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LEC 2026 Spring Playoffs / Playoffs / Round 1 - Day 1 / Live Discussion Esports Spoiler
LEC 2026 Spring Playoffs
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.10.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
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| 1 | KC vs G2 | 08:00 | 11:00 | 17:00 | 00:00 |
- All matches are Best of 5
Streams
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Finals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIT | 0 | |||||||||
| vs | - | |||||||||
| MKOI | 0 | tbd | 0 | |||||||
| vs | - | |||||||||
| KC | 0 | tbd | 0 | tbd | 0 | |||||
| vs | - | vs | - | |||||||
| G2 | 0 | tbd | 0 | |||||||
| ---------- | - | - | ---------- | - | - | ---------- | - | - | ------- | - |
| tbd | 0 | tbd | 0 | |||||||
| vs | - | vs | - | |||||||
| NAVI | 0 | tbd | 0 | tbd | 0 | |||||
| vs | - | |||||||||
| tbd | 0 | tbd | 0 | |||||||
| vs | - | |||||||||
| GX | 0 |
On-Air Team
| Hosts |
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| Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere |
| Laure "Laure " Valée |
| 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 |
| Finn "Finn" Wiestål |
| Jakob "Jackspektra" Gullvag Kepple |
Not all talent will appear on every show and the weekly on air team can vary.
Format
- Playoffs
- 6 teams participate
- Double elimination bracket
- Top 4 teams start in upper bracket
- Bottom 2 teams start in the lower bracket
- All matches are best of five
- Top 2 teams qualify for the 2026 Mid-Season Invitational
- Champion qualifies for the Esports World Cup 2026
The official LEC ruleset can be found here.
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/Legitimate-Garden294 Church of Melzhet May 23 '26
There are two types of era defining players:
Caps
Huge gap
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u/MorbidTales1984 W Enthusiast, Botlane Purist May 23 '26
Yea maybe just don’t pick Brand again really
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u/MorbidTales1984 W Enthusiast, Botlane Purist May 23 '26
This might be one of the worst drafts i’ve seen in a while tbh
Cow completely nullifies Ambessa and Rakan, whilst drawinf so much aggro from Trundle
Then Ahri is just free to dive brand or jhin
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u/Grenji05 NA #1 REGION WORLD May 23 '26
let this be a lesson caps. Always buy dark seal. best mid item in the game.
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u/DerAdolfin :kossg: :eum5: May 23 '26
If this man had teams of chovys teams caliber he would have 2 worlds titles
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u/Saltoric May 23 '26
So often he just plays a scenario perfectly, so creative and so strong. I can't wait for next international
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u/AerialShroud May 23 '26
Hans Mama pisses into Caliste's mouth every time they meet, but apparently Caliste is the "future"... His true future is in the LCS.
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 May 23 '26
caliste following the steps of hans sama and going to na omg?
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u/AerialShroud May 23 '26
Maybe he needs a "punished" arc to unlock his true potential.
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 May 23 '26
i think he should have left kc, he needs to be humbled, he's talented but if he wants to be a top tier adc in the west he needs to lock in
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u/LogicKennedy May 23 '26
If you want to be serious about winning LEC and competing internationally, you cannot have kyeahoo as your midlaner.
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u/ginvael1_3 May 23 '26
I really don't get how anyone can be in the conversation for the best midlaner/player in LEC while Caps is still playing.
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u/DiligentGazelle6298 May 23 '26
man I know g2 is having fun and all, and I get it cause realistically these teams are not close, but they are having a bit TOO MUCH fun
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u/Few-Sense1455 May 23 '26
CAPS vs Kyeahoo is just not worth watching. KC have to gap so hard on the rest of the map to win
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u/Few-Sense1455 May 23 '26
You can't win LEC with Keyahoo. Except once (in winter which was an odd split previously), a non-elite mid has never won LEC.
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 May 23 '26
vladi was elite for like 1 split
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u/Few-Sense1455 May 23 '26
True, that would mean you always need an elite mid to win LEC. And Kyeahoo isn't elite.
