LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs / Round 2 - Day 1 / Live Discussion

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LEC 2026 Summer Playoffs

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Today's matches will be played on Patch 26.17.

Today's Matches

#	Match	PST	EST	CET	KST
1	NAVI vs MKOI	08:00	11:00	17:00	00:00

• All matches are Best of 5

Streams

• Stream on Twitch

• Stream on YouTube

• Stream on Lolesports

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Round 1			Round 2			Round 3			Finals
KC	3
vs	-
GX	1					KC	1
						vs	-
VIT	0					G2	3		G2	0
vs	-								vs	-
G2	3								tbd	0
----------	-	-	----------	-	-	----------	-	-	-------	-
GX	2					KC	0
vs	-					vs	-
NAVI	3		NAVI	0		tbd	0
			vs	-
VIT	2		VIT	0
vs	-
MKOI	3

On-Air Team

Hosts
Eefje "Sjokz" Depoortere

Play-by-Play Commentators
Daniel "Drakos" Drakos
Aaron "Medic" Chamberlain
Jake "Hysterics" Osypenko

Colour Casters
Andrew "Vedius" Day
Robert "Dagda" Price

Guests
Andrei "Odoamne" Pascu
Jakob "Jackspektra" Gullvag Kepple
Finn "Finn" Wiestål

Not all talent will appear on every show and the weekly on air team can vary.

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Format

• Playoffs
  • 6 teams participate
  • Double elimination bracket
  • 1st to 4th start in the upper bracket
  • 5th and 6th start in the lower bracket
  • All matches are best of five
  • Top 3 teams qualify for the 2026 Season World Championship

The official LEC ruleset can be found here.

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VoDs

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• VoDs on Eventvods.com

• VoDs on YouTube

• VoDs on Lolesports

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Live Discussions and Post-Match Threads:

This is our Live Discussion Archive. Here you can find all the old live threads, and the respective PMTs in a stickied comment under the post.

[u/ahritina]

PMTs

Game 1 / Game 2 / Game 3 / Game 4

[u/Kotetsu534]

8 - 0 dragons after two games. 12 - 0 must be extremely rare.

[u/likemyupdoot]

genuinely how is thus zinie guy a pro player?

[u/underscoreenfan]

LCS live thread is here for now:

https://old.reddit.com/r/leagueoflegends/comments/1wk0unj/lcs_playoffs_sen_vs_sr_live_discussion_thread/

[u/lasse1408]

expected result. Navi has only one good player, Maynter and Poby are middle of the pack players and bot lane should be thankful that paduck and stend were in the league otherwise they would be the worst bot in the league.

[u/puberty1]

people booing in the crowd are such childs lol

[u/Kokaiinum]

Better team won. Honestly feel like anyone who truly thought the top 3 was going to be anything other than G2/KC/MKOI was engaging in some serious wishcasting.

[u/JokicOrBust]

Jojo denying EU mids worlds spot. What a legend

[u/veirceb → u/JokicOrBust]

Poby is Korean what?

[u/desutruction]

yoya worlds streak continues

[u/CensoredLlama1]

"navi put up a good fight" are you sure about that?

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Jojo deciding to make Parus look absoutely terrible this game lol

[u/Emochind]

Yone is such a dumb champ

[u/desutruction]

just right click

[u/puberty1]

just realized that top lane was darkin vs darkin and theres also Zaahen jng. if only Elyoya picked Naafiri

[u/Annual-Fox6520]

Literally Parus has done the exactly same thing 4 times this game at least ... Fight happening? Get chunked and use his ult to escape, then he stays around and dies without his ult. Honestly imo he's the main reason Navi basically can't do anything 

[u/CensoredLlama1]

NAVI was done no matter what there but they could not have contested that baron any worse if they tried

[u/desutruction]

aight gg

alvarell'd

[u/desutruction]

parus man...

[u/veirceb → u/desutruction]

THey need to get rid of this bot lane duo if they want to go any further next year.

[u/Annual-Fox6520]

Parus sucks man, all he's done all game is walk too close to the enemy and then pop his ult to escape so he basically gets zero value out of it. 

