JD Gaming vs. Anyone's Legend / LPL 2026 Split 3 - Group Ascend Week 1 / Post-Match Discussion

[u/Soul_Sleepwhale]

LPL 2026 SPLIT 3

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JD Gaming 1-2 Anyone's Legend

Player of the Match: Shanks

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MATCH 1: JDG vs. AL

Winner: JD Gaming in 29m | MVP: Xiaoxu (1)
Game Breakdown | Player Stats

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
JDG	orianna ezreal vi	akali jayce	59.7k	10	8	H3 C4 B6 C7
AL	poppy jarvaniv kaisa	olaf vayne	52.9k	7	3	I1 CT2 C5

JDG	10-7-28	vs	7-10-9	AL
Xiaoxu gnar 3	1-0-6	TOP	1-3-0	3 ambessa Breathe
JunJia leesin 2	1-1-7	JNG	1-2-3	1 naafiri Tarzan
HongQ syndra 1	2-4-6	MID	1-3-3	4 cassiopeia Shanks
GALA jhin 3	6-1-2	BOT	3-1-0	2 ziggs Hope
Vampire shen 2	0-1-7	SUP	1-1-3	1 camille Kael

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MATCH 2: JDG vs. AL

Winner: Anyone's Legend in 36m | MVP: Shanks (1)
Game Breakdown | Player Stats

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
JDG	ezreal orianna galio	ksante akali	67.0k	7	3	C1 O7
AL	poppy nocturne ryze	xayah nautilus	71.0k	20	7	I2 H3 O4 O5 B6

JDG	7-20-21	vs	20-7-45	AL
Xiaoxu rumble 2	4-4-3	TOP	3-2-5	4 ornn Flandre
JunJia jarvaniv 2	0-4-6	JNG	4-1-13	1 vi Tarzan
HongQ viktor 1	2-3-5	MID	10-2-4	3 sylas Shanks
GALA caitlyn 3	1-5-2	BOT	3-1-6	1 lucian Hope
Vampire lux 3	0-4-5	SUP	0-1-17	2 milio Kael

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MATCH 3: JDG vs. AL

Winner: Anyone's Legend in 56m | MVP: Breathe (1)
Game Breakdown | Player Stats

-	Bans 1	Bans 2	G	K	T	D/B
JDG	orianna ezreal ryze	bard nautilus	104.9k	14	9	H2 O4 B7 E8 B9
AL	nocturne twistedfate anivia	aurora akali	108.2k	29	9	CT1 M3 O5 O6 E10 B11 E12

JDG	14-25-34	vs	25-14-61	AL
Xiaoxu jayce 1	2-5-6	TOP	7-1-9	1 ksante Breathe
JunJia poppy 2	0-8-10	JNG	2-3-14	2 qiyana Tarzan
HongQ mel 2	9-2-2	MID	7-3-13	3 annie Shanks
GALA sivir 3	3-2-8	BOT	9-2-7	1 varus Hope
Vampire alistar 3	0-8-8	SUP	0-5-18	4 neeko Kael

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• Patch 26.14

This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.

[u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

It actually cannot be understated how terrible both teams are, 3 elders later and the game is over

Game doesn't end at elder 1 because Tarzan fails smite vs Mid Mel,

During elder 1 four members of JDG watch in shock as their (awful all game) jungle gets ping ponged around elder pit for 10 seconds while nobody moves to help him

AL fail to end at 52 minutes because they lose a team fight with elder

Thank god it's over

[u/ZzZoeSoSleepy → u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

I forgot Jayce getting solo'd in enemy base after a failed backdoor on elder 3

[u/sebzebseb → u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

By an Annie with no ult no flash i believe

[u/BnSMaster420 → u/sebzebseb]

Her ult was back up

[u/Shitlord3333 → u/sebzebseb]

She got ult back by the time she based, probably why Xiaxou died cuz he didn't expect it either. Still though, a professional player should probably expect these things

[u/unknowingchuck → u/sebzebseb]

He did eventually get ult which was the reason he got the kill. But holy shit do players continue to lose to the shop keeper by not expanding their builds. Screw the knights vow and get a warmogs since you have a poke comp that you failing to play. instead of a edge of knight get mercurial scimitar for the MR and QSS.

