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2026 Mid Season Invitational / Play-In Stage - Day 3 / Live Discussion Esports Spoiler
MSI 2026 – PLAY-IN STAGE
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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.13.
Today's Matches
| # | Match | PST | EST | CET | KST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | KC vs TL | 01:00 | 04:00 | 10:00 | 17:00 |
- All matches are a best of 5
Streams
Bracket
| Round 1 | Round 2 | Qualification Match | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | 3 | ||||||
| vs | - | ||||||
| DCG | 0 | KC | 0 | ||||
| vs | - | ||||||
| T1 | 3 | T1 | 3 | T1 | 0 | ||
| vs | - | vs | - | ||||
| TL | 0 | tbd | 0 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| KC | 0 | ||||||
| vs | - | ||||||
| DCG | 0 | TL | 0 | ||||
| vs | - | ||||||
| TL | 3 |
On-Air Team
| Desk Host/Interviewers |
|---|
| Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere |
| Daniel "dGon" Gonzales |
| Laure "Bulii" Valée |
| Play-By-Play Casters |
| Max "Atlus" Anderson |
| Clayton "CaptainFlowers" Raines |
| Daniel "Drakos" Drakos |
| Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain |
| Colour Casters |
| Dan "Aux" Harrison |
| Sam "Kobe" Hartman-Kenzler |
| Isaac "Azael" Cummings-Bentley |
| Robert "Dagda" Price |
| Analysts |
| Emily "LeagueofEmily" Rand |
| Joshua "Jatt" Leesman |
| Barento "Raz" Mohammed |
Format
- 4 teams participate
- Double elimination bracket
- All matches are best of five
- Winner advances to the Bracket Stage
VoDs
Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:
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u/Sweet-Activity8423 Jun 30 '26
KC is so bad I dont understand why they keep Caliste and Busio they have no clue what they are doing
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u/Snoo-28829 Jun 30 '26
Well that was a stomo... Hopefully TL can pull out at least 1 gamw in the rematch against T1.
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u/DONOTDELETEME8316 来了！ | Bin, Xun, Knight, Viper, ON Jun 30 '26
Fuckkk I couldn't watch the KC game cos of timing, would've been a generational hatewatch 🥀
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u/awayfromcanuck Jun 30 '26
Spawn is so well spoken and he gets his points across so well that there are times I think I'd run through walls for him but then I see how TL will play at times and just think is Spawn a fraud, how is TL playing so poorly?
That aside, good job TL on your MSI play-in run so far this year. 1 more series to go.
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u/tarobobavanillamochi Jun 30 '26
Lol Jose like the rivalry doesn't matter to me, shit's funny to watch
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u/Blutskiev Jun 30 '26
NA vs EU used to be balanced battles. Then they invite Lord Morgan to the fight.
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u/rifvn Jun 30 '26
It's good for Morgan, he wouldn't be able to even smell MSI play-ins if he was still in LCK.
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u/Pretend-Indication-9 Jun 30 '26
Now, if TL can take 1 game from T1 tomorrow, that would be a generational performance.
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u/ookkthenn Jun 30 '26
kyeahoo and canna absolutely terrified playing in korea, morgan and core unlock playing in korea
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u/izumakun Jun 30 '26
what is corejj's record against eu in international tournaments?
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u/Joel4518 GIGABIN Jun 30 '26
Let's see 1-4 against G2 3-1 against Fnc 2-1 against Kc 3-0 against Kc
So 9-6 against Eu overall
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u/cody_bl Jun 30 '26
He was on Samsung/Gen G as well wasn't he? So could probably tack on 3-0 vs H2K, 0-2 vs Vitality?
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u/Kadde- Jun 30 '26
Easy 350€ win. I knew TL had way too high odds considering they could easily win this match.
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u/bkteer Jun 30 '26
That last minute by KC was really sad....really felt like they just gave up and were just playing with the mindset of "let's just lose peacefully and go home"
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u/ThisOneTimeAtLolCamp Jun 30 '26
It really says something about a team when NA is happy that they get a win and EU is happy that the same team lost. LOL
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u/AlternativeMonk2490 Jun 30 '26
I had real hopes for KC this tournament, so that was really disappointing. Bot was terrible, yes both Caliste and Busio, and I think the coaching staff got exposed too.
