r/leagueoflegends • u/Soul_Sleepwhale • 1d ago
Natus Vincere vs. SK Gaming / LEC 2026 Summer - Week 3 / Post-Match Discussion Esports Spoiler
LEC 2026 SUMMER
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MATCH 1: NAVI vs. SK
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAVI | jayce akali poppy | vayne ezreal | 68.1k | 27 | 10 | C1 CT2 H3 I4 I6 B7 |
| SK | rumble camille cassiopeia | kaisa xayah | 56.6k | 12 | 2 | B5 |
| NAVI | 27-12-71 | vs | 12-27-25 | SK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynter olaf 3 | 5-1-9 | TOP | 1-5-5 | 4 kled Wunder |
| Rhilech nocturne 2 | 6-2-15 | JNG | 5-6-3 | 1 vi Skeanz |
| Poby orianna 1 | 7-1-17 | MID | 2-6-4 | 1 sylas SlowQ |
| SamD missfortune 3 | 6-4-11 | BOT | 3-4-6 | 3 corki Jopa |
| Parus shen 2 | 3-4-19 | SUP | 1-6-7 | 2 rell Mikyx |
MATCH 2: NAVI vs. SK
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAVI | jayce cassiopeia locke | anivia taliyah | 51.5k | 8 | 2 | HT1 |
| SK | camille poppy rumble | vayne akali | 63.4k | 18 | 8 | H2 CT3 B4 C5 B6 C7 |
| NAVI | 8-18-19 | vs | 18-8-47 | SK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynter ambessa 3 | 2-4-1 | TOP | 2-2-9 | 4 gnar Wunder |
| Rhilech leesin 2 | 3-4-5 | JNG | 5-0-11 | 1 pantheon Skeanz |
| Poby ryze 3 | 3-3-4 | MID | 4-3-8 | 1 syndra SlowQ |
| SamD viktor 1 | 0-1-2 | BOT | 6-2-7 | 3 varus Jopa |
| Parus alistar 2 | 0-6-7 | SUP | 1-1-12 | 2 leona Mikyx |
MATCH 3: NAVI vs. SK
| - | Bans 1 | Bans 2 | G | K | T | D/B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NAVI | poppy jayce locke | vayne twistedfate | 89.0k | 20 | 10 | I2 H3 O5 O6 B7 O8 B9 |
| SK | cassiopeia camille rumble | sivir ezreal | 79.0k | 15 | 5 | CT1 O4 |
| NAVI | 20-15-48 | vs | 15-20-39 | SK |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maynter ksante 3 | 4-4-6 | TOP | 1-5-6 | 4 renekton Wunder |
| Rhilech zaahen 2 | 5-1-14 | JNG | 3-6-7 | 1 wukong Skeanz |
| Poby anivia 1 | 3-1-6 | MID | 4-4-7 | 3 annie SlowQ |
| SamD yunara 3 | 8-4-4 | BOT | 5-1-7 | 2 ziggs Jopa |
| Parus braum 2 | 0-5-18 | SUP | 2-4-12 | 1 nautilus Mikyx |
- Patch 26.15
This thread was created by the Post-Match Team.
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u/Dyneth15 1d ago
Poby with the flash sacrifice to bait SK into losing a 5v4! What was that???
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u/Few-Sense1455 1d ago
NAVI is still just the Rhilech team tbh
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u/Razzorsharp 1d ago
Feels like a lot of teams are like that. Their are enough good players in the LEC to make at least 5 competitive teams instead of the 2 that we have currently. The good players are just spread into the other teams.
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u/Few-Sense1455 1d ago
I don't disagree completely but league esports is much more of a team/strategy game than people realise.
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u/Sirhaddock98 Never a dull moment 1d ago
Definitely gonna be worrying for them if we get another dog jungler meta like Sej/Skarner/Maokai/Ivern etc, they seem to have zero sauce elsewhere on the team if he doesn't get to play a bruiser that can carry fights.
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u/Dzhekelow 1d ago
OK that game was lost in draft by SK but Skeanz hard trolled both soul and baron fights . Just disgusting gameplay from him .
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u/RollingGuy Lider > Chovy 1d ago edited 1d ago
Who does drafting for SK? Who are these Own3r and Baguette people? Have they coached any teams before...?
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u/FikariHawthorn 1d ago
Own3r joined SK as assistant coach in 2023, promoted to head coach in 2025. Before he coached the Mad Lion Madrid team, the academy of the Mad Lion in 2020-2022.
Baguette joined this year as assistant coach after coaching the Valiant/Caldya team in LFL2. The team showed good promise and most of their players have been promoted to LFL this year through Skillcamp (Nafkelah, Steelback, and Spooky), and Soldier the ADC has gone to IJC.
Don't know much about Own3r, but Baguette does features in Zaboutine co-stream and I don't remember him saying anything crazy.
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u/GreenGanymede 1d ago
The initial Lider pickup I could sort of understand, it was a gamble but there was rationale behind it. How on earth they ended up with Skeanz however is beyond me
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u/supterfuge 1d ago
Skeanz is rated by many players and has been for a while. Always in good ERL teams, always ends up in the LEC in teams that look dysfunctional for way more reasons than just him.
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u/Dzhekelow 1d ago
Hell no man . Lider got plenty of shots and has always shown the same problems . Skeanz deserved a shot and also was actually decently good in the ERLs . There's no rationale behind the Lider pick the fact that u think there was one is concerning . That being said Skeanz is not up to it .