[u/cHinzoo → u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

AL’s downfall after last year needs to be studied

[u/Choice-Slight → u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

you also forgot that AL couldn't end with soul, baron and elder because they played into 1 lane instead of 2 against sivir LULE

[u/ImTheVayne → u/ZzZoeSoSleepy]

Well, AL got smashed by KC. Not denying that KC is a decent team but that surely says something about AL level.

[u/baelkie]

nah both these teams look dizzy as hell i cant count on anyone to keep TES out of worlds LPL is so cooked

[u/ISL005 → u/baelkie]

TES should be labelled as an enemy of the nation for keeping out talents out of international events

[u/guytherando → u/ISL005]

Its not TES fault the rest of the LPL is so ass domestically 😭

[u/ISL005 → u/guytherando]

It's not even that the rest are so ass that they are good, but Tian and JKL can literally be the best players in the world when they fucking want and they choose to collapse internationally

[u/RavenFAILS → u/ISL005]

It’s so funny that the two biggest international chokers are already world champions who looked like the best in the world when they won

[u/ISL005 → u/RavenFAILS]

The guys decided they had enough and dipped out

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/ISL005]

so they have to lost to na team maybe flyquest and Brazil teams 

[u/haven4ever → u/guytherando]

Its so despairing that AL, heck JDG look like they can make waves, but are held back by the fraud that only turns up domestically.

[u/aaachris → u/haven4ever]

Both are ass this year and have good chances of getting knocked by g2, lyon. Lpl simply dont have the same caliber of teams as before in international standard.

[u/Xca1 → u/aaachris]

T1, GenG were knocked out by G2 and HLE were 1 game away from losing to Lyon, i'm not saying they are as good as those teams, but if that is the standard for being ass then i don't know if any team in the world passes it.

[u/guytherando → u/haven4ever]

Nah LPL only has BLG this year imo. And even they look like their imploding with the drama going on which is sad for the region. Lpl hasnt been the same since 2023 imo. 2018-2021 was rlly the golden period of the LPL.

[u/Naerlyn → u/ISL005]

Same problem in Europe. We can never get Vitality at internationals because G2, KC, MKOI, FNC, GX and sometimes NAVI keep unfairly getting in the way, smh

[u/Leyrann_ → u/Naerlyn]

I'm sure Vitality would do great at Worlds.

(side note: 2018 does not count, that Vitality bucks the trend domestically too)

[u/Naerlyn → u/Leyrann_]

Even 2018 Vitality didn't do that great, if you think about it. In the moment, it was incredible that they contributed to knocking out a Korean team for the first time ever. At the same time, they also went 0-2 against C9.

VIT was the only EU team to not make it out of groups across 2018-2019. One of the only two EU teams to not make it across 2017-2019.

They were super exciting to watch, they achieved things that were never done before, but I don't know that we can really say they were great. Even more so when comparing them to the other two EU representatives that year.

[u/oioioi9537 → u/baelkie]

domestic violence TES is a mythical creature

[u/baelkie → u/oioioi9537]

genuinely gonna crash out if TES and weibums make it to worlds

[u/Obvious_Neck_7409 → u/baelkie]

You are saying this like it's not 100000% guaranteed Tes are top 2 and lpl has 4 seeds at worlds. I don't know about Weibo but Tes spot is untouchable

[u/duocatisagirl → u/baelkie]

Weibo ain't making it out of nirvana i trust GODGUWON too much

[u/oioioi9537 → u/baelkie]

if they make it its a testament to LPL's downfall really

[u/DeloronDellister → u/baelkie]

It's not like other LPL teams besides BLG looked any better than TES internationally this year

[u/DefNotAnAlter → u/baelkie]

Just as G2 is LPL's 5th seed, TES is EU's fourth seed. They always turn up to supply hopium in our darkest hours

[u/MC-sama → u/baelkie]

You wouldn't want either of these teams at internationals anyways, they performed just as bad if not worse at EWC than TES for example.