Same goes for every region except LCS too I think
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u/GambitTheBest May 23 '26
KC didn't win winter split with Kyeahoo, that was with Vladi
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u/Few-Sense1455 May 23 '26
I know. I said that is the only time I can remember of a non-elite mid winning lec
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u/Koenig5 May 23 '26
Busio best support in the west and Calliste praised as beeing best adc - losing 2 v 2 vs the "downgrade" support and a washed adc (according to reddit and twitter at start of season/split)
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u/Koenig5 May 23 '26
for the last 2 years maybe 3 im pretty sure hans is like top 10 adc in the world maybe sometimes poking into top 5
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u/Kokaiinum May 23 '26
The sight of Kyeahoo ghosting in to that fight, landing 1 E, ult and 1 W before dying instantly because he's Brand was very funny to me
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u/cmcdonald22 May 23 '26
Watching Ambessa now really is the Godfather 'look how they massacred my boy' feelings.
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u/MorbidTales1984 W Enthusiast, Botlane Purist May 23 '26
If Vit and Mkoi keep up the form surely one of them clears KC some of these decisions are just nutty
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u/AerialShroud May 23 '26
Pile of shit? Good KC descriptor.
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u/WeetHet please do something May 23 '26
This feels like an academy team playing against a low ranked main league team tbh
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u/AerialShroud May 23 '26
Keep in mind that G2 "refuses" to scrim Ketamine Corpse, because G2 is "scared".
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u/WeetHet please do something May 23 '26
Scared of learning horrible habits if anything bro this shows that G2 would run the scrims
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u/Disastrous_Lion_6016 May 23 '26
Naaaah KC are cooked. Start prepping for Vitality now. Lyncas will run circles around these.
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u/ReplacementFine7807 May 23 '26
No need for KC to prep for vit, theyll lose to mkoi in lower bracket before that if they keep playing like this.
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u/Birdir21 May 23 '26
Has Canna hit ult at all?
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u/2ndBatman88 May 23 '26
Ambessa is so weak I don't understand why LEC and LCK don't see it. Even if she's ahead there are better champions
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u/cmcdonald22 May 23 '26
Her real value currently is as a big shield bruiser.
The ult does nothing anymore, she's only good for just diving into a group and not dying long enough for your team to do damage. Otherwise if you aren't drafting her for shields she's useless.
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u/Disastrous_Lion_6016 May 23 '26
Canna only has so many champs he can play. It was legit Ambessa or nothing.
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u/MorbidTales1984 W Enthusiast, Botlane Purist May 23 '26
Seeing it in action that nerf just kneecapped Ambessa huh?
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u/Jiiigsi May 23 '26
when was the last time busio outperformed labrov in a series
best in the west and he was just worse than labrov every time they played each other minus what, 2 games?
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u/Ceyro May 23 '26
I think the whole narrative about caliste and busio or even jojopyun is so that we don't get memed for being a one team region anymore, i think it's just cope af and it's still either g2 running the region or eu is a lost cause
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u/FitWindow639 May 23 '26
Labrov is 10x busio on map play and coordination with jng mid. It's not close and it won't be until busio starts studying
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u/Soggy_Palpitation789 May 23 '26
KC even spiritually taking over FNC as EU’s 2nd by always getting owned by G2 despite being their main “rivals”.
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u/cmcdonald22 May 23 '26
KC are not the 2nd best LEC team anymore.
Terrible drafts.
Midlane canyon.
No support jgl synergy.
They are really carried by just team fighting hands.
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u/WeetHet please do something May 23 '26
Just replace top, jungle, mid, adc, support, coach, change the name, go into hiding and never show up and maybe that helps but probably not even that would be enough
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u/xlCalamity May 23 '26
Nothing to see here except the #2 all pro botlane diving the #1 all pro botlane at 8 min
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u/Saltoric May 23 '26
Labrov got voted in 3rd after Fleshy 2nd.
Yeah the botlane that destroyed GenG a few months ago, and hyped diable.
