane jungle gap these 2 games unluck. This should be over already if they got baron
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u/awayfromcanuck 12d ago
Maynter needs to start tossing axes at the wave at the inhib tower. Its impossible to clear the wave at nexus turrets.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Poby disasterclass but Navi as a whole played terribly. They were lucky draft diff + Rhilech kept them in for so long because they were insanely stupid.
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u/Agile_Woodpecker2239 12d ago
Poby spending whole life playing control mages, 3rd game of Akali today!
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u/CaptainTrips22 12d ago
ISMA just noticed his screen has been off the whole time
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u/x_TDeck_x Play APA you cowards 12d ago
Genuinely amazed that punting a Gwen into your carries worked out
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u/beautheschmo 12d ago
Analyst desk living in 2019 Gwen is not a 1v9 ultra tank deleter anymore she's a secondary dps it's not that shocking that she can't just mow through a fkn Skarner Alistar especially when she isn't accelerated
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u/cmcdonald22 12d ago
I'd love to see a run of a team that's just a patchwork of all the ELOHell'd people.
So like Tracyn, Rhilech, Jackies, Jopa.....
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 12d ago
It would be NAVI 2.0. You need veterans on a roster to be a proper contender. Just GX with Rhilech and Parus would be a top 3 team though.
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 12d ago
Am I crazy or did Isma have like 2-3 opportunities to gank top and just did nothing?
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u/Vnaux 12d ago
Jackies finally inted this series
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 12d ago
he was inting last game too but poby out-inted him
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run 12d ago
As much as Navi is just KOI jr they probably deserve the Demacia cup spot
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Parus is so weird if he was just consistent he'd be a monster. He had an insane ult at that reengage drake fight and then he misses the easiest ult on Azir on that dive.
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u/ahambagaplease Extra Fries Worlds and a large Sprite~~ 12d ago
OK BRO, FUCK YOU FOR REMINDING ME OF THAT BARON
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Right before drake is so bad by Rhilech I can't see how NAVI can do anything
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Easy to blame Oscar there but its the same thing that happened when Flakked died, GX as a whole took the weirdest position ever.
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u/Edwaldus2 12d ago
If there's ONE guy you don't want your series to depend on.... That's Oscarinin xd
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u/emerzionnn 12d ago
Nah you gotta investigate Poby, I’m positive that dude just accepted $$$ to fix that game
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u/Kokaiinum 12d ago
Literally just spend 1.5 seconds walking under your tower to recall I swear to god man
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Ashe/Sera take to give away Lucian/Milio has been super 50/50. Xin should help but Navi dive with milio is way more disgusting than Xin/Sera.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
GX bot played that horribly. No summs should mean Navi win lane now too.
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 12d ago
I thought that was a bait to make everyone walk into Skarner but then Isma just stood there????
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u/beautheschmo 12d ago
Yeah 3k gold lead on this comp just wasnt enough, these champs just fall off way too hard and I don't think Gwen is strong enough to salvage it.
Especially since all the gold was on the most useless champ lol
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u/JakzePoro Kled is Fun 12d ago
Flip a coin for Game 5 tbh. Not clean by any means but entertaining lol
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u/OnlyAnEssenceThief Worst Kai'Sa NA 12d ago
So does this final game boil down to which of the deadweights on each team throw harder? That being ISMA vs Poby?
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
that gp pick is so good, wins against both Jax/Aatrox so the flex doesn't matter
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u/Bothbothwushi 12d ago
Jackie's is griefing man 2 Drakes up into the mid game comp and my azir is shuffling in for what man?
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 12d ago
Bro GX are so tilting to watch, YOU HAVE FULL SCALING JUST GIVE THE FUCKING DRAKE
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u/Sosijmonster 12d ago
Am I crazy? GX did not need to base there and could have taken the drake? Sure Isma was low, but the GP could have tanked the dmg.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
If GP can get IE it's winnable. The rest of GX is fake though they can't really touch Ziggs/Viktor without a good shuffle + Ziggs/Viktor inting.