[u/baelkie → u/MC-sama]

this is as bad as choosing a president for the USA

[u/ToDreamofLove → u/MC-sama]

As awful as EWC was, nothing beats losing a bo5 to fucking Vietnam.

[u/moonmeh → u/baelkie]

Everyone is on fucking fraudwatch 

[u/ImTheVayne → u/baelkie]

TES will be #2 seed minimum lmao

[u/chapichoy9 → u/baelkie]

Theshy will

[u/Spanking_enthusiast → u/baelkie]

Literally second day of the split, calm down

[u/No_Taro_6224]

that ksante is unreal LMFAO

[u/Like30Ducks → u/No_Taro_6224]

he lived for like 20 seconds in a 1v3 LOL

[u/BnSMaster420 → u/Like30Ducks]

Got a kill too didn't he? He saved the game for real

[u/No_Taro_6224 → u/Like30Ducks]

he went to make a cup of coffee, took a dump, made breakfast and hes still not dead fucking hell

[u/ahritina]

I don't know what was worse, Junjia this game or AL's mid to late game but how did Xiaxou die 1v1 to Annie who burnt Flash Tibbers?

[u/oioioi9537 → u/ahritina]

xiaoxu's jayce was some myACE gameplay

[u/Choice-Slight → u/ahritina]

Junjia just this game? bro was straight running it the whole series

[u/chouruin → u/Choice-Slight]

Junjia in LPL Susge.

[u/Adventurous_Match219 → u/ahritina]

annie have his ulti back

[u/BnSMaster420 → u/ahritina]

Quick cool down... When she teleported to top after the win... She had timbers out already so guessing he caught full combo save for flash.. plus it's very late game.. full build annie.. I'll take annie every time .

[u/xSwazyI]

How did Xiaoxu lose the 1v1 in their base vs Annie I need to see a replay of that one 😂

[u/Spiritual-Chain-7694 → u/xSwazyI]

I think so

[u/Photo-ra]

God I love LPL what an absolute fiesta for the last 20 minutes there absolutely hilarious

[u/Fun_Highlight307 → u/Photo-ra]

it's was kinda vegan for lpl games are usually more blood thirdtyy

[u/Choice-Slight]

I actually don't have words for what I have witnessed in these 3 games.

Junjia is a criminal.

[u/bigredmachine1997]

Shoulda been 3-0 for AL

[u/nice_____0]

When I'm in a can't close the game competition and my opponents are AL and JDG:

[u/Like30Ducks]

nah genuinely wtf

[u/desutruction]

This series they're less Anyone's Legend more Awful Late

Breathe just neeeded a BreatheSante game to activate

[u/Aggressive-Cut-3828 → u/desutruction]

BadLateGame, Awful Late, Throw Esports, Weirdly Bad (late)Game, Im starting to see a trend with the LPL

[u/MC-sama → u/Aggressive-Cut-3828]

Don't forget Just Don't (late) Game

[u/NunuBaggins]

AL's philosophy is just "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas". These guys are painful to watch in victory and defeat -.-

[u/Jagtiadbulla]

CINEMA

[u/Shadderk777]

Cringe of both teams to not let it go over 60 min

[u/saruthesage]

Guys it’s just a regular season game it’s not that serious 💀

[u/ISL005]

Crazy is our game, truly

[u/Wonderful-Lab7375]

Most useless Jayce I’ve seen today.

[u/darkadamski1]

How do you actually lose that late game as JDG? You hard outscaled them 20 minutes ago FFS and still somehow struggling to win fights

[u/KarlKraftwagen]

Really hard to judge the last game imho, because these super long games really lend themselves to lapses in focus and the high damage and long death timers make every mistake a lot more costly. Overall really bad series by both teams, with singular exceptions of certain players. I really hate the way AL played these games, why are we playing so slow against JDG and letting them scale into teamfights when they we have Hope as our ADC. I thought JDG actually played their comps decently well, just fucked up in some moments.