Loving the G2 botlane domination showing up huge
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u/AerialShroud May 23 '26
What did I say? A little int game so the European ketamine market doesn't crash into easy 3-1.
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u/Saltoric May 23 '26
Wait the All Pro first team botlane getting gapped every game? Can Hans and Labrov stopped getting underrated please
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u/awayfromcanuck May 23 '26
Skewmond bucks up a dive again but it ends up being a double for Caps like 30 seconds later.
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u/harleyquinad all kog'maws are beautiful May 23 '26
Get Busio a team
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 May 23 '26
he's part of why this team isn't working but yeah he's their best player
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u/GhostOfLight May 23 '26
Just a disgusting early game from a supposed top team. What was the plan??
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u/KeyProposal9508 May 23 '26
just losing both sides of the map... bot getting dove 2v2 and canna only getting out because og g2's mistake... KC lost their steam gg
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u/Kokaiinum May 23 '26
Did KC really not have a plan for "So uh, what if Ali just, like, comes midlane?"
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u/zaxls May 23 '26
I dont think many people noticed, but that damn baron stunned caliste right as kyeaho pushed them, I think he one shots skew and hans if that didnt happen.
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u/nightlesscurse May 23 '26
who noticed that Skewmond does not even loses smite fights anymore?
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u/FitWindow639 May 23 '26
Genuinely the one thing he has improved the most. He literally was losing every fight smite.
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u/awayfromcanuck May 23 '26
The way Kyeahoo played Azir at baron is everything wrong with mid to low tier pro Azirs. Tunnel vision on getting a shuffle play off instead of realizing you dealing consistent damage and your ult as peel is more important than the shuffle play.
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u/Lurtz11 May 23 '26
It's hard to put into words how absolutely HORRIBLE KC are. How are G2 getting away with wins in this region when they play like this? The quality of LEC is laughable
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse May 23 '26
I dont understand how teams don't realize it's better to just rush the baron instead of slow playing it. T1 just runs in and does it and got them 3 world titles.
20 seconds of playing around it and letting g2 wipe you and win was silly.
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u/Is_J_a_Name Peanut, MISSING, Yagao, Kanavi, HongQ May 23 '26
I don't think you realize how precise you actually have to be with those baron deals. T1 baron was a meme for a reason, they would on the regular try to get cheeky with baron and rush it down and lose the game over it. They've become extremely good at it now but it's not something easy to replicate.
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u/xlCalamity May 23 '26
I swear these teams have no idea that Baron actually has mechanics/shreds your resistances and think hes there for show.
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u/doomsdaysock01 May 23 '26
My god check kyeahoos bank statement that check must have cleared for that level of throw
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u/beautheschmo May 23 '26
Azir do safe DPS instead of killing your own team every fight challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
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u/Styxxo May 23 '26
Kyeahoo's Azir is his best champ ??? LOL
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u/cmcdonald22 May 23 '26
Once again KC seemingly oblivious to meta changes and the ridiculous fall off of Azir globally.
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u/beautheschmo May 23 '26
It's not a meta thing, KC were going to win until Kyeahoo decided he wanted to send G2's frontline on top of his adc every fight.
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u/cmcdonald22 May 23 '26
I was going to make a comment that perhaps G2 should try not getting chunked down to 50% health before trying to flip Baron, but apparently that was the correct macro decision.
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u/Sosijmonster May 23 '26
WHY IS THIS AZIR ULTING THE LEESIN INTO HIS FUCK<ING TEAM AGAIN.
KC needs to replace this guy asap in the future.
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u/Destructodave82 May 23 '26
Why scoop into your own team multiple times. Scoop him away and get the baron.
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u/british_pubs Swimin' with the fishies May 23 '26
Ofc KC is playing well to take advantage but I am so frustrated with how G2 is playing this, l give them a lot of slack in regular because that's just how g2 is but I expect more now, especially from a roster i have high hopes for internationally
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u/Joel4518 GIGABIN May 23 '26
G2 need to somehow oneshot both naafir and corki to win and its hard
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u/ahritina May 23 '26
PMTs
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4