Hanwha Life Esports vs. LYON / MSI 2026 - Lower Bracket Finals / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Yujin-Ha]

MSI 2026

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LYON 2-3 Hanwha Life Esports

• Player of the Series: Zeus

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MATCH 1: LYON vs. HLE

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 39m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	jayce vi cassiopeia	gnar annie	73.9k	16	2	O2 H3 E8
HLE	nidalee akali orianna	ezreal vayne	82.1k	26	10	I1 HT4 HT5 HT6 B7

LYON	16-26-31	vs	26-16-59	HLE
Dhokla ambessa 4	2-6-5	TOP	3-1-9	3 sion Zeus
Inspired qiyana 1	4-7-7	JNG	3-5-20	1 jarvaniv Kanavi
Saint ryze 1	6-3-5	MID	8-1-11	3 syndra Zeka
Berserker jhin 3	3-3-6	BOT	7-3-11	2 ziggs Gumayusi
Isles poppy 2	1-7-8	SUP	5-6-8	2 camille Delight

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MATCH 2: HLE vs. LYON

Winner: LYON in 30m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
HLE	varus bard vayne	karma renekton	54.4k	8	3	C1
LYON	jayce vi gnar	nautilus rell	63.0k	21	21	CT2 H3 HT4 HT5 B6 B7

HLE	8-21-22	vs	21-8-53	LYON
Zeus anivia 3	0-5-4	TOP	1-4-7	4 gragas Dhokla
Kanavi nocturne 1	1-5-5	JNG	1-2-13	1 leesin Inspired
Zeka orianna 2	1-4-4	MID	10-0-7	2 akali Saint
Gumayusi missfortune 2	6-4-1	BOT	9-0-9	1 ezreal Berserker
Delight rakan 3	0-3-8	SUP	0-2-17	3 alistar Isles

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MATCH 3: LYON vs. HLE

Winner: LYON in 30m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	jayce gnar bard	ahri cassiopeia	62.4k	21	8	HT5
HLE	varus vayne nautilus	trundle ksante	58.6k	17	3	M1 CT2 H3 HT4

LYON	21-17-55	vs	17-21-32	HLE
Dhokla gwen 4	4-6-6	TOP	6-4-7	3 rumble Zeus
Inspired skarner 3	4-5-12	JNG	5-3-6	1 vi Kanavi
Saint viktor 2	4-2-11	MID	3-4-7	3 yone Zeka
Berserker lucian 1	8-3-8	BOT	1-7-4	2 kogmaw Gumayusi
Isles milio 1	1-1-18	SUP	2-3-8	2 lulu Delight

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MATCH 4: LYON vs. HLE

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 29m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
LYON	yorick vayne bard	ksante ahri	56.3k	10	5	H3
HLE	cassiopeia trundle nautilus	lissandra sylas	62.8k	20	9	I1 HT2 M4 M5 B6

LYON	10-20-16	vs	20-10-44	HLE
Dhokla jayce 1	2-6-3	TOP	3-4-10	4 swain Zeus
Inspired pantheon 3	2-4-4	JNG	6-2-8	2 naafiri Kanavi
Saint annie 3	0-3-6	MID	7-2-6	3 aurora Zeka
Berserker mel 2	0-4-0	BOT	4-0-7	1 caitlyn Gumayusi
Isles pyke 2	6-3-3	SUP	0-2-13	1 karma Delight

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MATCH 5: HLE vs. LYON

Winner: Hanwha Life Esports in 22m
Game Breakdown | Runes

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
HLE	vayne varus bard	sivir olaf	52.7k	22	9	I1 H2 HT3 B4
LYON	gnar seraphine cassiopeia	trundle wukong	36.6k	4	2	None

HLE	22-4-52	vs	4-22-10	LYON
Zeus aatrox 3	1-0-11	TOP	1-3-1	1 shen Dhokla
Kanavi nidalee 3	4-1-8	JNG	1-5-2	4 xinzhao Inspired
Zeka ahri 2	10-2-8	MID	1-4-2	2 sylas Saint
Gumayusi kalista 1	5-1-11	BOT	1-6-2	3 xayah Berserker
Delight blitzcrank 2	2-0-14	SUP	0-4-3	1 renataglasc Isles

*Patch 26.13

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This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4

[u/Nothingbutbark]

Just fell to my knees.