[u/Specialist_Dog8355]

If navi had a real jg/top this would be over already, mkoi is so bad

[u/gcrimson → u/Specialist_Dog8355]

Wut

[u/desutruction]

still kinda sorta winnable

depends on jojo entirely

[u/CensoredLlama1]

The stats don't show how truly horrible Maynter has been this series

[u/Specialist_Dog8355 → u/CensoredLlama1]

Top gap overpowers mid gap this series

[u/veirceb]

istg if I see samD getting picked up by any LEC team next year I will be the biggest hater of that team.

[u/LOLZOBALL]

SamD really likes to be on melee range lmao

[u/ropahektic]

astronomical jungle gap every single game tbh

[u/CensoredLlama1]

ngl, with how both divisions playoffs have gone so far, I'm confident Fly would've gotten the third world spot in the LEC lol

[u/-Tam-_]

Samd lost the sauce when wasnt Hans anymore...

[u/Simple_Cherry2758]

Rhilech in elo hell

[u/JPA-3 → u/Simple_Cherry2758]

rhilech was turbo gapped by elyoya in all 4 games

[u/cupcakes234]

Yeah navi are a way worse team.. they just got lucky in game 1 wirh the syndra stun. Should have lost that too

[u/matt-tteo]

Navi is just trolling by forcing this fight

[u/Sosijmonster]

How the fuck does a pro player die without using ult. Maynter is assssss.

[u/veirceb]

Rell has no flash and SAMD FUCKING WALK MELEE INTO RELL? HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[u/ChocolateFuryB]

Navi is terrible

And KC should 3-0 MKOI tomorrow anything else would be super weird

[u/CensoredLlama1]

someone on Navi needs to buy armor DESPERATELY

[u/veirceb]

How is SamD a real adc.

[u/el_crappax]

Parus inted the whole bo 

[u/M002]

Nerf Jojo

Jeez he’s too good right now

EDIT:

He blind engaged in the bush Rhlech was in and solo’d him

[u/desutruction]

it's fucking joever

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Don't let that sick ass jojo play distract you from that hilarious team fight in mid by both teams beforehand

[u/SilenceEtControle]

Damn Jojo just saved this game. SamD though...

[u/beautheschmo]

Okay jojo you made up for that last baron pit ult

[u/el_crappax]

Parus is a giver 

[u/sorendiz]

jojogoat

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Jojo carrying these bums so hard this game lmao

[u/desutruction]

let's get poby a win for his 100th

[u/el_crappax]

I dont think navi have the picks for a 5th game anyway 

[u/Tromster → u/el_crappax]

I dont think either team has strong picks for 5 will be interesting if it goes there

[u/eye_of_your_mind]

jojo just like me

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

The Banana Combo lmao

[u/desutruction]

jojo we all saw that unfortunately

[u/Fentie]

wtf do they put aatrox top instead of jungle

[u/desutruction]

oh there we go, two rhilech champs

[u/CensoredLlama1]

They should decide this series by dance off now, I'm invested

[u/CensoredLlama1]

It was very kind of them to show us that dance off to show us something worse than that NAVI gameplay

[u/ThisIsSoIrrelevant]

I am so glad whatever the fuck is happening right now makes no sense to me.

[u/Troviel → u/[deleted]]

The hell are you talking about?

[u/british_pubs]

My esport is so very cringe but it is free

[u/fictionallymarried]

Make it stop, I beg

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

This is the cringiest thing I've ever seen, very impressive french people

[u/desutruction]

cmon mkoi let rhilech get an aatrox or zaahen game in

[u/desutruction]

oh wow carzzy and lyncas

[u/Not_Pro]

MKOI gonna be the first team to win a BO5 4-0.

[u/desutruction]

rhilech aura flash

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

This Navi team lol

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

Any half decent team will beat current Mkoi, I don't want to see tham play internationaly

[u/Toofargone9999 → u/LtSpaceDucK]

they are all gone....