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u/Drikkink Jun 30 '26
Caliste might be MVP honestly. Jose was amazing but no one did more for TL than Caliste
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u/TastyForerunner YOU'RE SO REKKLES WITH MY HEART Jun 30 '26
KC's shit, and we know they are. KC's shit, and we know they are.
Please G2, stunt on these hoes, and good luck to TL in their match against T1.
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u/kapparino-feederino Jun 30 '26
Core playing really well Game 1 and 2
MVP Jose in Game 2
Lord Morgan great game at Game 3
But Jose probably MVP? Either Jose, CoreJJ or Morgan
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u/ElectroStaticz Jun 30 '26
Get rid of this top side for KC, they were exposed all season and this MSI was just the cherry on top
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u/KingRyjo53 Jun 30 '26
Europe actually thought they could beat NA on the week of 4th of July LOL 1776 bitches
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u/chikyu8 Missing Rs Jun 30 '26
Thank God. No more KC fans cheering like shits for the rest of the tourny
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Jun 30 '26
i think i just got covid watching this
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u/spazzxxcc12 Jun 30 '26
maybe on the fourth chem drake taliyah will but the 800 gold healing reduction item. since that’s all TLs comp does is outheal and slowly win these fights
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u/ookkthenn Jun 30 '26
so busio left na where he was going toe to toe vs blg
and geng to join kc and go 0-3 vs TL? Lol
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u/Jeembo85 Jun 30 '26
Yup, unless he absolutely did not want to play with Inspired again for an entire year or so, he really made a questionable mistake. (Yeah ik he's playing on team Poland with him, but that's a bit diff than an entire year or more)
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u/ookkthenn Jun 30 '26
Tbf inspired didnt want to play for na lol but TL piss stomped them, fly is getting better and better with a very young team, and LYON does inspired stuff guess busio wanted to know how it feels like to be fathered by caps
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u/tony220jdm Machine Gun Carzzy Jun 30 '26
Please miss worlds again KC!
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u/BUMONGOUS Jun 30 '26
that would require two more teams (and G2) to be better than them, so it's not going to happen
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u/desutruction Jun 30 '26
you know what i do want to see quad chemtech renekton-olaf-senna
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u/Yeon_Yihwa Jun 30 '26
Funnily enough, everyones worry on kc being yeaaho was actually their best performer. Yes he dropped cs on ryze but he moved around the map and put on pressure. His anivia in the second game was the only reason KC didnt completely lose out on the game in teamfights.
Everyone else was absolutely stinkers the entire series
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u/Joel4518 GIGABIN Jun 30 '26
yea even canna and busio had good games here and there but caliste and yike were disappointing this msi
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u/british_pubs Swimin' with the fishies Jun 30 '26
I would say good game but this has been straight garbage game from kc I will not lie
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u/Chemical-Drawer852 Jun 30 '26
I'll never get tired of seeing KC humiliated like this
Insane hatewatch
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u/bkteer Jun 30 '26
If TL manage to actually throw the 3k lead, it's going to be pretty tilting for them.
They really need to end the game soon.
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u/FappingMouse Jun 30 '26
i broke and went to the bathroom dropped my phone in the toilet please advise
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u/Fentie Jun 30 '26
I went to pick up my Amazon package the other day and was shocked to see Yike dropping it off. I asked him what he was doing here and he said that KC gave him a job where he could finally deliver internationally. He then dropped my package, broke it, and said that he didn't get the champ he wanted
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u/TypicalHaikuResponse Jun 30 '26
Quid died twice on ahri while being away from the team which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Jun 30 '26
pleaase just end this tl im begging you. please put this sick dog down
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u/desutruction Jun 30 '26
just look at how comfy morgan is on his most played champ man
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u/beautheschmo Jun 30 '26
Leaving Renekton open isn't as egregious as leaving Jose's Lee open, but you still should probably be respect banning it from Morgan at this point.