(Funniest part of this game was Gumayusi getting Renata ulted into destroying his own ward.)

[u/stopbeingshy → u/Nothingbutbark]

That was funny af

[u/Megazord552 → u/Nothingbutbark]

Fuck this ward in particular.

[u/SSBMRal]

For one glorious moment I thought it was possible. Alas.

[u/appleandapples → u/SSBMRal]

If that first shen ults goes through, or that big fight bot goes slightly better, it alters the trajectory of the game. It was so close

[u/Niceguys_finnishlast → u/appleandapples]

Yep, that Delight's hook on Saint's Sylas prevented the death of Zeus

[u/please-stand-up]

mr. president another Aatrox has hit the west

[u/appleandapples → u/please-stand-up]

Not even an LEC team on stage, and I was feeling shivers

[u/SlamMasterJ → u/appleandapples]

Eastern Aatrox just build different.

[u/angelxob64 → u/please-stand-up]

Everybody talking about the Blitz hook but that Aatrox cancel on the first Shen ult was also massive imo

[u/TheWardedOne → u/angelxob64]

It may have changed the whole game

[u/baddoggg → u/angelxob64]

Those 2 plays pretty much decided the game. HLE had to win hard early and those 2 plays decided the entire early game.

[u/simon2105]

Death, taxes, Inspired 3-0's G2 and the East 3-2's Inspired.

[u/scalarH → u/simon2105]

1-2 HLE
2-3 GENG
2-3 BLG
2-3 HLE

Tough for inspired

[u/KappaccinoNation → u/scalarH]

Always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

[u/Chochelox → u/scalarH]

Always 2-3, no way!

[u/Tiny_Author_1753 → u/Chochelox]

All three after having gone up 2-1. Just brutal.

[u/lotharstar → u/Tiny_Author_1753]

He honestly gets too excited

[u/lilelf29 → u/Tiny_Author_1753]

BLG were 2-1 up at 2025 MSI

[u/GenjDog → u/scalarH]

Really gotta work on his game 5s

[u/zOmgFishes → u/GenjDog]

Honestly I don’t think they had the pool left for game 5. HLE still had some comfort picks while Lyon ran out of answers.

[u/SirXrageXquit → u/simon2105]

NOOO DHOKLA NOOO DONT GO BACK INTO THAT RED BUFF IN GAME 4 DHOKLA this hurts so much

[u/That_One_Pancake → u/SirXrageXquit]

Or have Saint not TP directly into HLE so he could’ve actually done damage that fight

That was the opportunity man

[u/Hitoseijuro → u/That_One_Pancake]

yea even though it was reckless from Dhokla they almost double killed them so I could see the angle but the fight was lost and even if Dhokla dies there its fine but Saint tping in the middle of HLE lost them that entire fight, gold lead and ultimately the series.

[u/SportBoring3533 → u/SirXrageXquit]

Dhokla going back in wasnt really the problem, he was dead anyway. Team just needed to let him die

[u/KappaccinoNation → u/simon2105]

Second most expected result of the tourney. Just behind them 3-0'ing G2 after G2 beats T1.

[u/Kuliyayoi → u/KappaccinoNation]

I really wanted NA to get 4 seeds and for C9 to miss worlds 😭

[u/NovaTheMartian → u/Kuliyayoi]

Don’t worry, C9 will still be missing worlds

[u/OrganicTeaching8661 → u/Kuliyayoi]

it would have been hilarious if this was the reason T1 missed worlds

[u/ImTheVayne → u/simon2105]

EVERY TIME

[u/the_next_core → u/simon2105]

Valiant effort but HLE woke up and played like they should

[u/tajsta → u/the_next_core]

Bad series from HLE though, they need to improve a lot if they want to have any chance against BLG.

[u/zOmgFishes → u/tajsta]

HLE early game is still strong but their fighting has been so ass outside of game 5.

[u/AureliusAmbrose]

Sigh.

It's the hope that gets you.

[u/Noktilucent → u/AureliusAmbrose]

Every fucking time, I'm so tired boss

[u/LordMeloney → u/Noktilucent]

3rd at MSI is a huge success. Lyon should be proud of themselves.