[u/CFCkyle]

PLEASE NAVI PLEASE I CANT DO THIS AGAIN

PLEASE DO NOT LET THOSE FUCKING FRAUDS GO TO WORLDS I CANT WATCH THEM HUMILIATE US AGAIN

[u/sorendiz → u/CFCkyle]

as an LPL fan who just had to watch TES beat IG: i'm glad we're not the only ones suffering anyway

[u/Scarfboi11 → u/CFCkyle]

They'll make Worlds, no team besides G2/KC has the hands to beat them lmao. I'm so tired of these frauds, enough is enough

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

Annie is such a good pick

[u/CensoredLlama1]

This is why I ban Cait if I'm ADC lol

[u/Strange_Shelter_6171]

koi will really fraud into the top 3 thats crazy

[u/ChocolateFuryB]

How can you say "please no MKOI at worlds" when you look at GX's, VIT's and Navi's gameplay??

Anyone who thinks that they'd do a better job than MKOI is coping pretty hard...

[u/LtSpaceDucK → u/ChocolateFuryB]

Let's just send 2 teams

[u/Desiderius_S → u/LtSpaceDucK]

Let's just stop whining

[u/Hex_Blast]

From 1 game from missing playoffs to 1 game from making Worlds, MKOI plot armor is nuts

[u/veirceb → u/Hex_Blast]

Joke league tbh

[u/Scarfboi11]

Can we forfeit 3rd seed and just send G2 and KC to Worlds?

[u/desutruction]

jojo xd

[u/Sosijmonster]

Someone send over some bleach please. Need to rinse my eyes.

[u/darklypure52]

My question does anyone think mkoi can make the run? Can they beat KC and G2?

[u/Scarfboi11 → u/darklypure52]

Lmao probably not but who knows. KC will most likely slap MKOI 3-0

[u/veirceb → u/darklypure52]

You better hope they don't. If KC can't stomp this MKOI then well good luck at worlds

[u/darklypure52 → u/veirceb]

lol well worlds is going to be peak to watch.

[u/veirceb → u/darklypure52]

lol well KC should have done this to MKOI

[u/veirceb → u/darklypure52]

They are going to fucking bomb.

[u/Crimson_Clouds → u/darklypure52]

They don't have to make the run, they just have to win here to qualify for Worlds.

[u/LtSpaceDucK → u/darklypure52]

FUCK NO

[u/darklypure52 → u/LtSpaceDucK]

Hmm

[u/desutruction]

w myrwn

[u/kosmi2020NX]

Not again, The fact we have to see these frauds again in worlds is disgusting.

[u/CensoredLlama1 → u/kosmi2020NX]

People focusing on Top when the real world's frauds still hadn't played today yet

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Its really gonna a be a 1-3 for MKOI...

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Gnar walking into nothing, bard ult near no one, completely pointless pantheon ult, christ man

[u/veirceb → u/CensoredLlama1]

They are just autopiloting at this point.

[u/veirceb]

Hopefully Navi can pick up a better bot duo next season. They can run it back with their top side if they managed to keep them but the bot lanes are not going to win them anything in the playoffs.

[u/CensoredLlama1 → u/veirceb]

tbh, wrong game to say that because everyone on NAVI looks pathetic lol

[u/veirceb → u/CensoredLlama1]

Nah poby played this series pretty well. Even for this game he played fine their team was just so disconnected. Rhilech is whatever honestly it's his rookie season and he has shown good enough games. Maynter is also fine. I don't think you can get better top from this league anyway.

[u/CensoredLlama1]

MKOI told everyone that they did not want to make world's under any circumstances this split and the rest of the non-G2/KC LEC somehow STILL looks this sad against them

[u/BlueStarRedMoon]

Why are we watching? we'll have another KC vs MKOI semifinals just to have G2 win the championship again LOL

[u/Sosijmonster]

Roflmao, imagine thinking a gold lead on a Gnar means remotely anything. Espcially vs a Ksante.