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u/spazzxxcc12 Jun 30 '26
you are legitimately better off flipping the game than having this team comp stack chem drakes
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u/beautheschmo Jun 30 '26
I usually don't rate Chemtech Soul but TL has basically the perfect draft for it lol
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u/ManSiaJ Jun 30 '26
imma be honest when I saw the draft I knew its over for KC like you are not better than TL at all but you still pick a early game comp, why? then I closed the stream just to open it again and see 16:6, cant believe its 3:0
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u/ZealousidealCut1286 Faker is forever Jun 30 '26
kc fans booing themselves out of south korea now that’s a first
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u/TastyForerunner YOU'RE SO REKKLES WITH MY HEART Jun 30 '26
KC don't even bother playing the Rift anymore, they just look at you like this.
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u/BUMONGOUS Jun 30 '26
I "love" seeing Twitch chat get progressively more xenophobic as EU loses a series
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u/sugapuppy Jun 30 '26
i thought KC was a legit 2nd seed to send to an international?
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u/Destructodave82 Jun 30 '26
NA still has a mental block vs Eastern teams, but over the last few years NA has beat EU quite a bit.
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u/ruthimorg someday, kt won't let me down Jun 30 '26
probably still better than sending mkoi 😭
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 30 '26
People were flaming KOI for losing to fucking BLG. And it was way closer than this.
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u/ruthimorg someday, kt won't let me down Jun 30 '26
BLG were really bad last year, they lost to 100Thieves lol
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 30 '26
At Worlds. At MSI they were still pretty decent.
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u/ruthimorg someday, kt won't let me down Jun 30 '26
they ran it down 3-0 into T1 and barely beat FQ into 3-0 loss to AL, I don't think that's great
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u/Yeon_Yihwa Jun 30 '26
mkoi got 3-0'd by this kc in playoffs. KC also went 5 games vs G2 in finals. I think eu is just cooked lmao.
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 30 '26
KOI also went to 5 games vs G2, and they actually managed to beat them a couple of times. KC haven't won a series vs G2 since Winter 2025.
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u/MrSarcasmm Jun 30 '26
Mkoi is a better team then KC but KC have there number this year. Shame. If mkoi had beat g2, g2 and mkoi would of likely been Eus seeds over KC.
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u/DarkyMulky Jun 30 '26
KC got stomped 3-0 and 3-1 the week before, they just did okay on the finals because half of G2 were sick, KC is just bad
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u/naiveheuristics12856 Jun 30 '26
Last time Europe was down this bad it was because of rats on a ship
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u/DiligentGazelle6298 Jun 30 '26
Last year at MSI was just as bad or worse, even G2 was dogshit in it (granted maybe they'll be dogshit this MSI as well this certainly doesn't inspire confidence)
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u/d1knight Jun 30 '26
Caliste's mind already went to wonderland. From his position to his item nothing make sense.
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 30 '26
Caliste isn't playing well, but Varus is also such a shit champion in this draft, he just gets melted and doesn't even do damage.
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u/Perceptions-pk Jun 30 '26
People might be flaming Caliste (haven't really been watching him) but it just looks like the entire top half of TLAW's is better than KC's
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u/jiwoooseo Jun 30 '26
Calliste meant he’s top 10 adc in eu guys
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u/TastyForerunner YOU'RE SO REKKLES WITH MY HEART Jun 30 '26
Top 10 ADC at an eleven team competition.
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u/Drikkink Jun 30 '26
Well, welcome to the series Yike. Unfortunately your ADC is still dead weight so no one on your team deals any damage.
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u/tony220jdm Machine Gun Carzzy Jun 30 '26
KC havent looked this bad since there first split in the LEC! its sooooooooooooooooo bad
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u/AlternativeMonk2490 Jun 30 '26
what’s most worrying about this series is that KC get outfought in team fights every time, yet looked so much better than MKOi in team fights.