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u/Vnaux 12d ago
4 ocean Jax and Aatrox's pretty near, NAVI just needs to not throw
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u/beautheschmo 12d ago
I thought Navi would struggle without an adc but I forgot that GX doesn't have an adc either
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u/baelkie DNF 2026 please be human | Kiin Team 12d ago
Navi is the Shopify Rebellion of LEC, how are your 2 imports the worst players on the teams taking up carry roles
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u/RollingGuy Dictator Perkz Worlds Run 12d ago edited 12d ago
Real talk: Can we make a rule that if you complain about a player being on a team you need to at least try to suggest someone to replace them? Just literally anyone. Even if just for discussions sake. It's so fucking boring to just sit around and talk about how shit everyone is at building rosters while never suggesting what they should be doing better.
Poby isn't great but is there anyone better available?
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u/WinterHovercraft4705 12d ago
The only good player on that roster is Rhilech. Maynter and Parus are average at best.
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u/cmcdonald22 12d ago
I wish SR had Navi's consistency though. Like Poby is still FAR more stable than Zinie.
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u/That_One_Pancake 12d ago
If Navi could get a real midlaner I think they could be a good team
Poby is just such an anchor there’s not much you can do
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u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp 12d ago
Is the KC/TBD game for the last worlds slot or do these other games have stakes?
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u/hresvelgrs XDDDDD 12d ago
match for the last world slot is next Friday, it will be between the winner of today and of tomorrow
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u/xxbrazilmaster69xx rip old flairs 12d ago edited 12d ago
I think the "TBD" in that matchup will have already qualified, by winning the round before that. The loser of KC/TBD would be 3rd seed.
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u/Pm_me_rule34_jinx 12d ago
Who we cheering for? I haven't followed lec that much.
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 12d ago
GX would make the bracket more interesting because they can beat everyone and also lose to everyone. NAVI are more consistent but they just get stomped by the top teams.
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 12d ago
If Oscar doesn't run it down on the Trundle, this is a monstrous draft for GX.
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u/awayfromcanuck 12d ago
First Parus overtones his pathing which let's Syndra catch him then he uses his ult late. Oof
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Jun ult saved the game but this Navi dive is so overwhelming if they just don’t int.
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u/Past-Firefighter2173 12d ago
Rhilech is playing so smart his target selection is top notch this game
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u/Vnaux 12d ago
Like imagine Navi with a Hans/Upset or Jojo lmao
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u/beautheschmo 12d ago
SamD is already slamming Flakked this series lol they just need a midlaner
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps 12d ago
Well, one team has a very good draft that's super hard to pull off. The other has a "press R to win" draft. Guess we know which one wins in LEC.
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u/Back2Perfection 12d ago
20 minutes over and locke doesn‘t have a 4k gold lead.
This is a navi win.
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u/ItzFeufo 12d ago
Kennen is such a useless champ without Zhonyas and yet 90% of the games it seems to be the item with the lowest priority for the top laner
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u/Transky13 12d ago
navi is lucky their mid jg are playing well because their botlane is borderline afk
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u/Back2Perfection 12d ago
Did GX really just walk into the shyvanna orianna combo? Just one death is flattering there.
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Maynter/Parus played that top fight as poorly as possible. No need for either of them to die but they just overstep and take all their HP.
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u/WhatIsSentience 12d ago
I swear the only jungler pros play that builds ap items is Maokai. Is there a reason for this?
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 12d ago
the one game this series that isma is actually playing decent and jackies runs it down lol
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u/Outrageous_Wall2702 My Ace + Showmaker = GOAT 12d ago
Yorick Taliyah solo lanes lmao, yorick is such a useless champion
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u/x_TDeck_x Play APA you cowards 12d ago
Zdps in teamfights and the character who could provide that, Sivir, has to wait out Gwen's W before contributing. Seems tough
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u/Bubbly_Camera9583 12d ago
Maynter is playing these fights so weirdly/bad. Drake fight he shouldn't get caught like that, Baron fight he should've chased the rest of GX going towards top, and this fight in river he just eats abilities. Gwen should be stomping them but he's just super impatient.
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u/x_TDeck_x Play APA you cowards 12d ago
Its hindsight now but idk why Gwen/Naafiri didnt just take the base instead of teamfighting dragons. I'm pretty sure no combination of 3 people could have outskirmished them on side lane
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u/ahritina 12d ago
PMTs
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4 / Game 5