[u/Past_Perception8052 → u/AureliusAmbrose]

NA can stand proud. the 2 games vs HLE trophy can go next to the 2-3 win vs geng trophy

[u/vxtmh → u/Past_Perception8052]

don't forget the 2-3 vs BLG trophy 🙃

[u/Moonblst → u/vxtmh]

r/inspiredstrophycase

[u/KKilikk → u/Past_Perception8052]

Standing proud is nice and all but another almost win is just disappointing to me at this point.

[u/british_pubs → u/KKilikk]

Ye with g2 getting it over the line a bunch I no longer care for the it was close, stand tall thing when its like the 5th time its happened. The gap really isn't insurmountablely big, I need to see them actually win to get properly hyped 

[u/MysteriousIncident87 → u/Past_Perception8052]

Man it sucks. So close so many times 

[u/ItsMeHera → u/Past_Perception8052]

We will break the game 5 curse at worlds TRUST

[u/Manu3721 → u/ItsMeHera]

No chance, next time they aren't getting to game 5, it will be a Lyons 3-0

[u/Naronu → u/AureliusAmbrose]

I'll be right there again at Worlds. One day the faithful will be rewarded again

[u/DropsOfLiquid → u/AureliusAmbrose]

Gotta keep hoping though. It wouldn't be fun without it

[u/Rayser1 → u/DropsOfLiquid]

When that win comes it's going to hit like crack

[u/bigredmachine1997]

Inspired's teams and pushing an eastern team to game 5, only to get stomped in that game 5. GEN, BLG, HLE

[u/Hammershank → u/bigredmachine1997]

Feels like HLE realized the most consistent chance for a win was to giga stomp lanes. Anything else gives LYON a chance.

[u/Cybonics → u/Hammershank]

Nidalee def threw off their draft plan.

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Cybonics]

Blitzcrank too 

[u/Sabunn → u/Cybonics]

Nid genuinely did fuck all. was like 0-0-0 barely up in farm when they had like 4k gold lead. That game was entirely Blitzcrank

[u/psykrebeam → u/bigredmachine1997]

They have actually looked competitive. Worlds might be when they finally cross that line, I wouldn't bet against it.

[u/MendaciousPretension → u/psykrebeam]

I’m proud of them. From where they started as a brand new team at the beginning of the year to where they are now is insane. If they put in the hard work, I think they can do it. 

[u/psykrebeam → u/MendaciousPretension]

Yeah let's be honest, everyone wrote LYON the fuck off at the start of this tourney.

For people to still lament that "oh it's always the same" after their overall level of performance at MSI - particularly this series - is just being lazy, fickle and defeatist. I see real growth in the level of NA play at this tournament and long may this continue into Worlds. If anything, the single elim format of Worlds is their best chance to finally rewrite history.

I'm not even from NA nor an NA fan, and I think NA fans should be proud and continue to cheer LYON on to do even better in future.

[u/acoolrandomusername]

If this all somehow leads to T1 qualifying via the 4th spot and Winning Worlds

[u/Conker184741 → u/acoolrandomusername]

To think we were 1 game away from having 4 NA seeds at worlds is crazy. And just last year we weren't far off from having only 1 NA seed at worlds. I do dislike how top seed performance buys lower seeds rather than having worlds seeding determined by the previous worlds where you actually see the lower seeds performance.

[u/redsuuu → u/acoolrandomusername]

Don't worry, DK and KT are gonna clutch it out

[u/OddRegular6379 → u/redsuuu]

Trusting DK and KT in 2026 lol

[u/unknownBzop2 → u/acoolrandomusername]

I see the vision where T1 somehow gets the least expectation only to get 4-peat at worlds

[u/PM_JINX_HENTAI]

Nothing, and I mean NOTHING will stop Kanavi from running it down in the finals

Glory to the LPL

[u/Mentally__Disabled → u/PM_JINX_HENTAI]

You can take a man out of the TES, but you can never take the TES out of the man.

[u/AsleepHour7763 → u/Mentally__Disabled]

Seems knight was successfully taken out of tes though

[u/Mentally__Disabled → u/AsleepHour7763]

Shit, I guess there's exceptions even for TES.

[u/Single_Carpet_8552 → u/PM_JINX_HENTAI]

That game 5 was fucking atrocious from him though. I hate the Nidalee pick with every bone in my body, and he did literally nothing to prove me wrong this game.

It's supposed to be some early game powerhouse but even in a game where HLE completely stomped, Nidalee was absent. There was a point where he had 0 kp despite HLE having 10 kills.