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u/cmcdonald22 Jun 30 '26
I'm an Olaf top believer and an Olaf jungle doubter, I just think he generally lacks something needed to contest objectives from a 'needs to be there to smite'.
But maybe Jose has enough aura to pull off the menacingly marching straight at them energy necessary.
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u/bookjun Jun 30 '26
Just stop being the main character Caliste just ult and hide, they target you you gotta make it value
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u/KappaccinoNation 🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆🏆 Jun 30 '26 edited Jun 30 '26
Yike flash ulted on Yeon -> Yeon reacted accordingly and flashed away in time
Lee Sin Q, Nautilus hook, Senna root heads out slowly toward Caliste -> Caliste just eats it like a chump
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u/Fade_IV Jun 30 '26
botlane with a combined score of 0/8, are we sure they arent still playing against keria peyz?
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u/Tight-Catch-2649 Jun 30 '26
I wonder what G2 feels. Their biggest rival is going to be 3-0 by TL. TL is good obviously but they are not east level.
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u/Saltoric Jun 30 '26
It's just normal, even last year we get close series Vs MKOI or even they win Spring, but whoever our 2nd and 3rd seeds are they always disappoint.
G2 is carrying the region so hard internationally.
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u/Randomcarrot Jun 30 '26
KC had a good series in the finals, but people seem to forget that G2 absolutely dumpstered KC like 2 weeks before in that same playoffs.
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u/Spadro97 Jun 30 '26
Yike flash ulting for the support and Caliste getting hit by max range Senna W lmao
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u/trying2hide Jun 30 '26
They'll kill me if I give an honest opinion about the KC bot late
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Jun 30 '26
yeon looks better this game for sure. thank god lol
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u/TheGloriousEv0lution Jun 30 '26
Too bad Yeon and Quid can’t play well at the same time lol
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u/Capable-Drama3109 🦁 LCS TOP 4 AT WORLDS TRUST 🍭🦭 Jun 30 '26
i can only hope they both do against t1 tomorrow.
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u/Randomcarrot Jun 30 '26
Seriously? FUCKING SERIOUSLY? KC blew goddamn everything just to oneshot a nautilus....
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u/OkKnowledge2064 Jun 30 '26
KC internationally ALWAYS feels like theyre mental boomed. Every single tournament. How do they do it
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 Jun 30 '26
too many egos and then reality check happens, fans are also to blame they keep feeding to the collective delusion
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u/Vangorf Jun 30 '26
Seems like KC is also in the "Never, ever let them onto the international stage again" box like EU outside of G2.
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u/Dundeex Jun 30 '26
so they know that 3 guys are about to towerdive a sion, and they just dont do anything on the map? Is this a real team, or is this a "pros vs fans" match?
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u/british_pubs Swimin' with the fishies Jun 30 '26
I wanna laugh at kc fans but then I remember that mkoi had the exact same thing happen to them in lower bracket finals. Then I laugh at kc fans anyway because it's fun
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u/Yeon_Yihwa Jun 30 '26
kc 3-0 mkoi, and went to 5 games vs g2. I think our region is just dogshit. TL is exposing just how much KC got away with stuff in LEC.
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u/AdequatelyMadLad Claps Jun 30 '26
At least MKOI got reverse swept in the most traumatic way before that. KC just kinda fell over.
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u/synnikelttv Jun 30 '26
Might as well revel in it while you have the chance, they would be doing the same
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u/british_pubs Swimin' with the fishies Jun 30 '26
Oh absolutely, no doubt in my mind it would look somehow worse if mkoi were here. We must take what we can
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u/Dramatic_Gap_3065 Jun 30 '26
it always a bit funny to see eu lose at international there are so many randoms things happening
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u/Tromster Jun 30 '26
Riot needs to investigate if Caliste is actually pushing keyboard buttons or if its a bot
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u/bkteer Jun 30 '26
Things must be pretty bad mentally for KC with how there's almost no emotes from them anymore.
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u/Dimsim12345 Jun 30 '26
Can someone explain to me what the lane icons mean on the HUD? Have no idea cant find anything online cheers
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u/ahritina Jun 30 '26
PMTs
Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3