[u/CensoredLlama1]

That was very nice of NAVI to just stand there doing nothing as MKOI poked them to death

[u/desutruction]

man that was so terribly played

3-1

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Need C9 vs the LEC 3 seed at worlds, gonna be such a sad game

[u/CensoredLlama1]

Maynter and Myrwen having a nice, relaxing vacation

[u/xxbrazilmaster69xx]

It looks like NAVI are just outclassed except for a winning game 1 draft and hero play by Poby. They just look worse in all 5 roles overall, even if Maynter is a better laner than Myrwn.

[u/cupcakes234 → u/xxbrazilmaster69xx]

They are obviously worse. When KOI are at their best, they can easily beat G2/KC which they have done multiple times over the last year. When navi are at their best, they will maybe take one map off g2/kc

[u/CensoredLlama1]

NAVI desperately want to lose this game, despite Mkoi's best efforts

[u/veirceb]

Yeah the nerves got Navi. It's 3-1

[u/el_crappax]

Parus giving so many free kills. 

[u/jackmccoyapologist]

I want to root for the underdog but it will be a crime if SamD makes it to Worlds.

[u/Xeven18 → u/jackmccoyapologist]

What's with the hate for SamD?

[u/desutruction]

save the crashout for mind the gap vedi

[u/desutruction]

masterful bait

[u/Xeven18]

I'm not sure Navi have enough damage but we'll see

[u/SnooPeripherals6388]

Wait a second, does the LEC desk use an AI illustration in the front?

[u/desutruction → u/SnooPeripherals6388]

doesn't look AI at all whatsoever? gotta be careful about saying shit like this lol

anyway here's the artist

[u/SnooPeripherals6388 → u/desutruction]

On the stream it looks like it has that "gleam", i don't even know how to explain it

[u/Edwaldus2]

"Guys, I finally have IE I'm strong now!" proceeds to lose the game in 10 seconds

[u/Leschnitzky]

Poor Poby, get this guy a team already...

[u/desutruction]

maybe this will be like the walmart version of when OMG didn't shake hands with SKT and Faker started fathering LPL after

[u/matt-tteo]

Navi went for the Ig/WE's "win game 1, lose the series" strategy

[u/awayfromcanuck]

SamD refusing to flash when he sees Kalista ult Renata says it allabout SamDs performance this series.

[u/veirceb → u/awayfromcanuck]

I just don't understand why people talk like he is an upcoming ADC star player. At best he is average. And more often than not he is losing them the game.

[u/awayfromcanuck → u/veirceb]

Its because he name changed before debuting in the LEC so everyone thinks he's a young rookie when actually he's a mediocre as fuck ADC that hasn't been able to dominate at any pro level since he debuted in 2018.

[u/desutruction]

LMAO they need to find that KC fan

[u/desutruction → u/desutruction]

W production

[u/veirceb]

SamD really saw a kalista renata running onto his face with kalista ult. And he thinks to himself yeah let's save ult and flash here. I guess it's a lose quick and go next angle.

[u/Strange_Shelter_6171]

yeah navi inted since minute 1

[u/desutruction]

oh that was beautiful

[u/desutruction]

winnable if SamD gets Critical Missile

[u/sorendiz]

SUPA ON MID WAVE AWARE

[u/sorendiz]

-> 400

900 <-

2k <-

2.5k <-

500 <-

standard mkoi gold graph lmao

[u/veirceb]

Hopefully it's not a win 1 game and get stomped 3 games in a row angle

[u/ropahektic → u/veirceb]

skull emojii

[u/Leschnitzky → u/veirceb]

I don't want to see SamD and Maynter anywhere near worlds, not even near wildcards

[u/controlledwithcheese → u/veirceb]

double agent Myrwin reporting for duty

[u/sorendiz]

i don't hate the protobelt first on cho tbh, i assume it's basically like paying gold to have +200 range on Q engage or feast on command, plus some stats

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

Coach put me in I can replace Maynter I used to be Plat 1 in season 7

[u/Dramatic_Gap_3065]

kalista is way too feed

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

Maynter needs to be benched before the next game

[u/desutruction]

surely supa carries this

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Can someone just disable Maynters TP button? Multiple TPs into the middle of MKOI to death through 2 games.