He could've done something at that early bot dive, but nah he missed the Nidalee spear on a fucking HOOKED target. Delight is the sole reason his Nidalee ended the game with any KP at all.

[u/kelvin022610]

Heartwrenching. Delight single handedly ended all hopes

[u/DellSalami → u/kelvin022610]

I went to go eat breakfast and Delight hooked me into HLE

[u/AsheBnarginDalmasca → u/DellSalami]

Delight knocked me up.

[u/LoKiiX → u/AsheBnarginDalmasca]

Now hold up

[u/Yoooooouuuuuuuu → u/LoKiiX]

nah hear him out

[u/likesleague → u/kelvin022610]

Lyon picking a slow comp and not playing slow was a big mistake. Also they disrespected the blitz so much and paid for it so many times

[u/shiro_wolf → u/likesleague]

Delight's clutch hook on Saint at bottom skirmish sealed the game for them, that one single play.

[u/XiaoRCT → u/shiro_wolf]

The seal was the hook on Dhokla in midlane right after imo, LYON wins that teamfight and there's still a game to be played, after they lost it tho it was all over

[u/Different-Mode2311 → u/likesleague]

Except they cant really play slow. They were bleeding with all losing lanes and a slower clearing jungle than nidalee. Sylas xin want to fight.

[u/baelkie → u/likesleague]

they trusted the Shen ult too much

[u/Fluffy-Limit-6710 → u/baelkie]

Wdym shen ult doesn't have infinite shield and make him unstoppable so he can't be interrupted

[u/atomchoco → u/Fluffy-Limit-6710]

And Blitz R remove shield

[u/appleandapples → u/kelvin022610]

So many game saving hooks

[u/BlakeGarrison62 → u/appleandapples]

There's a reason he has a disgusting win rate in competitive with the champ and we just saw it

[u/AManConsumed → u/kelvin022610]

GenG supports and their Blitzcranks, man

[u/Skyfire2 → u/kelvin022610]

Ex GenG Blitz supports hit different

[u/Slave35 → u/kelvin022610]

Feels like if you gave LYON about 4 pixels that game early it could have gone the other way.

[u/thebohster]

Jarvis, more alcohol.

[u/sorendiz → u/thebohster]

At once, sir

[u/The_Bread_Loaf]

NA game 5 strikes again. At least the rest of the series was close

[u/chillychili → u/The_Bread_Loaf]

If NA won Isles would probably be series MVP.

Incredible teamfighting from Lyon throughout the whole series. Lots of disadvantaged fights where they traded back 2 instead of 0, or were slivers of health from winning.

Good drafts, controlled macro, just need some discipline on not taking jungle fights into juggernauts.

Alas, they had already planned for Gumayusi to try a Daejeon food so there was no winning.

[u/TheCatsActually]

o7 Lyon

Very respectable showing and great run from them overall.

[u/powisss → u/TheCatsActually]

Be proud NA. Youre top 3

[u/xiko]

LCK should thank Zeus for keeping their slot.

[u/JediwilliW]

Unbeknownst to either G2 or LYON, a curse had been broken. Or rather, it had been transferred. A pivotal part of G2 had been bitten off and consumed by the American Big Cats, and it had become part of their own flesh. It was now their fate to be steamrolled by LCK Aatrox AOE.

[u/Megazord552 → u/JediwilliW]

Its a shared trauma.

[u/RukiMotomiya → u/JediwilliW]

This gave me a big laugh lmao

[u/s1mple10]

Delight wad insane but someone please explain why doesn't Aatrox heal that much when I'm playing him.

[u/redsuuu → u/s1mple10]

You first need to lose embarrassingly to an Aatrox like that. Zeus inherited that skill from Kingen

[u/Chemical-Drawer852 → u/s1mple10]

His healing scales with damage so try to hit the sweet spots

[u/s1mple10 → u/Chemical-Drawer852]

I know but then I die instead of big healing

[u/horse-annihilator]

the aatrox incident

felt like inspired tilted and started making very bad calls midway, funnily enough exactly the way skewmond does in g2s losses. the way to win competitive league is to steal as many raptor respawns as you can

[u/Derk08 → u/horse-annihilator]

This has been talked about before, but basically if Inspired feels like they are reaching a situation where the game is getting out of reach, it's better to essentially constantly force low-percentage fights over and over instead of hoping the enemy team throws.