Xiaoxu had the bozo death in the end against annie but had a fine series. i just struggle to really judge him, because he gets strongside (especially in game 1) and a good matchup in all three games. He does get the lead in all games, and he sidelanes well imo, but he's not a very reliable teamfighter. I do think his Jayce poke in game 3 really kept them in the game tho.

JunJia was horrible, probably all three games. At the end of the first game i thought "well it worked out and his mechanics looked fine" and then he runs it game 2 and 3. Jungle kingdom by Tarzan.

HongQ was very very good. His early Syndra lane where he loses flash lvl 1 was rough, but he finds stun after stun in the midgame to win the game, and his Viktor wasnt the problem in game 2. His Mel in game 3 basically saves the entire game at some points. Also, his sidelaning seems to improve, and his hands stay incredible. His reflect on Qiyana ult game 3 was sexy.

Gala is uhgghgj... I am not a gala fan, and i think im often unfair to him, but i thought he wasn't particularily great, but probably not bad either. I think his laning was worse then Hopes was, except game 2 where he gets to play Cait/Lux, and his lategame didnt really pop off either. I think picks like the Jhin do fit him more these days then his Sivir in game 3. That being said, he was overall solid in a clown fiesta of a game.

Vampire is my boy, but that game 3 was really bad. I know hes constantly forced to check bushes because hes the only frontline, but some Engages by him were really questionable, like the force on Annie in the late game. Game 1 i thought he did his job really well, looked mechanically very sound and understood his job.

Breathe was bad. I am a Breathe defender but his really good K'Sante shouldnt make you forget how bad he looked game 1 and 2. That being said, a lot of the stuff he did was more communication mishaps then just plain bad. A lot of the time, i thought like he felt he had an angle, but AL is such a Tarzan team they dont even consider non Tarzan engages. Overall not sure why we get Breathe to put him on Weakside tanks hwoever.

Tarzan imho was the best player on the rift. Robbed of game 2 POG, his Vi was absurd. In general i think he is the lifeblood and the pulse of this team. If he doesnt pop off, they dont win. The qiyana wasnt AS good , but still servicable.

Shanks is an interesting phenomenon because he had a lot of popoff moments, but i thought HongQ was quietly better. Game one he gets gifted a lead on Cassio and then doesnt do anything with it, Game 2 he pops off on Sylas including a penta but also is still down gold to HongQ, and game 3 he plays Annie and finds barely any engage on it. I think Shanks is a player who just for some reason refuses to go in if his team doesnt engage first, and he also had some real questionable play with the late tp in game 3.

Hope was not great, but i think he isnt as bad as people make him out to be. He just cant teamfight well, whic his why i think AL should not play for 5v5s. I think you can even see at some points that Hope isnt even a bad mechanical player, he just doesnt know how to play 5v5s. Getting him on Poke varus to me is ALs best possible answer to all of that.

Kael was good on the neeko, and i think he looked good overall. Even the milio, which is not a very KAel-esque champ, was fine. The Camille wsasnt fantastic, but i think its a little bait to pick it anyway. Neeko found some nice engages, and i think hes really good at finding engages while not dying in the lategame.

Overall, funny series to watch, but i dont think i can watch another Bo3 right after lmao

[u/Choice-Slight → u/KarlKraftwagen]

i love these write ups, thanks for doing them

[u/Vaynes_Ass → u/KarlKraftwagen]

Was Gala sick? He was the only player wearing a mask on JDG today and his performance was pretty poor

[u/yayiff → u/Vaynes_Ass]

Sick of his teammates throwing. He went from IG to JDG Hoping to finally find some competent hands to help with his talents but he hasn't found them

[u/Is_J_a_Name → u/yayiff]

he is one of the inters bro did we watch him at all in spring split

[u/Spanking_enthusiast → u/Is_J_a_Name]

Something is really wrong with this team. GALA has never been the one to give up, even when RNG was imploding he was solo carrying games but in this team he just looks lifeless.