[u/Leschnitzky → u/awayfromcanuck]

The tp down was waaaaaaaay too late, into walking into kalista for a free kill. That was hard to watch

[u/sorendiz]

is this protobelt into deadman's???

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

Guys guys let's skirmish and just position ourselves in a straight line

[u/sorendiz]

i need someone to clip whatever hysterics just did with his voice there lmfao

PHTAUGH ^{IT'S FIVE THOUSAND}

[u/desutruction]

maybe they have unshakeable mental now because of how used they are to throwing

silver linings and all that

[u/veirceb]

I am pretty sure rhilech didn't put in the time practising chogath. Not saying it's a hard champ. But it's looking like raptor

[u/Leschnitzky]

Guys, I am an emerald mid main, can I swap for maynter?

[u/Thalassin]

how will KOI manage to throw that much of a lead ?

[u/sorendiz]

13:45 ace oh no baby what is you doing

[u/awayfromcanuck]

Uhhh Rhilech went belt first. If NAVI was leading i understand it but they are down 2.5k...

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

Well he could have flashed earlier

[u/desutruction]

belt first item uhhh

[u/desutruction]

is this gonna be poby's first LEC orianna L

[u/thorpie88]

No need for that engage

[u/Annual-Fox6520]

I like Navi and they're good but they make loads of these rookies overchase type of plays... Just basic shit that if you play against any decent team you can't afford to make. It's fine against Mad lions apparently cause they suck but when it comes to top tier teams they really need to clean this sh up 

[u/Xeven18]

Can we blame Rhilech for that or we gonna keep blaming SamD?

[u/awayfromcanuck → u/Xeven18]

Both get blame. Rhilech should have been happy with the steal, when he missed the eruption that was when he needed to back off. SamD also dumb for flashing against a Renata, not paying attention to what skills were used by her.

[u/Leschnitzky → u/Xeven18]

Both, that flash forward towards the tower to chase a renata should earn him a place in the hall of fame

[u/areyoh]

Giving Koi early lead so they can throw later, 5head by Navi

[u/LtSpaceDucK]

So beautiful from Mkoi lol

[u/staysaltyTSM]

Cho can't even chomp yet

[u/desutruction]

maybe mkoi will be the only team allowed to go kalista renata, really well played

[u/desutruction → u/desutruction]

wait nah caliste is 2-0 with 25 KDA lmao

[u/xxbrazilmaster69xx]

Wow, they threw the game off of greeding for 1 low HP bar

[u/Booshneer]

Gonna be really crazy when MKOi throw this in 23 mins

[u/veirceb]

NAVI picks hyper scaling and then decided to flip the game at lv3. Who called it

[u/controlledwithcheese]

LMFAOOOOOOO THAT’S MY REGION AND MY TEAM

[u/Leschnitzky]

Can I have what Navi's botlane is smoking?

[u/desutruction]

wait what poby ori is 9-0 somehow???

[u/Past-Firefighter2173]

Navi has no engage but MKOI comp is turbo early and Myrwn is playing Jayce.

[u/sorendiz]

5 games 5 games 5 games come onnnnn 5 games

[u/desutruction]

oh no eu kalista

[u/baebushka]

they're saying dk has to walk to the lck venue cuz kia donated the car to lec

[u/Glorx]

This is Larrsen getting revenge on Elyoya for 2021 Spring finals.

Hear me out.

Rogue is famous for RogueTime^TM

Ibai's KOI bought half of Rogue for 2023 LEC season not realising RogueTime^TM is contagious.

A year later KOI dumps Rogue for MAD but they already have the ticking timebomb that is RogueTime^TM.

Incubation period has finally ended and now MKOI is suffering from a bad case of RogueTime^TM.

It just makes sense.

[u/girlmarth → u/Glorx]

the idea that mad stole that title from rogue was always baffling to me, mad won both bo5's and went 6-3 against them in playoffs

[u/Glorx → u/girlmarth]

Oh I agree, MAD was the better team when it mattered.

[u/desutruction]

nice ad