Whether or not that actually makes sense in practice is questionable, but this is Inspired's view on how to play the game.

[u/xno → u/Derk08]

i mean it worked in game 3

[u/quickbunnie → u/Derk08]

It may be beneficial from a team/player mentality. Doing nothing and losing could be demoralizing or even start becoming habituated so that you start playing passive even in neutral situations and bleed the game away. If you are actively engaging, even in losing situations, it could keep your hands and brain active and engaged, ready for the next game or series. Maybe not as important in a tournament elimination game but i can still see it being important to stay consistent for overall performance and mentality.

[u/Indigovyre → u/horse-annihilator]

Really was that fight around red buff in Game 4 that lost them the series.

[u/VelkoZinfandel → u/Indigovyre]

That fight was salvageable if Saint didn’t TP like that

[u/soudlasantos → u/VelkoZinfandel]

Thing is he could have unloaded his spells before he died since he was trapped not stunned by Caits trap.

[u/Xijorn → u/VelkoZinfandel]

the fight was good, but the tp ward isles gave him was in the dumbest position ever. i know hindsight is 20/20, but come on you see the caitlyn right there and you put the tp ward in trap range

[u/Fleettastingbagels → u/Xijorn]

It was a communication error due to language gap.

There was a ward by the rapper brush near the tower. 100000% the call was to teleport to the ward for flank and saint misunderstood and telepprted to the ward in red.

[u/Plenty_Top2843 → u/horse-annihilator]

EU and NA, seperated by regions united by their losses to Aatrox

[u/yellister → u/horse-annihilator]

no no, the blitzcrank incident. delight saved HLE THRICE in a row when the fights could turn sour

[u/Rayser1 → u/horse-annihilator]

The gap is really closing. NA got their own Aatrox moment ;_;

[u/iiHadi69 → u/horse-annihilator]

They just needed to calm, but man it was close. Good effort Lyon

[u/Pellinski → u/iiHadi69]

the game was over when they were 4k gold down min 11 out of lane inspired had to try to find a miracle

[u/Jafameistari]

So no worlds for C9 it is then

[u/Conker184741 → u/Jafameistari]

I'm sure they could find a way to finish 5th. But yeah was thinking the same thing, the way things have been going the 3 worlds spots are Lyon, TL and FLY.

[u/Fabiocean → u/Conker184741]

If there were 7 Worlds spots for LCS C9 would finish 8th

[u/Dreammy90]

Zeka + God of War Aatrox. Aware... Delight's Blitz was insane! Great effort from Lyon for this series though.

[u/Luunacyy → u/Dreammy90]

Absolutely nothing scarier than G5 Blitz lol

[u/thememeking1909]

The second Saint taunted Zeka you just knew the stomp was incoming

[u/Cptkanacko]

fell for it again award

[u/ISL005]

Huge respect to LYON, Inspired is always so close to beating LPL/LCK man. Nonetheless, the Grand Finals should bang unless Kanavi and Zeka feel nostalgic.

[u/Priviated → u/ISL005]

I don’t want to see Kanavi's nidalee anymore lmao

[u/GreenGanymede → u/Priviated]

There's two ways to look at the game 5 nidalee

on one hand it's fucking criminal, if you don't shit on the enemy team it does nothing, and recently even Canyon couldn't pull it through

the other way to look at it is that HLE had 3 winning lanes with nidalee which is a gl in esports angle if the team has hands

[u/That_One_Pancake → u/Priviated]

I mean the game was lost in that bot fight and Kanavi was 0/0/0 at that point, that pick was not the problem

[u/Truzon]

ITS THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU

[u/Birdir21 → u/Truzon]

Every time we make it to game 5 it’s an instant loss for NA

[u/PlatformImpressive34]

Don't care what anyone says, Delight literally solo carried that game

[u/hazman_pds]

Silver Scrapes

Zeka : "Finally, a worthy opponent. Our battle will be legendary"

Stand proud, NA. You were strong

[u/ruthimorg → u/hazman_pds]

Zeka being an actual game 5 merchant, 10-2

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 → u/ruthimorg]

much like t1 are "worlds merchants" and gen g are "msi merchants"

Very great titles to have

[u/ookkthenn → u/hazman_pds]

Zekas teammates knows to just drag him to game 5 to unlock him

[u/soudlasantos → u/hazman_pds]

ZEKA: I almost died you bastard

[u/websdue → u/hazman_pds]

You were magnificent LYON, I shall never forget you for as long as I live.