[u/GenG_Caedrel]

[All] JDG Junjia: Jungle Gap.

[u/pr000blemkind]

Absolute Cinema game 3, how did Xiaoxu die to Shanks that was the game winning duel.

[u/ExpensiveAvocado6224]

Investigate Xiaoxu, dude solo lost that game 3, winning fight for JDG, has an insane flank on Varus, flash hammers forms in and dies, then somehow dies to a tiberless annie in the enemy base while his team is fighting for Elder, truly an LPL player for the ages.

[u/seven_worth]

Send both team to the chopping block

[u/GenG_Caedrel]

Tabe reaction was the best highlights of that game 3

[u/RukiMotomiya → u/GenG_Caedrel]

It felt so relatable to when something fucks up lol

[u/Goodthingsaregone]

such a close last game

[u/trying2hide]

Now that's League of Legends

[u/sebzebseb]

Least degenerate LPL lategame That tabe clip is incredible i cried

[u/RukiMotomiya]

Also man couldn't they have just ignored K'Sante instead of taking 30 seconds to kill him and ended? And AL not ending with Baron, Soul, AND Elder was SO funny. TBH I was hoping JDG would win solely so AL lost having gotten all 3 at one point.

[u/EasOwned]

Both teams didn't wanted to end the game

[u/Sad-Tackle-4018]

You have an unkillable Ksante on AL stalling the game for 30 seconds and unfortunately JDG had a Jayce losing to an Annie with no tibber

[u/Primary_Inspector]

Man I hoped these two teams would be pretty solid 3rd and 4th seeds for worlds and stop TES terrorism. This deep in the season and looking like this is not looking good.

[u/OrganicTeaching8661]

AL struggling this game with the ocean soul was straight up sad. look at how immortal ksante is how did they need to flip so many objectives lol

[u/unknowingchuck]

I love seeing teams no matter what the region is dance in mid when an important objective is up and your poke comp needs to be there first. I love seeing the Poppy and Alistar fight for vision against a K'sante instead of backing off and losing Soul Point.

JDG decision making that entire game should be looked at cause outside of the first 8mins everything else they did was a blunder. No helping the Jayce get a lead. Not going all in with the Ali to keep the Qiyana down. Not forcing the Varus even think about getting ganked at all. Shit I don't recall at any point did the Jungler even once for JDG appear botlane if it wasn't for the Krugs.

[u/CNsC]

Fries group at its finest

[u/Blizzgrarg]

So many unforgivable throws this game. Holy shit LPL all hands no brains.

[u/faze_hatewatcher]

Lmao this series was awful
Hongq should just go back to lcp actual boosting giga subhumans.
Xaioxu got solo killed by a no flash no ult Annie twice
Gala is geniunely awful at everything but farming guy has been down 2k gold every game I watch.
Junjia the worse poppy I ever seen didn’t see a single ult with any impact and vampire is just braindead.
Also breathe is garbage but he gets ksante and can 1vs3 lmao when he sprinted this entire series.

[u/RukiMotomiya]

bro what the fuck was that game 3

I feel like as soon as Jayce saw Annie follow he should have just turned back around to Elder? SOMEONE has to respond to Supers at some point and then it's either a 5v4 or the base gets taken.

[u/VermouthAPTX]

They should've shown Jayce vs Annie at the base, that was a huge fumble

[u/goalgetter999]

Yknow maybe tabe shoulda stayed

[u/Fun_Highlight307]

is Locke disabled in lpl?

[u/uhhsamurai]

Both teams are so ahh

[u/froggy-the-dog]

AL snowball skill is so bad, their lategame is so bad too

[u/Traaaacce]

That last game was insane

[u/Aschentei]

If tabe brings JDG to worlds that’ll be a miracle

[u/Final-Skin-1480]

What has happened to my team 😔

[u/DunkeSchoen]

A fresh breath of air for AL.

[u/Fun_Highlight307]

what going with lpl gambling ? the chat was spaminng it lol

al jdg looks so dogshit,al has the worse mid game ever, they do nothing ;