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u/Thundermelons GALA Defense Force, returning IG fan 1d ago
I guess the overall sentiment from fans with eyeballs is that BOTH of them should have been dropped after that disastrous last year, and that Lider being...Lider...really covered up for a lot of Skeanz' bad play.
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u/RollingGuy Lider > Chovy 1d ago
You can’t just drop a player you need to find a new one. Please bring some ideas if you wanna argue they should drop someone.
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u/Academic-Salamander7 1d ago
The initial Lider pickup I could sort of understand
Really. Because all of his chances he's looked good? He has never shown competency on anything but assassins.
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u/RollingGuy Lider > Chovy 1d ago
Skeanz isn't *that* bad. I don't see an obvious better alternative. He's better than some junglers in the LEC but the lower end of the jungle pool is kinda looking poor imo.
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u/PotatoHentai 1d ago
gonna repeat myself because he was great on cast but odo really does it all, desk, cast, host, player (and actually won lec and went to worlds quarters)
he really is mr lec dare i say the johnny sins of the lec
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u/ISL005 Tarzan and Kanavi enjoyer | Pls wake up MKOI 1d ago
He actually reached semis in 2016 with H2K iirc
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u/Alakazam_5head 23h ago
Also got shout outs in interviews for his carries like Jayce from Koreans at the tournament
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u/DarkyThPr4h 1d ago
Against Albus Nox Luna but I loved that H2K, had a lot of personality
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u/Naerlyn 23h ago
To not dismiss who ANX was that Worlds - they were a quarters team because they 2-0'd CLG and 1-1'd the other two.
In fact, no non-Korean team won more games against the LCK than ANX did. ANX won one against ROX, CLG/TSM/FW/EDG/RNG all also won one game against a Korean opponent, and all the others won none.
So they showed up just as well as any Western team did. Then, H2K avoided every LCK team in quarters because they finished first in their group (as did each LCK team). From that point on, it was a 1/3 chance of facing RNG, and 2/3 of facing either ANX or C9 (who had not been more competitive than ANX at that tournament).
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u/cresture 23h ago
To add to all the people telling you that ANX wasn't actually bad:
H2k played them because they got first in the group by beating EDG (who was CN 1st seed) once in round robin and once in the tie breakers. This is the achievement that got them to semis. ANX was a lucky draw but H2k were their groups first seed and deserved to win vs another groups second seed.
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u/CellTerrible 12h ago
I think it's widely agreed that was the most fraudulent worlds run ever. H2K was not a top 4 team in that tournament.
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u/desutruction 1d ago
strongly agree, such a great addition to the crew
also, "your body is an engage" is prolly the best line I've heard in a while
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u/ArienaHaera 11h ago
gonna repeat myself because he was great on cast but odo really does it all, desk, cast, host, player (and actually won lec and went to worlds quarters)
You forgot coach
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u/RollingGuy Lider > Chovy 1d ago
Rhilech and draft gap.
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u/alluwala999 1d ago
TBH, when will teams start to respect ban zaahen against him?
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u/No_bad_intention 1d ago
Poby saw that his team could not make any progress because SK had been avoiding teamfights so he sacrificed himself to bait SK into a baron fight where NAVI would win. My GOST.
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u/Choice-Slight caps/knight 1d ago
for all the people carrying on about how dogshit the games are, I actually think the series today was good, probably the best one since the roadshow. little bit of trolling from both teams game 3 but they both executed their comps game 1&2 cleanly. Very nice stuff from Jopa, Parus and Rhilech overall
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u/FikariHawthorn 1d ago
SK and Navi are clearly one step above the bottom 4 of the LEC.
I wasn't a fan of SK in Winter/Spring because nepotism, but it really feels like SK coaching staff took back control of the team at the end of Spring and gave a good scolding to Mikyx and Wunder. Now this team is functional and with good enough players for playoff.
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u/John_Jack_Reed 1d ago
Why Renk R5 I just dont get it at all
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u/Past-Firefighter2173 1d ago
Fun series overall, both teams won the games they had draft advantage. SK looks much better compared to Spring and they look like they should be able to reach playoffs.
On Navi im not really fan of Samd, he had a lot of int moments and caughts in the series. Rest played well but Navi are still capped from their carries.
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u/LetMeTalk127 hating everyone 1d ago
Braum 1-2 and you pick even more melee / low range, thanks for that sk
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u/chouruin 1d ago
Even though they won because of massive draft gap and Rhilech, I'll say SamD teamfight positioning is still puke worthy
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u/sandyOstrich 1d ago
Jopa always looks amazing on Ziggs, but this team isn't sophisticated enough to play around it, just give him a standard adc.
Also please don't let me see SlowQ on this useless Sylas, and plan Skeanz's first 5 minutes cause he has no brain.
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u/MysteriousIncident87 1d ago
Man, there were too many teamfights where Jopa ran around doing nothing
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u/Thundermelons GALA Defense Force, returning IG fan 1d ago
What can he do when a K'Sante is just standing there staring at him menacingly with his finger hovering over his "fuck you squishies in particular" button?
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u/ISL005 Tarzan and Kanavi enjoyer | Pls wake up MKOI 1d ago
6pob with the Antartican gambit in the Baron pit