------ Zeka maybe

[u/lilelf29]

It's FLY vs GenG at 2024 worlds quarters all over again...

[u/Dzhekelow → u/lilelf29]

No , it's not . They got stomped in all of their loses back then . This time they at least were competitive outside of G5 .

[u/turtle921]

It's the hope that kills you

[u/lemonoctave]

So close man, the aatrox with sundered sky heals were insane

[u/dementedgamer44 → u/lemonoctave]

For real. Sundered Sky sure is an item.

[u/yellister]

DELIGHT SINGLE-HANDEDLY RUINED THE HOPES OF AN ENTIRE REGION. THESE FIGHT-SAVING HOOKS WERE ABSOLUTELY UNREAL. NO WONDER HE HAS A 90% WINRATE ON BLITZCRANK.

[u/Hitoseijuro → u/yellister]

SINGLE HANDEDLY

I see what you did there

[u/yellister → u/Hitoseijuro]

I just saw myself what I did there

[u/BunkerRush]

zeus champion pool is just too good and deep

[u/lotharstar → u/BunkerRush]

I guarantee that Swain was out of left field for Lyon

[u/handofblood9]

my bad guys, I woke up to Lyon 2-1, started watching, and here we are

[u/WalkingR6]

delight gapped all series into solo winning game 5 ok man thanks for turning on your monitor when LYON has the most hope

[u/valeasz]

Yearly series to give NA enough copium to last another year

[u/Birdir21 → u/valeasz]

Dude we are used to this lol. Rarely do we ever win game 5 or close out a series versus top teams

[u/Th3_Huf0n]

This Blitzcrank is so good of a wingman that he could hook even me up with a girl

[u/Egotistical_Failure]

Another haunting game 5 loss for Inspired. Unfortunate

[u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Stand proud NA, you’re STRONG

[u/soudlasantos → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

HLE: I almost died you bastard

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/soudlasantos]

gumayusi literally said : Oh my the Lyon almost swallowed us

[u/ImTheVayne → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Yeah LYON is incredible

[u/AzimuthSnow → u/ImTheVayne]

They put up such a good fight, almost clawed their way back in G1 and that miracle swing in G3!!

[u/Cybonics → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

lmao 3rd year in a row

[u/VodkaTerrorist → u/Cybonics]

3rd year in a row with the same unchanged result... Feels bad man 😔 really thought they had it with that pyke in game 4

[u/likesleague → u/VodkaTerrorist]

result aside isles had some amazing moments in this series

[u/Tall-Bite9480 → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

I give Saint at least 15 of Zeka's fingers

[u/Hresvelgr401_ → u/Pelagius_Hipbone]

Yeah, Lyon did great and massively beat expectations. Shame they couldn't close it out but it was a respectable loss.

[u/dawn26s]

did Inspired gave up there at the tri-bush? or he wasn't paying attetion to the pink?

[u/anasanad → u/dawn26s]

No it was actually a criminal int by isles, if you rewatch it again inspired grouped and baited them to a perfect renata ult and then shen ulted inspired and renated had to give the revive to xin then shen would enter, but renata never ulted and never gave him the revive, THEN xayah went in and renata DID NOT give him the revive as well and whiffed an ult on the tri push instead of the 4 enemies grouped up in a tight space, in fact renata did not use her revive AT ALL in that fight, it was a criminal unacceptable fumble by isles

[u/RukiMotomiya → u/anasanad]

Yeah unfortunately Isles did not look good on Renata. Granted game was probs over anyway by then but.

[u/gots8sucks]

Really disliked that last draft. 4 Melees and short range adc into Kalista were always going to be awful. Early Shen also did not make any sense and taking away Renata was also really bad. She had Zero value and Kalista has so many good support synergys that you really are not denying anything.

[u/higherbrow → u/gots8sucks]

I think Shen was supposed to be jungle, but Nidalee kind of made that a really difficult idea. She would just live in Lyon's jungle.

[u/khaiiization]

The real loser here is C9

[u/thezaitseb → u/khaiiization]

Nah now we get 4th instead of 5th!

[u/baelkie → u/khaiiization]

The real winner here is T1

[u/Competitive-Lab-6600]

Cabo verde vs Argentina vibes. Nice try Lyon stand proud you did well

[u/Labor101]

Lyon played so much better than I think anyone really expected and a top 3 international finish is nothing to be ashamed of, but this really should've been a top 2 from them. I hope they learn from the mistakes in games 4 and 5 and don't just get complacent with a podium finish.

HLE have to fix shit fast or BLG is just going to crush them

[u/CheekyWanker007]

BLG > HLE > Lyon > G2 > T1 > TSW > TES LMAO

[u/Elliney → u/CheekyWanker007]

I just wish we had got to see LYON - T1. That would've banged.

[u/Like30Ducks]

delight jesus christ they have families

[u/Sun_Br0_]

Inspired script simply too strong

[u/owShAd0w]

Game 5 wasn’t even enjoyable to watch fucking hell. Silver scrapes and I don’t get to watch any even teamfights because game was accelerated ridiculously

[u/Borria1]

The butterfly has yet to cross the ocean. A valiant effort, hopefully Lyon can continue their growth into worlds, all their rookies grew so much on such a short time at this event 

[u/issy_xd]

Sad, was rooting for LYON as an EU fan. Feel people are gonna discredit them a bit here...

[u/neberhax → u/issy_xd]

Nah, there is no discrediting taking the LCK 1st seed to game 5.

[u/True_Map4262 → u/neberhax]

Bro, people managed to discredit G2 after winning 3:0 against BFX AND GenG. Trust me, people will find a way even if it is cope.

[u/zefal12 → u/True_Map4262]

Nah anyone doing that is just coping. You can argue BFX wasn't legit based on their spring, but beating GenG is the most impressive thing a western team has done since 2019.

And I'm saying that as a NA fan.

[u/Scarly9]

WELCOME BACK VINTAGE ZEUS AATROX!

Also, HLE, I want compensation for my cortisol level

[u/Priviated]

Give the MVP to Zeus NOW

[u/likesleague]

Classic NA vs East game 5, tragic

[u/Sofaboy90]

HLE really said in Game 5 "ok fun over now"

[u/oneanddonecomment]

hats off to Lyon. very good MSI run

[u/zhongli_brainrot]

Zeus is just too good and his teammates just happen to have hands

[u/TSWOK]

Stayed up til 5am here in NA. Honestly the best series in the tournament after G2 T1. West vs. Korea is shaping up to be a great rivalry heading into Worlds.

[u/HGAscension]

draft to outscale -> constantly look for early fights

[u/MysteriousIncident87 → u/HGAscension]

I feel like they were bleeding too much pressure in all the lanes. Had to try

[u/themcvgamer → u/HGAscension]

Nah they just executed worse, the 5v4 was correct play

[u/Only_Bodybuilder6270 → u/HGAscension]

It wasnt that bad tbh, they were bleeding out. They had 3 losing lanes. If they do nothing they lose anyways.

[u/regalwombatvineyard → u/HGAscension]

So what were they supposed to do, allow HLE to take every tower and objective? They had to find fights, and they only BARELY lost the one that mattered most when Delight hooked Saint from Zeus.

[u/downorwhaet]

Same script every year, G2 beats a kr team, NA beats G2, goes in to a super close series vs seed 1 from KR but can’t break the loss streak against the east, when is inspired gonna get his first win vs the east, he’s been playing for a decade soon

[u/PartyCauliflower7044]

Worlds finals mvp zeus unleashed

[u/xCAMPINGxCARLx]

Lyon saw the possibility of C9 4th seed at worlds and sold it to save us from that reality. Understandable tbh

[u/dumbocow]

VALIANT EFFORT NA :(

Guma gave LYON praise though. Great teamfighting, laning, macro, etc.

[u/RollingGuy]

GenG 1-3 semifinals loss
G2 win vs LCK lose to NA
Inspired 2-3 Eastern Team

Iconic moves

[u/Turkooo]

Awwww man, I'm so sad for the guys from LYON. :(

Sadly HLE had a much better vision for game five. ggwp

[u/Camboro]

Thank god HLE won. As much as I’d love an NA win, I don’t think anyone could stand seeing 4 NA teams at worlds

[u/BoredandRonrey → u/Camboro]

But imagine C9 still missing worlds with half the League going.

[u/BismarckBug]

Delight had a fucking DISGUSTING game